Smiles (HLS – Dies)

I would like to than the wonderful Design Team over at Die Cut Divas for selecting my card as a DIVA FAVOURITE in September’s ‘Free Fun Time’ Challenge.

Arlene liked the simple but striking design by Helen F – Moments of Crafting

Hello and welcome

Welcome back to a new challenge over at Happy Little Stampers –  Anything Goes with Dies – September.  I hope you’ll join in the fun this month!

My card today uses some lovely rainbow colours.

It started with watercoloured rainbow across a panel of card.

Once it was completely dry, it was die cut using Pink Fresh Stacked Edges 1 Dies and then covered with Glossy Accents.

Next was die cutting ‘Smiles’ with Winnie & Walter -‘The Big, the Bold and Friends Cutaways with black card before being black heat embossed.

Last was stamping, water colouring and fussy cutting a little bear from MFT – Bitty Bears.

Each of these elements was then added to the card front.

I hope you like this little cutie! It’s perfect for friends who need a little  something to brighten their day!

Time to head over to our blog to check out the great work by the rest of the Design Team!  Good luck with your entries!

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

Time Out Challenge #143

AAA CAS Game #148 – Sketch + Optional Twist Animals

CAS on Friday Challenge #163 – Use a die cut word(s) on you card

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #357 – Make Your Mark

Brown Sugar Challenge #293 – September 2019

Die Cut Divas – Free Fun Time with LeeAnn and The Divas that Cut

 

           

 

         

 

Alice in Wonderland 21st

Here’s a card I made using the gorgeous Santoro London stamp set. I used copics to colour this cute image.

Thanks for visiting.

Helen

WWC292 – Dawn’s Challenge: Anything Goes With a Feminine Twist

Hello and welcome

Today it’s time for the next challenge over at Watercooler Wednesday!  This week  I am hosting the Challenge: Anything Goes with a Feminine Twist.

This week I used one of my original stamp sets from MFT – Let’s Celebrate. I started by stamping the image and cutting a circle around her to make a mask cutting out her legs and the top of the champagne glass. After stamping on the card front and removing the mask, I watercoloured using Distress Inks.

After cutting the large circle for the tag, I placed a circle mask and added the lady over the top to allow me to stencil, so that the circle mask is close to the bottom of the larger circle.

I then stenciled MFT – Geometric Stars in the background using Distress Ink, followed by MFT – Star Celebration stencil using Nuvo Glimmer Paste.

The sentiments are from MFT Martini’s on Me, and Let’s Celebrate.

The larger circle was die cut over a folded card to form the card. The black ribbon was tied across the top to allow it to be tied to a gift or bottle of bubble!

The card front was added to the folded card to finish.

I like the idea of a tag rather than the usual card.

Don’t forget to head over to our blog to check out the wonderful inspiration from the rest of our Design Team.

I look forward to seeing what you create this week!

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments.

Stay safe in these difficult times and have a good day

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

Dies R US – Anything Goes

SSS World Card Making Day

Less is More #429 – Cheers

Time Out – Challenge #171 – Move Over Coffee Today is a Day For Champagne

STAMPloration – October Stencil Challenge – Anything Goes

It’s your BIRTHDAY … (Penny Black Saturday Challenge)

Hello and welcome

I’m back with the new  Penny Black Saturday October Challenge! This month the theme is  Anything Goes (Optional – ‘Too cute to Spook!).  I hope you have a chance to join in the fun!

This card is a little different for me. as I didn’t colour the background to the scene. I hope you like it.

I chose the bright colours because they lend themselves to these fun little images. I love using them as I always think they make everyone who sees it happy! Hopefully a smile as well with this one!

To begin, the images from PB- Paint the Town set were stamped and Distress watercoloured.

The real need for patience came with stamping the sentiment, from the same stamp set. Using masking, I stamped the black, then the multicoloured ‘birthday’ and lastly, the word color one colour at a time. To finish, I restamped with Versamark and clear embossing powder to make it ‘pop’ more.

The panel was then cut using MFT – Stitched Scallop Basic Edges, before adding to a panel cut with SSS – Stitched Whirl Background die and then the card front.

I hope my card brings you a smile! 🙂

Please head over to our blog to  check out the wonderfully inspirational work by the rest of the Design Team!  I hope you will find the time to join our challenge this month.

I look forward to seeing what you create!  Good luck!

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments.

Have a great week!

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

AAA Birthday Challenge Game #17 – Animals & Critters

SSS Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

Dies R Us – #154 – Anything Goes

Gem of a Challenge Week 20 – Anything Goes

Through the Craftroom Door – Anything Goes

As You Like It Challenge – Favourite Bright or Pastel (& why)

Pixie’s Snippets Playground – Challenge #388

SSS Happy World Cardmaking Day

Papercrafting Business Challenge – Interactive

Hello and welcome

I am thrilled to join the talented group over at Papercrafting Business Challenge.

This month the new Challenge over at Papercrafting Business is Interactive! So many wonderful ways to join in this one.

For my card I decided to play with Lawn Fawn stamps and dies.

