Baby Show win?!?...

Happy Monday,

Today's card is a sample for my shows tonight at 8pm and through tomorrow, you may have guessed form the tile ( and the card) that this weeks One Day Special on Hochanda is all about the New Arrival collection of Dies by Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions.

This is not my usual style and I have to admit that I was unsure until I started playing with the dies then I just fell in love with how cute these dies are! I just love the way these look when cut.


Today's card is a demo for the shows mixing the new arrival shadow box die, the scalloped background and the amazing elephant die ( top right)

The elephant comes from the stuffed toys set with the elephant, a giraffe and a lion I don't do cute normally but these are just too good.

to see more of my samples and demos on this set tune in at 8pm tonight.  If you want to win this card simply leave a comment below.

The winners of last weeks giveaway are:

Littlelamb
Crafty Jen
Tressa


Enjoy...

Pixie Double win...

Happy Thursday,

A double card giveaway today as both of these cards are demos on my Hochanda shows today!  Just leave a comment and 2 will be chosen air random to receive one of todays cards.


Both of the cards today were made using the Candy Pink and silver dream pixie powders and I am planning to demo at least one of the at 9am this morning.

This first card is with a new technique which is a variation of one of Sue Wilsons techniques so tune on to find out what!

This card features the doodle rose wreath as well as the blossom edger die I have really enjoyed using the edger dies and these will be popping up all over the place in the coming weeks!

The second card is another burst of colour!  This is made using the same pixie powders but with my kitchen roll technique which I will be demonstrating today.  Here I have teamed candy pink and plum twist with the star flower spray and just the pierced flags ( told you you would be seeing a lot of these!)

I love the way the flowers look with the handmade paper of the pixie powdered kitchen roll.  I will be demoing this technique today so tune in at 9am, 12pm, 4pm and last chance at 7!

Enjoy...

Showtime Win...

Happy Wednesday,

Its time for another giveaway as tonight see the launch of the second One Day Special featuring the last range of dies designed for Creative Expressions by Sue Wilson.  Tonight's shows sees a stunning collection of frames and tags as well as finishing touches ( and a couple of my new faves!)
















I thought I would share this card and as I am intending to demo this either tonight or in the morning i thought I would give you the chance to win this one, simple,y leave a comment and I will choose one comment at random to win the card.

This card was made using the star flower cluster as well as the stitched flags and the centre from the Madeline frames and tags die.

Ive used an unusual colour combination on this one with the heather and graphite pearl card but I have too admit I love the change to a darker palette.


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To see how this card was made ( although it is simple to put together) tune in to the shows either tonight at 8pm or tomorrow at 9am, 12pm, 4pm and last chance at 7pm.  Its also worth noting that as this is a One Day Special there is a discount on the dies which only applies until 8pm tomorrow night!

Enjoy...

Another chance to win...

Happy Friday,

As I made so many cards yesterday on the shows I thought I would offer another chance to win one of the demo cards today and so if you would like the chance to win this card just comment on this post and I will choose a winner ( at random) on Mondays blog post.

I hope you managed to tune in on the shows when I announced the winner of the Monday giveaway in case you missed it the winner was Pharmacy Michelle.  I you email me your address at lockers@live.co.uk I will send both of the sample cards I made out to you ( you can choose which one you want as your birthday acrd for Monday lol)

I demoed this card on the 4pm show so if you would like to see how this was done click HERE to see this on Catch up

I have added few more pictures so that you can get the idea! However the only section I didi not demo was the gilding polish on the embossed layer as this sold out so quickly!  I know Creative Expressions will be working hard to bring this back as soon as possible.

Enjoy...

WIN Pretty in Wisteria...

Happy Monday,

I wanted to title this post pretty in pink but theres no pink in this card lol  I had a fab day yesterday in Darlington with the Ladies and gent thank you so much for a fun day.  It was rather busy so I will be returning in August for a weekend so we can have smaller class sizes.

I was talking about todays card yesterday so I thought I would show it today and run a little competition as this was a demo card I prepared for my Hochanda shows at the end of February.  However I didn't get to demo it as time and stocks ran out!  Therefore if you fancy a go at making todays card simply comment on this post and I will draw a winner at random to receive the demo pack to make your own version of this card.

The main focus of this card is the peony cluster die which I cut five times from coconut white foundation card.  I then cut the separate flowers included in the set in iris and wisteria and mounted these behind the apertures as well as shaping them to mount them above and made a wreath of all five .

