Happy Retirement

Hi Bloggers.

Here’s today’s card –

 For the background, I used a piece of Watercolour Card. I popped the Wavy Mask on top and then sprinkled CS Pixie Powders in Candy Pink and Purple Violet over. Leaving the mask in place, I then spritzed with water. I removed the mask and put aside to dry. If you wish, before removing the mask, you can pop another piece of card on top to get a negative print. 

I made a frame out of Coconut White Card using Sue Wilson’sDouble Pierced Squares and Double Pierced Squares Set B. I added this to my background using 3D Foam and trimmed away the excess using scissors.

I stamped the sentiment and the frame from the JustriteCongrats Card Basics Stamp Set onto Coconut White Card using Jet BlackArchival. I cut it out using a die from the Justrite A2 Card Front Basics DieSet. I cut the next sized die out of Black Card.

I spritzed a piece of Watercolour Card with water and then sprinkled some Candy Pink and some Purple Violet over and put aside to dry. Once dry, I cut some flowers using Sue’s Exquisite Poppy Die Set. Whilst the card was still in the die, I coloured the veins using a Pigma Micron Pen. I cut some stamens out of Black Card and some centres out of Coconut White Card using the same die set. I cut some leaves out of Coconut White Card using Sue’s Olive Branch Die Set.

 I cut some corners out of Black Card using Justrite A2 Card Front Basics. 

I assembled the card as shown adding a Black Card mat, a Coconut White Card and an 8mm White Pearl to each corner of the frame.

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 October) - Spellbinders Nestabilities - Savoy Decorative Elements only £11.99! (RRP £19.60) 

Believe in the Magic

Hi Bloggers.

My Dad's tests went well yesterday and he needs to have another check up in 6 months time. Good news.

Here's today's card -

I started by spreading some Phill Martin CS Decadent Denim Sparkle Texture Paste through the Christmas Quilt Mask onto a piece of Acetate. I put it aside to dry (a couple of hours).

I made a frame out of Coconut White Card using Sue Wilson's Double Pierced Squares and Double Pierced Squares Set B. I added 3D Foam to my frame and then added it to my background (once dry). I trimmed away the excess acetate then added more 3D Foam to the back around the frame (making sure there were no gaps in the foam).

I popped some Snow White Micro Beads into the centre of a mat of Coconut White Card and then added my frame.

I stamped the 2 sizes of veins from the Justrite Multi-Step Poinsettia Stamp Set onto Coconut White Card several times using Clear Perfect Medium and embossed with CS Denim Brilliant Sparkle Embossing Powder. I cut them out using Justrite Multi-Step Poinsettia Dies and added some Snow White Micro Beads to the centres using CS Glue.

I stamped the sentiment from the Justrite Mini Tags Clear Stamp Set onto Coconut White Card using Cobalt Archival. I cut it out using a die from the Justrite Snowflake Mini Tags Die Set. I tucked the tag behind a poinsettia securing with CS Glue.

I assembled the card as shown adding another mat of Coconut White Card, some Blue Dazzlers to the corners of my frame and some 5mm White Pearls onto the centres of the Texture Paste Snowflakes.

Sue Wilson is continuing with her One Day Special on Hochanda today with shows at 9am, 12noon, 4pm and 7pm. I'm offering 10% discount on products I have on my website from the shows. 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).
Deal of the Day today (1st October) - Sue Wilson Perspectives Collection - Thank You Circle only £6.99!

Freebie Friday

Hi Bloggers.

Here we go again - another Freebie Friday Card. We're going back a couple of years with this one -

You can read how this card was made here.

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

Sue Wilson is lauching a One Day Special on Hochanda this evening at 8pm. I'm offering 10% discount on products I have on my website from the shows. You can find them here. Offer applies till midnight tomorrow night 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).
Deal of the Day today (30th September) - Creative Expressions Vintage Bronze Buttons only 99p per pack!

The Magic of Christmas

Hi Bloggers.

I'm heading up to my parents this afternoon to take my Dad back to the hospital for some more tests. I have scheduled blog posts for the next couple of days but please be patient with website order as although Nathan is a very competent house sitter he really isn't clued up enough to get orders sent out yet.

Here's today's card which features a Pixie Powder technique that I demoed a few times on Hochanda on Sunday/Monday.

This is a very simple little 'proper' card, brilliant for batch makes.

So, for my latest favourite Pixie Powder Technique - I made a palette by sprinkling some Aqua Lagoon and Plum Twist CS Pixie Powder onto a piece of Coconut White Card. I spread it around using a Dusting Brush.

I then pressed the Justrite Snow Days Background Stamp into the powder palette - there is no need to ink the stamp with Perfect Medium unless you want a two-fer (see Hochanda Catchup Sunday 25th Sept 8pm). You will see that the background stamp now has Pixie Powder on it.