I started by cutting the camera die from white card and a strip of leaf DP.

As I only own the camera die and not the pull up add on, I made my own. It didn’t work out too badly, but would have been easier with it! 🙂

I then cut 6 white circles and then cut a smaller circle in the centre to give me the camera lens. I glued then together with an acertate circle at the top and then black ring as the last 2. Some glitter and leaves were added inside and then a DP circle sealed the back.

Little critters from the – Really High Five set, were stamped, copic coloured and fussy cut.

I cut the LF – Meadow Border from some DP and coloured over the pattern with copics, before adding along the bottom of the camera.

It was then just a matter of adding all the pieces with glue and raised dots to make a little scene.

From another piece of card, I cut Kaisercraft photo frame die, stamped the little mouse from LF Dandy Day, coloured the background, and glued the pieces back in place. I added a wider piece of card to bottom as a stopper.

On the back I formed a small tunnel at the top of the camera, for the frame to pass through with raised tape.

It was then added to the card front along with a sentiment from LF – Chit Chat set.

Thanks so much for visiting and I look forward to seeing what you create for the challenge.

Please head over to our blog now to see what the rest of the wonderful team have created.

Take care

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

SSS Monday Challenge – Add a photo

SSS Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

Lawn Fawnatics – Awesome Autumn

AAA Birthday Challenge – Animals & Critters

Power Poppy – Creative Confetti Challenge – Sketch it Out!

Allsorts Challenge – Week 591 – Autumn Colours

Hero Arts Stay Crafty Challenge #15 – Fall

WWC291 – Fifth Week Anything Goes Challenge

Thanks so much to everyone over at Allsorts Challenge for selecting my card in their Top 5! I really appreciate it!

Hello and welcome

Today it’s time for the next challenge over at Watercooler Wednesday!  This week  is the 5th week of the month, so it’s Fifth Week – Anything Goes Challenge.

This week, I have created a CAS card using Autumn colours.

A stitched circle die was embossed into the corner of the watercolour paper panel.

The little leaf from Hero Arts – Leaf Prints stamp was used to stamp using Distress ink, to get the leaves to cascade out of the circle. This was one of my first stamp sets which I haven’t used in years! 😦 I used a waterbrush to move some of the colour and add a little more in some areas. ( A little red, brown and yellow)

The sentiment from Hero Arts – Special Note of Thanks (another oldie) in Brilliance Lightning Black.

Don’t forget to head over to our blog to check out the wonderful inspiration from the rest of our Design Team.

I look forward to seeing what you create this week!

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments.

Stay safe in these difficult times and have a good day

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

A Blog Named Hero – Clean and Simple

Allsorts Challenge – Week 591 – Autumn Colours

Hero Arts -Stay Crafty – Fall

Inspired By…colors of fall

CAS Game #175 – One Layer + optional twist Coffee (no option)

Retro Rubber Challenge 144 | Anything Goes!

WWC290 – Michelle’s Challenge: All About Occasions

Hello and welcome

Today it’s time for the next challenge over at Watercooler Wednesday!  This week  Kath is hosting the Challenge: All About Occasions.

This week, I played with some Distress ink watercolouring using a new to me Pinkfresh Leafy Decor image.

The sentiment is from Pinkfresh Floral Frame stamp set.

I look forward to seeing what you create this week!

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments.

Stay safe in these difficult times and have a good day

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

Pinkfresh Studio September Challenge – Rainbow

Modsquad Challenge – Autumn Foliage

Allsorts Challenge – Week 590 My Lovely Garden

Virginia’s September’s Show & Share

Inspired By…colors of fall

Just for You (Leaves) Penny Black Saturday Challenge

Hello and welcome

I’m back to remind you about the  Penny Black Saturday September Challenge! This month the theme is  Anything Goes (Optional ‘Your Favourite Colour’).  I hope you have a chance to join in the fun!

I decided to do something different this time and not use any stamps. I have a couple of PB dies and stencils I love and decided to bring some of them out. I started by die cutting PB Flower Frolic die once in white, once in black and finally in gold making sure the die fitted along the paper cut to the card front.

Once I was happy with the copic colouring on the white die cut, I added some Gelly Roll pen along the leaves on all the die cuts, and some Wink of Stella to the flowers on the coloured piece.

The negative piece of gold card was trimmed to shape and the right side removed. It was then trimmed to fit the kraft card front.

PB Verdant stencil was used with Versamark ink to add a subtle background to the kraft card, before the gold piece was attached. I love using this stencil as it works so well with these die cut leaves. They are not the same size, but work beautifully together! Here they add the extra layer of interest to the leaves.

The black die cut was glued in place, then the gold offset and finally, the coloured piece in the middle.

The sentiment is from PB – Just for You die cut was cut in black and added at the bottom.

It is very different but was fun to play with.

I hope my card brings you a smile! 🙂

Please head over to our blog to  check out the wonderfully inspirational work by the rest of the Design Team!  I hope you will find the time to join our challenge this month.

I look forward to seeing what you create!  Good luck!

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments.

Have a great week!

