Butterfly Elegance - With Love & Best Wishes

Hello Crafters

WOW!
What an amazing launch show last night on Hochanda!

Thank you so much!

I'm so pleased you are all loving the Butterfly Elegance Collection as much as I do :-)

You will enjoy using these stamps in your own crafting for many years,.. butterflies never go out of style in crafting!

Here is another one of my Butterfly Elegance Samples, this time with the beautiful Wisteria Foundations cardstock... (another lovely colour!

This will be one of my demo's through the day too :-)

On this card, you'll see that I have only used 1 set of stamps, for the sentiment in the centre, but the lovely little flourish is also part of the sentiments collection too and I love the little finishing touches around the die cut centres,.. brings the whole look together :-)

Here is what I used (with links to them on my www in case you 'need' them)
Coconut White Foundations Cardstock
Wisteria Foundations Cardstock
Sentimentally Yours Butterfly Elegance Sentiments Stamps 
Delicate Daisies - Complete Petals - Dies by Sue Wilson
Orange Blossom Leaves Dies by Sue Wilson
Auckland Dies by Sue Wilson 
Silver Shine Detail Embossing Powder by Cosmic Shimmer 
Treasure Box Embossing Folder by Sue Wilson 
6mm Cream Pearl Strips by Creative Expressions
Iced Snow Glitter Jewels by Cosmic Shimmer
(As always, I only use Cosmic Shimmer dries clear PVA glue, Perfect Medium pad and an anti static bag)

The Full Card

Details Close Up

Anyhoo,.. best get myself organised for my next shows,.. stay tuned in for my demo's,.. my shows today are at 9am, 12noon, 4pm and 7pm (stock willing!) :-)

I hope you like this card, I will post another tomorrow  :-)

The Butterfly Elegance Collection stamps are available on my www now :-)

Remember too - I am more than happy for you to replicate my cards in your own style :-)

Happy Crafting!

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Butterfly Elegance - Blue Dusk & Coconut White

Hello Crafters

Today's the day!

My Butterfly Elegance Collection launches tonight at 8pm on Hochanda!!

I'm so excited about this collection, mind you, I'm always excited about all my collections ha ha

This is the first time in nearly 3 years (that's how long I've had my Sentimentally Yours brand,.. time flies!) that I have featured butterflies within my sentiments, frames and verse stamps... who would have thought I could wait that long, especially, as you know, butterflies are an integral part of crafting!

So, I will have a few more of my samples to show you over the next few days whilst I'm at Hochanda :-)

As you will have read from previous posts, I have really taken my time and really 'crafted' with these stamps,.. with so much detail, centred around the stamps :-)

Here is today's card for you,.. this one also features the gorgeous Blue Dusk Foundations card and there's a couple of techniques I don't usually do in this card so be sure to watch the demos as I will be demo'ing this card :-)

Here is what I used (with links to them on my www in case you 'need' them)
Coconut White Foundations Cardstock
Blue Dusk Foundations Cardstock
Sentimentally Yours Butterfly Elegance Large Circle Frame Stamp
Sentimentally Yours Butterfly Elegance Curved Sentiments Stamps 
Delicate Daisies - Complete Petals - Dies by Sue Wilson
Orange Blossom Leaves Dies by Sue Wilson
Double Pierced Circles Dies by Sue Wilson (my must haves)
True White Embossing Powder by Cosmic Shimmer 
Treasure Box Embossing Folder by Sue Wilson 
6mm Cream Pearl Strips by Creative Expressions
Iced Snow Glitter Jewels by Cosmic Shimmer
(As always, I only use Cosmic Shimmer dries clear PVA glue, Perfect Medium pad and an anti static bag)

The Full Card

Details Close Up

I hope you like this card, I will post another tomorrow  :-)

The Butterfly Elegance Collection stamps are available on my www now :-)

Remember too - I am more than happy for you to replicate my cards in your own style :-)

Happy Crafting!

PS - I have something exciting to share in September (about the 14th)(I think you'll like it!)

PPS - Don't forget to 'like' my Facebook page and follow me on Twitter to keep in touch, you can also find me on Pinterest and Instagram for ideas and inspiration :-)

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Sneaky Peek - Butterfly Elegance - With All My Love in Frosted Mink

Hello Crafters

Only one more day to the launch of my Butterfly Elegance Collection on Hochanda :-)

I'm really looking forward to these shows and my demos for you (I may be a while on them!!)
They really are (if I say so myself) beautiful stamps and I've so enjoyed the 2 or so hours I've spent on each sample! ha ha

Here's another sneaky peek of one of my samples for you,.

This one was made using my 'From The Heart' Female Relatives Dies too and they work so well together,.. of course, I designed the dies to go with any style or theme of card,.. it's a lovely font and a delicate, legible (don't you just hate word dies that you can't actually make out what they say!) font.. have you treated yourself to my relatives dies yet?

I have to say too, that the coconut white foundations card really does lend itself perfectly to my Frosted Cosmic Shimmer colours,.. (it's a warm colour card and the frosty, pastel shades go really well with it)

Remember - I launch at 8pm tomorrow (Monday) night at 8pm (eek!)

Here is what I used (with links to them on my www in case you 'need' them)
Coconut White Foundations Cardstock
Sentimentally Yours Butterfly Elegance Large Rectangle Frame Stamp
Sentimentally Yours Butterfly Elegance Sentiments Stamps 
Sentimentally Yours Butterfly Elegance Butterfly Icons Stamps
Sentimentally Yours 'From The Heart' Female Relatives Dies by Phill Martin
Delicate Daisies - Complete Petals - Dies by Sue Wilson
Lace Edged Leaves Dies by Sue Wilson
Pierced Tags Dies by Sue Wilson
Double Pierced Rectangles Dies by Sue Wilson (my must haves)
Frosted Mink Lustre Embossing Powder by Phill Martin 
Bed of Roses Embossing Folder by Sue Wilson 
6mm Cream Pearl Strips by Creative Expressions
(As always, I only use Cosmic Shimmer dries clear PVA glue, Perfect Medium pad and an anti static bag)

The Full Card

Details Close Up

I hope you like this card, I will post another tomorrow  :-)

The Butterfly Elegance Collection stamps are available on my www now :-)

Remember too - I am more than happy for you to replicate my cards in your own style :-)

Happy Crafting!

PS - Don't forget to 'like' my Facebook page and follow me on Twitter to keep in touch, you can also find me on Pinterest and Instagram for ideas and inspiration :-)

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Sneaky Peeks - HOCHANDA Shows

Hello Crafters

I'm back on your HOCHANDA screens tomorrow so thought I'd share a few sneaky peeks with you :-)

This is the rest of my Snowflakes collection, which includes the new Sentiment Corners, new Mini Snowflakes Sentiments, new Mini Snowflakes Background and the new Snowflakes Large Circle frame and new Snowflakes Large Square frame stamps too!

And

My brand new Snowflakes 8x8 Paper Pad and co-ordinating 8x8 Insert Pad!

If you've followed me for a while, you'll know that I absolutely love snowflakes as a Christmas theme and this collection of stamps and papers just makes it soooo easy for us to create gorgeous, eegant cards to send this year!

I'll say a big thank you to Barb and Suzy who have made some amazing samples for me for the shows too, Linda is busy getting ready for her daughter's wedding!

So, my show times are:

Monday 25th July 8pm Launch Show

Tuesday 26th July 9am, 12noon, 4pm and 7pm

I've got lot's of demo's prepped for you too and some amazing products, hand picked (well, not actually from the warehouse ha ha) to go with all my own products.

And I have a couple of new products I've added to my Cosmic Shimmer Vintage Collection too!

Anyhoo, here's a couple of sneaky sample peeks for you :-)

Here's a link to my www, Snowflakes Collection, where you will find all my new Snowflakes Products :-)

Hope you like them! 

See you on your telly (or laptop, or tablet ha ha)

Happy Crafting!

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Creative Expressions - Hochanda Takeover Weekend!

Good Morning Everyone

Just in case you haven't heard,... myself, Julia, John and Lisa will be taking over Hochanda this weekend!!

From Friday 15th at 8pm until 8pm Sunday 17th, it will be non stop crafting, tips and fabulous deals from the team at Creative Expressions!!

Here's our trailer :-)

If you can't see the trailer above.. here's a link to it on my Facebook page :-) 

Trailer: https://www.facebook.com/PhillCraftyMartin/videos/1664667590453577/

For the complete rundown of who is on at what time, please see the details in the side section of my Blog..


Hope you can join us!

Get the Do Not Disturb sign on your door, the kettle on and settled in for a fabulous crafty weekend!

Happy Crafting!

A Special Birthday Wish in Chic Aubergine (and a Giveaway Card)

Good Afternoon Everyone

Fog,.. perfect excuse to stay in my craft room all day! :-)
So, I'm taking the time to add a few more posts to the Blog, featuring some of the cards from my last shows on Hochanda and this is one of my favourites!
I absolutely love Chic Aubergine,.. it's a beautiful, rich, elegant colour that works so well on both white and cream cardstock...
You can be in with a chance of winning the card I made on air in Chic Magenta, over on my Facebook Page,.. you have until Friday :-)

Now, I did notice a few of you leave comments on my Blog that you're not on Facebook, so I will do a little giveaway card on here for you too :-) (details at the bottom of this post)

So,..

Here's what I used:
Foundations Milk Cardstock
Chic Aubergine Ink Mister, Twinkles and Pearl PVA Glue
Dies by Sue Wilson, Portuguese Collection, Lisbon and Corner, Border, Tag Set
Dies by Sue Wilson Camellia Complete Petals
Dies by Sue Wilson Curled Vines
Cosmic Shimmer Glacier Ice (shocked you that didn't it ha ha)
Sentimentally Yours Scribbled Sentiments Stamps
Creative Expressions Crystal Corner Embellishments
Creative Expressions Wild Roses A4 Embossing Folder

Here's what I did:

I cut all my layers from the Milk Cardstock, these were, 23.5 x 17.5cm, 23 x 17cm, 22.5 x 16.5cm and a 2.5 x 18cm strip for the sentiment.
I then did all the die cutting, which was the base layer, base and largest lacy layer of the Lisbon dies, the tag from the Corner, Border & Tag set, 7 Camellia flowers and two Curled Vines.
The base layer of the card was ink misted with the Chic Aubergine Ink Mister, as were the Camellia flowers and the base layer of the Lisbon dies. These were then set to one side to dry properly (only takes about 5 minutes, depends how heavy handed you are with the ink mister)

The smallest of the card layers was then embossed with the beautiful Wild Roses embossing folder (love this one, so pretty!)
Now the ink misted pieces were dry, I stuck the lacy part of the Lisbon die to the ink misted base with CS Glue, then went around the edges with my Chic Aubergine Twinkles and dunked it in my Glacier Ice Glitter Jewels. I then did the same to the tag die cut and stuck that on with foam tape, finishing by adding two drops of the Chic Aubergine Pearl PVA Glue to create two faux pearls in the perfect colour!

I then added a big blob of  Chic Aubergine Twinkles to the centre of the Camellia flowers and also dunked these into the Glacier Ice (note that I haven't shaped the petals of these flowers, just bent them up,.. this gives more dimension, particularly when you stick them to your card with CS Glue as it dries quicker)

I then stamped my Scribbled Sentiment and, as always, I used my Black Soot distress ink pad, I then shaped the end to create the tag effect, then applied Chic Aubergine Twinkles all the way around and dunked it into my Glacier Ice (so love this effect!)

Once everything was dry, I stuck all the base layers together with CS Glue, then added the Lisbon topper with foam tape, the sentiment was shaped, to create a curve, this was stuck with CS Glue, but just on the two points that make contact with the card, I finished off by adding the flowers and leaves as shown, then added the lovely Crystal Corners to 'frame' the whole card.. simple!

