Love

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

I started by creating a Pixie Powder background - I used Coconut White Card for this one and CS Pixie Powders in Aqua Lagoon and Aubergine Dream.

I cut the largest die from Sue Wilson's Swiss Background Die Set with the next sized die from Sue's Double Pierced Background Rectangles Die Set out of Coconut White Card. I trimmed a piece from my PP background and added to the the back of my die cut. I cut the next sized Double Pierced Background Rectangle out of Coconut White Card and added it to a Coconut White Card blank.

I cut dies #4 and #5 from Sue's Swiss Background out of Coconut White Card. I cut die #5 out of my PP background and glued the 2 die cuts together.

I cut the 2 larger dies together from the corner in Sue's Swiss Corner, Border & Tag Die Set out of Coconut White Card. I cut the largest of the dies out of my PP background and glued the 2 pieces together. Once 100% dry, I popped the smallest die in the centre and cut to create a frame. I masked off the 'With' in the 'With Love' sentiment from the Woodware Blooming Heart Stamp Set, inked up with Cobalt Archival, removed the mask and stamped onto Coconut White Card. I added my frame using 3D Foam Pads.

No flowers on this one but you could easily add some.

New stock is due in this morning. I'm making some progress. You can find new Woodware stamps here, new Phill Martin Chalkboard Essentials Collection here and new John Lockwood stamps here. I have new CS Polished Silk Glitter, Glitter Jewels and Brilliant Sparkle Embossing Powders to add plus some new Mini Stencils, MDF and Pop-ems (Greyboard) to match some of Lisa's Horton's new stamps.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk
Free card with all website orders over £10 (ask for one in the comments box at checkout).
Deal of the Day today (28th February) - Sue Wilson Lavish Accented Design Noble Die Set only £15.99!

Woodware One Day Special Shows continue today

Hi Bloggers.

One Day Special Shows continue today at 9am, 12noon, 4pm and 7pm - but will the stock last?We shall see! Hope you can join me.

I have a final two-fer for you today with a birdy theme.

Here's your first card -

I started by stamping the Woodware Old Letter Stamp onto Coconut White Card using Jet Black Archival. I made sure the ink was dry and then dusted with my Anti-Static Bag. I stamped the Woodware Special Bird using Clear Perfect Medium and embossed with CS Black Detail Embossing Powder. I coloured in using Pixie Powders. I used Straw Yellow, Burnt Orange, Lava Red and Emerald Green with a little Midnight Sky Mixer to make a darker green. I edged the piece with Chic Pumpkin Colour Cloud using a Smoothie and matted onto Black Card.

I stamped one of the sentiments that come with the Special Bird into the bottom right-hand corner of another piece of Coconut White Card. I edged the piece with Chic Pumpkin, matted onto Black Card and then onto a Coconut White Card blank.

Here's your second card -

For the background, I stamped the Woodware Splatters Stamp onto Bright White Card twice using Coffee Archival. I matted onto Chestnut Card and wrapped some Jute Twine around.

I stamped the main image from the Woodware Owl Love Stamp Set onto another piece of Bright White Card using a Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad. I also stamped one of the sentiments from the set. I coloured in using Graphmaster Pens. For the left-hand owl, I used 36, 104 and 101 with WG1 in the eyes and 37, 32 and 24 for the beak. For the right-hand owl, I used 103, 93 and 96 with WG1 in the eyes and 37, 32 and 24 for the beak. I used 100, 102 and 98 for the branch and 48, 59 and 47 for the leaves.

I scribbled around the edges using a Brown Pigma Micron Pen and matted the piece onto Chestnut Card.

I finished my card by adding a 5mm White Pearl to the corners of my background.

Hope you can catch the shows today.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk
Free card with all website orders over £10 (ask for one in the comments box at checkout).
Deal of the Day today (13th February) - Sue Wilson Australian Corner, Border & Tag only £14.99!

Woodware One Day Special on Hochanda this evening

Hi Bloggers.

