We are still with my October afternoon Sidewalk patterned papers, but on this card I have used my Picot Edges circles spellbinders die with my cuttlebug as the focus of this card. The greeting is a stamp by Stamp It, and I have added a ribbon and bow. A martha Stewart punch was used also. This is a good sketch card which I will probably use again! Nathan is on holidays from his studies and has been “improving ” my blog by building something on the side over to the right…. he assures me when he is finished, which might take him a few days , that we will be able to click on whatever we looking for in the list there, and all the cards I have done under that particular category – be it certain papers, or technique, or design , will come up as a group! Sounds good…..Til tomorrow….
2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 17,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 6 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
Sidewalk 2
Yesterday was the boy version, and today is the girly version….. Using October Afternoon 8×8 paper pad and matching miscellany pack. After posting lasts nights card I went into the craft room and pulled this paper out again to play a bit more with it. The only other thing I added to this one was the ribbon.A late post today, I have to go and organise something for tea, and if I leave it much later it will be breakfast time!
October Afternoon Sidewalk
I love the clear colours of October Afternoon papers, and this new collection called Sidewalk is no exception. I have used the matching Miscellany pak and the card just fell together. The good thing about this paper pad is that it matches perfectly with previous releases so not too much thinking required to put papers together! In other good news today, all my blog and e-mail problems are finally ironed out – Yay! I didn’t realise how much I enjoyed blogging until I ran into this trouble, but all is good now in Helens blogging world! Til tomorrow…..
Vintage lady
Todays card uses a few different products – here is the list – The paper is Vintage blue floral and stripe by Glitz designs, the paper flowers are from Prima,and they are held together with a my minds Eye brad, the gorgeous lady is a Glitz whatnot – dance in sunshine, the postcard chipboard is by prima from the Londonerry range, and the stamps used were from Stampin up – Well scripted and the flourish was also from Stampin Up from my Vintage vogue set.. They all seem to go well together, sometimes it’s worth mixing and matching! Til tomorrow…..
Glitz designs 2
Todays card is the second in my Glitz designs series. Here I have used the Dance in Sunshine paper and the bird image is from the bag of matching whatnots. I added a kaisercraft crocheted doily and a flower. well it was back to work today, and xmas well and truly over in the shop – I spent the day setting up our back to school area!Still having trouble with my blog – Thank you to those of you searching for me, and also welcome to my new follower! Til tomorrow….
Glitz Designs
This is a paper company I hadn’t heard of before, But I always like to try new products, so I bought a few bits and pieces, and here we are – It is Glitz designs, Dance in Sunshine, and I also used the matching Whatnots, which is a pack of bits and pieces that match the papers. Just added a flower and a couple of leaves to finish. Today I have spent 31/2 hours in the craft room and made … 2 cards! Now, normally after that amount of time I would have had a bit more to show for my time, but on these two cards I used every electrical gadget I have including my Cricut,sewing machine, heat gun and then the cuttlebug and lots of ribbons, buttons, flowers,lace,inks, distressing gadget and even went rummaging around in late Grans sewing box for press studs – (remember them?) I will show as soon as Nathan photos them… Til tomorrow…..
Sweet nothings 4…
My blog address is still playing up, but some of you are finding me so we will carry on as normal. Now, in all honesty I have lost track of what number we are up to in my Kaisercraft Sweet Nothings collection series so I have randomly picked 4 as a good number for this card! All I have added to this piece of patterned paper is a collectable from the same collection, and a ribbon and bling. I hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas, and have found a little time for some serious card making…. Til tomorrow….
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas To Everyone…Be safe and Enjoy!
Lots of shoes and bags….
I know a lot of you are finding it hard to find me at the moment, there is a problem with my blog which Nathan is on to, but it could take up to 5 days to fix. A few of you have worked out how to get to me, thank you, and to everyone else you will have to catch up when the problem is fixed! Meanwhile we will carry on as normal…. Today I have posted a group of cards that I made just using 2Â 12 x 12 pieces of patterned paper, some stampin up cardstock – Perfect plum and basic black,and a bit of ribbon and lace. The paper was a find while I was on holiday from a company called Hobby Fun Co, and I embossed a lot of the plum cardstock with my Vintage wallpaper embossing folder from Stampin Up.I actually made 14 cards from this paper – that’s what I call a bargain buy! Til tomorrow…..
Helens Card Designs 