Hi

Well I said I would be back and here I am!!

I've been down to The Craft Barn today to see what was still in stock for

my classes on Saturday.  The shelves were looking quite sad after the busy weekend!!

But while I was there the boxes were arriving so it will be back to normal

very soon!!!!

Thought I'd show you the other wooden box that I decorated

for the Extravaganza.

  This again

was painted and crackled as yesterdays post but kept very simple with

a large organza ribbon bow and a few butterflies which were cut

from a Sizzix Movers and Shapers die.

  The butterflies were put through an

embossing folder to add some dimension.  I then repeated the process with acetate.

I used a row of self adhesive silver gems to finish.

See you soon,

Jane x

PS   -   Ha ha Isabelle......it's not four months!!!



Hellooo

Gosh, sorry I have been absent for soooooooooo long!!!  I have been so busy working

 with The Craft Barn and was lucky enough to have appeared in January,

 February, March and April issues of Creative Cardmaking Magazine!!!

  What an honour!!!

Anyway, I must try and post here more often so today I am going to start putting on some of my samples that I made for the Extravaganza last weekend.

It was lovely to see so many people, it is always a busy two days but very enjoyable!

So, I am going to start today with a wooden item which I painted with Eco Green Craft

 paint, then painted a layer of PVA glue and yet another coat of paint.

  It is then gently heated with a heat gun so that the paint cracked.

The gorgeous roses are so easy to make and I made so many over the weekend,

in fact one is going all the way to South Africa!!  Hope it makes it there in one piece!!

The larger three roses are made from a Big Shot Pro die

 and the smaller two are a Bigz die. After I cut them, I put them in an

 embossing folder and then sanded the diecuts as I had used Coredinations Card.

The roses are then wound around and around and stuck with a little dollop of hot glue.

Add the Elegant Flourishes Bigz die and some pearls to finish!!

Well I'm off now, will try and post again tomorrow!!

See you soon,

Jane x

Today I am adding another of my die-cutting cards. I used Spellbinders wavy rectangles to make a frame. The middle is the winter cuttlebug embossing folder with silver mirri card. This is great for cutting into seperate words too. Add a few Marianne D snowflakes and a few small Woodware punches and finish with gems.
I love snowflakes, think I must have just about every die/punch/stamp that has ever been made!!! And there is still room for more!!!
Well this is just a quickie tonight, must go to bed....... thank goodness it's Friday tomorrow, last early morning before the weekend.

See you soon,


Jane x