NEW Bubble Tree!

SPARKLE & SHINE stamp designs by Jan - all ready for a workshop next week.

Incorporating Buttons, Punched Snowflakes, Gems,  Stickles, Liquid pearls and all things to fill those cute little "bubbles" in these delightful stamps by Jane Gill at Woodware.

MORE box cards for lots of occasions...

Owls (Peel-offs) in black and tan , craft card, brown card, floral papers make up this Hoot of a card!

Gents stripes and a Stamped and embossed greeting (cut into 4 parts) make
 this smart card for a gents birthday..of any age!

Again, I have used Peel-Offs for the NEW HOME theme for my friends who have just moved! 
Acetate strips make the attached houses Wobble, but keep firmly in place!  I have also placed the NEw Home message on a WOBBLER for a bit of extra wobble!

A flowery cards -that folds flat to post

Another idea...




A floral box card with a cascading greeting (from a set of words by Jane Gill - Woodware)
Background paper made using the Creative pallette -shades of greens are so useful!

Heart Box card - that folds flat to post!

"Wireworks Heart" Peel-Off used to make this Heart box card -for an anniversary or for a wedding!

Close up of hidden detail!

Jans designs of BOX CARDS will fold totally flat to post.

All made from an A4 piece of card!

Glitter with Stencils and dsa sheet!

The Glitter Gallery - by my class last week!  What alot of glitter. 

We used Stencils onto Double sided sheet -add glitter to space, remove stencil, then add contrasting glitter to leftover dsa surface!  Ooooh lovely! 

TOP TIP - Always use a natural soap on back of stencil to prevent it from sticking really tight to dsa!  Or you will not be able to remove it without bending it!!

 

Pink glitter first - than Crystal glitter next!  Oh so gorgeous!

Jan and Mandy giggling over glitter!!

Pats perfection paid off!

A steady hand - Heather I think!

Designs for mens cards...

Ideas for men...well these 2 could not be more different could they! 

Paper pieced spotty PANTS  for a Birthday boy or Captain Underpants! 

This small set (£4.05 in Japonica)is  by Francoise Read and has 4 greeetings with it to make the most of your pants! 

Captain Underpants, Birthday Boy, Happy Birthday  and Happy Christmas - its all covered!!

 
The ship is a gorgeous collage style stamp by Stampendopus -I have added Frantage in Marine Blue -very apt, and some Ivory frantage with  craft card.  All printing done using Versafine Majestic Blue - a very rich colour!

Summer Blooms!

Summer Blooms in ice Cream colours!  I have used Jane Gills MINI FLOWERS set (£6), and a
NEW Bracket punch, some coloured linen card and white embossing!  AND just a bit of cutting out! 
I hope you like these ideas.  ???I thought Summer was on its way....??? Hmmm?

New From Wild Rose!



Some of the lovely new "Bluebell"  designs From Wild Rose featuring co ordinating stamps, paper pads & dies.



JUST 1 PEEL-OFF STICKER!

All of these designs were made from just 1 Peel-Off sticker sheet - Seaside!  I have used outline elements that have been coloured with pencils and Pearl paints and the REVERSE images were used by picking them up in a cohesive custer by using MAGI-FILM and depositing them onto foil cards!  Great results for everyone who came to my workshop!  Greetings in black were added too.

Another favourite Peel-Off sticker - "WIRE BLOSSOMS" - just the job for Mother's Day and for a Spring?SUmmer birthday.  All colour has been added with pencils and then STICKLES or GLOSSY ACCENTS for embellishing the images.  I still have enough reverse images left for aout 4-5 more cards too!

ALL PEEL-OFFS IN STOCK NOW!  ...AND LOTS MORE TOO!

Designs from "HAPPY HOPPER" WORKSHOP

"WARM CUP" House Mouse, paper pieced in brown paper and glazed, "Coffee Background" printed in Vintage Sepia Versafine, Candis added in coffee colours and a Banner Greeting - so handy! 
(TOP TIP -print a few extra banners and include them in a gift pack of hand made cards to be added as needed!) 

