Card Making and Jewellery Demo's coming up this weekend

Demo's for 3rd and 4th November -

I have two Demo's this weekend, the first at Homefayre in Tiverton with Card Making on Saturday 3rd November and Otter Nurseries near Ottery St Mary on Sunday 4th November with Jewellery.

I love the new Art Deco range from DoCrafts and this Saturday I'll be making cards and decorations with all the lovely new products. Homefayre always have a "sale" table where even I buy more crafty goodies as there are some real bargains to be had.

 - Can't miss a bargain -

On Sunday, its Jewellery - at Otter Nurseries - lovely sparkly necklaces and earrings just right for Christmas and I will be holding a "Make and Take" too so you could come along and make yourself a pair of earrings -  I love making jewellery - such an easy hobby and the results can be stunning with the right beads etc. Cousins do a whole range of beads to suit everyone's  taste or style.

Iv'e even been making necklaces from the children's Craft Planet beads too - this neckace was made with cording from the Craft Planet range and Craft Planet wooden beads.  I have lots left so could make at least another 10 -12 necklaces of this style. Off now to make more samples for you all. 

                                                                                               
Hope to see you this weekend.......Happy crafting....

A DoCrafts Demo with a "difference" at Lane Hammett in Bridgewater

Come along to Lane Hammett in Bridgewater on Saturday October 27th from 10.00 am- 4.00 pm for lots of bargains, sale items, free raffle and you may even get a surprise if you purchase DoCrafts products to the value of £5.

My next DoCrafts Demo will be a bit different.... I will be demonstrating goodies from the current loop and also a "blast from the past" some DoCrafts goodies from previous promotions. Remember the "See Dee's" stamps -  the lovely stamps that you can  mix and match and those fantastic  Morsel stamps which I love too.  These stamps are so versatile and easy to use. I'll have lots of tricks and creative ideas to share.

I'll also be making Christmas Decorations using the Big Shot Die Cutting, Embossing and more.  With lots of exciting products on offer I doubt if even I can resist spending a just a few pennies on Saturday.... 

 I look forward to seeing you at the demo - come along and see something new, get new ideas and grab yourselves a bargain.   

Sheena Douglass Stamps and my new paints

My new slow-drying Acrylic paints and Sheena Douglass stamps.

Iv'e been playing with my new Sheena Douglass stamps and my slow-drying acrylic paints to produce this wall hanging/picture.

Iv'e painted onto a mount board (cheaper than an canvas) and added some stamped images from the Sheena Douglass  range of stamps.

I may scan this into my computer and make some cards from this image. The moon was made to "shine" using WoW Embossing Powders, Seafoam White and Blue Pearl. 

There are some fantastic products on the market at the moment and Iv'e had just a bit of time to play with my craft stash at last. 

Off to make some card samples and now for my next few demo's coming up - details to follow shortly.  

Love these new Acrylic paints....

A picture I painted whilst at the Westpoint Craft Show.

Iv'e been off to the Westpoint Craft Show in Exeter and had a go with some new Acrylic paints that stay wet longer than the average Acrylic paints. You can also spritz the paper to keep it wet whilst you are working with the paints which is great as I like to "fiddle" with the picture whilst I'm painting.  These new paints work a little like oil paints which I also love.

Approximately 10 of us joined the Painting Workshop and we all sat round in a horseshoe shape whilst we tried out the paints and copied the artist who demonstrated how to paint the picture. I coudn't resist buying some of these as they give you the ability to use them like watercolours or oil paints. I think I could be persuaded to keep painting with Acrylics in future. 

Iv'e also been card-making again and trying out some new Sparkle medium I purchased from Imagination Crafts - this sparkle medium can be used with stencils or on it's own to create backgrounds etc.

You place your stencil over the cardstock and tape it down with low tack masking tape then spread on the sparkle medium through the gaps - I used a palette knife to do this.

When you have covered all of the gaps, peel off the stencil and you are left with the stencil image which then needs to dry before putting onto your chosen background card.
I inked up my background papers first so that I had the background all ready to go before applying the paste/medium.

The flowers were the Big Bloomers range from DoCrafts whick I inked in various colours - this card can be seen on my Gallery on the DoCrafts website. Just click the word "Gallery" to see my creations. I am regularly updating my DoCrafts Gallery so please go over and take a look now and again for more crafty creations.

Glow in the Dark Dragonfly Wall-hanging





This Dragonfly was made using the Sheena Douglass stamps and Wow Embossing Powders "Glow in the Dark" and makes this wall- hanging a little bit unusual and different from the norm.





The background is scrunched up Co-Ordinations cardstock which I  then embossed and a gold gilding rubbed over the top.  The Dragonfly is from the Sheena Douglass set of silhouette stamps.  I stamped the Dragonfly twice, firstly onto vellum then added mica powders. I then restamped it again onto dark cardstock and added three layers of Glow in the Dark WoW Embossing Powder so that the body then glows when placed in the dark.  Both images were coloured with inks and mica powders.

The vellum wings were cut out and then added on top of the cardstock Dragonfly and  to add dimension,  flowers and embellishments were also added to give depth to the piece.

The Glow in the Dark powders can be used for a variety of things not just card-making but also things around the house - key fobs for instance (one for hubby there I think as he's always losing his keys) and with Halloween coming up then the opportunities to use this powder are endless. Try it out and have fun........... 

"Spooky" Halloween Card for WoW Embossing Powders

This "Spooky" Halloween card was made for "WoW" Embossing Powders and is showing on the WoW  blog from 19th September.

I am a member of the "WoW" Design Team and every month create something new from their lovely Embossing Powders, which this month include "Glow in the Dark" powder. They also have pearlised powders, Flocks, Puffs as well as Glitters and mixes of colours. A beautiful range especially if you, like me, like to "experiment".

This "Glow in the Dark" Embossing Powder is fantastic for all your Halloween cards. If you take this card into the light, then into the dark the windows on the church and faces on the pumpkins will glow. WoW's pearlescent powders also have a glow to them which adds to the shine of the moon  in this card. Iv'e also added chalks to create the moon's glow-effect around the outside. For full instructions go to the WoW blog.

The blog is full of ideas on how to create all sorts of crafts from Embossing Powders. WoW will also be at the NEC with Demo's and Workshops for you to have a go at Embossing yourself. 

Sheena Douglass Silhouette stamps -Butterfly card.



 I'm being very naughty and am having a play with the new Sheena Douglass range of Silhouette stamps when I should be making samples for my next Demo.  I love these stamps - they are my kind of "thing" where you can add images to build landscapes or just use the images on their own.

They work well with all sorts of backgrounds too.
Iv'e used a Butterfly stamp on Vellum for this card and distressed the background papers using foils, embossing powders and inks.

I must, must, must go now and start making my samples for my next DeoCafts Demo's this weekend. I'm at  Trelawney Garden Centre in Barnstaple  on Saturday with Scrapbooking and craft techniques , and Trago Mills, Newton Abbot on Sunday with Card-Making and Jewellery.  Hope to see you there if you can make it.