Hi Bloggers.
As this post goes live I should just arrived at Hochanda to get ready for my first show of the day at 7am to the Netherlands. Do try and watch online at hochanda.nl or on Facebook as the demos are different to the UK demos and I explain everything in English. UK shows are at 9am, 1pm and 5pm.
I have a card and a tag for you today. Here's the card - not in traditional colours for Christmas but very elegant and with the variations in the die set, you can make it for many occasions.
I started by popping a piece of
Creative Expressions Double Sided Self Adhesive Sheet onto a piece of
Coconut White Card. I cut the 4 plain central dies from the
Paper Cuts Festive Cornucopia Die Set from it. I then cut the tree die pair out of
Antique Gold Pearl Card twice and the present pair out of
Graphite Pearl Card twice. I removed the backing sheets and added my decorative die pieces. I added
Cosmic Shimmer Midnight Sparkle Glitterbitz to the gold ones and
Cosmic Shimmer Sahara Gold Glitterbitz to the graphite ones.
I cut the plain circle die out of Antique Gold Pearl Card and the decorative circle die out of Graphite Pearl Card. I stacked all my die cuts up as shown using
Woodware 1mm Foam Tape and added a
Bronze Vintage Button to the centre.
I cut a piece of Antique Gold Pearl Card using
Sue Wilson's Double Pierced Squares and a mat out of Graphite Pearl Card using
Sue's Double Pierced Squares Set B. I popped these onto another pieceof Antique Gold Pearl Card.
I cut one of the corner dies from the Festive Conucopia Die Set out of Graphite Pearl Card 4 times and added them to my card using
CS Glue in a
Woodware Fine Tip Glue Applicator.
Here's the Tag -
I cut the largest die in
Sue's Pierced Tags Die Set out of
Coconut White Card. I used the waste from cutting the 6 snowflake dies in the
Paper Cuts Let it Snow Frame and dabbed through it with
Faded Jeans Distress Oxide using a
Smoothie. I distressed the edges of my tag using a
Woodware Edge Crimper and then inked around the edges with Faded Jeans Distress Oxide.
I popped a piece of
Creative Expressions Double Sided Self Adhesive Sheet onto a piece of Coconut White Card. I cut the outer die from the
Paper Cuts Merry Christmas Santa Bauble from it. I cut all 3 of the inner dies with the outer die out of Coconut White Card. I retained the face section and the trim and bobble from the hat. If you're very careful, you can keep the waste Merry Christmas for another project (there's one in the Gallery). I peeled away the backing sheet from my outer die cut and added my decorative die cut and put aside for a moment. I cut the moustache die out of Coconut White Card.
I scribbled some
Tattered Rose Distress Marker onto my
Craft Sheet and picked it up using a
Water Brush to paint the nose and the face. I added
Woodware Fluffy Stuff to the moustache, hat trim and hat bobble and heated it.
I inserted the face, hat trim and hat bobble into the exposed adhesive on my main piece. I carefully sprinkled
CS Periwinkle Glitterbitz into the hat and sentiment sections. I added a
3mm Black Pearls to the eyes and glued on my moustache piece.
I popped a little Adhesive Sheet onto Coconut White Card and cut 3 of the snowflakes in the Santa Bauble Set and the reinforcement ring from the Tag Set from it. I added these to my tag as shown.
I finished by adding some
May Arts Sheer Iridescent Ribbon and a
3mm White Pearl.
I'm offering 10% discount on items I have on my website from the shows. You can find them
here.
Offer applies till midnight tonight or While Stocks Last.
Discount will be applied automatically at checkout. Please note : the
Paper Cuts Dies are Special Order items and are subject to availability.
Please allow 7-10 for dispatch of orders containing them.
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).
