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String Art and Quilling Red Hearts Altered Wooden Box

2012-02-15T09:00:00.013-05:00

Hello,

I was planning to post this for Valentine's day but since I no longer post on Tuesday so I thought I share it today. This is the new string art template that I created. I could never get enough of string art templates. I don't know why, I just like making them.

I will add the tea light battery in the box and it will go to my little next door neighbor up coming birthday.

Thanks for looking!

Helen

Pink Heart Note Card

2012-02-13T09:00:00.004-05:00

Hello,

I rarely made Valentine's card. This year I made a few Valentine's cards. I was hopping to drop them off at a florist shop for sale but I never did it.

I CAS this card from here. She also has tutorial to the crochet heart. Here is another crochet heart tutorial.

I'm entering to

Make It Monday

CraftyBloggersNetwork

CrazyChallenge

OneStitchAtATime

Thanks for looking!

Helen

Simple Quilling Flowers Note Cards

2012-02-10T14:03:00.001-05:00

Hello,

Sharing a few simple quilling flower cards.

Thanks for looking. Have a wonderful weekend.

Helen

Kraft Inspire By Nature Note Card

2012-02-08T09:00:00.000-05:00

Hello,

This card was inspired from a card I saw at Splitcoast Stampers. I kept the lay out but I changed the color.

Thanks for looking!

Helen

Pink Crochet Flower Note Cards

2012-02-06T08:00:00.001-05:00

Hello,

I found this sketch here and love it. So I made these two note cards.

I'm entering this to

Make It Monday - anything goes
The Paper Players - flowers
Stamp, Scrap, & Doodle Challenge- die cut and punch

Thanks for looking!

Helen

Simple Quilling Flower Note Cards

2012-02-03T09:12:00.001-05:00

Hello,

I had several quiilling flowers sitting around so I put together these simple note cards. I am not good at making quilling scrolls. I actually not good at quilling at all so I used flourish stamp from Paper Trey Ink called Fancy Flourish for the scrolls.

I didn't plan to have any butterflies on the card but I smeared the red ink on the card so I added some butterflies to cover the ink.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful weekend!

Helen

Jumbo Paper Clip Book Mark

2012-02-01T08:00:00.039-05:00

Hello,

I made several of these jumbo paper clips for the Secret Santa workshop last year. I forgot to take pictures of them. This is the only one I had left. The book mark looked the same on both side. For this I used 5 inches square pattern paper. Tutorial for the paper bow is on the side bar.

I also made several crochet flower book marks. I kept this one for myself.

Thanks for stopping by.

Helen

Kraft Just Believe Note Card

2012-01-30T09:20:00.001-05:00

Hello,

I saw this card on SplitCoast Stamper. However, I added a few things to the card to make it my own. See the original card here.

I'm entering this to

Make It Monday

Thanks for looking.

Helen

Branch CAS Note Cards

2012-01-27T10:23:00.008-05:00

Hello,

These cards were CAS from my friend Rachel at A One of A Kind Design By Rachel. I met Rachel at a local Joann Fabric over two years ago. We became friend instantly. Rachel introduced me to embossing folders and since then I had been adding embossing folders to my craft room. Thank you Rachel!

The zigzag ribbons were made by sewing the ribbon the zigzag way and pull it tight.

See this post for how to color the embossing folder.

Thanks for looking! Have a wonderful weekend!

Helen

Purple Just Believe Note Card

2012-01-25T10:22:00.000-05:00

Hello,

I'm sharing two more cards I had made over last weekend.

I made the bottom one first. It look o.k but I wanted a card to look more than just o.k so I thought I changed the center color and I like the green center better.

Thanks for stopping again.

Helen

Hot Pink Just Believe Note Card

2012-01-23T11:25:00.000-05:00

Hello Blogger Friends!

I haven't make a single card in months so over the weekend with the snow and ice I didn't have to go to work so I sat down and made a few cards. This is one of them.

The stamp image was from SU. Love that image!

White card base was from Paper Trey Ink. The gray was from SU called Sahara Sand. Water color paper from Waltmart for the stamp image. Black card stock was from SU.

Make It Monday

Thanks for looking!

Helen

Round Pink Crochet Decorative Pillows

2012-01-20T10:20:00.001-05:00

Hello Blogger Friends!

This will be my last two pieces of my 20 plus years old crochet items. They are also my favorite pieces. I made these when I was around 15 years old. Yes, I had lots of patience even then.

This is the center pillow. The flower in the center had 7 layers. It is about 1" tall and 3" wide.

It is about 13" wide.

This is the bottom of the pillow. I placed card stock in there hopping to show the design better and I think it did.

Thanks for looking.

Helen

String Art Altered Paper Mache Box

2012-01-18T13:53:00.000-05:00

Hello,

I am so addicted to this string art. I love to use it to altered boxes. Here is my latest altered paper mache box.

The corners flourish was from a template that I bought from scrap book convention two years ago. I created the center template inspired from here.

I love this Stampin' Up! Final Press embossing folder. I used it all the time.

Thanks for looking!

Helen

Lots of Crochet Roses

2012-01-16T10:37:00.007-05:00

Good Morning Blogger Friends!

Look at what I had been making! I love crochet roses and I had been trying to look for the pattern that is easy and yet pretty. And I found it! You can fine the tutorial here. I am using size 10 crochet thread but the roses came out to different sizes because I used different size crochet needles.

I am working on the purple flowers now.

My favorite challenge

Make It Monday

Thanks for looking.

.Helen

Crochet Heart Decorative Pillow

2012-01-13T11:30:00.000-05:00

Hello,

Today I had another crochet projects that I made 20 plus years ago. These are crochet heart decorative pillows. I made two pairs. I never used them.

This is the front.

And this is how the back look.

Again, I don't have pattern for this.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Helen

Altered Wooden Circle Box

2012-01-11T13:30:00.000-05:00

Hello,

I altered this wooden circle box a while ago. I think because the two colors didn't go together I didn't really like the result.

The original lid didn't fit the box since I added two layers on the box so I made a new lid out of card stock.

Thanks for looking.

Helen

Quilling Jewelry Sets

2012-01-08T08:14:00.000-05:00

Hello Bloggers!

I told you that I will be making more of these jewelry sets. I really love how the pink and black turned out. The same lady who ordered the black frame with white roses also ordered two sets of the jewelry. She wanted one set in black and pink and another set in black and red.

But she took this purple and white set instead of the pink and black set.

You can fine the tutorial to make a similar rose here.

I painted at least 4 coats of mod podge on the flowers and the earrings so a little water won't bother them.

If you are interested in purchasing the jewelry set, they are all available. It is $15 per set and it is FREE shipping to US and CANADA.

Challenges:

CupCakeCraftroom

Make It Monday

CES challenge blog

Inspire Me Fridays

Thanks for looking.

Helen

Pink Crochet Vase Holder

2012-01-06T12:46:00.000-05:00

Hello,

I made this 20 plus years ago. I made more than one. I didn't know what happened to the rest. I didn't know what to call it so I called it a vase holder.

