here is a card made with paper of an unknown origin, it was in my scrap box – I am tempted to say it’s crate paper, but it could well be Stampin Up – maybe someone could help me with that…anyway, I used a spellbinders border die to cut the zig zag, and Stampin Up blossom party die, just using one of the flower heads for the flowers. Decorated with some stampin up buttons, and martha stewart butterfly punch, and the sentiment is from a stampin up set. This is a really simple design for a quick card, and I love it’s simplicity, not to mention the colours – I will be trying this one again! I have been organising myself for my lesson over at the village tonight, and I have also spent a little time planning all my January lessons – I am getting ahead of myself! Til tomorrow….
Tag: Cuttlebug card
Prima Tea Thyme card
Now for a change from Christmas cards I made this one using Prima Tea Thyme patterned paper and my cuttlebug.the die I used were – spellbinders labels 17, lace doily accents, and Memory box La Rue Flourish. The sentiment ( Love it) is from a stampin Up set called Apothecary Art, and the pleated satin ribbon is also stampin Up. I just added lace and perfect pearls to this one to finish it.Tonight I want to spend a bit of time in the craft room, doing some special orders, but first I have to find my work table which is under such a pile of stuff! Til tomorow…
Christmas cards 2012 – simple…
Very little christmas purchases used on this one! The cuttlebug folder is Winter Tress, and I used my Tim Holtz embossing diffuser to leave an oval at the bottom plain so that I could stamp straight onto the cardstock. The stamp used came from Stampin Up Welcome Christmas, then all I had to do was add some thin gold ribbon, and die cut a flower from my Die – namics Upsey daisies die. I used stampin Up Chery Cobbler and handsome Hunter cardstock to try to make it look like a Poinsetta. had a lovely morning with my Ladies this morning, and spent a little time this afternoon in the craft room, mainly looking for things – I have to clean that room out!Til tomorrow…
stampin up summer smooches
At the end of May this year, I accompanied my sister Kay ( who is a stampin up demonstrator) to their annual convention. I went along to keep her company, see Canberra, have a bit of a holiday, and also learn some new card making techniques. We had a great crafty, girly time, and came home with lots of goodies ( so much so that Kay had to pay excess baggage!). Now, I have had a great time playing with all these goodies, but haven’t been able to show you anything … until today! The new catalogue starts today, so finally I can post all my stampin up creations. It goes without saying, if you like anything you see me use, click on my link to Kays blog, leave her a comment or e-mail, and she will organise a new catalogue for you – there are lots of lovely crafty things in it, and hopefully she has put my HUGE order through today!The card I am showing today uses the new designer paper Summer Smooches, and there is matching material available with this one, which I have stuck onto cardstock with double sided adhesive paper and then run through my cuttlebug with the Stampin Up Blossom Party die to make these great texture filled flowers.This is a great idea for scraps of material, or even a favourite item of clothing that is sadly past its use by date!Instead of a leaf for the flower I used the same technique to create ziz zag leaves.The other die I used was Stampin Up ( sizzix) labels collection framelits, and I made a tag and stamped it with a sentiment from my petite pairs stamp set. All that was left to do was add bakers twine! Wow – long post today! I can’t wait to get into the craft room tonight and create some more spring cards, til tomorrow….
Prima songbird number 7 with cuttlebug
I made good use of my cuttlebug on this card, using the few papers I had of the Prima Songbird collection. I die cut some circles and layered them up, and used my spellbinders labels 17 die to add interest to another layer. I inked all my edges with tim holtz antique linen distress ink, and added lace, seam binding ( dyed with stampin up baja breeze ink) and a prima flower.I also rounded the corners of my card.The sentiment is a stamp from my stampin up field flowers set.I am suffering from a cold today, so I think it will just be a night in front of the heater with some lemon and honey! Til tomorrow…
Playing with my new dies number 2
While i had my new dies out, I made another card with them again using Kaisercraft The Lake House papers ( for those keeping track this would be number 11 in this series of paper!). So, the dies used are Cheery Lyn designs Tropical Flourish and Lattice number 2, and i added a flower made with my Tim Holtz sizzix tattered Florals. The brad in the centre is a kaisercraft brad, and for the pearl effect I used some perfect pearls. The sentiment is from Stampin up Petite Pairs.Well with a final push last night, I have now finished my fathers day cards, just in time for my Market stall next sunday! I am now looking forward to starting some Christmas cards, using some great new products I purchased last week although I am pacing myself because kaisercraft have some great papers coming out next month which I will be indulging in, and basing a few classes around. In the meantime Nathan and I will take some photos tomorrow and I will show you all what I have been playing with today!Til tomorrow….
A new cuttlebug card
I bought a new die the other day – Cottage cutz whimsy bird and cage, and gave it a try out recently. The background paper and chipboard piece are Pink Paislee Spring Jubilee, and I ran various colours of bazil cardstock through the cuttlebug with the die to achieve all the colours needed to complete the card.So as you can imagine I have lots of bits and pieces left over in a little bag just waiting for when I need a green bird or a pink branch! Other than that I love this die – the pieces fall out of it very easily – and its good fun piecing it all together! Tonight is shopping night so I probably won,t be able to fit in a visit to the craft room, but I am off work tomorrow so will spend some time in there then. Til tomorrow….
Final card ( for now) using non – xmas stash
This is the final card for now made using non christmas stash. The cardstock used is Stampin Up cherry cobbler, which I embossed with Stampin Up vintage wallpaper embossing folder, and then inked over the raised bits with choc chip ink. I stamped some music notes ( kaisercraft stamp) in choc chip, and matted that onto Stampin Up handsome hunter cardstock which I had punched with my e.k. success border edger – sorry, can’t remember the name of that one ,but someone might be able to help with that -and finally I die cut a flower using a Dienamics upsey daisies die. I stamped a greeting and cut it into a small tag and attached. these little greeting tags are a new fad of mine, and I have been creating them for a lot of my recent makes, so you will see them – a lot! Finally today I want to welcome all my recent subscribers – so glad to have you all, and always feel free to leave a comment , a question or even a request for something you might like to see. For now, I had better go and cook tea – the natives are getting restless! Til tomorrow….
Stampin Up Baby Prints
I have had this stamp set ( stampin Up baby prints) for a while, but really haven’t had time to properly play with it – this is my first card with it – I have used stampin Up bashful blue ink, and I also tried out another new toy – my sizzix tim holtz alterations embossing diffuser set #1. This is a great ideas, that lets you use your embossing folder ( in this case Cuttlebug swiss dots) and still keep part of the card un – embossed, which is where I stamped the feet. I just added a ribbon and dummy to finish.This week I have been working on some xmas card designs for my village ladies big xmas cards for the troops marathon which happens next Friday… til tomorrow…..
A hodge Podge of stampin Up!
Here is a card I designed for a previous village lesson, using mainly stampin Up products. The embossing folder is Couture Creations Cottage florals, and the rest of the products used are all stampin Up – Poppy Parade, so saffron, whisper white, old olive and certaianly celery cardstock,Decorative labels punch, bird punch, Four frames stamp set, language of friendship stamp set ,little leaves die, and a flower punch. I added liquid pearls to the centre of the flowers.What I like about this card is the fact that once I had stamped the bird, it cut out perfectly with the punch, and the pattern lifts it. I had a lovely morning over at paper Flourish setting up our August lesson – I love it when a plan falls into place and I am looking farward to teaching that class! Now, back in the craft room I am working on Fathers day cards, only another dozen or so to go… Til tomorrow….
Helens Card Designs 