Bright Celebrations Shadow Box

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

The background on this card uses one of my current favourite techniques with masks. I used a piece of Watercolour Card cut into 2 x A5 pieces. I added 10 drops of Citrus Lime, Deep Plum and Rose Pink CS Intense Pigment Stains to 3 Mister Bottles filled with water.  I misted all 3 colours onto 1 piece of the Watercolour Card. I misted a little plain water on top and then placed the other piece of Watercolour Card on top. I peeled the pieces of card apart and blotted excess off with Kitchen Roll. I kept my second piece for another project (tomorrow's post).

Working on my first piece, I placed the Puerto Rico Blocks Mask on one half and misted through with water. I lifted the mask off and turned it over and placed on the other half of my background to get a negative water print. I blotted off with Kitchen Roll. I then misted through a section of the Prism Effect Mask with the Citrus Lime. I turned it over to get a negative print from the excess ink in another section of my background and blotted off with Kitchen Roll. I repeated in another area of my background. Finally, I repeated the process with Deep Plum and the Tzar Mask.

I cut Sue Wilson's Celebrations Shadow Box out of Coconut White Card and added it to my background using CE Mounting Cushion. I added a frame cut from Coconut White Card using dies#4 and #5 from Sue's Stitched Square Peg Board Die Set. I matted onto Coconut White Card, Black Card and then another piece of Coconut White Card.

I used the Triple Happy Birthday die cuts left over from yesterday's card all around my Shadow Box.

I popped some Rose Pink, Citrus Lime and Deep Plum CS Intense Pigment Stains onto my Craft Sheet. I used them neat and painted onto Coconut White Card. I cut the elements from the Shadow Box and the So Many Candles Sentiment from them. I cut the plain dies for the candle and hat out of Coconut White Card, colouring in the flames using Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade Distress Markers.

 

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

Phill Martin is launching a new One Day Special on Hochanda today at 6pm with his Lavish Leaves Collection. I'm offering 10% discount on items from the shows on my website. You can find them here. You need to enter PHILLMARTIN in the discount code box at checkout to get your discount. Offer valid till midnight tomorrow night or while stocks last.

The winner of the card from Freebie Friday on 27th October is .............................

nattyboots

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

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk

Triple Happy Birthday Background with Cake

Hi Bloggers.

Well we had a fab day yesterday with Leonie. I've put some pics at the end of this post.

Here's today's card -

For the background, I dabbed some Sweet Violet CS Chalk Cloud onto my Craft Sheet. I misted it with a little water and picked it up onto a piece of Coconut White Card. I used die #2 from Sue Wilson's Stitched Square Peg Board to cut a square from my background.

I cut the Triple Happy Birthday Die from a piece of Black Card - I used the fall away pieces on another project (tomorrow's post) and used the waste as a mask. I inked through it several times all over my card with Princess Pink CS Chalk Cloud using a Smoothie.

I matted onto a piece of Coconut White Card using die #3 from the Stitched Square Peg Board Die Set. I cut die #4 from the set, again out of Coconut White Card but this time I edged with Princess Pink Chalk Cloud.

I cut Sue's Make a Cake Die Set out of Coconut White Card, Silver Mirror Card and more of my background. I coloured the candles using Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade Distress Markers.

I cut the Alphabet Grid die out of Baby Pink and Coconut White Card.

I cut a couple of penants out of Coconut White Card using Sue's Celebrations Shadow Box Die Set. I wrapped them around a piece of Pastel Baker's Twine and added my numbers from the Alphabet Grid.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk

Simple Alphabet Grid Card

Hi Bloggers.

Heading out early today to set up for my workshop with Leonie Pujol. It's going to be busy!

Here's a quickie card for today -

I started by cutting Sue Wilson's Alphabet Grid Die out of Coconut White Card. I put the letters away into a sectioned box and then added die #2 from Sue's Stitched Square Peg Board Die Set and cut.

