My Blog Has Moved!

Hi Bloggers.

My Blog has now moved over to Wordpress and no more new posts will be added here. All the existing content will remain on here but it will not be updated.

Please follow my new Blog - https://juliawattscraftsblog.wordpress.com/

Thank you.

Julia

New Zealand Background with Gilding Flakes

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

This is so simple to construct, using Gilding Flakes. You can swap the Gilding Flakes for glitter or any medium you like - paints, pixie powders, misters, acetate backgrounds, printed background papers, anything!

For this one, I have simply cut all the layers in the New Zealand Background, added Double Sided Self Adhesive Sheet to the back and then rubbed Gilding Flakes on the front. Very straight forward so just a list of ingredients today -

Products used -
Sue Wilson Dies - New Zealand Background, Double Pierced Background Rectangles, Classic Foldover Flowers, Blossoming Branch, Pierced Flags
Woodware Double Sided Self Adhesive Sheet
CS Harvest Moon Gilding Flakes
Woodware - Vintage Pocket Watches (sentiment)
Clear Perfect Medium
CS Bright Gold Detail Embossing Powder
Ivory Felt
Self Adhesive Pearls - Cream 3mm
CE Mounting Cushion
CS Glue
Card - Milk, Antique Gold Pearl

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk
Free card with all website orders over £10 (Add a note to your order in your cart).

Freebie Friday

Hi Bloggers.

Freebie Friday is back! Here's the first card of the year that needs a new home -

 You can read how this card was made in this post.

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

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.

I am moving my blog from Blogger to Wordpress. Tomorrow's post will go live here on Blogger and on Wordpress. From Sunday onwards, hopefully, posts will only be added to Wordpress. I've moved a whole bunch of content over there. Everything will stay here should you wish to refer to really old posts. My new blog address is juliawattscraftsblog.wordpress.com

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk
Free card with all website orders over £10 (Add a note to your order in your cart). 

Happy Hour Background Panels

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

Another really easy card to make. I cut 3 strips of Coconut White Card. I cut the central panel from the Happy Hour Background into each one. I matted them all onto Black Card.

I embossed a piece of Coconut White Card using the Couture Creations Velvet Tea Lights Embossing Folder. I matted onto Black Card and then another piece of Coconut White Card.

I cut the sentiments from the 3D Cosmopolitan Cocktail Die Set out of Black Card.

I completed my card by adding a 5mm Black Pearl to each corner of my embossed background, edging with CS Glue and adding CS Crystal Chips.

Jane Gill has shows on Hochanda today at 8am, 12noon and 4pm. I'm offering 10% discount on items from the shows. You can find them here. Please enter JANEGILL in the discount code box at checkout to activate your discount. Offer applies till midnight tonight or while stocks last.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk
Free card with all website orders over £10 (Add a note to your order in your cart).

New Zealand Background with Misters

Hi Bloggers.

Today's card features the New Zealand Background -

I started by misting a piece of Watercolour Card with Aqua Lagoon, Golden Mint and Egyptian Blue CS Misters.

I cut dies #5 and #6 from the New Zealand Background Die Set into a piece of Coconut White Card. I added a die from the Double Pierced Background Rectangle Die Set. I trimmed my misted background to slightly smaller than my die cut and glued the pieced together. I slotted die #4 into the aperture and cut to create a frame.

I then cut die #3 into another piece of Coconut White Card. I glued my waste piece from the previous step at the back of it. I added my large background piece to it using CE Mounting Cushion and added a frame cut from Coconut White Card using the Double Pierced Background Rectangle Die Set. I matted onto Coconut White Card, another piece of Coconut White Card inked with Fresh Grass Colour Cloud and a final piece of Coconut White Card.

I stamped the sentiment from the Woodware Imagine Verse Stamp Set onto Coconut White Card  using Vivid Chartreuse Archival. I cut it out using die #2 from the New Zealand Background.

I made some flowers out of Coconut White Card and more of my misted background using the Spiral Flower Die Set and added an 8mm White Pearl to the centre of each flower.

I cut a couple of pairs of foliage out of Coconut White Card using the Blossoming Branch Die Set. I cut the little flowers out of more of my misted background. I added a little CS Crystal Sparkle PVA to the centre of each little flower.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk

Scattered Leaves Background and Pixie Powders on Acetate

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

The background on this one is one of my favourite techniques with Pixie Powders. To recap - 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 Aqua Lagoon, Golden Mint and Ancient Copper 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 cut dies #3 and #4 together from the Scattered Leaves Background into a piece of Coconut White Card. I added a die from the Pierced Background Rectangle Die Set and cut. I trimmed by background to fit behind the the die cut and glued into place. I waited a while for the glue to set and then slotted die #3 in the centre and cut. I matted onto a couple of pieces of Coconut White Card using a couple of layers of CE Mounting Cushion.

I cut dies #1 and #2 together out of Coconut White Card and added the remaining piece of my acetate background behind it. I glued it in place in the aperture of my frame.

I stamped the sentiment from the Creative Expressions Petite Lavish Sentiments Stamp Set onto Coconut White Card using Vivid Chartreuse Archival Ink. I cut it out using Pierced Flags. I shaped it and tucked it into the side of my frame.

I have loaded the Milton Keynes Workshops for 2018 onto my website. Guests this year include Leonie Pujol, Lisa Horton, Francoise Read, Jane Gill and Phill Martin. I'll be doing a few workshops on my own including one purely on background techniques. You can find all the workshops here.

Yesterday, I added quite a few products to the pre-loved section of my website - you can find them here. Also, just to give you a heads up - out Big Sale ends tomorrow at 5pm. You can see hundreds of items at reduced prices here.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk

Cosmopolitan Cocktail Celebration

Hi Bloggers.

Happy New Year to you all!

A bit of a two-fer for you today as I have included the card I demoed at the bottom of this post -

For the background, I stamped one of the images from the Festive Flurry Celebrations Stamp Set onto Coconut White Card several times using Jet Black Archival. I then misted quite closely with Scarlet Sunrise CS Ink Spray Mist.

I cut the largest 2 dies in the Portuguese Background Die Set into a piece of Coconut White Card. I added a Double Pierced Background Rectangle to cut them out. I misted a piece of Coconut White Card with Scarlet Sunrise Mister. I glued it to the back of my frame. I slotted die #5 back into the frame and cut. I added to my background using Woodware Foam Tape.

I matted onto a piece of Coconut White Card then Black Card and then another piece of Coconut White.

I made up a cocktail glass using the 3D Cosmopolitan Die Set. I added CS Glue and CS Crystal Chips Glitter Jewels to the top of the Acetate on the glass.

I stamped the sentiment from the Cheers to You Stamp Set using Jet Black Archival. I cut it out using the Pierced Flags Die Set, switching the 'v' of the flag to make it double-ended.

Here's the version I made on air - I had to improvise a bit as we'd sold out of the Cheers to You Stamp Set and I had made this card with Milk Card rather than Coconut White so had to stamp onto a piece of misted card. The frame is made using the Double Stitched Rectangles, the banner from the Stitched Flags, the sentiment is from Lisa's Festive Flurry Celebrations Stamp Set and I've used Marigold CS Ink Spray Mist -

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk
Free card with all website orders over £10 (Add a note to your order in your cart).