Oh So Pretty with Foam

So !!!!! We have made it through another year and it has reached that time for us to have our last class of 2018 and also my last blog post for this year.  I would like to thank everyone especially the ladies who come to the classes for making them such good fun you could almost say Special! 😂 yes I know you will all be laughing at that statement lol!
Well for the last time this year at least I can reveal that we shall be indulging in a little die cutting and because you will all get a lovely break over the next couple of weeks I decided to make sure you get your fill just to keep you going throughout the festive season until we return in 2019....
I have been playing with some of my flower dies and the rather lovely foliage dies (Elderflower and Rose Leaves) from John Next Door aka Mr. Lockwood. I for one love them.
I teamed everything up with the new Flower Moulding Foam and I have really  enjoyed using this as it makes a nice change from card and paper.
Hope you like these two 7x7 cards as much as I liked creating them x
Distress Inks
Mowed Lawn
Vintage Photo
Dusty Concord
Izink Ocean
Izink Purple pigment ink used on the flowers
*Tweezers* essential unless you have asbestos fingers as we need to use the Glue Gun, No Touching the Hot Glue you have been warned.
Blending tools

 I used two circle dies to create the circular frame then embossed it in a folder
The coloured edges are Izink Ocean and a hint of Dusty Concord

The Sentiment is a Die'sire Die from Crafters

These foam packs are exceptional value and even though I have bought a few as they come in different colour ways I will be buying more

Colours of the flowers you make in class may vary slightly
Colour of the foam is subject to change and availability

The background for this one has been cut with another Die'sire Die and then embossed with the same folder, it's one of Sara's Signature Collection's, I colour tinted it with the Dusty Concord ink
I did the same with the die cut flowers.
There is just a touch of glitter glue on these flowers but you can't really tell in these photos.
Okay so that's it ! All that remains is to Wish You All a Very Happy Christmas. Winter Blessings and Goodwill for the Season and I will see you Next Year and may 2019 be a happy and prosperous one for us ALL 🎄🌟

Poppies Grow Wild. - Perfect Partners from Sheena Douglass

Good afternoon folks, thank goodness my cold has finally started to depart and we can now continue with our last few classes of 2018 before the big seasonal event is upon us. WHERE on Earth has this year gone???????? I've no idea only to say that I did manage to miss at least 4 months with my stupid broken ankle but nevertheless it has flown by at lightning speed, Oh please let next year take its time a little more then we all might have time to blink lol 😂
Well let's get to the important things now shall we, this week I took some inspiration from a birthday card I had made for my sister and seen as we featured these products from our lovely Sheena during the demo day we had a couple of weeks ago and they were already to be useful again so I went with the flow and here is the final offering for class this week.......
Distress inks
Festive Berries
Peeled Paint
Pumice Stone
Gathered Twigs
Aged Mahogany

Distress Oxide Fired Brick
Versamark ink pad
Clear Powder

IZINK Gold pigment ink (bottle)
Gold Pebeo Artist Marker
Blending Smoothies or tools
Versafine Smokey Grey

Sheena's Wild Poppies Stamp set and Matching Poppy Die. I love these perfect partners sets.
There are a couple of other colours of inks but we have them in class. Think that sums it up for now all that remains is a photo or two.

 Don't forget click on the photos and enlarge them for a clearer view

7x7 Card

Okey dokey I'll be back shortly with photos of card two, see you soon

 Back with our second card which is DL size

The Poppies have been cut from Kraft card and coloured with the inks
I have also used a little  White Pigment ink pad and finished with a touch of Gold Gilding Wax

That's it for this week hope you like them

The last photo is the original card I made for my big sister's birthday hope she liked it 😀

See you later x

Countryside Visit

Hello, Sorry I am so late with today's post but I've had a terrible day feeling very stiff and aching from head to toe, not a good sign I'm sure but nonetheless I have managed to get two cards finished for class and only just as everything seemed to be against me and almost everything went wrong so I Will ask in advance please forgive the rubbish photos as they do not give justice to the finished article's  not by a long shot lol!
I have used three stamps from Woodware and they made me think of walking through the woods in the countryside quite cute but not too much, hope you agree !
I used Distress inks....
Rusty Hinge
Pumice Stone
Aged Mahogany
Black Soot
Candid Apple.... any red will work

Black Versafine
Clear Powder
Blending tools
Fine round Paint Brush
Izink's Silver Metallic ink
Glitter Paste
Enchanted Forest Stencil
Crystal Glitter Glue
White Gel Pen
Clear Sparkle Pen

Dandelions and Butterfly dies are from Crafters Companion

 Not sure you can see it but the white of the fox has Clear Sparkle Pen over it

All the images have been painted with the inks
See you soon x
By the way I forgot to mention this coming Saturday we have a demo at Crafty Knits in Chorley so come join us, lots of new goodies, Sara's Enchanted Forest collection along with her Sew Lovely Range and Sheena's new Mixed Media Tag Dies and Stamps. A good time to be had for all............

