Flowering Bike to Brighten the Day

A bright card to cheer a winter's day

This is the Francoise Collection Clear Magic stamp Flowering Bike

I have simply stamped with Bark Crafters ink from ClearSnap I have stamped on A4 Cream Linen card

I stamped it again on some pre-cut plain cream card and some pink.

Then I put the layers together.

I used my Tombow Glue stick so that I can move the pieces around to get them perfectly lined up, well I hope that they are perfectly lined up!

I then coloured in with a mixture of Sakura Water colour pencils and my Stardust gel pens.

the colours are just slightly darker on the pink card, but you can still see them.

I used Sakura Micron pen to add the faux stitching. 

I stamped with the Bark Crafters pad on the ribbon and remembered to attach it around the pink panel before attaching it to the card!

If you can't find Woodware stamps in the US why not ask your local store about them they can find them all on the Woodware web-site.

 or  Woodware Stamps are available from Notions Marketing in the US check with them for your nearest stockist.   

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Bubble Bloom Lilly if you are Feeling Blue Why not Paint Yourself a New Color?

Why not paint yourself a new color?

I have used one of Jane Gill's popular Clear Magic Bubble Bloom stamps this one is called Lilly and is from the July 2016 release.

First I stamped and embossed in silver, and then coloured the petals with Koi Brush Pens, place my foam pads where I planned to put the Card Candi and then started adding the Mark Richards 5mm Pearls.

I realised that I didn't like the blue of the leaves, so I added another colour on top, you can see the aqua colour on its own too. I rather like the 2 tone effect on the leaves.

The Card Candi is Time Flies and I added Glossy Accents to the aqua bubbles. the tiny bubbles have been Stickled with Aqua.

The papers are Time Flies too, I hope that you can see that I have sprayed the background paper with the blue colour from the Rangers Dylusions Mica Sprays, it is very subtile but lovely, of course it shows up more on dark papers.

I have embossed in silver around all of the layers.

I made a mistake when I was putting the card together and had trouble added the ribbon, it should have been added before I put the layers together!

I stamped and embossed the greeting from the same stamp set on the Time Flies paper, and used the Tag Top punch.

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Kicking off with the Soccer Boot

Today we have a card from Jane the Flower Girl

Jane has used her Football Boot Clear Magic stamp set. Jane has stamped nine footballs from the set on green card with a black dye ink, then cut them out, and mounted them on some grey card.

Jane has then stamped the boot on some white card, coloured it and cut it out. Jane has only attached the boot at the top of the card with some cord so that it can swing. Just punch a tiny hole in the top of the boot and in the card layer before you put the card together.

a little reminder of the sketch

A great card, and team colours will make it a perfect card for soccer fan or player, yet another brilliant stamp designed by Jane the Flower Girl!

If you can't find Woodware stamps in the US why not ask your local store about them they can find them all on the Woodware web-site.

 or  Woodware Stamps are available from Notions Marketing in the US check with them for your nearest stockist.   

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Blue Christmas Trees?

Here we have some wonderful blue Christmas trees, well why not?

The stamp is from the Francoise Collection and is  a Clear Magic set called Christmas Trees. Yes very original name, but they are very original trees.

sorry I forgot to take a photograph of the stamped image, I have coloured the stamp with Koi Brush Pens just the two colours, and then stamped on Woodware Glossy Card. then I punched them out with the blue size circle and scalloped oval. Then I sprinkld some Stampendous Shabby Blue Frantage embossing powder.

I cut tags with the Tag Top Punch the square one is a 2 inch strip and the curved top is 2.5 inches. I stamped them with the border from the Stampendous Snowfall Pair Jumbo Cling Rubber stamp set. I have used to lovely delicate Ice Blue Pearl Metallic embossing powder, it is one of my favourites.

I have edged the circles with the Ice Blue powder

and the scalloped ovals with the Shabby Blue.

I used my heat tool to distress the Organza ribbon.

I really must start to buy some presents to use these tags with!

If you can't find Woodware stamps in the US why not ask your local store about them they can find them all on the Woodware web-site.

 or  Woodware Stamps are available from Notions Marketing in the US check with them for your nearest stockist.   

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Woodware - Whimsical Bloom

 Kim is here with a lovely floral take on the sketch

Kim has used the Clear Magic Whimsical Flower - Sally Anne designed by Jane Gill.

 

Kim has used a piece of paper from her vast stash of hand made background papers this one has made using 'Bleeding Art Tissue' technique. next Kim has stamped with a black pigment ink and embossed with clear powder.

To add highlights Kim has painted with water to remove some of the colour, have some kitchen towel at hand to soak up the wet ink.

Then to make parts extra white Kim got out her bleach, and painted with it. Remember to use the very cheap thin bleach for this.  A touch of sparkle comes from the Sakura Gelli Roll Clear Stardust pen.

