Wooden Garden Cart

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

The background on this one is actually made up from waste ink on my Craft Sheet and on a mini stencil. The waste ink that was mopped up from my Craft Sheet was Vintage Photo and Fired Brick Distress Oxides. I had inked through the Creative Expressions Vintage Diamond Mini Stencil with Vintage Photo Oxide on another project I misted the stencil with water and pressed it into my card - you canjust make it out on the background. I edged my background with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide using a Smoothie. I matted onto Dark Roast Coffee Card and then Coconut White Card.

I cut the Wooden Garden Cart out of Cinnamon Card twice. I inked through the die on one of them with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide. I cut away the top section of the inked one so that I could slot my veggies in. On the other one, I cut away the handles and the wheel, just to make it earier to layer up.

I cut some vegetables out of Coconut White Card using the Wooden Garden Cart Die Set. I coloured them using Pixie Powders - Burnt Orange, Lava Red and Pale Olive.

I added my veg to the cart and added the top layer using small pieces of CE Mounting Cushion.

I cut the sentiment from the Life is a Garden Die Set out of Cinnamon Card and out of Dark Roast Coffee Card. I trimmed the bottom of the swirl off and glued the 2 die cuts together, offsetting them to create a drop shadow.

I misted a piece of Coconut White Card with water. I sprinkled Burnt Orange, Straw Yellow and Bronze Blush Pixie Powders over and put aside to dry. Once dry, I cut a pair of Sycamore Branch out of it and the little leaves in the set out of it a couple of times.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk

3 ways with Cascading Leaves

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

I started by creating a Pixie Powder background. I spritzed a piece of Coconut White Card with water and then sprinkled Pale Olive Pixie Powder over. I added a little more water and put aside to dry.

I cut die #2 from the Cascading Leaves Die Set into a piece of Coconut White Card to create an aperture. Once my Pixie Powder background was dry, I trimmed it to slightly smaller than my Coconut White Card with the aperture in it and glued the 2 pieces together. I matted it onto a piece of Dark Roast Coffee Card and onto another piece of Coconut White.

I cut both the dies in the Cascading Leaves set out of Dark Roast Coffee Card. I glued the frame piece into the aperture.

I selected 2 of the leaves and cut the same ones out of some spare Pixie Powder background. I glued them together, offsetting them slightly to create a drop shadow.

I cut the sentiment from the Life is a Garden Die Set and added to the top left-hand side of my card.

Over on my website I'm offering 30% off all the items in the Christmas Category. You can find them here. Please enter CHRISTMAS in the discount code box at checkout to activate your discount. Offer applies till midnight on Monday 18th December or while stocks last.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk

Autumn Hues

Hi Bloggers.

This was a demo card in a different colourway than my original card so I thought I would give it a day on the the blog -

For the background, I ran a piece of Coconut White Card through the Spellbinders Platinum Machine with the the Creative Expressions Eternal Ivy Embossing Folder. I matted onto Black Card and then onto a Coconut White Card blank. I edged with Phill Martin's CS Chic Pumpkin Twinkles and put aside to dry.

I misted a piece of Watercolour Card with water and added CS Pixie Powders in Straw Yellow, Burnt Orange and Aubergine Dream and put aside to dry.

I cut dies #3 and #4 together from Sue Wilson's Swirly Vine Background out of Black Card. Once my PP background was dry, I cut die #4 from it and added it to the black decorative die cut.

For the central leaf, I added CS to a piece of Heat Emboss Acetate. I added the same 3 Pixie Powders. I misted with a little water. I scrunched up a piece of White Tissue Paper, opened it and added it to the background. I tapped it down using a piece of Kitchen Roll and put aside to dry. Once completely dry, I cut the largest solid leaf from Sue's Autumn Leaf Trio Die Set. I cut the corresponding open leaf die from the same set out of Coconut White Card.

I finished my card by adding a Small Black Circle Dazzler to each corner of my embossed background.

You can see the original card in its original colourway here.

Lisa Horton is launching a One Day Special on Hochanda tonight at 8pm. I'm offering 10% discount on items I have in stock on my website from the shows. You can find them here. Offer applies till midnight tomorrow night or while stocks last. Discount will be applied at checkout.


Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk
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With Love and Best Wishes

Hi Bloggers.

Had a great day yesterday. It was getting dark by the time I got home so I will try and take some pics today and post them tomorrow. Of course, having most of the day off meant I had to work late last night instead - oh well!

Here's today's card - another sneak peek from the One Day Special I'm launching on Hochanda on Wednesday evening.

 For the background, I stamped the Justrite Autumn Swirls Background onto Black Card using Clear Perfect Medium and embossed with CS Gold Detail Embossing Powder. I trimmed it, edged it with CS Autumn Twinkles (just gorgeous!) and put aside to dry.

I stamped the sentiment from Phill Martin's Butterfly Elegance Sentiments Stamp Set using Clear Perfect Medium and embossed with Gold Detail Embossing Powder. I cut it out using die #2 from Sue Wilson's Swirly Vine Background Die Set, edged it with CS Autumn Twinkles and put aside to dry. I cut die #4 from the same set our of Black Card and dies #3 and #4 out of Antique Gold Pearl Card.

