This is a wedding card I made for an order. I took the colours from the invitation, which often gives you a hint of the colour theme for the wedding, and always nice to be able to make a card in the same colours as the wedding theme. I used basic black and pink pirouette stampin up cardstock, and die cut two hearts using an x-cuts die, then ran each heart through embossing folders – cuttlebug divine swirls and swiss dots. I also embossed the bottom panel on the card with stampin up Fancy fans,and die cut a spellbinder Fancy tags two for the sentiment which was a stamp from my stampin up curly cute set.The initials were cut using my cricut machine and storybook cartridge,and I finished it all off with ribbon and perfect pearls.Today I have been paractising my colouring with my new prismacolour pencils, and now I am off to put my coloured images onto some cards. Til tomorrow….
StIll on the oval theme…
The oval theme – did you all pick up on that one? The last few posts have all involved ovals, which I only noticed myself today! Every thing on this card except for the brads ( kaisercraft) are stampin Up items. here goes – cardstock – Pool party, designer paper – Comfort Cafe,curly cute sentiment,sizzlets Leaves die,Designer frames oval embossing folder,and stamps – Clearly for you, and the flowers are from Vintage Vogue stamp set and fussy cut. I forgot about this card, i really like the design and I am off now to experiment some more with it1 Til tomorrow…
All stampin Up nature card
Todays card is a favourite. I lean towards nature inspired cards when I am making cards just for fun, and this one is no exception.The designer paper is from Stampin up – it’s a retired collection, but I bought up big when it was available because I fell in love with it!Cardstock is stampin up early espresso and very vanilla, and I used my stampin up designer frames embossing folder and labels collection framelits. I punched out the centre of the embossed oval with an oval punch, and stamped an image from Stampin up organic grace stamp set to set behind the resulting frame.a little linen twine and a stamped and cut out butterfly finished off this one.I have completed a card order today, and now I am starting to organise my january classes, which will be here before I know it! Til tomorrow….
Pretty cuttlebug
Todays card is all cuttlebug. The cuttlebug folder used is folder that cuts and embosses at the same time, and I used a Stampin Up designer frames folder for the embossed oval behind, and an oval punch for the greeting. The cardstock is stampin up whisper white and pink pirouette,martha stewart butterfly punch, and flowers and ribbon to finish! Have received some orders today, so the next couple of days will be spent doing them – lucky they aren’t xmas as all that is packed away1 Til tomorrow….
My take on clean and simple!
All of you that visit my blog regularly or attend my cardmaking classes will know that I struggle with Clean and Simple.i say if you have the product lets use it!..but, now and again an idea comes that will only work if it’s clean and simple. such as this card. The colours are so rich and vibrant, and go so well together that not much else is needed. the list of Goodies used – Stampin Up cardstock – gumball green and Midnight muse, ( as well as a scrap of midnight muse ribbon), embossing folders – couture creations Pinstripe, stampin up designer frames folders. stampin up greetings stamp from perfect punches, oval punch, and a scrap of designer paper from stampin up comfort cafe.This afternoon I am packing away the christmas craft items, and sorting out my sadly neglected stack of cardstock and filing it all where it is supposed to live. This should restore some order to my craft room, and I will be back to creating tomorrow. Til tomorrow….
Tim Holtz Car stamp
This is the last of my new stamps, it’s a tim holtz stampers anonymous vintage car, and as with the previous stamps, gives a gloriously clear stamped image.I can’t remember what ink I stamped it with – most annoying because I would like to repeat it,if I stumble across it I will update this post!The background papers are Simple Stories Awesome. I can see a definite light at the end of the christmas card tunnel – 2 more very special xmas cards in boxes, then all the Christmas bits and pieces are going away, and I am ready to play with all my new stuff.I have been so patient!Til tomorrow….
male stamped cards
The stamp on these cards is by Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection and it’s called Clockwork.It stamps really well, and it’s got lots of lovely detail.To this I have added watch parts,tim holtz ideology sprockets, bakers twine, spellbinders sprightly sprockets, and a cuttlebug clockworks embossing folder.The card on the left is a little messier deliberately because I stamped splodges on it and distressed it ,just as a “lets see what else we can do”kind of a mission! Had a lovely afternoon today, with my sisters and a small group of friends, trying out an idea to set up a social card making group. We all had a great time, and we will repeat it again at the beginning of the year, and invite a few more ladies.Til tomorrow….
Stamped train Card
I recently bought some male themed cards, and because of the ammount of Christmas cards i have had to make I really haven’t had time to experiment with them, but I did stamp each image to see how they turned out, so over the next couple of days you will see the rough workings! Todays stamp is a huge image – it takes up the whole card! the stamp is Stampers anonymous tim Holtz collection train. It stamps beautifully – lovely and crisp. I lightly coloured this one just with watercolour pencil, and die cut some corners using spellbinders lace doily accents dies. the ticket stamp is by Prima,and I distressed the edges, and added some bakers twine and string for texture.I stamped the image with stazon timber brown.Today is the end of the working week for me, so I am looking forward to 2 days off, and hopefully some time to create! Til tomorrow….
Cuttlebug card 3
I hope all my american friends had a safe and happy Thanksgiving! Todays card uses some very old paper ( I think it’s daisy D’s) which I found in the back of a cupboard whilst looking for something else..and I gave my cuttlebug a workout as well. Here’s the list – Stampin Up – Pink pirouette, crumbcake, and whisper white cardstock, curly cute sentiment,ribbon , brad,and party blossom die.The rest – a circle punch, and spellbinders Picot edge circles and Classic edges 2 edgeabilities. Speaking of which, a couple of posts down I loved a border that I used but couldn’t remember what it was – well there it is – Spellbinders Edgeabilities classic edges 2 die . So glad I rediscovered it, and will be giving it a workout this weekend!I had a lovely morning teaching a class at Paper flourish,and while I was there I bought some Prismacolor pencils so I will be experimenting with them this weekend too, so plenty to keep me busy! Til tomorrow…
Graphic 45 Christmas emporium 13,14,15
Really cheated on these Christmas cards! The Graphic 45 Christmas Emporium Papers were so beautiful I didn’t alter them in any way, just added the interest by doing lots of layering with an assortment of Stampin Up cardstock.To finish I added ribbon bows and glitter.Quick post tonight as its shopping night, then home to pack my craft bag for a class tomorrow – I am looking forward to it, til tomorrow….
Helens Card Designs 