Christmas (ish) Friday...

Happy Friday,

I hope you have all finished your Christmas cards unlike me lol!  I thought you wouldn't mind one last christmas Friday as I wanted to show some of the cards form my Christmas Stamp release that didn't get shown!

therefore I hope you don't mind me showing a few I made!

Enjoy...

12 Days Stamping?!?...

Happy Saturday,

I am with Julia Watts at CRaftasmic in Taunton today and tomorrow for Workshops and Demos all the tickets have sold out Im afraid however Julia will be demoing in the shop today so pop in and see Julia weave her Magic with Sue Wilson's range of dies and cosmic shimmer!

I was talking to Julia last night over dinner and she informed me that the Background stamps for my 12 days of christmas are now available to everyone.  I didn't know these had come out as I originally had these as an exclusive on Create and Craft when I launched my 12 days of christmas range.  Julia will be using the Pear Square stamp in her demo today so I thought it might be nice to show some of the samples I made using these stamps!

The first picture is of a set of Tags I made by stamping the pear square stamp in different colours of detail embossing powder.  I cut these into 4 and mounted them onto some hand cut (5cm x 5cm) vintage gold card tags.

The next shot is of the 12 days stamps simply stamped in white detail embossing powder onto rich red card a really effective and quick christmas card.

It wouldn't be me and christmas if there wasn't one in gold on black now would it? lol

finally a few shots of the different cards I made using the background stamps I had so much fun making these!

Enjoy...

Saturday Catchup!...

Happy Saturday,

Id love to say I am having a relaxing day today however you know me Id soon be bored lol!  I'm at The Stables Card emporium in Habrough today demoing and partaking of the wonderful hospitality of Kim and her team.  If you are in the area pop in and say hi!

Today's card is one of the pieces I will be showing today from Sue Wilson festive range of dies for Creative Expressions.  I have a lot of demo cards to show from the shows Thursday and Friday and as the email to the studio wasn't running then a few to giveaway as well.  I will start a Monday card giveaway form this Monday so watch out!

Back to today's card this is made using the ornate lavish noble die using the method I demoed on my first show on Thursday.  For this one However I used the deboss section form the die to deboss the pattern and rubbed pewter gilding wax over to highlight it!

The poinsettias, cut with the classic poinsettia die, are made from snow fibre paper from Creative Expressions which I sprayed with the Phil Martin vintage berry ink spray mister to give the variegated look.

A simple sentiment , form my 12 days sentiments set, in the top corner in archival jet black along with some ivy dies cut in white finish this simple, yet stylish card!



Ingredients:
Creative Expressions Craft dies by Sue Wilson
noble lavish adorned
classic poinsettia
trailing ivy
Coconut white foundation card and snow fibre paper
Phill Martin vintage berry ink mister
12 days sentiment clear stamps.

Enjoy....

Bonus Backgrounds...

Happy Sunday,

I thought I would finish off the week with a simple shot of 2 more card made with the background stamps form my 12 days of christmas range.  The first is such and easy card and would make great cards for batch making or for selling!

I simply stamped the 12 days square onto coconut white card, mounted it onto red and added it to a square I stamped with the sentiments form the 12 days and partridge sets.

The second card is really easy!  I made a hand cut card blank in vintage gold at 12 x 12 cm and simply stamped the pear square onto it with prefect medium.  I added true white detail embossing powder and heat set it.  it doesn't get any easier!

These background stamps are available from Create and Craft.tv this week and should be available in shops in the next week or so...

Enjoy...

Something Different Saturday...

Happy Saturday,

I thought I would go back to showing something different on a Saturday, today's creation was a sample from Thursdays shows that didn't get shown (we always make more samples than can be shown!)

I started by wrapping emerald double sided satin ribbon around a polystyrene ring.  Next I die cut a selection of Sue Wilson's filigree poinsettias form one of the pages in my 12 days of Christmas paper pack.  I also cut a spray of the ivy in vintage silver foundation card.

To make I simply glued the poinsettias, ivy and some bakers twine onto the wreath.

I will post this evening the winner of this weeks stamp giveaway.

Ingredients:
12 days of Christmas paper pack
creative expressions craft dies by Sue Wilson
Filigree poinsettia
Trailing Ivy
Vintage silver foundation card
green white bakers twine
emerald double  sided satin ribbon pack
Stick pin elements.

Enjoy...

