More Teal...

Happy Thursday,

As I always say with this colour choice I know its not everyones cup of tea but I can't stop posting these cards as I just love the colour sorry!

I stared by cutting the Dorado gemini using the bottom edge die from a long strip of the Teal Foundation card.  I added a piece of coconut white card the same size cut at the bottom using the outline die and added the teal on top.   I then cut a larger strip of black and cut a thin border using just the outline bottom die.

Next I cut the detail die form the Tessa Die into the top of the teal card adding the next outline die in the set.  I then cut into the white layering the next die in the set and added the black back panel with foam tape behind.




















For the base layer I embossed apiece of coconut white card with the victorian tile embossing folder and highlighted the embossing using the graphite gilding polish.  Finally I added layers of the black and white and a stretched tag of white and black form the aperture.

Enjoy...

Less simple Saturday...

Happy Saturday,

Today I am doing one of my last workshops of the year One left to go on the 12th December, I just wanted to mention that if you want me to demo or workshop near to you you need to get your local craft shop or group to email.

Back to today and this card features a colour of Pearl Foundations card and a couple of shades of Metallic Gilding Polish I haven't used nor taken on a show before ( early warning there is a new set of 3  colours on the show, Blossom, Silver Hessian and Silver)

I stared bu making a card blank with the Vanilla pearl card ( This will be demoed on the show) and then cut the detail dies numbers 1,3 and 5 from the Pacific Ocean background into the card front.

Next I cut a border strip using the Pacific Ocean border die to run across the front and used one of the tag dos set for the medallion at the front.

I then made a piece of shaded card that in my opinion looks a little like marble or granite using all three colours of the gilding polish.  I cut this to size and placed it on the back of the card blank who it shows through the filigree detail on the front.


I also used this card for the back go the Pacific Ocean tag on the front of the card.  I showed the border and the tag using the silver hessian which against the vanilla looks a coffee colour this is another gilding polish that has different colours depending on the base colour its like magic!

I covered a piece of white card with the blossom polish and cut the complete petals from the striped Nasturtium set in all three sizes.  I shaped these, ran silver hessian around the edges for shading and added a heart pearl in the centre before arranging them around the tag.

A simple coloured card that hopefully has a lot of effect!

Enjoy...

Foil seychelles...

Happy Thursday,

I hope you enjoyed yesterdays shows as much as I did!  Today I am demonstrating at the `hobby crafts show at the NEC on the Art of Craft stand.  Im there today and tomorrow so if you are going to the show why not pop by ands say hello!

Todays card was a demo I got to show the techniques from but didn't manage to make the complete card so Thought I would show it today.














I stared by making the background with the tin foil technique with a little change.  I spray glued the kitchen foil to a piece of foundation card then embossed it with the fantails embossing folder.  Next I added graphite gilding polish over the top which takes the shine off and makes the background look like old metal or pewter.



















Next I cut the indian ocean background into a piece of graphite pearl foundation card using die 1 and 2 in the set.  This makes the frame as shown once backed with icicle pearl card.

Next I cut the outline and detail die from the seychelles i graphite and backed it in the white again.  I repeated this to make 2 of the shapes and glued them together rotated them to make a square shape as shown.

Next I cut the centres form the Maldives and seychelles in white and graphite and foam mounted these in the centre.  I finished with an 8mm pearl in the centre and a messy bow with white seam binding.

Finally a few layers of graphite and icicle to emphasise the Art Deco feel of this card.


I will announce the winners form this weeks card giveaways tomorrow.


Enjoy.

Double Maldives win..

Happy Wednesday,



Another sample from todays shows and a second chance to win!  To win this card simply comment below and Ill pick one at random to receive the card!

This is one of the planned demos for today when the shows at 9am, 12pm, 4pm and last chance at 7pm.  This card is made with the Maldives die and there is a clever trick with this die as the pattern in the centre is made by overlapping the die, tune in to see how.

A few more shots for this card

Enjoy...

Something different Saturday...

Happy Saturday,

I thought it was time I revisited the something different as I have been showing  slew of paper crafting projects recently so how about some MDF?

This is a really simple item to make honest its just 2 shades of the Cosmic Shimmer metallic gilding polish.

I stared by covering an MDF shaker heart form CE with Heather and powder blue gilding polish.  I then simply stamped my Christmas rose clear stamp set around the top using the powder blue polish.  Next I stamped one of the christmas rose sentiments in the centre of the heart.


For the 'frosting' i added cosmic shimmer dies clear glue all around the piece and added iced snow which, when dry, is clear so adds the frosted look where you can still see the colour and stamping.

For the roses I covered a sheet of foundation card half in heather polish and half in fern green.  I stamped the roses and cut them out with the matching dies.  I cut the free card using the foliage die in the christmas rose set, embossed them and added enchanted gold gilding polish over the top to make the embossing shine.

