Follow Your Dreams

Hi Bloggers.

I made this card quite some time ago for a magazine but it wasn't used to my knowledge so I'm sharing here today. The write up is magazine style as it was already written.

1.       Place the Paved Mask onto a piece of WatercolourCard. Add Golden Mint, Aqua Lagoon and Peacock Green Pixie Powders by tapping very gently on the base of the pot. Spritz with water – don’t be too heavy handed! At this point, you can get the negative from your design if you wish. Place another piece of Watercolour Card over the mask and press all over firmly. Remove to reveal your negative design. Remove the mask and clean under a tap.

2.       Stamp the sentiment from the Phill Martin's Mini BaroqueInspirational Sentiments Stamp Set onto Coconut White Card using CobaltArchival. Cut out using Wreath #1 die from the Spellbinders Labels 50Decorative Accents. Ink through the die with Decadent Teal Colour Cloud using a Smoothie.

3.       Cut a frame out of Coconut White Card using Spellbinders 6 x 6 Matting Basics A Die set – use dies #5 and #8. Add the frame to the background using 3d Foam Tape and trim away any excess using scissors being careful not to trim into the frame.

4.       Cut the corner die and the flowers die from the Spellbinders Floral Berry Accents out of Coconut White Card twice, inking through the die with Decadent Teal Colour Cloud each time. Shape the flowers a little using your fingers and add the die cuts to the frame as shown. Add some 5mm White Pearls to the flower centres.

5.       Glue the card front to a piece of Deep Blue Card measuring 6 ¼” Square.

6.       Cut a piece of Coconut White Card measuring 7” square and pierce around the edges. Add a Deep Blue mat measuring 7 1/8” square.  Add this to a Coconut White mat measuring 7 5/8” square using 3d Foam Tape. Add the card front to these 3 pieces, again using 3d Foam Tape.

As well as trying to get my website sorted out, I'm now knee deep in a years worth of accounts! Don't ask me why I don't do it as I go - I never seem to have the time so it just gets worse. It's like my shredding pile - massive!

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 (22nd October) -  Phill Martin Sentimentally Yours - Mini Baroque Inspirational Sentiments only £8.99!

Freebie Friday

Hi Bloggers.

It's that time of the week again. Here's this week's card that needs a new home -

You can read how this card was made here.

For a chance to win it, leave a lovely comment below and I'll announce the winner on Monday.

I am luck enough to be able to stock 10 brand new colours of WOW! Embossing Powders ahead of their launch in January 2017. You can find them on my website here.

Also, WOW! are going to be launching some Sparkler Premium Glitters in January and I have 5 colours in stock now - you can find those here.

I am busy trying to re-arrange the categories on my website so that products are easier to find but it's a bit of an uphill task! The search button does work really well though so that's something! Please be patient, it's going to take me some time!

Phill Martin is moving his Nottingham Honeypot Crafts Store to bigger and better premises in December. Phill, Chloe Endean, John Lockwood and myself will be demoing at the open day on Sunday December 4th. It's going to be a great day!

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 (21st October) -  Phill Martin Sentimentally Yours - Blossom Large Rectangle Frame only £4.99!

Good Tidings

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

For the background, I mixed some CS Frosty Dawn Sparkle Texture Paste with some CS Vivid Violet Sparkle Texture Paste and then spread the mixture through the Nordic Christmas Mask onto Coconut White Card. I put it aside to dry (approx 2 hours). Mixing the 2 pastes together gives some lovely gold glitter highlights.

I made a fra,e 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 Tape and trimmed away the excess.

I stamped the sentiment from the Justrite Small Oval Christmas Tidings Stamp Set using Watering Can Archival. I stamped the frame from the same stamp set around the sentiment using Phill Martin CS Chic Aubergine Colour Cloud applied with a Smoothie. I cut it out using Justrite Joy Oval Frame Dies. I cut the largest die in the set out of Amethyst Card.

I stamped some poinsettias from the Justrite Multi-Step Poinsettia Stamp Set - I used PM Chic Aubergine for the solid stamping and Watering Can Archival for the veins and the centres. I used Justrite Multi-Step Poinsettia Dies to cut out the elements. I cut some foliage out of Amethyst Card using Sue Wilson's Berry Sprig Dies. I cut Sue's Pine Twig Dies out of Coconut White Card. I embossed them using Clear Perfect Medium and CS Vivid Violet Brilliant Sparkle Embossing Powder.

I completed my card by adding some Purple Dazzlers to the corners of my frame and some mats of Amethyst and Coconut White Card.

John Lockwood is continuing with his One Day Special on Hochanda today with shows at 9am, 12noon, 4pm and 7pm. I don't have many products from this set of shows but I'm offering 10% discount on items I do have on my website. You can find them here. Discount 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 (20th October) -  Phill Martin From the Heart - With Very Best Wishes only £5.99!

