Demo Snowflake...

Happy Saturday,

Today I am demonstrating my stamps, media plates and stencils tram at Domino Crafts in Wolverhampton I will also de demoing a range of Christmas Dies from Find It media.  Therefore I thought I would share a card I have made for the demo using a background made with the media plate and inks and a couple of the dies I will be demonstrating.

I made the background using the large media plate and a mix of the dye based ink pads and the liquid silver and topaz pearl pigment inks.

I then added a large snowflake in the centre cut with silver mirror card.  I added a crystal embellishment in the centre.

I then cut the border panel twice in silver mirror card and slotted the background through this to make a solid looking panel.

The dies is the Ice Crystal border (HERE) I used just one of the dies in the set but there are quite a few!

To finish I added am embossed panel ( thats a bit of a sneak peak you will have to wait until september for!) and my usual set of mats and layers!

Enjoy...

Swirl Bliss...

Happy Bank Holiday Monday,

As promised today I am sharing new projects I have made!  I thought this was a great opportunity to show some of the cards and projects I have made with dies and products form various companies I have bought over the last year or so but haven't been able to use or blog.  I know that most crafters see something and buy it only for it to languish in their stash I know I'm terrible for this not being able to go into a craft shop without buying something.

Today's card is made using a Spellbinders die designed by Becca Feeken one of my favourite crafters and designers.  A simple colour combination of ivory sky blue and periwinkle hopefully lets the beauty of the die shine.





I started by cutting the long die in the Spellbinders Swirl Bliss die set into a piece of ivory card four times does the length of the piece.  I then backed the central 2 panels with sky blue and the outer 2 sections with baby blue card.

Next I matted and layers this onto more layers of the ivory, sky blue and baby blue to make the base card as shown.  I added a strip of navy organza ribbon and finished it with a bow and some pearl swirls from my stash.  I then made up the flower using spellbinders carnation shaded with broken china distress ink.

The sentiment (from my lily of the valley clear stamp set) is stamped on a stitched flag and shaded with the distress ink.

Enjoy...

In the pink...

Happy Thursday,

Another sample from this weeks shows with Couture Creations today and something lighter than yesterday and in pink!

I stared by cutting the wedding rose die three times in coconut white foundation card I shaded through the die with basil leaf colour cloud blending ink then coloured the rose using scarlet woman colour cloud.  I adde d a little more of the green and grouped the three together with a satin bow too make a bouquet.

I cut the scallop edge die four times using 2 placed together and adhered to velum for the backing of the
roses.  I shaded the reveres on this with more of the scarlet woman colour cloud and added this over a panel of embossed card.  I used the remaining 2 die cuts as closures over the edges of the card.

A few layers of raspberry and coconut white foundation card and a  couple of 8mm white pearls and finished.

Again a little different for me but I like the effect.

Enjoy...

Ginger Corners...

Happy Thursday,

A change of colour scheme for today;s card however it was made using the other 2 dies in the set i used yesterday, theres one for value a soft pastel and a strong masculine card just from the corner and border set from the Indian Ocean collection.

I started this card by cutting the square edged corner die 4 times in ginger foundation card.  I then matted this using the outline die, in Kraft card and mounted them together to form the Art Deco squire in the centre finished with an 8mm black pearl.  There are 2 corners in the set and this one, just like the border dei, makes a different shape when they are mounted together.

For the corners I simply reversed the process and cut the detail in Kraft and the backing in ginger.


to make up the card I used the double pierced square dies ( the original set or Set A as it has been nicknamed)  to take the frames in ginger and Kraft.  I mounted the corners at the edge of the square kraft frame.  I cut the corners off the square so that the detail of the die cut corners comes to the fore!

I made up the card as shown (8"x8") using foundation card in black to offset the kraft and ginger adding a black ribbon bow from my stash!


Enjoy...

Quick Cards Show...

Happy Monday,




I'm back on Hochanda tonight for the launch of the One Day Special which is a fabulous bundle designed to have all the things you need to make your quick batch Christmas Cards.

I have added some pictures of a few of the quick card I will be demoing tonight and through tomorrow!

Enjoy...

Christmas Friday...

Happy Friday,

I thought i'd blogged this card however i think i popped it on Facebook!  I have to admit that whilst this was originally designed as a Christmas card I would send it all year.

I stare by stamping the scripted rose background stamp using crimson kiss colour cloud I then shaded the stamped image to give the cloudy effect.  I cut this and mounted it onto a piece of white then antique gold foundation card.

For the wreath I sprayed water onto  piece of watercolour card and added candy pink and rich gold pixie powder and allowed it to spread creating the beautiful marbled pattern. Next I stamped the medium and smallest roses from my Christmas rose elements clear set.  I then cut these out with the matching dies and shed them on my stamping mat with a ball tool.