Now it is one of my daughter's toys. Sorry I don't have the pattern and don't know how to read the pattern; therefore, I couldn't make a pattern for it. I remember I had a picture of this and I counted stitch by stitch to make it. I still do the counting when I crochet now a day. I don't know how to read the crochet patterns so I would look for a good picture of the finished crochet item and crochet it.

Thanks for stopping by.

Helen

Quilling Teddy Bear Cards

2012-01-04T11:04:00.000-05:00

Hello Bloggers!

I made this two cards back in November. When I made baby cards, I normally made two of the same card, one for a baby girl and one for a baby boy.

The card stretch was from an old Mojo Monday blog.

Thanks for looking.

Helen

Black and White Altered Frame

2012-01-02T09:31:00.000-05:00

Happy New Year Blogger Friends!

I had a last minute order to make two black frames and white roses last week.

I really like the way it turned out so I'll be making more of these. I covered the frame with Core Destination shimmery black card stock from local Joann Fabric. Love this papers! The flowers were made using water color papers from Walmart. I bought the pearl flourish from the Scrap book convention that I attended last year.

I'm entering this to

Make It Monday

Inspire me Friday

Card Crafters Circle

Thanks for stopping by!

Helen

Money Bouquets

2011-12-23T14:00:00.015-05:00

Hello,

After many days of thinking and searching through the web, I finally finished with the 3 money bouquets, yay! To make the long story short, here is what I have.

I found this bouquet from google that I really like

Then after many trips to Joann Fabric and Micheal's Art & Crafts, this is what I came up with.

I know not very impressive but that was the start. I made each flower like that then I put the 9 flowers together and this is what I had

Here is the hand tie

I made the 3 bouquets the same except I used one color for each bouquet.

Here is the gold one

Here is the red one

These are the pix (I think that what they were called) that I used for the 3 bouquets. I got these from Micheal's art and crafts in 3 different colors. The evergreen, not in the photo, were from my poor artificial Christmas tree that was stuck in the basement for a few years now.

The bouquets looked much better in person. I knew I'd said that many times. I am sure many of you understand what I meant. It was very hard for me to take pictures of 3D object especially in a small space that I have.

I really like how the bouquets turned out but I was a little concerned that Eileen might not like it. I delivered to her the other day and as soon as she opened the door and saw the bouquets she loved them! and of course I was very happy.

Can you picture that money bouquet for up coming Valentine's Day and Mother's Day? Oh, I can't wait to make them! That is how my brain is working. Always thinking.......about what to create next but for everything else I take it one day at a time. :)

Thank you so much for visiting and for your lovely comments. Wishing you all a Happy Holiday!

Helen

Turquoise Quilling Jewelry Set

2011-12-21T11:43:00.016-05:00

Hello,

Someone requested me to make this turquoise quilling jewelry set.

I would never have made the set in this color myself. I really like how they turned. So I'll be making more of these set in different colors.

AnythingChallenge
Everybody Art Challenge
Make It Monday

Helen

Baby Onesies

2011-12-19T08:51:00.005-05:00

Good Morning Blogger Friends!

I had wanted to make the baby onesie and I finally made one. To be exact I made two baby onesies.

I didn't know any graphic design so I hand drew the template. It look simple but it took me two hours of drawing and cutting. I made this white and yellow one first. I didn't like the sleeves. They are two small. I cut only 1" for the sleeves.

The part that took me so long was the curve part at the bottom and the neck. Then I made another one, brown and pink, and I adjusted the sleeves to 1 1/4 inches. I like this one better.

Thanks for looking.

Helen

Dollar Bill Rose Tutorial

2011-12-16T09:00:00.002-05:00

Hello,

I love playing with money, who won't, right? :) I made the dollar bill roses years ago but I haven't share it on my blog. I was thinking of sharing it last Mother's Day but I never got a chance.

So here is my chance, I had an order from Eileen to make three money bouquets for Christmas. Isn't that interesting!

Here is the tutorial

For each rose, you will need 3 to 5 new dollar bills. Accordion fold each bill.The folds are about 1/4 inch. See second photo.

Then tie the bills like shown. I used the wire that can be found in the produce section to tie the bills first. Then I used the floral wire for the stem. I used 5 bills so I have fuller roses.

Tip: See I tie the bills not evenly. DON'T DO THAT! just arrange the bills evenly.

Then carefully open the bills and then shape them into petals.

As you can see in the picture, I fold the inside petals half way down so all the petals are the same high. I like it that way. Keep play around with the petals until you like the way your rose look. I used the bamboo stick, the smaller one, to curl the petals.

Here are the finished roses.

I made only 27 roses out of the $375 that Eileen gave me. Now I need to assemble them into bouquets. I'll share them with you when I am done. Any question feel free to email me or leave me a comment here.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Helen

4 Years Old Quiling Frame

2011-12-14T12:05:00.000-05:00

Hello,

Today I wanted to share this quilling frame made by my 4 years old daughter. She assembled the wooden frame at the Home Depot with the help from my husband. If you have small children and looking for free thing to do on weekend, the Home Depot has free kid clinic on the first Saturday of every month. And Lowe Home improvement also has free kid workshops twice a month. The workshop is on the second and the third Saturday of the month.

With the paper threader that I got not too long ago, I cut her some quilling strips. I tried to show her how to use the circle sizers but it was difficult for her. I thought the imperfection on the flower petals added an interesting effect to it. I didn't help her with the quilling at all.

She made the three flowers with the stem and the leaves first then she glued them onto the frame. She added the four corners later. It took her a few days to do this quiling. The last corner I guested she got tired of it and never finish it. She wanted to sell her frame at the craft show. She didn't realize that her frame is priceless to her mom. :)

Until next time!

Helen

I Am Back!

2011-12-12T09:00:00.029-05:00

Hello Blogger Friends!

Phew! I finally finished with the craft shows for this season! I couldn't believe myself. I did 8 craft shows in 8 weeks. I had one craft show a week since October, 24. The first show was very disappointed. I sold only half of the amount that I sold last year. There were not much traffic due to lack of advertizing.

Then I went to my second show at a hospital (Riddle Hospital) the following week. I was hopping for a better turn out. At first, it was another disappointed show. However, I had a customer (Sue) whom I email after the show to thanks her for stopping by my booth and Sue placed an order from me and that sort of made up a little but it still wasn't a good show. I won't return to that hospital again. The ladies who organized the show didn't care a dime about us. She didn't advertize for us. Sue happened to walk by us after her doctor appointment. The hospital employees didn't know about us selling there. So there were not much traffic. When there was no traffic, there wasn't going to be any sale.

I am not going to bore you with the rest of the craft shows. Out of the 8 shows that I did, 5 of them were not a good shows. The other three shows turned out great! Thanks to the staffs at the volunteer office at Crozer hospital for allowing me to sale my crafts there. My 20% donation were well worth it! If you are curious what I meant by that is, a vendor needs to give 20% of her total sale to the hospital at the end of the day and this apply to any hospital.

