Happy Hour Background Panels

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

Another really easy card to make. I cut 3 strips of Coconut White Card. I cut the central panel from the Happy Hour Background into each one. I matted them all onto Black Card.

I embossed a piece of Coconut White Card using the Couture Creations Velvet Tea Lights Embossing Folder. I matted onto Black Card and then another piece of Coconut White Card.

I cut the sentiments from the 3D Cosmopolitan Cocktail Die Set out of Black Card.

I completed my card by adding a 5mm Black Pearl to each corner of my embossed background, edging with CS Glue and adding CS Crystal Chips.

Jane Gill has shows on Hochanda today at 8am, 12noon and 4pm. I'm offering 10% discount on items from the shows. You can find them here. Please enter JANEGILL in the discount code box at checkout to activate your discount. Offer applies till midnight tonight or while stocks last.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk
Free card with all website orders over £10 (Add a note to your order in your cart).

Freebie Friday

Hi Bloggers.

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

This card was a workshop card from a couple of years ago - it's not been blogged. Here's the list of items used -

Sue Wilson Dies - Classic 3D Bow, Dotty 3D Bow, Auvergne, Saltzburg, Believe, Vintage Bauble, Classic Poinsettia, Mosaic Poinsettia, Pine Bough
Couture Creations - Jolly Christmas
Enchanted Gold Gilding Wax
Self Adhesive Pearls - Cream 5mm & 8mm
CS Ivory PVA
Card - Milk & Vintage Gold

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.

Francoise Read is continuing with her One Day Special on Hochanda today with shows at 9am, 1pm and 5pm. I'm offering 10% off items from the shows on my website. You can find them here. Please enter FRANCOISE in the discount code box at checkout to activate your discount. Offer valid till midnight tonight or while stocks last. Francoise has another show at 8pm tonight and then more shows at 9am, 1pm and 5pm tomorrow.
 
Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk

Freebie Friday

Hi Bloggers.

Freebie Friday is back this week.

Here's today'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

Takeover Shows on Hochanda today

Hi Bloggers.

I have another two-fer for you today.

I have 3 hours on Hochanda UK today and 1 hour on Hochanda Netherlands.

First up, at 8am UK and then at 9am Netherlands, I have shows with Sue Wilson's Snow Globe Dies.

Products used -
Sue Wilson - Snow Globe, Santa's Reindeer Snow Globe Scene, Classic Poinsettia, Pine Twig, Holly Swirl, Double Pierced Squares A & B
That Special Touch - Nordic Christmas
Cosmic Shimmer - Phill Martin Old Gold Sparkle Texture Paste, Iced Flake & Glacier Ice Glitter Jewels, Golden Sands Glitterbitz
Creative Expressions - Snow White Micro Beads, Circle Treat Cups, Heat Emboss Acetate, Card : Coconut White, Antique Gold Pearl
Woodware - 2mm Foam Tape

At 11am and 3pm, I have UTEE shows.

Products used -
Wendy Vecchi Studio 490 - 3 Cheers for Art, Potting Soil Archival
Distress Oxides - Fired Brick, Walnut Stain
Cosmic Shimmer - UTEE : Clear, Tarnished Gold, Phill Martin Old Gold Mica Powder
Creative Expressions - 5mm Black Pearls, Card : Coconut White, Black

Hope you can join in the fun today on Hochanda. The full schedule is in the left-hand sidebar of this blog.

I've added photos of the samples from all 3 of my shows to the Gallery Section of this blog and to 3 albums on my Julia Watts Crafts Facebook Page.

My Website is up and running again! Yay! It's not perfect but it already looks much better, I think so anyway. I have added a section for the Takeover weekend. You can find it here. Please note - prices are shown as ex-VAT (sigh!) - it will be added at checkout. If you're an existing customer, I think you will need to create a new account but then all your details should come up.

You can enjoy 10% discount on products in this section but it's NOT automatic - you will need to enter TAKEOVER in the discount box at checkout. Please don't ask me to amend your order if you forget - I have tested it and it does work. Offer applies till midnight tomorrow night.

You may want to read the Shipping and New Website Info pages at the bottom as navigation is not brilliant just yet and I'm not shipping outside UK at the moment.

Any problems - shout but be patient as I'm a bit busy!

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk
Free card with all website orders over £10 (ask for one in the comments box at checkout).