12 Days, Last Day...

Happy Friday,

Its the last day of the stamp giveaway remember just leave a comment telling me which is your favourite of today's cards to be i the draw!  I thought you might like ti see a couple of yesterdays show samples (and a demo piece) in more detail.

The first card is made using the Partridge in a pear tree stamp set, although it looks complex this is a simple card tout together.  I stared by stamping the main partridge square in jet black archival ink onto a square of coconut white foundation card in one corner.  Next I stamped three of the pears and one of the partridges (these come as separate elements in the stamp set) in jet black on rich red foundation card.  Next I fussy cut these out and foam mounted them on the partridge and hanging in the pear tree.


Next I added dots of white PVA pearl randomly over the whole piece to represent snow.  I tend a simple strip of the scarlet ribbon and red white bakers twine down the opposite side. I tied a knot in the two and added a large silver dazzler in the centre.


The second card was done as a demo on the first show yesterday, if you want to catch up with it then you can HERE on the create and craft website (shows are available to watch on catch up for 7 days)

This was made using the brand new Christmas mica watercolour palette form Cosmic Shimmer.  This sold out on the show however it will be back!

Enjoy...

Showtime...

Happy Thursday,

Don't forget I am launching my Christmas ranges today on Create and Craft at 9am and 2pm!  There are a couple of new products, such as the backgrounds and a new Christmas Watercolour palette.  The Mica watercolours are fad and, based on the last time I took these on C&C, should go quickly especially as the colours are fab!

I am showing 2 new cards today, both designed to be demonstrations so you will have to use in to see these I'm afraid.  I am, however still running the stamp draw so let me know which of today's cards you prefer to be in with a chance of winning a set and a background stamp.

 This first offering is made with a selection of my papers from the 12 days of Christmas paper pack as well as some of the Foundation card I have on the show ( I have put together a card pack that matches the colours perfectly.  I also used the sentimental bauble die from Sue Wilson's festive collection to make the 3D bauble shown.  This can be used for the front of a card or project or made into a 3D bauble or decoration for your home at Christmas.


The sentiment is form the Holly Tree elements stamps set and is stamped and embossed using silver shine embossing powder onto Rich Red foundation card.

This second card is made using the new Christmas watercolour mica palettes.  I used the beautiful green (again made to match the paper pack) to colour the tree.  I used the stitched hearts background stamp to make the background by stamping the image with perfect medium.  I then dusted over the top using Silver mica powder ( this comes in the silver set I have put together.  I have arranged 4 sets of Cosmic Shimmer products to make your Christmas projects easy.

Tune in for the demos and to see the samples!

Enjoy...x

12 Days Backgrounds...

Happy Wednesday,

Ive something new to show you in the 12 days collection today these are the backgrounds, of which there are 4, to match the stamps and paper pack.  I designed these specifically to pick up some of the designs on the pack to compliment all the papers and stamp sets.  However these are also sized so that you can use them, on their own, for simple batch christmas cards should you wish to.

The first card is made using the vintage snowflake A6 background stamped in Geranium Red archival onto coconut white foundation card. I mounted this onto a couple of layers of rich red and coconut white and wrapped a piece of the bakers twine (from the brights set) around a twice and tied a quick not.


The main pears are made from one of the other backgrounds the Pear Square which is a 4 x 4" square background stamps.  here I have cut it into quarters and used 2 of them, lined in the red, offset as the topper.

to finish this card I simply stamped the sentiment, from the Partridge stamp set, in jet black arrival on a strip of coconut white, added a couple of layers of red and white, and foam mounted this on top at the bottom.  A quick but effective card that could be simplified further.

Next are  2 more, one A6 and another 4 x 4" square the stitched hearts background and the 12 days square.  For this card I stamped the square twice using jet black archival one of these i mounted on red card.  the other I cut some of the individual squares out form, mounted them in red and foam mounted them on top of their counterparts.

I stamped the stitched hearst background, cut it out and again mounted it onto red card.  I added this to a 14x14cm square of coconut white card on the left hand side.  I tried a strip of the thin scarlet ribbon around and added d double bow.  I foam mounted the main square over this and mounted the whole piece on a square of the red before adding to a white card blank.

These backgrounds will be available on the Create and Craft shows tomorrow .

To be in with a chance of winning one of the sets of stamps and the backgrounds just let me know which of these 2 cards you prefer!

