Woodware - Winsome Spray

Well it certainly is white outside where I am today, what kind of crazy weather do you call this? after all it is supposed to be Springtime and it's almost Easter as well! whatever next I ask myself???? Oh well not to worry at least I can show you the cards for next weeks class, there are some new stamps from Woodware Clear Magic Singles and the one I have used is called Winsome Spray which also has a birthday sentiment with it (always useful)

 This first card is A5 in size and the main panel has been coloured with Distress ink pads - Mustard Seed, Fired Brick and Evergreen Bough.
I have stamped and embossed with clear ink and black powder but not before using my anti-static bag. I did the same to my border strip.
As you can see I have painted over some of the image with my Twinkling H2 O mica paints - Buttercup, Garnet, Sunburst and Fern, any similar colours or paints like the Cosmic Shimmer's will give the same effect.

The swirl which has been stamped in Fired Brick is from a set of Creative Expressions U-Mount stamps and The sentiment is stamped in black Archival ink.

This second card is 6x6 square and the same image again stamped in Versamark and this time embossed in Silver powder onto each white panel which measure 6.5cm square
I have distressed the edges of each panel with Weathered Wood and used my Distress Stain in the same colour to paint some of the image this time, the darker colour is a Midnight Blue Promarker and to finish off each flower has a black centre made with the Cosmic Shimmer black glue.






(click on a photo to enlarge)

Hope you all can stay warm and I will see you soon : )
Sheilagh x

Butterfly - Beautiful Entomologist

Good morning to all you crafty people, hope you are all able to craft to your hearts content on this somewhat  cloudy and chilly day as I had planned for myself but like they say best laid plans and all that, I now have to have my youngest grandson Tyler who is just nine months and has discovered his mobility Oh! lucky me lol!, well it's only for a couple of hours at least that's what they tell me !! we shall see.As I seem to be in front for once with the class cards I thought it might be a good idea to get them posted early for a change much to everyone's surprise I guess, you never know it could happen more than once in the same month but don't hold your breath will you lol!
Here are the cards and once again I have used a Papermania Urban stamp called Beautiful Entomologist and I do so like these square collage style stamps from Docrafts they are so versatile and very inexpensive but good quality....... unlike my photo's, sorry

the light was very poor and I just couldn't get one good shot, I took so many that I gave up in the end.

Distress Ink Pads
Dusty Concord, Squeezed Lemonade, Shaded Lilac.

Adirondack Slate grey
Versamark
Black embossing powder
Purple Promarker
Crystal Glitter
Purple Peel-off Marker
Script stamp (Hero Arts)
Free butterfly stamp from the Craft Stamper Mag
Black memento ink pad
Quickie glue pen.

Shaded Lilac, Dusty Concord
Silver embossing powder
Purple Peel-off  Marker pen
Silver peel-off corners
White Spiders web
Purple organza ribbon
Lilac crystal gems

I was talking to Holly about how her Nanna, who had been a good girl and she had finished her work off early for once but I don't think she believed me some how, this is what Holly thought!

 Cheeky monkey!
What do you mean??????
Take care, keep warm and I will see you all soon : )
Sheilagh x

Beautiful Folium - by Papermania

Good morning hope everyone had a lovely Mother's Day, mine was hectic as usual just like every weekend only more so and my other half had to work so I was left to do the Sunday lunch and there was me thinking I'd get a day off............ Not! lol! anyway it was nice to see the grandchildren and they are all growing up so fast.
The cards for this week's classes have been made by using the Papermania Urban Stamp Beautiful Folium and I also included the script stamp (Sandra's letter background) from Hero Arts and the Fresh Bloom stamp by Stampendous.

Hope you like them........

The background is stamped in Tumbled Glass, Evergreen Bough and Squeezed Lemonade, the main image panel and the flowers have been stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with black powder. I have added white pen to highlight the centre of the stamens.

On the second card I have stamped in Black Stazon ink onto acetate then coloured on the reverse side with my Peel-off Pens (any permanent markers will do the same job) I used a green and a light blue.The flower has also been stamped with the Stazon ink and the script is stamped on the border in black Archival ink.

Permanent white and black pens have also been used on this card.

Hope to see you all this week and just before I go I thought I would show you a couple of pics of my youngest granddaughter Holly who was here with me all day Thursday and Friday until lunch, she was a little sweetie!
Gosh you don't half get tired when you haven't looked after a small person in quite some time and it tells on the old back, poor me! lol!
Sheilagh

Holly at four months

About Time!

