A tiny Tattered Lace side stepper

Hi everyone.

I hope you're all well.

I've been playing in my craft room recently and realised I haven't shared anything. I seem to have let blogging take a back seat recently but I think it's time to rectify that now.

I was really happy to find out that Create and Craft were going to give me a £10 voucher for each year I've been a member. Last month I bought some Centura Pearl card with it. This month I ordered the latest Tattered Lace magazine. It comes with a mini side stepper card die set...it's just so cute...and a great way to use up some scraps...

The die set includes all the dies needed to cut the papers and also some ovals and rectangles. I've also used some Tattered Lace mini dies to cut the butterflies from lemon glitter card. To finish off I added some self adhesive pearls and an organza bow tied using an Embellishment Attic Bowmaker (bought from the NEC). You can't tell the scale from the photo so here's another...

I would like to enter this for the following:-

Crafty Gals Corner - Use scraps

The Crafty Addicts - Use die cuts

Craft-Dee Bowz - Handmade bows

Thanks for visiting. I hope to see you again soon.

Hugs Helen xx

Anything but a card with Sparkles Monthly Challenges

Hi everyone.

There's a new challenge at Sparkles Monthly Challenges.

The theme for this month is Anything but a card.

Here's my little piece of inspiration...

I've decorated a hessian bag with some Christmas foliage and ribbon. It was so simple to do...just needed to tie the bow and use a bit of glue but I hope you'll agree that it looks really effective. Just need to buy a nice pressie to fill it with now.

We've got some lovely prizes...

This gorgeous prize from Marianne Designs.

7 digi stamps from Bugaboo Stamps.

and

 a goody bag from Crafty Bren.

I really hope you'll join us. Pop over to the challenge to see some more fabulous inspiration from my very talented team mates.

Thank you so much for visiting. I can't wait to see all your gorgeous creations.

Hugs Helen xx

Red, white and blue with Ruby

Hi everyone.

There's a new challenge at Ruby's Rainbow.

Our theme is Red, white & blue.

Here's my little piece of inspiration...

I've used the Makey Bakey Mice Christmas cd to print the topper and the backing paper.

The sentiment is by Circadesign with glitter added. I've also highlighted parts of the image with glitter. I've added a die cut to the top corner and finished off with some spotty ribbon.

Now it's your turn. I hope you'll join us and have a look at the gorgeous inspiration from my very talented team mates.

Thanks for visiting. I hope to see you again soon.

Hugs Helen x

Christmas Decorations with Sparkles

Hi everyone.

I hope you're all well.

There's a new challenge starting over at

Sparkles Christmas Challenges.

Our theme is Christmas Decorations. You can either make a card featuring a Christmas decoration or make a decoration. It's up to you. Here's my little piece of inspiration...

The image is from the House Mouse triple cd and has been mounted with both red and black card. The backing paper is from a pad by Craft Sensations which I recently picked up from The Range and is also mounted with red and black. I've added a red doily behind the image and some ribbon running at the same angle as the image. The sentiment is from a Daisy and Dandelion set from a few years ago and seems to be my favourite Christmas Sentiment. I've cut it out on a slightly bigger circle than the stamp allowing me to add some red glitter round it before adding green branches (Martha Stewart punch) to echo the wreath in the image. I've finished off with a tiny hand made bow.

I hope you'll join us. We have two fabulous sponsors...

£10 voucher

and

$25 voucher

Thank you so much for visiting. I hope to see you again soon.

Hugs Helen x

Birds of a feather with Ruby's Rainbow and a DT call

Hi everyone,

I hope you're all well.

I've just had another cortisone injection in my shoulder so I'm waiting for the agony to kick in!

Anyway, it's time for a new challenge at Ruby's Rainbow.

Our theme is Birds of a feather.

Here's my little piece of inspiration...

I've used the House Mouse triple cd adding a HOTP sentiment, which is one of my favourites, and a HOTP feather die, along with a strip of border and a little bit of ribbon. Very simple.

We're also looking for a couple of new members for our design team so if you fancy applying you'll find all the details here.

Thank you so much for visiting.

See you again soon xx

A bit of Downton with pearls and lace

Hi everyone.

A new challenge has started at Sparkles Monthly Challenges.

The theme is Pearls and/or lace.

Here's my little piece of inspiration made using some of the new Downton Abbey products...

The topper and papers are from the triple cd. I've added some turquoise lace under the topper and also under the border which I used as a stopper. The half doily and feather brooch are new Downton dies cut from Kraft card, which I've also matted with, finishing off with some wired pearls and pink roses.

We have a couple of lovely prizes this month...

3 digis


and

$15 voucher


I hope you'll join us. I look forward to seeing your fabulous projects.

See you again soon.
Hugs Helen x

Autumn leaves with Ruby's Rainbow

Hi everyone, I hope you're all well.

It's time for a new challenge at Ruby's Rainbow.

Our theme for this fortnight is Autumn Leaves.

Here's my little piece of inspiration...

I've used an image and paper from the House Mouse Triple CD combined with a HOTP acrylic stamp for the sentiment for this A6 card. I've used brown card to mat, adding gold twine and self adhesive gold pearls, finishing off with a flower made by my lovely best friend Sue (she made me loads for my birthday) and a ready made bow in brown gingham.

I hope you'll join us.

Thanks for visiting.

See you again soon x