The Open Sea

Hi All,

I recently went to a SU training day and this is the swap I took along. Notice the framelits....in use again! 

It uses all the stamps from The Open Sea stamp set. Sorry the photo is so poor.......but the colours in real life are Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze and Very Vanilla 

I adapted the design, then changed the colours to Night of Navy, Bashful Blue and Whisper White for a local cub group to make at the end of the month

It's so nice to have a set to use when making 'male' cards.......don't you agree?

Thanks for looking, happy crafting

Jane x

Simple Men's Cards

Hi All,

I've a free and peaceful moment.
I've finished work and gardening for today..........the boys are watching Dr. Who! Yippee..........why isn't it on for 2 hours, I ask myself?!

Never mind, here are the photo's I promised you ages ago.........and there goes the phone!! (It's my sister seen what's on the TV and she knows I'll be free.....LOL!!)

It's done in Baja Breeze and soft suede. The patchwork effect is made by punching out squares of DSP, daubing the edges and then sticking to plain paper before cutting out with the 'top note' die

And there's a couple I made with retired supplies. These I made as above and then put through the big shot with a textured plate.

A very quick and simple boat.........but I just love how we can now add the texture to our designs, don't you?

Thanks for persevering, enjoy the Easter break

Jane x

Let's fly!

Hi All, Here are a couple more cards for men; it's from the Plane & Simple set (found in the mini, on page14). I just love the sketchy look of this set, and have basically used Crumb Cake and Soft Suede The planes have been embossed with clear embossing powder and I added 'Crystal Effects' to make the goggles lens have a more 3D look

The scrappy piece of notepaper started out as a piece of Very Vanilla........and by using a Sahara Sand Marker I inked the lines from the frame in Noteably Ornate, then just positioned them with the Stamp-a-ma-jig

Hopefully, I'll drop back tomorrow with a some more very quick and easy men's cards.......just got to find the camera first!

Jane x

New Mini Catalogue is HERE !!

Hi All, What a glorious day day it is, the sun's shining, birds are singing and...........the 'mini' has gone live!! There's so much to let you know about and show you. Of course the biggest news is we have the 'Big Shot'.... yes.......THE 'BIG SHOT'.........(hope you covered your ears then....LOL!!) Thank you to all of you, that supported me with the launch day............you'll be pleased to know the orders have been placed. If you haven't clapped your eyes on a catalogue, you can either click on the sidebar picture to view online; or......if you don't already have a demonstrator, drop me a line and I'll pop one in the post to you.

Now, I suppose I ought to show you at least one project I've made! These bookmarks are taken from an idea shown by Dawn Griffiths. Each design is cut out from a 'Big Shot' die. I stitched the ribbon on and glued in between the layers, as I didn't wish them to fall apart. I'll put more 'Big Shot' projects on the blog as the days go by...........but there's loads of other stuff too! Like..........images for men. I always have problems creating men's cards, so the inclusion of 2 single stamps are a godsend. The 1st, a very simple card, with the addition of eyelets and crystal effects. The 2nd a sailing boat; which in this instance I decided to get my brayer out and play!! I then decoupaged the sails and spritzed the sea with shimmer paint for that extra little sparkle (I think you can just make it out in the photo).

Then, on another one......I made a boo boo - getting marks on the finished image, (being a true crafter) I was determined not to throw it away and decided to try and disguise them, by slotting it into part of a distressed map. Distressing is really not my style, I hated screwing up brand new DSP........LOL!!.........but I'm happy with the overall effect.

Maybe I'll have to give it another go......what do you think?

Bye for now

Jane x