I used another Alphabet Grid die cut as a mask and inked through it onto a square piece of Coconut White Card with Blue Lagoon CS Chalk Cloud using a Smoothie. I added my clean Alphabet Grid Die Cut, offsetting it slightly.

I cut one of the border dies from the Ecliptic Edger Die Set out of Coconut White Card 4 times and glued them to the back of my grid.

I matted onto Coconut White Card using CE Mounting Cushion, then to Duck Egg Card using CS Glue and them Coconut White Card using Mounting Cushion.

I added my sentiment from tiles cut using the Alphabet Grid out of Coconut White and Duck Egg Card.

I cut a candle out of Coconut White and Duck Egg Card using the Celebrations Shadow Box Die Set adding Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade Distress Markers.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk

Freebie Friday

Hi Bloggers.

Here's this week's card that is looking for a new home -

You can read how this card was made here.

Leave a lovely comment below to go into the draw to win it. I will announce the winner on Monday. Be sure to pop back to see if you have won.

Please note : Only comments left below will go into the draw. Comments made on the original post will not count. Information given on the original post was correct at the time that post was published.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk

Happy Day with Cake!

Hi Bloggers.

Hope you enjoyed the One Day Special Shows. I'm spending today getting my website orders sorted and packing the kits for my workshop with Leonie on Saturday.

Here's today's card -

I started by just cutting die #1 from Sue Wilson's Stitched Square Peg Board Die Set into a piece of Lilac Card. I cut Sue's Alphabet Grid Die out of Coconut White Card twice. I used one of the waste (well it's not really waste!) pieces to add to my background.

I made a frame using dies #2 and #4 from Sue's Stitched Square Peg Board Die Set out of Coconut White Card. I added it to my background using Woodware Foam Tape, trimming away the excess using scissors. I made another frame out of Lilac Card using dies #3 and #4 from the Stitched Square Peg Board Die Set and added it to my white frame using CS Glue. I matted onto 2 layers of Coconut White Card.

I added my letters for my sentiment cut using the Alphabet Grid Die - I have quite a collection of letters now!

I cut the elements from Sue's Make a Cake Die Set out of Coconut White, Lilac and Silver Shine Pearl Card. I added Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade Distress Markers to the flames on the candles.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk

One Day Special Shows continue today

Hi Bloggers.

Hope you enjoyed yesterday's shows. I have more shows today at 9am, 1pm and 5pm.

Here's today's card -

The background is made using Shaving Foam and CS Intense Pigment Stains in Citrus Lime, Bluebell and Rose Pink onto Coconut White Card. This piece is actually second generation. For those of you who haven't come across this technique - I popped some cheap Shaving Foam into a plastic box spreading it around so the base was covered. I added drops of the Intense Pigment Stain. I used the end of a Paint Brush to create patterns in the Shaving Foam. I pressed a piece of Coconut White Card into it. I removed it and used a ruler to remove the foam from the card and removed any remaining foam with Kitchen Roll. I got a 2nd and 3rd print by re-distributing the foam and ink a little and popping more card on top.

I cut Sue Wilson's Alphabet Grid out of Coconut White Card. I removed all the letter blocks and added the empty grid to my background. I added a frame made out of Coconut White Card using dies #2 and #4 from Sue's Stitched Square Peg Board Die Set. I added it to my backgrounds using Woodware Foam Tape. I matted onto Coconut White Card, Black Card and then another piece of Black Card.

I cut the Alphabet Grid out of Coconut White Card a second time as I needed a couple of O's, a couple of E's and a couple of L's. I also cut it out of Black Card a couple of times. I added the letters to the grid as shown securing with CS Glue.

I cut Sue's Pinwheel Flowers out of Coconut White Card and the complete flowers out of my Shaving Foam background. I cut the leaves in the same set out of Coconut White card. I added a Small Black Circle Dazzler to the centre of each flower.

