A Pretty Textured Card

Good Morning Everyone

I am sharing a tutorial over at the Rubber Dance Blog Today.   Click on the link to find out how to make this pretty card using the awesome and versatile Textured Flowers Stamp Set.

I'll see you over there where there is lots and lots of inspiration and lots and lots of lovely stamps by Rubber Dance.

If you want to order this stamp set or any other then please use this code and you will get free postage!

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Thank you for popping by X

Fishy Card Tutorial using Alcohol Inks and News of Giveaways!

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Today I am sharing a tutorial that shows you different ways of using alcohol inks to create backgrounds for your stamping.  This quick and easy card features the Something Fishy stamp set from Rubber Dance.

I will guide you through the techniques and pretty soon you will have a card like mine that looks fab inside and out…..if I may say so myself ;-)

Here is the tutorial:

…….and here is the Giveaway News.  I am having my first ever Giveaway on YouTube (so excited) and the prize is this lovely set of stamps donated by the fabulous Bibi who is the owner of the Norwegian based Rubber Dance stamp company.  Many of you know I have been active on the Design Team for some time and have recently joined with Bibi to bring you Stamps and online tutorials all in one creative bundle!

So if you want to have the chance of winning these stamps all you have to do is pop over to my channel on YouTube, subscribe if you don't already and then leave me a comment to say you want to join in.  If you want to go into the draw twice then just share the tutorial and make sure to tell me in your comment that you have done so.  The Giveaway runs from 22 July - 05 August 2016.

But that is not all……. Follow this link to your second chance to win these fabulously fishy stamps.

……….and this link for chance number three!  How cool is that?!!! (this will go live a little later today!)

Last but definitely not least if you want to purchase our first stamp and tutorial bundle featuring the Mushroom stamp set from Rubber Dance then please follow this link and head over to my ETSY shop to check out the offer.  Here is just a few of the many things you could be making very soon!

Good luck in the many Giveaways and see you here very soon with a stamp and online tutorial bundle featuring the Frosty Friends Stamp set.

Thank you for popping by X
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12 Journals of 2016 - May

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I am catching up with my 12 Journals of 2016 this month and probably next!  I am a bit behind again - I don't know where my time disappears to sometimes.  Keeping this post short as I am off to edit June's Page which is all filmed!

I am playing along with Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of 2016 only I am making journal pages instead.  The principal is the same I will take his inspiration and give it my own interpretation and will film the journey for you.

I love how this one turned out…..in the end!  This was one of those pages that took a while to find its direction as you will see in the video.  But when it got there I liked the story it told and I know fellow Art Journalers will appreciate the use of Gesso and a black pen which so often come to my rescue!!!!

As usual I am creating a tag for each month but I am out of ink at the moment so I haven't been able to add my journalling and photo just yet - I will bring that to you in another video once my printer is up and running again!

If you are wondering about those gorgeous stamped images I have use Antique Botanicals by Rubber Dance.  I particularly love this flower and have used it over and over.  Click on the link if you want to see more of this lovely collection of stamps.

Without further ado here is the tutorial which takes you from Tim's inspiration to my interpretation.

Thank you for popping by x

Rubber Dance Tutorial - Sneak Peek!

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You now have proof I am not 'dull' over on the Rubber Dance blog where I am featuring today with a brand new tutorial and a brand new set of stamps from the lovely Bibi.

Check out my post and the tutorial over on the Rubber Dance blog by following this link.  Be prepared to get inky!  To see how my crafting journey took on a life of it's own watch the tutorial.

See you over there and thank you for popping by X

Antique Botanicals Gatefold Card Tutorial

 Hi Everyone

Hope you are enjoying the sunshine wherever you are in the Crafting World today!  I am just posting this before I pop out into the garden to finish off jet washing the patio.  I end up looking like the mud monster when I have finished!

Today's tutorial is for a pretty gatefold card using the Rubber Dance Antique Botanicals stamp set.  I love how they look against the book page background papers I decided to use.  As usual the inside matches the outside which is particularly important in a gatefold card as you can see the inside of the card when it is displayed.

