Happy Easter

Hi Bloggers.

It's not long till Easter and if you make Easter cards and managed to get the Craft Consortium English Garden 12 x 12 Paper Pad, may like to try this one -

I stamped the sentiment from the Creative Expressions Petite Lavish Sentiments Stamp Set onto Coconut White Card using Coffee Archival. I cut it out using #2 die in the Spellbinders Savoy Decorative Accents Die Set and inked through the die with Creme Brulee Colour Cloud using a Smoothie. I cut #2 die from the Spellbinders Astoria Decorative Accents Die Set out of Coconut White Card and inked through the die with Decadent Oak Colour Cloud using a Smoothie.

I cut the tassel die from the Astoria Decorative Accents Die Set out of Coconut White Card and inked through the die with Decadent Oak. I hooked it into the Savoy Decorative Accents die cut.

I cut the #2 die in the Spellbinders Astoria Decorative Elements Die Set out of Coconut White Card and inked through the die with Creme Brulee.

I cut the Spellbinders Twisted Palm Die out of Coconut White Card and inked through the die with Creme Brulee.

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

STOP PRESS - I have just spotted some more stock of the English Garden Paper Pad on the CE website so I've ordered a few. They'll hopefully be here on Friday.

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 March) - Phill Martin Chic Floral Birthday Verses Stamp Set only £9.99!

To Cheer You

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

Another simple one today - the papers and the dies doing the work for me. If you missed the English Garden Paper Pad, don't miss out on the Craft Consortium Wild Rose 12 x 12 Paper Pad. It should be on my next Spellbinders One Day Special on March 22nd. Don't say I didn't warn you!

Anyway, back to today's card - For the background, I embossed a piece of Coconut White Card with the Creative Expressions Art Deco Fanfare Embossing Folder and edged it with a little Phill Martin CS Frosty Jade Colour Cloud using a Smoothie.

I wrapped a piece of Craft Consortium Duck Egg Satin Ribbon around as shown, tied a bow using 2 lengths of the same ribbon and added a Craft Consortium Duck Egg Resin Rose.

I positioned a die from the Spellbinders Astoria Labels Die Set (#3, I think) over a flower spray onone of the textured papers from the English Garden Paper Pad and embossed then cut it out (it's a good idea to emboss plain dies first as they want to jump out of the die if you cut them first making getting them to stay back in the die to emboss a bit harder). I repeated this once more and then cut another out positioning it anywhere on the paper. This last one was for the central panel.

I stamped the sentiment from the Creative Expressions Petite Lavish Sentiments Stamp Set onto Coconut White Card using Watering Can Archival. I cut it out using #1 die from the Spellbinders Astoria Decorative Elements Die Set. I glued it to the patterned die cut for the central panel.

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.

John Lockwood continues with his One Day Special on Hochanda today with shows at 9am, 12noon, 4pm and 7pm. There's 10% off items I have in stock on my website from the shows until midnight tonight. You can find them here.

I've loaded some lovely new embellishments from Craft Consortium - you can see them here. New Cosmic Shimmer products have started to arrive. The first are new Watercolour Palettes featuring 4 of the Phill Martin colour collections. No pictures yet, sorry. You can find them here. I've also got some new Woodware Stamps here and their updated Fingerguard Trimmer 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 (8th March) -  Phill Martin Friendship Verse Collection only £9.99!

Just For You

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

Another really simple card to construct. The dies do all the work.

For the background, I've embossed a piece of Coconut White Card using the Spellbinders Venetian M-Bossabilities Folder. I cut die #7 from the Spellbinders Astoria Labels Die Set out of Wisteria Card. I cut the corresponding #3 die from the Spellbinders Astoria Decorative Elements Die Set out of Coconut White Card. I glued the 2 die cuts together and then slotted in the #5 die in the Astoria Labels Die Set and ran it through the Spellbinders Platinum Machine to create a frame. I added some 3d Foam on the back and popped it onto some Acetate. I added more 3d Foam and then added it to my background.

