Special cards for today, as it’s new years eve ( happy new year everyone!). These are card in a box cards, they fold down flat for ease of posting and I have adjusted the measurements so that they fit into a standard envelope. I will have to organise nathan to film another clip for these ones, anyway, The paper is kaisercraft A touch of Gold, and I die cut the balloons from gold foil card and glitter card ( the die is a kaisercraft one). I added some punched bunting, a few sequins and happy birthday stickers. I have been missing for a few days because our little dog Patches passed away,and it has been a very sad time.He had a wonderful long life, he was nearly 17, but I so miss my little shadow. I haven’t yet been able to go into the craft room as he used to lie under my desk at my feet whenever I was in there, but will make an effort tomorrow so that I can plan out some lessons. My new years resolution this year to to use up some of the paper collections I have and I have already made a start on that and you will see results over the coming weeks.For now, til tomorrow….
Tag: simple card designs
graphic 45 Gilded Lily 3 and 4
Another two cards made with graphic 45 Gilded Lily paper collection. a bit of fussy cutting on the top card, and just some images from the papers on the bottom card. love the pinks/blues in this paper. today I am in the craft room ( got to love public holidays!) and I am working with more graphic 45 paper – Mon Amour – making some cards suitable for young ladies, and while i am creating i am thinking about my new years resolution – I have a feeling it’s going to be the same as last year – I will share later in the week! til tomorrow…..
Merry Christmas to all my Blog friends!
Three cards today, all made with Bo bunny You’re Invited paper collection and matching collectables.I made good use of my gold twine, which was purchased for xmasd cards but has found it’s way to most of the cards I have made lately ( love using it!)and sequins, and the bottom card has a stamped bird crazy stamp by Tim holtz, because I love them too – they make me smile!A day off today, how lucky that I got xmas eve off, and so Nathan and I were over at the shops super early ( about 7am) to do our grocery and fruit and veg shopping to beat the last minute shoppers, and that worked a treat. It is now only mid morning and all my chores for the day are done.I wish you all a safe and merry Christmas,fun with loved ones, and I will see you all back here in a day or so! Happy holidays, Love helen x
Kaisercraft fiesta 5, the last for now…
This is the last Kaisercraft Fiesta card I made, and I have enjoyed showing these bright and beautiful colours! I will revisit this paper again as I still have some left. this one used the 6″ paper pad, collectables and the labels were from a piece of the 12 x 12 paper ( the only piece of that size I bought).I just had to add a ribbon bow and a sprinkle of sequins to finish.I went back to work yesterday after quite a few weeks off with my knee, and I have to say it was tough. I came home and had to ice my knee and put heat on my back, but today I am much better – have come home with no aches and pains so I am truly grateful for that! I would like to thank all my blog friends for your best wishes and concern.One more day then 5 days off! yay! til tomorrow….
Kaisercraft Fiesta 3 and 4
Two cards today, I am back to work tomorrow after 8 weeks off, and I may be a little too tired to post tomorrow! These are made with kaisercraft fiesta 6″ pad and collectables, with the addition of buttons, flowers, sequins and gold twine.Love these bright cards. A much cooler day today here in Adelaide, so I have a roast beef and vegetables in the oven – a welcome change from the salads we have eaten all week.And just enjoying the cooler weather! til tomorrow….
Kaisercraft fiesta 2..
Kiasercraft fiesta 6″pad and matching collectables.For this one I layers a few of the label die cuts from the back of the pad and a couple of the collectables, added some gold twine, sequins and flowers and punched a butterfly to finish.This hot weather is draining all of us here,not much we can do but sit around and conserve our energy, thankfully there is a cool change coming on Sunday! til tomorrow…..
Kaisercraft Fiesta number 1…
I have a few paper collections that I haven’t had a chance to do anything with due to the Christmas makes, and this is one of them – kaisercraft Fiesta.It’s a good collection to showcase just now because the colours remind me of the extre4me heat we are experiencing at the moment. For this card I have used papers from the 6″ pad,and a few of those scrappy bits you get left with at the end of a crafty session.There’s a die cut leafy branch ( can’t remember what that one is but I like it so might have to go and find it to use again!), some flowers, punched butterfly, sequins and gold twine.I was up early this morning preparing salads for tea so that I am not in the kitchen later today, and now I will go sit under the air conditioner duct and try to stay cool! til tomorrow….
Inlaid Die cutting explained..
On today’s card I have done a technique called Inlaid Die cutting. First I die cut the anchor ( Kaisercraft die) from the white cardstock, collecting all the little bits that we normally throw away, and die cut it again from blue cardstock. I ran the white cardstock piece through the big shot/cuttlebug using a kaisercraft anchors embossing folder. The last step is to inlay the blue anchor into the white embossed cardstock, and then pop in all those little bits of off cuts – if you look carefully you can see which pieces they are as they don’t have the embossed detail on them. That is the fiddliest part of this technique. To finish the card I wrapped some bakers twine around it and mounted on navy blue card. Too hot here today to do anything but read! Til tomorrow…
sail away 11, and kaszazz lighthouse/pelican stamps..
I am calling this post sail away but really the only thing on here from the kaisercraft sail away collection is the background paper, which I inked a little bit more to enhance the green at the bottom. The rest is Kaszazz stamps which I stamped onto white cardstock, coloured with copic markers, fussy cut out and stuck onto the card front.The gull i stamped directly onto the card front. I do like creating these little scenes!This morning I have packed away all my christmas craft supplies,and i have quite a bit left to get me started next year, which is good because the christmas ranges always come into store too late for me!Til tomorrow….
Kaisercraft sail away.. more embedded embossing…9 and 10…
More cards with kaisercraft sail away collection. the top card is a very simple card made with a piece of the 12 x 12 paper – card fronts with a little bit of fussy cutting detail, and the bottom card is another example of embedded embossing – I fussy cut some images from a sheet of 12 x 12 paper, stuck them on to a white card with a glue stick and ran it through the big shot in a stampin up embossing folder.To finish I die cut a ships wheel ( kaisercraft die) added a circle from the 6″ pad, already printed with the greeting, and added a bow made from bakers twine.Til tomorrow….
Helens Card Designs 