Shows on Hochanda Today

Hi Bloggers.

I have shows on Hochanda at 11am and 2pm today. There's been a schedule change and the 6pm show isn't going ahead today.

Here's today's card -

This card is mainly white with some PM Frosty Sky. I am hoping to demonstrate this card today so I'll give you just a shopping list -

Spellbinders - Victorian Medallion Two, Moroccan Accents, Moroccan Motifs, Victorian Tags, Classic Bracket Edgeabilities, Elegance M-Bossabilities Folder
Creative Expressions Tatty's Text
Phill Martin Cosmic Shimmer Frosty Sky Colour Cloud
Smoothie
Cobalt Archival
Bluebird Satin Ribbon
White Self Adhesive Pearls - 5mm & 8mm
 Tim Holtz Ruler, Precision Probe and Piercing Mat.

I have set up a section on my website with products I have in stock from this weekend's shows here. There's 10% discount on those items till midnight on Sunday or while stocks last.

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 (16th January) - Sue Wilson Canadian Corner, Border, Tag Die Set only £12.99!

Friday Sneak Peek and a two fer Freebie Friday

Hi Bloggers.

The Creative Expressions takeover of Hochanda begins this evening at 8pm with John Lockwood. A list of all the shows this weekend are in the left hand sidebar of this blog. My first show is at 11am tomorrow.

I know it should be Freebie Friday but I wanted to do another sneak peek so I thought I'd offer up the sneak peek as a giveaway. I've made 2 versions of this card so this week there will be 2 giveaways! You won't be able to request one or the other though!

For the background, I inked up the Justrite Vintage Alphabet Soup Background with Cosmic Shimmer Flake & Glitter Glue and stamped onto Coconut White Card (3 second rule!). While the stamp was in use, I re-inked it and stamped onto Black Card. I put these pieces aside while I cleaned the glue off my stamp - very important!

Working on the White Card, I added CS Aurora Lights Gilding Flakes and removed the excess with a piece of Rubit Scrubit.

I made a frame using Sue Wilson's Double Pierced Rectangles on the outside and Sue's Double Pierced Rectangles Set B on the inside. I added the frame to the background using 3D Foam and trimmed away the excess. I cut another couple of Sue's Double Pierced Rectangles to form mats.

I stamped the sentiment from the Justrite Elegant Fan Elements Stamp Set using Clear Perfect Medium and embossed with CS Silver Shine Detail Embossing Powder. I cut it out using Sue's Pierced Flags and cut the next size die as a mat. I cut a couple of leaves using Sue's Laurel Leaves. I made a flower out of White Crochet Ribbon.

I made a Black version in the same way but I used CS Mulled Wine Gilding Flakes.

The sentiment is also from the JR Elegant Fan Elements but this time I embossed with CS Ancient Copper Detail Embossing Powder. Instead of making a flower, I used a Black Vintage Button instead.

To go into the draw to win one of these card, please leave a lovely comment below. I will announce the winners on Monday.

I have set up a section on my website with products I have in stock from this weekend's shows here. There's 10% discount on those items till midnight on Sunday or while stocks last.

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 (15th January) - Sue Wilson Californian Background only £11.99!

Thursday Sneak Peek

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's sneak peek -

A really, really simple card today - sometimes less is more!

I started by running a couple of dies from the Spellbinders Gold Facets Die Set through the Spellbinders Platinum Machine with the smallest die in Sue Wilson's Double Pierced Squares Set B with Milk Card. I embossed first and then cut. I popped a little piece of Rich Red Card behind to make the cut detail pop and then matted onto a piece of Black Card cut using the smallest die in Sue's Double Pierced Squares Die Set.

I stamped the sentiment from the CE Tatty's Text Stamp Set onto Milk Card using Jet Black Archival and cut it out using Sue's Double Pierced Squares. I added another couple of mats out of Black and Rich Red Card, alternating Sue's Double Pierced Squares Sets.

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 January) - John Lockwood Butterfly Dreams only £8.99!