The Happy Birthday die cut is from Tattered Lace.  It is a recent purchase and I thought I had lost it!  I spent an age rifling through the debris on my desk and in my bins only to realise the die was safely stored on the magnetic sheets on the back of my craft room door where it is supposed to be!!  ;-)  I know you know the feeling right???

The card dimensions for this card:

Burgundy Card Base - 11 1/2" x 5 3/4" scored and folded on the left and right sides at 2 7/8" to form a gatefold card.
Cream Card Inner - 5 1/2" square
Book page strips Inner - 5 1/2" x 3/4" (Cut 2)
Book page panels Front - 5 1/2" x 2 5/8" (Cut 2)

Here is the finished card.  I have used water colour pencils to lightly add colour to my flowers using a slightly heavier hand for the decoupaged flower in the centre.

So without further ado here is the tutorial so you can see all the fun I had creating this card.  I hope you like it enough to try it for yourself.  There are lots of colour combinations you could use and if you want to check out those gorgeous stamps over at Rubber Dance then here is the link!

Until next time - an art journal page - thank you for popping by X

Rubber Dance June Colour Challenge

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Today I am sharing how I made my project for the June Rubber Dance Colour Challenge.  The colours definitely pointed me in the beach direction which is perfect the optional theme for this challenge is sand and sea and as you can see and I had great fun turning a frame into a frame with a difference.  I hope you like it.

The colours for this months challenge are Ocean Blue, Lush Green and Sunny Yellow.  I used stamps from the Retro Beach collection to turn my frame into a unique way to display some beach photographs of my son Callum trying out surfing last year in Cornwall!

You can see in this close up that as well as using the pegs to display photographs on my frame I have also layered those beautiful shell images so I can tuck little photos in behind them too!  This was my second attempt at bringing this idea to life and I am really happy with how it turned out.

Please check out my tutorial to see how you can create a frame like this on to add to your home.  It is a great way to display your beach holiday photographs.

I really hope I have inspired you to pop along to the Rubber Dance blog to see all the other projects for this month's challenge and to join in with the fun by linking up a project of your own.  Click on this link to get there and don't forget each month there are fabulous stamps to be won!!!!

Phew three videos in a row from me this weekend…..I may need to go and lie down for a while now!!! ;-)

Thank you for popping by X

Alcohol Ink Ombre Effect

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It is my day to feature on the Rubber Dance Blog today and I have posted a tutorial to show you how to create a lovely ombre effect using your alcohol inks.  Here is the sneak peek:

So without further ado …….please click on this link to hop over to Rubber Dance to see the cards and the tutorial.  I hope you give this technique a try as this card design is perfect if you need a card in a hurry!

Whilst you are over there don't forget we are having and anniversary blog hop to celebrate one year in Blogland and there are stamps to be won!!!!  Click on this link to find out more - grab a cup of coffee and enjoy the hop.

If you are popping by from my YouTube Tutorial then this link will take you where you want to go!!!!

Have a fabulous weekend and thank you for popping by X

Rubber Dance Colour Challenge Reminder Art Journal Page

Hi everyone

Just popping in to remind you of this months Rubber Dance Colour Challenge.  For the month of May the colours are Yellow, Pink and Purple and I am sure that you can come up with lots of wonderful projects using these sunny colours.  If you are living here in the UK you know we need all the sunshine we can get right now….We actually had hail here yesterday!!!!

There is an optional prompt of flowers this month if you need somewhere to start your creative process.

I decided to have a play in what I am calling my experimental journal and you will see from the video how I got on trying out two ways of revealing all the texture I created with my Round in Circles Rubber Dance stamps.

So the first reveal was created using a butterfly stencil from Tando and the second reveal was created by cutting around my butterfly wings to help them fly off the page!

If you watch the video you can see how much fun a colour challenge is as the first page in my experimental journal was created using the colours from the April Challenge.

So please follow this link and check out the challenge inspiration provided by my team mates this month and of course while you are there you can have a peak at the awesome Round In Circles and Think Again stamp sets that I used on my Art Journal page.