I stamped the sentiment from the Creative Expressions Petite Lavish Sentiments Stamp Set onto Coconut White Card using Blue Violet Archival. I cut it out using the #1 die from the Astoria Decorative Elements Die Set. I cut the #3 die from the Astoria Labels Die Set. I glued these 2 die cuts together, added some 3d Foam and popped them into the centre of the raised Acetate.

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.

John Lockwood is launching a One Day Special this evening at 8pm. There's 10% off items I have in stock on my website from the shows until midnight tomorrow night. You can find them here.

The winner of the card from Freebie Friday on 4th March is .................

June Horrocks

Please email me at juliawattscrafts.co.uk with your address and I'll pop it in the post.

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 (7th March) - Couture Creations Mirabilis Die Set only £4.99!

Happy Mother's Day

Hi Bloggers.

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mums out there (or Moms if you prefer as I do!). Kathryn came up last night and we're off out to lunch today - diet will be put on hold today!

I thought I'd share this card today as it's appropriate. It's also a sneak peek of some brand new Justrite stamps that will be coming very soon.

The flowers and leaves are from the Justrite Wild Roses Clear Stamp Set. This is a Multi-Step Stamp Set which means that you stamp a solid stamp in one colour and then over stamp with a detail stamp in a different colour. I've stamped the solid flowers with Wild Honey Distress Ink and over stamped with Ripe Persimmon Distress Ink. I've stamped the solid leaves using Old Paper Distress Ink and I've over stamped with Crushed Olive Distress Ink. I applied the inks to the stamps using Smoothies which gives a smoother finish.

The sentiment is from Justrite Spring Wishes Vintage Labels 8 & 9, stamped onto Coconut White Card using Jet Black Archival. I've cut it out using Justrite Vintage Labels 9 Dies and added some Black Satin Ribbon.

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 with all website orders (ask for one in the comments box at checkout).
Deal of the Day today (6th March) - John Lockwood Scribble Rose Elements Stamp Set only £8.99!

Be Mine

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

The paper I've used is from the Craft Consortium English Garden Paper Pad. It's one of the pearlescent papers. I can't get any more of these as there's no more stock at Creative Expressions.

I cut the Spellbinders Twisted Palm Die out of Coconut White Card and inked through the die with Phill Martin CS Chic Grey Blue Colour Cloud using a Smoothie. I trimmed the border to fit my patterned paper.

I stamped the sentiment from the Creative Expressions Petite Lavish Sentiments onto Coconut White Card using Cobalt Archival. I cut it out using #1 die from the Spellbinders Savoy Decorative Elements Die Set and inked through the die with Chic Grey Blue Colour Cloud. I cut the other 2 dies in the set out of Coconut White Card and again inked through the die with Chic Grey Blue. Fot the patterned mats, I used dies #2 and #4 from the Spellbinders Savoy Labels Die Set. I placed #2 die inside #4 and cut them together to save on paper!

I cut a coupleof leaves out of Coconut White Card using Spellbinders Romantic Vines. I tied a bow using 3 lengths of thin Off White Satin Ribbon. I made a scrunched up flower using #2 die in the Savoy Labels Die Set.

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.

I've loaded stock of some new stamps from Creative Expressions here, some new Justrite dies here and background stamps here and some new MDF 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 (5th March) - Sue Wilson Classic Vase only £3.99!

Freebie Friday

Hi Bloggers.

Here's this week's card that's needs a new home -

Leave a lovely comment below to go into the draw. I will announce the winner on Monday.

You can read how this card was made here.

Thank you to those of you who left a comment on my post on the Spellbinders Blog - much appreciated.

John Lockwood's new stamps are now in stock on my website. You can find them here. I've also loaded stock of new Masks here and WOW Embossing Powders 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 (4th March) - Couture Creations Bobtail Set only £9.99!

Thank You

Hi Bloggers.

I started with a piece of Coconut White Card 5 3/4" square. I cut the largest die in the Spellbinders Savoy Decorative Elements. I removed the die and the background throught the Spellbinders Platinum Machine with the new Circuit Board Mask.

I added 3D Foam to the backof my background and matted it onto a piece of Black Card. I glued the Savoy die cut in place into the aperture.