Wednesday Sneak Peek

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's sneak peek - some Justrite today -

I'm going to try and get through as many techniques as I can on the Justrite shows - a lot of them will be backgrounds. The background stamp used on this card is actually the Justrite Autumn Damask Background -

I added some Currant and some Terra Cotta Adirondack Dye Ink to a piece of Coconut White Card using a couple of Smoothies. I then spritzed the background stamp with water and stamped onto the inked card. I removed the excess water from the inked card using a piece of Kitchen Roll. I trimmed it down and matted onto Black Card.

I stamped a couple of stamps from the Justrite Friends Antique Labels One Stamp Set using Terra Cotta and Currant Adirondacks. I cut them out using the corresponding Justrite Antique Labels One Dies. I stamped the sentiment from the same die set using Jet Black Archival and cut it out using another die from the Antique Labels One Die Set and inked through the die with Terra Cotta Ink.

For the white background. I ran the Couture Creations Christmas Quilt Embossing Folder through the Spellbinders Platinum Machine with a piece of Coconut White Card. This pattern is easy to extend - and not at all Christmassy!

I assembled the card as shown adding some Black Crochet Ribbon, a Crystal Corner coloured with a Black Marker Pen, Small Black Circle Dazzlers and piercing around the edges using my Tim Holtz Ruler, Precision Probe and Piercing Mat.


I have added the list of our hours at Hochanda this weekend to the left hand sidebar of this blog. I thought you might like to see the promo video that we filmed on Monday lol

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27393328/CE_TAKEOVER_WEB.mp4

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 (13th January - Sue Wilson Classic 3D Itty Bitty Bow only £5.99!

Tuesday Sneak Peek

Hi Bloggers.

Another Spellbinders Sneak Peek today from the coming Hochanda Takeover Weekend - I'll try and get some pics taken of some Justrite Samples today.

Really easy to construct this one. I started by cutting the largest die in the Spellbinders Exquisite Labels 11 Die Set out of Black Card. I matted it onto a piece of Coconut White Card.

I cut the largest die in the Spellbinders Floral Burst Die Set out of a Foundations Paper. I folded and tucked and added a Small Black Circle Dazzler.

I stamped the sentiment from the CE Tatty's Text Stamp Set onto Coconut White Card using Jet Black Archival. I cut it out using a die from the Spellbinders Victorian Tags Die Set. I cut the corresponding larger die in the same set out of the Foundations Paper.

I assembled the card as shown adding some 5mm Black Pearls 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 (12th January) - Sentimentally Yours Chic Floral Corner, Border & Icons only £9.99!

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.

The winner of Freebie Friday on January 8th is ..................

HeatherT

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

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.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk
Free card with all website orders (ask for one in the comments box at checkout).
Deal of the Day today (11th January) - Craft Consortium Small Metal Key Charms only £1.49! Half Price!

Keeping it simple

Hi Bloggers.

Busy day yesterday - thank you so much to those of you who attended. I have updated the stock on my website and it's now open again.

I put this card together quite quickly using a piece of acetate from my demo bits box.

I think I mixed together some Phill Martin Frosty Blossom and Frosty Aqua Sparkle Texture Pastes and then spread them through the Lattice Mask onto some Acetate. It takes a couple of hours to dry.

I made a frame using Sue Wilson's Double Pierced Squares and added it to the Acetate with 3d Foam. I trimmed away the excess. I added more 3d Foam and then added it to a mat cut using one of Sue's Double Pierced Squares from Set B.

I stamped the same sentiment as I used in yesterday's card (I admit to being lazy as it was still on my desk). This time I used Watering Can Archival. I cut it out using Sue's Double Pierced Squares and cut another die from the set for a mat.

Also still on my desk were Sue's Laurel Leaves and Diagonal Foldover Flowers Die Set. I cut the leaves out of Coconut White Card. For a change, I cut the flower out of Mulberry Paper. I found a load of it when I was getting together stock for my sale yesterday. I'm sure many of you have some lying around. I cut 2 layers together using the largest die in the set. I separated them and made the flower by joining them together.

