Today I thought we would skip back to my Echo Park Victoria Gardens series, and this is number three. The only extra on this card is some lace, kaisercraft pearls, kindyglitz and the use of a Martha Stewart punch. I fussy cut the rose from paper in the same collection. Today was market day – very quiet there today, I guess everyone was outdoors enjoying the gorgeous weather. Anyway we packed up early and gave ourselves an early minute! Tonight i will unpack my boxes, and see how I go making my xmas cards..Til tomorrow…..
Hunt and Gather
Todays card is one made with Kaisercrafts new papers – Hunt and Gather. IÂ also used stampin up cardstock – Early espresso and Always Artichoke.Quick post tonight as tea is just about ready, and then I have to get everything ready for the market tomorrow. Til tomorrow….
Group of three cards
Today I taught a lesson over at Paper Flourish, and as ever had a good time, and some laughs with my group of mature ladies. Last Friday I taught a lesson at the retirement village and the three cards here are the cards we made. We used kraft cardstock, and Kaisercraft Blae and Ivy 6″ paper pad, along with nestabilities Labels eight dies,assorted flowers,ribbon, sentiment stamps, liquid pearls -platinum, and a stampin up bird punch. Well I only got three of my xmas cards made last night as I got distracted (who knew that would happen?) and ended up making quite a few non xmas related cards. I can see its going to be a long journey for the xmas card making! Til tomorrow…..
Timeless..
The other day when I bought lots of good stuff at paper flourish I picked up a 6″ paper pad by Kaisercraft called Timless. There are a lot of great background papers in it, and this is one of them. The card images were also in the pad, and I found a dice brad in the bottom of one of my drawers. The label is a stampin up die . Still no crafting happening here yet but after tea I intend to start my personal xmas cards so that they are not left to the last minute! Lets see how that goes…. Til tomorrow….
More Fathers Day
I missed doing last nights blog, as it was shopping night, and what a wild wet and windy night it was! After braving the elements all I wanted to do was sit down with a cup of tea by the heater and thaw out! Tonight I am back to Kaisercrafts new collection – Hunter and Gatherer. All I added was a button and twine. The cardstock is stampin Up Early Espresso. The bird images are gorgeous on this paper. Til tomorrow….
Victoria gardens 2
Here is the second card in my Echo park victoria gardens series. I made the green flower using some websters pages netting and a My Minds eye brad. I also used a martha stewart butterfly punch, and a Stampin Up greeting stamp. Tomorrow night we will return to Male cards which may be used for Fathers day! Til tomorrow….
Victoria Gardens
Last night I sat down with my new papers spread all around me, and before I knew it I had created 9 cards. My mind was working on the next card before my fingers had completed the card I was working on! I found this collection (Echo Park Victoria Gardens) so easy to create with, and had to show you one tonight, even though we still have quite a few cards in the queue before it. Here I have also used my sizzix die – flower 3-d, a stampin up stamp, some leaves and a prima flower. No creating tonight as I have a large order from Kay ( stampin up demonstrator – sidebar) to unpack and play with1 Til tomorrow….
Little Toot
Tonights card hasn’t got a lot of product on it! The papers are kaisercraft Little toot ( I fussy cut the car and caravan) .This was last months release, but I am a bit behind! and the letters are a cuttlebug die called typewriter. Tonight i am in the craft room making some cards with Echo Parks new papers – Vicoria gardens. tomorrow nathan will photo them so maybe they will be up next week! Til tomorrow….
Fathers Day cuttlebug card
Todays Fathers day card was made using my cuttlebug machine. I used the largest of my spellbinders labels eight dies to shape the card, and the next smallest to emboss with craft concepts universal folder – In Stitches. The trophy is a cuttlebug die – You’re a winner, and the No. 1 is cuttlebug typewriter letters dies.The dad is a different story…. Nathan bought me some stuff called laser transfer foil from a company called Crafty Computer Paper. It comes in all different colours, and comes per metre.Its not cheap, but you do get a lot to play with. You print whatever you like through your computer ( in my case – dad) and then cover the print with the special paper, and run it through the laminater. One thing we found – it does like a very hot laminater.The effect is glittery- shiny! The green I have will be great on christmas cards.I have a Village lesson tonight so I’m off to get organised! Til tomorrow…..
More male cards
A couple more fishy cards today using Kaisercraft Hunter gatherer collection. These papers are all in the 6″ pad, the fish are fussy cut from a 12 x 12 sheet. I have put this range back on my craft table, and I’m going to create some cards that are not fish related with it. There’s lots of scope for nature inspired cards with this collection. I have also been getting my market boxes ready, as I will be back this month on the 21st of August.Fathers day will be just after that, so I’m stocking up on them, so this is why you are all seeing so many mens cards this week!Til tomorrow….
Helens Card Designs 