Whilst I am in the link up mood!!!! here is another link to the Rubber Dance one year blog anniversary Blog Hop!  So there are stamps to be won in the challenge and lots more to be won in the hop so get clicking!!!!

Hope you have as much fun as I did playing along with the May Colour Challenge from Rubber Dance.

Thank you for popping by X

Rubber Dance First Year Anniversary and Blog Hop

Hi Everyone

This blog hop is to celebrate the 1st year anniversary of the Rubber Dance Stamp's blog (http://rubberdance.blogspot.com).

Each member of the Design Team have chosen 3 of our own favorite DT makes for this blog hop, and we will also let you know which 3 are our favorite single stamps. 3 seems to be the lucky number here, so there'll be 3 winners, too!

TWO lucky winners drawn at random will win the Design Team members' favourite stamps!

ONE additional winner who shares this gift giveaway on Facebook gets a €20 voucher (approximately $25) to spend in the Rubber Dance webshop any time she wants! Just tell Bibi that you have shared it on Facebook when you leave a comment on the main blog (http://rubberdance.blogspot.com/…/1st-year-anniversary-give…), and you're in!

To participate in this blog hop giveaway, all you have to do is to visit the blog posts below and leave a comment on all of them. It'll just take a few minutes of your time. You do not have to be a follower on any of the blogs in our hop, but you're of course very welcome to become one - if you aren't already.

Hop along and see the Design Team's fave DT makes and fave three Rubber Dance stamps!

Susanne: http://clayscrapkreativ.blogspot.no/…/rubber-dance-1st-anni…

Majo: http://majos-art.blogspot.no/…/rubber-dance-stamps-1st-anni…

Katy: http://postcardsfromtheattic.blogspot.no/…/rubber-dance-1st…

Irit: http://iritshalom.blogspot.no/…/rubber-dance-1-st-anniversa…

Helen: http://acraftproject.blogspot.no/…/rubber-dance-first-year-… (You are Here!)

Gabriele: https://artatag.wordpress.com/…/1st-year-anniversary-givea…/

Rubber Dance blog: http://rubberdance.blogspot.com/…/1st-year-anniversary-give…

As you have read above Bibi has asked the Design Team to share our 3 of our favourite creations and pick 3 of our favourite Rubber Dance stamps that will be part of the stamp prize bundles!!!!  I am sharing creations that feature my favourite stamps so that you will have lots of ideas if you are one of the lucky winners!!!

This was my first ever Design Team creation and I just love, love, love this shell stamp!  It showcases the beautiful detail you will find in each and everyone of your Rubber Dance stamps.

Another favourite stamp of mine requires me to show you two projects so you can see the versatility of this stamp……….so starting out with the feminine and romantic …….

and moving on to the vibrant and funky!

Love these butterfly wing stamps - hopefully this counts as one stamp!!!!  You can never go wrong with a butterfly embellishment ….or hair do…….I say!

Then for my third favourite stamp and I have to say I found choosing only three very difficult indeed…….but I have chosen this cute daisy stamp!  I used a masking technique to set my daisy against a text background for this card.

So to round them up and give you the details, my three favourite stamps are; the Shell from the Beach Sentiments stamp set, the Butterfly Wings from the Collage Elements 1 set and the Daisy from the Da Vinci set!

This was a fun post to write and I hope you have enjoyed looking at just some of the projects I have created over the year using my fabulous Rubber Dance Stamps.  You will see just how versatile and inspiring these stamps are when you visit everyone on the Blog Hop - have fun and don't forget to leave a comment a quick comment along the way x

Happy Anniversary Bibi - It has been a pleasure to be part of your exciting online journey and your fabulous Design Team - I will raise a glass of something sparkling to toast to even more success and creativity in your second year!!!!  You deserve it.  Sending big hugs and kisses and hopefully lots of blog hoppers your way!!!

Thank you for hopping by!!!

Helen X

PS Hope you have enjoyed your visit to my blog - there is a video tutorial for all my Rubber Dance creations so if you want to see how to achieve any of these looks using Bibi's wonderful stamps then please click on this link to check out my Rubber Dance Playlist.

