Helen Plus Three

Mother's day, quiet one this year, but it's ok. I enjoy the quiet. Got mum some flowers and made her a card. I decided I'd go pink on the card and a little wild with the dies and hearts.. don't need to make a card look old !! The giving brings as much joy as the receiving. I got a free lunch from Dad.. and flowers from my kids.... Wedding coming up.. next card to keep me busy...

A neat mix of embossing and dies, Sizzix the Sweet Shoppe, words for Peny BLack die and Impressions Obsessions stamp. Flowers punched using Carl punches and sprayed with Tattered Angel inks. A sizzix frame in the background if you catch a glimpse of it sticking out behind the cart and flowers. It's not quite aligned yet as I have not glued it on to the checked background. Sizzix Owl, 'Make a Wish' from Penny Black die and Wonder dies for the foliage... Martha Stewart punches for border and corner

Isn't this a neat idea, and oh so FUN. You get to play with lots of different pattern papers and the little stamps. And it all turns out sweet and eye popping depending on the colours. The idea came from Splitcoaststampers. Most of the the dies are from Sizzix and Cottage Cutz.... Sometimes my blend of colours isn't all that wonderful... ..but I keep at it.. Stamps are from Penny Black (hedgehog), Magenta, Hero Arts (words)... The heart is extracted from Martha Stewarts punch out borders. The pattern punch out in the centre of the flap is also from a Martha Stewart's punch.

Joy, hope and wonder A blessed Christmas and a peaceful and fruitful New Year to all .

Making that list already and getting down to making Xmas cards... Reindeer and Santa on the inside....the Xmas paper is lovely.. a month away.... .. time for the Christmas tree to come out...

I needed to make a card for a farewell. I didn't have stamps that actually said bon voyage, so I made it up.. as in 'leaving the coop ' with my birdie stamp... of course  I had some help from my sizzix Big Shot dies.   Then came the guy card, which I say is really challenging when you don't have those real  'macho' design stamps (if stamps can be macho !!) so IMPROVISE.. this are 2x2 embossing dies which I then punched out using my circle punch....  ..a little fun, colour .. it's for a 13 year old.. so it'll do.. I decided to leave off the leaves... . ...

I've been experimenting with my new tool, this is my latest card for one of my craft buddies, a close friend who introduced me to this hobby... 'the master poisoner' we affectionately call her.. who 's just an expert at handicrafts. The white background makes use of a sizzix embossing die, a little hard to see, unless you enlarge. Big Flower in centre made with Sizzix dies, the white pattern is stamped on. Flower Pot Card /using Prima flowers(miniature to add on to main card) I'm still muddling through colour blends and mix as  I work. ....More to come while I have the time... Have a good work week (I'll try) and happy crafting if you do...

and aunts too.. Celebration on 10 Sep..  September is full of birthdays.. here's 3 of them right there..(pardon the pix,, it was off a camera phone.), This was made for Marie's special day... ..called a slider card.