Ingredients:
12 Days of christmas background stamps
Stitched Hearts
Vintage Snowflake
12 days square
Pear square.
Archival ink in geranium red, and jet black
rich red and coconut white foundation card
scarlet double sided satin ribbon pack.

Enjoy...

12 days, Day 2...

Happy Tuesday,

its the tern of the tree cards and stamps today, I have to admit to a slight preference of this one as I keep gravitating to it when I am making samples for Thursday!  remember if you want to win a set of the stamps and one of the new backgrounds (which I will show tomorrow!) then simply comment every day this week telling me which Card is your favourer each day!









I stared by stamping the largeHolly tree element onto Brunswick green foundation card using perfect medium.  I then added the new Cosmic Shimmer sticky embossing powder and heat set it before adding golden jewels gilding flakes.  I rubbed off the excess using a piece of rubit scrubit which revealed all the detail of the stamped image set in gold!
 I tied a double bow using a piece of matching bakers twine (from the primary pack that I have on the show) and added a small gold dazzler to hide the knot.  Finally, for this stage, I added a thin gold mat using vintage gold foundation card.

For the background I used a piece of my paperback in the matching green colour (I teamed the red and green used to Foundation card colours as It makes matting and layering so easy)  I adde this, with foam tape, to a larger square 21 x 21 cm made by layers of coconut white and brunswick green finishing with more of the gold.



The border is simply made by cutting 2 of the snowflake bored, from Sue's festive collection for Creative expressions, in the green.  I added these either side of a strip of green to which I added one of the borders from the paper pack using the 5 gold rings border.  I added some dots of olympic gold pearlescent PVA on all the ends of the snowflakes and in the centres.  I mounted this in the centre of the card with a strip of foam tape and added the tree stamp over the top.

The next card is made using the same image however I have used the smaller tree in the set, this shows that you can use the stamps to make smaller cards as well!  This time I stamped the image on black card using perfect medium however I heat set it with bright gold detail embossing powder.

I added the word JOY from the set at the bottom and embossed the same way.  I mounted this on the gold again which really sets the gold of the embossing off.

To make the card up I stamped the holly border, using jet black archival ink, onto a strip of raw silk double sided satin ribbon (its sized to fit perfectly) I wrapped this around a square of black foundation card with a thin border of gold again.  This was then mounted onto a 15 x 15cm card blank made with more of the gold and black.

Let me know which Card you prefer?

Ingredients:
Holly Tree elements clear stamp set from Creative Expressions
Blasck, vintage gold and brunswick green foundation card
Cosmic shimmer bright gold and sticky embossing powder.
Golden jewel gilding flakes
12 days paper pack
olympic gold Pearl PVA glue.
raw silk double sided satin ribbon pack

Enjoy...

A week of Stamping and paper lol...

Happy Monday,

As I am launching my 12 Days of Christmas stamp and paper ranges on Create and Craft on Thursday I thought that gave me the perfect excuse to show some more of the samples in detail.  AS I made quite a few and only showed them with the stamp reveal I am posting 2 a day this week!  Also I will be giving away a set of the stamps as well as one of the Brand new Exclusive background stamps on Saturdays post.  All you have to do to be in the draw is comment each day Monday to fir day telling me which is your favourite card each day ad I will draw a winner on Saturday!

This was one of the most popular cards form the launch so i thought i would start with this one and take you through it!

I stared by stamping the branch that's on the partridge set randomly on a square of card using jet black arrival.  Next I stamped the main element and mounted it onto a thin black mat.  I foam mounted this over the foliage square with from tape, added a larger black square and a row of adhesive pearl strip (it comes as a double but I cut it down the middle so I get more out of it!

Next i cut 4 of the snowflake border in black and rubbed pearl moon gilding wax all over them, I then polished it off with a dry wet wipe.  I repeated this on 4 of the corners form the same set and attached the corners to a 18x18cm square.  I cut the end snowflake off each side of the borders and mounted them to make a square frame around the stamped image. A couple of layers of the black and white and a large card is finished.

With the next card I wanted to show the difference with the same image however this time I have used one of the toppers from the paper pack in the red.

I simply cut one of the toppers form the pack (you get at least 2 of each of the images in both colours and 8 of the partridge one, again in each colour) and mounted it onto layers of red and white foundation card.  I cut one of the borders that reads My true love  sent to me and layered this with more red and white.  The card is made of simply trimming one of the backing pages down a little to add it to a 21 x 21cm square card with layers of red and white again.  I foam mounted the border to the left and then  added a strip of the cosmic ribbon (i believe Julia has this in stock) down the side.