Stamping on Acetate with Rubber Dance stamps!

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Today I am featuring over on the Rubber Dance Blog and I am just giving you a sneak peak of the cards I am sharing today.  My tutorial looks at stamping on acetate and I love how the technique turned some lovely Antique Botanicals images into a modern card design.

If you are hopping by from the link on my video tutorial then this is your link over to the Rubber Dance Blog where you will find all those gorgeous stamps, lots and lots of ideas from my fellow design team members and of course the Cutting Guide for these lovely cards!

See you again very soon (tomorrow!!!) with some more creativity - Have a wonderful Sunday and thank you for popping by X

Rubber Dance Stamps - Acrylic and Acetate

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I hope you are having a fun and creative day - I am sharing the first of two ideas and tutorials using acetate and acrylic paint and of course my lovely Rubber Dance Stamps!

Today's video tutorial shows you how to stamp on acetate - it is a little tricky but worth the effort I hope you agree looking at the results above!  I also show you how I used acrylic paint to emphasis my stamped images before creating a fun and easy to achieve arty background.

This time round I added a more traditional paper inner to my cards with some more stamping to match the images I have used on the fronts of the cards.  I have left them blank as they would make nice birthday cards or  note cards so I will decide what they will be later!!!

I have used stamps from the Twiggy Leaves and Da Vinci Rubber Dance stamps sets and you can check them out by following this link.

Cutting Guide:

Blue square card - 5 3/4" x 11 1/2" scored at 5 3/4"
Acetate - 4 1/4" square
Pink card - 4 7/16" square
Dark Blue card - 4 10/16" square

So without further ado here is the tutorial:

I really hope you try this out for yourself as I am sure there are many different versions you can come up with once you master the technique and the principles of layering up the textures in the background to create different effects.

Now here is where I test to see if either of my sons check out my blog posts and You Tube Tutorials ;-)

I just wanted to wish my eldest son, Damian, a very Happy Birthday today (well because of a problem with You Tube now it is for yesterday!)  I hope you had lots of fun and I want you to know we love and miss you always but especially on days like today.  Belated Happy Birthday Damian XXX

This photo was taken a few years ago now as Callum, my youngest, is now 16 and Damian is dare I say it…..in his thirties……why is it me that feels old on my sons birthdays these days? ;-)

Well that is enough of embarrassing them both……..if they even see this that is!!!…….all that is left for me to say is I hope you enjoy trying the fun techniques I am sharing today and thank you for popping by X

PS The second idea for this technique will be published on the Rubber Dance Blog on the 26th April.  Why not follow this link and subscribe to be sure you don't miss all the creativity going on over there too.

Rubber Dance April Colour Challenge

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Today is the start of a brand new colour challenge over on the Rubber Dance blog and there are gorgeous stamps to be won!!!

The colours this month are Rose Pink, Dusky Grey and Powder Blue and there is an optional theme of texture.  I decided to start a brand new art journal and was inspired to create a page using two lovely Rubber Dance Stamps.  I use Lace as my background image so it was a perfect way to start building texture on my page and I used the large butterfly stamp from the Antique Botanicals set to enhance my background and to make a couple of fluttering features on my page.  Hope you like it.

There are lots of ways to add texture to a project - I have added jewels, stitching and layers of paper and the tiniest touches of distress glitter as you will see on the video tutorial.

I have decided this art journal is all about exploring how different products work with each other and this time I used Gesso, I stamped with Archival Ink and I used my Faber Castell Pitt pens to bring colour to my page.

I hope I have inspired you to play along with us over at Rubber Dance this month.  Just follow this link to see all the other inspiration from my fellow teamies.  I am always amazed at how many different directions each colour scheme inspires.  I look forward to seeing what you create.

I think you can see all the elements I used to create texture on my page in this close up!  Two video tutorials in two days!!!  I am off to put my feet up now ;-)

Have fun over at the Rubber Dance Blog - don't forget to check out all the lovely stamps while you are there.

Thank you for popping by X

Trash to Treasure over on Unruly Paper Arts Today!

