Friday, 7 March 2014

New From Wild Rose!


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





Tuesday, 11 February 2014

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!

Tuesday, 14 January 2014

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.

Monday, 2 December 2013

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










Sunday, 24 November 2013

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.