In case you don't know, I'm launching a One Day Special on Hochanda this evening at 8pm with some fabulous Woodware Stamps. I am so excited that Woodware are now part of the Creative Expressions family and that I get to do the first shows since they joined the family. I tried to choose a good cross section of stamps for the shows, sadly I couldn't bring all my favourites (far too many!) but I hope you love the selection as much as I do.

I have another three-fer for you today! With a flowery theme.

Here's your first card -

I started by spritzing a piece of Coconut White Card with water. I sprinkled with CS Straw Yellow Pixie Powder and put aside to dry. Once dry, I dusted with an Anti-Static Bag and stamped the Woodware Cone Flower using Clear Perfect Medium and embossed with CS Black Detail Embossing Powder.

I coloured in using Pixie Powders. I added a little Straw Yellow to a Palette and added some water to make a paint. I used this to colour the petals on the flowers. I then added a little Midnight Sky Mixer to the Straw Yellow to make a brown and coloured the centres of the flowers. I added a little Emerald Green Pixie Powder to another well in the Palette and added water to make a paint. I mixed in a little Midnight Sky Mixer Pixie Powder to make a darker green and used it to colour the leaves. I cut around the frame and matted onto Black Card.

I stamped the sentiment from the Woodware Into the Woods Stamp Set using Clear Perfect Medium in the bottom left-hand side of a piece of Coconut White Card. I added CS Black Detail Embossing Powder and heat set. I matted this onto Black Card and then onto a Coconut White Card blank.

Here's your second card -

This card features the Woodware Tulip Patch. This stamp lends itself to paper piecing really well. I've stamped it onto a piece of Coconut White Card using Jet Black Archival and cut it out using Sue Wilson's Double Pierced Squares Set B. I stamped it onto some patterned papers from Phill Martin's Blossom 8 x 8 Paper Pad. I cut the pieces out and glued them onto the plain stamped image. I cut another Double Pierced Square out of the plain side of a paper from Phill's paper pad and popped bith layers onto a Coconut White Card blank.

On the inside of my card, I stamped one of the sentiments from the Woodware Hand Drawn Sentiments Stamp Set using Jet Black Archival.

Here's your third card -

For the background, I inked up the Woodware Old Letter Stamp with Chic Pumpkin, Chic Magenta and Chic Aubergine Colour Clouds applied using Smoothies. I stamped into Coconut White Card and inked around the edges with Chic Aubergine.

I made sure the ink was dry and then dusted with an Anti-Static Bag. I stamped the main image from the Woodware Bubble Flower : Curly Sue Stamp Set using Clear Perfect Medium and embossed with CS Black Detail Embossing Powder.

I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set using Clear Perfect Medium and embossed with CS Black Detail Powder. I matted onto Black Card and then onto a Coconut White Card blank.

I added CS PVA in Chic Magenta, Chic Aubergine and Chic Magenta to the circles on the stamped image.

I'm offering 10% discount on items I have in stock from the shows. You can find them here. Offer applies till midnight tomorrow night or while stocks last. Discount will be applied at checkout. Please be patient with me this week - I will try and drop some orders off at the Post Office on my way out today but I won't be able to get any more orders off till probably Wednesday as I'm obviously at the studios tomorrow and Tuesday is my Mom's birthday so I'm heading off to see her on that day. Many apologies if your order is delayed.

I've loaded photos of the samples I've made to the Gallery Section of this Blog and to my Julia Watts Crafts Facebook Page.

See you later.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk
Free card with all website orders over £10 (ask for one in the comments box at checkout).
Deal of the Day today (12th February) - Creative Expressions Butterfly Splash Clear Stamp Set only £7.99!

 

Thursday Sneak Peek

Hi Bloggers.

I have another sneak peek from Sunday night's One Day Special on Hochanda and another two-fer! Today's cards feature the Woodware Blooming Heart designed by Francoise Read.

Very simple to achieve this. I dusted a piece of Kraft Card with an Anti-Static Bag and stamped the heart using Clear Perfect Medium. I added CS True White Detail Embossing Powder and heat set. I cut it out using die #6 from Sue Wilson's Double Pierced Squares Set B and also cut die #6 from Sue's Double Pierced Squares out of Bright White Card.

I cut die #8 from Sue's Double Pierced Squares Set B out of Kraft Card. I dusted it using an Anti-Static Bag and stamped the sentiment from the Woodware Special Bird Stamp Set using Clear Perfect Medium. I added True White Detail Embossing Powder - I did not heat set just yet. I stamped the little bubbles stamp that comes with the Blooming Heart around the edges of the square using Clear Perfect Medium, added True White Powder and heat set the lot.

I popped my design onto a card blank and added some 5mm White Pearls to the image section.

Here's your second card -

For this one, I stamped the heart onto Bright White Card using Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. I've coloured in using Graphmaster Pens. I've used Reds 12, 10 and 11 on some of the flowers and Reds 10 11 and 2 on the others. For the leaves, i used Greens 59 49 and 43. I cut the image out using die #6 from Sue's Double Pierced Squares Set B and also die #6 from Sue's Double Pierced Squares out of Rich Red Card.

For the background, I stamped a couple of the flowers that come with in the Blooming Heart set randomly onto Bright White Card using Tuxedo Black Memento and coloured in the same way as the main image. I added this to a Bright White Card blank.

I stamped the sentiment that comes in the same set onto Bright White Card using Tuxedo Black Memento. I cut it out using Justrite A2 Card Front Basics and cut a larger die from the same set out of Rich Red Card.

Hope you've enjoyed today's two-fer sneak peek. Please pop back tomorrow for another (Freebie Friday is having a week off).

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk
Free card with all website orders over £10 (ask for one in the comments box at checkout).
Deal of the Day today (9th February) - Sue Wilson Frames & Tags Collection - Doodle Rose Wreath only £4.99!

Wednesday Sneak Peek

Hi Bloggers.

I thought I would start showing you some sneak peeks from the One Day Special that I'm launching on Hochanda on Sunday evening. I have some lovely Woodware stamps on the shows. Woodware are now part of the Creative Expressions Family and I was asked to choose some of my favourite stamps for a One Day Special. Of course, I chose far too many (of course) as I love Woodware stamps so we had to leave some out but I hope you enjoy what I have chosen.

For your first sneak peek, I've used the Woodware Love Collage Stamp designed by Francoise Read. I adore this stamp, it's stunning! It does all the work for you - you don't need to do anything clever with it at all 😊.

I have a couple of simple samples for you (and they're proper cards, as are ALL of the samples I've made for Sunday - get me!) -

Background - Straw Yellow Pixie Powder on Coconut White Card (it's much easier to stamp onto Coconut White Card than onto Watercolour Card). When 100% dry, I dusted with Anti-Static Bag, stamped the Woodware Love Collage using Clear Perfect Medium and embossed using CS Gold Detail Embossing Powder. Sentiment is from Woodware Special Bird, stamped as before.

I've painted the butterfly with the Straw Yellow Pixie Powder. I edged the background with Clear Perfect Medium and embossed with Gold Detail Powder.  I matted onto Black Card and then onto my Coconut White Card blank.

I finished the card off by adding some dots of Phill Martin CS New Gold PVA.

Here's your second card -

Slight variation on the first card. This time I used Lava Red Pixie Powder on then embossed with CS Black Detail Embossing Powder.

I stamped and embossed the section with the Butterfly out a second time, cut the butterfly out and painted it with Lava Red Pixie Powder. I shaped the wings and added it to the butterfly on the background.

The sentiment is from the Woodware Blooming Heart Stamp Set, cut out using Justrite A2 Card Front Basics.

I'll be back tomorrow with another sneak peek.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk
Free card with all website orders over £10 (ask for one in the comments box at checkout).
Deal of the Day today (8th February) - Spellbinders Shapeabilities - Twisted Palm Die only £7.99!

Birthday Wishes

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

I started by creating a Pixie Powder background. I used a piece of Watercolour Card. I spritzed with water and then sprinkled over some Spearmint and Burnt Orange Pixie Powder.

I cut one of the dies from Sue Wilson's Linear Elegance Edger Die Set into a piece of Coconut White Card 7 times. I glued it to my Pixie Powder Background using CS Glue.

