Freebie Friday

Hi Bloggers.

I have a demo card to give away today. I thought I'd throw in the pieces from a mini demo I did too.

The demo card varies slightly from the original (in this post). The sentiment is cut out using the Justrite Stitched A2 Banners & Rectangles Die Set instead of the Justrite Vintage Labels 10 Dies and I made a messy background.

To recap on the background, I started by randomly inking through the Feathered Mask with Chic Viola Colour Cloud using a Mini Smoothie. I then repeated the process with the Circuit Board Mask and Lucky Clover Distress Ink. With the stamp in my hand, I randomly stamped a section of the Justrite Butterfly Background with Chic Viola Colour Cloud applied using a Mini Smoothie. Then, again with the stamp in my hand, I randomly stamped a section of the Justrite Garden View Background. I ran the piece through the Spellbinders Platinum Machine with the Couture Creations Feather Frenzy Embossing Folder. I ran it through a second time to extend the design and inked around the edges with Chic Viola Colour Cloud. I runned Pearl Moon Gilding Wax over the surface, left it a few minutes to dry and then buffed it up using a dry wet wipe.

You can read how I made the roses card in this post. The sample that's up for grabs uses Chic Viola Colour Cloud.

To go into the draw to win, please leave a lovely comment below. I'll announce the winner on Tuesday morning (a day later than usual). Please be sure to check back to see if you have won. The winner will receive both samples.

Phill Martin and I are off down to Taunton today. We're running workshops all day tomorrow and demoing all day on Sunday. I understand that 2 tickets have become available for one of the demo slots on Sunday so if you're interested, please contact Craftasmic directly. It's bound to be a fun weekend!

I've a little stock of the Craft Consortium English Garden 12 x 12 Paper Pad. You can see it here. I've also added some new Spellbinders Dies and Embossing Folders and some of Lisa Horton's Stamps and MDF (just click on the highlighted text to go to the relevant section on my website).

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 (18th March) - Sue Wilson Art Deco Adornment Die Set only £6.99!

Dare to Leap

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

Easy peasy card to create.

For the background, I embossed a piece of Milk Card using the Couture Creations Feather Frenzy Embossing Folder.

I dusted another piece of Milk Card with my Anti Static Bag and stamped the image from the Justrite Whisper of Wings Stamp Set using Clear Perfect Medium. I embossed with the new Cosmic Shimmer Gold Brilliant Sparkle Embossing Powder. I am waiting for my stock of this to arrive but in the meantime, you could try this with any of the lovely Wow! Embossing Powders that I have in stock.

I cut it out using a banner die from the Justrite Stitched A2 Banners & Rectangles Die Set (currently out of stock at Creative Expressions so can't order any more at the moment). I cut the smaller if the rectangle dies from the same set out of Vintage Gold Card.

I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set, again onto Milk Card using Clear Perfect Medium. I embossed with CS Bright Gold Detail Embossing Powder. I cut it out using on eog the circle dies from the same die set.

I cut some little photo corners out of Vintage Gold Card using the same die set.

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

Phill Martin continuing with his One Day Special on Hochanda today with shows at 9am, 12noon, 4pm and 7pm with part 2 of his new Blossom Collection. I'm offering 10% discount on items I have on my website from the shows. Discount applies till midnight tonight or while stocks last. You can find them here. Please note - I sell American Seam Binding in 5m lengths.

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 (17th March) - Spellbinders Heirloom Rectangle Die Set only £12.99!

Missing You Already!

Hi Bloggers.

Well, that was a busy One Day Special. They really were gorgeous stamps and dies. I've sold out of some myself and I can't get more of some of them at the moment. I'll re-order as soon as I can.

Here's today's card -

I started by drawing around the smallest circle die in the Justrite Stitched A2 Banners & Rectangles Die Set with a pencil onto Coconut White Card. I then stamped around the circle with the 3 rose image from the Justrite Doodled Roses Stamp Set using Jet Black Archival. I coloured the flowers in by using the pointy end of a Mini Smoothie and Pretty in Pink Colour Cloud. I coloured the leaves using Shabby Shutters Distress Marker. I cut it out using the largest rectangle die in the Stitched A2 Banners & Rectangles Set and inked through the die with Pretty in Pink.

I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set, again using Jet Black Archival. I cut it out using the smallest circular die in Stitched A2 Banners & Rectangles Die Set and inked through the die with Prettyin Pink Colour Cloud. I cut the larger circle die out of Black Card for my mat.

I wrapped some Black Satin Ribbon around the lower section of my card. I tied a bow using 3 lengths of the ribbon and added a Lilac Craft Consortium Resin Flower.

I assembled the card as shown adding a couple of 5mm White Pearls to the top 2 corners.

