Cards suitable for men

 There once again seemed to be a shortage of products to use for this so I have incorporated some of the dogs from a recent creative stamping and the lighthouse we did earlier this year. There are also many of the wildlife cards which we again covered in workshops earlier this year. JND's box card idea with clock and cogs has been used as well as putting decoupage into the "box".

Crads etc using JND's box card die

 Here I have used the box die as a protective box for flowers and decoupage. I have also used it as a box for gifts and double layered cards. The tissue box was inspired by what I saw on hochanda when John introduced his new die as are a couple of other cards but my version of what I can vaguely remember.

New Cosmic Shimmer products

I have looked here at using the opal polishes on black and white card to show the difference, and the new lustre polishes. There are also cards using the luna paste and mixing it with pixie powders

Papercuts and with different products

For this workshop (coming up in April) I used the papercuts die from creative expressions with different products. These included sprays, inks for colour, pixie powders and some of the new cosmic shimmer opal and lustre polishes. You'll note I also liked the black and white finish.

Springtime garden

Thinking of Spring I have used the flower stained glass dies from creative expressions and 2 of the woodware stamps alongside the multilayered bunnies from crafts too.

Effects are from spraying, ink colouring and gilding polishes.

A couple of extras

Having been away for a week and being busy with workshops this week  I haven't done many new cards but there was a flower variation I did before I went away with JND's blousy poppy die.

Then I received the "Spot the Dog" stamp from this issue of creative stamping so I did one card with that this morning.

I notice there is no post with my "Springtime" board on and I don't have a picture at the moment so that'll be coming next

Creative stamping - "Furry friends"

I got carried away with the latest magazine stamps due out this week. I do have better pictures of the individual cards but 13 seemed too many to put on. As usual my challenge was to use every stamp on the sheet.

Butterflies , Dragonflies & other wildlife

The butterflies were mainly done with woodware stamps and the dragonflies with the papercuts die from creative expressions. I've then added into this workshop more wildlife from the stamps we used recently for those who hadn't tried them yet.

More with Stencils

 I have looked at using both plastic and metal stencils with some of the new cosmic shimmer pastes and mixing these with pixie powders to change the colour.

The T shirt and bag were done with the Adaline glitter paints ? pastes. 

(Anyone doing a workshop can bring their own item to decorate)

Then if anyone wants to do the all day workshop with freebees to the value of the course, there is the additional board showing what can be done with 1 stencil and 1coloured paste pot.

All sorts of Flowers

I have already shown you the cyclamen that I did whilst waiting for new dies to come in. We now have an orchid and poppy die from John next door and I have three samples of each. Some are done with paper and some with the thin floral foam.
The cards on the bottom row of the board are from the poinsettia die reminding people it can be used any time of the year