shows continue...

Happy Tuesday,

I hope all of you enjoyed the launch of the festive dies ODS last night.  I haver to admit that working with christmas dies is my favourite time of the year!

Another demo form todays shows remember Im back on at 9am, 12pm, 4pm and last chance at 7pm and will hopefully be working through loads of different ideas and techniques today!

Todays card is a change for me a clean and simple card however there is a twist as this is a light up card using some of the items I have on the DCWV shows tomorrow ( yes its a Hochanda week for me as Im back tomorrow and thursday!)

This is a hard card to explain so tune in or watch on catch up to see exactly how it was made however Ill try to give you a run down.

I stared by cutting the festive shadow box die into white pearl card.  Next I repeated the process with several layers of funky foam to give me the dimension. Next I layered these together and placed the lights inside before adding a layer of vellum, another layer of foam and a final layer of the die cut.

I then cut some of the smaller festive shapes in the set and adhered these to the front in the windows.

I added a spare of roses made with the gilding polish and my Christmas Rose stamps ( I will be demoing this technique on the shows as well)



A really different card for me but I have to admit it is fun!

Enjoy...

Christmas Shows tonight...

Happy Monday,

Don't forget to join me tonight at 8pm for the launch of the One Day Special with the final collection form Sue Wilson's festive die range for 2016.

Today's card is the first demo I have planned for tonight and is made using all white card, the dies and pixie powders to provide all the colour.

I have added a few shots of this card so you can see how it was put together but to see it made tune in at 8pm channel 85 on freeview, Sky 663 or online at www.hochanda.com.  Don't forget you can watch for up to 2 weeks on catch up at the above web address.

Hopefully see you at 8pm!


Enjoy...

More Traditional Christmas...

Happy Sunday,

Today I am demonstrating the new range of dies by Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions at Dominoes crafts in wolverhampton, if you are in the area it would be fab to see you between 10am and 4pm!

Back to today's project and another demo from tomorrow nights launch show on Hochanda.  This is a simple card just made using the Foundations pearl card range, Gilding polish and one die set ( how frugal is that?!?)

I stared by embossing a 5 x 7" piece of bronze pearl card using the new wintery frame embossing folder by Creative expressions.  Next I simply gilded over the top using the enchanted gold gilding polish which changes the colour of the raised area to a rich white  gold.

Next I cut the largest die from the snowflake filigree frame out of the centre towards the top.  I then cut a vintage gold pearl mat for this and cut the second and third dies in the same set into this.  I repeated the process with the final die in the set on a bronze layer and foam mounted all the layers together to give depth.


Next I tend a brown seam binding strip around the base and added a messy bow in the brown and a gold twine from my stash.  I added a vintage gold and ball button form CE in the centre to hide the mess of the glue!

Finally I added layers of bronze and gold ( which wouldn't be needed if you want to turn this into batch cards and it would work in any colour combination.


back tomorrow with more samples its going to be a very heavy Christmas week!


Enjoy...

More Modern Christmas...

Happy Saturday,

Firstly I just wanted to let all my blog family know that I have updated the side bar to include all the Hochanda shows I have coming up in the next couple of months.  I have also listed demos and workshops for the next few weeks just look to the right to see the details.

back to today and another sample made for the shows on Monday and Tuesday.  This time it is a modern twist on the traditional christmas rose stamp and die set and its really easy to achieve honest!

I stared with the bvakcgorund which is just another of my kitchen roll technique with Pixie powders.  I have agreed to dos a few video shoots on techniques next month at CE Towers and so far this technique is first on the list, I would love to hear what else you would like to see a video on there will be more details on the blog next week.

The background is made with kitchen roll ( I originally typed troll in there but luckily spotted it rare for me I know!) which i used to wipe up pixie powder water coloured with midnight blue and a lot of aqua lagoon.  once dry I added this to a piece of card using cosmic shimmer glossy glue, seal and glaze.  I added random gilding flakes ( the rubble leftover if you have seen me using these) and added a last coat of the glue, seal and glaze.  Once dry, about 20 minutes, I cut the card down to an 7 x 7" piece and matted this onto silver, cobalt and spearmint foundation card.