I added gold microbeads in the centres of the flowers and arranged it all along the bottom.

something different that would hopefully  are a really different christmas present, all I've got to do now is work out who this should go to!


Enjoy...

Even Simpler...

Happy Sunday,

A demo card form this weeks shows, Im also pleased to let everyone who has asked that the stamps are now available for preorder fromwww.juliawattscrafts.co.uk.  They should be widely available form next Wednesday.  I love the simplicity of this card and if you want to see how this one was done simply watch the demo on catchup at www.hochanda.com.

I covered a plain piece of card using the Fern green metallic gilding polish.  next I added a layer of enchanted gold gilding polish over the top and embossed the whole piece with the silhouette tree pinpoint embossing folder.  Once embossed I added a layer of graphite gilding polish and polished the piece with kitchen roll

I added fern green gilding polish to the autumn wreath stamp and stamped it on coconut white foundation card.  I polished it after leaving it for a minute to dry as the stamping leaves a thicker layer of polish that can smear if not left to dry off.

I cut the wreath out by hand and taped the edges with more of the enchanted gold polish.

I made up the card as shown with a long bow of canvas ribbon.

Enjoy...

Autumn Shaded Trees...

Happy Tuesday,

Todays card is a small sneak peak form my Hochanda shows next week where I will be launching my Autumns child stamp set along with a birthday year and a while host of Autumnal goodies.  This will be part of the Hochanda First Birthday party and so there are special gifts and discounts!

Todays card features one of the embossing folders I have on the show along with the Gilding polish with a set of the three new colours!  Tune in next Week to see how this technique is done!

On a more personal basis I am nearly all moved which means that as the Internet is not switched on until this Friday There will be a series of quick posts this week

Enjoy...

Pastel Polish...

Happy Wednesday,

It seems its the week for new releases form Creative Expressions with the stunning new festive collection from Sue Wilson, if you missed any of the beautiful samples view Sue's blog HERE.  I will be showcasing some of the samples I have made using the from Tomorrow and Monday brings the start of the Sneak Peaks for may new Christmas Ranges!  However back to today and its another new release and as the blog title suggests its all about the new collection of Pastel colours added to the Cosmic Shimmer Metallic Gilding Polish!

I have, of course, made a card to highlight three of these shades and have added a few more pictures of some of the colours.

Shown here are the Blossom, Powder Blue and Enchanted gold and I have to say that the colours in real life are not as bright as shown the flash just kept wanting to go off with the amount of shine in these.

I have used to polish to colour MDF ribbon spools, MDF Ovals, Seam Binding as well as the pearl section of the stick pins!

The full colour range is:
Enchanted Gold
Powder Blue
Blossom
Pistachio
Fern Green
Graphite
Lavender

Back to todays card and it is all made with bright white foundation card and the polish!  I stared by colouring a piece of card using the Powder blue, Lavender and the blossom gilding polishes.  I then simply cut the background pieces ( using the Double pierced background rectangles set)  I the  added panel cut in bright white using the Belgian collection background.  The centre panel is embossed velum coloured with the powder blue polish!

I cut the flowers form the waste using the equisite poppies set and added the centre panel, stamped in watering can with a sentiment from my Larkspur sentiment set, across the middle.  I made up the flowers to look more like Iris's and added bows of blue and lilac to match.

I have added a few more picture so you can get an Idea of how to put this together!

Enjoy...

Blue Lattice...

Happy Monday,

One of my favourite cards using the Lattice Background die that I love so much!






















I cut the lattice section twice, once in periwinkle and once again in bright white foundation card.  I then offset these to make the argyle pattern and added a frame, using the stitched rectangles in the set, in the bright white.

Next I cut the gillian die in white and backed it with blue studding it with pearls.  I cut the lace edged leaves and added these before adding the requisite poppies.  For the poppies I cut each size die rice and edged them with Frosted Sky colour cloud blending ink with a mini smoothie.  I shed the petals and made up the flowers using different sized petals for each flowers.  I cut the centres, coloured them with the same colour cloud and shed these before adding them in the centre with a pearl.

I embossed a large panel with the floral brocade embossing folder and highlighted the embossing with Pearl Lustre metallic gilding polish.  A few more layers of whiote and periwinkle, pearl corners and stick on pearls and finished.

Enjoy...

Keeping it simple...

Happy Wednesday,

A simple to make card today that looks like it took a lot longer!

I started by making a pixie powder background onto watercolour card using midnight blue, teal wash and peacock.  Once dry I cut this down to an A5 size and embossed t with the Rose Blooms pinpoint embossing folder which added the additional texture and the roses.  To bring the embossing to the front i rubbed over the surface with the Cosmic Shimmer metallic gilding polish in Pearl Lustre.  I then cut a panel for the front of this card using the number 2 die in the Australian background die.

