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Hi Bloggers.

Hope you managed to catch the shows yesterday. I have more shows today at 9am, 1pm and 5pm - lots more techniques to share.

I wanted to share this card today to show how some of the smaller elements in the Background Die Sets can be used on their own.

The background is actually a negative print from when I sprayed a piece of felt -

I sprayed half a sheet of Ivory Felt with Scarlet Sunrise CS Ink Spray Mist through the Beady Eyes Mask. I picked the mask up, turned it over and pressed it onto a piece of Coconut White Card. I put my felt aside to use in another project.

I inked around the edges of my negative background using Natural Rosewood Colour Cloud using a Smoothie. I matted onto Black Card and then another piece of Coconut White.

I sprayed a piece of Coconut White Card with Scarlet Sunrise Ink Spray Mist. Once dry, I cut die #2 from the New Zealand Background and die #2 from the Scattered Leaves Background out of it.

I cut dies #1 and #2 together from the New Zealand Background out of Black Card. I glued this to my Scarlet Sunrise die cut.

I cut dies #1 and #2 together from the Scattered Leaves Background out of Black Card. I glued this to my Scarlet Sunrise die cut.

I stamped one of the circles from the Woodware Vintage Circles Stamp Set onto Coconut White Card using Onyx Black Versafine, I added CS Clear Detail Embossing Powder and heat set. I cut it out using scissors leaving a tiny white border around it. I inked around the edges with Natural Rosewood Colour Cloud. I misted a little Scarlet Sunrise Ink Spray Mist onto my Craft Sheet. I picked it up using a Paint Brush and coloured in the butterfly and the little heart.


I stamped a little butterfly from the Woodware Vintage Pocket Watches Stamp Set onto Coconut White Card using Onyx Black Versafine, I added CS Clear Detail Embossing Powder and heat set. I cut it out using scissors leaving a tiny white border around it. I coloured it using Scarlet Sunrise Ink Spray Mist. I shaped it a little and added it to the corner of the New Zealand Background die cut.

I stamped the sentiment from the Woodware Vintage Pocket Watches Stamp Set onto Coconut White Card using Onyx Black Versafine and embossed with CS Clear Detail Embossing Powder. I cut it out using the Pierced Flags Die Set and inked around the edges with Natural Rosewood Colour Cloud.

I sprayed a piece of Ivory Felt with Scarlet Sunrise Ink Spray Mist. Once dry, I made a flower using the Classic Foldover Flowers Die Set.


I completed my card by adding a 5mm Black Pearl to 3 of the corners of my background.

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Julia.
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Hi Bloggers.

Hope you had a lovely Christmas Day. I'm launching a One Day Special on Hochanda at 6pm today with some lovely Background Dies by Sue Wilson. The shows will be packed with as many techniques as I can get into them so I hope you can tune in today or tomorrow. Shows are at 6pm and 8pm today and then 9am, 1pm and 5pm tomorrow.

Here's today's card -

I started by cutting the largest die in the New York Background into a piece of Black Card - it really doesn't matter what colour card it is as I've used it as a mask on this card.

I popped my mask on top of a piece of Coconut White Card. I picked some Blue Boy CS Acrylic Mixed Media Paint up onto a Stencil Brush and stencilled through my mask. Keeping my mask in place, I stencilled through the remaining areas with Twilight Purple CS Acrylic Mixed Media Paint.

I made a frame out of Coconut White Card using the Double Pierced Background Rectangle Die Set. I added it to my background using Woodware Foam Tape and trimmed away the excess. I matted onto Coconut White Card, Black Card and another piece of Coconut White Card.

 I stampd the sentiment from the Woodware Bubble Bloom Border Stamp Set using Manganese Blue Archival. I cut if out using die #1 from the New York Background Die Set and cut the next sized die out of Black Card.

I sprayed a piece of felt with CS Frosty Sky Ink Spray Mist. Once dry, I made a couple of flowers using the Classic Foldover Flowers Die Set.