Pretty in Pastels ***** for Christmas ❄

Hi everyone! Hope you're well and for those of us who have not, hope you feel better very soon. This week is a Christmas week for us in class and I have had a nice time using a new range of paper pad and toppers from Paper Boutique in such lovely pastel shades of pinks and blues. They have produced very pretty Christmas Cards, well! I think so! and I'm sure you will think so too........

The Paper Boutique
A Whisper of Winter





Just letting you know I'm not sure if this is still available

 Stormy Sky Distress Ink

Dries clear glue

Snowflake die
by Tim Holtz

 Star die by Xcut

Floral Ivy die by John Lockwood

Don't know if you can see the sparkle I've added to the leaves ?

Poinsettia die also by Mr Lockwood and a decorative edge die from Crafters Companion
I took the photos very last minute and have added some finishing touches since so these cards look so much nicer in real time
Click on the pictures to enlarge then you might get a clearer view.
See you soon x

Blooming Lilies and a Scalloped Tag

Hey! That time again our class is due and I am here to tell you what we have in store.
I have to say that I'm loving the new Sheen's Perfect Partners large floral stamps and of course her New Mixed Media Tag Dies so I thought I'd give them a whirl and that's what you will be using for this week.
These flowers and tags are so useful for lots of different occasions and they certainly make a statement............... I used,
Clear Ink pad
Gold Embossing Powder
Quickie Glue Pen
Glamour Dust
Silver Glitter Kiss
Versafine Smokey Grey
And various ink pads to paint  the flowers with.
Haven't managed to take any photos yet so I will do my best to pop them on later.
See you soon x

 Both images stamped in Clear Ink and Embossed in Gold powder

Papercraft essentials - It must be nearly Christmas

Good grief how quick does a week go!? Hi everyone back in the classroom for this week's cards and it is time to get a couple more of the Xmas cards made.
Papercraft Essentials magazine issue 166 I'm trying to get our money's worth out of these magazine's we all seem to love purchasing because of the lovely free gifts that come with them.....
This one had a really nice Embossing folder and some dies oh! and I brought back into play a stamp set from one of the Creative Stamping Magazine's which is in the photo along with the ink pads that I used, hope you like them.................

Distress Inks....
Salty Ocean
Festive Berries
Walnut Stain

Distress Oxides....
Salty Ocean
Cracked Pistachio

3D glaze or Glossy Accents

7x7 and 6x6
Cards

Added die cuts are Star spray and Holly Leaf spray from Creative Expressions

Not sure if you can tell but I did put a touch of Silver Gilding Polish onto the embossing

 The Stars are Nesting Star Dies from Xcut

Robin and Poinsettia are from the Stamp set

I used a Quickie Glue Pen and Glitter to highlight

See you soon x

A Little Birdie told me - Creative Stamping Magazine Issue 62

Hi everyone sorry I'm a tad late with my post had a bad day today so I'm not going to linger any length of time waffling on, I decided to use the fantastic set of free stamps Winter Woodland by Sheena Douglass which came with the Creative Stamping Magazine issue 62 and what a great set they are.
I have used the bird on a branch and the cottage and although they would make some great Winter / Christmas cards I thought this one would be good for a man's card for a change.

 I stamped the images in a Brown Versafine Clair ink pad and used Distress inks to paint with

The card base is made from two pieces cut to my own measurements and scored at 1" and 2" at either end.



Distress inks...
RUSTY HINGE
WALNUT STAIN
VINTAGE PHOTO
Also a couple of other link's in....
Yellow
Black
Blue
For the next card I thought we should use a Clear Ink pad and some Silver Embossing Powder and the delicious Pixie Powders........
MANGO BLAZE
SUN YELLOW
TEAL WASH
SILVER DREAM
MIDNIGHT SKY
It would look just as good done in Gold embossing and Autumn shades.

