Thinking of You

Hi Bloggers.

I'm running a workshop locally today with Pixie Powders and Gilding Polishes - should be fun!

Here's today's card -

I started by cutting both dies in the Spellbinders Deco Lux Die Set out of Coconut White Card. I inked through the die with CS Crimson Kiss Colour Cloud using a Smoothie. I cut the largest die only out of Black Card and glued the 2 die cuts together.

I stamped the sentiment from the Creative Expressions Petite Lavish Sentiments Stamp Set onto Coconut White Card using Jet Black Archival. I cut it out using the smallest die in the Spellbinders Fairmont Decorative Elements and inked through the die with Crimson Kiss. I cut a Spellbinders Fairmont Labels die out of Black Card. I cut the middle die in the Fairmont Decorative Elements Set out of Coconut White Card. I cut the corresponding die from the Fairmont Labels Set out of Black Card. I stacked all these die cuts up on top of the Deco Lux background using 3d Foam.

I assembled the card as shown piercing around the edges using my Tim Holtz Ruler, Precision Probe and Piercing Mat.

My latest post on the Spellbinders Blog has been published. You can view it here. It would be lovely if you could pop by and leave a comment.

 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 (14th May) - Sue Wilson Classic Vase Die Set only £2.99!

One Day Special on Hochanda this evening

Hi Bloggers.

Back from an enjoyable weekend at Inspirations in Preston. Thankfully, John and I both had good journeys back to our respective homes yesterday.

I'm launching a Spellbinders One Day Special on Hochanda at 8pm this evening with some beautiful Art Deco dies designed by Stacey Caron who is the co founder of Spellbinders. Hope you can join me.

Here's today's card -

So, for the background, I have used the gorgeous Spellbinders Deco Lux Die Set. I cut both the dies in the set together out of Coconut White Card, I removed the outer die when I ran it through the emboss sandwich and then inked through the die with Summer Sky Colour Cloud using a Smoothie. I then cut the outer die only out Coconut White Card and then glued the 2 die cuts together using Cosmic Shimer Dries Clear Glue.

I stamped one of the foliage stamps from the Justrite A Flower For Your Thoughts Stamp Set onto Coconut White Card using Decadent Teal Colour Cloud applied using a Smoothie. I then added the flower head using Decadent Denim Colour Cloud applied using a Smoothie. I also stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set using Decadent Denim. Now, the stamp set is on the show at a VERY SPECIAL PRICE - so this is your heads up! I have none on my website as I can't match this price so get it while you can. Once stock has gone, there will be no more. To tempt you, you can check out other cards I have made using this lovely stamp set here.

Back to today's card - I cut the stamped image and sentiment out using Spellbinders Fairmont Labels and inked through the die with Summer Sky Colour Cloud. I cut the middle die in the Spellbinders Fairmont Decorative Accents. I cut the corresponding sized die out of the Fairmont Labels die set and inked through the die with Summer Sky. I stacked all these die cuts using 3d Foam.

I tied a bow using 3 lengths of Off White Satin Ribbon and added a Craft Consortium Pearl Heart Charm.

I assembled the card as shown adding some Craft Consortium Pearls to the corners and piercing around the edges using my Tim Holtz Ruler, Precision Probe and Piercing Mat.

I'm offering 10% discount on items I have in stock from my shows. You can find them here. Offer applies till midnight tomorrow night.

Today I will do my very best to get all the website orders out that were placed at the weekend. They'll be processed in the order received so apologies if I don't manage to get them all done.

The winner of the card from Freebie Friday on May 6th is.....................

Tracy w

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

 

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 (9th May) - Phill Martin Leafy Background only £4.99!

 

Wishing you a happy day

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

I started by dusting a piece of Bright White Card with an Anti Static Bag. I inked up the main die in the Spellbinders Houndstooth Die Set with Clear Perfect Medium using a Brayer and ran it through the Spellbinders Platinum Machine with my dusted card using the emboss sandwich. The transferred to the deboss pattern. I dusted Phill Martin Decadent Bamboo Mica Powder over the surface using asoft brush and removed the excess with a dry wet wipe. I cut the background out using the outer die from the same set.