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Here are the links you will need if you want to pop over and visit Unruly Paper Arts today where I am guest designing for Rubber Dance and using a brand new set of gorgeous stamps and turning trash into treasure!!!!

Here is a sneak peek!

So to see more and to find the tutorial for this project over at Unruly Paper Arts please click on this link.

To see the rest of this fab Antique Botanicals stamps click on this link.

As well as a sneak peek today I also have a ssshhhhh announcement - I think I might just audition for Graphic 45 again this year ssshhhhhhhhh ;-)  Look out for the Audition Post coming soon, probably…..maybe…...!

Thank you for popping by.  Have a creative day X

Valentines Giveaway Winners!!!

Hi Everyone

All the names have been written and put into a little box - excuse the rubbish handwriting!!!!

……..but wait for it. …….Thought I might add a little suspense and share a little Rubber Dance Stamp love at the same time!!!! Sooooo naughty ;-)

I just had a flick through all the cards and things I have made during my time on the Rubber Dance Design Team and am posting a couple of links to past videos that you may have missed if you are new to my blog or the Rubber Dance Blog:

This is the first card I ever made for Rubber Dance and it reminds me I must get those Beach Sentiments stamps out again as I love love love that shell stamp!

Waiting for the summer sun then why not get hot and spicy with the fun Hot, Hot, Hot, Stamp set?

….and last but not least I loved how stamping my Vintage Birds stamps with grey ink completely soften the look of my card!  Don't forget you can check out all those gorgeous stamps by following this link!

……..and now for the big announcement……..the first out of the box and the winner of the Something Wonderful stamp set is Denise Bryant………The Second and third out of the box and winners of the Diamonds background stamp are Gerrina and Dagmar!

A great big thank you to everyone that joined in and subscribed on our various social media links.  It is much appreciated and of course a great big CONGRATULATIONS to our three winners!

If you are a lucky winner then all you need to do is email me your address - my email link is on the right hand sidebar of my blog and I will pop your prize in the post right away.

I am featuring on the Unruly PaperArts Blog tomorrow so don't forget to pop over there to see what trash I turned into treasure!!!  In the meantime enjoy the Rubber Dance creativity I am sharing today.

Thank you for popping by X

I am a Guest Designer for Unruly Paperarts this month!

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This is a little sneak peak to send you over to the wonderful blogzine Unruly Paperarts to check out all the lovely work inspired by this month's prompt Fully Booked!  I am featuring as a guest designer on behalf of Rubber Dance stamps and the lovely Bibi who is sponsoring this month and next month's issue.

I was really excited to take part and I just had to create another altered page in my Art Journal series of videos to celebrate.

Here is a little peek so if you want to see more then please follow this link and I will reveal all……hmmm……let me rephrase that ……..all will be revealed ;-)  Much better!

You can see the two lovely Rubber Dance stamps I used on my page in this shot!  You can find them over at Rubber Dance on the ATC Backgrounds 1 stamp set.

See you in a jiffy!

Thank you for popping by - short but sweet! x

Celebrating Valentines Day with a Giveaway!

Hi Everyone

Two tutorials for the price of one today.  I really hope that you all have a love-ly day today and that this Valentine's Day is filled with romance!!!!

First off I have a sneak peek of a project tutorial I am sharing over on the Rubber Dance blog in honour of the occasion.  This is a romantic home decor idea and features the brand new I Hear Art stamps!

But more of that later!  You may be joining me from my You Tube channel and I promised to give you all the links you need to take part in the giveaway!  But more of that later too!

Firstly if you are here checking out my blog and do not know what I am talking about then listen up!!!

We have Rubber Dance Stamps to give away.  There is one set of sentiment stamps - Something Wonderful and two background stamps called diamonds.  To be in with a chance to win you just have to follow this link over to my post on the Rubber Dance blog telling you all about the Valentine Project in the photograph above including a video tutorial and while you are there please leave a comment to say you are joining in the giveaway. That is the only compulsory thing you need to do to get your name into the hat for the draw which will take place on the 14th March 2015.  So lots of time for you to find out about this giveaway and join in the fun!