I put my palette to one side to use again and then spritzed the background stamp with water. I added a piece of Watercolour Card (it can be Coconut White) to the stamp and rubbed all over to transfer the image. And voila! Stamping with Pixie Powders!

It dries in just a couple of minutes.

I stamped the sentiment from the Justrite Inside and Outside Christmas Sentiments Stamp Set onto Coconut White Card using Cobalt Archival and cut it out using the Justrite Snowflake and Tags Dies. I cut the snowflake die out again out of Deep Blue Card. I glued them together, offsetting them slightly to give a shadow and added some 5mm White Pearls.

I added a mat of Deep Blue Card to my background and some more 5mm White Pearls and added to my card blank.

I stamped a sentiment on the inside, again from the Inside and Outside Christmas Sentiments Stamp Set using Cobalt Archival and job done!

If you'd like to have a go at this an many more backgrounds, my next Milton Keynes workshop is on Saturday 15th October. You can book via my website here.

My next workshop at Creative Expressions HQ in Kettering is a Stamping Masterclass on Wednesday 12th October. Here we will be doing lots of practice with a wide range of stamps and stamping mediums. You can book for this one via my website 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 (29th September) - Spellbinders 6 x 6 Card Creator - Deco Lux only £13.99! (RRP £24.50)

Rows of Bells

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

I started by cutting both the dies together the from the Spellbinders Holiday Botanical Strip out of Milk Card. I cut them again, positioning the die below the first cut. I mounted the waste piece onto Antique Gold Pearl Card using a double layer of Creative Expressions Mounting Cushion. I glued the die cuts back in place in the aperture.

I cut the 2 dies again out of another piece of Milk Card and then the outer die only out of Antique Gols Pearl Card. I glued the die cuts together and added them to the centre of the card as shown using another double layer of Mounting Cushion. I added some 3mm Cream Pearls to the poinsettias at the top of each bell.

I assembled the card as shown adding some 8mm Cream 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 (28th September) - Phill Martin Sentimentally Yours - Dragonfly Days Background only £4.99!

Joy

Hi Bloggers.

A day of catching up for me today. My Craft Room is a tip - Again!

Here's today's card -

For the background, I spread some CS Frosty Dawn Sparkle Texture Paste through the Nordic Christmas Mask onto Coconut White Card and put aside to dry.

I cut dies 1, 2 and 4 from the Justrite Joy Oval Frame Dies out of Coconut White Card and die 3 out of Milk Card. I double embossed the #4 die cut and the Joy die cut using Clear Perfect Medium and CS Frosty Dawn Brilliant Sparkle Embossing Powder.

I cut some Poinsettias out of Coconut White Card using the Justrite Multi-Step Poinsettia Dies. I double embossed them using Clear Perfect Medium and CS Frosty Dawn Brilliant Sparkle Embossing Powder. I paired them up and added some 3mm and 5mm White Pearls to the centres.

I cut Sue Wilson's Berry Sprigs out of Coconut White Card and Sue's Pine Twigs out of Milk Card.

I added a mat of Milk Card and then added a Coconut White Card to complete another proper card!

John Lockwood is continuing with his One Day Special on Hochanda today with shows at 9am, 12noon, 4pm and 7pm. I'm offering 10% discount on products I have on my website from the shows (there's not much, I'm afraid). 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).
Deal of the Day today (27th September) - Creative Expressions Tile Stamps - Set 2 only £7.99!

One Day Special continues today

Hi Bloggers.

The Justrite Christmas One Day Special continues on Hochanda today with shows at 9am, 12noon, 4pm and 7pm. I hope you can join me.

Here's today's card -

I started by drawing around one of Phill Martin's round acrylic blocks onto Coconut White Card with a pencil. I then stamped the foliage from the Justrite Multi-Step Poppies Clear Stamp Set using Basil Leaf Colour Cloud around my pencil line to form a wreath.

I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set using Red Geranium Archival. I cut out using Sue Wilson's Double Pierced Squares and edged with Crimson Kiss Colour Cloud using a Smoothie. I cut a mat out of Coconut White Card using Sue's Double Pierced Squares Set B, edging it with Crimson Kiss Colour Cloud. I folded a piece of A4 Coconut White Card in half and created a card blank using Sue's Double Pierced Squares.

I stamped the poinsettia from the same stamp set onto Coconut White Card several times. I used Crimson Kiss Colour Cloud for the 1st 2 steps, then Red Geranium Archival for the 3rd step (veins) and Coffee Archival for the centres. I cut them all out using Justrite Multi-Step Poinsettia Dies. I'll show how to do this again today but if you can't wait you can see how to do this on the launch hour on catch up.

I arranged the poinsettias around my wreath - now, I had only put 3 on originally only put 3 on which is why they're a little uneven but I think it's still ok.

I added a 5mm White Pearl to each corner.

