Christmas Friday...

Happy Friday,

Well its a quick change from Autumn to Christmas with the First Christmas card of September!

This looks like a complex card but its quite easy to replicate honest lol.  I stared by covering a piece of card with CE double sided adhesive sheet.  Next I cut 2 circles out using the outline die form the Joy die.  I adhered one to the other then ran this through my Platinum using the Joy insert die.  By having 2 pieces stuck together the die doesn't cut through it just cuts the carrier sheet of the adhesive.

I then removed the carrier sheet form the joy piece and added sahara gold polished silk glitter.  I then removed the other pieces ( which would be the waste on a standard die cut) and added pale bronze polished silk glitter.  For the second bauble I did exactly the same however I rotated colours so that it looks different.

For the bauble tops I cut the top piece form the Sue Wilson Vintage bauble set ( One of the early Festive Dies) I then attached gold metallic linx to simulate the strings.

Next I cut the holly die from the Christmas Rose set from a square of bright white foundation card.  I arranged these cuts so that when I foam mounted this above bright gold foundation card it gave the appearance of a branch.

The white die cuts I shaded using gold treasure Metallic gilding polish.  I then arranged these on top filling out the branch look.

A few more layers of gold and white and an effective but different Christmas card that is hopefully reminiscent of baubles hanging on a tree.

Sue Wilson will be demoing a similar technique on her Festive Die shows on Hochanda this month so tune in to see this in action.

Enjoy...

Something Different Saturday...New

Happy Saturday,

I thought you might like a sneak peak of one of the products I was demoing at the trade show last weekend.  All of these projects are made using the Brand New Cosmic Shimmer Metallic Gilding Polish which, for me at least, is a revolutionary product.  It works with paper, MDF and so many other surfaces it blends colours, coats evenly ( without need of a base coat) and has its own unique applicator in the lid.  There will be more of this when the polish is available in shops later this month or early in march and I am haloing to demo it on Hochanda as soon as possible.  But I thought you might like to see some go the creations I gave made before that as they are very different for me!

They are all based on the new MDF driftwood pack and I have used one pice form the six ( of 2 different sizes) that come in the pack.  The pack is designed to to used all together to create a panel however I just loved the shoe of the individual pieces that I used one per project ( cheap aren't i? lol)  I believe the MDF is already winging its way to the shops along with the stamps I have used in the projects as well as the MDF shapes that match each set.

The above piece, which features the seaside MDF shapes as well as matching stamps, uses three of the colours of Polish and shows how they bland and the stunning effects you can get easily.  Heres I have used one of the new mini masks as well as stamping and PVA to make the sea feel realistic.

Finally another piece that has ended up in my home using the sentiment form my Lily of the Valley set haloing with the MDF seagulls and driftwood.

I hope you like this difference I have a few more pieces including a Seahorse stable to show when the polish is released.

Don't forget I am back on Hochanda tonight at 8pm with the One Day Special featuring my favourite dies from the Sue Wilson designs realised in November.  I will be demonstrating the orange blossom flowers and leaves box I made a few weeks ago that everyone keeps asking about.  Shows continue tomorrow at 9am, 12pm, 4pm and last chance at 7pm.  Hochanda is on freeview 39, Sky 663 and freest 819 as well as online live in HD at www.hochanda.com.