CraftyHelen has been crafting again.

I'm back.

Our house is back to normal.

We helped shift Jan and Kodi on the weekend in a nice wee house, so Savannah can have her bedroom back and the van can sleep in the garage again.

I got some crafting done yesterday and today YEAH.

With me not crafting for so long I haven't done any challenges lately, there are two challenge site I love so I have combined them for this card.

I have used the Sketch from Try Stampin' On Tuesday #26.

 And the Colour Challenge from Just Add Ink # 78.

Here is what I came up with.

 The card sort of evolved as I went on, the colours didn't smoke my tyres, but I really pleased with the end result.

I brayered the Square Lattice Embossing Folder.

 I made the vase using Contempo Christmas Stamp and matching Punch, I love it.

 I have used Petal Pizzazz and Tiny Tags Stamp Sets.

Petal Pizzazz is on the retiring list, It's a great set, contact me to order yours because after 31st August you will no longer be able to get it.

Here's the inside, I used Apple Blossom level 2 Hostess Set.

It not to late to ring and book a workshop so you earn this before the end of the month because it will be retiring also.

CHCH Regionals WOW

On Saturday at the Regional Training I was asked to present the WOW.

The technique I showed was Bargello.

Bargello is an embroidery technique using long stitches to create patterns.

But of course we recreate this technique in paper, using our striped DSP great way of using up our scraps.

 

Here are some exsamples that I showed on Saturday.

 

To make this Chervon pattern you need diagonal strip.

I used Washington Apple DSP which doesn't have diagonal stripes, so I made them by cutting 2 squares of DSP on a diagonal making sure you cut them 1 with stripes up and down and the other 1 stripes across.

 

I first saw this Technique on Dawn Olchefske blog, she has some great tutorials go and check out her blog.

 

This pattern you need diagonal stripes also, I had a scrap of DSP and I cut at 45degrees to form diagonal stripes.

I'm looking forward to getting my hands on the new DSPs in the 2010 - 2011 Idea Book and Catalogue, and trying this technique there are 11 DSPs and 9 have stripes.