I really do love the Alphabet Grid Set - you can say whatever you want to on a card. Great for scrapbooking too!

I'm offering 10% discount on items on my website from the shows. You can find them here. Add JULIAWATTS to the discount code box at checkout to receive your discount. Offer applies till midnight tonight or while stocks last.

Hope you can tune in today.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk

One Day Special Shows on Hochanda today

Hi Bloggers.

I'm launching a new One Day Special on Hochanda today at 6pm with some lovely Sue Wilson Dies. I hope you can join me.

Here's today's card -

This card was a bit of a labour of love (no pun intended) so I thought I'd share it today so that it doesn't get overlooked.

I have some of Phill Martin's embossing powders on the show and all 3 of them are the really the focal point of this card.

I started by cutting dies from Sue Wilson's Jennifer Die Set out of Coconut White Card - dies #1 and #2 together and dies #3 and #4 together. I pressed them into Clear Perfect Medium. I added Chic Viola Embossing Powder to 2 of the opposite corners, Titanium Embossing Powder to the other 2 corners and Decadent Denim Embossing Powder to the centre. I heat set them both and then added more Perfect Medium, more powder as before and heat set again.

I cut die #2 and die #4 from the Jennifer Die Set out of Coconut White Card and added my embossed pieces to them using CS Glue.

I cut my letters for my sentiment out of Coconut White Card using Sue's Alphabet Grid Die Set. I double embossed the letters in the same 3 Embossing Powders, alternating the colours used. I cut a banner out of Coconut White Card using Sue's Stitched Flags Die Set - I made the banner longer and got points at both ends by keeping the straight edge outside of the cutting plates, turning the die around and slotting it back into place and cutting a second time still keeping that straight edge outside of the cutting plates.

I glued the letters in place using CS Glue, shaped my banner and added it to my Jennifer frame using Foam Pads in the centre and CS Glue at the ends.

I cut the outer and inner dies all 3 sizes of the flowers from Sue's Pinwheel Floral Die Set together out of Coconut White Card twice. I cut both of the leaves out of Coconut White Card twice. I double embossed the largest flowers with Chic Viola Embossing Powder.

I double embossed the middle sized flowers with Decadent Denim and the smallest ones with Titanium Embossing Powder.

For my background, I embossed a piece of Coconut White Card using the Creative Expressions Tulip Twist Embossing Folder. I matted onto Stone Card and then Coconut White Card.

I completed my card by adding some 8mm White Pearls to the centre of the flowers and to the corners.

I'm offering 10% discount on items on my website from the shows. You can find them here. Add JULIAWATTS to the discount code box at checkout to receive your discount. Offer applies till midnight tomorrow night or while stocks last.

I have loaded photos of the samples from the shows to the Gallery Section of this Blog and to my Julia Watts Crafts Facebook Page.

Just a reminder - shows are at 6pm and 8pm today and then 9am, 1pm and 5pm tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk

Monday Sneak Peek

Hi Bloggers.

I have another sneak peel for you today from the One Day Special that I'm launching on Hochanda tomorrow at 6pm.

I started by just cutting die #1 from Sue Wilson's Stitched Square Peg Board Die Set into a piece of Duck Egg Card. I cut the Shadow Box Frame from Sue's Celebrations Shadow Box Die Set out of Coconut White Card and glued it to the Peg Board Die Cut. I made a frame using dies #2 and #4 from Sue's Stitched Square Peg Board Die Set out of Coconut White Card. I added it to my background using Woodware Foam Tape, trimming away the excess using scissors. I matted onto Duck Egg Card and then Coconut White Card.

I popped a little CS Clear Vanish Lacquer onto my Craft Sheet and painted it onto a piece of Primrose Card and onto Coconut White Card. Once dry, I cut the balloons and present from the Celebrations Shadow Box and the cake icing from Sue's Make a Cake Die Set.

I tied some Pastel Baker's Twine around the ends of the balloons.