I cut the middle die in same die set out of Black Card. I rubbed Phill Martin Cosmic Shimmer Chic Grey Blue Gilding Wax over the surface. It really looks lovely on the deboss detail on this die cut. It's worth buffing the Gilding Wax with a soft cloth - it removes excess wax, makes the surface smoother and shimmer more.

I stamped the sentiment from the Creative Expressions Petite Lavish Sentiments Stamp Set using Jet Black Archival and cut it out using the smallest die in the Savoy Decorative Elements Die Set.

I tied a bow using 2 lengths of thin Off White Satin Ribbon and 2 lengths of thin Black Satin Ribbon and added a Black Vintage Button.

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.

My very first post on the Spellbinders Blog was published yesterday. You can see it here. Something very different from me. I get given the collection to work with so quite a challenge! Would be lovely if you could leave a comment on the Spellbinders Blog for me.

Phill Martin's One Day Special continues on Hochanda today with shows at 9am, 12noon, 4pm and 7pm. There's 10% discount on the items I have in stock from his One Day Special here. Offer valid till midnight tonight. 

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 (3rd March) - Spellbinders Romantic Vines Die Set only £12.99!

Dream Big

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

For the background, I used a piece of Coconut White Card and cut just the inner die from the Spellbinders Shells Duality Die Set 4 times. I popped some Double Sided Self Adhesive Sheet onto a piece of Lilac Card. I removed the other backing sheet and added it to the back of the background piece. I added CS Diamond Sprinkles to the exposed adhesive.

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 #2 die from the Spellbinders Savoy Labels Die Set. I also cut the #4 die from the same set out of Coconut White Card.

I cut dies #2 and #3 from the Spellbinders Savoy Decorative Elements Die Set out of Lilac Card. I stacked all the Savoy dies cuts on top of each other using 3D Foam.

I cut some leaves out of Lilac Card using the Spellbinders Romantic Vines Die Set and I made some flowers out of Coconut White Card using the Spellbinders Cinch & Go Die Set adding some brads to the centres.

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.

The Craft Consortium English Garden Paper Pad and John and Sue's new paper pads are due in this morning. You can find them in stock here.

Phill Martin is launching a One Day Special on Hochanda this evening with some brand new products! There's 10% discount on the items I have in stock from his One Day Special here. Offer valid till midnight tomorrow night (3rd March).

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 (2nd March) -Sue Wilson Scalloped Trellis Adornment only £5.99!

Best Wishes

Hi Bloggers.

Catching up with orders on my website today - all orders from the weekend and yesterday will be sent out today. Hopefully, I will be able to load some more new stock onto my website today too.

Here's today's card -

I didn't quite get to finish this card on Sunday night - I really don't know where the time goes!

For the background, I have embossed a piece of Coconut White Card using the Creative Expressions Wild Roses Embossing Folder. I ran a strip of patterned paper from the Craft Consortium English Garden 12 x 12 Paper Pad top to bottom and added a few Craft Consortium Rhinestone Gems.

The paper I have used has lots of little birds on it so I chose an area with a bird on a branch on it to use as a topper and cut it out using #2 die from the Spellbinders Astoria Decorative Accents Die Set. I cut out the #5 die in the Spellbinders Astoria Labels out of Coconut White Card and inked through the die with Pretty in Pink Colour Cloud using a Smoothie. I cut the the #1 die from the Astoria Decorative Accents out of Coconut White Card and again inked through the die with Pretty in Pink. It looks like a tassel to me and it has some 'hands' so it's easy to tuck it under another die cut as I have done on this card.

I stamped the sentiment from the Creative Expressions Petite Lavish Sentiments Stamp Set onto Coconut White Card using Watering Can Archival. I cut it out using #2 die from the Spellbinders Savoy Labels Die Set and inked through the die with Pretty in Pink. I cut the #2 die from the Spellbinders Savoy Decorative Accents Die Set out of Coconut White Card and again inked through the die with Pretty in Pink.

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.

I have some more paper pads on order - the English Garden pad featured on this card and John and Sue's new pads. I'll let you know when they're back in stock.

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 (1st March) - Sue Wilson Scripted Happy Birthday only £5.99!