Fan and Flowers

Just back from Thetford, great show, so not much time to shop, never mind more money for Manchester.

Kay and I had a stroke of luck though, after a lovely meal at the Deers Leap at Thetford, we found out they had a Conference room. So Kay has booked it to hold a Hougie workshop there on the 28th March 2014, so that's the Friday before the Sincerely Yours Thetford show.

Tonight's card is another using Jayne Nestorenko's stamps, the fan is from the accessory set

The dies for the base and the leaves are from Spellbinders, the embossing folder was from Creative Expressions. 

The flowers and the fan were coloured with Copics. The edge of the flowers on the fan were glued and then a crystal glitter was added.
Maybe an early night is needed, busy few days a head until I leave for Manchester.
Happy Crafting

Christmas Deer

This is the last Christmas one for a little while, tomorrow we will be travelling the world with Jayne Nestorenko.

The deer was stamped in Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink and then using a damp brush the colour was drawn out to give some shading.

The dies then came out , Spellbinders for the circle, scalloped circle and the poinsettia and a Marianne for the flourish.

The background was made by matting some Christmas papers.

Soon be leaving for Kay's then off to Thetford to set up for the show on Sunday.

Don't forget if you like pink and are coming to the show Kay now has Hougie and Junior  in that lovely colour, also with every board purchased a donation is going to Breast cancer.

So that's it for today so.....

Happy Crafting

Christmas Bauble

Sorry but I love doing Christmas cards.

This one was made using Spellbinders new Bauble die for this year and Jayne's Christmas stamps.

Just one Distress Ink that being Stormy Sky and some Aurora Crystal embossing powder.

Add the Poinsettia die from Spellbinders and a holly punch, mix all that up with a bit of embossing and this is the card I produced.

Not long now until the Thetford show, shopping list being written ( this is the problem with attending so many shows ) , washing and ironing done. Just a few more samples to make so.......

Happy Crafting.

Christmas Holly

Another Christmas card here, using Jayne Nestorenko's stamps. The same set as I made heart wreath with, also using Distress Inks, Stickles and a Holly punch.
There is an aperture in this card to give a bit of depth, as you know I don't like flat cards.
I love using Kraft card and this was a 12x12 sheet from Anna Marie Designs, so glad they are at the same shows as Kay and I go to.
The technique with the holly leaves I'll be demoing at the NEC and the SECC. I will on the J & C Creations stand, who are the only retailers at the shows selling Jayne's stamps.
If you cannot wait until then  and are going to Sandown  today, tomorrow or Saturday or Thetford on Sunday the stamps will be for sale on their stand. The samples will also be there for you to have a look at, the lovely Julie will be there demoing and will give me a shout if there are any questions.
Looking forward to going to Thetford, hope the weather behaves. I will as usual be on the Hougie stand , did you know Kay has Hougie Junior in PINK !!! As the last time when Hougie was in Pink , Kay is making a donation to Breast Cancer with every board sold.
So I hope to see many friends and followers there on Sunday, until then Happy Crafting.

Lilac Christmas Tree

I love tree stamps , lost count how many different ones I have. They are brilliant for Christmas cards, so many different techniques can be done with them.
This stamp is one of Jayne Nestorenko's  along with the background trees.and the wording
on this card.
I stamped and embossed the tree in silver, painted the branches with Shaded Lilac Distress ink. Then applied Cosmic Shimmer glue over it and then covered that in glitter.
Sorry I had to fussy cut again, to mount it over the edge of the aperture. The snowy landscape was made by tearing card strips and applying glue and glitter like I did with the tree.
The embossed background was made using a new embossing folder from Crafters Companion.
The snowflake in the corner was made using one of the new  snowflake dies from Spellbinders.
Right time to get to work............play
Happy Crafting

Christmas Wreath

A Christmas wreath this time using Jayne Nestorenko's stamps.
The wreath was built up using the individual small stamps which means you could do any shape you wanted. I die-cut a heart shape drew around it leaving a faint pencil line and then over stamped with distress inks. With the leaves, I used a damp paint brush to pull in the colour from the stamped image.
Just a quick post today , so much work to do, but I will be demoing this aand many other things at The SECC and the NEC on J & C Creations stand.
Happy Crafting

Indian Summer

Thought the card was very appropriate, as we seem to be having another Indian summer.
I made some more cards using Jayne Nestorenko's stamps for J & C Creations, who will be selling Jayne's stamps at most of the paper craft shows around the country. So if you are going to Thetford this weekend  please check the stand to see Jayne's lovely stamps.
I painted this Indian princess with Distress inks and all the flowers, which I had fun fussy cutting. I added gems to the centre of the flowers to add a bit of sparkle.
The dies used were Spellbinders and Marianne, the embossed background was made with an embossing folder which was a free gift from a magazine.
Please check back for more samples made with Jayne's stamps but for me now it's off to make a whole lot more as I have two deadlines to complete , both of which include brand new products, never been seen before. Aren't I a lucky girl ?
Happy Crafting.