One Day Special Shows Continue today

Hi Bloggers.

One Day Special shows continue today at 9am, 1pm and 5pm. Hope you can join me.

Here's today's card -

For the background, I've used the CE Bark Embossing Folder (the one you get in the One Day Special Bundle) and embossed a piece of Coconut White Card. It's easy to extend the design on this folder as it's quite a random design.

I cut the frame from the Celebrations Shadow Box Die Set out of Coconut White Card and glued it on top of my embossed background.

I made a frame out of Coconut White Card using dies #3 and #5 from the Stitched Square Peg Board Die Set. I added it to my background using Woodware Foam Tape and then matted onto a couple of pieces of Coconut White Card.

I cut the top section from the Majestic Tree Die Set out of Forest Card twice, inking though the die with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide. I cut the trunk section out of Cinnamon Card and again inked through the die with Vintage Photo Oxide.

I cut the sentiment from the Life is a Garden Die Set out of Cinnamon Card. I added some hearts from the Bushel Basket Die Set cut from Rich Red Card.

I cut 3 sizes of flower from the Sunflower Bouquet Die Set out of Coconut White Card. I painted them using Straw Yellow Pixie Powder. Once dry, I shaped them using a Woodware Shaping Tool and a Moulding Mat. I cut some leaves out of Coconut White Card using the same die set and painted them with Pale Olive Pixie Powder. I popped a little CE Double Sided Self Adhesive Sheet onto a piece of Dark Roast Coffee Card and cut 3 flower centres. I peeled away the backing and added Medium Clear Glass Micro Beads.

I completed my card by adding an 8mm White Pearl to each corner of my frame.

I'm offering 10% discount on items from the shows on my website. You can find them here. Please enter JULIAWATTS in the discount code box at checkout to activate the discount. Offer applies till midnight tonight or while stocks last.

I have loaded photos of the samples from the shows to the Gallery Section of this Blog and to my Julia Watts Crafts Facebook Page.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk

One Day Special starts today at 6pm

Hi Bloggers.

I'm launching a new One Day Special on Hochanda at 6pm today with some lovely dies from the November release of Dies by Sue Wilson. There's another show today at 8pm and then more shows tomorrow at 9am, 1pm and 5pm. I hope you can join me.

Here's today's card -

For the background on this one, I have used my favourite background technique with Pixies Powders on Acetate. I have been asked to demo this on one of my shows so hopefully I will get time to show it again at some point (probably tomorrow at 9am).

So, to re-cap how it's done - I used a piece of Heat Emboss Acetate. I added CS Glue, spritzed with water and spread the glue all over using my finger. I then added Cosmic Shimmer Pixie Powders in Straw Yellow, Burnt Orange, Bronze Blush, Lava Red and Pale Olive so that all the glue was covered. I spritzed with a little more water and then added CS Frosty Dawn Diamond Frost. I scrunched up a piece of White Tissue Paper, opened it out and added it to my background. I dabbed it down using a piece of Kitchen Roll and put aside to dry.

I wanted to use the Linear Leaf Background over the top of my Acetate but I also wanted to add a frame made using the Stitched Square Peg Board Die Set so I needed to extend the Linear Leaf. It is a little bit tricky but it is possible. I cut it once and then slotted the left hand leaf column of the die into the right hand left column of the die cut. I've already cut this in the pic below and extended it lengthways but I wanted to show what I mean.

As you can see from the pic, I have already extended the background's length - it's just a little short for the largest frame you can cut from the Peg Board Die Set. This is a little trickier - the dies are hand drawn so do not line up perfectly. Below seems to be the best fit for the length I needed - leave the edge of the die where it's overlapping where you have already cut so that you son't get a line from the edge of the die.

I slotted the die back in once more to complete the piece.

Once my Acetate Pixie Powder background was dry, I added my Linear Leaf Background and my Frame. I matted onto a couple of pieces of Coconut White Card.

I cut the words for my sentiment out of Black Card using the Mix & Match Friendship Die Set. I glued them to my frame using CS Glue in a Fine Tip Glue Applicator.

I cut some sunflowers and leaves from the Sunflower Bouquet Die Set out of Coconut White Card. I painted the flowers with Straw Yellow Pixie Powder and the leaves using Pale Olive Pixie Powder. I shaped the flowers a little using a Woodware Shaping Tool on a Moulding Mat. I popped a little CE Double Sided Self Adhesive Sheet onto Coconut White Card and cut 3 sunflower centres. I removed the backing and added Dark Bronze Polished Silk Glitter.

I'm offering 10% discount on items from the shows on my website. You can find them here. Please enter JULIAWATTS in the discount code box at checkout to activate the discount. Offer applies till midnight tomorrow night or while stocks last.