Next I used four of the centres form the lattice and lace striplet using white and wisteria using the lattice over the white and mounting the four to make a frame to house the wreath.  I added this to a square of card which I stamped the sentiment into the centre using indigo mist colour cloud blending ink.  To finish the card I added layers, as is my want lol, to make a large 21 x 21cm card using the iris, wisteria and coconut white.

If you would like to win the pack to make this card just leave a comment and I will draw a winner at random on Wednesday.

Enjoy...

Winners...

Happy Saturday,

As promised here are the winners of this weeks Card Giveaways!

Wednesday - C A W

Thursday - Barbabra W

If you want to email your addresses to lockers@live.co.uk I will send these out to you next week!

Beavering away...

Happy Thursday,

Well as the title suggests I am beavering away as I have received the samples of my new winter stamp range.  Im calling this a winter into spring as one set is designed to cover occasions over winter and early spring.  I can't say any more but there amy be some sneak peaks popping out in the next couple of weeks.  The full range launches on Hochanda on the 7th December.

back to today and here is a sample from my last show of the day yesterday on Hochanda this one was made using just the delicate garden frame this time in Raspberry and coconut white.

I really like the flower sprays on the pearl sprays which make a real statement in the centre of the card.

AS I have 2 copies of this card now lol if you would like to win this card simply leave a comment below and I will send you the one I made on air!

More tomorrow,

Enjoy...

Configured...a giveaway

Happy Monday,

I thought I would start a giveaway with some of the cars I made on my Hochanda shows last week Today's card I made using just one small die!  I love sues configurations dies but the new release with a separate outside cutting line just blew me away how much versatility can you get in one die?

I used just the inside die form the teardrop adornment around a square of coal card and cut this along the edge four times.  This gives this really detailed filigree square.








Next I cut four more however I used the outline die as well and mounted these on a piece of coconut white card rot make the larger accent background.  I then cut 2 more with both dies in cobalt and then 2 2 bases using just the outline in white. I mounted these together and stuck them to the front using foam tape opposite each other to make the shape on the front.

I used cosmic pearl PVA for the pearl dots and added a seam binding bow for a little relief.

If you want to win this card simply leave a comment t below and I will choose a winner on Wednesday.

Enjoy...

Waste not...a giveaway

Happy Tuesday,

I promised a few weeks ago that I would make a card with all the waste piece form the card I made on Hochanda.  I noticed when cutting out the Portuguese border that the pieces left over had really nice patterns.  I thought that if I foam mounted different shades and pieces of the waste together it would make an interesting design well here it is finished.

The card was made form the scarp pieces from making this card shown below.

I simply cut the border strip from the Portuguese collection by Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions  twice facing each other from Ginger card.  Next I cut 2 more from Milk card however I faced these the opposite way.  As you can see from the pictures this gives 2 different patterns in the centre,  I mounted these over each other and added a scarp of ginger card that I embossed ( again for the original card) with the eternity embossing folder from CE.

A couple of layers and finished.  I have added a few more pics of both cards as I am giving away both cards today!  If you want to win both of these then simply leave a comment on this post!

Enjoy...

Monday Giveaway & Tutorial...

Happy Monday,

Back to normality today with the Monday giveaway.  I hope some of you were able to catch my show yesterday I know its a big ask on a Sunday certainly at lunchtime lol

Today's card is one of the samples I used for the show and was really liked by Alex!  I thought you might like it and a chance to own this card as well.

I had lots of questions asking how did I make the original I'm hoping you managed to see the version I mad on air as it was different with a mica watercoloured background.

I stared by stamping my daisy striplet in Cosmic shimmer true white embossing powder onto acetate (using perfect medium)  I heat set this and added Phill Martin's decadent denim PVA as the centre of each daisy to give some depth.

Next I cut an aperture in a piece of periwinkle foundation card and mounted this above the stamped acetate.

I then used a piece of double sided adhesive sheet and added decadent denim mica powder all over the sheet.  The adhesive was stuck down to another piece of card.  I then from mounted the stamped panel above the mica'd piece.

I matted and layered the piece to make a larger card using a piece of card onto which I had sprayed decedent denim ink spray mister.  This gave the card a lovely textural feel and made the dark shades harmonise.

