Birthday Wishes

Hi Bloggers.

I'm back from 3 busy days at the UK Trade Show at the NEC with the Creative Expressions Team including Sue Wilson, Phill Martin and John Lockwood. As I think I said on Sunday, we had lots of new goodies available for retailers to order for their shops so you'll be able to buy them very soon.

The Spellbinders dies I've featured this week are from the January release and so will be in shops very soon. If they don't have them then you should ask for them to be ordered in for you. For those of you who will be attending my workshops in Milton Keynes, if you would like to buy any of the new dies from me, please let me know which ones via email and I'll let you know prices and will make sure I bring them with me for you. I'm mainly focussing on dies which are available to retailers only and so will not be available from Create & Craft.

As far as demoing for Creative Expressions is concerned, nothing has changed. The Spellbinders demos are extra.

I booked a load of demos with shops over the last few days for the coming year. I will add details to the left hand sidebar of my blog as soon as I get myself sorted.

Here's today's card -

For the main background, I ran a piece of Milk Card through the Grand Calibur with the Creative Expressions Art Deco Fanfare Embossing Folder and inked around the edges with Aged Mahogany Distress Ink.

I stamped the Justrite Fleur Twist Background using Perfect Medium and dusted Ruby Red Mica Powder from the Cosmic Shimmer Delicate Lace Mica Spray Set. I removed the excess mica using a dry wet wipe.

I mixed a little Warm White Cosmic Shimmer Matt Chalk Paint with a little Mulberry Mist Vintage Ink Spray Mist. I picked some up onto a piece of Cut n Dry Foam and inked up a section of the Justrite Garden Trellis Background. I stamped onto a piece of Milk Card, trimmed it and matted it onto Rich Red Card. I tied a bow using a piece of Burgundy/Ivory Striped Grosgrain and added a Fancy Pear Embellishment.

I sprayed some Cosmic Shimmer Mulberry Mist Vintage Ink Spray Mist onto a piece of Cut n Dry Foam to make myself an 'ink pad'. I sprayed a little more Ink onto my Craft Sheet and mixed this with a little Ruby Red Mica Powder. I added this to my 'ink pad' and used it to stamp a section of the Justrite Stitched Circles Background.

I edged all the panels with the Mulberry Mist Ink Spray Mist/Ruby Red Mica Ink Pad and matted them onto Rich Red Card.

I stamped the frame from the Justrite Congrats Vintage Labels 3 & 7 Stamp Set using the Mulberry Mist/Ruby Red Mica Ink Pad. I cut it out using Justrite Vintage Labels 3 Die Set and inked through the die with Aged Mahogany Distress Ink. I stamped the sentiment from the Justrite Circle of Friends Vintage Labels 3 Stamp Set using the same 'ink pad' . I cut it out using Justrite Vintage Labels 7 Die Set and inked through the die with Aged Mahogany.

I assembled the card as shown adding an 8mm Cream Pearl to each corner and piercing around the edges.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.