COLOURFUL FRIDAY

 Morning all

I hope we find you healthy, happy and safe.  

To all of our USA friends, I hope that the damage has not been too bad where you are.  Please stay safe and look after each other.

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If you watch any of my lives you know I tend to go on about light and shade when I am doing my stencilling.  I have followed art groups who teach about light source, blending and depth of colour for many years and I have recently joined an Academy for coloured pencil artists.  

Many of you will have seen the pencil drawing I did for Lisa of the lovely Prudence - that was my first attempt at coloured pencil art and I have to say I was hooked from day 1.  I am currently on my second piece for a very dear friend and I am hoping that it will be finished in time to gift for Christmas.

When I was at school, I wanted to do Art as one of my subjects but I was told that my art wasn't anywhere near good enough for that to be considered. So I ended up not taking Art and that is a decision I wish I had challenged at the time - one of my few regrets in life.

What's my point I hear you asking.  Lol.

My point is this lovely people - if you feel like you want to try something new - just do it!  You may not get it right the first time you try it, you may not even get it right the second time.  BUT - if it is something you are passionate about - don't give up.  Try walking away for a couple of days, maybe even weeks and then go back to it - if you still feel the same - try again.  Believe in yourself - it doesn't matter what anybody else thinks - not your partner, your children, your friends, your colleagues - NO-ONE!

Put some time aside for yourself - try the things you want to try - if you love it - great - if you don't - try something else. 😄

Above all else, believe in your dreams and have the confidence to give it a go.  I wish I had tried my hand at coloured pencil art years ago, way before I took early retirement - maybe, just maybe I could have had a better life doing what I wanted to do not what I ended up doing!

Life is short - Live it to it's fullest!

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If you missed Claire's live on Tuesday just click the pic below to watch it on You Tube.

Likewise, if you couldn't join me yesterday for my live, the pic below will take you to the edited version on You Tube.

And Finally........

Remember, our lovely Lisa will be live tonight at 7pm.

You can either watch on You Tube - on Lisa Horton Crafts (Lisa's business page) or on our Facebook Group, Crafting with Lisa Horton.  So plenty of places to watch.

Remember to like and share the video to be in with a chance of winning a fabulous Giveaway prize.  I can tell you that the Prizes for the Giveaway are always awesome.  Doesn't matter where you are in the World either - it is open to everyone, everywhere.

So, that's it for now.  

See you Monday with a lovely new feature which will run for the next few weeks.

Have a fabulous weekend

TTFN

xx

PROJECT WEDNESDAY

Hello all

I really hope that all our US friends are safe and well considering the storms that have or are due to hit over the next few days.

In case you missed my live on Monday I have added the link to the edited version on You Tube so that you can watch at your leisure.  You may gather from the video that I quite like the fabulous new Balloon High layering stencils and embossing folder with die.  Just sayin' Lol.

I will add Claire's link on Friday.

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So, it is Wednesday and you know that means a new project.

This week we have been given a fabulous project from the lovely Lorraine.

YOU WILL NEED
LHCAS040 Layering Stencils Daffodil
LHCEF055 Daffodil folder and die
LHCCD041 Slimline honeycomb frame, or alternative
LHCCS016 Textures A6 stamp
LHCCS004 Ticker phrases DL stamp set
DL card blank
Black and white card for layering
Blending inks in pale grey, pale yellow, mid and dark green
Stamping ink
Foam pads
Scrap paper

Cut a piece of white card larger than the layering die you are using for your top layer and stencil

the daffodil in the centre using your chosen inks.

Using your chosen slimline die cut out the panel.

From a piece of scrap paper cut the daffodil die to create a mask.

Place the mask over your stencilled image and secure with low tack tape.

Using the script texture without an acrylic block and grey stamping ink,

 Cloud 9 cobblestones would be perfect, randomly stamp around the 

masked area.

 Carefully remove the mask.

Place the panel into the daffodil 3D embossing folder ensuring that everything is perfectly lined up before passing through your machine.