Finally I added a ribbon tie and messy bow made form seam binding that I sprayed with the mister.  I sprayed this with the ribbon all looped together ( see picture for what i mean) so that I got a misty or ombre look to the bow.

Ingredients:
Phill Martin Cosmic Shimmer Decadent Denim
Ink Spray mister
Mica Powder
PVA Pearl
True white detail embossing powder
JL Daisy Striplet stamp
Acetate
Periwinkle foundation card

To win this card just leave a comment below!

Enjoy...

Silver Angel, giveaway...

Happy Sunday,

I had a great time at Crafting at Allyn Pally Yesterday and Sue Wilson, Phil Martin, Julia Watts, Lisa Horton and I are all raring to go for another day today! I managed to |Leave my Laptop Locked away in the box office so I ma writing this post sat in the Hotels reception, hows that for last minute! lol

Today's card is not the one planned as I don't have access to all my pictures and so Have gone with this card I made at a demo a couple of months ago!

To keep with the giveaway today's chosen winner will receive one of my Christmas Cards chosen at random on my return, so to be in with a chance of winning a randomly selected card just comment on today's post!




The floating Angel is simply made by cutting the Sue Wilson 2015 Christmas angel in black foundation card and adding pewter gilding wax all over her.  I then spray glued her onto a piece of acetate and wrapped this around the panel made by cutting the snowflake mini striplet three times in succession.

A quick post but You don't get long when sat in reception!

Enjoy...

Win Wisteria Windows...

Happy Thursday,

One of my demo cards from the Hochanda shows I did a couple of weeks ago  I thought that these cards all deserved their day on the blog as some of them took quite a while to prep (especially as for a demo they have to be done twice)

As the preparations for the Crafting at Ally Pally event is getting more demanding and during the event itself I thought you might all like to see these cards in more detail.  Also I will be giving away each card each day until Monday!

For your chance to win todays card just leave a comment on this blog post or on Facebook!

The previous winners that have emailed their addresses have all now been sent out however I am waiting on a couple so Click HERE to see the original winners post!

 Enjoy...

Sneak Peak..shows on Thursday...

Happy Monday,

I thought you would all appreciate a sneak peak of one of my demo cards for the launch of the One Day Special on Hochanda (Hone Of Crafts, Hobbies AND Arts) on the launch day for the channel on Thursday.  I will be on at 7pm for my first hour I will then be back on Friday for another 5 hours or so! for more info on this new Craft channel and number for free view etc click HERE

 I will be making demos for the next couple of days and wracking my Brian (yes I spelt this right that's what I call my brain!) for new tips and techniques.  This first of these is the making and colouring of these flowers.  To find out how they are made and also how I coloured them as they are made with white felt then you will need to tune in!

all the products used to make this card will be available on the show and online so again tune in on Thursday to see how I have made it!

I have added a few more pictures for you!

Winners...

the winners from this weekends card draw are.......

Saturday - Nancy
Sunday - Lorraine Eastwood

Ladies, if you email me your address by Lockers@live.co.uk I will post these out ton you after the shows.  There will also be another Giveaway On Thursday to celebrate as well as a separate giveaway on Face book. If you haven't friended me then you can HERE

Enjoy...

Winner...and another giveaway!

Happy Saturday,

I hope you all saw the announcement post yesterday, if not then scroll down to see what I am talking about lol

Firstly I need to announce the winner of last weeks comment game, I asked Julia watts (who I am s]demoing with tomorrow so we are in the same hotel, not the same room lol) to pick the winner from the number i gave her, she selected number 37 which was Sam Smithard!  Sam if you email me your address I will get your background stamp on its way to you as soon as I am home.  Julia and I are in Preston today and tomorrow demoing at Cardcraft plus.  Pop in and say hi to the 2 of us and have a demo and gossip lol!






As you can probably guess from yesterdays announcement I am super busy prepping demos as I have an awful lot of them to show!  The shows will be very demo based and so I am scoring my head for new ideas and techniques to share with you all.  As mentioned I will post a couple of sneak peaks, on here and Facebook, starting on Monday to whet the appetite!  Therefore today and tomorrow are card giveaways i will select a winner at random from todays comments to win this card.  This is made with one of the die sets I will be showcasing on the first One Day Special on Hochanda this coming Thursday.

Back tomorrow with another giveaway!

Enjoy...

Sneak Peak Friday & a Giveaway!

