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 Challenge - No Paper, No Problem

The Woodware Challenge team have introduced a new feature for this week.  They will be asking their retailers with blogs to be guests and feature a project on their chosen theme for a challenge for you each month, I am the first retail guest to take part and I'm kick starting your challenge off with a no paper, no problem challenge.

I picked this theme as I very rarely use patterned papers and prefer to start with blank pieces of paper and card.  I love these images from Stampendous and wanted to do something different from the floral and butterfly stamps I originally short listed to use for my project.

I used:
Stampendous Cling Mounted Stamp CRR163 Old World Map
Stampendous Cling Mounted Stamp CRN251 Suitcase World
Artemio Clear Stamp Set - Vintage Travel Collage - 10001146
Various Stampendous Frantage Enamels, Fragments etc
Woodware Recycled A4 Card - Hairy Manilla - 15 sheets - (Rec13)
Woodware Water Colour Card Pack - 2947
Sakura Box of 24 Coloured Pencils (8805H24)
Woodware Blending Chalks (2887)
Woodware Plain Masking Tape (pack of 10 rolls, 10 metres per roll) - 25191

Woodware Natural Hemp - 0.5mm 4 x 9 metres (50339)

Woodware Roll of Wood Veneer 10cms x 8 metres (28288)

I made the 8" x 8" base card and also the two 7 3/4" panel from the Hairy Manilla card.

I used chalks on one of the panels, then added the masking tape in varying stripes/colours.  I stamped the map and suitcases randomly over the top with Stazon ink.

I only used a small torn strip on this project so I have the rest to use on other projects.

For the main background panel I used various Stampendous embossing enamels/powders.  I placed them randomly on the card and heated them from underneath (with no embossing ink or glue).  I find that pinching up the powders or using a small scoop to scatter them in small amounts helps control things a bit.  Once the powders were roughly in the random positions I carefully lifted the card to heat.  As it is a large panel it is hard to add powders with one hand so I find it best to add them before carefully lifting it.  You can always do a final tidy up with your finger before heating.

I used Aged Gold and Aged Copper enamels and the Detail Capri embossing powder (from the Teal Frantage kit)

I love the way the enamels expand and using a detail powder with them adds a different texture.  The Capri embossing powder has a very glossy glass-like finish to it.

I love the wood veneer on a roll, have you seen this yet?  It's very thin wood on a roll for decorating. The veneer is thin enough to punch and will cut with scissors.  I tore this strip off, yet again, it's random.  

The roll is 8m long and is 10cm wide and 0.08mm thick. 

The main panel has a mixture of elements from the Green Frantage kit along with Aged Gold and Aged Copper, some mica flakes, etc.. etc...

I tied some of the hemp cord into a knot for an embellishment.

It just needs a greeting to be added now.

Please visit the Woodware challenge page to add your entry.  I hope you will join in with the challenge and show us your work, remember, no printed papers!!!

Thank you for visiting

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

New - Woodware Summer 2012 Supplement!!

I have finished loading all the new stamps onto our website, we don't have the actual printed supplement yet but the stamps are all available now.

There are some great designs from Jane Gill and Francoise Read, for general and Christmas use.

I was lucky enough to make some of the sample cards for the printed supplement so I know they are great to use too.

Here's a little peek but they are all on our website HERE

I love the Zentangle Butterfly above, and have quite a few favourite designs, in fact too many to realistically show as sneak peeks here, so I'm going to go with a random selection to show the variety of designs available...

This last image is very big, it almost fills a DL card!

I'm sure I'll have some cards to show you with these designs soon!

Thanks for visiting

Jill x

A couple more Frantaged Handbag Chippie cards

I made some more of these handbags cards using various Stampendous Frantage Shabby Embossing Powders, mainly shabby white, pink, blue and green along with the colour fragments, glass, glitter, and shaved ice.

I also embossed the smaller pieces to add as embellishments, but otherwise tried to keep the cards quite simple.

I used the same ingredients on a piece of A5 card then cut it down to use as borders. I also added some brown chalk to the edge of the embossed handbag to give it definition.

Someone asked me at a show last week if I use hairspray to seal the chalks on my cards and I have found that I haven't needed to with the Woodware chalks.

I've used a tiny strip of my embossed border piece along with some printed paper on the card below.

Although the pearls are self adhesive I used silicone to adhere them to the embossed pieces as I felt they needed to have something extra strong to keep them in place.

There are 6 handbags and other smaller embellishments you can add from the chippie sheets.  They are A4 sheets and are currently £1 each so a good price.  There are many other themes too including a pack of 2 blank sheets that you can use to cut your own shapes with Sizzix dies, (they are probably too thick to use with Spellbinder dies).

Just ink them with VersaMark ink and use the shabby embossing enamels as you would with normal ultra thick enamels but you can sprinkle in the fragments, glitter glass, and shaved ice for extra texture as I've used above.

The items I've used are:

Woodware - JL726 - Chippies - Handbags
Stampendous Fran-tage Embossing Enamels/Shaved Glass/Micas/Glitter
Mark Richards Bling
Woodware Blending Chalks

Just to let you know in advance, I will soon have news for you about a competition with blog candy, so do call back to get the details for that.

Well, this weather is getting really stupid, we have had sunshine today and a chance for everything to dry up but all of a sudden, out of the blue, there was a really loud clap of thunder, our poor dog who normally isn't that bothered about thunder was outside in the garden and he was really spooked by it, it was so weird when the sun was shining.  The down pour followed soon after.  Crazy crazy weather!!!!!!

Apart from the weather, I hope you are having a great weekend!

Jill x

Bling It On Challenge

Our latest challenge starts today and I've certainly seized the opportunity of using Fran's encrusted jewel technique for my project!!!

I used:
Woodware Chippies - handbags and numbers
Stampendous Fran-tage Embossing Powders/Shaved Glass/Micas/Glitter
Mark Richards Bling - Gold Pearls and Mosaics

Organza Ribbon

Woodware Blending Chalks

I built up the texture with various colours of the shabby embossing enamels, shaved ice and glass glitters

I love these mosaics, they are self adhesive and can be cut into shapes so they can be added as a whole piece to save trying to line them all up!

All the chippie shapes are great to use with the enamels but adding numbers to cards are great for the special years.

I've been busy encrusting lots of chippie shapes, it's great fun!!!  I'll show more next week

Just a reminder that we are at a show on Sunday, 

Doncaster Rugby Club, Doncaster, DN2 5QB (10am-3pm)

More Info: http://www.rosspapercraftshows.co.uk/

Whatever you are doing, have a great weekend, and I hope the weather improves for us all!!!

Jill x

Lots of new Special Offers added to our website!!

We have added lots of items to the Special Offers section of our website and more will be added in due course. There aren't many of some items so it would be good to order them quickly and keep calling back to see new offers added. 

Many of the special offers are reduced by over 50% and include Hero Arts stamps at the moment so it is definitely worth taking a look!!!

There is a least 20% off most other products on the website.

The shopping basket will show the price you will pay for an item as any discount offered has already been deducted. Click on the item to see original RRP and stock status.  

We have also added a lot of products in the General Tools section recently.  There are some great prices! 

Many are old favourites but there are some new tools so it is worth taking a look!  Here's a random selection but do visit our website to see more

Heavier items such as trimmers may have an additional postage charge due to the weight/cost of postage, this information will show when you click on these products.  

Unfortunately we have to add this charge to justify selling these products at these prices.

Hope you are enjoying your Sunday and have had some sunshine today

Jill x