Next I cut the rose leaves from the same die set in antique gold card.  I arranged the leaves around a circle cut with the double pierced dies and arranged the roses over the spaces.


I simply mounted the wreath, with from tape, over the stamped background. I added cosmic shimmer dries clear glue in the centre of each rose and added gold microbeads.





I added a bow made form reversible pink satin ribbon and gold twine from my stash with a couple of Tim Holtz Christmas muse tokens on the end of each of the gold twine bow.


To make up the card I embossed a panel of white card with the star swirls embossing folder and shaded it lightly with more of the crimson kiss colour cloud.  A few layers of white and gold and finished.

Enjoy...

Pixie Feast...

Happy Tuesday,

Another sample from tomorrows papercuts One Day Special todays using the amazing Festive Feast die with its squashy Christmas pudding!  I decided to keep the feast idea going with a feast of pixie powders.

I stared by damping a piece of watercolour paper with water then gently added pixie powders in midnight blue, silver dream and purple violet and then added more water to make the colours and powder explode.  I then cut the frame from this piece keeping the fall away base piece as well as the frame.

I then cut the central die in bright white foundation card and spray glued it onto a piece of heat resistant acetate.  Next I coloured selected sections on the rear of the acetate using the cosmic shimmer glue highlighter ( this is a thinner coat so it dries quicker and is easier to apply)  I then added silver chrome polished silk glitter over the glue.  Next I coloured, again with the glue highlighter, other areas of the back the highlights in then baubles and the pudding its'self, and added violet polished silk glitter.  Once dry the glitter shines through form the reverse as the glue is clear when dry.

Next I cut a frame in white card, mounted the acetate panel behind this and added the pixie powder frame over the cut section of the frame.  I the foam mounted this over the fall away piece from cutting the pixie frame to add dimension and interest.

FinallyI made up the card as shown adding some of the stick pins I made using the stick pin elements set I had on Hochanda last week and a messy bow with thin satin ribbon from my stash.


A few layers of purple and blue to match the powders and an embossed layer made using the A4 let it snow embossing folder and finished.

A different colour theme but I have to admit I love the way these colours came together!

I will be launching these dies on Hochanda tomorrow night at 8pm with shows running through Thursday at 9am, 12pm, 4pm and last chance at 7pm!

Enjoy...

It's Black and White again...

Happy Sunday,

Dont firget Julia Watts and I am at Inspirations in Preston today demoing form 11am till 4pm so pop in and say Hi if you are about!


Another card from my shows last week with the Justrite stamps and dies and I wanted to show another sample made with the three in a row die form just rite.  This was another die that didn't get demoed as it sold out so quickly.    Once again, as in yesterdays card I cut this three times across the front of a piece of coconut white foundation card.  This time however I only cut every other window using the matching squares dies in the set  I used the square dies cut from white and mounted these on top of the uncut back areas,   Hopefully this will kale more sense in the next picture.





Next I threaded white and black seam binding through and over the squares I alternated the colours over and under each other to give a black and white tartan effect.

Next I cut two of the garden circle die in black and white offsetting the black against the white so that it shows up against the background.

Finally I added a classic bow in black and white and one of the stunning pearl embellishments from Always and Forever form Craft Consortium.

Enjoy...

Something different Saturday...

Happy Saturday,

I'm in Preston today at Inspirations with Julia Watts today and tomorrow so if you are in the area it would be great to see you!  Today's card is a demo card from my shows this week on Hochanda however due to these dies selling out `I never got to demo it fully!

This card was made using the just rite three in a row die set.  I used the die three times across the front of a 5" square card blank.  Next I used the three sure dies that come in the set and cut these into a black layer I added to make the frames.

Next I made the colour cloud background and used one piece for the back of the card and cut the pinwheel daisies from the remainder.  I stacked these up and added then to the sentiment circles cut using the stitched banners die set.

These dies did sell out on the show so I didn't get to do the demo however Julia has some still in stock on her website.

Enjoy...

A little gold...

Happy Wednesday,

Well I thought it was time for a little gold, did I say little this card seems to drip gold but hopefully in a tasteful way.  I think its the background that really stands out in this card.

I stared by stamping the stunning butterfly background from justrite in perfect medium onto coconut white foundation card. I then added the new Cosmic Shimmer Gold sparkle embossing powder and heat set it.  This background is a negative so the pattern is revealed in the backing card with the gold area framing the pattern.  I then hand cut this into this fall shape.  The great thing about stamps, and backgrounds in particular, is that you don't have to use these as they stamp you can cut them out or into them.  This to me at least makes these so flexible.

