Another new stamp design from Francoise Read

You may know that Francoise has designed many stamps in her 'huge' range of words for the Woodware Craft Collection and this is another great addition to that range.

It is Woodware Huge Fishing Clear Magic Single FRS245.

I found out from Francoise yesterday that her first show on Create and Craft TV is this Thursday at 1pm and, as I mentioned before, Francoise will be demonstrating on our stand at the Great British Craft Festival on Saturday and Sunday.  She will also be holding make and takes on both days, I believe you have to book to attend these when you arrive at the show.

Ian and I have been busy packing bargain packs for the show, so far we've packed papers, ribbons, brads, buttons, and eyelets.  If you are attending the show do call and see us, we will also have a great selection of Woodware and Stampendous stamps with us and amazing prices on mica products.

Our stand is H4, (Block C), opposite the large seating area

Well, better get on, loads to do today.

Thanks for visiting

Jill x

Exciting news...

I did say this morning that I would be back with some exciting news later.

I mentioned earlier about Francoise Read demonstrating on our stand at the Great British Craft Festival next weekend.  Well, the exciting news is that Francoise will be on Create and Craft TV for the first time on Thursday.  Hurray!!!

Francoise will be demonstrating some of her stamps from the Woodware Craft Collection, not the design above though, (I just picked this to show typical Francoise style, it's another new one Woodware Patch Reindeer Clear Magic Singles FRS249)

Unfortunately I do not have the time of the show yet and at the time of writing it isn't listed on the schedule on the Create and Craft website but I will share it as soon as I know.

I hope you will be able to watch or record the show, and an email to the show would be lovely too ;)

Good luck Francoise, hope you have a great show!!

Jill x

The Great British Craft Show with Francoise Read

Good morning!!

We are so delighted and excited that Francoise Read, a designer for Woodware Craft Collection Clear Magic stamps, will be demonstrating her new stamps on our stand at The Great British Craft Show at Stoneleigh Park on 10th/11th August.

Our stand number is H4, (opposite the seating area). Francoise will also be holding 2 workshops during the weekend.

If you are visiting the show, please do stop by and meet up with Francoise and say hello to her.  I know you will really enjoy watching her card making style, she is such a talented card maker and she quietly creates beautiful cards.  Whether it be her paper piecing or colouring, I always love watching Francoise create her cards.

The card above was made with Woodware Christmas Hoot Clear Magic Singles FRS142, I love this new winter version of her owl design from the previous collection

Francoise has many wonderful new stamps that can be used all year round and also designs for autumn and winter, you will find them HERE, along with new designs by Jane Gill, for the Woodware Craft Collection range of stamps.

Thanks for stopping by

Jill x

PS:  I will be back later on with some exciting news...

New from Stampendous - Victrola

Back to the new Stampendous stamps today.  I love these 2 cards made by Kristine Reynolds, a Stampendous design team member.  Kristine has used the new Silver Encrusted Jewel kit on the card below and I really like the combination of using burgundy and silver/grey together.  The background stamps go so well with the main image.  The music background is an older design but the jingle music wave stamp is also new.

Stampendous - Victorla - Cling Rubber - CRW108

Stampendous Clings Magical 2011 - CRR103 - Music Score

Stampendous - Jingle Music - Cling Rubber - CRY027

Stampendous Frantage Encrusted Jewel Kit in Silver (EJK10)

I wish that the true sparkle of this kit showed in this photo!!

Hope you are having a lovely weekend!

Jill x

New from Woodware, a couple more simple inspirational wording cards

Continuing on from yesterday's card I thought I'd show a couple more cards with the new wording stamps by Francoise.  I've used them as the main image for both of these cards but they would be great for inserts, bookmarks, journalling, scrap booking etc.

After the weather changed again yesterday, I'm feeling the joy of using bright happy colours.

This stamp is great as it is but you could easily cut and use the words separately and even mix and match them with other wording and font styles.

Both cards are 6" x 4". I used watercolour card for the main water coloured background that gives a lovely texture.  On the 2nd card I lifted some of wet watercolour paint off with kitchen towel to create a cloud effect, so simple to do but makes a difference to the finished effect.  I used textured card for the mounts and although I used bright colours, black always helps them stand out.

I added some black and white Woodware Fancy Twine and some of the Woodware Flower Buttons from the blue set.

The 2 stamps are:

Woodware Life Is...Clear Magic Tiddler Singles FRS903 

Woodware Awesome Clear Magic Tiddler Singles FRS901 

I think these stamps are amazing value too at £1.99 each!!  These are just 2 of the stamps from the new Woodware Clear Magic TIDDLER range of wording stamps.

If you'd like to see more of the new Woodware stamps, please click HERE to visit our website

Thank you for visiting today

Jill x

New from Woodware, today's card is a simple one from me

I thought I would start sharing some of the new Woodware images and with the weather we have had here this week I thought this was quite an apt one to start with.

I made a background using watercolours on Woodware Watercolour Card, stamped the words and floral border with Versa Fine ink before embossing with Stampendous Clear Detail Embossing Powder.  Although Versa Fine is a dye based ink you can emboss with it if you work quickly.

I added some black and white Woodware Fancy Twine and one of the Woodware Flower Buttons from the blue set.

The 2 separate stamps in the set are designed by Francoise Read, the text is very detailed but it stamps out really clearly, you will find it on this link:  May there always be...

All the new Woodware Craft Collection stamps designed by Francoise Read and Jane Gill are available on our website HERE

Thanks for visiting

Jill x