I have loaded photos of the samples from the shows to the Gallery Section of this Blog and to my Julia Watts Crafts Facebook Page.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk

Cascading Leaves Sneak Peek

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's Sneak Peek from the One Day Special that I'm launching on Hochanda on Wednesday at 6pm -

For the background, I cut the inner die from the Cascading Leaves Die Set into a piece of Coconut White Card 4 times, keeping all of the fall away leaves. I popped a piece of CE Double Sided Self Adhesive Sheet on the back, turned my background back over and placed the leaves back into the apertures.

Starting with the column of leaves at the edges, I added Penny Copper CS Polished Silk Glitter, taking care not to get the glitter in the central columns. Next I applied Golden Sand CS Polished Silk Glitter, letting the excess fall over the Penny Copper column ( it doesn't contaminate it). Finally, I added Dark Bronze CS Polished Silk Glitter, letting the excess fall over the other Penny Copper column.

 

I made a frame out of Coconut White Card using dies #2 and #4 from the Square Stitched Peg Board Die Set and added it to my backgrounds using Woodware 2mm Foam Tape. I matted onto a couple of pieces of Coconut White Card.

I cut a flag out of Coconut White Card using the Stitched Flags Die Set and cut my sentiment words out of Dark Roast Coffee Card using the Mix & Match Friendship Die Set. I added my words to the frame and the flag.

Simple but effective!

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk

Julia Rosette Sneak Peek

Hi Bloggers.

As promised, I have a sneak peek from Wednesday's One Day Special on Hochanda -

I love to make rosettes and Sue Wilson has come up trumps with her new Julia Die. There are lots of peeks and troughs in the design which means that you can get a really full looking rosette with just 2 cuts of the die! Brilliant!

So, I cut the 2 largest dies from the Julia Die Set out of Milk Card twice. I scored them on all the peak to peak lines, turned them over and scored them trough to trough. I made a cut from a peak to the centre on one of them and from a trough to the centre on the other one. I then folded them both following the score lines into mountain and valley folds. I glued them together and then glued them to a base cut from Petrol Blue Card using a die from Sue's Double Pierced Circles.

I cut die 1 and 2 from the Julia Die Set out of Milk Card and die 3 out of Petrol Blue Card. I glued the 2 die cuts together and added them to the centre of my rosette using a couple of Foam Pads.

For my background, I decided on just a plain piece of Milk Card which I matted onto a piece of Petrol Blue Card using CS Glue. I matted onto another piece of Milk Card using CE Mounting Cushion.

I cut a pair of leaves out of Petrol Blue Card using the Sycamore Branch Die Set. I made a scrunched up flower using the Sunflower Bouquet Die Set - I cut 2 of each of the middle sized flowers in the set, misted them with water, scrunched them up, opened them out and stacked them up, I pierced the centre to secure them together, scrunched them up to the centre one at a time and then eased out a little of the petals. I added a little Faded Jeans Distress Oxide to the tips using a Smoothie.

I cut my sentiment out of Petrol Blue using the Mix & Match Friendship Die Set and added it to my card using CS Glue in a Woodware Fine Tip Glue Applicator.

I completed my card by adding an 8mm Cream Pearl to the left hand corners.

Today is the final day in our Black Friday Sale on our website. Enter BLACKFRIDAY in the discount box at checkout to get 20% off your purchases PLUS - the frst 10 customers each day will receive a FREE GIFT! Offer valid till midnight tonight or While Stocks Last.

The winner of the card from Freebie Friday on 24th November is ...............................

Jan on the Fosse

Please email me at juliawattscrafts@gmail.com with your address and I'll pop your card in the post.

I'll be back tomorrow with another sneak peek.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk

Eclipted Edger Background

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

The background on this one was created at a demo. I used a piece of Watercolour Card cut into 2 x A5 pieces. I misted Phill Martin Cosmic Shimmer Purple Paradise, Lush Pink and Electric Blue Ink Spray Mist onto 1 piece of the Watercolour Card. I misted a little plain water on top and then placed the other piece of Watercolour Card on top. I peeled the pieces of card apart and blotted excess off with Kitchen Roll. I kept my second piece for another project.

Working on my first piece, I placed the Leaf Print Mask on one half and misted through with water. I lifted the mask off and turned it over and placed on the other half of my background to get a negative water print. I blotted off with Kitchen Roll. I then misted through a section of the Stripey Spots Mask with the Lush Pink Mister. I turned it over to get a negative print from the excess ink in another section of my background and blotted off with Kitchen Roll.I then misted through a section of the Wavy Mask with the Electric Blue Mister. I turned it over to get a negative print from the excess ink in another section of my background and blotted off with Kitchen Roll.