Beauty of the Season

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

For the background, I ran a piece of Coconut White Card through the Spellbinders Platinum Machine with the Nordic Christmas Mask using the embossing sandwich - I positioned the plated slightly away from the edge of the mask as I wanted a larger background and didn't want a line from the outside edge of the mask. I moved the mask along my card and slotted the last row of the design back in place in the already embossed area and ran it through the machine again, making sure that the plates were set back from the edge of the mask that was now running across my card.

I popped some CS Flake & Glitter Glue onto a piece of Wax Paper. I picked it up onto a piece of Cut n Dry Foam and used it to ink up the Justrite Ribbons of Holly Background. I stamped it onto Rich Red Card leaving the stamp on the card no more than 3 seconds so as not to tear the card. I cleaned my stamp under a cold tap. I used my 'ink pad' and Flake & Glitter Glue to ink up the Justrite Stitched Holly Background and stamped onto Coconut White Card, again following the 3 second rule. I cleaned my stamp. I added CS Mulled Wine Gilding Flakes to my backgrounds. I removed the excess using a piece of Rubit Scrubit.

I cut 3 panels from the red background, using the stamp design as a guide. I matted the panels onto Antique Gold Pearl Card and added them to my card using Mounting Cushion.

 I stamped the sentiment from the Justrite Small Oval Christmas Tidings using Clear Perfect Medium and embossed with CS Gold Detail Embossing Powder. I cut it out using the smallest die in the Justrite Joy Oval Frame Dies. I cut the next sized die in the set out of Rich Red Card and cut the largest die out of Antique Gold Pearl Card.

Going back to my white gilded background, I cut a couple of flowers out using the Justrite Multi-Step Poinsettia Dies. I coloured some 5mm White Pearls with Graphmaster Marker Pen 02 Old Red and added them to the centre of my flower.

I cut a pair of Sue Wilson's Pine Twigs out of Antique Gold Card.

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

John Lockwood is launching another One Day Special on Hochanda this evening at 8pm. I don't have many products from this set of shows but I'm offering 10% discount on items I do have on my website. You can find them here. Discount 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 (19th October) -  Creative Expressions Bee Happy Clear Stamp Set only £7.99!

Snowflake Rosette

Hi Bloggers.

Had a great day yesterday - picked up lots of new goodies for my website.

Here's today's card -

This was Charlie's favourite card on my last Hochanda shows and it's a proper card!

For the background, I used a piece of Coconut White Card left over from a frame cut using Sue Wilson's Double Pierced Squares so it has piercing around the edges. I cut the snowflake die from the Justrite Snowflake and Tag Dies out of Coconut White Card twice. I used the waste from one of the cuts as a mask. I used Phill Martin's CS Decadent Denim Colour Cloud and pounced through my mask using a Smoothie. I repeated this several times around my card. I edged the very edges of the card with Decadent Denim CC. I then randomly stamped the snowflake from the Justrite Small Oval Christmas Tidings Stamp Set using Phill Martin CS Chic Aubergine Colour Cloud using a Smoothie. I matted my background onto Cobalt Card, then Amethyst Card and then onto a Coconut White Card Blank.

I cut the largest die in Snowflake and Tag Dies out of Cobalt Card. I scored the 2 snowflake die cuts using a Hoogie Board. I cut along one line on each just to the centre and mountain and valley folded. I joined them together just CS Glue and added them to the Cobalt die cut. I cut the small die in the set out of Amethyst card and added it to the centre of the rosette using 3D Foam. I added a Blue Dazzler to the centre.

I completed my card by adding an 8mm White Pearl to each corner.

I stamped the sentiment from the Justrite Inside and Outside Sentiments Stamp Set on the inside of my card using Cobalt Archival.

John Lockwood is continuing with the Sue Wilson Festive Die Collection One Day Special on Hochanda today with shows at 9am, 12noon, 4pm and 7pm. I'm offering 10% discount on items I have for sale on my website from the shows. You can find them here. Discount 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 (18th October) -  Leonie Pujol Love Hearts Stamp Set only £2.99!

 

Congrats

HI Bloggers.

I thought I'd share a card made using the same die as in yesterday's post but show it used in a different way -

For the background, I used the inner die from the Spellbinders Medallion Three Die D-Lite and cut it several times into a piece of Bright White Card. I matted it onto a slightly larger piece of Sky Blue Card.

I cut the small die from the Spellbinders Octagon Strips and Accents Cut, Fold & Tuck Die Set several times out of a paper from Phill Martin's Blossom 8 x 8 Paper Pad. I folded and tucked, added a 5mm White Pearl and popped them on the centres of the medallions.

I cut the tag from the Spellbinders Octagon Strips and Accents Cut, Fold & Tuck Die Setout of the same  paper from Phill's Blossom Paper Pad. I folded and tucked and added a 5mm White Pearl. I stamped the sentiment from the Justrite Meadow Circles Stamp Set onto Bright White Card using Watering Can Archival. I trimmed it with scissors and added it to the CFT Tag.