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

SSS Wednesday Challenge – No stamps allowed

Virginia’s September Show & Share

PIP Challenge 2037– Anything Goes

Modsquad Challenge – Autumn Foliage

Allsorts Challenge Week 590 My Lovely Garden

As You Like It Challenge – Favourite Stencil (and why)

We Love Chocolate Baroque – September – Wings with an Anything Goes option

Through the Craftroom Door – Anything Goes

WWC289 – Heidi’s Challenge: Anything Goes With a Masculine Twist

Hello and welcome

Today it’s time for our new challenge over at Watercooler Wednesday! This week it is Heidi’s Challenge –Anything with a Masculine Twist.

This week, I decided to make a one layer CAS card using another image from The Cat’s Pajamas – Swanky Stamps stamps.

I just loved this image and decided to make it fun and hope it brings a smile!

After stamping the cat and Distress ink watercolouring, I added a balloon from another TCP set along with the 2 sentiments.

I couldn’t help myself and added some Wink of Stella to the balloon and Glossy Accents to his nose and mug.

I felt it needed something and so I went for a hand drawn frame.

I hope he brought you a smile.

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments.

Have a great day

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

September TCP Tuesday Challenge #372– Animals

SSS Wednesday Challenge – Humorus / Fun

PIP Challenge 2037

Stay Crafty With Hero– Critters

SSS Monday Challenge – Frame It

AAA Birthday Challenge Game #17 – Animals & Critters

AAA Card Challenge – CAS Game #174 – Up To One Third + optional twist Woodland Animals

WWC288 – Kath’s Challenge: All About Occasions

Hello and welcome

Today it’s time for the next challenge over at Watercooler Wednesday!  This week  Kath is hosting the Challenge: All About Occasions.

This week, my card features Julie Nutting’s – Pricilla cling stamp, copic coloured and fussy cut. I love these images and haven’t pulled them out for ages. I think she’s very special.

The background die is SSS – Circle Border with gold glitter card behind.

I felt that Winnie & Walter’s large ‘cheers’ cut from black glitter card, finished it off perfectly.

I look forward to seeing what you create this week!

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments.

Stay safe in these difficult times and have a good day

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

SSS Wednesday – Stamp It

Allsorts Challenge Week 588 – Use a hand coloured image

Creative Inspirations Card Challenge September Challenge – Spots & Dots or Inky Splats!

CAS on Friday Challenge #188 – Partytime!

Through the Craftroom Door – Anything Goes Challenge September 8th 2020

Chocolate Baroque Challenge – Wings with Anything Goes Option

Virginia’s Show & Share

It’s Your Special Day (Penny Black Saturday Challenge)

Hello and welcome

I’m back to remind you about the  Penny Black Saturday September Challenge! This month the theme is  Anything Goes (Optional ‘Your Favourite Colour’).  I hope you have a chance to join in the fun!

My card features  PB Stamp image – Soft Whisper stamped on watercolour paper in Worn Lipstick Distress Ink, spritzed with water), using my Misti.

Once I was happy with the colour and the panel was dry, I used a Wow embossing pen to add some random additions which were then gold embossed.

The sentiment is from PB – Sprinkles and Smiles stamp set and gold embossed on vellum. Altnew Fine Frames Dies were cut from gold card. The smallest was glued to the vellum to frame the sentiment, and then the vellum was trimmed.

The main panel was attached to the card front, with gold card addition, with fun foam.  The sentiment was then added.

I was happy with the way it turned out.  The pink branches reminds me of the flowers falling from the branches in spring and the gold makes me think of the sun flinting between the leaves

Please head over to our blog to  check out the wonderfully inspirational work by the rest of the Design Team!  I hope you will find the time to join our challenge this month.

I look forward to seeing what you create!  Good luck!

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments.

Have a great week!

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

Through the Craftroom Door – Anything Goes

Time Out Challenge #169 – Season 

Seize the Birthday #198-Add Gold

SSS Wednesday Challenge – Stamp It

Cute Card Thursday Challenge – Anything Goes

 

WWC287 – Helen’s Challenge: Anything Goes With A Feminine Twist.

 

Hello and welcome

Today it’s time for the next challenge over at Watercooler Wednesday!  This week  I am hosting the Challenge: Anything Goes with a Feminine Twist.

Today’s card features MFT – Stitched Peek-a-Boo Window & Edge cut from white card.

AI – Garden Circlet MTF images were stamped on the circle cut outs and Distress watercoloured.

The garden pot from AI – Potting Shed MFT set was also coloured and fussy cut.

I added some DP as the base along with a sentiment from a very old favourite set – There She Goes – Sentiments.

It came together so quickly with so little colouring!!!

This cute card is perfect for Spring! I love the way my garden is starting to change.

Don’t forget to head over to our blog to check out the wonderful inspiration from the rest of our Design Team.

I look forward to seeing what you create this week!

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments.

Stay safe in these difficult times and have a good day

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

SSS Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

AI – Quick & Simple Challenge

Time Out Challenge #169 – Season

Allsorts Challenge – Week 587 – Going round in circles

Through the Craftroom Door – Anything Goes Challenge –