 Next I cut two of the garden circle die, one win black and one in the white, the white die cut I added perfect medium to and the  covered it with the gold sparkle embossing powder and heat set it.  This makes a stunning sparkling die cut with very little effort!  I offset the ball die cut behind this to emphasise the detail and added this to the top of the die cut flag with a strip of black seam binding.

Next I added a bow made form gold silky crush ribbon with a black seam binding bow on top.  I added one of the diamante and pearl embellishment from the Always and forever collection by Craft Consortium ( these were on the Wedding show with Julia Watts last week).

A few layers of black and white and finished perfect for a golden wedding or other occasion but definitely a statement card!


Enjoy...

More Just Rite...

Happy Tuesday

today's card is the first demo I will be doing on Hochanda today at 9am, I am continuing the One Day Special at 9am, 12pm, 4pm and last chance at 7pm.  The heat news is this mornings show will be the first live hour back on freeview channel 39!

I made this card using products I have on the show so if you want to see how this one was made then tune in! lol Dont forget Hochanda now has a catch up at www.hochanda.com so you can see the shows on catch up for a week if you miss anything!

Here's a close up of the stamps I used the rose and vines clear set for this and I love the fact that these have stamps that mirror each other giving the perfect flourish or corners.

Hopefully you can see from this shot that the hearts are 3D in this and fold forward which is a neat trick that these dies enable.

Enjoy...

Just rite Tonight...

Happy Bank Holiday Monday,

I hope you are all doing something with your Bank Holiday I know I am although its works so does that count? lol  I am launching the One Day Special on Hochanda tonight at 8pm so I will be spending the day prepping and getting ready!  The Great news is that Hochanda will be back on Freeview channel 39 tomorrow morning from 6am so if you miss tonight's show you may be able to watch the repeat at 6am Tomorrow morning.

I thought today you might like to see one of my favourite samples I have made for the show.,  I think I love this card for the simple colour combination which I can't remember using before namely Black, White and Pink different for me.

I used a combination of the stamps and the dies I have on the show to make this card.  I stamped the flourishes from the roses and vines clear stamp set.  I added one of the Craft Consortium resin roses at the junction of the vines ( these were on Julia Watts show last week so may still be available online if anyone wants them) I then stamps the sentiment form the Stacking sentiments set using Jet Black archival ink.  I cut these out with Sue Wilson's double pierced squares set.


I cut the garden floral die twice in blush foundation card and cut these in half, this enabled me to add these around the larger square.  I then added this to an embossed layer which I shaded using the brand new White Clouds colour c;loud ink that I have on the show.  There are 2 new colours that I will be working with tonight namely White Clouds and Black Clouds.  These are slightly different as they are opaque inks in perfect white and black and are so useful.  Hopefully I will show you these in some of the demos.

It would be great if you could tune in!

Enjoy...

More Shows...

Happy Monday,


Just a quick note I have updated the next 2 months of Workshops and demos own the page above!


I hope you all enjoyed the shows yesterday on Hochanda and were able to tune in for them.  If not remember you can catch uno on any missed show on www.hochanda.com and clicking catch up, a full schedule is available on there.

Back to Today and here are a few more samples from the shows!  I will hopefully be demoing some of these today at 9am, 12pm, 4pm and last chance at 8pm.

Back tomorrow with my first card using the fabulous new collection of dies designed by Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions.

Sneak Peak that just rite...

Happy Wednesday,

I thought I would show you, over the next few days,  a few of the samples and demo pieces I have prepped for Sunday and Mondays shows on Hochanda, especially as Sue Wilson continues her One Day special today at 9am, 12pm, 4pm and last chance at 7pm.

I will be doing 2 different shows on Sunday a two hour special on the new metallic lustre paints form 5pm till 7pm then a quick change for the One Day Special at 8pm.  They paint shows will be a real departure for me so tune into the blog on Saturday to get an idea of what I will be doing.




For todays card I have used some of the brand new Justrite products that I will be working with on the one day special.  Ive used the new Multistep stamp and die sets for the butterfly as well as the swirls and stamps from some of the other sets.

Parchment and velum are becoming increasingly popular so I wanted to show my favourite trick of embossing velum with an embossing folder which makes an intricate background thats completed in seconds.  I cut a frame using the double pierced frames set A and stamped over it with the swirls from the lilies and butterflies clear stamp set.

I stamped the solid butterfly in dusty concord distress ink onto white velum.  I then stamped the butterfly detail in perfect medium and heat set this using the clear sparkle embossing powder form Cosmic Shimmer.  I then cut this out using the matching die.

A stamped sentiment and some layering and finished.

Hopefully you can tune in on Sunday, dint forget that although Hochanda is off freeview for a couple of weeks you can still tune in online at www.hochanda.com or on Sky channel 663 Freest 817.

Enjoy...