My last two shows were December, 8 and December, 9. I know it was insane to do two shows in two days. I had almost nothing to sale for the last show. It was at a Catholic school. It was the Secret Santa workshop. The items for sale cannot exceeded $5. So I had to drop my price down for some items and for the last minute items and I really meant last minute. I went shopping for the fleece and the chocolates right after I came home from the craft show that I did at the hospital. Then I stayed up until 1 AM to make them.

I made 36 of these for the secret Santa work shop.

Isn't he cute!

I got the image from here. On her blog it said free but I couldn't get the image for free so I paid a small fee and got to download the image right away. Well worth it! You can find the video tutorial here.

It was lots of work preparing items for the craft shows and I didn't make any profit from it but I had load of fun meeting others crafters and many compliments about my work. I was asked this question from the people who stopped by my booth.

Questions and compliments    My answers
"did you make all these?"     Yes, I made everything on the table.
"Did you sleep?"                               Yes, I did but not a lot.
All the patience you had!            Only with these crafts because they didn't talk back to me. hehehe.....
Your work are so beautiful!!!!        Thank you!!!!

I would do this all over again! Who won't, right!

Have a marvelous Monday!

Helen

Barbars Blog Candy

2011-12-05T13:07:00.000-05:00

Hello,

I don't have my creation to share today. My camera is acting up so I couldn't take any pictures. Any way, my friend Barbara at Barbara's World of whimcees have an awesome blog candy. Don't take my words for it. Goes check it out yourself.

Have a wonderful the rest of the week!

Helen

Quilled Snowflake Earrings

2011-11-29T10:38:00.000-05:00

Hello Bloggers!

Today I have two pairs of quilled snowflake earrings to share.
The paper strips that I used for these earrings had two sides. A touch of silver on one side and plain white on the other side.

I am adding these to my Etsy shop.

Thank you for stopping by again today.

Helen

My New Toy - Mini Paper Shredder

2011-11-21T08:48:00.002-05:00

Hello Bloggers!

I'm back again. I am so excited to share with you my new toy. I first saw this hand powered mini paper shredder at Lin Handmade greeting card. I knew I got to have one and I finally bought it. I absolutely love it! I don't know why I didn't order it sooner. I would have saved lots of money on quilling strips. I guessed it cost to learn. I highly recommended if you are enjoying quilling. It cut about 1/8 inch strips which are perfect for quilling.

Now I can have any color of quilling strips I want. Think of the $$$ that I will be saving from cutting my own quilling strips and that means more new toys for me, yay!

I tried cutting different types of paper and double sides pattern papers were the best.

Here are a few snowflakes that I had made using the strips that I cut from my new toy.

I love the ridge (is that the correct word for it) from the blade. It added nice texture to the snowflakes. These snowflakes were made from 65 lb. card stock. When the card stock ran through the shredder, it got softened and that made it easier to roll the strips.

I bought this mini paper shredder from here. The price was reasonable and it offered free shipping. Check it out if you had been cutting your own quilling strips. This little thing could save you lots of times and no the company didn't pay me anything for this little promotion.

Thank you for looking! Wishing everyone who celebrate Thanksgiving a Very Happy one!

Until next time!

Helen

Elegant Altered Quilling Frame

2011-11-14T10:14:00.000-05:00

Hello Bloggers!

I haven't forgotten about you my blogger friends. I just don't have time to spare. Between 3 young kids, their school work, house work, my part time job, and my craft shows, I have no time left to browse the web. So bare with me I will visit you wonderful blogs when I am done with my craft shows. I only have a few more to do. :)

Here is today sharing.

Please excuse the not so good photo. I haven't take a single decent photo lately. I don't know if it was me or I need a new camera.

I'm entering this to

Make it Monday

Thanks for looking. Have a fantastic week!

Lots Of Kusudamas

2011-11-07T09:00:00.027-05:00

Hello Bloggers!

I am still around. I haven't fall off blog land yet. I took time off from blogging because I was busy making these

Here are more

And here are five more that I am working on

I made about 20 of them.

Here is how I assembled them. I folded all the pieces that I need. Then I glued each piece and I used paper clips to hold the piece together.

After the glue dried, about 5 - 10 minutes, I took them off the paper clip and pushed them open and glued 2 pieces together like shown

I waited until the glue dried, then I glued that 2 pieces together

I waited again until the glue dried then I glued the last piece in to make the petal or whatever you called that 5 petals piece.

Although the petals looked the same, but they were not. Once the glue is completely dried, I took the 12 petals and tried to fit them together like a puzzle.

They are beautiful but my favorite are the white and the purple one.

I'm entering this to

Make it Monday

Creative Inspirations Paint

Catch The Bug

Thanks for checking in with me. I am going to be off again.

Helen

TopNote Flower Boxes

2011-10-26T10:09:00.000-04:00

Good Morning Blogger Friends!

You knew I love boxes and with all the flowers that I had been making I thought I will use them to decorated some boxes.

Thanks for looking! Have a wonderful day. I will return to posting again next Monday.

Helen

String Art Ornaments and Matching Boxes

2011-10-24T09:50:00.000-04:00

Hello Bloggers!

I am sharing a few of the string art ornaments that I put together last week. If you are my regular blog reader, you knew I had about 100 of these string art already made over the Summer and just waiting for me to put them together into something. And the holiday season is not too far away so I thought I put a few of them into ornaments. The ornaments look the same on both sides and I am into matching set lately so I made each ornament a matching box. I was thinking of making a matching card to go with the ornament but I didn't have time so may be next time.

I was very happy with the result and I especially happy with the boxes. Each box used just one 8 1/2 x 11 card stock. I will share the measurement of the box another time.

I had a few of these ornaments on my Esty shop or if you are interested in purchasing the one that is not in my Esty shop email me. I tried the ornaments on a Christmas tree and they looked so nice! This picture didn't tell much.

I am entering this to

Make It Monday
Inspire me Friday

Thanks for stopping by.

Helen

Snowman TopNote Box

2011-10-20T11:30:00.000-04:00

Hello Bloggers!

Just dropping in to share this cute TopNote snowman box that I saw here.

Thanks for your visit! Have a wonderful weekend. I will return next Monday.

Cheer!

Helen

Matching Note Cards For Tealight Boxes

2011-10-17T09:38:00.000-04:00

Good Morning Bloggers!

Last week I shared several tealights and tealight boxes that I made for Dee. I made a few extra tealights and boxes for myself. I thought a matching card for each tealight would be nice.
So here they are

I am entering this to

Make It Monday

Inspire Me Friday

Thanks for stopping by again!

Helen

TopNote Gift Card Holder

2011-10-12T13:41:00.000-04:00

Hello,

Remember the animal punch arts that I shared not too long ago? I couldn't think of what to do with them until I saw Deanna TopNote gift card holder. I thought those punch arts would look really cute sitting on the gift card holder.

I didn't like the scallop mounting background. I thought it look busy since Santa bear is also scallop.

Oops! I forgot to add the little white dot on the eyes. It made such different with the white dot, don't you think?

I like this one better.

Here is the inside.

Thanks for visiting!

Helen

Small Purses

2011-10-10T10:00:00.003-04:00

Good Morning!

I came across this blog Mel Stampz and she has lots of free printable templates plus links to many more free templates. There were so many templates that I didn't know which one to choose so I chose this template.