Back soon xx
Here are the photos for card 2

If you click on the photo and enlarge it you will see the Pixie Powders to full effect.
Done for another week. See you very soon x

Hi! to all, well its that time of week again and time to tell you what we have in store for our lovely ladies who will be coming to class this week. I decided to revisit a floral die that I think should get more use than it has done and I think you may just agree, of course I'm talking about the John Lockwood die Bee Balm Flowers. I have teamed it up with two of his newer dies Gerbera Panel Corner and Regal Flourish, they all go together nicely.
Also I used the Stencil that was part of the Free Gift with the last issue of Crafters Companion Inspiration Magazine and a touch of Starlight paints from Imagination Crafts  so let's see what you all think......
Clear Ink pad
White Embossing Powder
Anti Static bag
Heat gun

I must say that the photos do not do any justice to the finished cards.
The cardstock was coloured with my Dark Cherry Gilding Polish before die cutting the flowers.
A touch of Silver Glitter Kiss to highlight

7x7 Card.
The panel behind the corner die has been coloured with Starlight paints Cyclamen and Amethyst

5x7 Card.
The background has been stamped in Clear Ink and Embossed in White Powder before colouring with Izink Miel and Ripe Persimmon Distress Ink.
As you can see I have used the Banana Yellow Starlight Paint through the Stencil.

This time I have die cut the flowers and flourishes in plain white card then added a touch of Crystal Glitter Kiss to the flower.

Not found the right colour of ribbon yet for the tag but that will finish it off nicely when I do.


If you have the Stencil from the magazine then bring it with you that way you won't have to wait.
Well that's it for now see you soon x

Chloe's Christmas

Hi folks, well I managed to survive my first week back but only just. I must say that I found it quite hard and I suffered for my art lol! all day Friday infact I could hardly walk anyway moving on and with a touch of luck we'll get through our next class which is going to be "CHRISTMAS" and to do this we will be using the Freebies from the latest Chloe Magazine so if your were lucky enough to get one then bring your set with you.

 OK so the first card I can show you is 5x7 and I have used the Free Embossing folder and the stamps. The flowers are embossed with clear ink and clear powder, coloured with a pink ink pad. The background is Green Starlight paint onto black card. Sentiment is stamped in Black Versafine.

I used my dries clear Tacky glue and glitter to accent the Poinsettias  but they still need something in the centre.


Onto the next card and this one is a 6x6.
This one requires a little die cutting but not too much. I will say that I have used the John Lockwood Poinsettia die for the flowers instead of Chloe's die simply because they are slightly bigger and therefore less cutting, no reason why you couldn't use the Chloe die it would just take a little longer and that's not such a problem when you are making them at home however in class is always a time issue.
Hopefully if we manage to finish in good time I will show you a technique using her die.
Just going to pop off and get some lunch in order to take my painkillers and then I 'll  be back with photos of card two see you in a wee while x
Hi again, here is the second of our makes hope you like them both.

 Sorry photos not that brilliant, I used a dark green Spectrum Noir pen to colour some of the die cut foliage and Stamps and ink pads to create the background under the flowers.

The Poinsettias are cut from Parchment that I covered with Sparkle Medium before die cutting, I think the Glitter Polish will work just as good.
Don't forget to click on the photos to enlarge them.
See you all soon x
Hopalong ☹ I mean Sheilagh xx 😂

Ahhh ! Ahhh! TISSUE and Stamps !

Well Hello ! I guess it's been a while and yes you may have noticed that I have been absent for 14 weeks no less and for those of you who didn't know I had a wee accident and fractured my ankle on both sides which was down to a certain puppy's rope toy that had been left outside my back porch door which I did not see and so the rest is history but thankfully I'm on the mend all be it slowly but surely. I would like to thank all the lovely people for all the kind words and well wishes that you sent me it was much appreciated xx
So what have we in store for our first class back well I had better tell you, this is quite an old technique which I have to say Francoise reminded of recently so I thought you would like to try it.
It involves the use of tissue paper and spray inks with a clear layer of embossing powder over the top.
Hope you like it OH! and by the way messy fingers may also be involved lol!

Black Stazon ink pad
Versafine ink pad
Clear embossing powder
Heat gun
The stamp set was free with the Simply Cards & Papercraft magazine issue 179
It is actually the set I had intended using before my little accident.
I also used a background stamp from my stash.

I used the Izinks to create a coloured border which finished off the main panel.

 I have used Stazon ink to stamp with because on the first one I made the Versafine ink took forever to dry.

Once the main panel was completed I highlighted the flowers with my Spectrum Noir Metallic Pens.




Back soon with card no. 2 x
So why do I get unexpected visitors when I've so much to do, my son called with my youngest granddaughter Taylor to see Nanna! How lovely  but you came yesterday and the day before, do I see a pattern forming???? It seems to happen when his partner has gone to her new job, bright side Becky is only working 3 days a week and my son is left holding the baby 👼 Mum !!!!!!! Lol!
So onto second card which I have just finished but the photos aren't that good so here is a clue it just needs the flowers and sentiment on this photo.

 Same techniques as before it has been stamped onto tissue paper then embossed with clear powder

You can't see the shine unless you click on the photos and enlarge them.




So I will try and add in a photo of the finished card if I get the chance later.
Guess I will see you soon xx