Box Front...

Happy Thursday,

I'm a day out all this week but will correct this tomorrow! I thought I would share 2 things today the first is this card with ten Square box on the front of a card giving a lovely depth with no foam tape so no white edges showing lol

The second is the Video Tutorial for the basic scene box There will be a more advanced video tutorial next week.  If you want to see what parts to cut and how to put together the square box just watch the tutorial HERE.

Back to todays card and I mad upon the box as shown in the video however I used the shape die in my Oakham set for the aperture.  Rather than adding a fold front I added the box to the front of a 6.5" x 6.5" black card blank.

I used the other dies in the set to make the layers on the inside adding thin border of white around the aperture.

I added a spray of my poppies made with the stamp and matching die and stamped and shaded in black ink.  I arranged these on the top left corner with the ferns and leafy flourish, again lightly inked with black pigment ink,

Ingredients:
JND Square Scene box Die
JND Oakham Die set
JND Leafy Flourish Die
JND Ferns Die
JND Blousy poppy die and stamp
Crafts Too Old Blue linen card
Limetree Crafts White gold & Black card
Izink Black pigment ink pad.

Enjoy...

What Black, White and Read all over...

Happy Friday,

Another sample form the shows this week using the new collection I thought I would go back to the red black and white which I loved so much while making the samples.

This project reminds me of Mondays as it feel like the revers as I used all the same elements without the box making a flatter card that, to me at least, looks very different.

here again I used the flower ,moulding foam for the poppies using black beads for the centres and the Swirl leaves for the foliage.

The white centre of the Oakham with the back really makes a statement.

Enjoy...

A little box...

Happy Wednesday,

I hope everyone enjoyed the shows as much as we did!  I will be back on Sunday with more inspiration and a chance to explore the new Orchid die and stamp in  more detail shows are at 10am and 2pm!

I thought I would share this, little box today made using the square scene box die and the Oakham die set I couldn't resist having a go at making a box with the gorgeous new Shabby Rose linen card form Crafts Too!

I love the depth you get form using the scene card die with the Oakham set it feels a lot deeper than the 1/2" it is ( which is great for posting as its a standard large letter even when in an envelops)

I used the smallest dies in the poppy plate to make the small flowers ( stamped and die cut twice) these work so well with the ferns which I coloured through the die using brown Izink pigment ink pads.

I used the smallest of the large poppies ( mid that makes sense) in the other corner.

Enjoy...

More Shows...

Happy Tuesday,

Im back today on Hochanda with a special guest Martine Smith who will be helping me with the flowers as they are her speciality.  The shows are at 9am, 1pm and final call at 5pm.  Topday I thought I would share a softer card made singing elements from the Oakham die set and the Poppy with the matching stamp used today!

I love the way the stamp puts all the detail into the flower a bit of colouring and you get a really precise look.

For the reminder of the card I just used 3 of the dies in the Oakham set and the new ferns die .

Join us today at 9am, 1pm and 5pm for hopefully more tips and ideas!


Enjoy...

Release Day Oakham!

Happy Monday,

My full new Range launches this evening on Hochanda and I wanted to share a project today that uses most of the elements of this collection ( sorry) but its a small collection lol Join me at 6pm on Hochanda to see the release in full!


The main element of this card is the new Square Scene box card which is a square version of my scene box card.  You can use all the dies for the original for this one as the length is the same!  This was designed to work as a card or gift form 5" x 5" all the way up to 8"x 8" with mating and layering as I have done here.

The Scene box square is perfect, as Ive used it here, to protect your flower or make a piece of wall art ( I've already got a friends wall in mind for this one!

The Oakham Lattice die set is designed to fit exactly as an opening for the box or for layers within as well as being useful on its own ( I hate it when a die is only for one purpose!)

For this Project I used the Poppy die ( without the matching stamp) on the Craft Artist Flower foam inking the edges with black Izink Pigment ink before simply hand moulding the flowers.  These are surrounded by my new Foliage die set Ferns.

For the corners I used the smaller poppy centres as their own flowers and the new Swirl Leaf ( inspired by the fabulous Martine Smith who will be joining me on the shows tomorrow)

Join me at 6pm or 8pm to see the full release

Enjoy...

Sneak Peak Poppies!

Happy Saturday,

Here is the first sneak peak of my new collection which launches on Monday evening at 6pm oil Hochanda.  I really thought that january needed some brightening up so today I am sharing the first sample using my new collection.

This card features the new Oakham lattice die set and the stamp and matching poppy die set.














The poppy has a stamp and matching die plate the same as my poinsettia making the poppies really easy to use.  here I stamped them in black ink onto red crafts too linen card shaped them and made up the poppies, using the centres included with the die, un the centre.

I love the mix of the red, black and the pop of green ( these are new foliage dies as well!)

I'll share another sneak peak on Monday or tune into the show on Monday evening at 6pm to see the whole collection.

Enjoy...