But at the end I didn't use her template. I created an exact shaped template/purse but my finished purse had a clean sides.

The white one didn't come out as nice in the photo but it is so pretty seeing it in person. It is my favorite.

After making these small purses, I thought I will try and make a bigger one to hold some cards. The bigger purse didn't come out as nice. I think it was because the purse was so big. It measure almost 7 inches x 6 inches not counting the handles.

This is the side of the purse, a clean look always. Sorry for the poor photo quality.

I'm linking this to

Make It Monday

Inspired Me Friday

One Stop Craft

Thanks for visiting!

Helen

Pink & Yellow Tealight Boxes

2011-10-07T13:56:00.000-04:00

Hello,

I have a few more tealight boxes to share today. I hope I won't bore you with these boxes.

All the flowers were all handmade by me. There are tons of flowers tutorial on Youtube. Any question feel free to leave me a comment or email me.

Thanks for looking! Have a wonderful weekend!

Helen

God's Beauty

2011-10-05T16:15:00.000-04:00

Good Afternoon Blogger Friends!

I had this stamp set called God's Beauty for at least two years now and I hardly use it. When I needed a little inspiration, I always turned to Splitcoast Stampers. Here are two cards that I CAS from SCS

TFL!

Helen

Purple Tealight Boxes

2011-10-03T17:55:00.000-04:00

Hello,

I got a small order last week. Dee wanted 10 tea lights. Today I will be sharing the purple boxes. The boxes measure 3 inches x 3 inches x 2 inches tall.

The five flowers on the tea light made the tea light look big here but some of you knew it not so big. The tea light measure less than 2 inches across and 3/4 inch on the round part.

The purple card stock were from Stampin' Up! The white card stock were from Core Destination. I just love this papers. It is heavy weight and great with punches. Best of all they are shimmery! However, they are not good for stamping.

Thank you Pat for passing my information to Dee and especially for this order. Pat now has a blog! Do check out Pat's blog Creating with Paper and Bows and give her some blog love

I'm entering this to

Making It Monday

Inspire Me Fridays

Thanks for checking in!

Helen

Blue Box

2011-09-30T09:13:00.000-04:00

Hello Blogger Friends!

Today I have another box to share.
This box was inspired from Paper Trey Ink. It is similar to the pink box that I posted early this week except the lid is different. For this one I attached the lid to the back of the box and used Velcro for the closure. I decorated with my handmade crochet flowers. I bought the flourish die cut from the Scrap book Convention that I went this past July. The other leave was Spellbinder from Joann Fabric online.

I think the pattern paper (the Luxury Stack) is pretty enough so I didn't decorated the rest of the box. Sometime less is more. This is another big box. It measure 6 inch wide x 4 1/2 inch tall x 3 inch depth.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Helen

Pink Box For Cards

2011-09-26T15:55:00.000-04:00

Hello Blogger Friends!

I'm sharing a very simple pink box today.

The box measure 6" wide x 3" depth x 4 1/2" tall. It's a pretty large box. I made the box using 8 1/2 x 11 card stocks from Paper Trey Ink. PTI card stocks are 110 lbs. They are perfect for this kind of craft. I had a few of the random cards that I had made and had shared in previous posts.

I am also sharing this at:

Make It Monday

PaperSundaes

Inspire Me Fridays

Thanks for looking!

Helen

CAS Punch Arts

2011-09-23T09:47:00.000-04:00

Hello Blogger Friends!

I am always amazed by those who created characters from punches. Here are a few punch arts that I made following the instructions between Youtube and SCS.

So now I had to find something to use them on. Until next time......

Have a wonderful weekend!

Helen

Simple Quill Flowers Photo Frames

2011-09-21T10:52:00.000-04:00

Hello Blogger Friends!
I hope I don't bore you with my altered photo frames. I couldn't help it. I just love them.

For the first two frames I covered them with shimmery card stock from Core Destination. Trim and sand the edges once they were dried. Then I painted white acrylic paint on the back.

These were the usual unfinished wooden frame that I bought from Micheal's art and craft store.
The inspiration was from here.

I'm entering this to the following challenges

AnyThingChallenge
scrap-creations1
SweetStampsBlog

Thanks for taking a peak!

Helen

String Art Grass

2011-09-19T12:00:00.003-04:00

Hello Bloggers!

Thanks for stopping by again. I am still into string art. I saw this grass string art on a blog as I was surfing the web and thought it was pretty simple to make and it was. Just draw 3 lines and paper pieces the lines then stitch them and you are done!

I am entering this to

Make It Monday

Ooh La la creations

The SquirrelAndTheFox

Thanks for looking.

Helen

Black & White Upsy Daisy Note Card

2011-09-14T10:00:00.003-04:00

Hello,

Just sharing two quick and simple cards.

I like the first card better. The second one is a bit busy.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Helen

Pink Quill Flowers Altered Wooden Frame

2011-09-12T12:24:00.000-04:00

Hello,
I made this over the weekend.

Make It Monday

Inspire Me Friday

Have a great day!

Helen

Kids 3 D wooden Puzzles

2011-09-09T15:30:00.000-04:00

Hello,
I don't have any of my craft to share today. However, I thought I will share some of my sons 3 D wooden puzzles.

My two sons love to build and when I saw these wooden puzzles at Michaels' on the clearance rack I was so excited.

These puzzles are quite big..They measure more than 12 inches tall and the long one measure more than 12 inches wide like the Windsor Castle.

There were no written instruction for these puzzles. They had to look at the picture of the model and assembled the model. They assembled them so quickly except the leaning tower. My older son gave up after about an hour because the pieces kept on falling off. Then I suggested to my younger son to assemble just one layer at a time then paint it with Modge Pod and wait until the Modge Pod dry then assemble the next layer. It work! It took him about 6 hours total to complete the Leaning Tower.

After the Leaning tower my younger son didn't feel like assembling the Windsor Castle so my older took over. These are their most recent wooden 3 D puzzles. They had assemble many in the past. Their room are full of 3 D puzzles.

Stationary Box Note Cards

2011-09-07T09:00:00.006-04:00

Hello,

I love to make stationary box but I don't like making the contents to go into the box. I had several empty stationary box sitting around.

I need to clear some space so I made these 3 x 3 note cads

Then these tags

these were some of the cards that I post a while ago to go in the stationary box.

I forgot to link the tutorial to the stationary box yesterday. Here is the link to the stationary box tutorial.
Thanks for looking.

Helen

Finally My Etsy Shop

2011-09-05T08:58:00.002-04:00

Hello Bloggers!

Happy Labor Day to those in the states! I don't have any craft item to share today. I was working on my Etsy shop. And finally is live now. If you have a minute, check it out and let me know what you think.

My Etsy Shop

Thanks for taking a peak!

Helen

String Art Altered Tin Cans

2011-09-04T10:15:00.006-04:00

Hello Bloggers!

I love to alter boxes and tin cans. Over last weekend I used a few of the half finished string art to alter a few tin cans. And since I already had those string arts, I finished these tins cans in no time. I decided to make a matching Spring card for each tin can. The tutorial for the spring card is here.

