Woodware Design Team Challenge - Shades of red

One of my favourite stamps from this year's Christmas release. 

FRS218 Huge Jingle Bells

I have used different red patterned papers to paper piece the letters.

I used a Woodware green bell punch for the little bells. I have edged them with black ink to make them pop and added sone little bows.

I have glittered the big white spots with ultra fine clear glitter. Very easy to do using a clear Sakura glaze pen as a gluing medium. 

I'm last to post this week so why not see what the other team members have come up with on the Woodware Blog for this challenge.

Woodware Design Team Challenge - Sketch

I quite enjoyed the sketch layout challenge but I did flip it to have it portrait as opposed to landscape. I have used my favourite technique .... yes it's paper piecing!
I've used one of my new design from the latest release:

FRS228 Field of Poppies

Jill Tuck from 'The Stamp Man' did some great samples for the catalogue using this stamp and I have drawn my inspiration from them.

Of course you could have blue or yellow poppies if you wishes

I have added a little bit of colouring to the paper piecing but the papers have done the rest.

I have yet to water colour this image. I know it will look great embossed in white and water coloured but it's another project for another day....

Pop along to the Woodware blog for inspiration from the rest of the team.

Woodware Design Team Challenge - Paper Piecing

I love paper piecing!!! [as most of you already know] lol...

For this challenge I decided to use one of my new Christmas stamps

FRS219 Huge Noel

and papers from the 'Helsinki' collection that Woodware distribute.

The small greeting bellow the Noel is included with the stamp. In total there are four small greetings with the stamp to use.

If you like my big words I have added to the collection:
Jingle Bells, I love You and Good Luck.

If you don't know how to paper piece there is a post from last year with pics showing how to do it with some tips.

Bon Voyage

Here is another card I made to promote the 'action wobble' springs that Woodware distribute. 


The spring is behind the boat so if you ping it it wobbles or bobbles up and down on the waves!
FRS116 Patchwork Boat


For the clouds I used stamps from this set:
FRCL215 Patch a Flight
This set also contains a plane and hot air balloon.

Baby Elephant

I made this card to promote the new  'Action Wobble' springs Woodware are distributing. The baby elephant is mounted on a spring and wobbles if you ping it.

FRS118 Baby Patch Elephant

I have paper pieced the elephant using the 'Stockhom' paper range that Woodware distribute. I really like it as the colour combination is unusual and muted.

I've added some detail with Copics and a Sakura Glaze pen. I love this little elephant!!

woodware Design Team Challenge - Heart for my sweetheart

This card is too late for 'Valentines' but my feeling is that hearts can be used all year round and for lots of occasions. It's nice to feel love all year round. The elements all come from a very 'hearty' set! 


FRCL149 Lots of Hearts


Its one of these sets that cries out to be coloured in... or maybe not as you could go classic black and white with bright red hearts. So it will lend itself to lots of different schemes. My scheme is very sugary!! but I do love  pink, lime green and orange as a combination. 


I have stamped the panels several times on different coloured card and paper pieced the hearts. I have shadowed the hearts using a VersaMark pen. Its a marker type pen that contains the same ink as in the pad. I have then highlighted the hearts with a white gel pen. The little kisses are a small stamp in the set but easy enough to stamp a border with.

Pop along to the Woodware Blog to see other great ideas for this challenge

Another welly Christmas

Back again with another take on the Christmas welly!! I did have a good play last week...


I found this cute die cut teddy in my stash. It's another 'Quickcutz' die from a while back. I've used another 6 by 6 pad for the paper piecing this time from 'My Minds Eye'.
I had great fun coming up with the computer generated welly greetings.


I would love to hear what you have done with your welly stamp!

It's a welly Christmas!

I did a demo at 'Samuel Taylors' in Leeds on the 8th of October. Sue Hobbs who invited me to demo had sent me some pics of her Christmas welly. I was well impressed! so... here is my take on a Christmas welly.
I really enjoyed doing this card. Christina from 'A Maze of Memories' had given me a lovely 'Echo Park' Christmas 6 by 6 pad to play with so I had to play!!
I dug out some very old 'Quickcutz' dies for the parcels and the holly corners are made from a Martha Stewart punch and some 3mm Nailheads.
I used some larger red Nailheads to accessorise the welly. The greeting is computer generated.
What fun [lol]....

Woodware Design team Challenge - Something for the boys

This is another older design from my collection and another favourite as I drew the design around the time my son was trying to learn how to skateboard. It's a woodmounted stamp:
FRW006 Skateboard Dude


For the greetings I have used words out of these two sets:
FRCL079 Male Relatives
FRCL080 Mixed Greetings


I'm not sure if the wording is up to date as it probably should have the words sick and bad on there!!

I have used paper piecing for the clothes and skateboard. The face, hands and wheels are coloured in. I have added some highlights with my Sakura clear glaze pen.


I used quite muted colours as boys do not always go for bright ones... I used stripy paper for his trousers which I thought was fun!


I've used a Woodware mini punch for the star and added some Nailheads to the corners of the panel.






Why not pop along to the Woodware Blog this week to see what other creations my team mates have put together.

Woodware Design team Challenge - Funny Folds

My take on this week's challenge 'Funny Folds' was to put together a stepped card [I think that is what you call it!!...]. I found the original template on a blog and changed the measurement to suit [it was originally too small and not wide enough to do much on it].


I love this new set that I have designed for Christmas called FRCL209 'Patch a Bauble'. It follows on from the success of my patchwork designs.
I have taken photos from various angles to show how it folds. It's quite easy to measure and cut without a template.

I have used paper piecing to fill/patch the baubles. I've used what I call the fancy bauble from the set. There are three to choose from. My favourite is the bell shaped bauble.


The paper comes from this 8 by 8 pad:

DAYDREAM ENSEMBLE - 8 X 8 COLLECTION (48) » GCD501

It's not a Christmas pad and with this set you do not necessarily have to use Christmas colours or paper.

In the set there is a holly/berry corner that I have used to stamp the thin side panels on the card. I was taken back at how well it worked to stamp a random background.


I've added some colour to make the detail of the patterns, such as the holly leaves, stand out. There is also a touch of Sakura Clear glaze pen to make the berries and buttons stand out. Extra 'Faux' stitching has been added to compliment the patchwork theme.


Why not visit the Woodware Blog to see what other wonderful projects have been created by the Design team

Sharing a Cuppa

As I continue to prepare for my demo down at The Glitter Pot on the 28th of May

I give you my thoughts for today...

'How about a nice cup of tea and a sit down?'

On this card I've used paper piecing and Woodware Clear Magic Stamps

FRCL190 Sharing a Cuppa.