Freebie Friday

Hi Bloggers.

Where did that week go? It's Freebie Friday again and here's this week's card that needs a new home -

You can read how this card was made in a step by step here.

Leave a lovely comment below to go into the draw to win. I'll announce a winner on Monday.

I have a number of workshops coming up soon -

Saturday 11th June - Stamping Masterclass. Taking you right from the very beginning with stamping right through to more complicated techniques. Lots of practice! Ending in a play with Leonie Pujols Stamps and Masks

 
Saturday 9th July - All Day Workshop focussing on Alcohol Inks and Die Cutting.

Sunday 14th August - Mixed Media Canvas & MDF Art. A fun workshop making a mixed media canvas and an MDF piece inspired by Lisa Horton.

All the above workshops are being held at Yardley Gobion Village Hall (just outside Milton Keynes). You can book via my website here.

Stock of John & Lisa's stamps are due in this morning. I'm hoping I can get all outstanding orders parcelled up and sent out today. UPDATE - Sorry, just received my delivery and I've received the first lot of John's stamps I ordered but not the second lot or Lisa's stamps so I'll only be able to send out some of the orders with John's stamps in them (those placed earliest). I was expecting everything, so sorry for the delay. The rest should be here on Monday morning.

John is launching another One Day Special on Hochanda this evening at 8pm with a Festive sale. I'm offering 10% discount on items I have in stock from the shows. You can find them here. Offer applies till midnight tomorrow night or while stocks last.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk
Free card with all website orders (ask for one in the comments box at checkout).
Deal of the Day today (3rd June) - Phill Martin Wedding Day Verse Collection Stamp Set only £9.99!

Happy Birthday and a Giveaway

Hi Bloggers.

Well, I've recovered now from the weekend - just needed a good nights sleep and a bit of a lie in! I'm off on may travels again this afternoon - heading over to Prestatyn in North Wales for a demo at Doodleso tomorrow. Maybe I'll see some of you there?

Here's today's card -

For the background, I applied some Phill Martin CS Decadent Oak Sparkle Texture Paste through the Native Mask onto Milk Card and put aside to dry.

I made a frame out of Chestnut Card using Spellbinders 6 x 6 Matting Basics B.

I stamped the sentiment from the Creative Expressions Amazing Sentiments Clear Stamp Set onto Milk Card using Coffee Archival. I cut it out using Sue Wilson's Pierced Flags Die Set. I cut a larger die from the same set out of Chestnut Card.

I tied a knot in a piece of Ivory/Brown Striped Grosgrain and added it to the side of the frame.

I had to fight off putting flowers on this one! A good card for a man though as the glitter in the paste won't come off!

Now to the Giveaway -

I thought someone might like my bits from the Craft Clinic on Monday - otherwise they'll never get used! One or 2 other unused bits may also find their way into the bag!

If you think you can find them a good home, please leave a comment below and I'll draw a name out on Sunday sometime.

Tracey is taking bookings for a couple of my workshops at Creative Expressions HQ. The first is on Tuesday April 28th and it's a repeat of the projects we did on April 2nd which were a sell out.

Here's the projects -

There's a different workshop on Tuesday 12th May but the projects are top secret at the moment as they're using some new, new dies from Creative Expressions but Tracey has already started taking bookings!

Please ring Tracey on 01536 481778 or email her at tracey@creative-expressions.uk.com for more details on both dates. John Lockwood also has a workshop on May 7th that I'll be hindering at - ask Tracey for details on that one.

There has been a lot of interest in my Milton Keynes Workshops and I have been asked to share the details here on the main page of the blog again so here's the details of the next one

Saturday 16th May 2015 -

Please email me at juliawattscrafts@gmail.com for more details/

My workshops can always be viewed via the Workshops tab in the top menu of this blog (browse web version if on a mobile or tablet).

That's all for now - must get packing, again!

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.