Aren't these gorgeous. I really enjoying doing string art and that was all I did now.

I am entering this to

Make It Monday

Card cupids

Crafting when we can challenges

Stamptacularsunday challenge

Catch The bug

The Secret Crafter

Inspire Me Friday

Thanks a lot for stopping by.

Helen

Triple String Art Ornament/Mobil

2011-08-31T13:56:00.000-04:00

Good Afternoon Everyone!

A very short post. I put together another string art ornament/mobil. This time it's a triple one. It has two sizes so it can be hang on the tree, on the window, or from the ceiling.

Have a wonderful day!

Helen

String Art Ornaments

2011-08-29T13:46:00.000-04:00

Hello Bloggers,

I made a few ornaments using the half finished string art that I shared last week. I know it's a bit early for ornaments but I need to have them ready just in case I need it.

I used two circles for each ornament one for the front and one for the back. For these stitching I used the crochet thread size 20. It gave more dimension. I like it better than the embroidery floss. I was trying to see which embellishments look better. For the first one I used half back pearls and the second one I used clear rhino stones. I like the pearls one better.

Make it Monday

Heart Song Inspirations

Stamps R us

Thanks for looking!

Just Believe White Silhouettes

2011-08-26T09:00:00.050-04:00

Hello,

I love all kind of cards, pop up cards, interactive cards, and simple cards. However, I am leaning toward simple cards because they are quick and easy to make yet still look nice.

So here are two simple cards using SU Just Believe stamp set.

Have a wonderful and safe weekend. If you are in the hurricane Irene path, I hope you have a safe and comfortable place to stay. My prayer to you all.

Helen

Hand Stitched Flourish Card

2011-08-24T10:41:00.000-04:00

Good Morning Bloggers,

I stitched this flourish last year and just let it sat there. A habit that many crafters did. I just finished putting the card together before the break but never had a chance to share then. So here she is

It is a very simple lay out using scraps. If you like the bow, check out my tutorial here.

Thanks for taking a peak!

Helen

Half Finished String Art

2011-08-22T12:00:00.005-04:00

Hello Bloggers!

Welcome my new followers. I am so glad my blog interested you.

I am glad to be back home! The break was over and now it was time to go back to work and back to blogging, yay! While I was away from home and from blogging, I was making these during my free time. I stitched about 40 pieces of these string art.

But that was not all

Here are all the stitching that I've been working on for the past three weeks. I counted them. I couldn't believe it! There were 96 pieces in this photo and then I found 6 more pieces. So, yes! I stitched 100 string art! I know, WOW!

Here are a few individual.

Some of them will be ornaments and some of them I will use them to alter tin cans and wooden boxes.I can also use them on cards. What would you use them for? The inspiration of these circle string art was from here. I looked at Stefani string art and I created my own templates.

If you are interested in the templates, I do have them for sell. Further details on the templates on a later post.

Make It Monday

Paper Play Time

Joyful Stamper

So glad you dropped by today!

Helen

Paper Bow Tutorial

2011-08-05T08:45:00.005-04:00

Good Morning,

I saw this origami bow tutorial here. However, it was in another language and many of you needed written tutorial plus pictures tutorial so here it is. A 3" x 3" paper would make a nice bow. I used 4" square for the bows that I made for the cake here.

A thin pattern paper would make a beautiful bow.

If you are using double side pattern paper place the side that you want down.

Mountain fold horizontally, crease well, then unfold.

mountain fold the other way, crease well and unfold.

you should have this.

Valley fold diagonally, crease well, and unfold.

valley fold the other way,crease well and unfold. You should have this: 2 mountain fold lines that looked like a plus sign. And 2 valley folds that looked like an "X".

Follow the creased lines and fold your paper like this

Press it down and fold the "closed" side about 1/2" down like the picture below, crease well.

Open your paper completely like shown. As you can see there is a small square in the center and the creased lines are not the same.

You are going to mountain fold those lines or the small square.

like this

refold the paper like the 7th picture above except

you will push the small square down like this

you paper now should look like this with two layers.

fold the top corners down like this

turn the paper over and repeat

you are going to open the paper, making sure your folds (small square) stay in place.

it should look like this after you opened the paper.

Turn the paper over, make sure you place your paper like in the photo. Make 4 cut where the black lines are.

After the cut you should able to move the two pieces up and down. These two pieces will be the bow tails.

Fold the top piece down and fold the edges

of the side pieces down like shown

fold the other edges up and over lab the previous fold a bit.

now working on the bow tails, fold the edges in then cut the center where the black line is (make sure don't cut the small square on the bottom)

then fold it like shown

turn it over

fold the bow tip under the center square

cut the bow tails and you are done! It wasn't too hard right!

I was in a rush putting this tutorial together so some phrase might not be clear but I was hopping the pictures will help. Your feed back is greatly appreciated.

This is for my dear readers. I will be away from home and from the computer. I will return sometime at the end of the month.

Until then....

Helen

Crumb Cake Silhouette

2011-08-03T10:31:00.000-04:00

Hello Bloggers,
This is a really quick and simple card and I like it very much.

The ribbon was from BBCraft. The pattern paper was from DCVW La Cream pack and the rosette was made by me.

I am putting the paper bow tutorial together and hopefully will be done by this Friday.

Helen

Just For You Card

2011-08-01T12:11:00.000-04:00

Hello Bloggers!

This card was inspired from a card I saw on SCS. I changed the stamp image to Inspired by Nature from Stampin' Up!

I was thinking of masculine card and I think this fit it.

Make it Monday

Helen

Quill Butterflies

2011-07-29T11:14:00.008-04:00

Hello,

I had a hard time making these kind of quilling butterflies at first. But I was determined to learn and then they were not so hard any more because...... look at the butterflies that I've made.

I made more than these. I used some of them on my cards.

Always a pleasure to have you stopped by my blog.

I am off to the Valley Forge scrap booking convention now, Yay!!!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Helen

Final Press Cake Boxes

2011-07-25T12:12:00.001-04:00

Hello Bloggers!

I really enjoyed making these Stampin' Up! cake boxes. I used Core Destination card stocks from Joann Fabric. The papers are shimmery and made such elegant cake boxes. I made two sets of cake box. I was planting to give them for raffle at the craft show but I think I am going to keep one set.

I made the top of the cake the same.

and here is the individual cake box. I love those strips. they made the cake slices look so real!

Here is the side of one of the cake boxes. I made this set first. The scallop icing were made using circle scallop nestabillities.

Here is the side view of the second cake boxes. I love this one!

Aren't the bows and the pearls so elegant. Here is the bow tutorial. This is the set I am keeping.

Make It Monday

Come and get it challenges

lollipop crafts

2 sisters challenges

crafty anns challenge

Helen

Quill Monogram "H"

2011-07-22T09:00:00.018-04:00

Hello Bloggers!

I had wanted to do this quill monogram "H" for quite sometime but I just wasn't ready. It looked hard then I got bored with my card making and didn't want to do anything else so I thought it was time to try the letter.

I drew the "H" on grid paper then cut it out and traced it on the white card stock. It's a little slanted. You can find the tutorial here. My "H" was big. It's 8 1/2" x 11". I got the frame from Big Lot.