Phill Martin is launching a One Day Special this evening on Hochanda at 8pm with part 2 of his new Blossom Collection. I'm offering 10% discount on items I have on my website from the shows. Discount applies till midnight tomorrow night or while stocks last. You can find them here. Please note - I sell American Seam Binding in 5m lengths.

I will do my very best to get all of my website orders in the post today but there are quite alot so I might not manage it. Please bear with me.

I've added photos of the samples from the Justrite One Day Special to the Gallery section of this blog (accessible via the top menu) and to my Julia Watts Crafts Facebook page.

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 March) - Sue Wilson Ornate Oval - Just for You Die Set only £6.99!

One Day Special continues on Hochanda today

Hi Bloggers.

Shows continue today on Hochanda at 9am, 12noon, 4pm and 7pm. Hope you can join me.

Here's today's card -

This is such an easy card to make. I wanted to share this one today to show you the beautiful Justrite A2 Splendid Border Die and also to show that you don't have to colour in the stamped images.

For the background, I ran a piece of Coconut White Card through the Spellbinders Platinum Machine with the Couture Creations Small Dots Embossing Folder. I ran it through a second time to extend the design.

I cut the Justrite A2 Splendid Border out of Sky Blue Card twice.

I stamped the smaller flower from the Justrite Lilac Blossoms Stamp Set onto Sky Blue Card using Clear Perfect Medium and embossed with CS Silver Shine Detail Embossing Powder. I cut it out using the smallest banner in the Justrite Stitched A2 Stitched Banners & Rectangles Die Set and I cut the larger banner out of Black Card.

I stamped 'Lilac Blossoms' onto Sky Blue Card, again using Clear Perfect Medium and embossed with Silver Shine Detail Powder. I cut it out using another die from the Banners & Rectangles Die Set.

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 (15th March) - CE Peony Bouquet Stamp Set only £2.99!

One Day Special on Hochanda starts this evening

Hi Bloggers.

I'm launching a Justrite One Day Special on Hochanda this evening at 8pm with shows tomorrow too at 9am, 12noon, 4pm and 7pm. There are some lovely clear stamp sets and die sets to tempt you!

Here's today's card -

This card features - Justrite Peonies Clear Stamp Set, Justrite Peonies & Mason Jar Dies and Justrite Stitched A2 Banners & Rectangles Dies.

I stamped one of the large peonies from the stamp set 4 times and the other large peony twice onto Coconut White Card using Jet Black Archival. I cut 3 full flowers with leaves & stems (2 of one image and 1 of the other). I cut just the flowers out on the remaining stamped images. The easiest way to do this is to use a template - the waste from a die cut. I am hoping to demo this - so should make more sense then! I usually cut them out before colouring just in case I mess up the cutting.

I coloured the leaves in first, using Crushed Olive Distress Marker pulling the colour out with a Water Brush. I coloured the flowers using Shaded Lilac, Dusty Concord and Wilted Violet Distress Markers, again pulling the colour our with my Water Brush. I added a little Fossilized Amber Distress Marker to the centres of the flowers.

I stamped the mason jar onto Coconut White Card using Jet Black Archival. I cut it out using the matching die from the die set. I coloured in using Tumbled Glass and Brushed Corduroy Distress Markers pulling the colour out again.

I stamped the 'Thankful for' and the 'Flowers' from the same stamp set. I cut them out using the label die from the die set and inked around the edges with Clear Day Colour Cloud using a Smoothie.

I cut the largest die in the Justrite Stitched A2 Banners & Rectangles Die Set. At the emboss stage I added the Circuit Board Mask. I inked through the die with Phill Martin Chic Viola Colour Cloud using a Smoothie.

For the background, I stamped the little peony stamp around the edges of a piece of Coconut White Card using Chic Viola Colour Cloud applied to the stamp using a Smoothie.

I assembled the card as shown, adding the flower heads to the complete flowers with 3D Foam, some 5mm Black Pearls and piercing around the edges using my Tim Holtz Ruler, Precision Probe and Piercing Mat.

As I write this, I currently have stock of all the Justrite Stamps and Dies on tonight's One Day Special. I'm offering 10% discount on all items I have in stock from the shows on my website till midnight tomorrow night.You can find them here. I have other new Justrite stamps and dies in stock here and here. As always, whenever you see highlighted text in a blog post, it's a link, so if you click on it you'll be taken to the product page on my website.

The winner of the card from Freebie Friday on 11th March is ......................

Tina T

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

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 (14th March) - Wild Rose Studio Flower Vine Die only £3.99!

Sneak Peek

Hi Bloggers.

As promised, today I have a sneak peek from tomorrow night's One Day Special on Hochanda. It's with brand new Justrite stamps and dies.

For the background, I embossed a piece of Coconut White Card using the Creative Expressions Twinkle Twinkle Embossing Folder.

