Time for some sorting out?...

Happy Wednesday,

Firstly I am showing my card today for my last stint ( for this year and on a Wednesday) for the CE design team.  From Sunday I will be moving my DT inspiration day to Sunday so here is the last wednesday card!

Also I have shows On Hochanda Today and tomorrow!  I have only just realised, as typing this, that I did the first ever One Day Special on Hochanda earlier this year and today I will launch the last ODS of the year!  Tonight at 8pm I will be on Hochanda ( freeview 39 sky 673) with a range of products and ideas to get our craft caves all sorted for the new year.  I thought it would be a good idea to show some of the ideas I use to keep things ( to start each day at least) neat and tidy especially as I have heard quite  a lot of my blog family received new crafty stash for Christmas!

Firstly I have finally found a replacement for the die storage books that I developed with CE at the beginning of this year.  I have been asked so many times where I got my books from well the original books sold out so I have found a replacement which I will be demoing tonight and thought tomorrow.

There are lots of new ideas like this stamps and matching die storage as well as an idea for keeping your rubber amount stamps tidy was well as the fabulous stamps to die for by Sue Wilson.

There are loads of ideas through tomorrow at 9am, 12pm, 4pm and last chance at 7pm where I will get to wish everyone a Happy New Year live which Is a real pleasure for me!

Hopefully some of you will be able to tune in, it would be great if you could email in at Studio@hochanda.com.


Tio see what the rest of the Design Team have created over the festive period then click HERE


Enjoy...

Blue Roses?...

Happy Monday,

I hope some of you managed to catch Sue's shows on Hochanda over the weekend!  I was only able to catch the Friday night show and my record failed on my you view box so can't catch up!

I know the bundle contained the Zoe die and the roses I have used on this card as well as the Corvus mini triplet so I thought you might like a card that I made using these three!

I stared by cutting 2 of the pierced rectangles one in coconut white and one in cobalt blue so that I had 2 pieces the exact same size.  Next I cut the Corvus triplet die, with the bottom cutting edge in pace, across the bottom of the cobalt piece.  Next I cut the outline die form the Zoe die set for the centre top of the cobalt piece.  I also cut the filigree section out form the die cut piece as well

Next I cut the filigree section from the centre of the white piece making sure that the piece was cut at the same level of the cobalt die cut.  I placed the die cut back into the piece and stuck it down to the layer of white I placed underneath.  I then cut the blue filigree piece done the centre and foam mounted it, overlapping the 2 pieces to make them smaller, above the white piece.  I then cut the centre panel from the die in white and added the filigree centre panel in the cobalt on top before foam mounting this onto the card.  I had the overlap with a large stick on pearl and decorated the centre piece with smaller pearls.

I then made a spray of roses by cutting the outline pieces of the rose set in coconut white that I had covered with double sided adhesive.  I then added cobalt blue pieces cut with the outline and the detail of the rises and foliage.  I added diamond snow over the exposed adhesive  and arranged these over a strip of ribbon I added to the front of the card.

A couple of stick pins and some heavy pearlage (new word I think) to the front to finish.  Hopefully an elegant card for any occasion and I have given those of you who indulged in the One Day Special a few ideas!

Enjoy...