Dream Time

Ok................................so as some of you told me off for mentioning the 'C' word in my last post I thought I'd share this card with you today using one of the Gorjuss Girl stamps called Poppy Wood, which is very far removed from anything remotely Christmassy - lol!!!

Main materials are as follows -
Hobby Art CS023D Anna's Collection/Just For You
Magnolia 12x12 paper Pink Magic Bubbles
Memory Box die - Madera Corner
Magnolia die - Doily Flower
Martha Stewart punches - Doily Lace edging punch
                                         Monarch Butterfly
                                         Hydrangea

All available from The Glitter Pot.

Copics used:
Skin - E000, E00, E02, R20
Hair - E50, Y21, E55, E35
Flowers - Y02, R81, R85
Clothes - RV0000, R81, R83, R85, R89
Background - W1, W3, W5, G40, G82, BG90, RV0000, RV000, R81, R83

I'd like to enter this into the Sir Stampalot's Punches challenge.

Gorjuss Girls Are Going Fast!!

Hi everyone.  Thought I ought to let you know that the Gorjuss Girl stamps over at The Craft Barn are fast selling out as they are currently offering them with a 50% discount if you use the code 'GORJUSS50' at the checkout. Once they are gone they are gone!!

So I thought today I would share this card with you using Pretend Friend. (As I'm writing this post they still have some stock of this one!!)

Products used:
Artemio - Arabesque clear stamp set (100001037)
Paper Editions 6x6 paper pad - Spring Feast
Nestabilities - Grand Labels One
Memory Box dies - Petal Party, Madera Corner, Twirling Vine Frame
Black Memento inkpad
Pumice Stone Distress inkpad
MS punch - Monarch Butterfly
Glitter glue - Tiara and Rhinestone

Coloured using Copics:
Skin - E000, E00, E11, R20
Hair - C1, C3, C5
Fox - E50, E53, E08, E57, W3
Clothes - R000, R30, R32, R35, C1, C7, C9, BG90, BG93, W1, W3, W5
Background - W1, W3, W5, R000, R30, 0 blender
Shading - W1, W3, W5

All products available from The Craft Barn.

I'd like to enter this card into the Layers challenge over at Allsorts.

After being consistently asked at recent demos if I teach classes I have decided to take the plunge and offer one-to-one tuition or small group classes during October and November from my home at Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex.  These will be Christmas Card based and will be priced according to which card/cards you want to make. Click here for more details!!

Underwater

Hi everyone.  Thanks so much for all your lovely comments on my last post!!

Today I thought I'd share another card I made for The Craft Barn's Extravaganza weekend using another Gorjuss Girl - this time Awashed from the clear stamp set range.  The main card was made from thick acetate.

I made the background paper myself using Broken China, Tumbled Glass and Bundled Sage Distress inkpads along with Perfect Pearl Mists in Mint, Pearl and Turquoise.  Once it had dried I stamped and embossed flourishes (Artemio Arabesque clear stamp set) using Versamark and White Detail embossing powder.

Other products used:
Nestabilities - Labels Seventeen
Memory Box - Flutter Vine
Tim Holtz Alteration On The Edge Die - Scrollwork
Silver and Crystal glitter glue
White Opal liquid pearls
Self-adhesive crystals

Here's a piccie just of the inside panel so you can see how I stamped and embossed the flourishes onto the mermaid panel as well.

Copics used:
Skin - E000, E00 E01, R20
Hair - E50, E53, E55, E57
Mermaid - YG0000, BG0000, BG01, BG05, BG09
Seashells - RV0000, R81, R85, W1, W3
Sea - BG0000, BG01, BG05, BG10, BG11, BG90, 0
Shading - W1, W3, W5


All products used came from The Craft Barn and talking of The Craft Barn you might like to check out their Facebook site too :)

Dream Time

Good morning peeps!!!  Well what a weekend The Craft Barn's Extravaganza turned out to be!!!  I don't know about anyone else but I am still absolutely shattered!!! So this afternoon I have got a date with the settee to watch Wimbledon on the TV.

