Living a creative life....

Saw this and had to share.... I think that this says it all...

I had to find something other than a project to share for today.... as I have had 24 hours of intermittent internet and them my husband transferring everything from one PC to another... Which means I haven't got a project photo to share! Lots of projects made and photoed... just no access to them! He promises me I will have them in a few hours!!

This is also the reason why the individual Team Training Woodland Cards weren't added later yesterday - they have been now...

This quote really got me thinking.... From a creative perspective.... And apologies for my ramblings.....

But I have an admittance for you - I am or get it wrong creatively loads of the time!

I make lots of things that go wrong!
Some go in the bin...
Most get altered or covered up....
Many of my wrongs get shown to - or even made by my ladies...
I even post some on here... Often with details of what went wrong too...

I am perfectly happy to admit that I got something wrong...
I am quite happy to share something I did wrong... That way most people don't make the same wrong!

I learn from everything that goes wrong...
Most importantly...My creative wrongs so often produce something right or just different... A new idea... A new technique... A new card design... A new style... I could go on for quite a long time here.... But it is so true...

I say lots of things that come out wrong!
Particularly annoying when I am explaining how to make something!
Usually I realise and re- step my tracks and say it again differently....
Apologies when I don't!

My ladies sometimes go wrong in a class....
The next person never makes the same wrong....
And we have all definitely learnt more creativity from the "how to cover this up" question....

I have definitely lost my fear.... Have you?

I guess that may be why I enjoy my creative life so much... Nothing to fear...
Now I just need to apply this to the rest of my life!

Yes, this quote really got me thinking..... but I will stop here....

Woodland Embossing and Heat & Stick Training makes

We had our big team Quarterly Team Training event today - and I was asked to demo some of my earlier shared makes using the Woodland embossing folder and Heat & Stick powder. A real technique based demo if there ever was...

 

So me being me had to remake a set so that the colours actually all co-ordinated! 

And then Julie decided that everyone could make them...and everyone did! What an honour! Think they all liked them  - once some got over their fear of such dark ink on an embossing folder!! And every card was fab....

So here is the set of 5 cards - with some individual photos too...

Unfocused photo above so you can hopefully see how sparkly this one is!

I mainly used the combination of Night & Navy, Smoky Slate and Whisper White - but then I was told that we had gold foil in the training kit - so a quick last minute "goldify" later - and here you have them... though I could not bring myself to put a blue tree on the bottom centre card - so that one went Crumb Cake...

And do check out the glittery Snowflake Elements - they are so gorgeous - whether you use clear Versamark - or Whisper White craft ink - plus Heat & Stick/Dazzling Diamonds - or gold glitter. Think you will be seeing more of those....

This colour combination also defined the colours I used for my swap card (shared yesterday) - as I had to share the Dazzling Diamonds Tile technique too - and that seemed to be the most effective way to get a 6th card using Heat & Stick into everyones' hands

Dazzling Window within a Happy Scene!

Later than usual post from me today.

As I am now at our Teams' Quarterly Training 

And this is my swap card...ooh lots! 

So it couldn't be shared until we are all in the building and swapping.

There is a specific reason for this card... but more detail on that another day....

But the main feature is the Dazzling Diamonds glitter scene through the window panes...

Stamp scene, mask, sponge sky with Night of Navy,...

Swoosh picture with Versamark, add Heat & Stick, heat...

Add Dazzling Diamonds, heat again

I tried to capture how glittery this is... best when the photo is out of focus...

Swing Easel Card for Fancy Fold Friday - Shut the Door!

 

Seeing as my Swing Easel Card Tutorial  has proven SO popular for the last 2 weeks. (actually quickly shooting up to no 6 in my All Time Top 10 posts)  I thought I would have a go at another variant.... re-sized to suit my favourite Hearth & Home dies.

So here you have one resized with a narrower centre panel for the perfect front door to swing open and shut! (well more like up and down really!!).

My favourite trio of stamps and matching dies used again - Hearth & Home, Festive Fireside/ Fireplace and Peaceful Pines

And the gorgeous NOEL Label Bracket from a new Autumn Winter Catalogue hostess stamp - Antique Tags. Love this one!

The trees are dressed with Dazzling Diamonds glimmer behind the die cut holes to the left - and stamped with Versamark/Heat & Stick  plus Dazzling Diamonds Glitter to the right... wish I had gone red - but hey - next time!

Now I know that a lot of you will be surprised to a Real Red front door on here.... but I will let you into a secret - last year all my ladies changed my white front doors to bright red ones for their Christmas cards.... so I thought I had better brighten things up a bit for them this year.... But don't worry - I am sure my next front door share will be white....

And last - but not least - spot the boughs under the NOEL tag - that is just a snippety snip of the Festive Fireside/Fireplace boughs and mount either side...

Triple Window Autumn Trio

 

Seeing as Autumn has definitely hit the UK this week.... I thought I would share a make to celebrate Autumn....

Simple DL card...

3 windows...

Showing 3 different Autumnal scenes...love the apple tree to the right!

All care of Happy Scenes that is bundled with my favourite Hearth & Home dies

A Peaceful & Happy Scene Centre Step Easel Card

Another little Happy Scene....

Another Centre Step Easel card...

Paired up with a Peaceful Pine...

Well Tis the Season!

So let's celebrate it!

Short and sweet today!

Oh and before I go....her are the new Weekly Deals for you...

Marbled Peaceful Pines for Technique Tuesday

Take a Peaceful Pines stamp....

Ink up in Mint Macaron...

Grab a rubber glove!

Put it on!

Ink up your finger with Lost Lagoon...dab the top of the stamp...

Ink up your finger with Night of Navy...dab the bottom of the tree

And stamp!

So much FUN!!! Different every time

Add a few embellishments... Eh Voila

Happy Spring Scenes....

Now I have been hearing a few grumbles..... and I don't like to hear those...so...

Here is a simple card in a series to show that the Happy Scenes stamp set isn't just for Christmas, Winter and Autumn makes...

I have made cards for all seasons.... and today is the turn of  celebrating Spring....

With a  lovely Springtime Cherry Blossom tree...

Care of the flat side of the snowflakes/blobs stamp inked up in Pink Pirouette ink & stamped

Then turn the stamp over , ink up the snowflakes/blobs in Rose Red & stamp over... maybe fill a few blobs in with your marker pen if you wish....

Hey...can we call this Sheltering Tree in miniature.. perfect size for my windows!! 

Jolly Peaceful Pines through the Window

A quick and simple card for you today.

Doubled up die cut Hearth & Home Window Frame in white plus Sahara Sand frames. Those decorative lines produced by this die are SO SO handy! Snippity snip on the lines and away you go...l

Mossy Meadow sponged tree (over a Soft Sky sponged background) using a Peaceful Pines die cut template I made

Let the ink dry! Swoosh with embossing buddy...oops I forgot these 2 steps for my sample.... So please don't look too closely...

Over-stamp with Dotty tree from Peaceful Pines in Versamark...

Tip Heat & Stick powder over. Heat with heat gun to activate the glue...

Tip Dazzling Diamonds over. Heat with heat gun to set glitter into the glue...

Die cut Gold Glimmer paper JOLLY using Christmas Greetings dies...

Stamp and die cut Mossy meadow boughs  (with pine cones over- coloured using Early Espresso marker pen and then coloured in using Tip Top Taupe) using Festive Fireplace stamps and Festive Fireside dies

Stamp and die cut Basic Black planter using Festive Fireplace stamps and Hearth & Home dies

Assemble all parts