I stamped the sentiment from John Lockwood's Pierced Tag Sentiments Stamp Set onto Bright White Card using Fern Green Archival. I cut it out using the banner die from the Spellbinders Floral Berry Accents Die Set and inked through the die with CS Phill Martin Decadent Bamboo Colour Cloud using a Smoothie.

I cut the corner die from the Floral Berry Accents Die Set , both the leaves and the die that cuts 4 flowers, inking through the dies with Decadent Bamboo Colour Cloud.

I assembled the card as shown adding some Rhinestone Gems and piercing around the edges using my Tim Holtz Ruler, Precision Probe and Piercing Mat.

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 (29th March) - Apple Blossom Spray Stamp Set only £2.99!

One Day Special continues on Hochanda today

Hi Bloggers.

Spellbinders One Day Special shows continue today at 9am, 12noon, 4pmand 7pm - hope you can join me.

Here's today's card -

I cut the main die in the Spellbinders Circle Contempo Decorative Accents Die Set out of one of the patterned papers in the Craft Consortium Wild Rose 12 x 12 Paper Pad, but at the same time I also cut a die from the Spellbinders Labels Fifty Die Set out of the centre. I cut the outside die from the Spellbinders Loopy Card Creator Die Set out of Bright White Card and added my Circle Contempo Die Cut using 3d Foam.

I used my Labels Fifty die cut and cut the #2 die from the Spellbinders Labels 50 Decorative Elements Die Set out of the centre. I glued the remainder of the Labels Fifty die cut back into the aperture in the Circle Contemp die cut and then added the Labels 50 Decorative Elements die cut using 3d Foam taking care to line up the pattern in the paper.

I stamped the sentiment from John Lockwood's Pierced Tag Senttiments Stamp Set onto Bright White Card using Watering Can Archival. I cut it out using #1 die in the Labels 50 Decorative Elements Die Set.

I assembled the card as shown adding some 5mm White Pearls and piercing around the edges using my Tim Holtz Ruler, Precision Probe and Piercing Mat. 

I thought you might like to see the boards I did with all the dies on - they show the dies off much better than the packaging I think.

Labels Fifty -

Labels 50 Decorative Elements -

Labels 50 Decorative Accents -

Floral Berry Accents -

Circle Contempo Decorative Accents -

Circle Contempo Tags -

Loopy Card Creator -

Houndstooth Card Creator -

I have added photos of some of the samples from the One Day Special to the Gallery on this blog (access via the top menu) and to my Julia Watts Crafts Facebook page.

I'm offering 10% discount on items I have on my website from my shows. Discount applies till midnight tonight or while stocks last. You can find them here. 

My website my be temporarily unavailable between 8am and 10am today as my service provider has scheduled maintenance. Hopefully, it won't be too disruptive.

I'm sorry I didn't manage to do a post run yesterday. I will catch up with all of it on Thursday.

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 March) - Rosebud Mini Striplet Stamp only £2.99!

One Day Special on Hochanda this evening

Hi Bloggers.

I'm launching a Spellbinders One Day Special on Hochanda this evening starting at 8pm. I hope you can join me.

Here's today's card made with some of the dies on the show -

For the background, I've used the Spellbinders Loopy 6 x 6 Card Creator Die Set. The main die debosses and embosses only - there are no cuts. I ran that die through the Spellbinders Platinum Machine with a piece of Bright White Card using the embossing sandwich. I then added the outer die (a very useful 6 x 6 square die) and ran it through with the cut sandwich. I removed the outer die and inked through the remaining die with Phill Martin CS Chic Pumpkin Colour Cloud using a Smoothie.

I stamped the sentiment from Phill's Mini Baroque Inspirational Sentiments Stamp Set onto Bright White Card using Chic Pumpkin Colour Cloud applied using a Smoothie. I cut if out using #2 die (where #1 is the smallest) from the Spellinders Labels 50 Decorative Elements Die Set and inked through the die with Chic Pumpkin.

I cut the #3 die from the Labels 50 Decorative Elements Die Set out of Bright White Card. I covered it with Clear Perfect Medium and dusted Phill's CS Chic Pumpkin Mica Powder over it.

I cut the flower corner and some little flowers out of Bright White Card using the Spellbinders Floral Berry Accents Die Set. I covered the flower corner with Clear Perfect Medium and added Chic Pumpkin Mica Powder. I inked through the die on the flowers.