I cut the cake stand out of Silver Mirror Card and the remainder of the cake out of Coconut White Card. I coloured the candles using Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade Distress Markers.

I cut the sentiment from the Celebrations Shadow Box out of Coconut White Card.

The winner of the card from Freebie Friday is ........................

ursula

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

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk

Sunday Sneak Peek

Hi Bloggers.

I'm back home now. I'll be catching up with as many of my website orders that I can today and spending the next couple of days getting my demos together for the One Day Special that I'm launching on Tuesday.

I thought that you might like to see an sneak peek from the One Day Special?

The background has been created using the smallest die in Sue's Stitched Square Peg Board Die Set. It's easy to extend the design by slotting the end row or 2 back into place and cutting again. I've cut it out of Coconut White Card, matted onto Primrose Card and another piece of Coconut White.

I cut dies #3 and #4 from Sue's Jennifer Die Set out of Primrose Card and just die #4 out of Coconut White Card. I glued the 2 die cuts together and added them to my background using CE Mounting Cushion.

I built up a cake on a stand out of Coconut White, Primrose and Gold Mirror Card using Sue's Make a Cake Die Set. I coloured the flames on the candles using Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade Distress Markers.

I cut Sue's Alphabet Grid out of Primrose Card twice and Coconut White Card twice ( I needed two 'O's). I added my sentiment using CE Mounting Cushion under each tile.

I completed my card by adding a 5mm White Pearl to each corner.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk

Let it Snow Frame

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

Products used -
Paper Cuts - Let it Snow Frame, Jingle Bells (corners)
Creative Expressions - Double Sided Self Adhesive Sheet, Falling Snow Embossing Folder, Self Adhesive Pearls - White 3mm & 5mm
Cosmic Shimmer Diamond Frost - Sparkle Star
Sue Wilson - Double Pierced Rectangles A & B
Card - Coconut White & Cobalt

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk

Freebie Friday

Hi Bloggers.

Travelling home from Norfolk this morning and then onto Southampton this afternoon ahead of my workshop in Lyndhurst tomorrow.

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

You can read how this card was made here.

Leave a lovely comment below to go into the draw to win it. I will announce the winner on Monday. Be sure to pop back to see if you have won.

Please note : Only comments left below will go into the draw. Comments made on the original post will not count. Information given on the original post was correct at the time that post was published.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk

Woodware Butterfly Collage

Hi Bloggers.

Francoise Read has shows on Hochanda today (and Phill Martin is continuing with his One Day Special) so I thought I'd share a simple card that I made using one of Francoise's stamps at the demo I did recently at Domino Crafts.

I started by adding Distress Oxides - Fired Brick, Vintage Photo and Fossilized Amber, to a piece of Coconut White Card. I misted a little water into my hand and 'clapped' over my card to create little splats. I blotted with Kitchen Roll.

I made sure that my background was dry. I dusted with an Anti-Static Bag and stamped the Woodware Butterfly Collage using Onyx Black Versafine Ink. I added CS Matt Clear Embossing Powder and heat set.

I edged my piece with Vintage Photo Oxide using a Smoothie. I added highlights and coloured in the butterflies using a Clear Stardust Pen.

I matted onto Black Card using CS Glue and then onto a Coconut White Card blank using CE Mounting Cushion.

I'm offering 10% discount on items I have in stock on my website from Francoise's shows. You can find them here. You need to enter FRANCOISE in the discount code box at checkout. Offer applies till midnight tonight or while stocks last.

Phill has One Day Special shows at 9am, 1pm and 5pm today. I'm also offering 10% discount on items from his shows. You can find them here. You need to enter PHILLMARTIN in the discount code box at checkout. Offer applies till midnight tonight or while stocks last.

You can only enter one code in the box per order. If you place more than 1 order today and you are charged postage, I will refund the postage if the total value of both of your orders is over £25. It will probably be Sunday when I action all refunds.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk