Monday Sneak Peek

Hi Bloggers.

I thought I'd start sharing some samples from my shows on Hochanda this coming weekend so you can get some idea of what's on offer and start yourself a list!

Here's today's peek -

For the background, I used the cutting edge die and one of the insert dies from the Spellbinders Classic Bracket Edgeabilities Die Set along the bottom edge of a piece of Coconut White Card. I rounded the top 2 corners using a punch. I cut a slightly larger piece of Coconut White Card
and inked it with Mountain Rose Adirondack Dye Ink using a Smoothie.

I cut the largest motif die in the Spellbinders Moroccan Motifs Die Set twice and inked through the die with Mountain Rose. I stacked them on top of each other, offsetting them slightly. I cut a smaller motif out twice and again inked through the die with Mountain Rose. I stacked these too, offsetting them. Finally, I cut one of the tiny dies, inked through the die and added it to the centre.

I stamped the sentiment from CE Tatty's Text Stamp Set using Jet Black Archival. I cut it out using a die from the Spellbinders Victorian Tags Die Set and inked through the die with Mountain Rose. I cut the corresponding fancy die from the same set out of Coconut White Card, inked through the die and stacked them together.

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

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Just a reminder - It's this weekend : Friday 15th January 8pm till Sunday 17th January last chance at 7pm.

John and I are heading over to Hochanda today to meet up with Phill to do a bit of filming! I'm sure you'll see the results soon. Hopefully, I'll get my show times today too. Phill is continuing with his One Day Special today with shows at 9am, 12noon, 4pm and 7pm. There's 10% discount on items I have in stock on my website here till midnight tonight. Free postage on orders £20+ (UK only). Postage to Europe is charged by weight.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
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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
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Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

For the background, I used a piece of Coconut White Card. I'm going to tell you how I would make the background now rather than what I actually did. Since John Lockwood helped me suss out the GC plates in the Platinum, this is the easiest way. I cut one of the insert dies from the Spellbinders Postage Stamp Edgeabilities Dies set towards the right hand side. I left the die in place and added the largest die from the Spellbinders Gold Rectangles One Die Set. I ran this through the emboss sandwich. I left both dies in place and inked all over with Phill Martin Frosty Sky Colour Cloud using a Smoothie.

I cut a rectangle out of Deep Blue Card using Spellbinders 5 x 7 Matting Basics B. I used the other insert die from the Postage Stamp Edgeabilities Die Set to cut and emboss a border down both sides of the rectangular die cut.

I stamped the sentiment from the Creative Expressions Fabulous Sentiments Clear Stamp Set using Cobalt Archival. I cut it out using the middle die in the Spellbinders 5 x 7 Reflective Moment Die Set and inked through the die with Frosty Sky Colour Cloud.

I tied a bow using 2 lengths of Bluebird Satin Ribbon. I cut a little motif out of Coconut White Card using Spellbinders Eyelet Pendants and inked through the die with Frosty Sky Colour Cloud. I added a little Blue Dazzler.

I assembled the card as shown adding a couple of White Pearl Corners and piercing around the edges using my Tim Holtz Ruler, Precision Probe and Piercing Mat.

Just to clarify, when I post cards made up from demo bits and I say that I've used the Grand Calibur for some bits and I've used the Platinum for other bits - it's not because one machine can't do some of the work, I've mainly used the Calibur when out and about so the demo bits are made with that and I'm mainly using the Platinum at home to complete the cards as that's the machine that's on my desk at the moment.

I've had a few people ask about tickets for the demo andsale day that I'm doing with John Lockwood on January 9th. It isn't a ticketed event, it's free to attend. Just turn up any time after 10am to join in the fun. (fun ends at 4pm by the way!) I'm afraid I can't take card payments but happy to accept cash, cheques and you can pay me via paypal if you have the app on your phone or tablet. Let's just hope it doesn't snow!

All for now.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk
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