On the show there is the Justrite Inside & Outside Christmas Sentiments Stamp Set so as this is a real card I stamped a sentiment from the set on the inside of my card using Red Geranium Archival.

I have added pictures of all my samples from the ODS to my Julia Watts Crafts Facebook Page and to the Gallery Page on this Blog.

I'm offering 10% discount on products I have on my website from the shows. You can find them here. Offer applies till midnight tonight or while stocks last. Discount will be applied at checkout.

Just as my One Day Special ends, John Lockwood will be launching another One Day Special straight afterwards at 8pm this evening. I'm offering 10% discount on products I have on my website from his shows. You can find them here. Offer applies till midnight tonight or while stocks last. Discount will be applied at checkout.

The winner of the card from Freebie Friday on 23rd September is.................

PharmacyMichele

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

I'll be back tomorrow with another sneak peek.

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 (26th September) - Spellbinders Card Creator - Loopy only £12.99!

Justrite One Day Special this evening

Hi Bloggers.

I'm launching a One Day Special on Hochanda this evening at 8pm with some lovely Justrite Stamps and Dies. I hope you can join me.

Here's today's card -

For the background, I dusted a piece of Coconut White Card with an Anti-Static Bag. I inked up the Snowflake Frame Mask with Clear Perfect Medium. I popped this, inked side up onto the platform of the Spellbinders Platinum Machine. I added my card, dusted side down, then the embossing mat and then the embossing plate. I ran this through the machine. The ink transferred to the deboss pattern. I added CS Blue Zircon Brilliant Sparkle Embossing Powder and heat set.

I stamped the image from the Justrite Large Oval Christmas Wishes Stamp Set onto Coconut White Card and embossed using Blue Ziron BS Embossing Powder. I cut it out using Justrite Joy Oval Frame Dies. I cut the largest die in the same set out of Coconut White Card.

I cut dies 5 and 6 from the Justrite Hope Oval Frame Dies together out of Coconut White Card and double embossed the die cut using Clear Perfect Medium and CS Blue Zircon BS Embossing Powder.

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'm offering 10% discount on products I have on my website from the One Day Special. You can find them here. Offer applies till midnight tomorrow night 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).
Deal of the Day today (25th September) - Sue Wilson Gemini Collection - Auriga Die Set only £5.99!

Sneak Peek

Hi Bloggers.

Today I'm running a workshop locally just outside Milton Keynes. It's Christmas themed so hopefully eveyone will go home with a good start to their Christmas Card Making.

As promised, I have sneak peek from tomorrow's Justrite Christmas One Day Special -

For the background, I spread some Berry Red CS Sparkle Texture Paste through the Nordic Christmas Mask onto Rich Green Card and put aside to dry (approx 2 hours).

I cut a frame out of Rich Red Card using Sue Wilson's Double Pierced Squares and Double Pierced Squares Set B. I added it to my background once dry using 3D Foam.

I stamped the sentiment from the Justrite Inside & Outside Christmas Sentiments onto Coconut White Card using Red Geranium Archival. I cut it out using the Justrite Snowflakes & Tag Dies. I cut the largest die in the set out of Rich Red Card.

I stamped the poinsettia onto Coconut White Card using Justrite Multi-Step Poinsettia Stamp Set. I used Crimson Kiss Colour Cloud for the 1st 2 steps, then Red Geranium Archival for the 3rd set (veins) and Coffee Archival for the centre. I cut the flower parts out using Justrite Multi-Step Poinsettia Dies. I'll show how to do this in the launch hour tomorrow night. I cut some foliage out of Rich Green Card using Sue Wilson's Berry Sprig Die Set.

I assembled the card as shown adding some mats of Coconut White Card, Rich Red Card and Rich Green Card.

Sue Wilson is continuing with her One Day Special on Hochanda today with shows at 9am, 12noon, 4pm and 7pm. I'm offering 10% discount on products I have on my website from the shows. You can find them here. Offer applies till midnight tonight or while stocks last. Discount will be applied at checkout.

I'll be back tomorrow with another sneak peek.

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 (24th September) - Phill Martin Snowflakes Inserts 8 x 8 Paper Pad only £7.99!

Freebie Friday

Hi Bloggers.

It's that time of the week again!

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

This is the original card. It's the demo card that's up for grabs - it looks the same except that I have used different pattern for the embossing. You can read how this card was made here (second card on that post).

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

Sue Wilson is lauching a One Day Special on Hochanda this evening at 8pm. I'm offering 10% discount on products I have on my website from the shows. You can find them here. Offer applies till midnight tomorrow night or while stocks last. Discount will be applied at checkout.

I'll be back tomorrow with a sneak peek from the Justrite One Day Special which starts on Sunday evening.

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 (23rd September) - Creative Expressions Stamps to Die For - Apple Blossom Spray only £1.99!