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!

Julia's mini book

Front cover

All made from 12 x 12 papers!  Lots of inside tags, verses, pockets - a delight to discover many greetings and messages!

Janet's design for BIG EVENT Workshop!

Bethlehem stamp - image halved for 2 placements!
Dk blue printed, clear embossed on watercolour paper & watercoloured with Brilliance inkpads (dab on acrylic block and use as paint)  - Pearlescent Orchid, sky Blue & Silver.