This technique is adpated from a technique in the Dyan Reavely Distinctly Dylusional A Guide to Art Journaling Book (love this book!).

I cut the largest die in Sue Wilson's Ecliptic Edger into Coconut White Card 5 times to create a background. I glued it to my misted background using CS Glue in a Woodware Fine Tip Glue Applicator.

I made a frame out of Coconut White Card using dies #2 and #4 from the Square Stitched Peg Board Die Set and added it to my backgrounds using Woodware 3mm Foam Tape.

My sentiment has been created using the Alphabet Grid Die with Coconut Whte and Black Card. I added the tiles to my card using CE Mounting Cushion.

I added a flower and leaves to my frame using the Pinwheel Floral Die Set.

Our Black Friday Sale continues on our website. Enter BLACKFRIDAY in the discount box at checkout to get 20% off your purchases PLUS - the frst 10 customers each day will receive a FREE GIFT! Offer valid till midnight tomorrow or While Stocks Last.

I'll be back tomorrow with a sneak peek from Wednesday's One Day Special on Hochanda.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk

Blue & Lilac Intermediate & Striped Weave

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

For the weave on this one, I cut the Intermediate Weaving Die out of Lilac Card and out of Sky Blue Card. I glued the 2 die cuts together, offsetting them to fill in the gaps.

I cut the Striped Weaving Die out of Lilac Card and out of Sky Blue Card. I glued the 2 die cuts together, offsetting them to fill in the gaps. I cut this piece into pieces - 2 strips wide : 1 blue and 1 lilac strip in each piece.

Now, remember - 2 Striped Strips = width of 1 Intermediate Strip. I wove a pair of Striped Strips through the Intermediate Die Cuts as shown and continued with the pattern until the whole background was complete.

I made a frame out of Sky Blue Card using the Scalloped Lattice Frames Set B and added it to my woven background using Woodware 2mm Foam Tape, trimming away the excess. I matted onto Lilac, then Sky Blue and then another piece of Lilac Card.

I added Sue's Thank You Die cut from Lilac and Sky Blue Card.

The foliage is cut using Sue's Spring Foliage Die Set. The flowers are made using Sue's Striped Nasturtium Die Set with a 5mm White Pearl to the centre of each flower.

I'm heading over to Yardley Gobion this morning for out last workshop of the year. If you're in the area and would like to shop, you can join us between 11am and 3pm. The hall is on Chestnut Road (off the High Street). Postcode NN12 7TW.

Lisa Horton has shows on Hochanda today at 7am, 11am and 3pm with some Cyber Deals. I don't have any of the products on the shows but there's plenty more products on myour website.

Don't forget - our Black Friday Sale is on over on our website. Enter BLACKFRIDAY in the discount box at checkout to get 20% off your purchases PLUS - the frst 10 customers each day will receive a FREE GIFT! Offer valid till midnight Monday 27th November or While Stocks Last.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk 

Freebie Friday and Beadwork Pics

Hi Bloggers.

It's back! Here's this week's card that is looking for a new home -

This is a demo card - you can read how the original card was made here.

Leave a lovely comment below to go into the draw to win it. I will announce the winner on Monday. Be sure to pop back to see if you have won.

Please note : Only comments left below will go into the draw. Comments made on the original post will not count. Information given on the original post was correct at the time that post was published.

Don't forget - our Black Friday Sale is on over on our website. Enter BLACKFRIDAY in the discount box at checkout to get 20% off your purchases PLUS - the frst 10 customers each day will receive a FREE GIFT! Offer valid till midnight Monday 27th November or While Stocks Last.

Here's a pic of the beading that I did on my last beady break - it's a long process especially when I don't get to go to my monthly beading session. I can't go next week as I'll be at Hochanda do a One Day Special.

On this one, I still have to do another length of chain on left, attach the chatons together in pairs, add them to the chain and then do another length of chain to each side, make a toggle and attach the ring and toggle to the chain. Should be finished by next Christmas!

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk

UTEE overlay

Hi Bloggers.

Our Black Friday Sale starts today over on our website. Enjoy 20% discount on all our products till midnight on Monday 27th November. Enter BLACKFRIDAY in the discount code at checkout to activate your discount. PLUS - the first 10 customers each day during the sale period will receive a FREE GIFT! Remember to use the Filter button to help you navigate around the site. Click here to go straight to our website.

Here's today's card -

I started by stamping the verse from the Wendy Vecchi Studio 490 3 Cheers for Art Stamp Set and the sentiment from the Wendy Vecchi Studio 490 Parisian Art Stamp Set using Garden Patina Archival onto Coconut White Card cut from Sue Wilson's Scalloped Lattice Frames Set B. I edged with Faded Jean Distress Oxide using a Smoothie. I matted onto Black Card and then another piece of Coconut White.