I made a flower out of Antique Gold Pearl Card using Sue's Cape Daisy Die Set and added a Small Black Circle Dazzler. I cut some leaves out of Black Card using Sue's Olive Branch Die Set. I cut a couple of leaves out of Antique Gold Pearl Card using Sue's Swirly Leaf Trio Die Set.

I assembled the card as shown adding a 5mm Black Pearl to the corners and piercing around the edges using my Tim Holtz Ruler, Precision Probe and Piercing Mat. 

John Lockwood is continuing with a One Day Special on Hochanda today with shows at 9am, 12noon, 4pm and 7pm. I'm offering 10% discount on items I have in stock on my website from the shows. You can find them here. Discount applies till midnight tonight or while stocks last. Discount will be applied at checkout.

The winner of the card from Freebie Friday on November 25th is.................

Sue MacFall

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

Before I go, just a reminder that Phill Martin is opening his new re-located Nottingham Store next Sunday (4th December). The man himself, Chloe Endean, John Lockwood and myself will all be demoing on the day.

Thanks for stopping by.

 Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk
Free card with all website orders (ask for one in the comments box at checkout).
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Birthday Wishes

Hi Bloggers.

A bit of Fire & Ice today -

For the background, I cut the 3 decorative dies from Sue Wilson's Swirly Vine Background out of the same piece of Black Card, leaving a border around the outide edge. To make cutting easier, I cut 1 die at a time.

Next, I popped a piece of Creative Expressions Double Sided Self Adhesive Sheet onto the front of the die cut. I turned over to reveal the adhesive and added CS Autumn Leaves Gilding Flakes. I removed the excess using a piece of Rubit Scrubit.

I turned over and removed the other backing sheet. I added CS Iced Snow Glitter Jewels. I used a die from Sue's Double Pierced Squares to neaten the edges and matted onto Antique Copper Pearl Card.

I stamped the sentiment from Phill Martin's Scribbled Frame Sentiments Stamp Set onto Black Card using Clear Perfect Medium and embossed using CS Gold Detail Embossing Powder (seems to show up better than Ancient Copper). I cut out using Sue's Stitched Flags and cut the next sized die in the set out of Antique Copper Pearl Card.

I popped another piece of Double Sided Self Adhesive Sheet onto a piece of Black Card. I removed the other backing sheet and added CS Autumn Leaves Gilding Flakes. I removed the excess using a piece of Rubit Scrubit. I then cut all 4 sizes of flower from Sue's Cape Daisy Die Set. I glued them together, offsetting them and added an 8mm Black Pearl. I cut the 2 smaller leaves from Sue's Swirly Leaf Trio out of Black Card and out of Antique Copper Pearl Card.

I assembled the card as shown adding an 8mm Black Pearl to the corners and piercing around the edges using my Tim Holtz Ruler, Precision Probe and Piercing Mat. 

Lisa Horton is launching a One Day Special on Hochanda this evening at 8pm. I'm offering 10% discount on items I have in stock on my website from the shows. You can find them here. Offer applies till midnight tomorrow night or while stocks last. Discount will be applied at checkout.

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 (23rd November) -  Spellbinders Card Creator : Houndstooth only £9.99!

Falling Leaves

Hi.

This evening I have an Autumn card to share. It's made with the new Creative Expressions Falling Leaves stamp set.

First I made the backing paper for the tree. It was made by scrunching up a poly bag and then inking it up with distress ink and then pressing it onto the card. I used Scattered Straw, Crushed Olive and Tea Dye. I made sure that the ink was dry before I stamped the tree in Perfect Medium. I embossed the image with Cosmic Shimmer Lapis Black Aurora Embossing Powder. This is a gorgeous powder which looks a different colour depending on the angle you look at it.

I distressed the edges of the card with scissors and then inked them with Scattered Straw Distress Ink. I then mounted this onto rust card then brown card and did some paper piercing using the Tim Holtz ruler.

I followed the same method for the sentiment (from the Creative Expressions stamp set Seasonal Flora).

For the large background I used a piece of glossy white card. I stamped the vine leaves from the stamp set in perfect medium and then used a heat tool to dry the ink. I then used Wild Honey, Scattered Straw and Tea Dye distress ink with Cut & dry foam to make the images 'pop out'. I distressed the edges again and this time edged with Crushed Olive instead. Again I used rust and dark brown card for the layers but omitted the paper piercing.

I stamped one of the leaves from the stamp set onto clear shrink plastic with green StazOn. I cut the leaf out carefully and punched a hole near the top. I then shrank it using my heat tool.

I made a bow with some brown satin ribbon and wrapped some yellow baker's twine around it. I attached the shrink plastic charm to the twine with 2 gold jump rings.
I attached the bow to the card with some Cosmic Shimmer dries clear PVA and added a brown ribbon with some more yellow baker's twine threaded through it.

I hope you like the card.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.


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