I cut some foliage out of Coconut White Card using the Blossoming Branch Die Set. I painted a piece of Coconut White Card with Purple Twilight Mixed Media Paint and cut the tiny flowers in the same die set out of it. I did try and use up my scraps of leftover Acetate but on this occasion it would not cut - the acetate will cut simple dies, it depends on what's on it. I added CS Crystal Sparkle PVA to the centre of my tiny flowers.


I'm offering 10% discount on items on my website from the shows. You can find them here. Please enter JULIAWATTS in the discount code box at checkout to activate your discount. Offer applies till midnight tomorrow night.

Hope to see you later!

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk
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Hi Bloggers.

Happy Christmas to you all! I hope you all have a lovely day. I will be spending the day continuing with my prep for my shows on Hochanda on Saturday.

Back to the shows launching at 6pm tomorrow, here's today's sneak peek -

Behind the Pierced Roses Mini Background, I have created one of my favourite background techniques from Dyan Reaveley's Art Journaling Book. I used a piece of Watercolour Card. I misted it with a little water and then added Marigold, Vintage Sage and Vintage Rose CS Ink Spray Mists. I blotted off with a little Kitchen Roll and misted a little more until I was happy with the depth of colour. I added the Wired Mask and misted with water on one half of my background. I picked the mask up, turned it over and placed on the other side of my card to get a negative print. I blotted with Kitchen Roll. I then randomly misted through sections if the Beady Eyes Mask with Golden Mint CS Mister. I turned the mask over each time to get a negative print in other areas. I put aside to dry.

I only used half of my background for this card - here's the piece I haven't used yet -

I cut the Pierced Roses Mini Background into a piece of Coconut White Card. I poked out the the leaves, roughly placing them on my Craft Sheet where they were positioned in the die. I inked through the die with Natural Rosewood Colour Cloud using a Smoothie. I coloured the leaves on my Craft Sheet with Fresh Grass Colour Cloud and Vintage Sage Ink Spray Mist.

I glued my Pierced Roses Background to my misted background and glued my leaves in place.


I made a frame out of Coconut White Card using the largest 2 dies in the Indian Ocean Background Die Set. I coloured a piece of Coconut White Card with Natural Rosewood Colour Cloud. I glued my frame to it. I slotted die #6 from the set back into it's frame and ran through the Platinum Machine to remove the centre from my Rosewood card.

I added my frame to my Pierced Roses piece.

I completed my card by matting onto a couple of pieces of Coconut White Card. I haven't put a sentiment on this one - I didn't want to cover the design. You could add a sentiment inside your card or maybe add a Pierced Flag to the front.

I've popped photos of the samples from the shows into the Gallery Section of this Blog and onto my Julia Watts Crafts Facebook Page - there's loads of them! 😀

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Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk
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Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

The background on this one is actually made up from waste ink on my Craft Sheet and on a mini stencil. The waste ink that was mopped up from my Craft Sheet was Vintage Photo and Fired Brick Distress Oxides. I had inked through the Creative Expressions Vintage Diamond Mini Stencil with Vintage Photo Oxide on another project I misted the stencil with water and pressed it into my card - you canjust make it out on the background. I edged my background with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide using a Smoothie. I matted onto Dark Roast Coffee Card and then Coconut White Card.

I cut the Wooden Garden Cart out of Cinnamon Card twice. I inked through the die on one of them with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide. I cut away the top section of the inked one so that I could slot my veggies in. On the other one, I cut away the handles and the wheel, just to make it earier to layer up.

I cut some vegetables out of Coconut White Card using the Wooden Garden Cart Die Set. I coloured them using Pixie Powders - Burnt Orange, Lava Red and Pale Olive.

I added my veg to the cart and added the top layer using small pieces of CE Mounting Cushion.

I cut the sentiment from the Life is a Garden Die Set out of Cinnamon Card and out of Dark Roast Coffee Card. I trimmed the bottom of the swirl off and glued the 2 die cuts together, offsetting them to create a drop shadow.