I set the Efcolor Stove up and added some CS Clear, Midnight Blue, Ocean Black and Tropic Pearl Ultra Thick Embossing Crystals to a Melt-It Case. I popped it onto the stove platform, added the lid and left to melt. I inked up the sentiment from the same set using Clear Perfect Medium. Once the crystals were molten I poured some onto my Craft Sheet and added the verse stamp to it.  I left it to set for a couple of minutes and then peeled away the stamp. I brushed CS Phill Martin Old Gold Mica Powder over it. I added my UTEE verse over the top of my stamped verse with a little Hi-Tack Tape and a little CS Glue.

I poured some more of my molten powder into a mould that I had made from a Wendy Vecchi Studio 490 embellishment and some Mould n Pour. After a couple of minutes, I removed it from the mould and added it to my card with a little Hi-Tack Tape and a little CS Glue.

 I completed my card by adding a 5mm Black Pearl to each corner.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk

Peach & White Classic & Intermediate Weave

Hi Bloggers.

I have another woven card for you today -

For the weave on this one, I cut the Classic Weaving Die out of Coconut White Card once and the Intermediate Weaving Die out of Peach Card twice. I glued the peach die cuts together, offsetting them to fill in the gaps. I then cut them into pieces 2 strips wide and wove them through the Classic Die Cut.

I made a frame out of Coconut White Card using the Scalloped Lattice Frames Set B and added it to my woven background using Woodware 2mm Foam Tape, trimming away the excess. I matted onto Coconut White, then Peach and then another piece of Coconut White Card.

I cut the Birthday Wishes Die out of Peach Card.  I cut a Stitched Flag out of Coconut White Cardand added my sentiment using CS Glue and a Fine Tip Glue Applicator.

The foliage is cut using Sue's Spring Foliage Die Set. The flower is made using  Sue's Striped Nasturtium Die Set with a 5mm White Pearl added to the centre.

 Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk

Shaving Foam & Pigment Stain Weave

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

For the weave on this one, I started by creating some Shaving Foam Backgrounds with Bluebell, Citrus Lime and Rose Pink CS Intense Pigment Stains. I cut the Intermediate Weaving Die out of the first generation print from the Shaving Foam, 3rd generation print and out of Coconut White Card twice. To fit the smallest frame possible from the Stitched Square Peg Board, you need to extend the weft. So, I cut an extra strip from my first generation background and another strip of Coconut White. I glued a Coconut White die cut to my first generation cut, offsetting it to fill in the gaps but dropping it down to leave a space at the top and the bottom.I then added my extra strips.

I added my other Coconut White Die Cut to my 3rd generation cut, offesetting it to fill in all the gaps. I cut it into pieces 2 strips wide and then wove the strips through my extended piece.

I made a frame out of Coconut White Card using dies #2 and #4 from the Stitched Square Peg Board Die Set and added it to my woven background using 2mm Foam Tape trimming away the excess with scissors. I matted onto a couple of pieces of Coconut White Card.

I cut the Make a Cake die out of Coconut White Card, Silver Mirror Card and from my 3rd generation background. I coloured the candles using Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade Distress Markers.

I made my flowers from Coconut White and 1st generation background using the Pinwheel Floral Die Set and cut the leaves out of Coconut White Card using the same die set. I added an 8mm White Pearl to the centre of my flower.

I completed my card by adding a 5mm White Pearl to the corners of my frame.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk

Industrial Chic and Oxides

Hi Bloggers.

I have one last sample featuring dies from the Industrial Chic Collection (I do actually have one more but that's for my workshop on Saturday).

For the background, I started by scrunching up a piece of Coconut White Card. I opened it out an touched the peaks of the card with Frayed Burlap Distress Oxide. I misted with water and left it a couple of minutes for the ink to move a little. I then ironed it with my Encaustic Iron to flatten out my card and stop the ink from moving any more. I used the crackle stamp from Lisa Horton's Textures  Stamp Set and stamped it several times on my background using Frayed Burlap Oxide. I distressed the edges of my background with a Woodware Edge Crimper and then edged with Frayed Burlap Oxide using a Smoothie. I matted onto Black Card and then Coconut White Card.

I cut die #1 from the Industrial Chic Background into a strip of Chestnut Card twice. I glued it to a piece of Black Card and then trimmed to fit my background. I glued it in place.

I cut die #3 from the Industrial Chic Frame & Tag Die Set out of Black Card and the Ransom Note Birthday Die out of Chestnut Card.

I completed my card by adding some elements from the Industrial Chic Mixed Essentials cut from Chestnut and Black Card.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk