December Newsletter

Hi everyone, Lisa here and we're just a few days away from December! I hope you had a great November, mine flew by, I can't believe it's time for the Christmas party classes already.

The classes are slightly different this year, in that they're happening in two different venues.

The evening class takes place in Fant Hall, Maidstone ME16 8NN, as usual, between 6.30 and 9.30pm. This class is now fully booked.

The afternoon class takes place in Grove Green Community Hall, Maidstone ME14 5BT, between ***1.30 and 4.30pm***.

Here is a sneak peek of one of the class projects..............

There are a couple of places left in the afternoon class on Saturday, so if you would like to join us please contact me by lunchtime on Thursday, November 30; 01622 675078.

The fee is £18, which includes the projects, tools and items for use during the class, and a full buffet.

If you're attending one of the classes, it would be helpful if you could bring paintbrushes and Distress Inks in the following colours if you have them:

Vintage Photo/Tea Dye

Broken China/Faded Jeans

You are welcome to order goods from the website in advance of the classes, please let me know by lunchtime on Thursday November 30 and I will bring the items with me.

The shop will be open as usual during the classes, please feel free to drop in if you're in the area.

For fans of Craft Stamper magazine, the January 2018 issue is now in stock. The free stamp in this issue is a beautiful snowflake image. 

All of the new products in stock can be found in the What's New section.

I will be announcing dates for 2018 workshops soon, so look out for updates on the Lisa B Designs Facebook page and here on the blog.

Have a great week, see you next time.

Lisa B xx

JoFY Snowman

Good morning, Kirsten here, happy chilly Monday. I hope you had a nice weekend. I've got two quick Christmas cards to show you today, both made with the very cute snowman from stamp set JOFY58 from PaperArtsy...................

This one has a background of Victorian Velvet Distress ink, with Picked Raspberry DI sponged lightly through a snowflake stencil and splatters of Silver Starlights Metallic Paint.

I stamped the snowman on to the background with Jet Black Archival and again onto white card with Onyx Black Versafine, heat setting with WOW! Clear Gloss embossing powder. I coloured his hat and the baubles with pens before cutting him out and fixing him to the background with Cosmic Shimmer Dries Clear glue.

I finished the card with a little bit of scribbling with black pen and matting and layering onto a 6x6 card blank..............

Card no. 2 was another very quick background. This time Squeezed Lemonade and Spiced Marmalade Distress inks on white card, with Royal Blood Infusions from PaperArtsy sprinkled on top and spritzed with water. When that was dry I added splatters of Rich Gold Starlights. 

I made sure the background was thoroughly dry before applying Imagination Craft's Structure Paste through the same snowflake stencil as above, otherwise the inks would have tinted the paste. I added glitter to the wet paste, but it's not showing up in the photo. 

I repeated the steps with the snowman as above, placing him at the bottom of the card this time and adding the sentiment from JOFY56....................

On Friday and Saturday of this week the Lisa B Designs Christmas Party Classes take place - SO much to do beforehand!! :-) There will be a newsletter going out in the next few days, but please note the time of the AFTERNOON class............

Saturday, December 2 at Grove Green Community Hall, Maidstone ME14 5BT
between
***1.30pm and 4.30pm***

The evening class will take place at the usual time of 6.30pm to 9.30pm on Friday, December 1 in Fant Hall, Maidstone ME16 8NN

The shop will be open during both classes if you want to drop in.

***Look out for a sneak peek of one of the class projects on the Lisa B Designs Facebook page later on this morning.............***

                    

         

Gift Vouchers Available 

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That's it from me for now, have a great week.

Kirsten

Monochromatic Christmas

Good morning, Kirsten here, I hope you had a nice weekend. Lisa and I really enjoyed the Christmas Workshop in Grove Green yesterday, thank you very much to everyone who attended. The workshop projects have been added to this album on the Lisa B Designs Facebook page.

 I've two cards to show you today, samples I made for the recent October classes in Maidstone. Apart from the Hobby Art Nature Trail stamp set, everything I used on these cards sold out at the classes and, as it's so close to Christmas, Lisa won't be restocking them, but maybe they'll give you some inspiration........

I created a simple background with Hickory Smoke Distress Ink on white card and I glittered the white circle by covering it with double-sided adhesive, then adding loose glitter on top............

 

I coloured the snow people with Hickory Smoke and Spiced Marmalade Distress inks used as watercolours. The trees were cut from Joy Crafts' Happy Holidays Pine Trees cutting dies.........

 

I didn't have a greeting small enough for the top right corner, so instead I stamped the branch and bird from the Hobby Art Nature Trail stamp set and coloured them as I had the snow people................

 

The background for this card was In The Navy Infusions from PaperArtsy, sprinkled onto wet watercolour card, dried then covered with double-sided adhesive and loose glitter as above. 

 I created a background as above and die cut a large circle then placed it on top of the glittered piece of card...........

 

Before covering the hills the same way I blended a tiny amount of Hickory Smoke Distress Ink on the tops and used Distress inks as watercolours on the snow people..............

 

The greeting is a Woodware stamp from the Christmas Cheer stamp set, stamped with Versamark and heat set with WOW! Metallic Gold Rich embossing powder.

                

  

Gift Vouchers Available 

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That's if from me for now, have a great week.

Kirsten

Birdy Tower

Good morning, Kirsten here with another post to show you some of my recent Lisa B Designs samples, I hope you had a nice weekend.