And here's the finished card :-)

As always, everything I have used is available on my website at www.honeypotcrafts.co.uk, but I do know the Scribbled Sentiments Stamps and Crystal Corners (and indeed the pearl ones) are very low in stock..

Anyhoo, as promised, here's the card I created on air on one of my Hochanda shows and this one is for my Bloggers to win,.. to be in with a chance of winning, simply leave a comment on this post and make sure you are following my Blog (you must be a follower to be able to win) (you can also share my blog address all over t'internet too if you want :-)

I will select a name, randomly, from the comments list this Friday (6th November)... Good Luck!

Until tomorrow,... Happy Crafting!

Petite and Corner Scribbled Sentiments in Decadent Wine

Good Morning Everyone

As promised, here is another one of my samples from this weeks' shows on Hochanda,..

On this card, I have used both the new Petite Scribbled Sentiments and the Corner Scribbled Sentiments.. I love the whole look of this card, particularly the co-ordination of colours and stamps (of course) ha ha

This is what I used:

Milk Foundations Cardstock
Wine Coloured Cardstock
Sentimentally Yours Scribbled Corner Everyday Stamps
Sentimentally Yours Petite Scribbled Occasions Stamps
Sentimentally Yours Tiny Little Ink Splats Background Stamp
Aged Mahogany Distress Ink Pad
Glacier Ice Glitter Jewels
Dies by Sue Wilson: Curled Vines, Camellia Flowers (complete petals), Lisbon, Porto, Noble Double Pierced Rectangles
Phill Martin for Cosmic Shimmer Decadent Wine Pearl PVA Glue
Pearls form the Stick Pink Elements Collection
Creative Expressions Fine Finials A4 Embossing Folder

This is what I did:

I cut all the layers for this card first, which were: milk card 23cm x 18cm, wine card 22.5cm x 17.5cm, milk card 22cm x 17cm, 21.6cm x 16.6cm.

I then cut the dies, cutting the base Lisbon die in wine card, then the base and largest die in milk card, the smallest label shape from Porto in milk card, 6 of the cammelia flowers and 2 curled vines in milk card.

The fabulous Noble Double Pierced Rectangle dies were used to create the frame (and I can honestly say that these and the Double Pierced Square dies are my new best friends - thanks Sue!)

The wine card was stuck to the base layer with CS Glue, the next layer was embossed using the gorgeous fine finials embossing folder (I also did the centre of the Lisbon die at the same time) and this was also stuck on with CS Glue.

I then stamped the bottom right and top left corners of the frame with the Scribbled Corner stamps, using aged mahogany distress ink. I chose 'Especially For You' as I thought it worked really well with the Petite Scribbled Sentiment 'Because You're Special', which is what I stamped in the centre panel. I also distressed the edges of this panel with the aged mahogany distress ink.

I then stuck the frame onto the card using foam tape (and CS Glue of course)

I stuck the lacey part of the Lisbon dies to the wine base with CS Glue, then the embossed centre on foam tape and finally, the stamped focal point with foam tape too..

I stamped all my flowers and the curled vines with the (now indepsensable) Tiny Little Ink Splats background stamps and aged mahogany distress ink pad, the flowers were shaped differently to the last card, simply by using the point of my tweezers to hold the centre of each petal and pushing the sides back. You will notice that, again, I have left them as individual flowers and not layered them up,.. this is why I love the Camellia flowers,.. so much you can do with them!

Naturally, they were all given the Glacier Ice treatment on the tips of each petal, as were the curled vines. The pearls were stuck in with CS Glue too.

I stuck them all on the card as shows in the photo with CS Glue (curled vines last)

I finished off by adding two bobs (very technical term) of the Decadent Wine Pearl PVA Glue to the top and bottom of the centre topper, then left it all to dry :-)

The finished card

And there we have it,.. another relatively quick card for me, but it's a very elegant finish.

