Posted on Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Poinsettia Card and Tag

Holidays season is not too far away from now… I am still working on cards and tags for friends and families.

Today I would like to share with you a card and a tag that I created using the My Monthly Hero October Kit by Hero Arts. In this kit includes the stamp set, die set, and ink pads. It is only available in only during the month of October. To find out more about Hero Arts monthly kit, please go here.

Here are my card and tag:

I link up this card at Hero Arts Holiday Cardmaking Challenge that runs until November 12th. And here’s the supply list to make this card:

Hero Arts October My Monthly Hero Kit
White heavy cardstock (The PaperStudio)
Dark Green heavy cardstock (The PaperStudio)
Mini Distress Ink Pads: Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed (Tim Holtz)
Clear Gems (Darice)
Adhesive Runner (Elmer)
5″ x 6.5″ card and envelope (the PaperStudio)

This is my first tag I link up at 25 Days of Christmas Tags hosted by Tracey McNeely. And here’s the supply list to make this card:

Hero Arts October My Monthly Hero Kit
Winter Tag Stack (DCWV)
Green Ribbon Twine (American Crafts)
Clear Gems (Darice)
Adhesive Runner (Elmer)
3D Foam Tape (My Recollections)

Thank You for visiting today and hope you have a wonderful day!

Posted on Monday, November 9, 2015

DIY Mini Embroidery Hoop Ornaments

Welcome to Joyful Stars Monthly Blog Hop! I join a group of CTMH Consultans to share project inspirations using Close To My Heart products.

You should arrive from Nancy’s blog. If you are here first, please continue hopping until you make the loop. This blog hop starts at Joyce’s blog and there you can find the full list of participant just in case you got lost.

For this month hop, I created these 4 mini embroidery hoop arts. They are perfect as ornaments because the hoop is 4″ mini size. But they also will make cute home decor during the Holidays 🙂

Supplies you need for this projects are:

White Pines Paper Packet
White Pines Complement
Red Enamel Gems
Fern Thick Twine
Sparkle Clear Assortment
Stamp Sets: Christ Is Born, Reason For The Season
Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad: Black, Cranberry
VersaMark™ Ink Pad
Ranger™ Silver Super Fine Embossing Powder
Ranger™ Princess Gold Embossing Powder
Craft Heater
Liquid Glass
Non-Stick Micro-Tip Scissors
3D Foam Tape
My Acrylix Block:1″ x 3 1/2″, 3″ x 3″, 4″ x 5″
4 Mini Embroidery Hoop (I got mine at Walmart)

Making them is easy and fun:

Cut the papers in 4.25″ square.
Glue the hoop on the paper using Liquid Glass.
When it is dry well (only take a minute to dry), cut along the edge of the hoop.
Decorate them with the White Pines Complements, Red Enamel Gems and Sparkle Clear Assortment.
For the Glory To God Hoop, trace the hoop with pencil, then stamp and heat emboss the images. Then glue the hoop and cut the edge.
Add the Fern Thick Twine (I cut 6″ long for each hoop) and tie up to make a hoop to hang it.

I really enjoy making them and they will be a gift for my daughter’s teacher. We had our first Parent-Teacher meeting with her and so thankful to get to know her more. We heard a lot of of amazing stories from our daugther about her teacher. She adores her!

And I will make more when I have a chance to get more mini embroidery hoops using the leftover supplies I have 🙂

Hopefully you are inspired to create something for Christmas this year. If you have any questions, please feel free to leave your question at the comment box. I will get back to you as soon as possible.

Your next hop is Andrea’s blog to see what she has created this month. THANK YOU so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

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I link up this project at:

Word Art Wednesday – Challenge #208, Anything Goes

Inspire Me Monday – Week 201

Share Handmade Kindness Week 2 – Community

Posted on Thursday, November 5, 2015

Hope You Can Cling To Challenge 2015

Today I am sharing cards I made for a Cancer center as my participation with Hope You Can Cling To Challenge 2015 with Splitcoaststampers forum.

I was invited by a crafty friend to the challenge last month and so thankful I was able to join and made these cards for those who are at the Cancer center and for their families, too. The real challenge is that we all actually send the cards to the center. So, these cards are on their way to the center 🙂

And here they are:

Card 1

Card 2

Card 3

Card 4

Card 5

Card 6

Hope You Can Cling To Challenge 2015 | http://helengullett.com/?p=7805 | Card7-HYCCT1524-Thanks-Bunches

Card 7 – Take 1

Card 7 – Take 2

Card 8

Thank You for visiting today! Have fabulous day!

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Supplies:

Stamp sets: Hope (CTMH), Harvest Wreath (CTMH), Smiles Begin With You (CTMH), Honeycomb (CTMH), Finding The Words (CTMH), The Big The Bold and Extra (Winnie & Walter), Thank You (Hero Arts, stamp and die)
Ink Pads: Black Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad (CTMH), White Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad (CTMH), Distress Mini Ink Kits – Kit 1 (Tim Holtz), Ditress Mini Ink Kits – Kit 2 (Tim Holtz), VersaMark watermark ink pad
Gold embossing powder (CTMH)
Mix & Match Gelatos Set of 28 (Faber Castell)
Watercolor Pencils (CTMH)
Aquash Watercolor Brush set of 3 (Pentel)
Simply Art Watercolor cakes (Loew Cornell)
Sharpie fine tipe marker set
A4 Card Base (The Paper Studio, Hobby Lobby)
Assortments Cards (American Crafts)
DCVW Pattern Paper
140 lbs. Watercolor Paper (Canson)
Gold and Yellow assortment sequins (gift from a friend)
Ribbon Twine (American Crafts)
Clear Gems (Darice)
Paper Doily
Scallop Rectangle Die (We R Memory Keepers)
Evolution Advanced diecutting machince (We R Memory Keepers)
Adhesive: Tombow Mono Liquid Glue, Adhesive Runner, 3D Foam Tape
Pick-Me-Up tool (Silhouette America)
Non-Stick Micro-Tip Scissors (ekTool)
My Acrylix Stamping Blocks (CTMH)
Baby wipes

Posted on Wednesday, November 4, 2015

DIY Fall Wreath Wood Plank

Hello crafty friends! Today I would like to share an amazing challenge for us who love making gifts and cards from our hearts.