If you want to increase your chances of winning there are 5 other ways to get your name into the hat.  If you subscribe to my blog, You Tube Channel and Facebook page that will give you 3 extra chances and if you also subscribe to the Rubber Dance Blog and Facebook page that will be 2 more chances to win!  So potentially you could have your name in the hat 6 times in total.  If you choose to subscribe and keep up-to-date with all the creativity I share on my social media and that Rubber Dance share on theirs then please sign up - don't forget this bit is entirely optional!  Here are the links:

You are here on my blog so you can subscribe using any of the methods on the Right hand sidebar.

My You Tube Channel

My Face Book Page

Rubber Dance Facebook page

And last but not least here is the link to Rubber Dance where you must leave a comment in order to win and don't forget if you are already a subscriber or choose to subscribe then let us know how many extra names into the hat you are claiming!

Today I am sharing my Valentine's project - a little late I hear you cry!…….But this idea is one you can use anytime of the year.  It is always the right time to let someone know you care ;-)

This was a fun card to make and a little cheeky!  I used stamps from the Hot Hot Hot stamp set with the addition of the hottest stamp from the Cool Winter Wonderland stamp set!  Check out all those kisses!  That is one hot chilli pepper!

Here is the inside - lots of room to write romantic messages to your loved one!  The I love you ribbon can be omitted if you are not at that stage yet ha ha!

In the tutorial I show you how to make the card and you will see how to make your chilli pepper jiggle and wiggle!  Even if you don't want to make this card the wiggle element is a useful thing to know how to make for other cards you may wish to add a little movement to.

Today I am spending the day at a Prima workshop with Finnabair.  I am so excited about attending and trying out some of her techniques!  I will take photos so watch this space!

I hope you enjoy all the romance and crafting I am sharing today and once again I wish you all a Happy Valentines day and good luck for the giveaway!

Thank you for popping by X

I Heart Art!

Hi everyone

It is time to tempt you to play along with us over at Rubber Dance for this months colour challenge.  The colours are Teal, Maroon/Burgundy and Brown.  As you can see from my card below I added a little cream into the mix!

This was an unusual colour scheme for me so it was fun to try to work with it.  That is the beauty of playing along with our challenge.  Each month a new set of colours and an optional theme to get you thinking.  This months theme if you choose to use it is LOVE!

Just had to make a Valentine but with a little twist.  In the video tutorial I will show you how I made this little 'twist' on an easel card.  I wanted something arty to reflect the new stamps I worked with!  Look what the postman dropped off just in the nick of time!

How happy am I???!!!….Just noticed the Antique Botanicals set is upside down….Ooops.  Check out the video as you will see the gorgeous details in the latest fabulous stamps from Rubber Dance.  These are just 3 of the sets that are launched this month.

So enough of the chit chat, what did I actually make to tempt you to play along with us this month over at Rubber Dance?….

In the video I show you how to make the unusual shaped easel card.  There are a couple of ideas of how to make the most of your stamps by looking at other things you could use them for and of course I show you how you too could make an Arty Hearty Valentine for the one you LOVE this Valentine's Day!

When I was looking for an embellishment to put on my card I found a little bit of a broken Abalone heart bracelet that has been in my drawer awaiting the perfect project.  Add a little knot of delicate tule and I think I will be using this idea again!!

I am tempted to try this design again in Red, Black and Cream with a touch of Pink……But since this is the second Valentine I have made this year!!!!!!  I am already ahead for next year ;-)

Here is the video tutorial.  I hope it inspires you to join in this months Colour Challenge over at Rubber Dance.  I also hope you are temped to pop over and check out all the lovely new addictions to the Rubber Dance Stamp collection.  This fab set is called I Heart Art!

…..Almost forgot if you play along with our challenge you could win stamps!!!!! ' Till next time, Happy Sunday and thank you for popping by X

Snowy Valentine!!!!

Hi everyone

I am featuring over on the Rubber Dance Blog today so here is a sneak peek of my project……..

If you like alternative Valentine Cards then this one is for you!  Alternatively you could use it as a Christmas Card too.

Please follow this link over to the Rubber Dance Blog to see what I made!  The link to the video tutorial is over there as well as all those lovely Rubber Dance stamps to tempt you!!!!

There is always a ton of inspiration from my team mates and of course don't forget to check out this months colour challenge…..there are stamps to be won!!!!

Thank you for popping by X

First Post of 2015 and a Challenge Reminder

Happy New Year Everyone!

I hope you all have a fabulous year with of course plenty of time to craft!!!!  I am getting back into the swing of things with a tutorial inspired by the colour challenge over on the Rubber Dance Blog.  This months's colours of shades of blue and silver with the additional prompt of frosty if you want to follow a theme too.

I was inspired to make two frosty frames and used my Rubber Dance Stamps to make all the embellishments that decorate my tag frames.  On the tutorial I show you how to make frames like mine and there is a recipe for making your own texture paste too!

It was a bit tricky taking a photo of this project because of the reflection in the acetate.  I think you can make out my hand on the tag on the left!

Don't forget if you love a challenge and want to play along then follow this link over to the Rubber Dance Colour Challenge for January…….oh and while you are over there why not check out all the lovely stamps you could win if you play along!  You could get these fabulous Winter Wonderland stamps which I hope you can see can easily be used for lots of different crafting projects.

Here is the tutorial:

I have lots more ideas buzzing around in my head and a fairly tidy craft room to play in too!  I took advantage of the time my computer was away to set to and have a good sort out!  I still have a few areas left to tackle but over all it is looking very spacious!!!!

Once again Happy New Year to you all.

Thank you for popping by X

Christmas is Coming Series - Card 5!

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I hope you are all managing to stay afloat during this busy run up to Christmas!  I started out with good intentions, as you know, to have all my cards made and ready to send out of the door on December 1st!……..and here I am on the 16th posting my last video in this mini series and I am off to post the last two of my cards as soon as I have written this ;-)

I really hope you like this one as I loved how it turned out.  It is definitely the longest of the card batch making sessions but I hope you will agree it is worth it.  May I present to you the window shaker card using Rubber Dance Stamps!

Lots of frosty goodness in the window shaker and fabulously festive foliage to decorate the card.  I hope that even though this series took a little longer than I intended you agree this one was worth the wait!  If you have friends and family visiting at Christmas this is the perfect card for them.  Put aside an afternoon and you will have a batch made in no time.

I am going to do a separate page for all the card dimensions of this series which means I will have to watch the videos as I have sent all my cards out!!!!!  I think a little fast forwarding will be in order ;-)

Here is the link for all the card dimensions!

As usual the inside definitely matches the outside:

The stamps I used were from the Pines Fir Yew and the Christmas Greetings stamp sets both by Rubber Dance - follow this link!……Almost forgot to mention there is a sale on!!!

I thought you might like to check out this link to visit my friend Annie who used one of my designs (Card 4) as a starting point for some of her Christmas Cards this year.  They look fab and I was really pleased to see I had helped a bit with giving some inspiration.

So without further ado here is the tutorial to show you how you can make this window shaker design.

I am not sure how many more videos or blog posts I will fit in between now and New Year as I really must relinquish my computer to the mender men before my Apple Care runs out!  I am going to be bereft but I hope to give my craft room a thorough sorting and dusting and wiping down while it is away.  Maybe I should promise to do a craft room tour video to give me more incentive ha ha!

At the weekend I hit 4000 subscribers on my You Tube channel and was as pleased as punch!  Thank you all so much for supporting me and cheering me on.  I love sharing both here on my Blog and over there on my You Tube Channel and of course selling my workshops over on my ETSY shop.

I hope all your Christmas preparations are progressing nicely and that you are a little better organised than me!!!  I have an Art Journal Video uploading as I type this so I should be posting that tomorrow and I have 3 crafting things I would like to get done before the New Year ………keep your fingers crossed for me.

Incase I don't manage to do all that before my Computer is wrestled from my grasp I would like to wish you all a Very Merry Christmas (with lots of crafting goodies from Santa!) and a Healthy and Happy New Year.

Hugs

Helen
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