Next I cut the number one die in the Australian set form a piece of coconut white foundation card cut bigger than the die.  I mounted this onto baby Blue card and added mats an players of the white and blue to frame the card.

I stamped the peony from my Peony elements clear stamp set adding one of the sentiments from the set as well.  I coloured the flower with my Alcohol pens and cut this out leaving a strip with the sentiment.  I mounted this with more of the blue and simply added this across the front.

Although it may not look it its a simple card to pull together Honest lol

Enjoy...

Pixies in Brussels...

Happy Monday,

I had a great day yesterday tidying the craft cave which is one of the ways I like to relax lol Hopefully todays blog post is back to normal I don't know what happened yesterday but I believe it looked really strange!

Today's card is one I started at the demo day at Sew Simple in Norwich last weekend  I loved the look of this so much I decided to finish it at home.

This card is perfect to show the versatility and different techniques you can use with the Cosmic Simmer Pixie Powders.  I stared by lightly spraying a sheet of watercolour dead with water then added Purple Violet and Midnight Blue pixie powders over this.  Next I sprayed the hole sheet to make the colours burst and run.  I then added a sheet of velum over the top and took a print off, this spreads the colours between the 2 sheets giving extra value!

Once dry I embossed the velum sheet using the daisy dots embossing folder and brought out the pattern using Cosmic Shimmer pearl luster gilding polish over the top.  I used a small part of this for the centre panel of the card.

Next I cut the layers in the Belgium collection background in black foundation card and layered this over the watercolour card.  I then used the Equisite Poppies die to cut the petals from the remains coloured card however I layers them as shown to make the flowers look like iris's rather than poppies.  For the bow I mopped up the residue water and pixie powder with a piece of white string ribbon and when dry made a matching bow.

Finally the flowers were arranged around the card and I added a few layers of cobalt blue and black to frame the work.

A little bright for me but I love the colours and shine on this one,.

Enjoy...

One Day Special Win & Bonus...

Happy Wednesday,




I'm launching the One Day Special tonight at 8pm on Hochanda ( Freeview Channel 39, Sky 663 and online at www.hochanda.com) so I thought I would do a bonus post today and show 2 cards form tonight's shows let me know which one you prefer and I will demo it on the show!  Both Cards today are primarily made with just Bright White foundation card.

The first card is made  using Colour Cloud blending ink with a couple of different techniques that I will demo.  The rest of the card is made using the Australian background die and the stunning Maggie frames and tags dies ( got to be one of my favourites from this collection I just love the swirls and the dot details around the frame.  I also added a spray of the Sweetheart flowers and used the rose blooms embossing folder.

The second card is made using the Metallic Gilding polishes ( I will have the whole 12 on the show early warning these sold out in record time last time I had just 6 on!)  This card is again made using the same flowers and embossing folder 9 hows that for a variety of uses?!?) as well as bright white foundation card.

I have added a few more pictures so don't forget to tell me which card you prefer I will choose one comment at random and they will receive the demoed card!

See you at 8pm, Enjoy...

Designed for me...

Happy Wednesday,





Well I have to admit that this die form the new range by Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions wasn't designed for me however I just like to think it was as its perfect for me and my crafting.  I have already made so many cards with this one however I wanted to show this card that was the first I made as it just jumped out a me!










I stared this by cutting the shadow box stitched lattice background into periwinkle foundation card to make the first layer/.  next I cut the same lattice form coconut white foundation card, I then placed the die back into the cut area further along to extend the panel.  Next I offset the whole under the blue to create the argyle pattern shown.  Next I added a 3mm white pearl to the centre of each diamond lattice which, whilst time consuming, really highlights the beautiful stitch lines of the pattern.

Next I cut a coconut white stitched frame using the largest and smallest double stitched frames that come in the set and foam mounted this over the  lattice pattern.  I added a periwinkle backing layer and placed this onto an embossed layer, embossed with the Blossom Brocade A4 embossing folder, I highlighted the embossing with the Pearl Lustre metallic gilding polish ( this is so easy to use and quick really good if you have spent 10 minutes sticking on pearls lol)

I next cut the detail and outline dies from the Gillian frames and tags set and backed this with the periwinkle. I studded this with pearls and made up three of the elegant poppies in coconut white shaded with Clear Day Colour Cloud Blending ink.  I cut three centres and shaded these in the same way before adding these, with another pearl, in the centre of each flower and arranging these on the Gillian.

I stamped the sentiment in the colour cloud and cut it out with the medium sized pierced flags die.  I added some of the lace edged leaves a few layers of the periwinkle and coconut white and finished.

Enjoy...