Hello to all out there in blog land, yes it is about time we had a little sunshine in our lives just to let us know that Spring is just around the corner and today it is certainly fine and dry even if it is still feeling cold out there and yes I can see some sun so maybe I should be out on the allotment instead of sitting here in front of you know what! can't say the word (computer) to loudly as I seem to have acquired a little helper and she is only too keen to help with the keyboard etc lol!  Anyway I shall soldier on and try to get this post finished.
Without further ado here are the class cards for next week....

On this card I used  Chronology clocks
stamp by Papermania, Clocks embossing folder by Xcut, Clock die by Mariane Creatables, Fresh Bloom stamp by Stampendous,Versamark ink pad, Distress ink pads Black Soot, Peeled Paint, Barn Door, Black Embossing Powder, Pen Touch fine tip white pen and some seam binding ribbon. The flowers have been stamped onto patterned paper from Papermania Signature A4 linen paper pack called A Christmas Carol, but they don't have to be used for just Christmas and there are 30 sheets in the pack with 10 different designs.

 Card no.2
As you can see I have used the same stamp and embossing folder along with a Versamark ink pad, Cosmic Shimmer Gold Sparkle embossing powder, Distress in pads Walnut Stain and Tea Dye, Black embossing Powder and Clear embossing powder.

And here we have the culprit I mean little helper, this is my Granddaughter Mia who has just turned three and she may have more energy than the rest of the family put together as no one can keep up with her and has a will of cast iron but she is my little ray of sunshine....
See you later
Sheilagh x

Time Flies!

Hello to all, it's nice to be back in the land of the crafting after missing nearly all of January and most of February and gosh! it's almost March, time really does fly by so for that reason I have decided to use the Chronology Urban stamps from Papermania (cogs), the Chronology Tri-Boss (cogs) embossing folder by Xcut, the Clock Die's by Marianne Designs and a Time Flies stamp by Stampendous.

 I have also used my Distress Inks Stormy Sky, Faded Jeans, Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot. This has all been put together on a  8x8 base card and the time flies stamp has been embossed with a clear powder.
I think this card has quite a masculine look to it although I was sooooo tempted to add a little ribbon but I managed to resist lol!.
The Spellbinders Die (Shapeabilities Pendants Fleur De Lis) I have cut from Mirror card and then sanded back to give a distressed metal look

 The second card is a little more feminine with the pink and green colours, I have added a metal clock charm and pearls, and the ink is Picked Raspberry and Shabby Shutters D I's.
The heart and circle die's are from Spellbinders.The frame was cut using a Cuttlebug Die.
See you all soon x
Sheilagh :)

Paris in Springtime

Hello, I hope you are all keeping warm this snowy winters day and yes it is still snowing, well at least where I am. This week I have made two cards using I love Paris by Stampendous and Travel to Paris by Crafty Individuals, same theme but both very different as you can see from the photo's....

 The first card has been made using the
Crafty Individuals stamp.
The background paper is from a set by Craftwork Cards and the Eiffel tower die is by Marianne Craftables and this tower was cut from 300gsm white card stock. The border has been cut using the Woodware crafty edger ribbon die and the stamped image has been stamped in Memento Rich Cocoa and coloured with Victorian Velvet D Ink pad, a little gold embossing has been added and the ribbon is seam binding .
I have also used a Memento Desert   Sand ink pad and a Martha Stewart border punch and two daisy punches and a corner rounder.

 The second card as you will of guessed is made with the Paris stamp by Stampendous. Stamped in black Archival onto tag then stamped and embossed in gold powder onto white card, cut out and layered over the top of first image. The background of the tag has been distressed with Stormy Sky and the flowers I have painted with Festive Berries (any of the red shades will do) both of these are Distress Ink pads. The little corner stamp is from my stash.
Both of the base cards I used are 6x6 square
Hope everyone has a good week, stay warm, see you all soon......
Sheilagh x

New Year New Bird 2013

Happy 2013 to everyone...

Sorry it's taken so long but I have been off ill since before Christmas but I'm on the mend so far so it's back to business as usual just have to have some more tests done this week and then we will see what's what!
This week weather permitting the classes on Tuesday at 2pm & 7pm  are all about a bird, a Peacock to be precise so here is a look at what we will be making and a list of things that I have used.....

 The Stamp set I used is Woodware's Clear Magic
Peacock and Feather with sentiments.
The die cuts are from Spellbinders Positively Me
Jewel Fantasies 4.
Ribbon and flowers are available in shop along with ink pads, card stock, glue and so much more!