The flags have been made using the great Dreamweaver Dual Alphabet die set.

A great take on the sketch 

and of course you will find an second card on Kim's blog using the same technique and sketch.

If you can't find Woodware stamps in the US why not ask your local store about them they can find them all on the Woodware web-site.

 or  Woodware Stamps are available from Notions Marketing in the US check with them for your nearest stockist.  

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Frosty Tags

We are such an organised lot on the Woodware DT, just look at Kim's wonderful tags

I am so impressed and such a clever way to make them

Kim has made a master board with a Francoise Collection Retro Snowflake and the Christmas word is from an old Francoise set too.

To make the master board Kim has stamped with bleach and then embossed with Stampendous Shabby Green Frantage powder, now I have stamped with bleach and coloured with bleach but Kim has embossed on top of her bleach, which is a new one on me. (every day is a school day!)

On the paler blue card Kim has used silver powder on top of her bleach.

Kim has used alphabet peel offs to put the names on the tags.

Kim has cut the master-board into strips and then used the Tag Top punch , it really is a must have pair of punches. I love that Kim has made the tags different sizes, but they are all matching.

Kim has created sixteen tags from two master boards genius  they are all slightly different, but a definitely a set and fast too.

Kim has been very busy on her blog this week so pop over and see what else she has been up to.

If you can't find Woodware stamps in the US why not ask your local store about them they can find them all on the Woodware web-site.

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Sparkly Festive Table

Today's table decoration comes from Kim

a very sophisticated look from Kim, and this will look really stylish on her Christmas day table.

Kim has done a touch of up-cycling by using the thick piece of card from the back of a pad, she has cut this to 8 x 8 and covered it with a sheet of paper from the Craftwork Cards Noir de Luxe 8x8 pad. Using a Watermark Pad Kim has inked around the edges of the board, then frantaged with the Stampendous Shabby White Frantage Powder.

The holder for the candle has also been upcycled from the centre of an used up roll of double sided tape! Oh and some gold card.

Kim has stamped one of Jane's Poinsettias and embossed it, Kim has stamped on the Woodware Mixed Media Card and then coloured with dye inks, then added more colour with a water brush to give some high lights. The images have then been fussy cut.

Kim has used the Dreamweaver Holly Die  to cut some extra leaves in gold and green.

Kim has then added a touch of sparkle with some Stickles to finish off this beautiful project.

I hope that you agree this is a great project for a festive table and if you pop over to Kim's Blog you will find some extra cards that she has made from her leftovers!

If you can't find Woodware stamps in the US why not ask your local store about them they can find them all on the Woodware web-site.

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Festive Wreath for Table or Your Wall

Today we have a fun Wreath from Crafty Debs

This is a clever wreath that Debs has come up with, if you pop over to her blog you will see how it can be used on a wall.

Debs has used a 20cm polystyrene ring and some red and white Christmas paper from her stash, (this would be a good way to use up odd bits of Christmas paper) Rip it into 1 inch strips and glue to the top of the ring. Debs has used the ring as a template to cut a circle of red card to attach to the back of the ring.

Debs has stamped the Francoise Collection Gingerbread Men on some Woodware Cork Sheets Debs has stamped with Graphite Black Brilliance, but cork is a really good surface to heat emboss on. Debs has coloured with a fabric pen they will dry well and give good coverage on the cork. The sparkle comes from Stickles Frosted Lace.

Debs has used the blue and the yellow size of Holly Punch and the fern punch in various shades of green.

Here you can see how Debs has attached everything to the ring, Debs has used her trusty glue gun for this. She has also added some gold wire twisted into corkscrews around a dowel

Pop over to Crafty Debs for more details of how to complete the wreath at to see the hanging version.

If you can't find Woodware stamps in the US why not ask your local store about them they can find them all on the Woodware web-site.

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Festive Place Cards

Festive place cards in blue

I have made small easel cards and since I don't know yet how many I will be having for dinner that day I have made four, but I do expect that I will have to make at least another four cards.

I saw this on Pinterest somewhere used on the front of a card.

I used four sizes of circle punch

I have inked the edges of the circles with Colorbox Sky Dye Ink

You may recognise this smiling face, I have used the same stamp before the Large Snowman Bauble Clear Magic stamp from the Francoise Collection. You can see the rest of the stamp here.I used a black Koi pen to ink only the face of the stamp and then punched out with the yellow punch. I coloured the nose and then added Glossy Accents. Large foam mounting pads give him lots of height.

The card is A4 cut in half length ways, Then scored at the half and quarter points. The ovals I have cut with two of the dies from the Stampendous Build a Pop Up Die set.

This is a really quick and very effective decoration for a table.

If you can't find Woodware stamps in the US why not ask your local store about them they can find them all on the Woodware web-site.

 or  Woodware Stamps are available from Notions Marketing in the US check with them for your nearest stockist.   

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