Little Curly Owl... 2 Ways

I have quite a lot of favourite stamps in the latest Woodware Craft Collection release and this is one of them, the Curly Owl, designed by Francoise Read.

I paper pieced the owl with papers I had made with the Creative Palette, I took the prints from the plate with copier paper, copier paper is ideal to use when you want to make papers for this technique.

I stamped the owl 3 times onto different papers I had pulled from the plate, cut them out and pieced them together onto another stamped image on white card.

I coloured the heart with a red Tombow pen.

The alphabet background paper is from the Antique Paper Pad, this pad is great value at only £1.99 for 30 sheets of 6" x 6" assorted papers that mix and match!

The burlap trim is a small frayed piece cut from a square of jute.  The packs of jute are brilliant, there are eight 6" x 6" pieces in each pack and as you tend to cut them down, they do go a long way.  They also add a great texture to cards. I used one of the new Steampunk Owl Brass Charms attached with natural hemp cord.  Again, this cord goes a long way, I've had mine for a long while and love the fact that there is a colour choice in the pack.

The twig is courtesy of a find by our dog, cut and mounted as an embellishment with silicone glue.

I also added glossy accents to the eyes

The card below was made by Francoise Read, I love her doodling and shading with the Little Curly Owl stamp!  Francoise has used a background paper from the Vintage 2 paper pad. 

The same Curly Owl stamp used 2 ways!

Thanks for visiting

Jill x

Woodware Craft Collection - new - Noel Reindeer

Woodware Noel Reindeer Clear Magic Single - FRS178

I used another piece of the background paper that I made with the Stampendous Creative Palette and used with the Curly Christmas stamp I posted yesterday.  The pattern shows more on the reindeer that I paper pieced with Francoise Read's new Noel Reindeer stamp.

The Happy Christmas greeting is included with the Noel Reindeer stamp and polka dot paper from one of the new paper pads.  The star button adds an embellishment along with some crystal self adhesive gems.

Now, if you think we are starting Christmas early, one of the new stamps is for Easter!  You can't get much more ahead in your card making than this!  

Hoppy Bunny

I used another piece of the same background paper I made with the Creative Palette and stamped the bunny, the papers you make certainly go a long way for paper piecing.  

The swirly background paper (that matches the bunny in real life) is from the new paper pack Perfect Prints Stack Packs - Fresh - MSP228R - 15 x 15cm - 30 Assorted Sheets. At £1.99 per pack they are really good value! 

If you think that bunny looks a bit wonky, he is, I used a wobble action fixing on the back of the panel so it wobbles, a great idea for any children cards, they will love it. Woodware - Action Wobble (12) - AW01

Francoise has also designed some lovely cute images for young children that I'll show another time.

Thanks for visiting, and have a great Sunday!

Jill x

Curly Christmas

Woodware Curly Christmas Clear Magic Single - FRS271

I paper pieced this new stamp design by Francoise Read with a background paper I made with the Creative Palette as an alternative to colouring it all with pens or pencils.

I pulled a few A4 sheets from the Creative Palette that I have used with a number of cards I made with the new Woodware Craft Collection stamps that have just been released.

I used Tombow pens to add colour to the holly, berries, stars and the heart.

The polka dot paper  background paper panel is from one of the new paper packs, it's nice to be able to mix and match your own backgrounds papers with pre-printed papers.

The white polka dot ribbon was made using the Brilliant Bowmaker.

The small words are included with the main stamp.

I hope you are enjoying the heatwave, isn't it nice to have proper British summer weather!

Thanks for visiting

Jill x

New Woodware stamps - available now!

Woodware Craft Collection held their annual retailer event on Sunday and Monday in Grassington, Nr Skipton, North Yorkshire. You may have caught a glimpse of the wonderful setting as the Tour de France visited the area recently.

The new stamp collection which includes stamps for this years Christmas crafting were launched at the event and us lucky retailers were made very welcome by the Woodware team who produced amazing projects for us to complete.  I hope to show some of the projects we made soon.

I was lucky and honoured to be able to make cards again for the new catalogue, the card below is one of the cards I made with new stamps designed by Francoise Read.

You'll find all the new stamps from both Jane Gill and Francoise Read on our website HERE

I created the background on the Stampendous Creative Palette with acrylic paints and then embossed the trees.

The stamp set is Winter Forest and can be found on our website HERE

I added one of the new Just Words Tiddler stamps for the greeting, you'll find it HERE

Thank you for visiting!

Jill x

Sneaky Peeks for The Great British Craft Festival - North

Following on from yesterday's post here are a few sneaky peeks that Sarah Anderson has been working on for the Great British Craft Festival - North, next weekend at the Bolton Arena.  
























The card above features Jane's Cow Parsley Stamp by Woodware Craft Collection.  Sarah has used graphic 45 ink pads on the creative palette.

This is a mop up page from paint on the creative palette, Sarah has added doodling to Jane Gill's Georgina flower stamp.  The wording on both cards is Double Birthdays designed by Francoise Read for Woodware Craft Collection.

These are gorgeous Sarah!!!  I will show more another time but if you'd like to visit Sarah's blog to read more about her experimentation with the Creative Palette, visit her blog HERE

We have added a lot of new products to our website, you will find them HERE.  At the time of writing there are still photos to add, but there is a lot to see there already.

Thank you for visiting!

Jill

The Great British Craft Festival - Stoneleigh Park - This weekend!!!

Well, we are all packed up ready to set off early tomorrow for the show set up.