I stamped the image from the Justrite We're Having a Baby Clear Stamp Set onto Coconut White Card using Watering Can Archival. I coloured in using Antique Linen and Tumbled Glass Distress Markers, pulling the colour out using a Water Brush. I cut it out using a stitched circle die from the Justrite Stitched A2 Banners & Rectangles Die Set and inked through the die with Cosmic Shimmer Clear Day Colour Cloud using a Smoothie.

I cut the smaller of the rectangle dies from the same die set out of Coconut White Card. At the emboss stage I added the Triangular Mask. I inked through the die with Clear Day Colour Cloud.

I cut the largest rectangle in the set out of Baby Blue Card and at the emboss stage I added the Feathered Mask.

I cut the 'It's a Boy' die out of Coconut White Card and inked through the die with Clear Day Colour Cloud. I cut the mat die from the same die set out of Baby Blue Card.

I cut the little stars from the It's a Boy Die Set out of Baby Blue Card twice.

I assembled the card as shown adding some 5mm White 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 (13th March) - Sue Wilson Petite Arched Adornment only £4.99!

Thinking of you today

Hi Bloggers.

I'm running my first workshop of the year in Yardley Gobion today. Some lovely cards for the ladies to make - should be a good day.

Here's today's card -

For the background, I embossed a piece of Coconut White Card with the new Creative Expressions Eternal Ivy Embossing Folder.

I cut the largest die in the Spellbinders Astoria Decorative Accents Die Set out of Duck Egg Card. I slotted a die from the Spellbinders Astoria Labels Die Set into the centre of the die cut and ran it through the Spellbinders Platinum Machine to cut the centre out to make a frame.

I stamped the sentiment from the Creative Expressions Elegant Sentiments onto Coconut White Card using Watering Can Archival. I covered it with a piece of Double Sided Self Adhesive Sheet and added Cosmic Shimmer Diamond Snow. I cut it out using the middle die in the same die set.

I cut all 3 dies in the Spellbinders Shells Duality Die Set together out of Coconut White Card. I then cut just the 2 outer dies in the set together out of Duck Egg Card and glued the 2 die cuts together.

I assembled the card as shown adding a couple of 5mm White Pearls.

I'll be back tomorrow with a sneak peek from Monday's Justrite One Day Special on Hochanda.

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 March) - Couture Creations Daffodil Vines only £3.99!

Freebie Friday

Hi Bloggers.

I have a demo card that's up for grabs this week -

Leave a lovely comment below to go into the draw. I will announce the winner on Monday. Be sure to pop by to see if you've won!

You can read how this card was made here.

My delivery driver was delayed yesterday so I was unable to send out paper pads that were ordered. Hopefully, he will be here this morning. Apologies for the delay. Don't worry, if you have ordered - the stock has been allocated to you. All the English Garden Paper Pads have been allocated - does anyone still want one? Let me know. I have re-ordered John Lockwood's Paper Pad. Still waiting for the Springs Child Stamp to come back in stock at CE.

Lisa Horton is continuing with her One Day Special on Hochanda today. I'm offering 10% discount on items I have in stock from the shows. You can find them here. Offer valid till midnight tonight.

All for now.

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 March) - John Lockwood Fern Frames Stamp Set only £7.99!

Alternative Happy Easter

Hi Bloggers.

I thought I'd show a different version of the card I shared yesterday. I demoed this on Hochanda. By the way the Craft Consortium Paper Pad is due in today so I've loaded the stock and you can purchase it here if you wish.

I've used the same paper and the mostly the same die sets as in the card yesterday (I haven't used the Spellbinders Twisted Palm on this one).

So, the bunny paper is from the English Garden 12 x 12 Paper Pad. I've run some White Pearl Strip down both sides.

I cut #3 die from the Spellbinders Astoria Decorative Accents Die Set out of Coconut White Card and inked through the die with Phill Martin CS Decadent Oak Colour Cloud using a Smoothie.

I cut the #2 die from the Spellbinders Astoria Decorative Elements Die Set and  inked through the die with Creme Brulee Colour Cloud. I added to the decorative accents die cut - it fits perfectly and you can see the Decadent Oak ink through the die cut.

I stamped the sentiment from the Creative Expressions Petite Lavish Sentiments Stamp Set using Coffee Archival. I cut it out using #2 die in the Spellbinders Savoy Decorative Accents Die Set and inked through the die with Decadent Oak.

I cut the tassel from the Spellbinders Decorative Accents Die Set and inked through the die with Decadent Oak. I hooked this into the Savoy die cut.

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

Lisa Horton is launching a One Day Special on Hochanda this evening with some lovely new MDF and stamps that she has designed herself - a very clever lady! There's 10% off products that I have in stock from her shows. Quite alot of stuff was out of stock so I couldn't order it but you can find what I do have here. Offer applies till midnight tomorrow night.

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 (10th March) - Sue Wilson Mini Gemini Die Set : Lynx only £5.99!