Die cut the larger slimline die in black.

Place 3D pads onto your stencilled panel before adding to the black layer. 

Stick to your DL card base. Stamp your chosen sentiment from the ticker stamp set onto white card in black ink

and trim leaving a slight border.

 Mount onto the card using 3D pads

So that's it for today folks.

Remember if you decide to give this a go, please share your makes in the Crafting with Lisa Horton group.  We all love to see you give these things a go.

I'll see you tomorrow at 10am for my live.

TTFN

xx

MONDAY MUSINGS

Good morning lovely people

How are we all this fine Monday?

Did you know there are only 13 weeks left until Christmas?

I wonder if you are like me and wonder where on earth the time goes to these days.

When I was a child, I used to think that the six week school holidays were everlasting.  We seemed to spend every day outside, making up our own games and we never felt unsafe either.  My mum used to go nuts at me whenever I spent time with a particular friend.  She always used to take me Cray fishing and I always used to come back filthy! Lol  Obviously at the time I just thought she was trying to spoil my fun because I thought it was brilliant, but of course she was just concerned about my safety and of course, her ever increasing laundry pile.😂😂

These days it seems we have to worry about our young ones more than ever doesn't it?  It makes me so sad to think of the world our Children and our Children's children are growing up in.

Anyway, enough doom and gloom, let's get to the fun stuff shall we?

So this week's calendar is a little quieter with no TV planned for this week.

So later, in just under an hour actually, I shall be live in the Crafting with Lisa Horton Group over on Facebook and I am sooo lucky because I get to play with the fabulous new Balloon High layering stencils, embossing folder and die.  This set is just sooooo versatile, it's genius.

Tomorrow, our lovely Claire Newcome will be with you again in the Crafting with Lisa Horton Group at 11am.  I haven't seen what she is making yet but knowing Claire it will be fabulous.

Wednesday is Project Day here on the blog and we have a fabulous project for you this week so remember to pop in on Wednesday to see what it is.

Thursday morning at 10am I will once again be live in the Crafting with Lisa Horton group with another gorgeous project.

And of course, Friday night just wouldn't be the same without a Facebook Live from our lovely Lisa now would it.

You can view either through You Tube, on Lisa Horton Crafts, business page or indeed in the Crafting with Lisa Horton Group.  Wherever you watch, remember to always share the live wherever you can to be in with a chance of winning some fabulous Lisa Horton Crafts goodies.

So, that's it from me for now.

I'll be back on with our Wednesday Project in a couple of days.

TTFN

xx

FEATURED FOLLOWER FRIDAY

Hello all

Well, look at the time again, where on earth do the hours go to?

I had to go to the Doctors this morning for my annual thyroid check.  Now this is never something I look forward to because they always struggle to take blood from me.  Oh my days, no sooner had a I sat down than the nurse said, "sharp scratch" and that was that!  Flippin' brilliant and the teeniest tiniest bruise you ever did see.  I was well pleased.

So that done, off to do the shopping.  Never has my freezer been so bare which was only borne out by the total at the till!! 😨😨 

Still, all done now and at least I can eat again. Lol

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So, you will notice that the title of today's blog is 

"Featured Follower Friday"

Our blog and our fabulous Crafting with Lisa Horton group would be nothing without you, our followers.  So I thought it might be nice if we featured some projects done by one of our followers.  It may not be every Friday but maybe once a month.

For our first Featured Follower I have chosen a very special lady.

This lady has her problems but never do I see her let them get her down.  She is an extremely active, friendly and supportive member in our facebook group and she has become a firm friend with many.

So, without further ado, our first Featured Follower is none other than..........

CON TURNBULL

Here are just a few (and it was hard to choose just a few I can tell you) of Connie's projects which have been posted in the group.

Thank you Connie for supporting not only Lisa Horton Crafts, but in general for your constant participation with all aspects of our group.

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In case you missed Claire's live on Tuesday, here is a link to the edited version on our You Tube channel.

