NEW Create & Craft Show Today at Noon!

We hope you will be able to join us today, we have some new kits to use with Tracey's designs to show even more ways to use them. 

I believe we have Nigel presenting the show which is great!  So glad he is back:)

After the last show with Tracey's designs, Create and Craft asked us for another Moonglow Sampler Kit, brad kits, heatable acetate and also gold leafing, and we certainly have lots of it in the show!

I actually left home yesterday, so am not really here!  I've scheduled this post, hope it works!!

I'm stopping down South for a few days now to visit my family.  I'm hoping to have a day out and do a little Christmas shopping with mum, which will be a REAL treat!  I will be popping in though if I get a chance to borrow mum's laptop, she's become quite a whizz on it now, so I might not get much of a look in:) 

OTHER NEWS

Kay and I had hoped to be doing a new show around this time with her new DVD's that she made in conjunction with Craft Stamper Magazine, unfortunately it wasn't possible to go ahead with it.  When I suggested it, I thought it would be a good idea and the prospect of it gave us much excitement.  It would have been nice to have been able to give you a few little peeks at the demos and gallery on your telly's, but it wasn't to be. 

The DVDs are a great Christmas present idea to add to your wish list if you want to see Kay doing her stuff!  Click HERE if you would like more info about them.

Last of the last batch of Demo Cards

Today's card is the last of the demo cards from the last show with Kay's stamps.  Following yesterday's card, it also features the masking technique.  I much prefer this card as it is much more subtle, perhaps it is the time of year, yesterday's card would be much more appreciated when spring arrives, it was a little bright:) 

The masking panel is again only a small part of the sheet I made for the show.  I still have plenty of the sheet left, I will have to save it to use when the weather gets better for cards in Spring.

Forward planning though, mum's birthday is in January and I'm sure a nice bright cheery card would be most welcome!!


Just a little detail on the paper flowers... I added dots from the Stardust pens to tie them into the dots on the stamp design, they also add a little extra sparkle to the card.

I hope you can watch the show today, if you haven't been able to, I will post the repeat times as soon as I know them, so do call back later!

Hope you are having a good weekend!

Jill

Kay's new DVDs

Before I show the last cards from last Monday's show with Kay's stamps, I wanted to mention that we have Kay's new DVDs for sale on our website.

Kay made these DVDs with Craft Stamper Magazine.  The DVDs are full of information, there are lots of hints and tips too as well as inspiration in the gallery sections.

Basics and Beyond £12.95
* Stamping a Detailed Image
* Stamping & Embossing
* Using Bold Stamps
* Brushstroke Flowers
* Combining Solid & Outline Images
* Kiss Stamping
* Interactive Stamping 1
* Interactive Stamping 2

Colouring Techniques (on 2 cds) £14.95
* Water Based Pens
* Pigment Based Pens
* Dye Based Ink Pads
* Coloured Pencils
* Water Soluble Pencils
* Alcohol Based Pens
* Sparkle Pens
* Coloured Chalks

Shrink Plastic £12.95

* Basic Techniques

* Shaped Objects

* Bold Flowers

* The Shrink Plastic Ruler

* Shrink-then-Stamp

* Frosted Effects

* Intaglio Background

* Intaglio Outline

* Black Shrink Plastic

* Layering

Multibuy
We have an offer if you buy all 3 DVDs together as a multibuy price of £32.00, a saving of £8.85!


You will find them for sale on our website HERE

Kay is also running a Christmas Card Competition, to be in with a chance to win one of her DVDs, hop over to Kay's blog for the details!

Next live TV show on Create & Craft - Mon. 9th Nov @ noon!

Yes, yet another live show!

Here's another card from the last show with Kay's Funky Flowers stamp sheet. A simple card coloured with Tombow brush pens.


I know, I know, I've not been posting or commenting as I normally try to, but October was a busy time so I have just been flopped out for a bit since. It's my own fault for lifting those crates onto the darn trolley at the end of the Doncaster show that didn't help and on top of that I got a cold which knocked me for six too, so all in all, in amongst other things, not a good time!

I had a burst of energy on Tuesday, my back wasn't quite so painful and how strange that I felt a different person! Anyway, I spent a bit of time preparing for Monday's telly show and yesterday I got some more of the elements ready, I had made a list of ideas, and at least some have been done and I'm feeling a little less pressured about Monday's show now. I will play again tomorrow to finish things off.

I will be using Kay's latest collection of stamps again and wanted to demo different things from the ones I demo'd in the last show, although there'll still be shrink plastic! If I can get my bits together to form some cards then I will be even happier:)

Yes, it's me on my own on this one, I have been dreading the drive and had decided to go by train this time but, Mr Superman Stamp Man has stepped in to chauffeur me, phew, that is such a relief, as I know I couldn't do that loooooooooong drive at the moment. I didn't nag Ian, honest....OK, I'll stop whinging now!

Kay's 3 new DVD's are on their way to us, and they will all arrive on our website very soon! If you are a beginner at stamping, do start with the first one as Kay explains, very well, about different ink pads, of which there are many, and so much more, it will prove a great start to your new hobby. There's loads to learn on them all, so they are a good idea for you to add to your Christmas pressie list this year. We'll have a multi-buy offer too if you want to go for all 3 DVDs.

Kay has used some of her stamp designs on the DVDs, including her latest collection that I am showing on Monday's show.

What else do I have to mention, oh yes, Walnut Hollow products for metal embossing, I have now added them to our website. I tried the starter kit at our workshop last weekend and it has a good mix of stuff to get you started. There are other add-ons which you can gather as you go along, it really is great fun to do. I'll show you what I made as soon as I get them finished.

I've added a few new workshop dates to the website too, the workshop on Saturday November 14th is with Jill Boulton, grunge paper and metal embossing techniques, so another great workshop theme with a chance to try metal embossing if you missed out on last weekend's workshop.

More blog candy is coming soon, once I get a chance to get it together along with a photo, so do call back to join in.

Umm, I think that's all the waffle I have for today. Thanks for reading!!

Jill