Chippenham Craft Workshop - February 15th

Hi everyone.....well, my promise to blog more didn't last long, but I have lots to show you over the next few days, so watch this space. Today I just want to show you the pics from my workshop ladies.....we had a fab day on Sunday, the standard of the creations was brilliant......

Some peeps travelled for over 2 hours to attend....

Clare Messenger (  CRAFTY CLAREY ) did a fab demo using Brusho's and salt! Must try this technique myself next week.

So here are the pics, quite a few, sorry ....

 ALL OF THE CARD STOCK WAS FROM PAPERMILLDIRECT

This is the stunning Swallowtail butterfly from Stampin'Up

All the butterflies and backgrounds with coloured with

BRUSHO'S

It's fabulous that EVERY one of them is different.

The card on the top right of the pic was made by an 11 year old girl.....well done Sophie Messenger xx

Various stamps were used on these cards....from

Visible Image

Jofy

Lavinia Stamps

IndigoBlu

Inkylicious

etc.etc

Some fabulous creations,

Well done ladies

See you on 14th March xx

Lavinia Stamps - February Challenge.....

Hi everyone, hope you're staying nice and warm! 

We're just back from a weekend staying with lovely friends in Scotland, but boy,  was it cold up there. However , it IS Winter, so of course it will be cold.....

Anyway, onto this month's challenge at

LAVINIA STAMPS

As always, the prize is a fabulous £40 of goodies from their online shop.

You don't even have to have a blog to enter, you can do it by email! Follow the link on the challenge blog page  ( HERE )

So, here are my DT cards.....the theme this month is BRIGHT and BEAUTIFUL....do you think they're bright enough??

All card stock on these projects is from 

PAPERMILLDIRECT 

I've used white hammered, smooth black and yellow.

This butterfly is my all-time favourite ....EVER!

I've coloured the background with Pan Pastels.

 White linen, inked, then mounted onto black smooth card.

I bought a few new Lavinia Stamps last week, and as soon as they arrived, I popped into my craft room and made this little card. Love these new stamps.

Pan Pastel background, mounted onto black, then white linen.

So, what do you think? Bright enough??

Thanks for popping by today, catch you all soon,

Barbara xx

Don't forget to checkout the fab inspiration from the rest of the Design Team, by logging into the challenge blog, ( link above )

Another fab offer from Papermilldirect......

Hi everyone.....good to see you here again.

Tonight I have cards to show you which feature the new 'special offer' at

PAPERMILLDIRECT

These great offers are coming thick and fast from Papermilldirect at the moment....make sure you're signed up for their newsletter to avoid missing anything!

 Teddy Bear Brown card - 300gsm - small box £6

These are my DT cards, using the special offer.

Teddy bear brown, cream hammered and mocha brown card, stamps from Lavinia Stamps and Stamp-It, Australia.

Teddy bear brown, cream linen and mocha brown card, stamps from Sheena Douglas, coloured with Brusho's, and a leaf punch from Martha Stewart..

 

Teddy bear brown and cream hammered card. The reverse side of the hammered card has been coloured with Brusho's.....the lovely sentiment stamp is from Visible Image.

I'll be back soon with a few new cards, in the meantime, checkout this weeks competition on the Papermilldirect blog

HERE

xx

New 'Special Offer' from Papermilldirect......

Evening all, and welcome to my new followers...thanks for popping by.

Tonight I just wanted to tell you about this weeks 'SPECIAL OFFER' from

PAPERMILLDIRECT

20 Sheets of A4 Harvest Buckram Embossed Card 270gsm. for only £4.00

Gorgeous textured cardstock, that will add a quality finish to any project.....

This isn't a texture we find very often at Papermill, so grab it while you can!

Here is my DT card.....

I cut the birds with an Impression Obsession die, from scraps of inked cardstock.

(look at the close-up texture of the buckram cardstock)

I've then used an X-cut heart die, a Cheery Lynn flourish and a tag sentiment from Lili of the Valley. 

All double-mounted onto Papermilldirect cream 'hammered' and Mocha brown plain.

What do you think??

 

That's all for now, but I'll be back tomorrow with a lampshade that I've 'altered'.....catch you soon,

Barbara xx

Chippenham Workshop - January 10th

Hi everyone,  before showing the pics of my last workshop, I wanted to upload a couple of Valentine cards today, using black cardstock, which is on offer this week at

PAPERMILLDIRECT

20 Sheets of A4 black card, 250gsm for only £4.00

(fabulous quality)

I've used a Silhouette Studio, cutting file on this card, with black and post-box red cardstock.

 The background on this card has been done with Pan Pastels on smooth white cardstock from 

PAPERMILLDIRECT

I've used a Silhouette Studio cutting file for the trees and deer, a sentiment stamp from LOTV and bird stamp from LAVINIA STAMPS

Hope you like them....the black card is wonderful quality, so pop over and check it out at Papermilldirect.

Here are the pics from the Jan.10th workshop....we had a fab day and the creations were amazing.

(Tons of photos to look at )

Sheena Douglas stamps used here.....
 I first saw this idea at one of EILEEN GODWIN'S workshops....Eileen kindly said I could use it in one of MY workshops, so thanks, mate xx

All backgrounds were Pan Pastels. Stamps from,
Lavinia Stamps, IndigoBlu, Little Claire, Impression Obsession, and Inkylicious.

As above

Jean  and  Marion

Vicky's bum.....Steph and Sarah

Emily

Louise, Janet and Hazel.

Hazel, Lesley and Heather.

Ena and Lindi.

Until Lindi joined my first workshop in August, she'd never made a card in her life.....she's now doing orders for the whole family!

