This card is continuing on with my kaisercraft madame Boutique series using the 6″ pad and matching collectables. here I have also added a prima flower and leaf, and a little lace. Although I still have a few more to show in this series, We might take a little break tomorrow as nathan has finally got his camera back and we will be doing a big photo shoot tomorrow, and I will have something different to show… looking forward to a couple of hours in the craft room tonight making some mens cards, I’ve neglected them over the last few weeks, what with xmas and all the pretty feminine papers that are around. I got a new nautical themed stamp set and papers from Stampin Up today, and can’t wait to ink those new stamps! Til tomorrow…..
Madame Boutique #3 male card!
As promised here is a male card created with kaisercraft madame Boutique 6″ pad and collectables. I used a kaisercraft rub on – I do like this quote, and I also made a tag to tuck behind, but you could put a gift voucher in the pocket instead.Very busy day at work today, so I am a little tired but hoping to spend an hour or two in the craft room unwinding.. Til tomorrow….
Madame Boutique 2
I have a village lesson to teach tonight, so I actually wasn’t going to post today, but I want to share something with you all . Today when I was shopping at my local shop I found out that yesterday 8 people had their handbags snatched out of their trolleys in the local supermarket. It’s that time of year when people get very brazen in order to fund their xmas shopping, so to you all, my friends, when you are shopping have a good tight grip on your handbags or even better, just have your money, cards and keys in a secure pocket.Now on to todays post. The paper and collectables are from kaisercraft Madame Boutique, the cardstock is Stampin Up Baja Breeze, the flower was created with a sizzix die – flower layers #9 and I used tissue paper and an old dress pattern and added a couple of feathers. The lace is a stamp from Kaisercraft called lace, next time I use it I won’t use such a dark ink pad, a bit more subtle would have been the way to go! Tomorrow you will see how I turned Madame Boutique into a mens card… Til tomorrow…..
Madame Boutique 1
I think I have shown a couple of cards made with this paper before, but it was a little while ago, so we will start this series again at number one! It is kaisercraft Madame Boutique paper and matching collectables, and I just added a little lace and ribbon ( of course!) I haven’t been in the craft room all week, and I am looking forward to sitting in there tonight. I still have brand new papers – not even cut into yet – to play with, but it is a very busy time of year at work and so exhausting… Til tomorrow….
Timeless Vintage 3 ( male)
I have developed the habit of challenging myself to create male cards out of the various collections I buy – sometimes its quite difficult as many of the collections are geared towards female cards, but this one was easy – again using Kaisercraft Timeless Vintage 6″ pad, I only added 3 black brads to complete the look. Thats alI have in the photo files of this particular paper, so tomorrow we will see something completely different! Tonight will be spent writing out xmas cards, so much easier to make them than find time to actually post them! Til tomorrow…..
Timeless vintage 2
As promised we are back to the Kaisercraft Timeless vintage 6″ pad. On this card I have fussy cut some of the butterlies and added a bit of lace – of course! I also sponged Antique linen Ink (Tim Holtz – ranger) around the card and paper to soften the edges.A quick post tonight as it’s shopping night – Til tomorrow…..
Favourite paper,Favourite stamp 2
The recipe for this card is the same as the post below, with the addition of my new spellbinders die and a stamp.Tomorrow I will get back to my kaisercraft timeless vintage cards I promise! The cardstock on this card was Stampin up Certainly Celery.Today I have created 6 cards in a monochromatic theme, and after all that black and white I had to break out the brightest papers I could find to get my colour fix for the day. Nathans camera should be back at the end of this week so I will be able to photo them all then. Til tomorrow…..
My favourite stamp and paper (for today!)
I have skipped ahead a bit in my photo files to show this card – we took some photos of my recent makes, and this was one and I couldn’t resist posting it, because it is my favourite for just now. The paper is My Minds Eye Lost and Found Rosy ( absolutlely gorgeous colours) and the bird stamp is Young Vermillion by Stampin Up . I coloured the bird by daubing brown , orange, and yellow ink onto cream cardstock, then stamping in dark brown, and cutting out the image. I added a little red onto his chest after cutting. On the card I added Prima leaves, assorted flowers and a feather.The greeting is Stampin Up Perfectly penned, also a favourite and you will probably see it more than once on my blog! Today I am playing with the new kaiser paper releases for december – also beautiful – and enjoying myself immensely! Til tomorrow…..
Timeless Vintage
This paper is from a 6″ pad called Vintage Timeless that kaisercraft released a couple of months a go, but due to the ammount of xmas cards I have made I really haven’t had time to create with it yet, but I have a couple of cards to show over the next couple of days. there are all sorts of images in this pad, including a couple of pages of butterflies, which I very quickly fussy cut – my favourite thing! All I added was a bit of maroon lace – after all what is vintage without the lace? A long hard day at work today, so I don’t think I will be visiting the craft room, but at least I have 2 days off now and will be continuing on in my bid to clear some space in my paper drawers.. Til tomorrow….
Another Bonjour….
I have had a great creative day… first setting up my January lesson over at paper flourish, and then continuing at home this afternoon as I was on a creative roll.. don’t you love it when ideas come together! I am back on my mission of finishing with some of my paper collections so I am trying not to jump from one to another… so difficult…. Todays card is created from kaisercraft Bonjour collection, including the fussy cut butterflies. The flower is a sizzix die – flower layers no. 9, and the Thanks is also a sizzix die. I just added a Stampin up vintage brad, a strip of bling and some lace. Back to the craft room.. Til tomorrow…
Helens Card Designs 