And in case you missed my live from Thursday, here's the link to the edited version also on You Tube.

Today is the last day for voting in the Crafts Beautiful Awards.

If you haven't already voted, and I know alot of you have, please take a couple of minutes to vote for your favourites.  Lisa Horton Crafts has been nominated in many categories and I know Lisa is already overwhelmed at being nominated.  I can't begin to tell you what it would mean to actually win one of the categories.  So, if you have voted, thank you so so much and if you haven't, you don't have long left. 😉😉😉

And, finally, PLEASE don't forget to tune in tonight at 7pm for Lisa's Live.

I can promise you it will be full of fabulous information, stock updates and an awesome giveaway.  What's not to like?

You can either watch on our You tube channel, Lisa's business page or in our group, Crafting with Lisa Horton as it is always shared into the group.

Times:  UK 7pm -  PDT 11am  -  EDT 2pm

So, think that's everything for now.

See you tonight at 7pm - don't be late now! Lol

TTFN

xx

PROJECT WEDNESDAY

 Hello all

So sorry for my late posting today.  I just don't know where the time has gone to today.

I popped to M&S (other supermarkets are available! Lol) this morning to get my fruit and a few bits and pieces.  Well, it took me twice as long to do my little bit of shopping than normal because they have changed the whole store around.

When I got to the checkout, I mentioned it to the lady on the till and she told me that all supermarkets have to re-arrange their stores in line with Government Guidelines regarding high fat, high sugar produce before the 1st October.  Apparently, now it cannot be sited at the beginning of the store it has to be sited further in to the store so that you come across healthier food stuffs before you get to the high fat/high sugar produce!!

Well, I don't know about you but it won't stop me buying the things I have always bought, it will just take me twice as long to find them!! But find them I will!! lol

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Anyway, enough about my shopping exploits, let's get on with today's Project.

Today we have a nice simple little project from the lovely Karen Stears.

If you're anything like me, and you are a bit impatient with your lettering on your cards, Karen shows you how to line up your letters in a really simple way that will mean your cards will look even more awesome than they already do. Over to you Karen.

Karen here, this is my very first blog post so please bear with me! I love making cards and lose hours in my shed at the bottom of the garden.  I tend to spend more time fiddling with things and moving stuff around than actually making cards! 

I thought I’d look at the “Skinny Alphabet” and show you how I line up die cut letters. It was something I found really irritating as I could never get the die cut letters lined up on the card.

Annoying. I think I’m probably going to tell you something you already know, but I found this technique really useful for lining letters up. Firstly, I cut a load of letters out using lots of different bright colours then lay a strip of the “not very sticky” Scotch tape sticky side up and placed the letters wrong way round and back to front on top.

I then added glue to the backs of the letters, and turned the tape over and lined it up centrally on the card blank. I carefully peeled the “not very sticky” tape off and all the letters were lined up and stuck down. 

There’s probably an easier way (using double sided tape probably) but this works for me. 

I added some Nuvo Drops and there it is, a simple birthday card.

Thank you Karen. Now there is absolutely no excuse for wonky lettering on your projects people.

So that's it for today. I can't see that Claire has uploaded her video to You Tube yet but will post a link once she has.

See you Friday (a bit earlier in the day I promise)

TTFN

xx

MONDAY ON A FRIDAY

 Good morning everyone.

Well, I definitely think that the temperatures have cooled down quite a bit, don't you?

The one thing I do love about the Autumn is the colours.  The huge variation in shades of brown, orange, yellow, red and even green make for a beautiful patchwork of colour don't you think?

I love to see large stretches of trees in their Autumn coats - so beautiful.

Fingers crossed that the weather stays fine for Monday.  Our Queen deserves a beautiful day doesn't she?

Truly the end of an era - but - the beginning of another.

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So I am giving all the usual Monday information today as there will be no blog on Monday due to the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.

