Stamping trees & birds

 These cards use 2 of the new 2jays stamps. I have done a non Christmas version of each to show adaptability.

Stained Glass Christmas

 These are the new dies from creative expressions. I have used different colouring on acetate which can be coloured from behind, as well as using an embossed image behind the die cut which can be coloured.

Garden Tools

  I purchased these tool dies then realised I should have got the stamp to go with them but in most cases it didn't really matter. 

I love the foliage effect I achieved with my inks and didn't want to cover them up so using the tools alongside the card meant I didn't have to. The white edged version is what I achieved as a negative effect from the first one. Then I thought I'd try the tools with a garden flower stamp.

New Flowers for August's workshop

  A simple flower die which come as a stem with 2 flowers and 2 flower heads. You saw the use of the flower heads with the circles on my last post.

The Elegant tree

 This die is one from the JND range form crafts too.  The tree has various circular edges that can be used elsewhere. Here I have used them with a new flower that I shall show later.

I enjoyed putting the tree against various backgrounds I had produced and using differnt variations of the circle edge dies that come in this set. This is another of those dies I can keep using - -next I will use it with icicles for Christmas cards.

Summer Holiday workshop ideas

 For those wanting something to do with the children over the summer holidays I have come up with a few ideas for workshops. These are just ideas - the actual items done will depend on age and ability of the children

1, stamping - also involves shrink plastic which my grandchildren love to do

2. Die cutting

3. Flowers and vases

4. booklets

5. Boxes and bags

Using 3D embossing folders

 Another idea for July's workshops is looking at ways of using 3D embossing folders and colouring them with different products. The trouble with many is that I don't like covering them once produced. I also looked at using them both ways round - embossed and debossed designs give different effects

I have also included some try outs which I didn't make up into cards. 

Using Card Candi

 I had a customer ask me what she could do with card candi. I had a number of old cards on show but decided to do some more as an idea for July's workshops. mainly I looked at different flowers we could produce but as you will see I have also I used them for butterflies, caterpillars and ladybirds. They can also be used as roof tiles or on peel offs and stamps with circles in them.

Looks like a couple of cards are missing but they can be seen in store.

A flower & a snail...

 This stamp from Françoise Read I have done in a few different ways for July's workshops with different backgrounds.

Last 3 posts

 You need to read the last 3 posts from today in reverse to get the story for this month's workshops.