Blog Posts - Claudine Hellmuth

What's the secret???Open it up to find gorgeous garden finds :DI have used Graphic 45 Secret Garden stamps and papers on a Tando covered printers tray to create this pretty vintage style specimen box.For all the deets visit the That's Crafty blog HER...

Hi everyone, As part of my exploration into the world of the abstract, I wanted to do a step-by-step tutorial on the process I've been using for my post cards.  I've drawn a lot of inspiration from Jane Davies, using some of her collage/paintin...

....ohlalalaaaa... I am a lucky lass indeedily you know.  I am fortunate to be part of the 2013 Darkroom Door DT and this month sees the release of some fabby new stamps.  I have been given the new Crackle background to play work with and I...

  As soon as I saw the Graphic 45 Secret Garden I had yo have it...I'm sure it was made just for me LOLIts just so pretty and vintage and floral (and the amazing Diane Schultz follows me on Pinterest and often repins my pins ;-) )I reluctantly c...

... Ellen and I have been at it again you know!  Well, actually, we set this challenge as a recipe for a crafty Skypey sesh way back in January and then poor Ellen got very sick so we decided to finish it "later" and blog "later".   La...

 Morning everyone, thought I would share the canvas I decorated for my great niece Ellie's christening yesterday.I had thought about giving a different gift, but having spoken to Ellie's mum she would have been devastated if I hadn't given her a...

Goooodly Morning Stampers and a very happy Sunday to you all!  Many thanks for your gorgeously cute birdy entries for last weeks challenge.  This week I have chosen my "word of 2013" for the theme.... which is WISH.   To join in i...

..well, normally we are "live" but not so much "in the real" as we were the other day!  Oh yesh indeedily, whilst staying at Chez Vargo, Ellen and I took plenty of time to get inky and came up with a brand new I Challenge Thee Recipe... only, er...

Fed-Ex will be here EARLY tomorrow...so today is all about the final packing & shipping of supplies for The Queen's Ink workshops...I thought you might like to head over to the Ranger website  to see a fun fall tag I created for them...

...cor blimey and thrice!  I have just logged in to post todays...erm... post... and YIKES!  It is not my normal bloggy thing, I have been upgraded and I reallllly no likey it!  So, if the pics and words are all jumbled up, for once it...

I finally finished my Victoriana/shabby chic dream catcher and I'm sooooo in love with it:DI used bits and pieces from all over including ebay, Happy Daze, my local craft shop Crafty Workshop (where I bought the beautiful Tilda fabrics I used through...

Hello! I've been playing with my hand carved stamps again, and this time tried them out on some sticky back canvas.  I stamped a whole 12 x 12 sheet of canvas with my stamps, using black paint dabber for the stamping, and then painted in some a...

I have had this idea in my head for a while and finally got around to putting it in to reality :DI started with one of these fab hardboard collage frames and a papier mache torso.I cut the torso in half and glued it on to the frame with glossy accent...

  Well I am not one for repeating my work but I had a special request from my Niece who loved her babys christening canvas so much she wanted me to make another for her friends baby who is being christened today.I couldn't make it exactly the sa...

No I didn't really sneeze really LOLInstead I bought this amazing new storage for my craft space from Ikea for just £19.99http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/70198031/I am very impressed with it already - its white coated metal, a4 size and t...

This is my first attempt at a chunky ATC so I hope you like it LOLI used Artistic Outpoost Serenity stamp set as this months Happy Daze challenge is Music themed items.I started by colouring the short sides with distress stain and then glued on some...

Some of you that know me well will realise I've lost a bit of weight lately.  Currently just over 2 stone - scary!  For several years I've been hiding under loose tops, baggy cardigans and anything else that hid my stomach.  The only p...

It's that time of the week people ... A whole new theme over at Simon Says Stamp and Show! This week we want to see you Bottle it! I spent a lovely few hours on Sunday making my Pixie house ... complete with Pixie Dust. All coloured using Distress In...

It's that time of the week people ... A whole new theme over at Simon Says Stamp and Show! This week we want to see you Bottle it! I spent a lovely few hours on Sunday making my Pixie house ... complete with Pixie Dust. All coloured using Distress In...

As the new month has arrived so has a new challenge over on the HAPPY DAZE BLOG.The title is MARCH to your own tune so the challenge is to make anything music related, and I really wanted to use these gorgeous Artistic Outpost Songbird stamps.I decid...

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