This is a very early post for me today, but I wanted to put up this special card, as it was made for my cousin who is getting married today – Best wishes Karen and Danny – It was going in the post so I had to really restrict my inner blingness, and the Bridesmaids dresses are red so I wanted to incorporate that too. I used pearlescent card, and the stamped image and sentiment are from Stampin Up Marry Me set. The cardstock is Stampin Up real red. I used my cuttlebug swiss dots folder, stampin Up bird punch for the leaves, and Martha Stewart Hydrangea punches for the flowers. Liquid pearls – hope they are o.k. in the post – and assorted lace finished it off. Now I am off to te craft room to do an order that has just come through and needed for tonight… Til tomorrow….
Tag: lace
Sketch series for using scraps number 8
We are nearly at the end of this sketch series – one more to go after this . Toadys card uses my spellbinders nested lacey pennants, some stampin Up ribbon and sentiment, and of course the paper is Everyday enchantment by Stampin Up. The second card which closely mirrors the first uses American crafts Neapolitan paper, stampin Up daffodil delight trim, ribbon and flowers instead of the lace bow and the cardstock is Stampin Up calypso coral. My back is still sore, so nothing but a seat in front of the t.v. with a hot water bottle for me tonight!Til tomorrow….
sketch series for using scraps number 2
Foe number 2 I had a rectangle of patterned paper which I cut into 2 cm strips, and cut each one 1 cm shorter than the one before it, and then cut the v’s into the ends to make banners. I punched some circles, and decorated a strip with an edge punch. I wrapped a ribbon around the whole lot and added a bow. The paper on the first card is Stampin Up everyday enchantment as is the ribbon which I dyed to match my paper. The second card, using American Crafts Neapolitan follows the sketch closely, but I substituted lace for ribbon and added a punched butterfly and some kindyglitz.The cardstock is Stampin Up Peach Parfait. Til tomorrow….
Nature garden 2 – For mum…
For this mothers day card I have used Prima Nature garden, and fussy cut on of the bird images from one of the sheets of patterned paper. I found a kaisercraft acrylic overlay in a drawer which went perfectly over the top for this design, and all i had to add was a length of gold lace. I spent a lovely morning at Paper flourish setting up my May lesson, and i plan to spend some time in my craft room tonight – I haven’t spent much time in there this week, and I have a few ideas I want to try out. Til tomorrow…..
Nature garden
A couple of weeks ago I bought a few pieces from Primas new releases, and this collection is the only one I have had time to play with so far, but I will get to the others, hopefully this weekend. So, this is 12 x 12 shetts of Prima Nature garden, and I just added lace and flowers. I distressed the edges of the mats, and boy, does this paper distress! It took me ages before I could bring myself to do this to paper, but this collection was made for distressing. The collection comes with matching stamps, which I also purchased, and that is the butterfly image which i stamped and fussy cut, and it also has a little fairy girl holding a flower in the set, which I haven’t inked up yet. Til tomorrow….
Charlottes Dream 2
Again, this card using kaisercraft Charlottes Dream paper collection was made so that I could play with some new purchases! The butterflies were stamped and embossed ( a new embossing powder called Antiquities weathered white by Ranger) onto vellum and cut out, and the gorgeous wreath is a new die for me from Memory box called Catalina Wreath. I just added ribbon, lace,liquid pearls and kaisercraft pearls to finish.Today has been a very productive crafty day. I finished my experimenting with strips, I have made 9 different cards just using strips. I actually used 2 sheets of patterned paper to see how much I would need for my class, and all I had left were the tiniest bits that I was quite happy to throw out!So now to choose which ones will make it into the class. I then moved on to designing a card with a built in bookmark and moving parts.I was having trouble with measurements, so put it aside and made some baby cards. Had a little Nanna nap, and when I woke up I had solved the problem with the measurements ( Amazing Huh?)so now I will be found in the craft room finishing off that design and it will also be a lesson at some time..Til tomorrow….
Charlottes dream…
Here is a card with a couple of firsts… The first card I made with Kaisercrafts new paper collection – Charlottes dream, and the first card i made with my new die made by memory box called La Rue Flourish. It is the most dainty die – I worried that it wouldn’t work well through my cuttlebug, but I have purchased a metal adapter plate to add to the cuttlebug sandwich, and it works like a dream! I also used my well used Sizzix tattered florals ( a most popular addition to my cards – Every card with one of these flowers on it sold at the market today), Stampin up Bird punch for the leaves, and some gorgeous lace , which I just wanted to keep… to finish it off. As I mentioned a busy day at the market, and beautiful weather, but so tired now, I will just be sitting in front of the T.V. tonight.. Til tomorrow….
Fresh Vintage
Today I am showing a card that I made using my Stampin Up supplies. The designer paper is stampin Up everyday enchantment ( absolutely gorgeous, and is on my craft desk as we speak, as I am by no means finished with this paper, and my lovely sister has just given me some more) and the stamp sets – petite pairs for the sentiment and Fresh vintage for the stamped image which I coloured with prima chalk ink pads. I just added a little ribbon and lace to finish. Nathan and I did fit in time today to do some photo -ing, but I haven’t sorted through them all yet, but we might have new stuff tomorrow… Til tomorrow….
Back to These days..
After a short diversion we are back to Kaisercraft Papers – These days. I think this is card number 6 with these papers – I have lost count…. A lot of matting on this one – 2 lots of papers from the 6″ paper pad, and a couple of doilies – one which I cut on my cuttlebug. The flowers are prima flowers and I added a flourish also cut on the cuttlebug and a strip of lace. The flower in the centre of the big flower is a kaisercraft brand – this is quite a new line for them, but they are terrific to use in the centre of flowers as an alternative to brads.Maybe time to get in the craft room tonight, Til tomorrow…..
These days 4 – Mothers day
Todays card is number 4 in my These days kaisercraft series. I have combined the 6″ paper pad with the matching collectables, and added some lace, flowers, and used martha stewarts fern punch and a border punch. The cameo was stamped with a stamp from Oxford Impressions jane Austen set. I had a lovely morning with my group of ladies at paper Flourish – we had a great lesson today. I have tomorrow off work, and the rest of my family are tied up all weekend with putting on a couple of wrestling shows for the fringe, so the weekend stretches peacefully in front of me with lots of time for crafting with all my new purchases! Bliss…. Til tomorrow…
Helens Card Designs 