"DIVA HOPPER" All dressed up and finery aded!  I ave used as assortment of products to really embellish this happy rabbit -She is printed simply with Onyx black Versafine, coloured gently with pencil.  Then I have added - Liquid pearl for Pearls, Pink Candis and a posh button and gingham ribbon. A corner punch that also punches borders has been used to compliment and emphasise the girlie theme!

"BATHTIME BUBBLES" This gorgeous print has ben coloured simply with pencils and STickles added to the bubles to make them soapy!  White Candis create even more bubbles.  The verse is stamped from
 Jane Gills NEW Delightful Verse clearstamp set.  Bliss!

"FLYING HIGH"  Background is printed from a Seed Head from a set by Hobby Art, Clouds fashioned from sponging with a paper stencil (I cut it form a scrap of paper), and the verse adds an element of fun! Jump fpr Joy!!

SEE THE SAMPLES IN
JAPONICA
22 THE PARADE
EXMOUTH.
FREE DEMO EACH THURSDAY 10-30 TO 12.30.
WORKSHOP ITINERY ALSO AVAILABLE.

House Mouse Baubles!

 

Assorted large punches enable you to punch out just a part of a printed image - even if you don't have a die-cutting machine!  Look at these designs...using the punches above.  3 and 3 1/2" punches have been used for the big baubles from the same cute House Mouse stamped image.

 

These baubles have been coloured with pencil and layered onto gold (punched with a 3 1/2" scallop circle punch).  The image has then been covered with Glossy Accents and set aside to dry -for a few hours!  Voila - my mice baubles are rounded and glossy!

 I have used Glossy Accent on the Candy Canes on this card too! Perfect to make them look "Sweet".

The line of bows wwas tied usign a bow maker and 7mm Organza ribbon.

The Dangly bits added to the spine of the card have been punched from the same image using a 11/2" punch.  I have finished them by embossing the whole disc with a Crystal clear embossing powder.

The corners on this layer were all punched using an inverted corner punch.

 This layering was die-cut using a Cuttlebug machine.  I have added little jingle bells to the tied twine at the edge for a touch of fun!  Glossy Accent to the berries to make them glisten and look fresh.



Small is beautiful!

Small cards - so I have used all 4" square cards for the following designs.

This stamp is a tall stamp (Bethlehem) from Woodwares Clear singles collection and I have printed it onto CREAM Shrinkles and cut in half to make 2 cards. 

S-H-R-I-N-K with a Heat-It tool and this makes the piece of Shrinkl 7 x smaller and 7 x thicker - a perfect image for a small sq card!

 The "Gaggle of Geese" stamp (Hobby Art) was used on Shrinkles too (above) and on card (below) so you can see the difference in size when shrunk.

 ALL PRODUCTS USED ARE AVAILABLE AT JAPONICA - EXMOUTH

Colourful Wreaths - all stamped and punched!!

Jane Gills stamping workshop used all of her Nordic influenced clear stamps - Doves and Reindeers - (all at £4.05 at Japonica) - both Doves have a greeting with them too- Seasons Greetings and Peace on Earth -Bargain!

We used Punched circles -both 3" and 3 1/2" and scallop circles too to create a background for the wreaths.  Colours were chosen from assorted packs of textured card (24 sheets for £3.99).  Just add 3 little spotty organza bows and a few 10mm Glitter Domes - Voila!

ALL available at JAPONICA.

 All images were stamped and embossed in black.  Very bright and vibrant.

 

 The above images were all stamped in gold - warm and tropical maybe?

 

The foreground images were all stamped in white and the background in silver - see how the white embossed images really stand out!!  Lovely crisp and frosty colours !

*I think you could create these for many occasions - New baby, Weddings, Birthdays etc....

 

MANY THANKS TO JANE GILL for bringing us her beautiful ideas -we hope to see  you in 2014.

