Josh - Sitting In My Boat .... Inspiration Card from Helen

Good morning - it's Helen here with a little bit of Sunday inspiration for you!

Today I'm sharing a card I've made using the very cute 'Josh - Sitting In My Boat' stamp which you can find here on the website.

I've coloured the image with Promarkers, keeping the design very simple to showcase the image.

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday

Helen x

Benson Bear - Bundle of Hearts

Good morning everyone - it's Helen here today to share a little bit of inspiration with you.

I've used the gorgeous 'Benson Bear Bundle of Hearts' stamp - you can find him here on the Crafty Sentiments Designs website.

I've cut away part of the front of my card and then used the image circle to hold the two sides back together.

Hope you have a wonderful week!

Helen x

A Little Bit of 60's Fashion

Good morning - it's Helen here to share a card that I've made using one of the Crafty Sentiments Designs stamps.

This stamp is called '60's Fashion' and you can find it here on the Crafty Sentiments Designs website. I've used my favourite colour combination of pink and brown and added some die cut flowers, gems and punched dots.

Hope you enjoy the weekend,

Helen x

Annabel - Let's Dance - Tutorial

Good morning - it's Helen here to share a tutorial to make this card using the very cute 'Annabel - Let's Dance' stamp.

This is what you'll need to make the card:

Annabel - Let's Dance stamp

14.5cm square white card blank

patterned paper and two coordinating colours of paper and card

Tuxedo Black Memento ink pad

colouring medium of your choice

flower die and hole punch

And here's what you need to do:

1. Using the Memento ink pad, stamp the 'Annabel - Let's Dance' stamp on to a piece of white card measuring 11cm by 6.5cm and colour in.  Mat the image on to dark brown paper measuring 11.5cm by 7cm and kraft card measuring 12cm by 7.5cm as shown in the photo below

2. From one side of the card blank, cut away a piece of card measuring 9.5cm as shown in the photo below:

3. Decorate the remaining flap and the inside of the card using patterned paper and dark brown paper as shown in the photo below:

4. Put some double sided tape along the top of the image panel and attach to the shorter card flap ensuring that the bottom edge of the image panel is level with the bottom of the inside panel of the card as shown in the photo below:

5. Embellish your card as you choose:

I hope you've enjoyed my little tutorial!

Helen x

Off to the Ball

Good morning - it's Helen here to share a little bit of inspiration using the gorgeous 'Off to the Ball' stamp.  The stamp is here on the Polka Doodles website.

To make the card you need to cut a piece of white card measuring 14cm square and fold it in half to make the base card.  Decorate this as you wish

Next stamp and colour the image - I've used Promarkers to colour in mine.  Mat on to patterned paper and then on to kraft card.

Finally apply tape or glue to the bottom part of the image panel and attach to the base card:

I've enbellished my card to finish.

Have a wonderful week,

Helen x

New Winter Skates

Good morning - it's Helen here with a little bit of Wednesday morning inspiration for you.

I've used a beautiful stamp called 'New Winter Skates' for my card - you can find her here on the Crafty Sentiments Designs website.

The base card I've used is simply a 14cm square of card folded in half.  I the die cut the image and mat and attached these to the base card.

Enjoy the rest of your week

Helen x

GDT Inspiration Post - Sledging With Teddy

Good morning everyone - it's Helen here with a little bit of Christmas inspiration.

I've used the very cute 'Sledging With Teddy' stamp which is here on their website and I've used a pink and blue colour scheme.

Enjoy the rest of your week.

Helen x