Have you heard.....?

....that wor Sheena is back on your TV screens this coming Monday 21 July and it's a Four Day Deal!!

Sheena is launching a new set of 8 (yes 8!) embossing folders with a Christmas theme and new stamps as well during the four days.  I'll keep you posted regarding show times as soon as they are published but the C & C TV Schedule site is revealing nothing at the moment.

Anyhoo, here is a taster from me just to whet your appetite!

This one features one of the images from the new stamps coloured with Spectrum Noir pens (also on the show).  This is a very versatile image since this doesn't have to be Christmas - take away the snow and you could have a wedding anniversary card, Valentine greeting or any number of things.  The red background features the Holly embossing folder, which I've also heat embossed with gold embossing powder to highlight the pattern.  Wondering how it's done?  If you tune in to Sheena's shows it could be one of the techniques she covers.

Thanks for looking today and I'll see you again tomorrow.

Hugs

Double Display Card

Good afternoon, peeps!

I just thought I'd give you a quick peek of a card that I shall be teaching at a forthcoming workshop at Samuel Taylor, Brighouse on Tuesday 15 July at 10.00 a.m. - just a morning class.

I love poppies, they are just about my favourite flower so I selected them for this card design, which is one I've been wanting to have a go at for some time.  I hope you like it too:

As you can see, the card has a 'jacket' that goes around it to keep it safe whilst it's in transit and this is how it looks when it's wearing it's 'jacket' !!

The stamps used for this design are from Justrite and are available here.  The papers are Kaisercraft and the sentiment on the front of the jacket is from Verses.

If you're around Brighouse next Tuesday, do come and join in the fun!

Hugs

It's less than a day away!

Good afternoon, peeps!

Yes, it's less than 24 hrs till wor Sheena will be appearing on our screens in the Craft Clinic tomorrow morning at 11.00 a.m. and showing all the wonderful samples that my Inkoid teamies have prepared.  I think that Sheena will be on her way to the studio in a laden car as I type.  You can click on the link above to read what The Gopher has written on their blog about the upcoming show and the new stamps that will be launched.

Here's my sneaky peek for today:

We're back to the 'Seasons Greetings' plate but this time I've used the music from the 'Christmas Elements' plate to create a background.  It would be easy to look at this text stamp and think that it's only for creating simple cards but, once you start to stretch the imagination, it's amazing how different it can look.  Here's yet another that I made:

Very non-traditional Christmas colours using Luminarte H2Os for the background and some designer paper from my stash.

Enjoy the show tomorrow and thanks for looking today.

Hugs

More baubles

Good afternoon, peeps!

I expect you're all busy watching Le Tour making its progress through our wonderful Yorkshire countryside in the sunshine and not thinking of snow, frost and wintery scenes at all!  Well, let me divert your thoughts for a moment and show you another sneaky peek of wor Sheena's new Christmas stamps that will be appearing on a TV set near you on Monday 7th July at 11.00 a.m. until 1.00 p.m.  Yes peeps, a whole two hours of wor Sheena answering viewers questions and demonstrating her wonderful techniques on the Craft Clinic on C & C TV!

Yes, it's another of my wonderful crooked photographs....sorry about that!  These bauble stamps are great though because you can add whatever designs you want to them.  Here I've added the holly from the 'Christmas Bauble' plate and the poinsettias from the 'Seasons Greetings' plate. I've built a Christmas tree from the fir branches on the 'Christmas Elements' plate ... easy-peasy.  As you know, Sheena's new stamp sets are always intermixable (is that a word?...)

Anyhoo, don't forget to watch on Monday morning - I'll be there with you!

Thanks for looking.

Hugs

Bauble time!

Good afternoon, peeps!

Here's a peek at something I've made for the first time and especially for wor Sheena's launch of her new set of Christmas stamps on the Craft Clinic at 11.00 a.m. on Monday 7th July:

It was great fun to make and used one of the small holly stamps from the new Christmas Bauble plate as well as a larger holly stamp from the Christmas Visitors plate.  All the holly was painted with Luminarte H2Os and it was certainly more economic than the bought ones!

I hope you'll be watching Sheena's show on Monday, it's so good to have 2 whole hours of hints and demos rather than the usual 1 hour!

Thanks for looking today.

Hugs

Can you hear the ice cracking yet....?

..... if you can, I hope it's in a glass of Pimm's!

Good evening, peeps!  Just popping in briefly to let you know that wor Sheena is on your screens on Monday 7 July for a whole 2 hours!  Yes, peeps, she's helping all crafters in the Craft Clinic at 11.00 a.m. and she'll no doubt be demonstrating some of her new Christmas stamps.  Here's a sneaky peek:

I reckon this beautiful script stamp is going to be an essential for all your Christmas cards this year.  Here I've used it on a 'Caught in Crystal' background but you'd be amazed how different it can look in the hands of the Inkoids!  Go here to visit a few blogs and see the results.

Catch you tomorrow and thanks for looking today

Hugs

Have you heard......about the bird?

Good morning, peeps!

I thought I'd show you a couple of the images from the other A5 stamp sheet from wor Sheena today and here he is, the UK's most colourful bird:

and he's generally in a rather colourful background!  The other images come from 'A New Leaf' and 'Always Floral'.  There's plenty of bling in evidence on this one, courtesy of the Luminarte Silks and H2Os.  The latter I sponged over Distress Inks in various shades of green to create the main background.

The kingfisher himself was coloured with Spectrum Noir Pens and I coloured him before I had the pencils.  I love colouring and both of these products are excellent but I am so enjoying the pencils - expect to see them featured in future posts!

Here's a quick peek at another kingfisher but this time he's dressed up!

I've been wanting to make a shaped gatefold card with a window like this for ages and this seemed like the perfect opportunity.  Here's the card open:

If you want to know how the card was made, please watch Sheena's shows at 11.00 am, 4.00 and 7.00 pm tomorrow, Friday 6 June on Create and Craft TV and you may just see the lady herself demoing this card!

Thanks for looking today.

Hugs