I assembled the card as shown adding some 3mm White Pearls, a 5mm White Pearl and piercing around the edges using my Tim Holtz Ruler, Precision Probe and Piercing Mat.

The Pixie Powders and the Brilliant Sparkle Embossing Powders are due this morning. I have added them to my website (just click on the highlighted text). I have ordered 9 of the colours of the new CS Metallic Gilding Polish, 3 weren't in stock when I ordered last night. They should appear on my website in the next day or so.

I'm offering 10% discount on items I have on my website from my One Day Special. Discount applies till midnight tomorrow or while stocks last. You can find them here. I do my very best to have as much in stock as I can but please understand that it's very hard to predict just how high demand will be and so sometimes the stock disappears very quickly.

The winner of Freebie Friday on March 18th is.....................

wendy

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

Hope to see you later!

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 (22nd March) - John Lockwood Butterfly Dreams Stamp Set only £8.99!

Sneak Peek

Hi Bloggers.

Today I'm sharing a sneak peek from tomorrow night's Spellbinders One Day Special on Hochanda.

You may notice that this card features some yummy paper - this is from the Craft Consortium Wild Rose 12 x 12 Paper Pad. I think that may even be more popular than the English Garden 12 x 12 Paper Pad - so be warned!

I use the outer die from the Spellbinders Loopy Card Creator Die Set to cut the paper for my background.

I cut the largest die in the Spellbinders Circle Contempo Decorative Accents Die Set out of Bright White Card. I added this to my background paper using 3d Foam Pads.

I chose another paper from the pad with small roses on it and cut the smallest die from the Spellbinders Labels Fifty Die Set 4 times and added the die cuts to the corners.

I stamped the sentiment from John Lockwood's Pierced Tag Sentiments onto Bright White Card using Watering Can Archival. Icut it out using Spellbinders Circle Contempo Tags. I cut the corresponding larger die from the same set out of patterned paper.

I cut a Spellbinders Labels Fifty Die out of Bright White Card, a Spellbinders Labels 50 Decorative Accents Die out of patterned paper, another Labels Fifty Die out of Bright White Card and a Spellbinders Labels 50 Decorative Elements Die out of patterned paper. I stacked them all up using 3d Foam.

I assembled the card as shown adding some 3mm White Pearls and piercing around the edges using my Tim Holtz Ruler, Precision Probe and Piercing Mat.

John Lockwood continues with his One Day Special on Hochanda today with shows at 9am, 12noon, 4pm and 7pm with part 2 of his new Blossom Collection. I'm offering 10% discount on items I have on my website from the shows. Discount applies till midnight tonight or while stocks last. You can find them here. 

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 (21st March) - Creative Expressions Eighties Betty Stamp Set only £7.99!

Have a Truly Fabulous Day!

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card using up some demo bits -

More bits from my demo box today. The decorative border at the bottom is from a Hochanda show. It's cut using Spellbinders Classic Postage Edge Edgeabilities and Classic Ric Rac Edgeabilities. I used a paper from Phill's Decadent Damask 8 x 8 Paper Pad and cut a decorative edge using Spellbinders Classic Bracket Edgeabilities.

I stamped the sentiment from the Creative Expressions Fabulous Sentiments Stamp Set onto Coconut White Card using Plum Archival. I cut it out using Spellbinders Labels 49 Decorative Accents. I cut the corresponding sized die in the Spellbinders Labels 49 Die Set out of Rich Plim Card. I cut the largest die in the Spellbinders Fancy Ribbon Threader Die Set out of Coconut White Card and threaded Raisin Satin Ribbon through the holes and slits.

I tied a bow using 2 lengths of the wider ribbon in the pack. I added a flower from my bit box which was made out of Mauve Card using Spellbinders Flower Play. I added CS Dries Clear Glue and then CS Iced Snow Glitter Jewels.

A couple of corners from my bit box which were cut using Spellbinders Lace Doily Accents.

I assembled the card as shown piercing around the edges using my Tim Holtz Ruler, Precision Probe and Piercing Mat.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk
Free card on all website orders (ask for one in the comments box at checkout).
Deal of the Day today (3rd January) - Wild Rose Studio Oval Flower Die only £9.99!