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

John Lockwood is launching a One Day Special on Hochanda this evening at 8pm with more Festive Dies by Sue Wilson. I'm offering 10% discount on items I have for sale on my website from the shows, You can find them here. Discount applies till midnight tomorrow night or while stocks last. Discount will be applied at checkout.

The winner of the card from Freebie Friday on 14th October is...................

gwen70

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

I'm off to attend a Retailer Training Day today. Hoping to come back with lots of new ideas.

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 October) -  Sue Wilson Expressions Collection : Thinking of You only £5.99!

Die Cut Aperture

Hi Bloggers.

Had a great day yesterday - lots of lovely backgrounds were made by the ladies. My next workshops are on Wednesday 26th October up at Creative Expressions HQ in Kettering. You can find more details and book here.

I'm off to attend a Beading Workshop today.

Here's today's card -

I started by cutting the outer die only from the Spellbinders Medallion Three Die-DLite out of Aqua Card to create an aperture. I mounted this onto another piece of Aqua Card using 3D Foam.

I cut the 2 dies from the set together out of Bright White Card and glued the die cut in place through the aperture. I added a Craft Consortium Heart Cluster Diamante Charm to the centre.

I made a frame out of Bright White Card using Sue Wilson's Double Pierced Squares and Double Pierced Squares Set B. I added it to my background using 3D Foam.

I cut the motifs I used in the corners out of Bright White Card using Spellbinders Venetian Motifs Die Set. I added a 5mm White Pearl to each one.

Creative Expressions have loaded a 3rd video that I made - this time using CS Misters 

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 October) - Spellbinders Card Creator - Loopy only £12.99! (RRP £24.50)

Bags, Boxes and Tags

Hi Bloggers.

I'm running a workshop in Milton Keynes. It's a Backgrounds Masterclass so lots of lovely background techniques to share with the ladies today.

Today, I thought I'd share a selection of additional Christmas items you may like to make.

First a gift bag -

I started by stamping the Justrite Snow Days Background Stamp onto Coconut White Card twice using Phill Martin CS Decadent Denim Colour Cloud applied using a Smoothie. I used these stamped backgrounds to cut the side panels out using the Spellbinders Favorably Simple Gift Box Die Set. The stamped background isn't quite long enough to get the whole box side in but I positioned it so that the bottom flaps were slightly off the stamping - this isn't seen unless you turn the bag upside down. I cut the inside flaps of the bag out of Coconut White Card.

I assembled the bag as per Becca Feeken's YouTube Video

I cut the small snowflake die from the Justrite Snowflake & Tags Die Set out of Coconut White Card. I added it to the flap of the gift bag and added a Blue Dazzler.

I stamped the sentiment from the Justrite Christmas Mini Tags Stamp Set onto Coconut White Card using Decadent Denim Colour Cloud. I cut it out using a tag die from the Justrite Snowflake & Tags Die Set.

A little box -

I spread some CS Holly Sparkle Texture Paste through the Holly Background Mask onto Rich Green Card. Once dry, I cut the box top die from the Spellbinders Bracket Edge Box out of it and I cut the bottom die out of Rich Red Card. I used CS Dries Clear Glue to assemble the box.

I cut a die from the Justrite Multi-Step Poinsettia Dies out of Coconut White Card . I double embossed them using Clear Perfect Medium and CS Ruby Slippers Brilliant Sparkle Embossing Powder. I added some 5mm White Pearls to the centre of my flower.

I stamped the sentiment from the Justrite Christmas Mini Tags Stamp Set onto Coconut White Card using Clear Perfect Medium and embossed with CS Bright Gold Detail Embossing Powder. I cut it out using a tag die from the Justrite Snowflake & Tags Die Set. I edged the tag with CS Crimson Kiss Colour Cloud using a Smoothie.

A couple of tags -

I stamped the sentiment from the Justrite Inside and Outside Christmas Sentiments Stamp Set onto Coconut White Card using Red Geranium Archival, I cut it out using Sue Wilson's Pierced Tag Dies. I cut the tiny circular reinforement die in the set out of Rich Red Card.

I stamped the smaller poinsettia from the Justrite Multi-Step Poinsettia Stamp Set onto Coconut White Card. 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 centre. I cut them out using Justrite Multi-Step Poinsettia Dies.

I assembled my flower and added it to my tag. I finished by adding some Red Two-Tone Ribbon.

For this slightly smaller tag cut using Sue's Pierced Tag Dies, I stamped santa and the sentiment from the Justrite Christmas Mini Tags Stamp Set using Red Geranium Archival. The 'To' is from the Justrite Inside and Outside Christmas Sentiments Stamp Set. I added some Bakers Twine to this one.

Another video I did for Creative Expressions has gone live on YouTube. This one is on Pixie Powders.

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 October) - Phill Martin Sentimentally Yours - Baroque Relative Corner Sentiments only £8.99!