A room with a view...

Happy Tuesday,

I'm back on your screens on Friday Night with the One Day Special Featuring the new range of dies designed by the fabulous Sue Wilkson for Ctraetive Expressions.  I am therefore going to share some of the samples fro the shows this week to wjhet your appetites.

Today's card is made using the window / door die along with the stamps that match and the window shutter set.  I love the difference in this sets of dies as you can do so  much with them.

This will be one of the demos from the show so Just a few pictures and a list of dies used.

Arched window /Door & Shutter & Valance die set.

Infinity Heart...

Happy Monday,

Its ny last say in Scotland and I have had a fab time I will definitely be back at some point!  For today I thought I would share this card made with the fab jewelled heart and the infinity striplet.

I started this by cutting the infinity strip let across the top and bottom of a pice of bright white foundation card.  The triplet has three panels so I extended each cut by slipping the striplet back into the design further along to make a 5 panel cut.

I then cut the jewelled heart from silver shine pearl foundation card.  I added one of the Heart Treat cos that have been made to fit the heart die range which I filled with some sweet hearts and ice flake glitter jewels.

I mounted the heart above a set of stitched flags cut and layered behind.  finished with a messy seam binding bow, heart embellishment and silver linx.

Enjoy...

Pixie Peony...

Happy Sunday,

Its my Last day at the SECC craft show in glasgow today I have to stay I have had a fabulous time and meet so many lovely people!  Tomorrow I will be demoing my new Stamp Range as well as new cosmic shimmer and SW die range at McOyster Crafts in Fife form 930 till 3pm, my last day in Scotland.

I thought today I would share a different project made with the same peony stamp as I used on yesterdays card.  This time its a canvas but its really easy to do as its all made with pixie powders.

I stamped the peony and heat embossed it with detail black embossing powder.  I then mastered off the stamped image and added straw yellow pixie powder to the rest on the canvas.  I then lightly sprinted the canvas with water to activate the pixie powders.

I then overstepped the knotted woodgrain stamp over the masked image using a sepia ink pad.

Next I used candy Pink pixie powder to colour the peony adding white pearl to the mix to shed the colours by mixing with water in a palette and using a water brush to paint the flower.

Enjoy...

Pink Peony Colouring...

Happy Saturday,

Its another colouring saturday and today I thought I would go with a Pink Peony card today.

I stared by stamping the large A6 peony from my language of flowers collection in smokey grey versatile ink onto bright white foundation card.  I then coloured the image using Graphmaster alcohol pens.  I know the colouring on this one is a little more dramatic however I like the contrast between the pinks  and I'm still learning lol













I then stamped the on your special day sentiment form my circle sentiments set in detail white embossing powder onto kraft card. I cut this out using the Double Pierced circles.

I added the pieces as shown to an A5 Kraft card bank with a strip of black crochet ribbon to offset the pink.

Enjoy...

Vintage Friday...

Happy Friday,

Todays Vintage card a new card or project made with older collections, gives truth to the saying all that glitters isn't gold!  I love this combination of Gilding Flakes and Black Gloss card and thought it would work so well with the Scandinavian collection.  I have left this card pretty simple with no flowers or foliage as I think the gilding flakes are enough of a statement ( and maybe the largish bow I guess lol)

I cut the Scandinavian background in black gloss card and cut it out using the no 3 die in the noble double pierced background dies.  I added this to a pice of double sided adhesive and added the gilding flakes over this so that they stuck where the adhesive is exposed.


I made a frame using the oslo die in the black gloss and again added gilding flakes.  I repeated this with the rest of the dies in the set mounting them all over the background.

I added strip of copper lace and added a bow as shown.

Enjoy...

Stained Glass...

Happy Thursday,

Don't forget to join me over the next 4 days if you are near Glasgow or Fife for my first ever Scottish demo days!

Again another relatively simple card that I am hoping to demo on Hochanda this month.

I cut the Olivia die in bright white foundation card then cut the detail into another piece before adding CE Heat resistant Acetate behind this.

Next I careful painted Cosmic Shimmer Flake and Glitter glue using the Highlighter behind the die cut.  I brushed the glue onto selected sections in the same way as I would if colouring alternating sections.  I then added Sea Green Polished Silk Glitter.  I then added a layer of the glue to other sections and added Ice Blue Polished Silk Glitter.  Finally I painted the glue on the remaining sections and added turquoise Glitter to this.

I mounted this over a piece of double sided adhesive sheet and added Icicle Sparkle glitter jewels to offset the glitter and make this simple card more luxurious!


Enjoy...

Bake off anyone...

Happy Wednesday,

Today finds me travelling for the first time ever to Scotland for a series of Demonstrations at Craftworld in Glasgow tomorrow and Friday and at the SECC Saturday and Sunday.  I am then Travelling to Fife to demo at Mcoyster crafts on Monday.  It would be great to see anyone in the area especially as I have never been to Scotland ( I haven't been to Wales either but I am correcting that in May Just Ireland left!)

Today's card is a really simple card using the Apron die designed by Sue Wilson for Creative expressions and the Baked with love set which has some really sweet dies all about baking in the set.

I stared by cutting the apron in a piece if Phill Martin's Frosted Essentials paper pad.  I cut another version using a check paper from the same pad and chopped off the bottom to make the pockets for the Apron.  The clever thing about this die is that it has the pockets already cut so you can add any of the accessories that come i the set or in the Baked with Love set.

I added a rolling pin and wooden spoon to the pockets and used pink satin ribbon from my stash as the ties and loop at the top.  I used 2 of the hearts from the Jewelled heart set to add the detail at the top and the smallest on the edge of the pocket









I added the apron to a piece of coconut white foundation card which I cut with the double pierced rectangles background die.  I embossed the piece whilst in the die using the Braided vines A4 embossing folder (the same as i used on the Candy Machine yesterday)

I wrapped a piece of lace around the piece and added a few layers of pink, white and more paper form the frosted elements range to balance the apron.


A simple card but I really think this is fun!

Enjoy...