My sincere thanks to everyone who stopped by my table at the weekend - it was so lovely to see you all.

Today I thought I'd share one of the cards that I had on display using one of the new Gorjuss Girl cling stamps called The Runaway - so many of you liked this stamp in particular and I must admit that it has now turned out to be one of my favourites too!

Products used:
Artemio/ Arabesque clear stamp set (10001037)
First Editions/Isabelle 6x6 paper pad
Nestabilities - Grand Labels One
Memory Box dies - Petal Party, Honeyblossom Sprig, Lorelai Outline Leaf
Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page/Bubble Bath
Black Memento inkpad
Pumice Stone Distress inkpad
Ribbon, self-adhesive pearls
Crystal and Silver glitter glue

All available from The Craft Barn

The image was of course coloured with Copics.
Skin: E000, E00, E02, R20
Hair: E50, E53, E35, E57
Horse: W1, W3, W5, W7
Clothes etc... RV0000, R81, R83, R85, BG90, BG93, BG0000, BG10, BG13
Background and Shading: W1, W3, W5, 0 blender

I hope you like it!!!

I'd like to enter this into a couple of challenges -
Allsorts Week 161 In Bloom Challenge and Sir Stampalots July Challenge/What's Your Crafty Passion - with mine being 'Cute Images, Copics (of course - lol!!!), Memory Box dies, MS punches and bling!!!'

In The Pink!

Oh my goodness!!!  The weeks are just flying by and we are nearly at the end of June which of course means that this coming weekend is The Craft Barn's Extravaganza!!!  I have been busy beavering away in preparation for this which is why I've been so quiet!!  I've managed to get a few sample cards done but still have some more to do.  I just LOVE this event as there is always such a lovely buzz around the place.  For those of you who are able to make it, please do come and say 'hello' - I shall be in the Day Centre which is the little room, around the back of the Community Centre.  I'll be demonstrating with some of the Gorjuss Girl stamps and Copic markers.

Talking of Gorjuss Girl stamps, today I have a Gorjuss Girl card to share with you featuring Daisy.

Other products used:
Hobby Art CS023D Anna's Collection/Just For You
Black Memento inkpad
White pigment inkpad and White Detail embossing powder
Magnolia 12x12 Bumble Bee paper
Memory Box - Madera Corner
Magnolia die - Doily Flowers
Nestabilities - Grand Labels One and Labels Seventeen
Martha Stewart punches - Monarch Butterfly and Hydrangea

All available from The Glitter Pot.

Copic Colours
Skin - E000, E00, E02, R20
Hair - E50, E53, E35, E57
Flowers - Y02, YR23, B000
Clothes - RV0000, R81, R83, R85, C1, C3, W1, W3, W5
Background - W1, W3, W5, BG90, BG93, RV0000, RV000, R81, 0 blender

I am soooooooooo in love with my Grand Calibur at the moment!!  It cuts all the Memory Box dies so cleanly without the need for any shims whatsoever. (I can't stop using it or buying Memory Box dies - LOL!!!)  Talking of dies as I used quite a few on this card I'd like to enter this into the current Allsorts challenge which is Any Die Will Do.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see some of you soon!!

Delightful Daisy

Helloooooooooooooo!!  Did you all have a good Jubliee Weekend?

First of all I must say thank you to all of you who came and stopped by my table last weekend - it was soooooooooooo lovely to see you all :)  Thankfully I had managed to finish all my cards and here is one of them -

For this card I used the Gorjuss Girl clear stamp set called Daisy which was coloured using Copics. The background paper is Magnolia (Pink Magic Bubbles) which I stamped and embossed using a white pigment inkpad and white detail  embossing powder using different stamps from the Hobby Art Just For You clear stamp set. 

Here's a closer look at Daisy for you.

The markers I used are as follows -

Skin E000, E00 E02, R20                                         

Hair C1, C7, C9

Flowers – Y21, YG23

Clothes – BG90, BG93, BG96, C1, C7, C9, Y21, W1, W3

Background – W1, W3, W5, BG90, G40, G82

Other products used and are available from The Glitter Pot are -

Nestabilities  - Labels Ten

Magnolia Die – DH004Leaf and Swirl

Martha Stewart – Deep Edger Punch/Floral Vine and Monarch Butterfly

Ribbon and self-adhesive pearls and crystals

Stardust and Tiara glitter glue

On Wednesday I popped out to The Craft Barn to pick up my products to use for their Extravaganza Weekend and you'll never guess what stamps I am using .............................................................................................................  GORJUSS GIRLS!!!!!  LOL!!!  They are different images to what I was using at The Glitter Pot though :)  

It looks as if there will be lots of Gorjuss Girl cards appearing here for a little while ;)

Merry Christmas!!!

Hi everyone!  I just want to take the opportunity to wish everyone who stops by a very Merry Christmas and to thank all of you who have become followers and an extra special thank you to those of you who have left me comments this past year - I do so enjoy reading them!

So sorry that I haven't been blogging as much recently - I'll try to do better next year!!  I've still got loads of Christmas cards to show you so you may find that I post a few of them up over the next couple of weeks!

This particular card was one that I made for The Craft Barn's September Extravaganza using one of the fantastic Gorjuss Girls stamps!  The background around the stamp was created using a Katzelcraft flourish stamp and a Stampendous snowflake and for the background of the card I used the Papermania Snowflake embossing folder along with that same flourish stamp.  The snowflake embellishments are a mixture of a Woodware snowflake punch, a Martha Stewart Glacial Snowflake punch and a Marianne Design Creatables die.

The image as you've probably already guessed was coloured using Copic markers and the background around her was done using my Watercolour Resist technique with the markers. (See the December issue of Craft Stamper!)  All products used on this card came from The Craft Barn.

Have a great Christmas everyone and once again thank you for following my blog and leaving me wonderful comments - I truly appreciate all your support.

A Christmas Bumble Bee!

Hi guys!  This is one of the cards I had on display at The Craft Barn's Christmas Extravaganza Weekend using the Bumble Bee Gorjuss Girl!  I decided that if I coloured her in non Bumble Bee colours she could then double up as a fairy for Christmas which I think works quite well!!

For the card itself I used a white Pearlescent Bazzill panel which I embossed using a Papermania Snowflake embossing folder through my Cuttlebug, tore some Nitwit Christmas background paper and then stamped and embossed the Katzelcraft Flourish stamp around the edges of the card using a silver inkpad and silver detail embossing powder. Then I edged the panel using a red Copic marker.

For the Gorjuss Girl panel - I stamped her with Tuxedo Black Memento ink onto smooth white card (that The Craft Barn sell for Copics) and used my Deckle Edge Nestabilities Rectangles to die-cut her. I stamped and embossed snowflakes around her using Versamark and Crystal embossing powder and coloured her with Copic markers.  The words (from Woodware's Must Have Christmas Words clear stamp set) were stamped using Tuxedo Black Memento.  The snowflakes were done using the Martha Stewart Glacial Snowflake punch and the self-adhesive 5mm pearls were coloured using a red Copic marker.

Here's a closer look at the Gorjuss Girl so you can see the colouring a bit better.

Copics used were -
Skin - E11, E00, E000 and R20 for blush
Hair - 100, C9, C7 and C1
Dress and socks - R59, R37, R35, R32, YG95 and YG91
Wings - B00 and B000
Ground and background - W3, W1, BG10 and B000

All materials used are available from The Craft Barn. By the way some of the Copic colours I've listed are only available in the Copic Sketch markers which The Craft Barn now sell but haven't yet put online.