Jennifer McGuire host this event called Sharing Handmade Kindness. She is awesome card designers and really love her heart for others. You can watch her video about this event here.

This fot the first week of Share Handmade Kindness Challenge and it is all about family and friends. The challenge is to make something for family member or friends, and actually send or give it to them. Isn’t that a great challenge?

Who doesn’t like handmade gift that made out of love and care? I know I do 🙂

For this week challenge, I made this Give Thanks wreath wood plank.

I found this pre-made wood plank at Hobby Lobby. It is ready to be decorated. I got these Fall Wreath cutting file and the quote “In Everything Give Thanks” at Silhouette Design Store. I cut them using my Silhouette Cameo – the best crafting buddy ever! 🙂 – and put them together. I added some Vintage Photo Distress Ink at all the edges of those leaves and using embossing tool, I scored some lines on those leaves to give them some textures of leaf vines.

For the acorns, I gave them some glitter using glitter glue. And using the handle of my embossing tool, I curled the edges of the acorns a little bit.

Final step is adding the finished wreath on the wood plank. I used the Gorilla wood glue. It is a stronger glue compare to glue gun or all-purpose glue on the wood.

It is a gift for our friends, who also our Pastor and his wife. So thankful God sent them to our church and to teach us the truth. What a blessing!

Crafty friends, you still have time to join this challenge and share kindness to your family and friends this week. To link up you project(s), please go here.

I also link up this project at:

Thank you so much for visiting today and have a marvelous day!

Posted on Friday, October 16, 2015

The Stamp Nation WCMD 2015 and 30 Day Coloring Challenges

This week I joined 6 of 10 WCMD 2015 Challenges at The Stamp Nation that inspired by 10 countries. This cardmaking forum is amazing. They have lots of challenges, inspirations, technique tips and tutorials to improve your skill of making cards.

Here are the cards I made to enter those challenge:

1st Card – USA

Supplies:

Paper Cut Flowers stamp set (Neat and Tangled)
Jubilee paper packet (CTMH)
VersaMark ink Pad (CTMH)
Ranger White Fine Embossing Powder (CTMH)
Craft Heater (CTMH)
Thick 3D foam tape (Elmer’s)
A2 White Card
Black Cardstock
Natural Baker’s Twine

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2nd Card: Canada

Supplies:

So Very Blessed stamp (Neat and Tangled)
Black Ink Pad (CTMH)
Acrylix Block (CTMH)
Art Grib Pencil Colors (Faber Castell)
Canson Watercolor Paper
Simply Art Watercolor paint
Plaid Watercolor brush
Micro-Tip Non-Stick Scissors (ekTool)

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3rd Card: Switerland

Supplies:

Wallflower Stamp Set (CAS-ual Fridays Stamps)
Bamboo Ink Pad (CTMH)
Black Ink Pad (CTMH)
White Daisy Cardstock (CTMH)
Kraft Cardstock (Neenah)
White Primio Ribbon (American Crafts)
Red Sequins (Hobby Lobby)
Aqua Mono Liquid Glue (Tombow)
Multi Mono Liquid Glue (Tombow)
3D foam tape (The Recollections, Michaels)
Micro-Tip Non-Stick Scissors (ekTool)

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4th Card: Scotland

Supplies:

Pumpkin Digital Stamp (Neat and Tangled)
Gelatos (Faber Castell)
Aquash Water Brush (Pentel)
Crayons (Crayola)
Watercolor Paper (Canson XL)
Woodgrain Washi Tape (CTMH)
Mini Stapler (CTMH)
Corner Chomper (WRMK)

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5th Card: Japan

Supplies:

The Big, The Bold and Extrass (Winnie and Walter)
The Big, The Bold and Blessing (Winnie and Walter)
Picked Raspberry Distress Ink (Tim Holtz)
Black Ink Pad (CTMH)
Primio Twine Ribbon (American Crafts)
Clear Sequins (gift from a crafty friend)
Mini Gemstones (The Paper Studio, Hobbo Lobby)
Multi Mono Liquid Glue (Tombow)
3D Foam Tape (Recollections, Michaels)

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6th Card: Malaysia

Supplies:

Handstitched stamp set (Neat and Tangled)
Distress Inks: Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade (Tim Holtz)
VersaMark ink pad (CTMH store)
Ranger White Fine Embossing Powder (CTMH store)
Craft Heater (CTMH)
White Cardstock
Black Cardstock
3D foam tape (Recollections, Michaels)
Gemstones (Darice)
Kraft A2 Card (The Paper Studio, Hobby Lobby)

I had so much fun making these cards and learned some techniques from the Stamp Nation challenge hosts.

I also link this card up at Kathy’s blog – The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge