Traditional Christmas

Materials used:-

Dreamweaver stencil LL334 Manger 

Dreamweaver matt white embossing paste

FRS305 Bethlehem

Splendor inkpads Antique & Circus

Versafine Majestic Blue

Stickles Frosted Lace

DL card blank

All available from:-

www.woodware.co.uk

Your local Exmouth stockist is:-

Liberty Craft

33 Exeter Road (opposite the library)

Exmouth EX8 1PT

01395 273238

libertycraft33@yahoo.co.uk

When you think of traditional Christmas designs what springs to mind? Snow scenes? Robins? Laughing snowmen? For me it has to be the nativity as this is what Christmas is all about after all. I've chosen this simple stencil from Dreamweaver which I have embossed with white embossing paste. When the paste was dry I replaced the stencil & softly coloured with inks from the Splendor pads. The words come from last year's set from Francoise Read  "Bethlehem" which I thought went very well with the manger scene. Now simply layer onto silver pearl card & add a die cut & some dots of Frosted Lace Stickles.   

A Christmas Decoration

Materials used:-

FRS270 Curly- Deck the Halls

Sakura Stardust pens

Versafine Onyx Black

Stampendous Detail clear embossing powder

2" Holly punch

Woodware buttons

Jingle bells

Woodware Fancy Twine

Mark Richards Gold Metals

Red & green gingham ribbon

All available from:-

www.woodware.co.uk

Your local Exmouth stockist is:-

Liberty Craft 

33. Exeter Road (opposite the library)

Exmouth EX8 1PT

01395 273238

libertycraft33@yahoo.co.uk

Stepping away from card making this week to create a decoration & this idea is something that has been buzzing around in my mind for a while now so time to finally let it out. I've used the fun new "Deck the Halls" from Francoise Read as the focal point of my Christmas wall hanging which has been stamped with Versafine & embossed with clear powder before being coloured with Stardust pens. Cut loosely  around the image before mounting onto bright blue, red & lime green card. As you will see I've randomly stamped the sentiment which comes with the set onto the card layers & added some faux stitching too. The corners gave been rounded with the large corner rounder punch. 

The base of the hanging is made from wide lolly sticks which have been stuck together at varying positions .I've also stamped the sentiment onto the lolly sticks & added some Jingle Bells suspended with some Fancy twine. Now just punch some holly leaves & add some suitable buttons as your berries. To finish I have added some gold "Metals" & some gingham ribbon.    

October's Sketch Challenge

Materials Used:-

Peel off 94093 Pop Circles

Sakura Gelly Roll Glaze pens

2" circle punch

3" scalloped circle punch

Liquid Pearls Hydrangea

Black A5 card blank

White, pink & black card 

All available from:-

www.woodware.co.uk 

Your local Exmouth stockist is:-

Liberty Craft

33,Exeter Road 

Exmouth EX8 1PT

01395 273328

libertycraft33@yahoo.co.uk

Time for this month's Sketch Challenge & I've chosen to use a peel off by Francoise Read. I do like to work with peel offs occasionally & there are some great ones from Woodware to choose from. Sakura pens work very well with peel offs & with the pop art look of this particular one. Just place the peel off onto white card & colour with the pens before punching out with the 2" punch. Layer onto a circle punched from the bright pink card with the 3" punch. Add the other 2 circles from the peel off sheet to a piece of black card & the smaller flowers too. Add some of the flowers to a strip of black card to form the middle border.Now assemble the card following the sketch & add some Liquid Pearls to the centres of the small flowers.

Christmas is Coming.....

Materials used:-

JGS360 Poinsettia Corner

Stampendous Detail Gold embossing powder

Liquid Pearls White Opal & Gold Pearl

Card Candi- Toy Box

Sakura coloured pencils

6" x 6" cream card blank

cream  vellum

All available from:-

www.woodware.co.uk

Your local Exmouth stockist is:-

Liberty Craft 

 33 Exeter Road

Exmouth  EX8 1PT

01395 273328

libertycraft33@yahoo.co.uk

It's nearly that time of year again & I know many of you have been doing Christmas crafting for a while now. There are some gorgeous new Christmas stamps from Woodware this year & I've chosen this one from Jane Gill "Poinsettia Corner" to kick off the season. I've firstly embossed the flower corner & the sentiment onto cream card using gold powder & coloured the leaves with Sakura pencils. I then embossed just the flower again onto cream vellum & cut out just the poinsettia flower. Before attaching to the main image I gave the flower some shape by sculpting on the back with a ball tool. Attach with a 1mm foam pad at the centre of the flower. I have edged the image & the card blank with gold powder.Now layer the image onto dark green card before attaching to the card blank. To finish add the green Card Candi & Liquid Pearls to the berries & centre of the poinsettia .

Ribbons, lace & pearls

Materials used:-

LG710 Large Orchid

Dreamweaver Pearlescent embossing paste

FRS259 Curly Butterfly (sentiment only)

Brilliance inkpads

5mm & 8mm s/a pearls

Woodware Doilies & s/a lace

A4 Hairy Manilla card blank
Woodware Ornate Bracket 2" punch

All available from:-

www.woodware.co.uk

Your local Exmouth stockist is:-

Liberty Craft

33 Exeter Road

Exmouth EX8 1PT

01395 272238

libertycraft33@yahoo.co.uk

We're rising to the challenge from the ladies at crafty cardmakers  this week & their theme is Ribbons, Lace & Pearls. 

I've chosen a Dreamweaver stencil & the lovely "Large Orchid" which I have pasted with Pearlescent embossing paste for a beautiful pearly look. When the paste was dry I replaced the stencil & added some colour & some more shimmer with Brilliance pearlescent inkpads.

I've used a Hairy Manilla (that name always makes me smile, I always want to say hairy gorilla!)

card blank which gives an aged look. Now you can go mad with the pearls,doilies & lace. The sentiment came from Francoise Read's Curly Butterfly & was stamped onto a label  punched with the new Ornate Bracket 2" punch. Why not pop over to crafty cardmakers & join in the challenge you could win some Woodware goodies. 

Punches

 Materials use:-

3" 2" & 1" Evening Dress 1 punches
2" & 1" circle punch
FRS 169 Little Messages
Perfect Prints- Vivid Dots paper pad 
Floral punchcraft tools
Liquid Pearls Copper
White Organza ribbon
Mark Richards Elements - blue
A5 white pearl card blank
All available from:-
www.woodware.co.uk
Your local Exmouth stockist is:-
Liberty Craft
33 Exeter Road
Exmouth EX8 1PT
Tel: 01395 273328
libertycraft33@yahoo.co.uk

OK it's official I'm addicted to flowers! I've done it again but just couldn't help myself! Our mission this week is to make good use of these lovely dress punches from Woodware & the frilly skirt of the dress just begged to be a frilly petal!! I began by punching a 2" circle from card to use as the base & to work onto. Then punch 8 pieces from blue paper using the largest punch (3"). Cut away the top of the bodice from each dress & score from the "waist" to the hem to make the dress frill. Edge with a blue inkpad & attach to the circle of card as shown in the photo below. Place the  remaining 4 pieces between the first 4. Now repeat the process using the 2" punch placing the petals in the centre of the first layer. Punch a 1" circle from caramel card & sculpt to give it a domed effect.add some dots of Liquid Pearls

The card blank is a piece of A4 cut in half (portrait) & then I scored about 2" to wrap at the back to re assemble the card.  The background was made from the Perfect Prints pad stamped with a sentiment from Little Messages & add a bow of white organza ribbon.  

As you'll notice I have used the 1" dress punch to make a frilly border along the right edge of the card blank using the same method as for the flowers. To finish I cut some strips of blue paper with the pinking blade of the Fingerguard trimmer & added some blue Elements. Voila-one frilly flower!!

The 3 dress punches

A petal

The first layer 

A closer look at the finished flower

Craft Canvas

 Materials used:-

Woodware Craft Canvas

Stampendous CRR204 PenPattern Light

Brilliance Pearlescent Thyme, Sky & Jade

Green gingham ribbon

Green Sakura Stardust Gelly Roll pen

Heart brads

All available from:-

www.woodware.co.uk

Your local Exmouth stockist is:-

Liberty Craft

33 Exeter Road

Exmouth EX8 1PT 

01395 273238

libertycraft33@yahoo.co.uk

This week we're exploring a new product from Woodware the very versatile Craft Canvas. You can ink it, stamp on it, die cut it, sew it,stencil it, heat emboss it, Frantage it & use some embossing folders with it too- the list is endless. It's easy to cut with scissors or even a trimmer.

I have made a pouch which I intend to house my Kindle when it goes on it's hols but you could use it for your jewels, pencils, bits of ribbon etc. etc. I cut a piece to size & then inked all over with Sky & Jade inks. The recommended ink to use is Crafters by Colorbox but any pigment ink works well (dye inks tend to bleed). When the ink was dry I over stamped using Thyme & one of the new Stampendous stamps "PenPattern Light" which is a gorgeous Zentangle design & I've a feeling will be making many more outings on this blog!  I also prepared another piece of canvas which I used to die cut the flowers. To this piece I added some embellishment  to the pattern with the Stardust pen. After dusting off my sewing machine & stitching the pouch I added some gingham ribbon to the edges (dodgy stitching- I'm not the best at that kind of thing!!) & a button & loop to fasten. Finally I attached the flowers with some PVA glue & some little bows. The canvas won't be sculpted as you would paper flowers so to give them a little character I gave  them a goods scrunching up in my hand. Do check out  this great new product!!