Ducks a paddling...

Here's a card using the Crafty Individuals duck stamp CI-297:


I've used Derwent Coloursoft pencils to add colour and layered it up onto Glitz Designs paper (available from Happy Daze). Then I've stamped the corners and edges with parts of the Steampunk Butterfly stamp CI-295.

Thanks for looking!

Helen

Vintage Butterfly...

Here's a card I've made using the new Crafty Individuals Steampunk Butterfly collage, CI-296.
I really like this stamp as it's both natural and mechanical, in other words, quirky!



I've teamed it up with some of the cogs and text from CI-294 and also some of the clocks from CI-255


The vintage papers are from Webster's Pages and 7Gypsies Conservatory. I've used Adirondack Pesto, Eggplant and Broken China to watercolour the background and used coordinating pencils for the butterfly.



Thanks for looking!

Helen

I saw three ships...

Well, one actually, in this piece that I've made with some of the new Crafty Individuals stamps. I've used these two sets:

Fantastic, aren't they?
I've made a resist background in the top left corner, a bit like the Parisian Anthology papers, and added some mosaic pieces to look like the sea in the lower half. I had great fun choosing all the beads and chain for the hanging part.




Thanks for looking!

Helen

WOYWW

Can't believe it's just a couple of days 'til Christmas. Here's my workspace (what space?!!) for WOYWW.


I've been busy with the new stamps from Crafty Individuals - going to post more pics later on.

Thanks for looking!

Helen.

Dangly decoration!

I wasn't planning on making a dangly decoration, it just happened!
This uses one of the new Crafty Individual sets combined with a couple of colours from the Happy Birthday Big 'n' Juicy inkpad.





I've made the decoration double sided and added beads to the middle.

Thanks for looking!

Helen

Snowy Day...

Here's another card I made with a non-Christmas Artistic Outpost stamp and lots of Glamour Dust:




This stamp's from The Outpost plate available from Happy Daze.

Thanks for looking!

Helen

Greetings...

Here's the finished card I made using a stamp from Artistic Outpost Home plate and Glitz Designs Love Nest papers:



This is not a Christmas plate, but by using wintry colours you can get a Christmassy feel.
Head on over to Happy Daze to see more.

Thanks for looking!

Helen

January Craft Stamper

January Craft Stamper is in the shops tomorrow. It's a great issue, a budget special.
My article's all to do with stuff from the kitchen - unusual for me as I hate cooking!

Thanks for looking!

Helen

WOYWW

I forgot it was Wednesday and so WOYWW - the days are flying past!
Here I'm working on a sample for Happy Daze with Artistic Outpost stamps and Glitz Design papers.The usual chaos reigns - just trying to decide how to finish it off:


Thanks for looking!

Helen

Happy Birthday...

Here's a card I made for my niece Ceinor, who's up at Manchester Uni studying Textiles:


Quite a variety of stamps used: the girl is Zettiology, the text is Elusive Images and the stalky thing is Artemio.

Thanks for looking!

Helen

A Bird on a Vine...

Here's a card I've made with one of the new Crafty Individuals stamps combined with one of the older bird ones. I love the flourish leaves and vines on both of these stamps:



I've used the leafy part of the bird stamp to create a border on the background paper.

Thanks for looking!

Helen

WOYWW...

This is my desk when I'm in the middle of making a card and am not quite sure what I'm going to do!


Hop on over here to see other people's desks!

Thanks for looking!

Helen

Cluck, cluck...

This card uses one of the new stamps from Crafty Individuals (CI-289). I knew I was going to enjoy working with it as I love chicken stamps!:




I've stamped in Vintage Photo Distress ink and coloured with a light blue, then layered onto Seven Gypsies patterned paper and finished off with Inka Gold (love that stuff).

Thanks for looking!

Helen

Off to Neverland...

Here are a couple of the cards I made with the Artistic Outpost Neverland stamps:




If you want to see more, hop over to the Happy Daze Design Team blog.

Thanks for looking!

Helen

Happy Birthday...

Here I've made a card for my daughter Katie. Lots of bright colours and a bit of a wacky stamp by Lost Coast designs. The corners are from some of the Viva Decor stamps (really good value) and the loopy border is a little one from Studio G that was tucked away in a drawer!




Thanks for looking!

Helen

It's Wednesday...

And time for WOYWW.
I looked at this photo and even thought myself "How do I find anything on there?!!!"



Thanks for looking, even if it makes you go cross-eyed!

Helen

A few ATCs...

A very quick post with some ATCs I made:





They use a variety of stamps and techniques and for some reason are all a little bit crooked!

Thanks for looking!

Helen

Gothic arches and frame...

Here's the last of the stuff I made for Artisan with the Paperartsy subs stamps (well, not quite, but I'm not showing you the other as I'm going to use them for an article!)
These Hot Picks stamps will be available for general purchase at some point, so keep your eyes open as I found them really fun to use.






They use Kaisercolour paints, Terra paste and Inka Gold, all from Paperartsy.

Thanks for looking!

Helen

Artisan over...

Back from Artisan and had a great time - bought way too much stuff inbetween demos. All those lovely things I just had to have!

I met some lovely people, so if you came to say hi, thank you!

I was my usual messy self - we had to turn the table cloth over on the second day as I'd managed to cover it with white embossing powder and a touch of Inka Gold (love that stuff - thought it added some interesting texture myself!!!)

Here are some pictures of a couple of the things I made with the Paperartsy stamps:





As well as the stamps, I've used Paperartsy dies, Kaisercolour paints, Distress inkpads and Inka Gold, all available from Paperartsy.

Thanks for looking!

Helen

WOYWW 29 September

It's WOYWW again and this time you can see that I've made a Christmas card! Yes, a Christmas card!!! I don't usually get started so early, but just had to have a go with the new Crafty Individual stamps. I'm aiming for a minimalist, all one layer card, which is very challenging for me!

Thanks for looking!

Helen

Artisan

Well, I'm packing up my stuff, got my samples ready - just got to die cut a few more shapes with my Paperartsy dies and I'm ready to go.
Here are a couple more sneak peeks at what I'm going to be demoing at Artisan:



There are some great quote stamps on the second subs sheet.

Hope to see you there!

Helen

Artisan Countdown...

Well, it's Artisan next Friday and Saturday and I've been busy getting samples and demos ready.
I'm helping Katy Fox demo the show subs gift, which are some rather lovely PaperArtsy stamps.
Here are a couple of sneak peeks:




Thanks for looking!

Helen

WOYWW 68

It's Wednesday again!
On my workdesk this week I've got some stuff I'm making for my demos up at Artisan on 1st and 2nd October.
These use the PaperArtsy stamps that are the show special subs gift for Craft Stamper- look back at Leandra's blog and you can catch a glimpse of them.

Thanks for looking!

Helen

Crafty Extravaganza

These are the last pictures of the Crafty Individuals samples I made. They're made up of seaside images:









and Christmas images:










If you head on over to Crafty Individuals, you'll see they've got some new stamps out!

Thanks for looking!

Helen