Freebie Friday

Hi Bloggers.

It's Freebie Friday AGAIN! Can't believe that yet another week has flown by!

Here's this week's card that need 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. Last week's card has not been claimed yet - it's not sufficient to just comment on the blog if you've won, I need to have an email from you with your address.

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.

I am not sure if I will get chance to send any website orders out today as I have to pack for my workshop tomorrow with Lisa. Your items will be picked but I may not have time to get them parcelled up and sent out. I will do my best to catch up with everything on Sunday. I need to prep for my next One Day Special too - next Friday! Shows are coming around fast this month!

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk
Free card with all website orders over £10 (ask for one in the comments box at checkout).

Freebie Friday - Pixie Powder Shoes

Hi Bloggers.

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
Free card with all website orders over £10 (ask for one in the comments box at checkout).
Deal of the Day today (14th July) - Dies by Sue Wilson Kinetics - Easter Basket only £13.99!

Mint Cupcake

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

For the weave on this one, I started by cutting Sue Wilson's Classic Weaving Die out of Coconut White Card and then ran it through the Spellbinders Platinum Machine with the Couture Creations Velvet Tea Lights Embossing Folder. I cut Sue's Striped Weaving Die out of Peach, Lilac, Sky Blue, Custard and Aqua Card. I cut them all into pairs of strips. I wove them in and out of the Classic die cut working through all of the pastel colours.

I made some frames using Sue's Scalloped Lattice Frames Set B - I cut dies #2 and #5 out of Coconut White Card, dies #2 and #4 out of Custard Card and dies #2 and #3 out of Aqua Card. I glued them all together and added them to my woven background using 3D Foam and trimmed away the excess using scissors. I added some mats and a 5mm White Pearl to the corners.

I stamped the cupcake from the Justrite Make a Wish Stamp Set onto Coconut White Card using Clear Perfect Medium and embossed with Phill Martin's Frosted Aqua Embossing Powder. I cut it out using Sue's Happy Birthday Circle Die Set. I cut the Happy Birthday Circle die out of Custard Card.

I cut Sue's Star Flower Cluster out of Sky Blue, Lilac and Custard Card.

I've loaded Lisa Horton's new stamps onto my website. You can find the Clear Stamp Sets here and the A6 Rubber Backgrounds here. All are in stock now.

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 items I have on my website from the shows. You will be able to 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 over £10 (ask for one in the comments box at checkout).
Deal of the Day today (23rd February) - Craft Consortium Peach Satin Ribbon Pack only £1.50!

Happy Birthday

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

For the background, I started by cutting Sue Wilson's Classic Weaving Die out of Coconut White Card and ran it through the Spellbinders Platinum Machine. I cut Sue's Striped Weaving Die out of Aqua Card and out of Custard Card. I glued the Custard die cut, just at the ends, to the Aqua one, setting it to fill in the gaps. I split the striped piece into strips 4 wide - 1 aqua, 2 custard, 1 aqua. I wove these through the Classic die cut.

I made a frame out of Custard and Aqua Card using Sue's Ornate Pierced Squares Die Set. I added it to my woven background using 3D Foam and trimmed away the excess using scissors.

 I cut die #4 from Sue's Madeleine Die Set out of Custard Card. I cut dies #3 and #4 from the same set out of Aqua Card and glued the 2 die cuts together. I cut the Justrite Happy Birthday Sentiment Die out of Coconut White Card.

I cut Sue's Daisy Cluster Die Set out Coconut White and Custard Card. The centres are cut from Aqua Card using a die from Sue's Exquisiste Poppy Die Set.

I completed my card, adding some mats of all the colours of card used and some 8mm White Pearls.

The winner of the card from Freebie Friday on 3rd February is ....................

Marion Scott

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
Free card with all website orders over £10 (ask for one in the comments box at checkout).
Deal of the Day today (6th February) - Stampendous Cling Rubber Stamp - Sailboats only £7.99!

Happily Ever After

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

For the background, I started by cutting Sue Wilson's Classic Weaving Die out of Coconut White Card twice and Sue's Striped Weaving Die out of Milk Card twice. I embossed the Classic die cuts with the Couture Creations Velvet Tea Lights Embossing Folder. I glued the Striped die cuts on top of the Classic ones. I cut one set into strips and wove it through the other.