Finally I added the main element, again with foam tape, in the centre of the card and added a small bow under this with one of the silver dazzlers.

to win a set of the stamps and one of the backgrounds simply leave a comment saying which is your favourite of the two options each day!

Enjoy...

On the fourth day...

Happy Sunday,

Sorry for the late post for dome reason this didn't pop up as scheduled (knowing me I probably scheduled it for next year lol)

This is the final day of the stamps launch preview, there are a couple more items coming to match but I will show them when they are ready!

Today's set is the pointer elements a set drawn for, and inspired by, Julia's Watts.  Jules said to me one day that she would love a bold poinsettia set that she could do stamped backgrounds with as well as the main elements top colour and play with.




I took up the challenge and this set is then dedicated to Julia (lets hope she gives us some fabulous samples with them! lol)

This set is designed, as with all my elements set, with a main piece as well as all the individual pieces to make backgrounds or to pattern build.  On this set I have added something new the spray of poinsettias on the right of the set has been designed for you to build your own poinsettia wreath.  I have shown this in the card below.  I have, of course, added some sentiments however I have added different sentiments so that if your taste covers the whole range then there are no repeats!

As per, with the reveal, each card will have it's day with description etc.

Just a quick note re the emails I have had about Julia's online shop and EU delivery.  Julia has opened an  online shop now and no longer operates or has all the stock on Amazon.  For Julia's online shop click HERE.

Enjoy...x

On the Third day...

Happy Saturday,

Today I am demoing at Strikes Garden centre in High Legh Cheshire, pop in and say HI if you are around!

Today is the third day of my Christmas range reveal, thank you so much for the support and wonderful comments on what you have seen so far! I have to admit as a bit of a Christmas Card and creation fan this set had me nervous!  Today I am showing you all the Holly Wreath elements set, as with the tree I have drawn a set of Wreaths using individual Holly and Ivy.

This set lends itself to simple cards as well as more complex designs as I have included all the elements as well as a holly swag which is designed for you to be able to repeat it,  There is also sprigs of holly and Ivy leaves included in this set in different sizes as well as positive and negative letting you create backgrounds and features you can even build your own tress etc using them!

The simple stamping of the wreath can be used for simple batch cards as well as mixed with the paper pack or die cuts to make more complex cards.  I promise there are more samples to come of this one over the next few weeks!

As usual they are available in Julia Watts online shop and she has just added European delivery option to the site so she now delivers to Ireland and Spain (as I have had a couple of requests!)

Enjoy...x

On the first day of Christmas...

Happy Thursday,

My true love sent to me!  Well after what feels like weeks of drawing, testing and sampling my new Christmas ranges of stamps and paper pack are finally available!  I have had a fascination with the song the 12 days of Christmas for years and so my first designed range for Christmas just had to use the song as its starting point!

 I wanted to create a set of stamps and matching paper pack that covered all the 12 days however I wanted it to focus on the Partridge in a pear tree image as I feel its so flexible.  The idea was that whilst it was christmassy (is that a word) it would work for anyone and has elements that would be useful for other occasions.  For the next few days I will be showing a different set each day starting with the 12 days collection.

There are 2 sets in the stamp range, a few of which I have shown here ( I will, over the next few weeks, add descriptions and methods for the cards I am showing) is made using the main image from the Partridge in a pear tree set along with some of Sue's fabulous Festive dies.

The cards at the front are made using the main set as well as the 12 days set, this has 12 individual square stamps one for each verse of the song (and yes I don't think I will ever forget the order of the lords leaping and maids milking etc!) these are sized so that you can stamp each of the smaller days around the main element to make an 8"x8" square.  This means that you can make a 12 days advent calendar with this, something I will be showing nearer the Christmas period!

Finally, for today, there is the matching paper pack.  I designed this to have a selection of patterns and stripes as well as small and large version of the images.

The pack is 48 double sided pages using the classic colours of Rich Red and Brunswick green as it is m,watched to my favourite Christmas colours of foundation card, like Phill Martin I love things to match lol.  The paper pack is great for making your backing layers or use the images to make quick cards just by cutting up the pack.









I hope you like these designs as much as I do, another set tomorrow, the range in full, along with the ribbon and card etc I have used are now available in Julia Watts online shop, click HERE to have a look! 


HERE is the link directly to the stamps!

Enjoy x