Oh Christmas tree, Oh Christmas Tree how lovely....

Jane Gill's workshops were very busy -we worked extremely hard (not really!) to create these gorgeous Christmas trees.  So simple but so effective!!   We all loved them.  Look at all the different colours we produced - - -

This is what you need -  Papier mache cones (5 pk-£3.25)

Dreamweaver stencil paste £10.80 ( makes about 4-5)

Card candi £2.05 (pk of 100's)

Pearl card/paper

Multi Poinsettia punch £11.80

2" Holy leaf punch £8.40

Block £1, 9mm Dowel (from Hardware store)

Paper tape £2.30 (pk 3 asst checks)

Label and ribbon

Sundries - Silicone glue, pallette knife or Lolly stick (for spreading paste), Tweezers for handling Candis.

 

SAMPLES TO SEE AND PRODUCTS ARE ALL AVAILABLE AT JAPONICA -EXMOUTH

 

Silver Stencil paste - Candi -Crushed Ice and Damask-Earl grey.

 

 

 Gold Stencil paste and Candi - Holly Berries!  Very traditional.
Copper Stencil paste and Candi-Antique Newsprint & Coffee Bean -very vintagey.

Cuttlebug Crazy!

 I went Cuttlebug Crazy this week.  I  had a Project class on Cuttlebug all day Wednesday and then a demo in JAPONICA on Thursday morning - I am all Cuttlebugged-out now!
I have used lots of dies & folders - some new and some not-so-new-but-still-my-favourite! 
TOP TIP - Use the best quality card at all times for a classy finish.





 

Elegant Trees

 

Jasper the Snowman



Holly overlapping acetate window
with an Embossed scene inside.

 The Elegant Trees have a space just asking for a greeting - I have chosen one from Jane Gills range at Woodware. Keeping to just 1 colourway keeps it classy and contemporary too. Silver Pearl card with Black Liquid Pearl and Crystal gems to embellish the embossed 14cm sq panel. Corners rounded with a punch and then mounted onto a 15 x 15cm white card.                                                 Jasper (a Hobby Art stamp) has been placed onto a 5 x 7 card -with an acetate panel with a Starry border added (die cut available at Japonica).  I have also used a Twinkle stars embossing folder for the inside panel of pale blue.  Ice Stickles in Silver add a touch of sparkle to the stars.    I could not resist this NEW HOLLY die from Cuttlebug (it embosses so easily too!).  I have very simply die-cut in White pearl card and used it to "frame" an acetate window -the classy greeting is designed by Jane Gill -I have heat embossed it using Black Versafine inkpad with the stamp and added Crystal embossing powder.                                         


Some more card designs using Embossing Folders & Dies with CUTTLEBUG.
All from the range at JAPONICA.

If you like my designs then please leave a comment - I would love to hear from you -is there anybody out there??? 

 

Kinetic Christmas cards

Any cards that shake or move in a different way are a delight to receive at any time - I think these are lovely for families with samll children!  The Penny slider has very simple mechanics behind the Sheep to make it sli-i-de along - 2 pennies attached by a small rectangle of 3mm foam tape to make it pass freely down the channel in the bottom of the card.   The sheep can run along or a flower can tumble -if you use a circle of foam tape to make it go round and round!

A Penny Slider (Hobby Arts "Sheep in meadow" stamp)



Victorian kinetic card (triple-folded)

Close-up of 1 of the small images at bottom of card.

 
 I loved the images on this paper - what a find!  The kinetic triple fold can take a little time to fill all of the places - so these images really saved time!  I used some dark red card to layer and cream/red paper to trim the card. (all from our range of 12x12"papers at Japonica 50p)

 



All of the images were on this 12 x 12" paper - ONLY 50P for all these vintage images!

Jenny Mayes designs(Hobby Art)

Jennys Gaggle of Geese

Bertie the Snowman with Ice Crystal Snowflakes & Border

Close-up of Ice crystal die-cut border - very pretty & icy!