A leafy sneak peek

Had a wonderful time in LA at the CHA show, great company, great shopping and yes we did do some work too! Now that I'm home its time to get back to work.....

Here is a sneak peek for you girls of two new Woodware stamps of mine

coming out very soon.

I have also used the Woodware sketch challenge to inspire me for this card layout. The panel in the middle is made to look like a canvas, so it is 3D with the image stamped and embossed onto the wonderful Woodware linen card.

I have used lots of Woodware orange sized leaf punches and each leaf is edged with green, brown and red ink. Give the leaves some character by doing the floral punch craft veining technique before sticking to the corners of the 'canvas'.

Woodware sketch challenge

This week it is a sketch over on the Woodare Blog

why not have a go at making a card with it, pop over to the Woodware Blog to find out how?

I've stamped JGCL553 Daisy Dots and embossed with white onto white linen card.

Use Chocolate and Blueberry ColorBox Queue Chalk ink pads and colour the card directly over the white embossed image and wipe away any excess with a slightly damp wipe. Colour flowers with Sakura Stardust pens to match ink pad colours.

Add a little white ink around the background card to give it the 'limed wood' effect. Add a peel off border 93212 to frame the image and a peel off greeting from 94460.

Woodware Challenge - Vintage hearts and love

This is fun and quick to make but there's no stamping!

Punch four squares, I've used some Magenta papers from Woodware. Edge the squares with brown ink and stick to a 148mm square cream base card. Draw a double line border around the squares using a gold Sakura Metallic pen.

Punch two hearts from from brown card using Woodware's funky heart punch 821-52 and one from 830-29 and stick to the squares using foam pads for two and stick one flat.

Peel off a gold bubble heart from peel off sheet 94259 and stick to acetate, cut out and stick glue dots behind some of the large round circles. Stick peel off to the base card.

Decorate with Card Candi and gems. The Card Candi will cover the glue dots!

Finish off with some lace, a greeting from the peel off sheet and the gold circles left behind on the peel off sheet.

Woodware Challenge - Just a Note.....

Now that Christmas is nearly over and while the family go for that long walk or sleep in front of the TV, get your coloured pencils out and sit quietly colouring in some stamped images. Pure relaxation!

Here is a taster and something to inspire you.

I've used my Phlox stamp (JGS352) and ordinary coloured pencils, using only three colours. Apply heavy and light pressure when colouring in to create the different shades.

What changes this image from the stamp is the hand drawn border. Draw a very light guide line with a pencil and ruler and then write over it using a fine tipped black pen but don't use a ruler, make the lines wavy.

If you can, write the words underneath using the same black pen.

I have used the same image stamped on the background too.

A Little Bird Told Me...

A stylish Magenta stamp for this Woodware challenge.

It's called Sweet Sparrow, code M0533.

The background stamp is a Magenta stamp too, Quiet Border I0425.

I have stamped the image once onto turquoise card and then again onto

green to use for the bird.

The bird is then cut out and shaped from the back to create a round look before being stuck over the bird on the turquoise card using silicone glue. Add a turquoise wing - you can cut this from the main image as it's being covered over by the green bird you won't see the hole where the wing used to be!

Add some liquid pearls to the flower petals.

Woodware Challenge - Christmas tags....

A stamp set from 2009 JGCL503 Winter Warmers. Stamp lots of them on different coloured papers and spend an evening in front of the telly cutting them out! All you need to add is some glitter glue and ribbon.

Don't forget to leave some space for the name to whom the pressy is for.

Woodware Sketch Challenge

Use the crafty edger to make this pretty frame for any time of year.

To make the same size as my sample here, cut a piece of card suitable for the

crafty edger to 110mm x 130mm.

You don't need the paper holder from the crafty edger, just the

cassette and the cassette holder.

With the cassette in the holder slide the card into the slot and line up the bottom edge of the card to the cassette edge and punch the bottom right corner.

Flip the card over towards you and punch the bottom right corner. Flip the card over from right to left and punch the bottom right corner again and flip once

more to punch the last corner.

Turn the holder over and insert the card again into the top middle and line up by eye, punch. Repeat with the other side. Hopefully you will have a fantastic frame!

Its important to remember to flip the card each time to create

a mirror effect of the design.

Here I have stamped and white embossed a verse from JGCL551 Christmas Verses.

Use a white pen to hand draw the inner frame and the two doves are punched from 840-09 Christmas set. The tartan ribbon is new to Woodware and would look great with my thistle JGS159!