Happy Friday,

Well the car is all packed and while you are reading this I will either be on my way to or be setting up in Alexandra Palace for a weekend of playing with Friends ( If the boss is reading this then I mean a weekend of hard work demoing next to people I know and get one with but don't have time to talk to much! lol)

Tomorrow will be the first time my new range of stamps will be on sale, these will be on Create and Craft on the 30th April (date and times TBC) however we have taken a stock of these to the Big Stamp and Scrapbooking show so you can tell me what you think!  To celebrate I have manage to get a pre-release set of this set of stamps called Rose Bud Elements to give away therefore rather than a card giveaway (as I will need this card for the TV shows) I am giving away this set of stamps instead.  I also realise that I didn't announce the winner of last weeks giveaway who was June Smith if you email me your address June to Lockers@live.co.uk I will post it out to you!

Back to today's card and I used my new set to make what I hop you will agree is a classic card stable for lots of different people and occasions!  As this was a brand new set I thought I would challenge myself by using a colour I rarely like so I pulled this strawberry card from my crafty stash, I teamed it with milk foundation card to offset the pink (it isn't quite this bright in real life.

I started by stamping the main rosebud frame (yes I did take hours to draw all this rosebuds!) using perfect medium and embossed it with Cosmic Shimmer True detail white embossing powder and heat set it.  Next I cut it out using the largest die in the Herald Square die set form the New York collection.  I then mounted it onto milk card and hand cut a mat around the square.

Next I cut more of the strawberry card using the new Labyrinth die form the diagonals collection.  This die, when squared up to the edge of a piece of card, cuts a diagonal pattern into the card, by adding the edge die you get the lovely lace edge as shown here.  I repeated this with a piece of Milk foundation card and foam mounted, after cutting the pink down, the pink piece over the milk.  I then cut a thin border around the edge to give a nice set of layers.

To decorate the card I added small PVA pearl dots, in cosmic pearl on the pink and deep rose on the milk, on all the junctions of the lattice.

Finally I added the whole piece to a card embossed with the bed of roses A4 embossing folder and I picked out the embossing with enchanted gold gilding wax.  A few layers of the pink and milk, a messy bow with rose seam binding heart dazzler and a couple of hat pins to match made with the stick pins elements (rose teardrop beads) and finished!

Ingredients:
Creative Expressions Clear stamps - Rose Bud elements by John Lockwood.
Creative Expressions Craft dies by Sue Wilson
New York Herald Square
Labyrinth Diagonal
Cosmic Shimmer true detail white embossing powder
PVA Pearls in Deep rose and cosmic pearl
Rose seam binding.

To win this set of stamps simply leave a comment or email me with your opinion and I will randomly select a winner on Tuesday.

Enjoy...

Monday Giveaway...

Happy Monday,

I chose today's card as the giveaway because to really appreciate the panel at the back you have to see it in real life and watch as the light catches the Mica I have used!

I started this one by stamping the main element from my Dogflower stamp set in perfect medium and embossed it with cosmic shimmer detail silver embossing powder.  I then stamped another copy and cut out the flower flourish form the main element.  I coloured this cut out image using the Acrylic drawing inks and foam mounted this over the silver stamped panel.

To make the background I added a piece of double sided adhesive sheet to a piece of foundation card and die cut the middle die form Sue's Noble pierced ornate squares die.  I then removed the other side of the protective sheet and dusted mica, using the garden floral set again, over the sticky side.  Finally I stuck this down to a piece of deep blue card and hand cut a border repeating this with a piece of white.

To make the border strip I took apiece of the white foundation card I stuck the DS adhesive sheet to and cut a strip.  I then removed the film and added 2 of the border strips, cut in dark blue card, cut from the Californian collection borders, corners and tags set facing each other.  I then added more of the mica in the spaces between the borders.

To make up the card I embossed a 18x18cm square card with the CE Heart lattice embossing folder and added layers of the blue and white.  I added it to a card blank 21x21cm made from more layers of the sky blue, deep blue and coconut white foundation card.

To win this card simply leave a comment or email a comment to me and I will randomly draw a winner who will be sent it!

Ingredients:
CE Clear stamps Dogflower frame elements set
CE  Craft die by Sue Wilson Californian Border, corner & tags set
CE Craft Dies by Sue Wilson Noble ornate pierced square set
Cosmic Shimmer Garden Floral mica set
Cosmic Shimmer Detail silver embossing powder
Various Acrylic Drawing inks


Enjoy...