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Woohoo! Hows this! I actually managed to crop the photo and get it on my blog - so two posts in 24 hours!!!


To make this banner I cut out rectangles of Real Red and Garden Green card, trimming the top corners with a pair of fancy scissors I have and leaving a "flap" of card to one side so that I could stick each one to its neighbour, I then cut-out the smaller rectangles and trimmed the top corners of those too before adding faux stitching with a white gel-pen. All the letters are chipboard which I inked up, and heat embossed using Clear or White embossing powder as you can see. The coloured letters were then mounted onto Very Vanilla cardstock before the whole thing was finally assembled. I thought this would be quite a quick project but it actually took me ages!

Hope you like it

x Helen

All materials were Stampin' Up products

Beautiful Colours

Hello! You must have wondered where I had gone to, I have been absent soooo long but here I am again, with a couple of photos this time to cheer you up on this wet and soon to be very windy day. I love the colours of Autumn and the trees around my home never fail to put on a wonderful display. centre of this photo is my favourite tree of all, a Japanese Maple

Isn't this tree absolutely beautiful.....

I am hoping my next post will be this side of Christmas as I have some photo's of some rather lovely decorations my dear husband helped me to make for my Open House at the beginning of November...yep!...I have got a bit out of step with the Seasons this year!!! Now all I need to do is to work out how to crop the photo's so that actually fit on the screen.....and then I simply must get on with making my Christmas cards.

Thanks for stopping by

x Helen

Soft Summer Birthday

I wanted to post this picture last week but couldnt until after Jo's birthday. For this layout I have used the Holiday Treasures Designer Paper but I have also used the Haiku pack on other versions of this card that I have made - both papers are only available until the 30th September, so if you have fallen in love with them you need to get them now before they disappear......

Apologies again for the long absence, I wish I could tell you I have been away on some long holiday in a faraway land but the truth is I have been working very hard with classes and Stampin' Up! workshops as well as planning the next few months classes and events. If you live in the Dorset area and would like details of my events please email me and I will send you full details. Alternatively, if you would like to host a party for your friends why not get in touch and we will arrange a time of papercrafting fun with lots of laughter, Stamping tips and prizes!

Happy Stamping

Helen

Recipe

Stamps: Soft Summer

Designer Paper: Holiday Treasures and Old Olive

Choc chip, Ruby Red, Old Olive Cardstock

Old Olive ribbon, Stazon Ink and Blender Pen

Going, going....soon be gone!

Yes! this is your last chance to buy these lovely Stamp sets and accessories, some at 25% off and some at 50% off the usual price but they are only available whilst stocks last or until 30th September 2009, so hurry and bag yourself a bargain! Click on the image above to see the list larger and select your purchases, then contact me with your order and I will do the rest. Orders over £45 will receive a free gift from me (personally)

Speak to you soon

Helen

Chips with everthing (3)

I had hoped to be able to post at least three times a week but I see that a whole week has passed since I last posted anything! So to make up for that... this is the third part of my Chips with everything Class and I am going to show you 3 photo's!!!
The first shows the Gift wallet we actually made in class using an ordinary C6 envelope:

This version uses a DL envelope

...as you can see from this shot of the inside of it I CASE'd this idea from Angie Kennedy. She has an excellent tutorial called "Stampin' Up! Envelope Card" which you can see by going to http://www.mychicnscratch.com/envelope-projects/
Such a simple idea an yet so versatile and easy-to-make.

Thanks for stopping by and looking.

Happy stamping

Helen

For my samples I used
Stamps: Carte Postale, Best Yet (Hostess Level 1 set)

Inks: Elegant Eggplant, Green Galore

Cardstock: Lavender Lace, Old Olive

Patterned Paper from the "Love Stories" Simply Scrappin' Pack

Chipboard shape from the On Board Batch of Blooms pack

News and Chips (2)

This is another of the cards we did in class last week. We heat embossed chipboard flowers with Bravo Burgundy ink and clear embossing powder. The back left Very Vanilla panel has been embossed with a Cuttlebug folder, and Chocolate Chip Cardstock and Ribbon were used to complete the card.

Well I may not have been blogging in the last few days but I have been working very hard!

Firstly, trying to get my Autumn Class programme together and distributed. If you would like a copy just send me an email and I will get one to you one way or another.

Then I have been organizing the open House I am having for all those last minute buys from the current Stampin' Up! Idea book on the 4th September, the last opportunity to buy some products that will not be in the new Catalogue when it appears in October.

And finally, I have been working on re-organizing my Craft room. Boy did it need it! Now it is sooooo much better there is a real possibility of me being really organized and even managing a class in it. I will try and post some photos next week.

Thanks for visiting.

Happy stamping

Helen

Chips with Everything! (1)

Well, that was the name I thought up for the class I had last Monday ! I cant remember what was inspiring me as my class programme is planned several months ahead but I knew I wanted to do a class using chipboard, and this is the first card we made. Brilliant Blue cardstock and ink , Whimsy wheel and Seeing Spots stamps, Brocade Blue grosgrain Ribbon and, of course, Dazzling Diamonds for the butterfly bling. The white 'button' is in fact a chipboard circle heat embossed in white.

Thanks for looking!

Helen