November's Die cutting

 This month I have used two dies from creative expressions - the christmas pudding and the robin scene.

The robin has various backgrounds with alcohol inks and kitchen foil, usually used for stained glass effects.

Stamping in November

 Stamping for this month started with the novelty reindeer head which I tried cutting in different ways.

I then moved onto the scenic stamps, using them with different dies for frames. The next choice was the Anamone stamp which I pretended was a poppy for Remembrance in November .

The bauble stamp and DL nativity were from last years' stamps but I have similar ones for sale so I thought I'd include them

Stencils and Masks with glitter pastes

 For this month's stencilling I decided to use various types of glitter paste. I used both metal and plastic stencils and masks.

Using some new dies from JND

  As you can see I had a great time paying with these new dies and had to stop myself trying more ideas and move onto stamping..

Stamping for October workshops

 The first stamp I used was a new one from creative expressions involving penquins.

I had another new lovely stamp in the shop that was a solid stamp. Since I have a few of this type of stamp I used my old ones to show the differences obtained by using either coloured inks and clear powder or coloured powders.

As you can see I tried a number of variations and didn't put them all into cards

Novelty Mug Stamping

 Once again I thought these could be used for Christmas or other cards. They can have faces or not, cream topping or not. I then tried different products for the toppings including fluffy stuff, flock, pearly stuff etc. I also used different products to colour the mugs and different backgrounds.

LLindas September newsletter

 since I can't access my website where this usually goes I decided to put it on my blog and facebook page in hope of reaching people

LLindas

Greetings Cards & Craft Accessories
Main St. Laneham Notts. DN220NG

01777 228775      (07702058435)    www.llindas.co.uk                llindasblog.blogspot.co.uk

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SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER 2022

 

Hi Everyone

Hope you are all well and after a nice summer that you are getting ready to start crafting again.

I have been planning for the Christmas season. Both creative expressions and crafts too have been showing new designs during June, July & August and I’ve bought some bits ready to try out.

 

 I have also been looking at some of the discounted dies I bought last month and how to use them so hopefully I can inspire you to buy as some customers have done already.

As usual if you are making a special journey please ring first to check I’m open.

 

I know times are difficult for many at the moment but I am afraid that I will have to put up the price of workshops to help pay for increased expenses and heating costs. Workshops have been at their current level for many years now and I should have put them up before to meet expenses. The new cost will therefore be £6 per hour. I will still give discount of your purchases at the workshop so if you spend a lot you can get the increase back. (As an interim offer if you come this month and no heating is required, I will charge £5 per hour)

 

SEPTEMBER WORKSHOPS

I have been looking at what we can do for those who want to start Christmas and those who don’t so we have…

 

Stencils – with sprays – positive and negative images. blogpost 27/8/22

 

Assorted backgrounds  using new sprays, pixie powders , gilding polishes, inks, gilding flakes, glitter etc. These are used with..

Dies – mainly papercuts but also deer  Blogpost 31/8/22

Stamps – Novelty mugs – +assorted colouring, flock, fluffy stuff,  pearl accents etc. Blogpost 2/9/22

 

AS usual you can book workshops for you and your friends anytime which is mutually convenient but there are also SEPTEMBER WORKSHOP DATES for those who wish to come with others. Do ask if you wish a change of date though.

 

Saturday 3^rd September 1 30 – 4 30

Tuesday 6^th September 1 30 – 4 30

Thursday 22^nd September 10 – 12 30

Wednesday 28^th September 1 30 – 4 30

PLEASE RING (on 01777 228775) or email me llindas.laneham@gmail.com  to get a booking. Morning workshops are 2 ½ hrs for £15 pp and afternoons 3hr for £18 pp. (Unless special offers apply) plus you get a discount of 10% on all non reduced* goods purchased that day up to 2/3 of the course fee.

 

I look forward to seeing you soon

LInda

 

 

Backgrounds with Papercuts and other dies

 Knowing September is a time when some people want to start Christmas cards and others don't I thought if we looked at different backgrounds we can produce and then they can be used with either Christmas papercuts or others.

I have used sprays (different sorts), gilding polishes, pixie powders, inks, gilding flakes, glitter & micro beads plus our waste build up sheets.

and just a couple of spares ...

Stencils and Sprays

 September's use of stencils revolves around using them with sprays to get a positive and negative image.

We used this idea on a workshop this week and you can see customer variations on my facebook page

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Different sorts of spray were used to compare results - hence the 2 similar swirls.

Die Cuts that go with the Countryside theme

 These are mainly papercuts. The horse was a new die, the hummingbird we had last year and the thistle is an old die but new to us. I have looked at colouring images with simple backgrounds  and keeping plain images against a prepared background ( Pixie powders & my clean up sheets).