Lisa Horton Crafts

Friday, 24 March 2023

FAST CRAFT FRIDAY

Morning all

I hope you have had a fabulous week.

What an exciting impromptu live that was of Lisa's on Wednesday wasn't it? I've got to be honest, I have had a little sneaky peek at the new website and it is going to be AWESOME!!

Obviously there may be some teething problems as there always is with something new of this magnitude but I know that they will be sorted quickly and efficiently as you would expect from Lisa Horton Crafts.

You know what, I think it is fabulous that Lisa takes the time to come on and speak to us the way she does. It doesn't really take very long but it just means that everybody has the opportunity to hear things first hand rather than from someone else and that's brilliant. It's because she cares about her customers and wants to keep them informed herself because that way there are no misunderstandings or confusion and I think that's great don't you?

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So if you missed my live yesterday, the edited version is now available to watch on our You Tube channel so if you want to watch, just click the pic below.

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Now, it is Fast Craft Friday today so I will pass you over to the lovely Maria.

YOU WILL NEED

Daisy Daisy cutting die set LHCCD 174
Nested Stitched Bubble Square die set LHCCD 105
Water Droplets embossing folder LHCEF 010
Peony Blooms stamp and cutting die set LHCCD 049
Black inkpad
White pen
Sticky gems
8 inch card blank

Start with a piece of yellow A4 card, position the intricate Daisy Daisy edge die toward the edge of your card and die cut.

Position a 14cm square piece of paper next to your die cut edge, use this as a positioning guide to die cut a nice even square frame with the edger die.

Use a Daisy die, the same size as those around your frame to die cut four loose daisies.

Glue your frame to the front of an 8 inch card blank, I used black for a dramatic look, then glue the loose daisies in the corners to complete the frame.

Use the two middle sized layering dies from the nested bubbles set, die cut a black square with the larger and a yellow square with the smaller. Emboss the yellow layer with the Water Droplets folder and secure the layers together.

Use the sentiment from the Peony Blooms set to stamp and die cut the lovely sentiment.

That clock is fast approaching 20 minutes! Fix the layers together, die cut all the flowers in the Daisy Daisy set from white card, stick together and fix onto your design.

I like it, but it’s not quite there…maybe some white accents on the large letters.

Let’s take another couple of minutes and get some sparkly gems on there too! The Daisy Daisy set has dies that can be used for the flower centres but I’ll use those another time.

So not far from my 20 minutes, and I know the recipient will adore it!

Thank you for joining me again, see you next time.

Thank you Maria. Another fabulous fast craft project to have a go at.

Maria will be back in 2 weeks time with another fabulous project for you.

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Well, it's Friday so you know what that means - yes it's Lisa's Friday Night Live.

Would you just look at those products!!

So places to watch are:

Lisa Horton Crafts on You Tube (Best option)

Lisa Horton Crafts on Facebook (Lisa's Business Page)

Crafting with Lisa Horton Group on Facebook (Our glorious group)

It won't be available to watch on Lisa's website for the time being but I'm sure it will be going forward.

You won't want to miss this live. I promise you, the samples are to die for.

If you haven't already commented on the video that Lisa mentioned in last week's live, here is the link for you to go and pop a comment under the video. Don't want to miss out on a chance of a prize now do you? Lol

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Finally to our Words of Wisdom

Have a fabulous weekend everyone.

See you Monday

TTFN

xxx

Wednesday, 22 March 2023

WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY - PROJECT DAY

Good morning all.

I'm sure many of you will have started to receive your Crocus Fields and Champagne and Roses sets by now and I can't wait to see what you all do with them.

You all know how much I adore Lisa's product but I have to say I think that as time goes on, she just gets better and better. I mean, the Birdhouse and The Boot-iful were adorable but this Champagne and Roses set covers sooooooo many occasions it is definitely going to give you value for money.

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If you missed my live on Monday, the edited version is now available to view on our You Tube channel, just click the pic to watch.

I know we say all the time, please subscribe to the channel if you don't already but it really does mean the absolute world if you do. Our You Tube channel grows organically day on day, week on week. When I say it grows organically, what I mean is all our figures are real. Our subscriber figures are made up of real subscribers and our comments are left by real people who watch our videos. We have never, nor would we ever consider buying comments or buying subscribers because at the end of the day we would just be kidding ourselves wouldn't we? So please, if you don't subscribe please consider clicking the subscribe button and then hitting the little bell you will see under a video. That little bell is a reminder to you of when a video goes live on the channel so you don't miss a thing.

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Wednesday as you know is project day so I'll hand you over to the lovely Mary for this week's project.

Split card: Dahlia and Roses and Blending Inks 2

You will need:

Ultimate

LHC Dahlia and Roses stencils, die and embossing folder

LHC Blending inks of choice (I used Antique Pink, Rhubarb Jam, Painted Eggshell and Woodland Moss)

LHC Glitter card

LHC Slim line alphabet upper case

LHC A5 Sticker Sentiments

LHC Glue

Scissors

White card

Blending brushes

Die cutting machine

Trimmer

LHC Dewdrops

Step 1: Stencil your dahlia and roses using your inks.