My daughter wanted a pink one. I wasn't too happy with the result. I was trying to make the letter to fix in the box.

I was so happy I stumbled upon a blog recently that had a tutorial on making a square shadow box. I played around a bit and I made my shadow box 5 inches x 8 inches. I'm hoping to share the tutorial soon.

Until then, happy quilling!

Helen

Black Just Believe Silhouette

2011-07-20T09:00:00.007-04:00

Hello,

I am still making postage friendly card. The image I used was from Stampin' Up! called Just Believe. It is very hard to see. I sponged clouds behind the image.

I couldn't help but added the ribbon.

Here is another one with no pop up embellishment. I added die cut buttons.

Both cards are inspired from Split Coast Stampers.

Helen

Trellis Cards

2011-07-18T09:00:00.007-04:00

Hello Bloggers!

I saw this card on Youtube and love it. Then I also found a blog that had a flower tutorial that I couldn't resist. I put the two tutorials together and made these cards.

For this card I used the Spellbinder die cut to cut the center out. It was such a hazel trying to line the die cut on top of the two card stock.

So for these two cards I just hand cut the rectangle shape out. It was much easier. These two cards are much bigger than the first card. These two cards measure 5 inches x 7 inches. The first one is an A2 card.

I'm linking this card to

Make It Monday

Thanks for looking.

Helen

Altered Wooden Photo Frame

2011-07-15T09:00:00.014-04:00

Hello Bloggers!

I'm sharing another altered wooden photo frame.

I really like the Stampin' Up! Riding Hood Red and Chocolate Chip with a touch of pearls.
You can fine the tutorial of how to alter the wooden frame here. But for this frame I cut out the heart shape in the center then I cut a small piece of paper and glue in to cover the wooden area. You can fine the flowers tutorial here. I'm using the same technique except for these flowers I used a die cut.

Thanks for looking. Enjoy the weekend!

Helen

Quill Jewelry

2011-07-13T09:00:00.002-04:00

Hello,

I made these quill jewelry since last year but just finished putting them together. They are very simple and like the one that I had made before.

I saw this purple and black here. Susan made the most elegant quilling.

I made this one for myself. I just wanted something different.

I boxed them in Stampin' Up! match box with matching color. The finished boxes looked something like this.

I'm entering this to:
Take a Quill Pill

Thank you for stopping by.

Helen

Quill Bleeding Hearts

2011-07-11T11:01:00.002-04:00

Hello Bloggers!

Just sharing this quill bleeding heart card.

Make It Monday #45

One Stitch at a time

Scrappy frogs challenge - summer flower

Joyful Stamper

Thanks for looking.

Helen

Bliss Note Card # 2

2011-07-08T11:14:00.001-04:00

Hello Bloggers!

This is another eye catching card that I saw on SCS. The original card was in black and white. I was working with Riding Hood Red and I didn't feel like cleaning the stamp so I made my card in Riding Hood Red.

Thanks for looking.

Helen

Clean and Simple Quilling Butterfly

2011-07-06T09:00:00.003-04:00

Hello Bloggers!

Another great blog that I like to visit is the clean and simple stamping blog.

There are lots of simple yet pretty sketch that I can use. For this card I used quilling butterfly and stamped the flourish stamp from Stampin' Up! called Priceless (retired). The embossing section was also from SU embossing folder called Final Press.

Thank you for stopping by.

Helen

Crumb Cake Silhouette

2011-07-05T09:00:00.003-04:00

Hello Bloggers!

I was making some quick and simple cards then got bored with the simple cards and made this card after seeing some cards on Split Coast Stampers.

At the same time, I was helping my daughter added some purple ink on her ink pad and somehow the ink got on my card. Not a problem! the butterflies covered the purple ink nicely. I added the crochet trim that I made. I should made more crochet trim. I thought it added elegant to the card.

Make it Monday

Craft Your passion

KB Challenges

Catch the bug

Thanks for looking!

Helen

To the Nine Note Cards

2011-07-01T09:00:00.025-04:00

Hello Bloggers!

Goodness! it is July 1st already! And it is the 4th of July weekend. I smell B.B.Q already. If you are going to have burgers throw in an extra one for me because I'm coming. :)

I didn't have the 4th of July card but I was making some quick, simple, and postage friendly cards.
Some cards I made using the One Sheet Wonder technique and some I used the Clean and Simple technique.

The pattern papers were from SU called To the Nine. I always leave all my cards blank both the front of the card and the inside of the card.

There are lots of One Sheet Wonder templates out there but I somehow like this one the most.

Thanks for stopping by again. Have a great weekend! Enjoy the long weekend if you are in the states.

Helen

Quick Upsy Daisy Note Card

2011-06-29T09:00:00.013-04:00

Hello Bloggers!

I used to spend hours sometime days just making one card because I didn't know what I was doing and because I had no experience in card making. I don't have that kind of time any more. So I turned to
Split Coast Stamper for inspiration.

Here are my two quick and simple cards.

As always, I appreciated that you have stopped by today.

Helen

Quill Bamboo Cards

2011-06-27T14:00:00.001-04:00

Hello,
I saw this quill bamboo here. It looks pretty simple to make so I made these two cards.

I like the first one better. The second one is a smaller square card and it looks a bit busy.

Make it Monday

JoyfulStamper

OurCreativeCorner

Last week I received another award from Irina at Kiddo's blog. Irina does beautiful modular origami and her quilling creations are stunning. Thank you Irina for this award. I am truly flattered.

Rules are:
Share 5 things about yourself (1 of the 5 things must related to crafting)
Pass the award to 5 other blogs

I just share things about me last week so I will share how I came to have this blog. This blog actually is my third blog. My first blog was HelenHandmadeCraft.com didn't work out. Then I used Typepad and that one didn't work out either. I was very frustrated but I didn't want to give up. Then I stumbled upon Blogspot and it said I could create a blog for FREE. All I needed is a google account. My email is with google so I gave it a tried and here I am two years later. I am so happy to have this blog and more importantly are the friendship that I've made through this blog. Thank You!!!

Hugs,

Helen

Tulip Frame and Bliss Note Cards

2011-06-24T11:14:00.001-04:00

Good Morning Bloggers!

I saw this card on many blogs using the Tulip Frame embossing folder from SU and the Bliss stamp set from this pass Sale-A-Bration also from SU. I didn't know whom to give credit to.

I didn't like the embossed center piece.

I thought it was too busy. So I made another one and leave the center piece plan.

I like this better.

Until next time.

Helen

Tulip Frame & Quilling Flower

2011-06-22T08:14:00.010-04:00

Hello,
I saw the irsh flowers in my yard, and wanted to make a card so I made this.

Now if I crimped the purple quilling strips before I rolled may be it will look more like the irsh flowers.

Helen

Sweet Blog Award

2011-06-21T08:06:00.003-04:00

Hello Bloggers!

I am delighted to receive this award from the very talented Dr. Sonia at Cards, Crafts, and Kids. Dr. Sonia uses a variety of materials for her crafts. She is also a pop up cards queen and I just found out that she is also an artist. Her talents and creativity just goes on and on. Thank you Dr. Sonia for sharing this Sweet Blog Award with me.

