Here are two of the cards ladies made last month in my class. I will show the third one tomorrow.The top card uses a Kaszazz lighthouse stamp which we lightly sponged ink around rather than colouring, and matted a couple of times onto stampin up cardstock. The seagulls are a Kaisercraft die which we also lightly inked so that they were distinct from the background. The lower card is a favourite of mine – we used the dies and stamps from stampin up botanical blooms sets. the best way I find to use these dies is to just die cut a big pile of different sizes from all your scraps then spend a lovely afternoon putting them all together on cards!. the background embossing is a kaisercraft rose embossing folder.Just a note – I only used the matching stamps from this set to stamp the veins on the leaves). Today was meant to be a village lesson, but with no voice it just wouldn’t work, and I really don’t want my ladies to catch this one. Til tomorrow…..
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stampin up birthday blooms, the second..
Here is the other card I have made with Stampin Up Birthday Blooms stamp set. Again, I coloured the image with copics,and used stampin up cardstock for my card blank.The paper is from stampin up botanical blooms designer paper ( has anyone noticed I have real trouble mixing my paper companies?)spellbinders scalloped die, and ribbon from my ribbon drawer. My voice is slowly coming back, but not enough to go to work, so today I will be resting,making a big pot of spinach soup,and hanging out a little bit in the craft room – Mothers day is only 4 weeks away, so I must make some more cards.Til tomorrow….
Stampin Up birthday Blooms stamp set
Although I have called this post stampin up birthday blooms stamp set I have only used one stamp out of the set.As I sit here looking at the set I see lots more potential for this one – it has a nice range of sentiment stamps, focal image stamps and even a cute heart border stamp so I will have to leave it out on my desk to play some more!I stamped this image with memento black ink, coloured with copics, and die cut with spellbinders scalloped circle die. The cardstock is stampin up regal rose, and I embossed the background layer with kaisercraft roses embossing folder.I popped over to Paper flourish today to pick up some papers for June classes, and found a few new dies and papers to put in my basket so can’t wait to get into the craft room, but for now I am off to the Dr to get something for my lack of voice! til tomorrow….
Kaisercraft My Cherie card in a box
Quick post today as I am back to the work routine! This is the last Kaisercraft My Cherie for now,as I said I have a lot of this paper so it will pop up again…I did a card in a box, fussy cut the butterflies from one of the 12 x 12 sheets, and stuck them on thin strips of acetate.The paper on the actual box is from the 6″ pad. Til tomorrow…..
Kaisercraft Ma Cherie 5 and 6…
Two cards today, both with the same decoration, but one done portrait style, and one done landscape style.Background papers are from the Kaisercraft Ma Cherie 6″ pad. The interesting thing about these two cards …On yesterdays card when I die cut the printed sentiment from the 12 x 12 paper I was left with a spotted frame with a hole in the middle, so for todays’ cards I die cut a circle from more patterned paper to fit the hole,rounded the corner with a fancy corner punch from Stampin Up, and used that to create my focal point – I just had to add a fussy cut butterfly ( this collection has a whole sheet of gorgeous butterflies on it to fussy cut!), some liquid pearls on the top card and gorgeous rose trim on the bottom card.After spending my crafting time this week making mens cards I am ready to break out the lace, flowers, ribbons, pearls and create some vintage cards with my new Prima papers – can not wait!! but first Nathan and I have to go and photograph aforementioned mens cards. til tomorrow……
Kaisercraft Ma Cherie number 4
I have some more Kaisercraft Ma Cherie cards to show you. This first one is simply a panel of 12 x 12 paper on top of a card blank ( stampin up cardstock), and I die cut a piece of the card front 12 x 12 papers with a circle die, die cut a scalloped circle ( spellbinders classic scalloped circles) and added flowers, ribbon and a couple of fussy cut betterflies. I knew I had bought this paper, but I searched high and low and couldn’t find it so I bought it all over again, then found the original purchase! I now have lots of this paper,luckily its a beautiful paper range and since making this group of cards I have pulled it out again and it is currently on my desk ready for new ideas this weekend!Til tomorrow….
The last Prima sun kiss cards
Here are the last two cards I made with prima Sun Kiss paper and chipboard pieces before I officially retired this collection! the bottom card uses the rest of the Prima bling ( I used bits of it on previous cards)and I punched a butterfly out of gold card with my Tim Holtz butterfly punch.Today i went into Forget-me-not florist at Hollywood plaza ( my local shopping centre) to buy flowers for Mum and Dads wedding anniversary, got talking to lovely lady there, and she is going to stock my cards!! I am off now to prepare a box for her, I will start off with a small amount and see how they go. Til tomorrow….
Prima Sun kiss, and my knitted throw..
The top photo is the next in my Prima Sun Kiss series,Paper, chipboard, prima bling, ribbon and lace.The bottom photo is my throw rug which I finished last night – it was meant to be a quick knit throw, but took me a little longer, because I spent most of my time trying to keep Luna the puppy away from my balls of wool. even now that it is finished she seems quite attached to it! Easter Monday here, reality hits tomorrow when it is back to work, but for now a bit of a tidy up in the craft room! til tomorrow….
Prima Sun Kiss 2 and 3..
Still with Prima Sun Kiss papers and matching chipboards, these ones are Mothers day cards.I have added lace and ribbon, and the swirly blingy bit is from prima,and I cut it into pieces and I have used it on a few cards,so although not the cheapest item I have ever bought, quite good value when you can use it on four or five cards!I hope you all are having a nice relaxing Easter , stay safe, Til tomorrow….
Prima Sunkiss 1.
This is an old paper collection from Prima. I found it in my shelves and thought I would make a few last cards with it before putting it on the for sale pile! This card makes use of the matching chipboard pieces, a punched butterfly and some ribbon and bling.I spent a lovely afternoon yesterday in the craft room preparing may lessons ( I know.. May already!)and will head back there in a minute to finish them.The retirement village lessons take a little longer as some of my ladies are a bit too shakey for the stamping, or not strong enough for the cuttlebug so I have to work out how many ladies I am stamping for, and how many ladies I am die cutting for and prepare that beforehand. It’s all worth it though, just to get together with a lovely, enthusiastic, funny group of ladies who always supply lovely homemade goodies for afternoon tea! Til tomorrow….
Helens Card Designs 