Thank You

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

For the background, I popped a few drops of Flamingo, Amethyst and Limeade Alcohol Inks onto a piece of felt on an Alcohol Ink Applicator Tool and used this to colour a piece of White Gloss Card.

I cut the Spellbinders Symmetry in Space Kaleidoscope Die out of Coconut White Card twice. I snipped away part of the straight line edge on one side of one of the die cuts and glued both die cuts to my background.

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 and trimmed away the excess.

 I cut the sentiment from more of my background paper using the Spellbinders All About You Die Set. I cut one of the dies from the Spellbinders Sunflower Photo Frame Die Set out of Coconut White Card twice and added my sentiment.

I made a flower from more of my background paper using Spellbinders Pinwheel Posies Die Set. I added an embellishment left over from my last One Day Special on Hochanda - made using Clear and Blue Raspberry CS Ultra Thick Embossing Crystals in a mould made from a Wendy Vecchi embellishment.

I cut a couple of leaves from Coconut White Card using Spellbinders Romantic Vines Die Set.

I assembled the card as shown adding an 8mm White Pearl to 3 of the corners and a couple of Coconut White mats.

Lisa Horton is continuing with ther 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 from the shows. You can find them here. Offer applies till midnight tomorrow night or while stocks last. Discount will be applied at checkout.

Today's Flash Sale is 20% off Stampendous Frantage. You can find them here. Offer applies till midnight tonight or While Stocks Last. Discount will be applied at checkout.

If you're popping over to my website - don't forget to check the Clearance Section - lots of bargains up for grabs on there!

Thanks for stopping by.

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

For Being You

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

For the background, I cut the Spellbinders Two Way Street Die by Marisa Job out of Coconut White Card. I popped a piece of Creative Expressions Double Sided Adhesive Sheet onto a piece of Aqua Card and trimmed to just fractionally smaller than the die cut. I peeled away the other backing sheet and added it to the die cut. I rubbed CS Diamond Sprinkles into the exposed adhesive. I matted the piece onto Aqua Card.

I stamped the sentiment from the Justrite For All You Do Vintage Labels Three Stamp Set onto Coconut White Card using Clear Perfect Medium and embossed with CS Silver Shine Detail Embossing Powder. I cut it out using a small die from the Spellbinders Renaissance Tags Two Die Set and cut the corresponding larger die from the set out of Aqua Card.

I popped a piece of Creative Expressions Double Sided Adhesive Sheet onto a piece of Coconut White Card. I cut a couple of flowers from it using Spellbinders Shabby Posies Die Set. I removed the other backing sheet and rubbed CS Diamond Sprinkles into them. I added a Duck Egg Craft Consortium Resin Flower to the centres. 

I cut a couple of leaves out of Aqua Card using the Spellbinders Romantic Vines Die Set.

I assembled the card as shown, adding some White 5mm Pearls and popping onto a Coconut White Card Blank.

Lisa Horton is launching a new One Day Special on Hochanda at 8pm this evening. 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.

Today's Flash Sale is 25% off all Creative Expressions Gilding Waxes. You can find them here. Offer applies till midnight tonight or While Stocks Last. Discount will be applied at checkout.

I spent most of yesterday picking and packing website orders. All orders posted from 22nd December till yesterday afternoon will go out today. 

Those of you who subscribe to my website newsletters will be aware that Creative Expressions are taking on the Woodware brand. This is fabulous news. Products included are Jane Gill and Francoise Read stamps (they will also be bringing out new designs), Woodware Tools of the Trade and Sakura. Hopefully, the full list of products that have been taken on will be revealed by the end of January. Exciting times ahead!

Thanks for stopping by.

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

Boxing Day Boxes

Hi Bloggers.

Well my lie in yesterday morning went totally to pot. I forgot about the brass band! Every year on Christmas Day at 8am a Brass Band comes and plays on the corner by our house - only for about 2 minutes, just enough to wake everyone up! I can tell you, it puts me in a right good mood every time! I haven't a clue who they are or why they do it but it annoys me every time. I wouldn't mind if they did it a couple of hours later - not everyone has little ones and is up at that time.

Moan over! I realised yesterday that I hadn't posted any Spellbinders projects this month so before the month disappears, I thought I'd better fix that. Obviously, I didn't get much tidying done as I was getting cards made but there's always today! Nathan and I are off to see the new Star Wars movie later so I had better get a move on as I also need to start prepping for my next One Day Special on 5th January.

I have a couple of little boxes for you today. They're made using the Spellbinders Box Of Treats Special Occasions Die Set by Marisa Job.

The first one is made from a paper in Lisa Horton's Christmas Paper Pad -

It's a cute littel box - once made it measures approx 2 1/2" x 1 1/4" x 1 1/4" (plus flaps).

This is what the main die looks like -

If you cut and then emboss, the fold lines are scored.

Then, just fold, and glue the side panels and then thread some ribbon through the holes in the flap. Really easy!

I made a second one -

I used Phill Martin's Snowflakes Paper Pad for this one. I also used some of the other dies in the set. The sentiment is from the Justrite Christmas Mini Tags Stamp Set stamped using Cobalt Archival.

John Lockwood is launching a One Day Special on Hochanda today at 9am (change from usually launching at 8pm!) then also at 12noon, 4pm and 2 hours at 6pm. I have just 3 items from the shows on my website but I have popped a 10% discount on them. If you're interested, you can find them here. Offer applies till midnight tonight or while stocks last. Discount will be applied at checkout.

I'm running a series of Flash Sales on my website from today till New Years Day. Today's Flash Sale is 20% off all Cosmic Shimmer Texture Pastes. 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 (ask for one in the comments box at checkout).