Frosty Christmas

Hi Bloggers.

I'm demoing at the Great British Festival at Stoneleigh today with Phill Martin on his Sentimentally Yours Stand - well, I'm demoing, goodness knows if he'll do any work! lol! Seriously, if you're visiting the show, please stop by his stand to say hello and make a purchase or two - you know you need it!

Here's today's card featuring some of Phill's new Christmas products -

I stamped Phill's Christmas Frame Decorative Frame : Lattice onto a piece of Coconut White Card using Clear Perfect Medium and embossed with Phill's Frosty Heather Embossing Powder. I cut it out using Spellbinders 6 x 6 Matting Basics A. I popped it onto a mat cut from Coconut White Card using Spellbinders 6 x 6 Matting Basics B.

I stamped the sentiment from Phill's Christmas Holly Insert Frame :Seasons Greetings onto Coconut White Card, again using Clear Perfect Medium and added Frosty Heather Powder - I did not heat set just yet. I have removed the excess rubber from the centre of my insert frame so I can see through it. I inked it up with Clear Perfect Medium and lined it up around the sentiment, added more powder and heat set the lot. I cut it out using another die from the Spellbinders 6 x 6 Matting Basics A Set.

I cut Sue Wilson's Holly Sprays out of Coconut White Card and added a little Frosty Heather PVA as berries.

I stamped the Creative Expressions Shaded Poinsettia a couple of time in 2 sizes onto Coconut White Card and embossed with Frosty Heather Embossing Powder. I cut them out using Sue's Classic Poinsettia Die Set. I gave the petals a little shape using a Woodware Shape-It Tool on a Moulding Mat. I layered them up, offsetting the petals and gluing them together using Cosmic Shimmer Dries Clear Glue and added a Snow White Brad.

I assembled the card as shown adding a 5mm White Pearl to the corners and piercing around the edges using my Tim Holtz Ruler with a Precision Probe on a Piercing Mat. My coloured mat behind the pierced one is a piece of Coconut White Card and I've coloured the edges with Frosty Heather Colour Cloud using a Smoothie.

I have settled on a 4th card for my Workshop at Yardley Gobion on Saturday September 12th -

You can book a place on the workshop via my website here.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.

www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk

Ask for a free card (in the order comments box at checkout) when you order in August!