Noel baubles...

Hi there bloggers

This is my third card featuring the 

Woodware Clear Magic Huge Noel stamp available HERE

You can see that I have used the bauble shaped 'O' this week to make a different style of card with the stamp

 I started by using black Stazon to stamp the 'O' on to some mylar to make the template below

The 'F' is for front - so I don't get the baubles back to front - I'm stating the obvious I know, but I can get easily confused sometimes!

I chose a blue and purple dotty paper from the 

Wild Rose Studio Wintry Christmas Paper Pack and found two 

co-ordinating pieces of Core'dinations cardstock from my stash

Using my template, I drew the baubles on the reverse of the each piece of card and cut them out

I then embossed them using a Darice embossing folder called Wire Fence 

I matted and layered the paper on to a 

Craftwork Cards 119x119mm scalloped card blank 

and punched some foliage in green.

I then attached the pieces and the blue bauble to the card

using Cosmic Shimmer dries clear glue 

I 3D'd the purple bauble and a Craftwork Card Christmas sentiment using 

Woodware adhesive foam pads and finished off with some silver ribbon,  Hobby House Rhinestone gems and Stardust Stickles glitter glue

Have a great week and keep on crafting

~Suzanne~

    

    
      
 

Emily with Cat

 

Hi! It's Georgina again.
Today I would like to share a card with you that I have made using the cute Emily and Cat Cling Stamp by Wild Rose Studio which is available from Lisa B. Designs.

I started by stamping the Emily and Cat image with a Tuxedo Black Memento ink pad onto smooth white card. I coloured the image with ProMarkers. I then cut around the image leaving a small white border. I used dies to cut circles of white and bright green card and a scalloped circle of dark green card. I attached the circle and coloured image together.

 

 I used the pretty Embossalicious Floral Frenzy 6x6 embossing folder to emboss the front of a shaped card blank. I also cut a small piece of white card which I embossed a flower section of the embossing folder. I cut out two flowers from this section and added them to the card. I added the coloured image and a circle sentiment to the card. To finish the card I added white and black faux stitching.

    

Anyone good at Jigsaws?........he,he....

Morning All,

 

What a lovely couple of days we have had after all that rain........

 

I was really pleased that it did not rain yesterday as my log cabin, Craft Studio turned up........Yippee ;-), I am soooo excited.

Mind you, is anyone good at jigsaws?..........he,he...

 

 

I am just really pleased that it has full instructions!! It is not going up for a couple of weeks and we have bits to sort out before then but as promised I said I would show you the progress of it......

 

Unfortunately Paul and I were to busy unloading it from the lorry that I forgot to take a picture of it arriving, duh.....

 

This is the space that it is going in......

 

 

 

It will be so great to get a proper inspirational workspace that is not in the house so that I feel like I am not at work 24/7, mind you I may get lost out there for a few hours......mnnn...

 

I will show you the progress of it all as it happens and some of the lovely craft storage that I have bought for it next week, it's delish!....

 

I have been working on a lot of new cards samples, however I am saving them for the Christmas class on 6th September at Fant hall and will share them with you afterwards....

 

Well that's all for now my lovelies, enjoy the rest of your week.

 

Big Hugs Lisa.B.xxx

 

 

And So It Begins

Hello blog visitors, Kirsten here, I hope you had a great weekend.  Word has come down from the boss - - that it’s time I started thinking about projects for you-know-what in December.  After much gnashing of teeth, I challenged myself to make four cards in an hour, using the following ingredients:

White card blanks
Scraps of core’dinations
Joy Crafts Ice Crystal dies
Liquid Pearls
Glitter glue
Gold & silver embossing powders
Distress inks

****Links to these items are below****

 

 

The thing I did was to die cut the snowflakes. It’s the first time I’ve used these dies & I initially used a 300gsm card.  It was too thick, even with Cut Rite wax paper the dies didn’t cut all the way through.  So I tried a  card blank, which is about 200-250 gsm, with the wax paper & after putting it through the Big Shot a few times, it worked.  The die cuts are quite delicate, so I would suggest that you place the card onto a piercing mat & gently push the card away from the die cut with a poky tool.

 

Once I had cut a small pile of snowflakes, I started on the cards.  I used letters from an alphabet set of stamps that I’ve had in my stash for an age, stamped them with Versamark & heat set with gold or silver embossing powder.

 

Then I masked off the word with a post-it.

For each card, I swiped distress ink that corresponded with the core'dinations card, onto the craft sheet & spritzed it with water.  then I loaded a small paintbrush with the ink & water mix & flicked it over the white card, until I was happy with the splatters.

