JOY OF SETS CHALLENGE BLOG - JOS#007 - THE LETTER 'W' - WATERCOLOR WINGS

 We are into another challenge over at Joy of Sets Challenge blog and this time we are working with the letter 'W'.

This was an easy choice for me - I only have one set with the letter 'W' which is Watercolor Wings.  I decided to do another squashed card - this one is slightly bigger at 8" x 8".  I've used the DSP from Delightful Daisy and the Bold Butterfly framelits for the butterfly.  The gorgeous ribbon is Stitched Edge in Rich Razzleberry - this ribbon is even prettier in real life!


 

 

Here's a Video Tutorial I did a few weeks back showing how to make a 'squashed' card.

 

 
I hope you will join in with our challenge this week and go and visit the rest of the Design Team - what 'W' set will you choose?

HAPPY CRAFTING

 

CRAFT TIPS TUTORIALS - ENVELOPE PUNCH BOARD BOWS

 

Another in my series of Craft Tips Tutorials - about 2 minutes worth of me showing you a quick and easy crafting tip. This week it is how to make bows with the Envelope Punch Board. 

 HAPPY CRAFTING

 

CRAFT TIPS TUTORIALS - MERRY LITTLE LABELS #Christmaspunch

I am starting a series of mini tutorials on You Tube - about two minutes long or just over just to give new stampers and crafters some quick ideas. 

My first one is to look at those stamp sets you have in a different way.  I have used the Stampin Up Set Merry Little Labels as my first example.  Its a Christmas set - but there is a stamp on there which can be used long after Christmas is over and its the Just For You stamp.  It comes as a bundle in the catalogue which means you get the stamp set and the punch at a discounted price. This punch is going to be a real winner and it can be used a long time after Christmas - #christmaspunch.

The Just for You stamp though can be used on all sorts of cards or gift packaging as seen here used with Watercolor Wings.

As usual all products can be purchased direct from me - just click on my link below and have fun with your goodies.

EMBOSS RESIST TECHNIQUE - WATERCOLOR WINGS

A technique for you all today - the Emboss Resist Technique I'm not sure if that is its correct technical term but it's what I call it.  Here are a couple of examples of the technique and I've done a You Tube tutorial for you - its makes it easier than typing it all out.   This one uses Watercolor Wings and the sentiment is from Best Birds.  The flowers and firefly is from Jar of Love.

 This one uses Watercolor Wings and some of the fireflies and flowers from Jar of Love again using some of the new In-Colours of Lemon Lime Twist and Fresh Fig.

I hope you have a go at this technique - drop me a comment if you do and I'll come and have a look.

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Don't forget our super Special Offer during July - for every £45 you spend in July you get a coupon to spend in August for £4.50.  It soon mounts up to some great free goodies.

 

 

 HAPPY CRAFTING

 

PRETTY KITTY - ENDLESS CARD

My recent You Tube Tutorial shows you how to make the Endless or Never-Ending card.

I've made a few different styles of these - Pretty Kitty is my favourite so far. The Tutorial though shows me using the new Daisy Delight Designer Series Paper and stamp set.

There is also a video to show you how to make an envelope for a 6" x 6" card using the Envelope Punch Board

 I promised all the measurements - and here they are:

Cardstock:

4 pieces of cardstock measuring 6" x 3" 

Score at 1.5" and 4.5"

Designer Series Paper:

8 pieces of DSP measuring 2 3/4" x 2 3/4" 

8 pieces of DSP measuring 1 1/4" x 2 3/4"

8 pieces of DSP measuring 1 1/4" x 1 1/4"

ENVELOPE

9 ½” x 9 ½” DSP

 

COLOURFUL SEASONS - MASKING TECHNIQUE - GLOBAL DESIGN PROJECT #GDP086

Another Sneak Peek of the new set Colourful Seasons.  Such a wonderful versatile set and so far I've only used the chairs. It has a wealth of other possibilities.

The Challenge over at Global Design Project this week is a sketch challenge.



 

 One of my favourite of the In-colours has to be Lemon Lime twist - and I'm not even a lime sort of girl - but against the black it looks stunning.  I've used Black base cardstock here then a layer of Lemon Lime twist cardstock. 

 I've been getting the inks out again and inked up my Whisper White using Soft Sky, Pacific Point a touch of the new Powder Pink for the sky.  The grass was done using Lemon Lime Twist.  The chair comes from the matching Seasonal Layers Thinlets for this set which comes as a Suite.

I cut out the chair and used it as the mask for the image, gently inking over the top.  I added a few of the lovely Glitter Enamel dots which are so pretty when you see them in real life.

I have done a You Tube tutorial for you if you would like to have a go.

 
 As usual all products can be purchased direct from my store.

 HAPPY CRAFTING

 

BEST BIRDS - YOU TUBE MINI SERIES

I love the Best Birds set - in fact birds have to be some of my favourite stamps and SU have done some lovely ones over the years.

I'm so pleased that this set is continuing in the new catalogue along with its framelits and I've done a little mini series of videos over the next few days showing lots of different ways to make cards using just this set!

This is tutorial no 1 and is one I recently put in for a challenge - I think it lends itself as a sympathy card as it is quite gentle.

 

 
 YOU TUBE TUTORIAL

 Pop back over the next few days to see then next cards in the series - quick before they fly away!

And in case you didn't realise - this set is still offered as a bundle in the current catalogue but once the new catalogue comes out the bundle will be retiring although the sets will still be available.  So contact me now to get yours hands on a bundle before they do in fact fly away!