I may even replicate this card again as I do like the finished result :-)

As always, everything I have used is available on my website at www.honeypotcrafts.co.uk, but I do know we have sold out of the Scribbled Corners,.. will be ordering more today so check the website to see if I have added more stock..

Until tomorrow,.... Happy Crafting!

Petite Scribbled Sentiments in Chic Moss

Good Morning Everyone

I've had a thoroughly good time at Hochanda over the last few days and I'm so pleased you are all loving my new Petite Scribbled Sentiments and the new Scribbled Birthday Verses,.. I do too! (albeit I am biased ha ha)

Thanks too for all the lovely comments on my Facebook Page and Twitter, I really do appreciate it :-)

So, you have some Blog posts from lil ole me this week and I will be giving away the cards I made as demo's on air (the last lot are signed and ready to go now)
I'll do seperate posts for the cards I'm giving away so keep an eye on the Blog and my Facebook Page..

Anyhoo, here's my first sample,.. in Chic Moss, which I absolutely love!

What I used:
Phill Martin for Cosmic Shimmer Chic Moss Ink Mister, Gilding Wax & Twinkles
Dies by Sue Wilson, Portuguese Collection, Lisbon, Corner, Border & Tag, Curled Vines and Camellia Compete Petals
Cosmic Shimmer Glitter Jewels, Glacier Ice
White Cardstock
Creative Expressions Bed of Roses A4 Embossing Folder

What I did:

I cut all my layers in white cardstock, these were 23cm x 18cm, 22.5cm x 17.5cm, 22cm x 17cm and finally 14cm x 17cm (centre panel)

I then cut out my Lisbon dies in white card making sure I cut the largest die on it's own, then the three largest together, then the tag from the corner, border and tag set (including an extra one of the smallest for my sentiment), two borders and four curled vines.

The middle base layer, largest of the Lisbon die cuts and the tag were all then ink misted using my Chic Moss ink mister and put to one side to dry.

I embossed the smallest of the base layers and the inner die cut from the Lisbon set using the beautiful Bed of Roses embossing folder (I used the reverse or debossed side on this card as it's just as pretty as the embossed side)

I then cut 14 of the fabulous Camellia (Camilla ha ha) flowers in the same white cardstock, you'll notice that I haven't layered these flowers up either, I love them just simply shaped and left as individual flowers!

I used the Chic Moss Gilding Wax in the centre of each flower, not paying particular attention to this, simply a good application in a circle, I then let this dry for a minute or two, then buffed the gilding wax with a tumble dryer sheet (this also gets rid of any hard edges), I then shaped them slightly with my ball tool from underneath, applied a good blob of Chic Moss Twinkles and covered this with Glacier Ice Glitter Jewels (have you tried this yet?, looks amazing over the top of Twinkles)

I then stamped the bootiful Petite Scribbled Sentiment in Black Soot distress ink and edged this with Cosmic Shimmer Glue and applied Glacier Ice to this too.

The four curled vines and the centre die cut were also given the glacier ice treatment,.. just make sure you don't cover the whole of the curled vines with glue and glacier ice,.. I do it in loosely random spots to add more interest.. it makes them too 'heavy' if you cover them.

Now my ink misted layers were dry, so I started assembling the card.. so, the three base layers were all flat, the die cut borders were stuck onto the small ink misted layer, just on the edge and the edge of those given the glacier ice treatment, this 'panel' was then stuck on with foam tape in the centre of the card. The ink misted part of the Lisbon die cuts was stuck to the base layer and this was stuck onto the centre panel with foam tape, as were the extra layers of the die cuts, finishing with the sentiment on top.

The flowers and curled vines were all stuck on with Cosmic Shimmer glue around the centre to create a 'frame'.

The finished card:

And there we have it,.. doesn't take long to make this card really,..in fact, it's probably one of my quicker ones!

The card I replicated on air was in Chic Viola (another really pretty colour) and this will be the first of my give aways on my Facebook Page later today.

As always, you can find everything I've used on my TV Shows over at my website by clicking here: www.honeypotcrafts.co.uk  

Until tomorrow.... Happy Crafting!