 

Now it was time to put the cards together, keeping them very simple with accents of gold & silver liquid pearls & Icicle glitter glue……….

 

That’s it.  I achieved my goal, all four cards were finished in under an hour.  I think I will make more simple cards like this, they’re great for when you need a batch of quick cards.  And I used some of my huge pile of scrap card stock too.

                
Thanks for visiting.  I’ll be meeting Lisa this week to make plans for the next few weeks & also for the blog challenges between now & December, we will keep you updated as things occur.  The current challenge runs until 10pm on Saturday, so I will be back on Sunday with a new one.  Until then, happy crafting.

 

Kirsten.

August Newsletter

Morning, hope everyone is having a nice weekend, despite the dramatic change in the weather.  Apparently, tomorrow is to be better.........

In case you've not subscribed to the email newsletter, here it is..........

 

Hi All, It's a mighty bit miserable out there today and on a bank holiday weekend!!!.....well nothing new there then!!! How are you all, enjoying your weekend I hope. The next workshop is looming up very quickly 6th September and just to let you know in case you didn't, we are doing Christmas Cards... Christmas!.....I hear you scream! Yes it is that time of year and as we don't have an October class I thought we would start next month. There are actually a few rare spare places available on both workshops due to holiday times so if you want to get your feet in the door so to speak ring me on 01622 675078 to book your place or email me...... Remember anyone is welcome to come and visit the fully stocked craft shop that is always set out when the class is on between the hours of 2.30pm to 9.30pm at Fant Hall, Barming ME16 8NN . Remember to bring your loyalty cards with you and your cameras as there is always new samples to look at....... As normal there will be new items at the workshop with the focus on Christmas and I am also working on new boards as we speak..... The girls have been putting some great inspirational tutorials and samples on my blog if you want to pop over and take a peek:http://lisabdesignsinspiration.blogspot.co.uk/ I have also been updating the website with new stock if you want to pop over and take a look: http://www.lisabdesigns.co.uk/ Not everything that I stock is on the website so there are often a lot more items at the shop on class day... I have something quite exciting happening at home, for along time now my work room has got fuller and fuller and fuller and my actual workspace has got smaller and smaller, you get the picture!! It is impossible to keep the creative juices flowing when it all caving in around you......a lot of you know what I mean! Paul has finally agreed for me to have an outside workspace and has ordered me a log cabin to have as my studio!..... Yippee:-);-);-)!! I can finally get a creative, organised work space and get out house back and then we can start decorating again. If all goes to plan, it is arriving on Tuesday and I am hoping to post from next week on the blog and show you the progress of it all as it is happening over the next few weeks...... After it is all up and running I will be having a MEGA CLEAR OUT SALE of my craft room as I want to bring it down to one third of what it is now as I just don't get the time these days to use everything. I have so much stuff as you can image and a lot of it has never been used!! The SALE will be at my place and I will let you know nearer the time of the day and times...... Well its short and sweet again my lovelies, I look forward to seeing a lot of you soon. Big Hugs Lisa.B xxx

Contemporary Noel....

Hi there blog people

Following on from last week, here is my modern take on the

Woodware Clear Magic Huge Noel stamp

available HERE

I started with a 203mm x 203mm scalloped card blank by Craftwork Cards

The square and dot papers are from the 

Wild Rose Studio Wintry Christmas 6x6 paper pad

The mirri and pearl card used for matting and layering are from my stash

Using Black Onyx Versafine I stamped the image on to the dotty paper and the 

square paper (on an angle to make it stand out a bit more)

I cut out the letters n, e and l and attached them to the dot paper with

Dries Clear Cosmic Shimmer glue

I then stamped the 'o' onto a scrap piece of card, cut it out and then drew around it on the reverse

of a piece of silver mirri card.  After cutting out the shape on the mirri card, I embossed it

using the Darice Wire Fence embossing folder and attached it with 

Woodware Mini Mounting pads to give a 3d effect

I finished of with some silver Card Candi, blue gems, some blue seam binding ribbon and two die cut

Joy Craft Snow flakes in silver mirri....

You may have noticed that the blue gem on the far left has slightly moved out of position 

I will need to have words with my photographer, who will probably tell me to take the photographs myself!

 

Anyway, my mission for next week is to come up with another look and style for Noel 

We all like to get the most from our stamps don't we?

 

Have a great Bank Holiday weekend and keep on crafting

~Suzanne~