 Ink pads
Black Archival or Versafine,   (Distress Pads) Peacock Feathers, Broken China, Dusty Concord, Picked Raspberry, Brilliance Galaxy Gold or any gold metallic ink pad.
Cosmic shimmer glue, Quickie glue pen, Black embossing powder, gold embossing powder.  The swirl stamp used to create the background was from my stash.  Don't forget to wrap up warm and I will see you all in class.
Sheilagh x
p.s.  Check out Louise's new WOOL SHOP on Gillibrand St, Chorley It's definitely scarf weather BRrrrrr!

Say it with Flowers

Hello once again on this cold and frosty Monday, not much time to post today as my lounge, dining room and hallway look as if a bomb has dropped and are full of yes you've guessed it boxes and boxes of all kinds of Christmas decorations, tinsel, lights etc... and my plan to get them all in order yesterday afternoon was well and truly scuppered by a house full of family and grandchildren all waiting for their Sunday tea no less, so as you can imagine not much tree decorating got done and too many hands of the little variety trying to help..... it's me that needed HELP!! Anyway off to sort it out now and will be glad when it is finished lol!
Guess you would like to see what we are making this week.....

For the first card I used a Hero Arts stamp called Flower Cluster Sketch stamped with Memento Black and then coloured with my Promarkers and some Sakura Glitter pens. On the front I have used D Inks Scattered Straw and Tumbled Glass to add the colour to the stamped images and some Yellow Stickles glitter glue.

 I have used the same ink to stamp Posy Sketch (Hero Arts) on the second card, as well as the same D Inks with the addition of Shabby Shutters and Faded Jeans. The die cuts are both from Spellbinders dies and the sentiments and small flowers are from a set of C D's stamps called Thank You Kit, there are 15 stamps to this set.

I have highlighted the small flowers with my blue and clear glitter pens.


Hope everyone is feeling well this week, wrap up and keep yourselves warm it's cold out there!

Hero Arts Continued

Well once again yet another wet and dreary day, all the better for crafting I say! and for those of you who will be joining me this afternoon to do just that here as promised the second card for class this week...........

The Background panel has been created from white card which measures 4 3/4" x 4 3/4",
the sentiment panel is also made from white card which is just slightly larger than the stamp... 2 1/2" x 2 1/4",
the gold mirror card measures 2 3/4" x 2 1/2". The base card is cream and comes in packs of 10 with envelopes included available in the shop priced at £2.25.

 I have kept this one simple in style and only used Walnut Stain D Ink pad for the stamping and colouring, a couple of die cut corners out of Gold Mirror card and the sentiment is layered onto the Gold Mirror card as well. Cream seam binding and two small self adhesive pearls add the finishing touches.
See you soon x
Sheilagh

I need a Hero! or Hero Arts stamps? Which ever comes first?

Hi to all you ladies hope you had a really good weekend, and it was nothing like mine! We had our Grandson's Christening Yesterday and after much stress and deliberation too-ing and fro-ing , Where's this ? Where's that ? Who's got what ? Where's my? Who's taking who ? What happened to that ? What time is it? We'er going to be late, Should be at church NOW!  OMG nowhere to park******, etc, etc, no wonder I came home early with an horrendous headache and went to bed before 8.30pm.  I'm so glad it's Monday, Oh OMG, class cards!!! got to finish, so you can judge what my weekend was like and that's just a small part of it so it's no wonder to you all why I am so behind with this weeks classes, apologies to everyone.
Right this week we are going to use some Hero Art stamps to create our border and main image. On the first card I have used Distress inks Picked Raspberry , Evergreen Bough and Shabby Shutters and I have stamped with Memento black. I have coloured the images with the D Inks and added some glitter with my Quickie Glue pen. Both the background paper and Die cut panel have been sprayed with a gold shimmer spray. Spiders web has been added behind the main panel to add dimension and texture.
Here are a couple of pics to help you get the picture of what we will be doing this week x

The background paper has been stamped with the Script stamp in Evergreen Bough and a couple of swirl stamps in black ink and then it has been sprayed with gold shimmer mica spray.
The images have been painted with D Inks and glitter has been added to the main image with a quickie glue pen.

Here you can see the Hero Arts stamps that I used, I really like the script and sentiment stamps, the swirl stamp is from my stash.
Will post a pic of the second card we will be making  later x
Sheilagh