As we've been packing it all I've been getting more and more excited about the show.  I am really pleased with all the wonderful new stamps and accessories we have with us from Woodware Craft Collection, Stampendous and the cuties from House Mouse that Stampendous are now manufacturing.

Some of you may have seen Fran Seiford, owner from Stampendous on the live Create and Craft TV show from Las Vegas recently.  Initially, some of the designs were exclusive to Create and Craft and we are so pleased that they are now on general release and we will have those exclusives with us as well as many others from the new range.  We will add these extra House Mouse designs to our website on our return from the show.

If you are able to attend the show you will find a montage of some of the new designs from Stampendous and House Mouse on boards to help with inspiration.  There are many card ideas that have been made by the Stampendous design team that you will find on our website when viewing most of the new stamps.  You will find them all on our website HERE

I love this stamp, Stampendous - Chin Up - House Mouse Cling Rubber - HMCP03

As I mentioned before, Francoise Read will be demonstrating her new stamps on our stand H4, she will also be holding make and takes that you will need to book when you arrive at the show.

I will be demonstrating with Stampendous products, we have the 3 new colour sets as well, so things will be very sparkly!!

I'll post again tomorrow to briefly tell you about something else we have with us at the show.

If you are coming to the show, please do come and say hello.

Thanks for visiting

Jill x

Another new stamp design from Francoise Read

You may know that Francoise has designed many stamps in her 'huge' range of words for the Woodware Craft Collection and this is another great addition to that range.

It is Woodware Huge Fishing Clear Magic Single FRS245.

I found out from Francoise yesterday that her first show on Create and Craft TV is this Thursday at 1pm and, as I mentioned before, Francoise will be demonstrating on our stand at the Great British Craft Festival on Saturday and Sunday.  She will also be holding make and takes on both days, I believe you have to book to attend these when you arrive at the show.

Ian and I have been busy packing bargain packs for the show, so far we've packed papers, ribbons, brads, buttons, and eyelets.  If you are attending the show do call and see us, we will also have a great selection of Woodware and Stampendous stamps with us and amazing prices on mica products.

Our stand is H4, (Block C), opposite the large seating area

Well, better get on, loads to do today.

Thanks for visiting

Jill x

The Great British Craft Show with Francoise Read

Good morning!!

We are so delighted and excited that Francoise Read, a designer for Woodware Craft Collection Clear Magic stamps, will be demonstrating her new stamps on our stand at The Great British Craft Show at Stoneleigh Park on 10th/11th August.

Our stand number is H4, (opposite the seating area). Francoise will also be holding 2 workshops during the weekend.

If you are visiting the show, please do stop by and meet up with Francoise and say hello to her.  I know you will really enjoy watching her card making style, she is such a talented card maker and she quietly creates beautiful cards.  Whether it be her paper piecing or colouring, I always love watching Francoise create her cards.

The card above was made with Woodware Christmas Hoot Clear Magic Singles FRS142, I love this new winter version of her owl design from the previous collection

Francoise has many wonderful new stamps that can be used all year round and also designs for autumn and winter, you will find them HERE, along with new designs by Jane Gill, for the Woodware Craft Collection range of stamps.

Thanks for stopping by

Jill x

PS:  I will be back later on with some exciting news...

New from Woodware, a couple more simple inspirational wording cards

Continuing on from yesterday's card I thought I'd show a couple more cards with the new wording stamps by Francoise.  I've used them as the main image for both of these cards but they would be great for inserts, bookmarks, journalling, scrap booking etc.

After the weather changed again yesterday, I'm feeling the joy of using bright happy colours.

This stamp is great as it is but you could easily cut and use the words separately and even mix and match them with other wording and font styles.

Both cards are 6" x 4". I used watercolour card for the main water coloured background that gives a lovely texture.  On the 2nd card I lifted some of wet watercolour paint off with kitchen towel to create a cloud effect, so simple to do but makes a difference to the finished effect.  I used textured card for the mounts and although I used bright colours, black always helps them stand out.

I added some black and white Woodware Fancy Twine and some of the Woodware Flower Buttons from the blue set.

The 2 stamps are:

Woodware Life Is...Clear Magic Tiddler Singles FRS903 

Woodware Awesome Clear Magic Tiddler Singles FRS901 

I think these stamps are amazing value too at £1.99 each!!  These are just 2 of the stamps from the new Woodware Clear Magic TIDDLER range of wording stamps.

If you'd like to see more of the new Woodware stamps, please click HERE to visit our website

Thank you for visiting today

Jill x

Woodware Autumn/Christmas Supplement

Francoise Read, who I mentioned in my previous post has kindly sent me a few of the cards to show you that she has made with her new stamps.  The first 2 have been combined with new Dreamweaver stencils that we will be adding to our website soon.

The new supplement is now out in the printed version and it is nice to see the cards I made for it in print too.  I really enjoyed using the new stamps.

You can these and the other new designs on our website HERE

I hope you are having a good Sunday

Jill x

Francoise Read and her new stamps at Donington Show

Thought I quickly share a few photos from our visit to the recent Great British Festival, Donington show.

Francoise Read, one of the stamp designers for Woodware was demonstrating her new Christmas collection on our stand.  Francoise also held make and takes with her stamps and paper piecing along with Sakura pens on both days of the show.

Ian decided to take a photo of us both to show the cards made with her stamps and also the bunting I made for the stand.

Then, Ian being Ian, he had to take this one too!!!!

Here is a little taster of Francoise's new Christmas collection...

You can find more of the Christmas Woodware Collection of stamps on our website HERE including those by Jane Gill

Thanks for visiting :)

Jill x