I misted a piece of Coconut White Card with water. I sprinkled Burnt Orange, Straw Yellow and Bronze Blush Pixie Powders over and put aside to dry. Once dry, I cut a pair of Sycamore Branch out of it and the little leaves in the set out of it a couple of times.


Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

For the lacy background on this one, I used the smallest die in the Julia Die Set and cut it lots of times into a piece of Coconut White Card. For the coloured background behind it, I used a piece of Watercolour Card. I misted it with Bright Sunshine and Tangy Tangerine CS Phill Martin Misters.I sprinkled over some Straw Yellow and Burnt Orange CS Pixie Powders and misted with water. I moved some of the excess ink around using a piece of Kitchen Roll, taking care not to remove too much of the mica powder contained in the Pixie Powder.

Once my Mister/Pixie Background was dry, I glued my Julia Backround to it. I made a frame using dies #2 and #4 from the Stitched Square Peg Board Die Set and added it to my backgrounds using Woodware Foam Tape. I matted onto a couple of pieces of Coconut White Card.

I stamped the Julia's Sunflower Posy Stamp onto Coconut White Card using Onyx Black Versafine Ink. I stamped the sentiment from the CE Petite Lavish Sentiments Stamp Set. I added CS Clear Embossing Powder and heat set.

I coloured in using CS Phill Martin Misters in Bright Sunshine, Tangy Tangerine and Lime Burst - I just misted a little on to my Craft Sheet and picked it up with a Paint Brush. I mixed Tangy Tangerine with a little Lime Burst for the centre of the flowers. I cut the design out using the largest die in the Julia Die Set.

I created another background with Lime Burst Mister and Pale Olive and Bronze Blush Pixie Powders. Once dry, I cut out a pair of Oak Leaf Swags.

I cut 3 sizes of flower from the Sunflower Bouquet Die Set out of some of my orange mister/pixie background that I had left over. For the centres of the flowers, I popped a little CE Double Sided Self Adhesive Sheet onto a piece of Dark Roast Coffee Card and cut 3 flower centres. I peeled away the backing and added Medium Clear Glass Micro Beads. I cut some sunflower leaves out of Forest Card.

I completed my card by adding an 8mm White Pearl to the corners of my frame.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk

Hi Bloggers.

I have 3 simple cards for you today featuring the Linear Leaf Background.

These cards came about as a result of creating this background -

My background was created by misting some Tangy Tangerine and Bright Sunshine Phill Martin Misters onto a Craft Sheet. I sprinkled a little Straw Yellow and Burnt Orange Pixie Powder and misted with a little water. I then dipped a piece of Coconut White Card into it several times and put aside to dry.

I cut the Linear Leaf Background into a piece of Black Card leaving a good-sized border around the edges.I then spritzed through it onto my background in a couple of places using Phill Martin CS Bright Sunshine Mister. While the ink was still wet, I turned my card mask over and printed onto a piece of Coconut White Card. Once this print was dry, I cut it out using the Double Stitched Rectangles. I went around the edges with Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide using a Smoothie. I matted onto Dark Roast Coffee Card and then Coconut White.

I cut my sentiment out of Dark Roast Coffee Card using the Mix & Match Friendship Die Set and added it to my card using CS Glue in a Woodware Fine Tip Glue Applicator.


This is the second card I created -

Going back to my orange misted background, I placed my Black Card Linear Leaf Mask over where I had misted before and sprinkled some Bronze Blush CS Pixie Powder over. Leaving my mask in place, I misted with water. I removed the mask and placed it on the other side of my background, added more Pixie Powder and misted again. While the card mask was still wet, I turned my card mask over and printed onto a piece of Coconut White Card. Once this print was dry, I cut it out using the Double Stitched Rectangles. I went around the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide using a Smoothie. I matted onto Dark Roast Coffee Card and then Coconut White.

Once again, I cut my sentiment out of Dark Roast Coffee Card using the Mix & Match Friendship Die Set and added it to my card using CS Glue in a Woodware Fine Tip Glue Applicator.