I'll start with tonight then,

FRIDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER - 7PM - LISA HORTON LIVE

(JOIN ON YOU TUBE OR LISA HORTON CRAFTS PAGE)

Lots to talk about, new product to show and as always, a fab giveaway.

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MONDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER

STATE FUNERAL OF HER MAJESTY, QUEEN ELIZABETH II

A day to mourn, to respect, to celebrate, to rejoice, to look forward.

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TUESDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER

CLAIRE WILL BE LIVE AT 11AM IN THE CRAFTING WITH LISA HORTON GROUP

LISA HORTON CRAFTS LIVE ON CREATE & CRAFT FOR A NEW & EXCLUSIVE SHOW

SHOW TIMES ARE:

TUESDAY 20TH SEPT - 4PM & 8PM

WEDNESDAY 21ST SEPT - 8AM

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THURSDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER

DAWN WILL BE LIVE IN THE CRAFTING WITH LISA HORTON GROUP

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FRIDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER - 7PM - LISA HORTON LIVE

(JOIN ON YOU TUBE OR LISA HORTON CRAFTS PAGE)

Catch up after the shows earlier in the week, and a fabulous giveaway, as always)

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For those of you who weren't able to join me for my live yesterday, here is the link to the edited version which is now on our You Tube channel.

Well, that's about it for now I think.

Have a fabulous weekend everyone, stay safe, look after yourselves and each other.

Remember, the Crafting with Lisa Horton Group is a safe place for all our members so if you need somewhere to be, to share your crafty makes or to just scroll and admire, comment or not, the group is always there for everyone.

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I'll be back on the blog next Wednesday with another fabulous Project Wednesday by one of our fabulous design team.

TTFN

xxx

PROJECT WEDNESDAY - SPRING ANEMONE SCROLL

 Good morning all

I hope today finds you all well?

I have to say I was absolutely blown away by the crowds in London yesterday evening when our Queen was being brought home to Buckingham Palace.  I don't think I have ever seen anything quite like it before, or will again for that matter.

People lined up along the route, cars stopped on the opposite carriageway - hundreds of them and our wonderful Police force just being there - totally respectful of people's desire to see their Queen one last time.  Can you imagine how many photographs will be across Social Media platforms in the coming days.  The advent of the mobile phone has given people the opportunity to capture moments in history that would have otherwise been shut away in the media archives and only aired at times they deemed appropriate.  Whereas, today, across the world people have the power to display their memories, the moments in history that they captured, anywhere, at any time in any context.  How times have changed.

I shall watch later today as Her Majesty is taken to Westminster Hall, as I have watched 99% of the coverage.  I feel like I have to watch it unfold otherwise I will never believe that it is true. Do you know what I mean?

My heart goes out to all of the Queen's family but in particular to Princess Anne.  I have always thought she was the image of her mother and they had a closeness to be envied.  I watched as she walked behind the cortege in Edinburgh and thought how brave but tired she looked.  I read her powerful statement yesterday with tears in my eyes but a heart full of admiration and respect.

Praying for strength for them all in the coming days.

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Well, time for a little bit of light relief I think don't you?

It's Wednesday and that means a fabulous project for you all.

Today, that project is brought to you by our lovely Maria Moorhouse.

YOU WILL NEED

LHCEF097 Spring Anemone folder and die

LHCAS074 Spring Anemone layering stencils

LHCEF098 Parchment scroll folder and die

LHCCS061 Believe in yourself stamp set

Black permanent inkpad for stamping

Blending inkpads, brown, orange, dark orange, dark red, green, mid green, dark green.

A5 card blank

Black and orange card for layering 

Cream card

Ink brushes and applicator 

Start with a piece of cream coloured card, or mottled card, die cut a scroll and emboss with the folder.

Use a blending applicator to add brown ink around the edges of the scroll.

Die cut and emboss another scroll from any card,  cut off the ‘rolled up’ parts top and bottom to use as masks.

Place the extra pieces over your scroll and blend a small amount of brown ink as a shadow, do this top and bottom.

