No Need to Adjust Your Colour.....

Hey Peeps,

I made another monochrome card... a massive one at that...using some gorgeous DCWV papers which are soooo heavenly and utterly strokeable ... and a cute ickle Sarah Kay stamp. I used some grey DCWV cardstock for backing the paper pieces...and yes, the big pieces on the card are flocked...but certainly do not remind me of Indian Restaurants LOL




I used the Bug and a Nestie to make the mat for the message, which is a Hero Arts stamp...and I used a ribbon stamp to make the ribbon bow on the top of the image...oh, which was coloured in with the Greys ProMarkers. The flower is a made up with Prima's and a little metal beady thing that I salvaged from an old bracelet....I popped a fancy head pin behind the flower just to add a little something extra.




Have a good day now and thanks for looking :O)) I am very excited today cos I am going to have the stitches out from my hand....I have a while 7 of them too...and this means that I can stop wearing the dressing and actually give me hand a right good nourishing with some handcream!! Thanks again for all the lovely messages that I have been receiving, egging on my recovery...means a lot to me xx

Hels x

Sunday Stampers - Week 62 - Oh You Pretty Thing

Good Morning Stampers!

Another Sunday has arrived which can only mean one thing......Sunday Roast dinners!!!! LOL

Er, actually, I should have said....Sunday Stampers Time :O))

I have to say a huge thank you to everyone who joined in with Challenge #61 - and thank you all for being so lovely and sending me all those lovely get well messages.

The winner of my Mega Blog Candy giveaway has been chosen at random ( I gave you all a number and popped it onto the Random.Org and it chose #9 - sorry for not putting the pic of it here but I couldn't figure out how to !! ) - and without further ado...the winner is...

#9 SueHart

Congrats hun and I really hope you will enjoy playing the candy - please can you drop me an email with your addy and I will get the parcel into the post for you sometime this week. I am not allowed to drive yet so I will have to wait for Grim to have a free afternoon :O))

The theme this week is Pretty ... as ever with the Sunday Stamper, all you need to do to join in is make a piece of artwork, be it a card, ATC, 4x4, altered art..the choice is entirely yours...just remember to use some stamping on your design and then leave a message for me on this post...then I can hop over and take a peek at your lovely work.




Because of the op on my hand...and the fact that crafting properly makes it really hurt...believe me, I tried it earlier today!!!!..... I have had to choose this theme 'cos I haven't any other stuff to put in as my entry LOL




I am therefore showing a couple of cards that I made before my operation...hope you like them!

Happy Stamping peeps and enjoy your week!

Hugs Hels x

Tilda On A Watering Can

Morning!

Oh dear, I seem to have had a severe attack of the "cuties" this week...I am in a cardmaking and colouring in mood you see!




I used some Basic Grey papers from the Lemonade range, coloured Tilda and her Watering Can in with ProMarkers and then used the 'Bug to cut some Nestie shapes.




I added a couple of Prima flowers to the card and popped some jewelled flowers into the centres just to add a bit of sparkle. Am really loving citrus colours at the moment so these papers were just perfect.




Thanks for looking...have a great day... and please don't forget that there is still time to be in with a chance of winning yourself some mega Blog Candy on the Sunday Stamper theme which, if you click HERE, you will be able to have a look at.....:O))

Hels x

Here Kitty Kitty!

Hi Peeps

I am such a sucker for a cute image ... or two ... so when I spotted these new Magnolia stamps I knew that I was done for! The worst part was waiting a whole day until they arrived home with me! Anyway, here he is... ta dah... Tilda's Cat...along with a lovely little sentiment, a present for him to sit on and some fabby new flowers which are also from the Tilda range.




I used Bazzill cardstock and my Nesties to make a background mat for him to sit on, coloured him and the other images in with ProMarkers and then popped them all together to make a birthday card.




I love this little fella, I think he is my new fave new stamp...well, at least for a few days...then there will be another favourite...oh, I am such a craft tart ;o))



You can't really blame me for falling for this sweet little face though can you? The only problem is now that there are loads of new stamps in the Tilda range, all with equally cute faces, a monkey, a lion, an elephant.....oh dear, I had better get saving LOL

Thanks for looking...have a great day!

