Tomorrows shows

Hello my crafty friends, Tomorrow I am guesting a Slice Fabrique show. It is a fab little machine so tune in to see more. The show is at nine. Then at one I am doing Jesse James beads with three new stunning sets. Enjoy and thank you for your support over the past two days. Take care Melanie xxx

Change of plan!!!!,

Hello For all the crafters that tuned in to see Stampavie, I am sorry, the show was changed at the last minute! I will post pictures of all the samples on my blog when I get home on Friday. I am sure they will fit the show in at some point but I would like you to see what I have created. Great price on the Cricut though I must say. Take care and don't forget Hot off the Press tomorrow at eleven...... Hopefully x Love Melanie xxxx

Show times x

Good morning I am just packing up ready to go down to Peterborough,y show times are as follows Stampavie/Bo Bunny 7pm Wednesday 25th yes today!!! Hot off the Press Thursday 26th at 11am and 6pm Slice Fabrique 9am. Friday 27th Jesse James Beads 1pm Friday. I have had loads of fun doing the samples for my shows. Hope you enjoy the shows Take care Love Melanie xxx

Perfect timing!!!!!

Woo hoo! Just got home to the news that Create and Craft is now live till 8pm on free view. I am on air next week and two of my shows are at six and seven. Perfect. I will post the show dates and times tomorrow along with sme sneak peeks of what's coming. Take care Melanie xxx

retreat

Hello This is a shout out to anybody who has asked me for more details of my retreat through my blog. Can you please email me melanieheaton@netscape.net so I can send you the details. Thanks Melanie xxx

Copic colours for the Cards below.

Here is a list of the Copic colours I used for the card made with "ALORA"
E50,E51 and E30 for the skin.
R22, R24 and R46 for her hat and apron.
BG13, BG23 and BG32 for her dress
W3, W5 and W7 for he shoes
E30 and E31 for the kitten.
YG00, YG01, YG03 for the grass

The colours for the "BONJOUR" card are.
Skin and kitten as above.
R81, R83 and R85 for her hat and apron. G20, G21 and G24
for her dress

Card samples for Saturdays Class

For this card I used the same stamp but with the Bo Bunny Alora paper pad.

For this card I used the Kaisercraft "Bonjour" paper pad and a Sarah Kay stamp. Babette cuddling kitty SK2012-08.

                                                          

                                                            All the products are included in the price of the class. Thats both paper pads and the stamp!!! For more info or to book your place please call Inspirations on 01772 880852. xxx                                                                       

Pagoda Step by Steps

Here are the instructions to make the Pagoda card.
Enjoy
Melanie xxx

Pagoda Country scene card.

Card needed

Light blue

Deep teal

Turquoise

Dark brown

Dark, mid and light green.

Dark,Mid and light pink.

White

Yellow

1.       Set the blade depth and speed and blade depth on full.

2.       Put the dark brown card on to your mat. Load mat. Set the size dial to 2 ½”. Press bridge (page 59) four times and cut. Unload mat. Remove the bridges and leave the remaining brown card on the mat.

3.       Put the mat with the brown card on back into the machine BUT press load last. Set the size dial to 4 ½”. Press the tree 1 ( page 44) and cut. Unload mat. Remove the tree. Reload the mat using load last.

4.       Set the size dial to 5”. Press Pagoda (page 60) and cut. Unload mat. Remove the pagoda and re-load the mat using load last.

5.       Set the size dial to 1 ¼”. Press the Branch 1 (page 46) and CUT. Change the size dial to 1 ¾” press repeat last and cut. Unload the mat.

6.       Put the mid green card on the mat. Load mat. Set the size dial at 4 ½”. Press shift lock and tree 1 (page 44) twice. Press cut. Unload mat.

7.       Put white card on the mat. Load mat. Press repeat last and cut. Unload mat.

8.       Put the yellow card on the mat. Set the size dial to 5”. Load mat. Make sure shift lock is still active. Press Pagoda (page 60) and cut. Unload mat.