With the masks still securely in place, use your layering stencils and inks to stencil the Spring Anemone to the scroll.

Remove masks, use a permanent black ink (Lisa's Cloud 9 Solid Black would be perfect here) to stamp a greeting from the Believe in yourself set.

Bend the top and bottom of your scroll around the barrel of a pen or pencil for extra dimension.

Trim a piece of orange card to approximately 13.5cm x 19.5cm. Emboss top and bottom with the Spring Anemone folder.

Lightly blend brown ink over the embossed areas.

Layer your embossed card onto black card and fix onto an A5 card blank.

Add your scroll to the centre and add accents/embellishments as desired.

What a simply fabulous project, thank you Maria.

All product can be purchased at www.thatcraftplace.co.uk - stock permitting.  If an item you wish to purchase is out of stock then please click the "add to wishlist" button.  The more requests that are received, the more likelihood of the item being re-ordered.  

Remember, if you decide to have a go at this fabulous project, please share your makes into the Crafting with Lisa Horton Group on Facebook

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Finally, if you missed Claire's fabulous live yesterday then here is the link for you to watch the edited version on You Tube - well worth a watch it is too!

So, I will love you and leave you for today.

See you back here on Friday.

TTFN

xxx

NEW BEGINNINGS

 Good morning all.

Well, what a devastating few days it has been!  The death of our beloved Queen and the Proclomation of King Charles III all within four days.  The announcement of a new Prince and Princess of Wales too - I think that is wonderful news don't you?

What a whirlwind. 

I can only admire the strength of the whole of the Royal Family.  I watched the exhausted and drawn face of the Princess Royal as she accompanied her mother's coffin on the journey to Holyrood Castle, how hard that must have been for her.

I know they are born into this life and are educated about protocols and etiquette but at the end of the day they have lost their most beloved member of the family and that in itself has to be tough.

In these unprecedented times, it is difficult to know how to restore balance, but after posting in our fabulous group you have given me the support and strength to know that normality is good for us all.

If we can learn anything from these awful days it is that life has to go on and our wonderful Royal Family have shown us that carrying on with life is normal and not disrespectful.

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So, with normality in mind here is a quick run down of this week's happenings in the world of Lisa Horton Crafts.

Monday - 1pm - Dawn's live in the Crafting with Lisa Horton Group

Tuesday - 11am - Claire's live in the Crafting with Lisa Horton Group

Thursday - 10am - Dawn's live in the Crafting with Lisa Horton Group

Friday - 7pm - Lisa Horton's live on the Lisa Horton Crafts page and the 

Crafting with Lisa Horton You Tube channel

Voting is still open in the Crafts Beautiful Awards just in case you haven't voted yet or you know of anyone that would like to vote and hasn't. Just click the logo to take you to the voting page.

 To think that it is only just over two and a half years ago that Lisa made the decision to branch out on her own and what a phenomenal time it has been.  None of this would have been possible without the support and belief of Lisa's followers and customers so on Lisa and Danny's behalf, THANK YOU.

Okay, so that's me for today.

Hope to see you later in the group for my live but not to worry if you can't make it, I will post a link to the edited version here on Wednesday along with our fabulous Wednesday Project.

See you soon

TTFN

xxx

THE QUEEN

 Good morning everyone.

What a truly sad day yesterday turned out to be.  Had anyone told me that I would be sitting in floods of tears in the early evening mourning the passing of our glorious Queen - well you just wouldn't think it would you?

I have only ever known our Queen as our Monarch and what a truly remarkable lady she was.  She performed her duties like the true servant she said she would be all those years ago following the death of her beloved father.

I heard many tributes yesterday but I've got to be honest and say the one that I found most moving was that from Boris Johnson who said "it is only when we face the reality of our loss that we truly understand what has gone.  It is only really now that we grasp how much she meant for us, how much she did for us, how much she loved us.  We had come to believe, like children, that she would just go on and on"  If you haven't read his statement, I think you should.  He may not be everyone's cup of tea and yes he has made some awful mistakes but he is human like the rest of us and his words were spoken from the heart - in my humble opinion.

