My Crafty Creations - handmade by Helen

Tuesday, 19 June 2012

Time for tea

Hi everyone, I've been playing with a new stamp. It's from Forever Friends, Best of British and is called Time for tea. I just love Forever Friends...

I've coloured with Promarkers and added Glamour Dust to the white parts of the Union Jack. The backing paper is from the Papermania Capsule collection and the flowers are Dovecraft. I've added some buttons and a bow from my stash.

I would like to enter this for the following :-
Forever Friends Fortnightly Challenge - Anything Goes
The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes
The Secret Crafter - Red, white and blue
2 Sisters - Plaid and/or stripes
Crafty Sentiments - Bright colours

Thanks for visiting, I hope I'll see you again soon.

Happy crafting
Helen xx

Christmas Fairy

Good morning everyone, I'm here to share a Christmas card with you...

The image is Bugaboo and coloured with Promarkers. I've added red glitter dots to the dress and a stripe to the top of the socks. I've also added glossy accents to the holly berries she's holding. The backing paper is from my stash and I've punched some holly for an embellishment. I've added gem berries to this and added an embossed line to the leaf, to add dimension. The sentiment is a Daisy and Dandelion stamp which I've cut out with a Spellbinder die. I've added candi to finish off....

I would like to enter this in a couple of challenges :-
Crafty Hazelnut - Things with wings
Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - die cuts and punches

Thanks for visiting, see you soon.

Happy crafting
Helen xx

Monday, 18 June 2012

Hugo's Party

Hi everyone, I hope you're all well. I'm back to share a card I've made using a lovely Pollycraft image called 'Hugo's Party'. I've coloured with promarkers, practising light direction and shading. I'm really happy with this and feel as though my colouring is improving...

The sentiment is a Teddy Bo & Co stamp which came free with a magazine recently. The striped backing paper is from the Forever Friends Just for him pack, the turquoise panel is from a Me to You pack which also came free with a magazine. I distressed the edges of the papers using my Tim Holtz tool and matted using lilac card. I've added some buttons from my stash. I think this would make an ideal 1st Birthday card for a little boy...

I would like to enter this in the following:-
Card Crafters Circle - Sentiment
2 Sisters challenge blog - Plaid and/or stripes
Passion for promarkers - Lots of layers
Delightful Challenges - For the boys

Thanks for visiting and for your lovely messages. I love visiting you back.

Happy crafting
Helen xx

Bella with mum

Hi everyone, I'm here to share a card I've made using the Bella with mum stamp. I attended a fantastic copics class on Saturday with the lovely, and very talented Kate. If you follow the link you can see the card we made, and I'll show you mine at the end of this post. I've been practising my colouring at every opportunity since the class, but as I don't have any copics yet I've been trying to get the same effect using Promarkers....I'm really pleased with this one, hope you like it...

The backing paper is from the Bella Wild Rose pack. I cut the ribbon border when I borrowed the die from a friend some time ago, it's been sitting in my stash for a while waiting to be used. I've threaded it with lilac organza ribbon and added gems to the flowers. The roses are made using the Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms dies. I made the bunting using a Forever Friends stamp and added the word 'LOVE' using gems and a heat setter.

I'd like to enter this in the following:-
Forever Friends fortnightly - Anything goes
The Paper Shelter - Anything goes
Make it Monday

I said I'd show you my card from the class so here it is...

Thanks for visiting, see you again soon.

Happy crafting
Helen xx

Friday, 15 June 2012

Pudding Chester

Hi everyone, just thought I'd share this Christmas card with you. I haven't made one for a couple of weeks. This one uses a lovely Pollycraft image called Pudding Chester which I've coloured using promarkers. I've added glamour dust to the icing on the pud and Glossy Accents to the berries. I've only just invested in a small bottle of Glossy Accents to try it but I already love it! It'll be getting plenty of use...

The main backing paper is from my stash and the paper for the two panels is from a My Craft Studio Christmas cd. All papers are matted with black card. I've added a glittery peel off sentiment and a bow with charm and pompom attached.

I've made this card with Craftyhazelnut's Feature a creature challenge in mind.

Thanks for visiting and for the lovely comments which you leave for me. They mean a lot to me.
Happy crafting
Helen xx

Thursday, 14 June 2012

Cutie 18th Birthday card

Hi everyone, just a quick post to share a card I've made for my daughter's friend. I've used a Penny Black stamp and papers which were free with a recent magazine. I even used my eyelet setter...something I haven't used in ages. Both papers are matted with black card, as is the image using a Spellbinder die. I've coloured with promarkers and added some glamour dust to the icing.

I would like to enter this for the following:-
DRS Designs - heavy metal
Passion for promarkers - Lots of layers
I love promarkers - Tutti Frutti (colours)
Craft Punked - Happy Birthday/Celebration
Penny Black & More June Challenge - Favourite things (Spellbinders and promarkers)
Forever Friends fortnightly challenge - Anything goes

Thanks for visiting. If I'm not back for a while I've disappeared under the ironing! No sign of the ironing fairy so I suppose I'll have to do it...Happy crafting
Helen xx

Footie birthday card

Hi everyone, I'm back to share a card I've made for a friend. My brief was that he loves football and supports Liverpool (so best make it red). Here's what I came up with...

The image is by Stitchy Bear, coloured with Promarkers. The backing paper which the image is mounted on, with 3D glue, is from the Forever Friends 'Just for him' paper pack. I've embossed the red checked paper with a couple of different sized football stamps and the word Goal using Daisy and Dandelion stamps and black detail embossing powder. The name has been cut using the cricut and is mounted on corrugated card, to which I've added twine and candi. Edges have been distressed with my Tim Holtz tool and I've added a strip of ribbon at the bottom.