I assembled the card as shown adding some 8mm White Pearls and piercing around the edges using my Tim Holtz Ruler, Precision Probe and Piercing Mat.

Phill Martin has a One Day Special starting on Hochanda this evening. I'll set up a category in the As Seen on TV section of my website with items I have in stock from his shows some time today with a 10% discount  till midnight tomorrow night.

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 (10th January) - Sue Wilson's Scribble Flowers only £10.99!

Wishing You a Happy Day

Hi Bloggers.

Today is the day of my Big Sale & Demo Day at Yardley Gobion (near Milton Keynes). I'm joined by John Lockwood so it should be a fun day. I won't be doing as much travelling this year as I did last year so you won't get to see me demo 'in the flesh' so to speak, as much. Not sure how much I'll get to demo today as my cough is still very irritating but we'll see!

I have decided to temporarily close my website for today and maybe tomorrow morning so that I can update stock levels without having to disappoint anyone if I have sold out of anything during today. It seems the best approach as I have no idea how busy we will be. I will try my best to get all the updates done this evening but if I don't manage it then I'll have to do some in the morning.

Doors open at 10am today. 20% off everything I have with me except for £1 items and fixed priced items which are already heavily discounted. Be prepared to have a good old rummage!There'll be a spot prize every hour and tea and coffee are self serve in the kitchen. My son, Nathan, is supposed to be helping but as always with Nathan, it's not a dead cert. Be gentle with him if he is there as it's not really his thing! Tracey will be there though for definate - my usual trusty helper. Hope to see some of you later!

Be sure to read right to the end of today's post as I have some exciting news to share!

On to today's card - a bit of an experiment. I wanted to base this card on the one in this post and use the stamp in a different way. I've kept the colour scheme the same so there's a direct comparison to the original. I know many of you will prefer the original card but hopefully this will make you think about using some of the stamps to die for in a slightly different way?

I stamped the Dragonfly Mini Striplet onto Coconut White Card using Jet Black Archival. I coloured it in using Distress Markers - Abandonned Coral, Carved Pumpkin and Cracked Pistachio using a waterbrush. Using the smallest die in Sue Wilson's Double Pierced Squares Set B Die Set, I cut 3 squares out of the image, just moving down slightly for each one and inking through the die with Pretty in Pink Colour Cloud using a Small Smoothie. I cut 3 squares out of Baby Pink Card using the smallest die in Sue's Double Pieced Squares Die Set.

I stamped the sentiment from John Lockwood's Pierced Flag Sentiments Stamp Set using Jet Black Archival. I cut it out using Sue's Pierced Flags Die Set and cut a larger die from the set out of Baby Pink Card.

I made a flower out of Felt using the largest die in Sue's Diagonal Foldover Flower Die Set. I cut a pair of leaves out of Baby Pink Card using Sue's Laurel Leaves and inked through the die with Pretty in Pink Colour Cloud.

For the background, I embossed a piece of Coconut White Card with the Creative Expressions Wild Roses Embossing Folder.

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.

Ok, how many of you skipped the card to read my news? Bet a lot of you did! So, we've been planning this for a while now but I can finally share it with you - Creative Expressions are taking over Hochanda for a whole weekend! I know! How cool is that? There will be presenters and floor crew there, of course, we couldn't do it all but all of the shows will feature Creative Expressions products at some great sale prices. Unfortunately, Sue is in the States so she won't be taking part but Phill, John, Lisa and myself will be sharing all the live hours from 8pm Friday January 15th till last chance at 7pm Sunday January 17th. The boys are doing the One Day Specials, Lisa is doing MDF and I have a set of Spellbinders shows and a set of Justrite shows. ODS hours will be the same as usual. As I type this, I don't know what my hours will be. I'll let you know as soon as I know.

There's no Deal of the Day today as my website is closed today.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk

Freebie Friday

Hi Bloggers.

Here's this week's card that's up for grabs -

You can read how this card was made in this post.

To go into the draw, please leave a lovely comment below and I'll do the draw on Monday.

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 (8th January) - Sue Wilson Best of Luck Die only £6.99!