I made a frame out of Coconut White Card using Sue's Double Pierced Background Rectangle Die Set. I added it to my background using 3D Foam Tape and trimmed away the excess using scissors.

I stamped the sentiment from Phill Martin's Scribbled Frame Sentiments onto Coconut White Card using Jet Black Archival. I cut it out using Sue's Stitched Flags and another the next size up.

I made some flowers out of my Pixie Powder Background and Coconut White Card using Sue's Striped Nasturtium Die Set. 

I cut some leaves out of Coconut White Card using Sue's Lace Edged Leaves Die Set. I also cut Sue's Beaded Swirl Flourish and snipped it into 2 pieces.

I completed my card adding an 8mm White Pearl to the centre of my flowers and the corners of my frame. I also added a couple of Coconut White Card mats.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk
Free card with all website orders over £10 (ask for one in the comments box at checkout).
Deal of the Day today (7th February) - Sue Wilson Frames & Tags : Emma only £9.99!

Happy Birthday

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

For the background, I started by cutting Sue Wilson's Classic Weaving Die out of Coconut White Card and ran it through the Spellbinders Platinum Machine. I cut Sue's Striped Weaving Die out of Aqua Card and out of Custard Card. I glued the Custard die cut, just at the ends, to the Aqua one, setting it to fill in the gaps. I split the striped piece into strips 4 wide - 1 aqua, 2 custard, 1 aqua. I wove these through the Classic die cut.

I made a frame out of Custard and Aqua Card using Sue's Ornate Pierced Squares Die Set. I added it to my woven background using 3D Foam and trimmed away the excess using scissors.

 I cut die #4 from Sue's Madeleine Die Set out of Custard Card. I cut dies #3 and #4 from the same set out of Aqua Card and glued the 2 die cuts together. I cut the Justrite Happy Birthday Sentiment Die out of Coconut White Card.

I cut Sue's Daisy Cluster Die Set out Coconut White and Custard Card. The centres are cut from Aqua Card using a die from Sue's Exquisiste Poppy Die Set.

I completed my card, adding some mats of all the colours of card used and some 8mm White Pearls.

The winner of the card from Freebie Friday on 3rd February is ....................

Marion Scott

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

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk
Free card with all website orders over £10 (ask for one in the comments box at checkout).
Deal of the Day today (6th February) - Stampendous Cling Rubber Stamp - Sailboats only £7.99!

Belated Birthday Wishes

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

I've been using up some demo bits again on this card.

For the background, I spread some CS Clear Texture Paste through the Triangular Mask onto Coconut White Card. Leaving the mask in place, I sprinkled some CS Mica Powders over - I used Graceful Pink, Graceful Lilac and Graceful Mint. I removed the mask and put aside to dry.

Once dry, I made a frame out of Coconut White Card using Sue Wilson's Double Pierced Squares and Double Pierced Squares Set B. I added it to my background using 3D Foam Tape and trimmed away the excess using scissors.

I stamped the Creative Expressions Garden Song Stamp onto Coconut White Card using Jet Black Archival. I coloured in using Colour Clouds - I used Pretty In Pink, Lilac Whisper and Chic Moss. I cut out using the largest die in Sue's Bora Bora Die Set.

I coloured a piece of Coconut White Card with Pretty in Pink Colour Cloud using a Smoothie. I cut 3 sizes of Sue's Orange Blossom Complete Petals out of it twice. I cut the corresponding Orange Blossom Open Petals out of Coconut White Card. I added a little glue to the centres of the pink die cuts only and added the white open die cuts. I shaped them a little and made my flowers adding an 8mm White Pearl to the centres. I cut a pair of leaves out of Coconut White Card using Lace Edged Leaves.

I completed my card by adding a couple of Coconut White Card mats and an 8mm Pink Dazzler from the Pink Dazzler Collection to the corners of my frame.

Phill Martin is continuing with his 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. Offer applies till midnight tonight 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 over £10 (ask for one in the comments box at checkout).
Deal of the Day today (5th February) - Creative Expressions Large Embossing Folder - Blossom Brocade only £6.99!