9.       Put the dark pink card on the mat. Load mat. Set the size to 1 ¾”. Press branch one (page 46) and cut three times. Yes the shift is still active. Unload mat and then repeat this step with mid and light pink card.

10.    Put the dark teal card on the mat. Load mat. Remove the shift lock. Set the size dial to 1 ¼”. Press Dragonfly (page 43) three times and cut. Unload mat.

11.    Put the mid pink card on the mat. Load mat. Set the size dial to 2 ¾”. Press flower 3 (page 52) and cut. Set the size dial to 2 ¼”. Press repeat last and cut. Unload mat.

12.    Put the light pink card on the mat. Press shift lock. Load the mat. Press repeat last and cut. Repeat this with the size dial at 2 ¾”. Unload mat.

13.    Put the dark pink card on the mat. Press load mat. Remove shift lock. Set the size dial to 4 1/2”. Press lamp 1 (page 24) and cut. Set the size dial to 5 ¾”. Press repeat last and cut. Unload mat.

14.    Put the mid pink card on the mat. Press load mat. Press shift lock. Press lamp 1 (page 24) and cut. Change the size dial to 4 ½”, press repeat last and cut. Unload mat.

15.    Put the dark teal card on the mat. Load mat. Remove shift lock. Set the size to 5”. Press lamp 3 (page 26). Press cut. Unload mat.

16.    Put white card on the mat. Press shift. Press repeat last. Press cut. Unload mat.

17.    Put the light green card on to  the mat. Press load mat. Set the size to 1 ¼”. Press Kanji feature. Press doll3 (page 29)  press fish 2 (page 31) and press tree 2 (page 45). Press cut. Unload mat.

18.    Put the dark green card on the mat. Load mat. Remove the Kanji feature. Press shift lock. Apply the Kanji feature button. Press repeat last and cut. Unload mat.

19.    Put your cricut away.

20.    Cut a piece of the light blue card, 9” square. Tear strips of you various green cards to create hills. Mat and layer the pieces for the pagoda, the trees and the branches.

21.    Glue the clouds on to the pale blue background. Add the hills at the bottom. Place the bridges in so the back two are edge to edge with the sides of the hills and the front two are slightly off set. Trim away the excess from the bridges.

22.    Attach the tree to the left hand side. Place the pagoda to the right. Attach the branches and the dragonflies. Layer the pink flowers and attach as seen. Embellish.

23.    Layer this on to a piece of the dark teal 9 3/8” square. Make a turquoise card 9 ½” square and attach your scene.

24.    Inside. Cut a piece of white card 8” square. Mat on to a piece of dark green 8 ½” square. Cut a piece of yellow 4” wide by 5 ¼” long. Emboss. Mat onto a piece of turquoise with a narrow border. Cut a strip of dark teal 2 ½” wide by 7” long. Assemble as seen in picture.

25.    Dot and dash of course!!!!!

Pagoda Cricut cartridge Class

New classes in Blackburn and retreats later this year.

Hello my crafty friends I am very pleased to announce that I am starting my Blackburn craft classes again this weekend. Sadly earlier on this year the shop I used to teach at closed down after 22 years of trading. The ladies who have been with me for a long time now wanted to continue crafting and so I have hired my local church hall and I am really forward to getting the gang back together. The classes are Scrapbook classes to start with but I will be asking my ladies to choose what else they would like to do so anything could happen. If you would like to come along and join us then we are a very friendly bunch who have a really good giggle and craft at the same time. You can obtain details by emailing me through the blog. I am also looking to organise a couple of crafting weekend retreats. I will post the details once I have found a venue. I want to do a Cricut one and a Bo Bunny/Copic/ Kaisercaraft one. If you are interested you can send me your details via email to melanieheaton@netscape.net. I will save your details and then contact you with more details later. So all in all an exciting few months ahead. All this as well as regular shows!!!!! Yes I am mad! Lol x Take care Melanie xxx