Thought and Prayer card

Hello,

I made this card for Tracy's dad.  He had a minor stroke last week.  Last I heard everything will be already.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a lovely day!

 
Helen

Echoes of Kindness Birthday card

Good Morning,

Hope you had a great weekend.  I made a bunch of cards over the weekend.  I am all simple cards now.  I made this card for a friend/neighbor birthday coming up this week.  She doesn't read  my blog so it's ok to share this card.   I don't know what her favorite color is so hopefully she'll like this color.

Instead of stamp the sentiment.  I used the embossing folder for the mounting piece and then I picked up some chalk with Q-tip and color the sentiment.  Easy Peasy!  I look too plan. I might add some glitter inside the "P" before I give it to her.

Thank you for visiting.  Have a wonderful day!

Helen

Mini Rose Tutorial

Good Morning,
I received quite complements on the mini roses.  I didn't want to do the tutorial at first since there were so many rose tutorials out there already.  Several people email me asking for the directions how to make the mini roses so I thought I will do a tutorial also.  I first learned to make the roses from here. Credit must go where it's belonged.  I didn't like how the rose turn out using card stock so I used white printing papers (28 lbs).  You can see my big roses here.


The punch that I used was the medium punch. The flower measured about 1".  I bought that punch from Joann Fabric.

You will need four punch out flowers for each rose.  To make the rose more realistic sponge the edges with the color of your choice.  I used Riding Hood Red.  Stampin' Up! just announced that they are bringing back this color.  Yay!

On to the tutorial.

Leave the first flower alone (the one on the left).
Cut a slit to the center of the second flower.
Cut one scallop off the third flower.
Cut two scallops off the last flower.

Glue all the pieces like shown in the picture.

Then use the piecing tool to curl all the edges and roll the single scallop.

Cut a little bit off the bottom of the piece with the two scallops (the second one from the right).  Stack all the pieces together using tacky glue on each layer.  Arrange to make sure the scallops don't line up.  See picture.

Glue on to the last piece.

Let the glue dry.  Once the glue had dried, apply clear glitter glue on the petals.  I dabbed the glitter on my finger and then ran my finger on the petals just like I was sponging them.  Yes, your fingers with get sticky.  But it's worth it.  Let it dry.  Make sure the roses are not touching each other.  Here are the finished mini roses.

I also made them in different sizes.   You can figure that out, right?  The leaves were the 5 petal punch.

Tip:  I made at least 10 roses at a time.  I punched all the pieces that I need, then I sponged them. I cut out a template like this.

then stacked 4 to 5 flowers and cut them out at one.

I hope you've enjoyed making these mini roses as much as I did.  Happy creating!

Helen

Cards and Boxes classes

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Hello,

I am going to hold a class on these two nights.

Friday, April, 16th at 7 PM
Saturday, April, 17th at 7 PM

Choose your best date and come join the fun!

Call me at 484-716-8638 or email me at helenhengliu@gmail.com to sign up!


We will be making each of the following items.

                                                                       A flower pot card

                                                                 And this matching box.

                                                              Elegant Bouquet card.

                                                
                                                            And this matching box.

Create all 4 items for just $10!!!

Spaces are limited.

Please RSVP:
Helen Liu
484-716-8638
Helenhengliu@gmail.com

Looking forward to creating with you!

 Helen

Mini Roses Flower Pot Card

Good Morning,
I can't have enough of these mini roses.  I hope you are enjoying seeing them too.  The mini roses are so cute and pretty!  I thought it'd look great on the flower pot card.  This picture didn't do the card  justice.  It is much prettier outside.

As always most of my cards are blank.

Again, thank you so much for stopping by today.

Helen

P.S. The mini rose tutorial is coming!  So check back soon.

Sweet Blogger Award

Hello,
 Michelle at Pink Paper Paradise gave me this award.  Thank you Michelle for thinking of me.  Check out Michelle's blog.  She has  fantastic "anything but a card" items.

I would like to pass this award to the following blogger friends and friend.  Thank you ladies for your continuing support.

Barbara Diane
Rae
Bethann
Deanna
Jackie
Eva
Marilynn
Mary
Patricia O'Malley - Pat doesn't have a blog. She would be a sweet blogger if she was to have a blog.

Helen

Easter Wishes Cards

Good Morning Everyone!

Hope everyone who celebrate Easter had a nice one.   It's good to be back home!  We took another trip down to Meritt Island, Florida.  The traffic was so bad both on our way there and on our way back.  Everyone was so happy when we got home last night, especially me.  I lost contact from the blogging world while I was away.  Missed checking my favorite blogs.
I haven't creating anything.    I CASEd this card from Stampin' Connection.  As soon as I saw it I had to case it.  It is so simple yet so elegant.  I don't have the new stamp set from the new mini occasion catalog but I thought this Echoes of Kindness (retired) set will do just fine.  I added the butterfly to balance it out.  Can you tell I stamped the flower a little off to the left? 

  

Card stock: Whisper White, Almost Amethyst, and So Saffron

I like it a lot so I made another one in Certainly Celery, So Saffron, and Whisper White

  

I also added glitter on the flowers and on the butterflies but as always the glitter hardly show up in the picture.

I really like the layout and the colors so I tried in different colors.

 Thank you for stopping by.  Have a great day!

Helen