June Challenge With WOW

Hello there

It’s June and my wedding anniversary month, in fact it’s today. As the theme this month on the WOW  Embossing Powder Fans Facebook page is anything goes I decided to create something romantic especially as June is known as the wedding month.

Here’s a little close up of the detail.

Products used: WOW Embossing Powder, Taffeta Pink and Pink Sherbert Embossing glitter, Just Saying stamp set. Catherine Pooler Be Mine ink pad, Pretty Pink Posh Lovely script die.

To enter the challenge visit the WOW facebook page for details.

I’m participating in an arts and crafts market this weekend where I’m selling my books and covers. What ever you do have a good weekend.

Jaine x

Foiled Projects

We’re already half way through April and before you know it we’ll be in May and looking forward to Summer. That does scare me a little bit. When I was younger time seemed to drag by so very slowly I was wishing my days away but now I think it’s like being on a bob slay ride. I’ve still got lots of things to cross off my to do list from New Year and new things are being added all the time.  It’s the same for all of us I suppose. We just have to make every second count and try not to waste any.

The reason for the rant was because I can see from my blog that I’ve not been keeping my posts up as frequently as I should. Time has been going by so fast I’ve not had chance some weeks to sit and write.  Anyway, I think you’d much prefer the pretty pictures so here are a few.

Last week I had a project up on the WOW blog where this months theme is Foils. I adore using foils especially through a stencil as I did here.

At the same time WOW are also running their monthly challenge over on the their Facebook group where anyone can join in with a project. Again Foils are the theme and here I simply used the foil with some double sided tape to create a border around my April bullet journal page.

I’m practicing my hand lettering too and the more I do the better it gets.

Have a good week

Jaine xx

My First Project For WOW Embossing Powders

Happy Saturday everyone and it’s another wet and miserable one outside. Inside however I’ve a nice smelly candle burning away, an acoustic playlist playing on the computer and I’m just going to paint and have fun.

Meanwhile my first blog post is up on the WOW Embossing Powders blog today and here’s a look at the grungy card I made using the Fab Foil and some of the new colours coming out this season. This Rose Gold foil is my favourite so far I think but that could very well change over the coming weeks and months.

If you want to see how I made it then click on the logo below which will hopefully take you there.

Here’s a closer look at that texture and shine. Their challenge for the month is all about Hearts so you can enter your own heart project here at WOW UK

Have a very good weekend and I’ll speak soon

Jaine xx

Monday In The Studio

I think I should rename Messy Monday to Manic Monday that’s how it’s felt for the past few weeks. After lots and lots of dental treatment mixed with a sinusitis, ear infection and struggling with weeks of deafness in one ear, things are starting to look up and I’m feeling a bit more like me again. Hey, yesterday I opened my journal and put some paint on the page and that’s not been me for ages.  Add into the pot some truly dreadful weather, not like Summer at all and a broken laptop thanks to a glass of water and I think the start of my Summer has been at times depressing.

Anyhoo it’s nearly July so things have got to get better, haven’t they?

Big big big news, I have my stamps all ready here to go in the shop. Woo hoo.  I just need to package them up and we’re good to go. Here’s a little peek at one of the sets.  I couldn’t resist having a little colour in.

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The August edition of Craft Stamper magazine came out last week and I’ve a card featured in the 3D Challenge pages this time. To be honest I’d forgotten about this one seeing as we work so far in advance for print so when it came it was a pleasant surprise. The whole mag this month is full of cards just to show that mixed media isn’t all about canvases and journals.

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As I said the weather has been absolutely apalling in June so every minute without rain was a minute spent out doors making the most of it. It’s always more enjoyable to take everything outside to work. The sun seems to make planning days much easier.

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Basement Studio also received a party commission last week to cut shapes to be used in table decorations for a Vegas themed party. I cut 400 shapes to glue onto 200 stems of wire  and wired up 100 playing cards. Plus they were all glittered too so as you can imagine there was glitter everywhere. It felt like Christmas.

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Hopefully I’ll get time to finish that journal page this week before next Messy Monday.

Have fun

Jaine x