Hels x

TIlda And A True Friend

Hey Peeps,

Well, it couldn't last for long could it? What am I wafflin' on about this time you wonder?

The cute cards are back! LOL

Here is a card I made a few weeks ago and found the pics lurking in a file so thought I would Blog it:

Aw, she is so cute tho! I used the very last remnants of my Cosmo Cricket Kaitlin papers and cut out some Nestie shapes using Bazzill cardstock for the message and for Tilda to stand on.




The little flowers are Prima's with a paper flower popped into the middle to jazz them up a bit. I added little dots of Liquid Pearls to the scallops of the mats and as ever, a little shabby turned corner, I cannot seem to resist doing that for some reason LOL **whoops, almost forgot....I coloured this Tilda in with Prisma pencils....**

Thanks for looking

Hels x

Tilda Says It With Flowers

Hey Peeps

I have made a few cards recently, here is one of the new Tilda ones I made:




I used ProMarkers to colour in the Tilda and then using Stitchels stamps and co-ordinating papers, stamped, cut out and layered up the flowers to make some embellishments. I added a few little paper flowers to the middles of the Stitchels just to finish them off and added drops of Glossy Accents to make little dewdrops on the flowers.




The papers are from Basic Grey and I used a couple of Nesties to make the background mats for the message and Tilda to sit on. The sentiment is a Penny Black stamp.

Thanks for looking

Hels x

Bobby Snow....Again!!

Afternoon All,

More cards for Christmas!! I have made these for my friend Linda to sell to raise some dosh for her charity...every little helps after all. *check out her Blog to see her wonderful creations..she has the most amazing tri-fold cards on there...so clever :O))




Bobby Snow has shown his face again; he was the first snowman I ever designed and I have to admit, he is my favourite :O))



Both cards have been made using the new Cosmo Cricket Christmas papers....oh, they are so lovely to use and as they are double sided...well, it is double the value :O))




The images were coloured using Derwent Aquatone pencils and the holly image is another Stitchels design. I used my 'Bug and Nestabilities for somewhere for Bobby to sit and the greetings are by Inkadinkado... I love these two greetings....you can probably guess that cos these seem to be the only ones I am using this year LOL I also used various colours of Stickles to accent the designs too.




Thanks for looking - and don't forget....a brand new Sunday Stamper theme tomorrow...with added Blog Candy too! Please call back in the morning to check out the challenge and how to win the Candy :O))

Hugs Hels x

Tilda The Basket Case! :O))

Evening Peeps,

Another Christmas Card....yes, I really am cracking on with them now LOL

I used a gorgeous little Tilda stamp that my lovely friend Andrea bought me for Christmas...I know it isn't Christmas yet, but she let me open my pressie early...bless her..and thank you Andrea, I loooove this stamp :O))




I stamped Tilda with black StaZon and then coloured her in with Derwent Aquatone Watercolour pencils. I chose the pink and lime green colour theme to match with some gorgeous papers I have..and, yes, yet again, I cut off the bottom strip before remembering to write down who it was made by! I have a vague recollection that it is SandyLion...but don't quote me!!



Once Tilda was coloured in, I used my Cuttlebug and Nestabilities to make a little oval mat for her to stand on. I used some pinky paper and some lime green Bazzill for this. I then cut some fancy paper and made some mats for the rest of the card...added a little greeting which is by Inkadinkado and used the 'Bug again to cut a couple of snowflakes using glittery cardstock.

To finish the card I used lime green Stickles to add a little sparkle.

Thanks for looking - and also, thanks for the lovely comments earlier in the week which gave me the confidence to use a completely unusual colour theme for a Christmas Card :O))

Hels x

PS.....I keep meaning to say.....can any of you see the snow on my Blog? If you look carefully, you will see that there are little snowflakes falling over the photo's....but cos my background is cream, they don't show up too well....ah well, it is a little festive I guess LOL