Sweet Poppy Poinsettia and Starlights........

Good morning everyone,

Boy hasn't the weather changed in the last week, brrrrrrr!

I really don't like the cold and was gutted to give up my flip flops but chilblains are not a good look really are they???....... lol!

I do hope that you are all keeping yourselves wrapped up and warm, I even have a hot water bottle in my studio with me whilst I am crafting!

Anyway on to more crafty things........

So today I thought that I would show you a make that I did last week using the gorgeous Starlight Paints along with some other mediums that I will list in a moment. I apologise as I meant to do a tutorial on this but got so carried away with making the card that I forgot to take the photos in between!!

Here is a list of what I used:

Leanne Creatief - 3D Pine Cones

Leanne Creatief - Holly Leaves and Pine Branches

Creative Expressions - Sue Wilson - Holly Sprays Die

Card-io Stamps - Pointy Baubles Sentiment

Imagination Crafts - Starlights - Antique Gold, Bright Gold, Orange Oxidized and Topaz

Imagination Crafts - Mica Powders Starlight

Sweet Poppy - Poinsettia Stencil

Sweet Poppy -  Dimensional Paste Pearlescent

Viva Décor Inka Gold - Gold

So this is where it began......

I started by adding some Pearlescent Dimensional Paste through my Sweet Poppy metal stencil on to black card. (I have to say this is a gorgeous stencil and I love the way that you can use it flat to create a background or you can cut the poinsettias away and create these amazing flowers.)

Now this next technique is fab and I first saw by buddy Sue doing it with Sparkle Gel over at Imagination Crafts and then the lovely Lou from Sweet Poppy and I loved both results.....

I then used a large flat brush to pick up some mica, I used the gold and bronze colours and sprinkled them liberally on to the wet paste ( once you take off the stencil ). Then take a heat gun and heat the card from below first and then above and watch the paste bubble and form a fantastic texture whilst melting in the mica to the paste, it is just so fabulous to watch and gives such a great effect each time.

Just a little tip that I picked up from Lou DON'T use her Translucent Paste, it doesn't work but you can do it with all the others White, Pearlescent and Black.......

I put this aside to totally dry whilst I then went about my die cutting. I used my Grand and Standard Spellbinder Nestability Circles and die cut a large aperture that I then embossed with a folder from my stash ( we all have lots I am sure ), then a circle that fitted inside the aperture in black and then a white circle to go on top.

Next I die cut a set of holly from my Sue Wilson Holly Sprays Die, one set of cones form my Leanne Creatief 3D Pine Cones and three Pine Branches. Next I started to paint them with the Starlight's. I painted the holly in antique gold with orange oxidized berries, I did the spruce with orange oxidized and then the pine cone with topaz tipped with orange oxidized. At this point the colours were really coming together nicely with the poinsettia......

I painted the aperture circle with the bright gold Starlight's and then I decided to tone it down my rubbing over it once it was dry with a little Inca Gold- Gold and it looked lovely. Now I was ready to start to do some placement on my card with my pieces.......

 I took my 7" square white card and laid the circle pieces on to the card slightly to the top right to give enough room for my die cut pieces. Next I cut out my three poinsettias from the black card and cut a little in between them so that I could add shape and dimension to them. I then arranged all the pieces on to the card until I was happy where they were going to go and then attached them with Cosmic Shimmer Glue.....

It just needed a little sentiment so I stamped the Noel on to a piece of white card with Versafine Black Onyx and matted it on black card and then attached it to the card. Lastly I added a little Gold Stickles around the sentiment and the centre of the poinsettias to add a little bling and I was done.......

I apologise for the shadow in the photo, it was getting a little late when I took it. This card really does look lovely in the flesh and will be at the Christmas Party Class next week. The mica and Starlight's look amazing in the light.......

Well that is all from me for now, I am really busy getting all the preparation's done for the party class next week, we have a lot in store for you???

I hope you like my little make and I will be back next week with some more.....

Until then, have a great week.....

Big hugs Lisa B xx


       

   

               

              

Back in Stock........

Morning all Lisa here,

 

Well the sun is shining and it has put a little spring back in my step today to see it, yesterday was so dreary and depressing, come on summer!!!!..........

 

I thought I would just update you and let you know that a lot of the items that sold out at my workshop on 3rd May are now back in stock and on the website......

 There are loads of new crafting goodies that I have been adding all week and can be found under the "WHATS NEW" section........

 

Just a reminder of the cards that the ladies made at the class and the items used.......

 

Products Used.........

 

All of these items can be found HERE

 

The first card that we made on the day was this one and below it are the items used......

 

Products used.........

 

 

 

 

Unfortunately the corner dies used on both cards are still out of stock with the supplier at the moment but will be back in soon along with more LeCrea Multi Die 45.8510 flower 002 which are also out of stock and I have very low stocks of....... however there is a brand new LeCrea'Multi Die - Flower 003 Pansy die which I have added to the new items on the website and can be found HERE

 

Well that's about all for now, I will be back tomorrow with a little more inspiration and give you a little more info on other new products.

 

Enjoy your day and keep crafting.....

Any comments left are always appreciated.....

 

Big Hugs Lisa.B.x

 

 

Last Friday's Class.......

Hi Bloggers,

 

Lisa here............

I just wanted to follow up on the great class blog post that Kirsten did and thank all the lovely ladies that attended the class, we really were bursting at the seams, so thank you all for your continued support and thank you for all your well wishes after my mishap on Friday morning, I really am feeling much better now!!!

Thank you also to the customers that came and visited the shop on the day, you are all very welcome.

 

Here are the ladies busily crafting away.........

 

I think you all really enjoyed the class cards and it was great to see the little rebels coming out in you and see how you changed the card around and made it look so different, I love to see what you create!

For those of you that missed the class here are the card close ups......

 

 

 

This is the Joy Craft lilac die that we used, I love this die it is soooo pretty. I have put the die on the website and it is available HERE......

The embossing folder sold out on the day but will be back in soon and I will let you know when it goes on the website.

 

 

 

The next card was the easel card with the shimmer film which was hugely popular, I don't have a lot of colours left in stock but will be re-ordering this week and will let you know when they are and are on the website.

The flower die and that I have used on this card are also HERE......... and the filagree square frame background die HERE.......

 

 

 

Here are some close ups of the ladies creating their cards......

 

 

 

Lots of the new goodies that are pictured below will be added to the website this week, I will be adding them daily so keep checking it out: www.lisabdesigns.co.uk

 

Well that's all from me for now ladies.....

 Kirsten will be back tomorrow with a brilliant tutorial for you.

Take care and keep crafting and I will be back soon.....

Big Hugs Lisa.B.X