A sad day indeed - the passing of a Monarch, of a Mother, a Grandmother, a Great Grandmother and a truly remarkable woman - the like of whom I don't ever think we will see again.

Rest in Peace Your Majesty - your Service is done now.

💗💗💗💗

If like us, you were deeply affected by the news of the Queen's passing you will, I hope, understand that Lisa has decided to cancel tonight's live as a mark of respect not only for the Queen but for her whole family.  

Whether you are a Royalist or not we feel that this is the right decision and we hope you understand.

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xxx

PROJECT WEDNESDAY - EXPLOSION SHAKER CARD

 Morning all.

Don't forget that Lisa is on Create and Craft later today at 4pm with the fabulous new layering stencils that you have all been asking for.  It's going to be a crazy fast show I think so get in early if you can. Just saying. Lol

If you didn't manage to catch Claire's live yesterday here is a link for you to be able to watch at your leisure.  It was a fab live with lots of hints and tips for your cardmaking.  Well worth a watch.

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Another Wednesday so that means another fabulous project for you.

This project is brought to you by the lovely Mary Kelly.

Mary has some fabulous ideas for her cards and this one is no exception.

So I'll let Mary tell you how to go about it!

This is a very popular card style. 

I was inspired by several online tutorials including Sam Calcott.

You will need:

LHC Star slim line Embossing Folder

LHC Sentiment Insert Trio

LHC Scalloped nested circles

Card of choice 12 x 12 – 3 colours

(300gsm might be a little thick so something lighter)

Glue

Sequins

Acetate

Foam tape

Die cutting machine

Double sided tape – red liner is good

Scoreboard

Scoring tool

Guillotine/Trimmer

Step 1:

Cut two pieces of card 12 x 6 inches. Score each piece on the long side at 3/6/9 inches. One of these will form the card base.

 

Step 2: 

Score the other piece as shown to create two crosses. Use your scoreboard or a ruler and scoring tool to make the crosses. Fold and score the score lines as shown. Note some score lines are mountains – they come forward and some are valleys – they project backwards. Trim approximately 1/8inch of each side to ensure this piece will fit into your base card, Check by laying this section into the base.

Step 3:

To decorate the front cut two panels of card 3 ¾ x 5 ¾. To decorate all the internal triangles cut two squares 3 ¾ x 3 ¾ and then cut these in half for the larger sections. Cut 4 squares 2 ¾ x 2 ¾ and then cut these in half for the smaller triangles. Emboss all these section and attach.

Step 4:

Lay the sentiment circle down and add the larger circle – I have used the fifth largest circle from the scalloped circle set but any circle die of approximately 3 ½ inches should work. Die cut. Also cut a piece of acetate using the larger circle. Attach the acetate to the reverse of the sentiment using red liner tape. Add the foam tape to the reverse.

Step 5:

Cut a circle in white card using the circle die – this will be the back of the shaker. Place your sequin in the centre of the circle and after removing the backing of the foam tape add the sentiment circle. Press to ensure fully attached

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Step 6:

To make the sentiment circle pop you need a little spring. To make this cut a piece of card 1 x 3 inches. Score along the long side at  ½ / 1/2/ 2 ½ . Fold as shown. 

Step 7:

Attach the pop up section to the base by gluing the outer triangles in place. Add the spring to the centre fold – ensure it straddles the centre score line. Attach the shaker topper.

Thank you so much for a super project Mary.

Remember everyone, if you decide to give this a go don't forget to share your make in the group.  I know Mary for one would love to see your makes.

Claire's link for You Tube isn't quite ready yet, so I will add that on Friday for you although I am sure Claire will post the link into the Crafting with Lisa Horton group as soon as it is available anyway.

So, enjoy Lisa's shows and have a go at Mary's project.

See you all soon.

TTFN

xxx