Make & Take Friday 11th November

 Make & Take for Friday 11th November

Ivy die from John Next Door

Poinsettia stamp from Julie Hickey

Another Gilding Flakes card

 Another card using the Gilding Flakes.

The Ivy die is from John Next Door, I have used double sided tape on black card then placed a stencil on to the sticky side and used the flakes on it through the pattern, then removed the stencil and put black glitter on the sticky background,

Stamping on sandpaper.

I saw Sheena Douglass stamping on to wet & Dry 

sandpaper and here are 2 cards using it.

 For this card I have used the stamps from the

John Next Door Summer Special box.

Not sure who this stamp is from.

 

3 Cards finished today

 Cards that I finished this morning.

In this card the dies are from John Next Door and the 

stamp is Sentimentally Yours.

Lavinia style card 

Clarity stamp on this on, stamped on a messy background 

then did some Frantage on it.

Latest cards for late June

Here are the latest cards that I have made

These stamps are from Stampin Up, Very Versailles and Daisy Lane, using an Alcohol ink background.

One of my messy backgrounds using Distress Oxide inks. 

I bought some Christmas washi tape which what I have used here.

Poinsettias are from John Next Door. 

Stamps from La Blanche, the seahorse was on a magazine. 

A card in all white  

Another dragged paint over embossed background.

Christmas cards made this week

Here are some Christmas cards that I have made this week.

The first 3 have been made using a Petite Gelli Plate, 

You ink up the Gelli plate and press it on to a piece of card through a stencil and you can then press it on to another piece of card without a stencil and you get the reverse pattern.

  

Got some new Christmas Washi tape and stuck it on to a strip then stuck a die cut on it, the poinsettias are from John Next Door.

Todays cards

Here are my cards made today. 

Daisy stamp and punch from Stampin Up

I got some new dies from Sizzix this week, 

the corners and circle are the ones I used on this card.  

This border is from John Next Door.

todays card

Another card using a shaving foam background.

4 More Cards.

Here are cards that I have made yeserday and today, I have used backgrounds from my pile and flowers that wera already cut out, from Crafters companion.

Todays cards

My 2 cards for today.

I have used the alcohol marbling backgrounds for both the cards.

todays cards

Here are 2 cards for today.

This is one of my marbled alcohol ink backgrounds,

 stamp from AALL & Create. 

The background on this one is one of my normal alcohol ink backgrounds,

Dies from John Next Door.

inspiration while at home

I have decided to cancel all workshops and 

Make & Takes until 1st May, 

hopefully we shall be back then.

Meanwhile here are a couple of ideas for you.

Just in case you are in need of inspiration.

I have used my alcohol ink backgrounds for these 2 cards, on the top one I have stamped and embossed John Next Door dragonfly, the one below the flowers are die cut with John Next Door flowers.

Workshop Monday 19th August

Here are 3 cards for tomorrows workshop.

 Flowers from John Next Door, background die was from China.

 Stampin Up Flower and die, crochet lace die

 from Sizzix by Tim Holtz 

This swan die was in Simply Cards & Papercraft 

but only if you got it from Tesco

Make & Take Friday 14th December.

Here is our last card for this year.

Stamp is from

 Elusive Images (now Chocolate Baroque)

Ivy die is from John Next Door.

We start Make & Takes on Friday 18th January.

Workshop Monday 3rd December.

I received my new Gemini Foil Press last week and this is the first card I have made using it for the background.

For this card I used a poinsettia embossing folder  from Sizzix, stamps and dies from John Next Door.

Make & Take Friday 16th November

Here is the card for tomorrows Make & Take, the idea was Pauline's from Monday when we were playing with my left over bits.

Workshop Monday 5th November

2 Christmas cards for tomorrows workshop.

Workshop Monday 29th October

Here are cards for Mondays workshop, on both cards 

Another 2 cards for Mondays workshop.

I have used wallpaper for the background

of the next 2 cards.

Workshop Monday 8th October.

Here  are 4 cards from Mondays workshop

 I have used the latest stamps and dies from the latest Chloe magazine to make these 2 cards.

 For these 2 cards I have used "John Next Door" stamps and dies.

Make & Take Friday 5th October.

Here is the card for tomorrows Make & Take.

I have sponged around leaves for the background.

Stamps and dies are from "John Next Door"