Next for the flowers I stamped my Christmas rose elements clear stamp set, to avoid confusion there are 2 sets of stamps that match the christmas rose die I use the clear set no my projects shown not the rubber set as this is a different design.  I stamped these in jet black archival ink onto another piece of the kitchen roll paper this time one with more of the midnight blue pixie powder.

I shaped the flowers using a ball tool and stamping mat and simply added these at the bottom over a strip of silver ribbon i had stretched down the side of the background.  I then cut the matching holly spray and rose leaves from the christmas rose die set and scary glued these before adding diamond sprinkles.  I arranged these around and between the roses along with a messy bow tied in silver ribbon.

Finally I cut the triple Merry Christmas perspectives die and used the fall away pieces around the border so that the card reads Merry Christmas along every aspect!


A simple modern card hopefully with a traditional twist!


Enjoy...

Feeling Christmassy...

Happy Friday,

I thought i would start sharing my demos and sample for the Hochanda shows next week featuring the final collection form this years Festive Die release by Sue Wilson.


Today's card uses the bright star adornment one off the festive configurations dies that are so flexible. Here I have used it for the background by simply cutting it 8 times into a square of rich red card.

I added a panel of white pearl card embossed with the Nordic tiles 8x8 embossing folder which I cut down using the pattern and covered in enchanted gold metallic gilding polish ( this will be on the show with a Christmas set incl red and the free green)





















I then added a circle of card cut with the noble pierced circles set A and B to which I added the rose foliage and holly foliage form the Christmas rose die set.  I added Phil Martin's vintage berry PVA dimensional glue as the berries and finished with the contemporary happy Christmas die .

a simplistic colour scheme but I feel the red and white sets of the beauty of the dies and really makes the background shine!

Enjoy...

Rhapsody in purple...

Happy Thursday,

Well yesterdays colour scheme certainly divided opinion didn't it!  I must admit whilst its not my usual colour choice something about the card sings to me in real life.

Back to today and I suppose I should share with you all a more me card today however I still can't seem to get away from the brighter jewel tones, maybe it because Im working so hard own Christmas samples for my shows next week!

I stared, as I have for every card this week, with pixie powdered paper this time just in purple violet and midnight blue.  I simply framed the background allowing the swirls of colour to display.  I frames this using bright white and the double pierced background rectangles simply adding matts of amythesyt and cobalt to frame the piece.

Next I cut the Mauritius die in amythesyt foundation card and backed this with white.  I then stamped the sentiment, in watering can archival ink, using an old set of mine called fern frames and sentiments, onto more of the background.













I then cut the cape daisies, one of my new fave flower dies, in the pixie powdered paper using the darkest parts for the petals and the paler shades for the centres.  I simply added white microbeads in the centre and finished with a purple violet PVA dimensional glue pearl.


These were arranged as a cascade down the card with matching stick pins and a bow made form white seam binding coloured at the same time as the paper.

Yes it's bright but somehow I find it very atmospheric!

Enjoy...

A little more green...

Happy Wednesday,

After last weeks card with the subtle green from my Christmas Shades paper pack I thought I would try a deeper green for todays card.  It is a little more dramatic using the gloss black and peacock green pixie powders but sometimes there is a need for a little drama.

I stared by making the pixie powder paper using watrecolour card and Peacock green and  aqua lagoon.  I soaked the watercolour paper then added the pixie powders to allow the colours to explode out, I took a print form this sheet using a piece of bright white foundation card and set both aside to dry ( about 20 minutes)








I next took the swiss collection background and started cutting the panel individually.  I cut the first layers using dies 1 and 2 ( counting from the outside in) I then adhered this to a pice of the pixie powdered paper and using die 2 ( the plain line die) i cut the centre out.

I repeated this procedure using all the dies in the set using die 3 and 4, 5 and 6 and finished with die 7, the smallest, cut in the centre.


Next I layers each of the pieces together using mounting cushion so that It worked inwards to the centre.  I then added a few matts and layers in green from my stash and more black and bright white.

Next I cut the doodle flowers alternately in the pixie powder paper and black.  I shed around the edges off these using my ball tool and mounted each subsequent flower in the centre of the larger with a 5mm white stick on pearl in the centre.

I repeated the procedure for a further flower starting with a black large flower.  I added the matching leaves cut in the 2 colours and mounted these at either diagonal on the card.

A very dramatic colour scheme and card but great for mens cards I reckon!

Enjoy...