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Hi Bloggers.

The Creative Expressions Takeover on Hochanda continues today. I'm heading out early as I need to be at the Studios for 8am. My first show is at 10am. I've popped the complete schedule in the left-hand sidebar of this blog.

Here's the first card for you today -

I started by cutting the Spellbinders Cascading Butterflies Die out of Bright White Card. I kept the die cuts for another project. I stamped the sentiment from Phill Martin's Butterfly Elegance Stamp Set in the bottom left-hand corner using Jet Black Archival.

I glued a piece of patterned paper from Phill Martin's Frosted Essentials 8 x 8 Paper Pad which was slightly smaller than the Bright White piece, to a piece of Black Card and then onto a Bright White card blank.
 
I cut the Cascading Butterflies die out of the plain side of another paper from Phill Martin's Frosted Essentials 8 x 8 Paper Pad. I glued the cascading die cut into the aperture in the Bright White Card.

I embossed some of the fall away butterflies, 2 plain and 1 patterned, using the Spellbinders Paisley M-Bossabilities Folder. I shaped them and added them to my card. I also shaped a plain and a patterned butterfly that I didn't emboss and added those too.

I finished my card, adding some CS Glue around the edges and then CS Glacier Ice Glitter Jewels. I also added a little CS Glue and Glacier Ice to the bodiesof the shaped butterflies and a 5mm Black Pearl to the corners.

Here's your second card -

For the background, I embossed a piece of Bright White Card using the Spellbinders Elite M-Bossabilities Folder. I matted it onto a piece of Black Card and then onto a Bright White Card Blank.

I cut the Spellbinders Cascading Stars Die out of Bright White Card. I added Clear Perfect Medium and then CS White Gold Brilliant Sparkle Embossing Powder and heat set. I added more Perfect Medium and more powder to areas I missed and heat set again. I then randomly touched some of the points of the stars with Perfect Medium and added CS Black Mirage Brilliant Sparkle Embossing Powder and heat set.

I embossed one of the big fall away stars in the same way. I stamped the sentiment from the Justrite Meadow Circles Stamp Set onto a medium sized star using Jet Black Archival.

I finished my card by adding a Small Black Circle Dazzler to the corners.

My shows are at 10am, 1pm, 3pm and 6pm today and 3pm and 6pm on tomorrow  (with Mask Techniques). I've popped the full schedule into the left hand side bar of this blog (view web version on phones and tablets). My samples into the gallery section of this blog and on my Julia Watts Crafts Facebook Page.

I'm offering 10% discount on all the products from all of the Takeover Shows this weekend that I have on my website. They're all together here. Discount applies till midnight on Sunday or While Stocks Last and will be applied at checkout.

If you aren't on facebook and haven't seen the trailer for the takeover, here it is (feel free to have a giggle!) -

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk
Free card with all website orders over £10 (ask for one in the comments box at checkout).
Deal of the Day today (14th January) - Creative Expressions Stamps to Die For - Decorative Driftwood only £2.99!