 This is the final card I made in this batch -

Now, because Pixie Powders have Mica Powder in them, you can see them on Black Card. Bronze Blush has kind of a verdigris look to it on Black Card - very pretty! For this card, once my Black Card Mask was dry, I cut it out using the Double Stitched Rectangles. I added a piece of CE Double Sided Self Adhesive Sheet onto the back. I turned it back to the front and added Verdigris CS Gilding Flakes to the exposed adhesive. I removed the excess using a piece of Rubit Scrubit. I matted onto Coconut White Card and then Black Card.

I cut a Stitched Flag out of Coconut White Card and my sentiment out of Black Card using the Mix & Match Friendship Die Set again.

I cut an outer flower die from the Sunflower Bouquet Die Set out of more of my Black Card with Bronze Blush Pixie Powder on it. I added a little Double Sided Self Adhesive Sheet to some Coconut White Card and added Verdigris Gilding Flakes to it. I cut a sunflower centre from it. I cut a couple of sunflower leaves out of Coconut White Card.

There you go - 3 quick cards! I'll share the card with my orange background soon.

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Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk

Hi Bloggers.

Here's today's card -

The background on this one was created at a demo. I used a piece of Watercolour Card cut into 2 x A5 pieces. I misted Phill Martin Cosmic Shimmer Purple Paradise, Lush Pink and Electric Blue Ink Spray Mist onto 1 piece of the Watercolour Card. I misted a little plain water on top and then placed the other piece of Watercolour Card on top. I peeled the pieces of card apart and blotted excess off with Kitchen Roll. I kept my second piece for another project.

Working on my first piece, I placed the Leaf Print Mask on one half and misted through with water. I lifted the mask off and turned it over and placed on the other half of my background to get a negative water print. I blotted off with Kitchen Roll. I then misted through a section of the Stripey Spots Mask with the Lush Pink Mister. I turned it over to get a negative print from the excess ink in another section of my background and blotted off with Kitchen Roll.I then misted through a section of the Wavy Mask with the Electric Blue Mister. I turned it over to get a negative print from the excess ink in another section of my background and blotted off with Kitchen Roll.

This technique is adpated from a technique in the Dyan Reavely Distinctly Dylusional A Guide to Art Journaling Book (love this book!).

I cut the largest die in Sue Wilson's Ecliptic Edger into Coconut White Card 5 times to create a background. I glued it to my misted background using CS Glue in a Woodware Fine Tip Glue Applicator.


I made a frame out of Coconut White Card using dies #2 and #4 from the Square Stitched Peg Board Die Set and added it to my backgrounds using Woodware 3mm Foam Tape.

My sentiment has been created using the Alphabet Grid Die with Coconut Whte and Black Card. I added the tiles to my card using CE Mounting Cushion.

I added a flower and leaves to my frame using the Pinwheel Floral Die Set.

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I'll be back tomorrow with a sneak peek from Wednesday's One Day Special on Hochanda.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk

Hi Bloggers.

I have another card to share with you featuring Sue Wilson's Industrial Chic Collction -

The background was leftover from a demo I did and is made from Watercolour Card with some Misters and Masks. I've cut it to size using a die from Sue Wilson's Double Stitched Rectangles Die Set and matted onto Black Card and then Coconut White Card.

I cut die #3 from the Industrial Chic Background Die Set out of of piece of Coconut White Card and added it t my background.

I stamped the gorgeous Mr. Vintage Inventor onto Coconut White Card using Onyx Black Versfine Ink. I cut him out using scissors leaving a thin border around him. I cut the wings from the Industrial Chic Mixed Essentials Die Set out of Steel Pearl Card and glued them behind my man. I added him to the centre of my frame using CE Mounting Cushion.

I cut the sentiment from the Inspirational Words Die Set out of Steel Pearl Card and added him to my card using glue and a little CE Mounting Cushion.

Thank you for all your kind comments and messages about Smokey.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.
www.juliawattscrafts.co.uk