 Emily and Carolyn (above)

Vicky and Jean

Fab cards, fab colours.

All beautiful.

More gorgeousness!

 Well, that's it for now, apologies for the photo overload, but didn't want to miss anyone out....

Catch you all soon,

Barbara xx

Pan Pastels meet White Linen......

Hi everyone, just a quick post to show one of the samples I made for my workshop last Saturday (pics to follow on Thursday).....I was demonstrating Pan Pastels this month, and I'd actually forgotten how lovely they are to use.

This is just a very simple CAS card, made with PAPERMILLDIRECT white linen cardstock. I've covered a small square of card with various colours of Pan Pastels then used a Papermania stamp over the top. I stamped the butterfly again, cut it out and covered it with Glossy Accents. A small Sheena Douglas sentiment stamp and voila! Easy peasy....

So, I'll be back on Thursday with pics from the workshop and details of a new special offer from Papermilldirect. hope you will pop back then,

Barbara

x
I'm entering this card into the following challenges :-
Through the Craftroom Door
Top Tip Tuesday
My Craft Creations
Pan Pastel UK 

New Papermill 'special offer'.....

Evening all, second blog in a week, whoohoo....

This is a very quick post, to let you know details of the latest 'special offer' from

PAPERMILLDIRECT 

A4 Small Box Flecked Lilac 240gsm

This beautiful shade is very similar to the New Lilac, but has a lovely darker fleck in it and what's even better is that it is only £6.00 for a Small A4 Box (approximately 80 sheets).  That's a saving of 35% on the normal price for coloured card!!

 There's also the launch of a Valentines section which introduces some brand new Cardmaking Kits....they're fab!

The theme at Papermilldirect this week is babies, so I thought I'd do a simple card with a bit of bling....

I've used white linen and raspberry cardstock,  a cutting file from Silhouette and I've blinged it up a bit with some diamante.....

A very easy card to make!

Don't forget to pop over to checkout what the rest of the DT have made.

Lisa   
Sandie  
Sharon

Amanda 

Back soon with pics from my Saturday workshop,

Barbara xx 

New Year, New Lavinia Challenge.......

Morning everyone, and a BIG Happy New Year to you all......hope you've had a great Christmas break. We have done absolutely nothing at all over the hols, apart from seeing family and slobbing out....it's been fab.

I'm ready to get back to some crafting now, but today and tomorrow I'm going to be sorting out my craft room, the mess is clouding my inspiration. Wish me luck!.........

Well, today sees the first LAVINIA STAMPS challenge of 2015

The prize, as usual, is a fantastic £40 of Lavinia products.

The theme is 'ANYTHING GOES'.....so plenty of scope. Here are my DT cards.

This is a simple New Home card. 

Tim Holtz distress inks on PAPERMILLDIRECT white, hammered cardstock.....(one of my favourites).

I have used Pan Pastels on white smooth cardstock (from Papermilldirect, of course) for the coloured background on this little plaque...then overstamped with the wildflower stamp (HERE). I've stamped a couple of the flowers in Versamark and gold embossing powder, just to brighten the effect.

I cut a frame from black cardstock, and laid it over the coloured image.

Hope you like these first two creations of 2015. One of my new year's resolutions is to blog a bit more regular.....so watch this space!

Catch you all soon

Barbara xx
I'm entering these cards into the following challenges :-
Pan Pastel-Premium Craft Brand
De-Stempelwinkelstampers
Craftliners
 Ladybug Crafts

Lavinia Stamps Challenge for December....

Morning all, and welcome to the very last LAVINIA STAMPS challenge of the year....can't believe we'll soon be into 2015!

The challenge for December is ADD A FLOWER .....and all we want you to do is make something with either Lavinia Stamps or Lavinia Dies, and include a flower/flowers on it....easy peasy!

The prize for the winner ( chosen by random.org ) is a fabulous £40 voucher to spend on the Lavinia website.

Here is my DT card for this challenge...

 The background on this card is coloured with Pan Pastels....I love the vibrancy of it.

I've used FAIRY HOUSE and BELIEVE stamps,  Tattered Flower die from Sizzix and Leaf Flourish from Marianne.

 

A bit of Glamourdust and some sequins and 'Voila'!

Hope you like it.....

Back soon with a review of the year from Oak House Studio, and pics of my Saturday workshop.

Barbara xx

Don't forget to checkout the inspiration from the rest of the DT, it's amazing! xx

A very simple 'tag' tutorial for Oak House Studio

Hi everyone, back again, with a very easy tag tutorial for OAK HOUSE STUDIO

While doing some 'winter' themed projects for the November challenge, I unearthed some stamps I hadn't used for a while....CHRISTMAS WREATH SET 

I have lots of Oak House Studio white tags, but typically couldn't find them for this project, so had to cut some....
I've used white linen from
PAPERMILLDIRECT 

1)  I stamped the branches using Green Oak inkpad, and the sentiment using black inkpad.

 2) Using Spring Green inkpad I stamped the cluster of holly leaves from the Christmas Wreath set, randomly over the branches.

 3) I then mixed some Green Oak inkpad with Peridot acrylic ink together to make a darker shade, and over-stamped with a single holly leaf.

4) I painted in a few holly berries with Valentine Red inkpad and an aquabrush.

When they were dry, I dotted 'Glossy Accents' over the berries, to give them a bit of shine.

5) A bit of red metallic cord, and done!








 I liked the effect so much, I made a couple of cards to match....

Well, that's all for now, catch you soon,

Barbara.....

Don't forget to get your entry into the Winter Challenge....

There's a fab prize of £40 for the winner, and also a personalised stamp for the back of your cards!