I've got four cards today, all using the Woodware Clear Magic Birdy Tower stamp and all very quick and easy.............

These two were stamped onto watercolour card with Onyx Black Versafine and heat set with WOW! Clear Gloss embossing powder.

I then coloured them with various Distress inks, used as watercolours. I am a very poor watercolourist, but I think I'm improving slightly, I managed to get just a few nicely blended areas!

Time for some paper piecing, using the Teresa Collins' 8x8 patterned paper pad. I don't use patterned papers these days, but these papers are great for smaller images, because the patterns are also small and they look great with kraft card.

This was the one time I wished I had a bag of googly eyes, because I had to stamp the birds onto white card, then cut out the eyes and beaks. Very fiddly, but worth it when I'd stuck them to the patterned paper and added Glossy Accents to the eyes.............

Finally, I could not use this stamp without making a Christmas card. I've just realised this is the original photo. I didn't have a Christmas sentiment small enough to fit the top right hand corner, so after I put the card together I borrowed one of Lisa's. I'll try to update this photo at some point.

As before, I used Distress inks and added a bit of stamping to the background with the snowflake.

The next Grove Green workshop is on Sunday, October 15 and it's all about Imagination Crafts' fabulous Rusty Patina. Click for info and booking details.

                  

        

Thanks for visiting the blog today, see you next time.

Kirsten

September Newsletter

Hi everyone, I hope you had a great weekend, hasn't the weather been gorgeous? I'ved loved every minute of it. It's back to work now though, with all the prep to be done for Friday's classes in Maidstone and the new PaperArtsy workshop the following Saturday, Sept 9 in Grove Green.

The theme for Friday's classes is Christmas and this morning I added all the new Christmas stock to the website. There are some really nice Christmas cutting dies by Marianne Designs, Leane Creatief and Joy Crafts and two sets of layering stamps by Nellie Snellen...............

            

Last week I added more PaperArtsy stamp sets, including some very cute monsters and sets that are ideal for boys.............

         

As always, all the new stock can be found in the What's New section.

If you're coming to one of Friday's classes and you'd like to order goods in advance, please do so before lunchtime on Thursday, Aug 31.

The projects for Friday's classes will be two Christmas cards, using some of the news cutting dies and stamps, sneak peeks below.........

   

For those attending Friday's classes, we will be using Versa Color and Distress inks, you're more than welcome to bring and use your own to save you having to wait for colours. You might also like to being an Onyx Black Versafine/Jet Black Archival ink pad and a Christmas message stamp, if you have one you particularly like. 

***Please ensure your items are clearly marked with your name.***

 

If you would like to join us in Fant Lane Community Hall, Maidstone ME16 8NN on Friday, there a couple of places left in both classes; 2.30 - 5.30pm and 6.30 - 9.30pm. The class fee is £16 and this includes your projects, a tool kit to use during the class and tea/coffee and a slice of cake. Places must be booked in advance; a deposit of £6, or full payment, will secure your place. Please contact me by lunchtime on Thursday August 31; lisabaker1@btinternet.com/01622 675078

 

There are still a few places available on the PaperArtsy workshop and on Friday I will be taking bookings for the Christmas workshop on November 12, the project will be at the classes. There is a workshop on October 15, it will be based on techniques using Rusty Patina and I will have project images available soon. 

 

The next classes in Fant Hall will be on October 27, NOT October 6.

 

I will be demonstrating for Imagination Crafts at the Hobbycrafts show in Exeter between September and 24, if you're attending the show please stop by and say hello, we'd love to see you.

 

That's all my news for now, I hope you have a great September and thank you for your continued support.

 

Lisa B xx

Card-io Topiary Heart

Hi everyone, Julie here, I hope you're well and enjoying the lovely weather. 

For my card today I had fun using the new Card-io stamp sets; Posh Pots, Freesia and Violet and Bullfinches and Blooms.

I started with a 7x7 card blank and cut a circle aperture out the front of the card.

I then cut a square of super smooth card slightly bigger than the circle I'd just cut out and drew round the circle to aid with centering my design.

I stamped the pot, stem and topiary heart using my Press to Impress stamping platform, (back in stock this week), to line up the stamps and inked the pot with Sky Blue and Polar Blue Versa Colors and the topiary tree with Brown and Cocoa Versa Color inks. I chose the smallest flower head from the Freesia and Violet set and stamped it in Camellia Versa Color...............

Next I filled in with Petal Pink Versa Color and one of the small flower heads from the 

Bullfinches and Blooms set. I added the foliage with Fresh Green Versa Color and added a Bullfinch sitting on the plant pot with Black Versa Color...............

I stamped my 'With Love' greeting from the Woodware Just to Say stamp set in the Rose Red Versa Color in the corner of the card blank and heat set with clear embossing powder.

I die cut 2 sets of the Crealies' Decorette no.14 Interlocking Hearts in pink Mirri card to embellish the card with.

I returned to the main picture and drew in some grass to ground the plant pot and colour washed the white background with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink. I also highlighted around the plant pot and the leaf centres with an Archival Black Pen to add some depth.

I stuck my design in place with sticky foam pads, finishing off with the Interlocking Hearts embellishments and some Stickles in the centre of the flower heads.

 That completes my card for today, I hope you liked it.

                      

                    

                     

Lisa's next workshop at Grove Green will be on Sunday, August 20. Places are still available and all the information is HERE.

See you next week.

Love, Julie x