To accept this award:

link back to the person who gave the award
list 7 random things about myself
pass it on to at least 8 other bloggers

7 random things about me:

I live in the Southeastern PA only minutes from the Delaware state. So I did most of my shopping in DE because it is TAX FREE! More $$$ for my craft supplies. hehehe ......

I live in a Ranch and I love it.

I like my neighborhood very much. There are so many ethnicity in the area. When I think of my neighborhood it is like a mixing salad bowl and that's very important for us.

I live very close to major routes. It's very convenient for us since we travel long distant quite often.

I am almost done with repainting my house. Yay!

Beside crafting I also enjoy refurnishing furniture.

Blogging is the best!

I would like to pass the award to the following bloggers:

Ann at Ann's Snap Edit & Scrap

Kiddo at Kiddo's blog

Suganthi at DayDreams

Paula at Chilling with Quilling

Rae at A One of a Kind Design by Rachel

Leanne at LeeArts

Cg at Cg says something loudly

Antonella at Quilling Art and Ecpression

Michelle at Pink Paper Paradise

Cbuswell at Clare's creations

Barbara at Barbara's world of Whimcees

Mary at Mary's craft room

Thank you ladies for always stopping by and leave me all those sweet comments!

Hugs,

Helen

Photo Frame for the Crocketts

2011-06-20T15:00:00.001-04:00

Good Afternoon Bloggers!

My friends/neighbors just finished remodeling their home recently and they invited us to their house. I didn't know what to give them so I made this photo frame with their family name to give to them. I checked to make sure I spell their name correctly unfortunately I looked at their not working email address and so I missed a "c" after the "o". She didn't notice it until I mentioned. I offered to redo the name but she thought it looks o.k.

The frame measure 10" x 12". The opening in the center fit a 5" x 7" photo.

Make it Monday # 42

Helen

Quick Father's Day Cards

2011-06-19T08:06:00.005-04:00

Hello,
I bought the Guy paper stack last year and made these quick cards. My favorite is the first one. On the inside card I wrote "save this card and you'll never be broke."

Helen

Quilling Earrings and Pendant

2011-06-17T08:06:00.027-04:00

Good Morning,
I don't know what this quilling technique call. I just love how it look ( I still need lots more practice). I thought it would make great quilling jewelry.

I glued the quilling pieces on the wooden dish like the sprial necklaces. Then I used hemp twine for the necklace. I just love the pearl in the center of the quilling piece. So you will see pearl in most of my quilling.

I received this card last week from my blog friend Barbara at Barbara's World of Whimcees

Isn't the image so cute! Look just my daughter or me when I was that little (lol). Thank you Barbara for this lovely card. Do stop by Barbara's blog and check out all her whimsical work.

Helen

Quilled Bear Baby Card

2011-06-15T08:06:00.007-04:00

Hello Bloggers!
I saw this blog here and immediately was inspired to do some quilling.

My favorite one is the brown bear. The quilling tension is pretty even. The last one I thought it looked more like a piglet (lol) than a bear. The crochet flowers were from my stash that I made

Thanks for looking.

Helen

Quilling Bouqet String Art Card

2011-06-13T10:00:00.001-04:00

Hello,

I have had this card inside me forever and finally I sat down and created it.

I wanted to see how it will look with the twisted mini roses. I used the same color card stocks but I like the first one better. May be it had something to do with the bow and the pearls.

Make it Monday

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Helen

RAK From Monica

2011-06-12T10:00:00.001-04:00

Hello Bloggers!

I normally don't post on Sunday but I wanted to share what came in the mail the other day all the way from Indonesia! RAK from Monica.

Here are the individual picture.

These are handmade papers. They are shimmery. Pretty aren't they?

Look at those embroidery!

This one here is pure raw silk.

This one here is pure silk.

This one here is hand embroidery chiffon.

And last but not least handmade paisleys and flowers.

The card that came with the items.

I don't think I will use any of these. I can't cut them into pieces. I wanted to keep them for as long as possible (lol). Thank you SO MUCH Monica for sharing these wonderful items with me. Now I have something unique and special in my craft collections. This blog thing kept on getting better and better!

Monica made cards and sold them for charities. She is very good with using natural materials on her cards. The world need more people like her. Do stop by MONICA'S BLOG and give her some blog love.

Thanks again Monica!

Hugs,
Helen

MoJo #191

2011-06-10T08:06:00.006-04:00

Hello Bloggers!

This layout was from Mojo Monday #191. The Flourish was from PTI called Fancy Flourish. I glued the mounting piece before I added the ribbon so I added a piece of card stock instead. The flowers were all made by me.

So I had to make another one.
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Thanks for looking.

Have a great weekend!

Helen

Red and Black Quilled Pendant

2011-06-08T08:14:00.003-04:00

Good Morning,
I made this pendant last year and I just finished putting the string on.

Can you believe I had this pendant in front of me for almost one year. It was collecting dust. I still need to add the hook on the back. It was so hard to fine the black jewelry supplies or may be I didn't look hard enough.

Anyway, thanks again for stopping by. I appreciate your comments. Love reading them.

Helen

Bliss Note Cards

2011-06-06T09:00:00.001-04:00

Hello,
I saw this card on SCS and just love it!

I made three different colors and I like them all. But the first one the bow is a bit over whelming. I used a 1 1/4" ribbon from SU. It didn't show in the picture. The card stocks were shimmery very pretty. The post office would love this one.

Then I made this black and white with a smaller bow.

And this one.

Make it Monday

Catch the bug

Thanks for looking!

Helen

Flowers, Flowers, and more Flowers

2011-06-03T10:00:00.003-04:00

Hello,
About two weeks ago I spent all my free time making these flowers. These flowers were made using Tim Holtz Tattered Florals. I used the same instruction like I did HERE except for these roses I made the center a little different. There lots of flowers tutorials on Youtube.

These are lace flowers. I cut about 6" of lace. I didn't learn it from here but I couldn't fine the video that I learned from.

These are the ribbons roses that I learned long ago and a few twisted circle flowers.

Thanks for taking a peak! Have a wonderful weekend!

Helen

Key Chain Post It Notes

2011-06-01T08:14:00.020-04:00

Hello,
Where did the month of May had gone? Wow, we are almost half way through the year already!
Aren't these darling cute! I saw these adorable key chain post it note here and just wanted to make some.

Make it Monday

KB challenges

2 sister challenge

Thanks for looking.

Helen

Flying Crane Baby Cards

2011-05-30T14:00:00.003-04:00

Good Afternoon Bloggers!

Surprisingly these two cards were very fast to create.

I don't have any baby sentiment stamp so I printed the "happy new baby" onto the card stock.

I saw this card here.

Helen

Jumbo Crochet Flower For Flip Flops

2011-05-27T08:06:00.009-04:00

Hello,
We finally had a few nice days after all those rain. The weather felt like Summer and it is going to be another nice one today.

And speaking of Summer look at these cute flip flop!

