Just had to show you.........

Hi everyone, how are you managing this heat?????  I can't say that I am enjoying it.  I am hot enough with hot flushes!!!  Still I'm sure it will be raining again soon so I am not going to say too much!!

Anyway, I thought I must show you this new stamp that I have been playing with today.
It is one of the Art Impressions 'Girlfriends' and called Uptown Girls.  I think the stamps are fantastic and the sentiments to go with them are so funny.  You must check them out here!! I shall be demoing with them at the extravaganza so do come and see the finished card!!  Of course it has been coloured using my Copics!!

Had a great class at The Craft Barn yesterday, my first since surgery.  The ladies were lovely and all did some beautiful colouring.  Thank you to them all for making my first class back such a pleasure.  You broke me in gently!!  I was very tired when I got in though!!
                                     
                                                         Hope you like it!


                                                           See you soon,


                                                                  Jane x

A Kanban lady for you!!

I have been busy doing projects for The Craft Barn extravaganza which is at the end of June/beginning of July.  As I have to pace myself I thought I would get making a little while ago.  I am having  a great time playing with my Copics !!

                               So I thought I would share this lady with you today

She is one of the Kanban 'Moulin Divas - Tres Chic' girls.  Really nice to work with!!

I've coloured her with Copics and added some diecut and punched embellishments.

The little roses are die cut and then put together, great with Coredinations or Bazzill to keep everything matching!!

I'm sorry it is in my usual comfort colours but I have some more to show you which definitely aren't!!!!

It is my first time back teaching next week at The Barn, a Copic Masterclass, what else???  Will be nice to get back to a bit of normality!!

I am also taking a class on the Saturday afternoon of the extravaganza, again with Copics if anyone is interested.  I think there are a few spaces left.

Hope you like her,

Back soon,

Jane x

Copics used - E000,00, 01,11,42, 43,47, C3, W1,2, V0000, 91,93,95,99, B000,91,0

First Edition Paper Pack - Daydream

Marienne D Creatables - Nesting Flowers

Memory Box - Valencia Border

Martha Stewart Punch - Branch

Spellbinders - Classic Lace Border

Pins coloured with Copic V93

and feather from stash! 

10% off !!!!!!!!

 Okey dokey, just a quickie tonight to let you know that if you head on over to The Craft Barn website, you will get 10% off Butterfly Kisses stamps.........

(click on picture to take you straight there!!!)

.........dare you miss out????

Don't forget to check out The Craft Barn Blog while you are there and see what the brilliant DT have been doing with the stamps!!!!

See you soon,

Jane x

Helloooooo,

Hi everyone, sorry it has been so long since I have been here.  As many of you know I went into hospital for my reconstruction op and of course I had to be the difficult patient who caused lots of problems for my wonderful medical team!!!
Well hopefully, I am back and my blog like me is going to have a major overhaul and then I promise to do lots more here!!!!!
I did lose any interest in crafting while I was 'poorly' but I am getting back now and looking forward to The Craft Barn's Extravaganza at the end of June, body willing!!    I shall be demoing the wonderful Copics.  If nothing else, I can sit and colour, which I find very relaxing!!!
That's my excuse anyway!!

See you soon,


  Jane x

Hi

Thought I would show you another card from the

Extravaganza, as you already know I was die cutting, something

I really like to do!!

I haven't been able to do much since the Extravaganza as I am

doing some wedding 'bits' for a friend.  Thank heavens for my Cricut as

it had to cut out 300 x 1/2" hearts, how long would that have taken by hand!!

Doesn't bear thinking about, just wish it could stick them too!!!!!

Anyway, here is the card.......

 

The base card was made from Grand Nesties - Scalloped Squares and embossed.

Because I used Coredinations card, it was sanded.  There is some of the lovely no

shedding glitter card which comes in really beautiful colours and gorgeous
doublesided Teresa Collins paper.
The rosettes are from the Tim Holtz Sizzlits die which is great as it cuts and creases
the fold lines which make it very easy!!  We like easy!!
The rosettes were very popular at the Extravaganza and I lost count how many of those
I made along with the roses that I have already shown you!!
The flourishes are also a Tim Holtz die.


Well, hope you have a good weekend,

I am taking the Copic Certification class on Sunday
so that should be a good day!!



Jane x

 

Back again!!

Can't believe I am back here 3 days running!!!

I must try to keep to it......maybe not every day but as often as possible!!

For those of you who weren't at the Extravaganza at the weekend, I am busy playing

with my new toy, the Big Shot Pro!!

Wow, what a fabulous machine, although unfortunately the first one I

had was not cutting out properly and decided to go on strike at the weekend

right in the middle of the demo!!  Not good!!

Anyway the replacement cuts much better and I have been very busy with it.

There are some fantastic dies out there, something to suit everybody.

So tonight I am going to show you a little bag I made.

A Sizzix die, not especially for the BSP so can be used in the Cuttlebug or Big Shot.

Again, using Coredinations which has got to be my favourite card at the moment,

I cut the little bag and made it up.  Sanded all the edges which is excellent

if your card cracks on the fold line.......perhaps that is why I like it!



The little label is Spellbinders, Labels 20 (I think), cut and sanded.

Those gorgeous little roses again and the leaf is a Martha Stewart

punch, all sanded around the edges and stuck with a hot glue gun

which is my favourite adhesive at the moment. 

Hope you like it!!

See you soon,

Jane x



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

Lulu

Hi everyone, sorry it has been so long since my last post. I have been so busy.
I thought I would put some pictures on tonight of the new addition to our family!! This is Lulu our little French Bulldog. I'm also experimenting with this post to see if I can get the pictures in different places instead of all at the beginning.

Well so far so good,the pictures are going where I want them, thanks Isa, you are so clever!!
Lulu is now 11 weeks and making her presence felt!! I think the big dogs are more scared of her than she is of them which is quite funny.

She's having a little nap at the moment, yay, peace and quiet for ten minutes. To say she is wearing me out is an understatement. Puppies look soooo cute but they are really hard work!!!

See you soon,

Jane x