I made a frame out of Coconut White and Milk Card using Sue's Ornate Pierced Squares Die Set. I added it to my background using 3D Foam Tape, trimming away the excess using scissors.

I added some mats of Coconut White and Milk Card and added an 8mm Cream Pearl to each corner.

I cut die #4 from Sue's Ornate Framed Happily Ever After Die Set out of Coconut White Card. I cut dies #3 and #4 from the same set out of Milk Card and glued the 2 die cuts together. I cut die #2 from Sue's Double Pierced Circles Set B out of Coconut White Card and die #2 from Sue's Double Pierced Circles out of Milk Card and stacked them onto the Ornate Frame. I cut the sentiment from the Ornate Framed Happily Ever After Die Set out of Milk Card.

I cut Sue's The Happy Couple Die out of Coconut White Card.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk
Free card with all website orders over £10 (ask for one in the comments box at checkout).
Deal of the Day today (1st February) -  Sue Wilson New Zealand Collection : Hamilton only £9.99!

Sweet Baby

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

For the woven background, I started by cutting Sue Wilson's Classic Weaving Die out of Coconut White Card and then embossed it using Couture Creations Velvet Tea Lights Embossing Folder. I cut Sue's Striped Weaving Die out of Aqua Card twice. I glued the 2 striped die cuts together, offsetting them to fill in the gaps. I cut these strips into sets of 2 and 3. For my weave, I wove a set of 3 strips through the Classic die cut under 1, over 1, under 1, over 1 and so on. Then using a set of 2 strips I wove over 1, under 1, over 1, under 1 and so on. I repeated these 2 rows until my piece was complete.

I made a frame using dies #2 and #4 from Sue's Scalloped Lattice Frames Set B. I added it to my background using 3D Foam and trimmed away the excess using scissors. I added a piece of Coconut White Card cut using die #5 from the same set, and mats of Aqua and Coconut White Card.

I cut die #4 from the Sue's Madeleine Die Set out of Coconut White Card. I cut dies #3 and #4 from the same set out Aqua Card. I cut the sentiment from Sue's Baby Onesie Die Set out of Coconut White Card.

I cut Sue's Star Flower Cluster out of Coconut White and Aqua Card and added 3mm White Pearls to the centre of the flowers. I cut the stork and bundle from Sue's Stork and Baby Die Set out of Aqua Card.

I completed my card by adding some 3mm White Pearls to my sentiment disc and a 5mm White Pearl to each corner of my frame.

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

nancyd

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
Free card with all website orders over £10 (ask for one in the comments box at checkout).
Deal of the Day today (30th January) - Creative Expressions Bee Happy Clear Stamp Set only £7.99!

Happy Birthday Circle

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

For the background, I cut Sue Wilson's Classic Weaving Die out of Coconut White Card. I then ran the die cut through the Spellbinders Platinum Machine with the Couture Creations Velvet Tea Lights Embossing Folder.

I cut Sue's Striped Weaving Die out of Sky Blue Card twice. I glued the 2 Striped die cuts together, offsetting them to fill in the gaps. I cut these down into pieces 2 and 3 strips wide.

I then wove my background weaving the striped strips through the classic die cut. With 3 strips, over 1, under 1, over 1, under 1 and so on to the end. With 2 strips, under 1, over 1, under 1, over 1 and so on to the end. I repeated these 2 rows until my piece was complete.

I made a frame out of Coconut White Card using dies #2 and #4  out of Sue's Scalloped Lattice Frames Set B. I added it to my background using 3D  Foam Tape and trimmed away the excess using scissors.

I used Sue's Happy Birthday Circle die set for my topper, cutting out of Coconut White and Sky Blue Card (this die set is currently out of stock at CE but I'm told more stock is expected end of February). I used 3D Foam Pads in between my layers.

I cut Sue's Star Flower Cluster (this is due back in stock end of February too) out of Coconut White and Sky Blue Card.

I finished my card by adding a 5mm White Pearl to the corners of my frame and Coconut White and Sky Blue mats.

Sue's new die release will be launched on 26th January. I have them on pre-order and I have loaded the stock on my website with 10% discount here. I still need to load the new stamps - I will try to get that done by the end of today.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk
Free card with all website orders over £10 (ask for one in the comments box at checkout).
Deal of the Day today (19th January) - Phill Martin Sentimentally Yours - Blossom Occasions Sentiments Tags only £8.99!