I promise my daughter that I would put some flowers on her flip flops. I let her chose the flowers and rhinestone to go in the flower center. I thought she did great with her choice of colors.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Helen

Romantic Roses Necklaces

2011-05-25T08:00:00.013-04:00

Hello Bloggers!

My friend Pat (Hi Pat) suggested that I made different colors for the spiral rose necklaces that I made last time. So I made these.

Due to the dark background, it was very hard to take good pictures. I really like how they turned out. I used the same wooden circle piece. I cut black card stock and mount it on the wooden piece then I sponged the edge with black ink to blend everything. I painted Mod Pod all over the pendant to make it stronger.

Thanks for looking!

Helen

Lattice Cards

2011-05-23T08:37:00.033-04:00

Good Morning Bloggers!
I saw this card here.

I made a similar card before. You can see them HERE. Learned that from HERE. It was very difficult to make those two cards so I haven't thought of making it again. But now I found an easier way to make this design.

Here it is

I mounted all the card pieces that I needed for the card (card base on the bottom then the mounting piece then the top piece) using just a bit of the temporary adhesive to hold the pieces in place. Then I placed my die cut right in the center and ran them through the Big Shot.

The Spellbinder only cut through two layers of cards but it leave a good impression on the third card stock. Using a craft knife I cut the shape out and you will have this

Take the very top piece and turn it over. Then apply double sticky tape around the shape. I see I only had the tape on the two sides. You should add adhesive on the top and the bottom too.

Cut a bunch of small strip papers. Mine were 1/8" and mount them on the tape like this.

Don't worry about the excess strips. You can trim them once you are done.

Then weave the other strips in and press onto the tape.

Cut off any excess strips. Apply more sticky tape and mount it to the mounting pieces (center piece).
and you will have this. Then mount this onto the card base.

Here is the finish card.

Make It Monday

I Did It Creations

Crafty Catz

Thanks for stopping by!

Helen

Origami Cherry Blossom Ball

2011-05-20T08:00:00.010-04:00

Good Morning Bloggers!

I had been wanting to make this origami cherry blossom ball since I first saw it a long time ago. I finally stumbled upon the TUTORIAL and made all these. There were 30 pieces for each ball and each piece had so many folds that I was only able to make one ball in a day.

I used glue to assemble these balls. I wanted to make sure the ball stay in one piece. I had so many of these origami balls. I might want to sell them at the craft shows and I don't want the pieces to fall out.

Thanks again for taking a peak.

Helen

Hair Clips

2011-05-18T08:24:00.007-04:00

Hello Everyone,
I made this hair clip using the Stampin' Up! Flower Fold die. After cutting all the pieces I melted each petal. There were at least 8 layers for each hair clip. I know that was a lot of melting! But once you get the hang of it, they were pretty fast to melt.

The back of the hair clip

And these are the flowers that I made before. I used them for hair bands. My daughter lost this pink one.

and here are a few more

Thanks for stopping by!

Wishing you a lovely day!

Helen

Kind Words

2011-05-16T08:00:00.032-04:00

Hello Bloggers!

I saw this card HERE and just love it! So I wanted to make one.

Here is another card using the Flourish from PTI called Turning New Leaf.

Make It Monday

ATC challenges

creative cowgirls

The Emerald Faerie Gardend

Scrappy Frog

Thank you for checking out. I appreciate all your comments.

Helen

PTI - Turning New leaf

2011-05-13T14:00:00.002-04:00

Hello Bloggers!

Sharing a quick and easy note cards. My favorite is the first one. I used pink crochet flowers and added half pearl in the center. It reminded me of the cherry blossom.

This one I used purple ribbon roses.

This last one I used light blue paper roses.

The stamp set was from Paper Trey Ink called Turning New Leaf.

Thanks for looking.

Helen

Mojo # 190

2011-05-11T08:51:00.004-04:00

Good Morning Bloggers!

I love this week Mojo Monday sketch so I decided to play along.

I took these pictures before the batteries went out. Could that be the reason for the blurry? It happened before.

Any way thanks for taking a peak!

Helen

Decorated Photo Frames Phase II

2011-05-09T08:06:00.123-04:00

Good Morning Bloggers!
What a busy weekend! I didn't have much time for craft but I managed to get one photo frame from Friday post decorated. The roses were made using yellow card stock then I sponged SU Tangerine Tango around the edge to give some depth. The pearls were from the scrap book convention that I attended last year.

I love the Tattered Floral die that was what I used to make these gorgeous roses. I used the second to the smallest flower on the die to make these roses. A similar tutorial can be found here.

I bought the following frames before I discovered the cheap but nice wooden frames from Michaels. I decorated these a few weeks ago. I didn't do anything to these frames except added the roses.

I love these white roses. I used watercolor paper that I got from Walmart. I didn't add any glitter to the roses. I thought they were pretty the way they are.

I am entering this to the following challenges:

Make It Monday

Scrappy Frogs challenge

catch the bug

Crazy 4 challenges

Joyful stamper

crafty sentiments

Thanks for stopping by again.

Helen

Happy Mother's Day

2011-05-08T11:05:00.000-04:00

Good Sunday Morning Bloggers and Happy Mother's Day to all the MOMS!

Yesterday I received this lovely card from my friend Rachel at
A One of A Kind Design By Rachel

This picture doesn't do this card justice. I love the papers and the color combos. Rachel creates such beautiful cards. I am fortunate to see her creations in person and one of the lucky one to receive her card from time to time.

Thank you so much Rachel for thinking of me. You sure put a smile on me.

Hugs,

Helen

Covering Wooden Photo Frames

2011-05-06T08:06:00.044-04:00

Hello Bloggers!
I bought these frames from Michaels last week and yesterday I spent time covering them with pattern papers.

I used Score Tape. They work so great! and between the Score Tape I used the Tombo glue stick.

The wooden frame is almost 8" square so I cut my paper 8" x 8" and adhere to the frame. Then I smooth the paper all over. Trim any excess paper on the outside edge using a craft knife. Then use sanding block to smooth the edges.

Turn the frame over and make two cut in the center.

Fold the paper over to see how much paper you will need to cut off. Then adhere double sticky tape at the end of the paper and fold it over. Used a butter knife or bond folder to smooth the paper.

Once finished you will have a nice clean look on the inner opening.

I cut four 1/2" strips for the sides of the frame. I ripped the edge before I glue them to the sides. The ripped edges blended the strips together nicely. Trim off any excess paper.

Here are two more frames.

It did need a little practice. The brown frame below was my first one. Notice the gab around the inner frame. I cut out the inner square then I cut another 1/4" piece of paper and tried to cover the inner edge frame. It didn't give me a clean look and more work.

Then I got better. For the inner heart I had no choice but to cut out the heart shape then glue a small strip of paper around the inside of the heart. To make everything blend in nicely I sanded all the edges then I sponged the coordinated color all around.

Stay tune for phase two of the frames. Have a wonderful weekend!

Helen

Quilling Tulip Cards

2011-05-04T08:06:00.004-04:00

Good Morning bloggers!

I made these cards sometime ago. I didn't think I shared them yet.

Thanks for looking.

Helen