Step 2: Prepare a piece of white card for your letters by swiping the pad directly onto the card. Ensure you leave this to dry completely before die cutting.

Step 3: Cut and emboss your stencilled flowers.

Step 4: Cut the letters for your word of choice in the coloured card from step 2 and also cut them in glittered card. Attach these with the glitter card at the back as a shadow.

Step 5: Be brave and cut your flower piece in half! Also cut two strips of glitter card to your preferred width - I used 1/8 inch. Lay all your pieces on a piece of white card which is 5 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches. Decide on your positioning.

Step 6: Mark at 3 1/8 and 4 5/8 inches along the long side of your white piece of card. Do this on the opposite side too. You may wish to draw line pencil lines across the card. Glue the glitter card strips along these lines and trim off any overhang.

Step 7: Attach your flower halves above and below as shown. Lay out your word in the space and attach. I ensured there was room for a sticker sentiment which said 'birthday' - I cut this from a longer sentiment.

Step 8: Now for your matts and layers. Cut a piece of matching glitter card to 5 5/8 x 7 3/4 inches. Layer this behind your white card layer. Add this to a white card base - just fold an A4 sheet in half and trim the length to 8inches. Your card is finished!

Thank you Mary. I think we will see quite a few cards like this in the group after today.

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Finally to our words of wisdom

See you back here on Friday.

TTFN

xxx

Monday, 20 March 2023

MARVELLOUS MONDAY

A very good Monday morning to you all.

I hope those of you who celebrate Mother's Day had a fabulous day yesterday.

Personally, I spent some lovely time with my daughter and my grandchildren as, coincidentally it was Leighton's 8th birthday yesterday too.

Now I don't know many children who don't like cake! But Leighton is one of those children. So for his birthday "cake" he had this!!

I would never have dreamed that anything like this would be acceptable as a birthday "cake" but I have to say that it was delicious. It is basically, Brownie and Flapjack in a stack, plus buttons, stars, Terry's white chocolate orange pieces and fondant icing footballs. Extremely sweet but really, really nice and he was a very, very happy boy.

So what better way to spend Mother's day eh? It was lovely.

For those of you who no longer have your Mum's (or daughters for that matter) with you I hope you managed a smile or two thinking of wonderful memories.

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So, what's going on in Lisa Horton Crafts Land this week then?

Well, Danny can be found in the packing room at LHC headquarters after an extremely successful collaboration event with Create and Craft over the weekend. Thank you to everyone who purchased goodies over the weekend period and I can only apologise (although it was totally out of anyone's control) about the issues with Paypal. I don't think it was just us it affected as I saw posts all weekend about trouble paying with Paypal. Hopefully it will all get sorted in due course and be back to normal soon.

Monday 20th March

I will be live in the Crafting with Lisa Horton Group as usual at 1pm, I do hope you can come and join me. I am using the fabulous Champagne & Roses set and I'm making a card using just one coloured ink pad and the stunning Cloud 9 Falling Snow, White ink pad. So if you don't have many ink pads, you too will be able to achieve this effect.

Tuesday 21st March

Claire will be live in the Crafting with Lisa Horton Group at 2pm as usual, so make a note to join her.

Wednesday 22nd March

Project Day on the Blog and we have another beauty this week so don't miss that.

Thursday 23rd March

I will again be live in the Crafting with Lisa Horton Group at 1pm using another fabulous Lisa Horton product so please come and join me.

Friday 24th March

Lisa will be live at 7pm and this week it will be a Product Preview for the shows coming up next week on Create and Craft. (Links later in the week).

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Finally, to our Words of Wisdom

See you back here for project day on Wednesday

TTFN

xxx

Friday, 17 March 2023

FABULOUS FRIDAY

Hello everyone.

Well, here we are at the end of yet another week. They really do fly by don't they?

I hope you are all well? I know there are one or two that have been unwell so I hope they are now feeling better.

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If you missed Claire's live on Tuesday, the edited version is now available to watch on our You Tube channel. Just click the pic to watch.

If you missed my live yesterday, again the edited version is available to watch on our You Tube channel. Just click the pic to watch.

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Well, what a fabulous weekend offer we have for you all this weekend.

If you caught my live yesterday you will already know all the details you need to benefit but just in case you couldn't make it here are all the details you will need.

The gorgeous CROCUS FIELD layering stencils, 3d embossing folder and die are on offer all weekend EXCLUSIVELY at Create and Craft. From 5pm tonight you will be able to go on to the Create and Craft website and put in code number 784687 to find and order the Crocus Field set.

But wait - that's not all! No siree!

If you go to Lisa's Brand shop you can get a whopping 20% discount off anything in Lisa's Brand Shop by putting in a code at checkout - the code is LISAFRIDAY - just as you see it here.

If you go to the Create and Craft website and click on Brands Lisa Horton Crafts banner may just come up on that first page under "Popular Brands". If it doesn't, just click on the letter L in the A-Z Brand list across the page and then scroll down until you see Lisa Horton Crafts.

All Lisa's product is listed there, newer product first followed by earlier product, and choose the things you maybe missed out on previously and add them to your basket. Then when you go to checkout you apply the code LISAFRIDAY to get your 20% off. Now, don't quote me on this, but you may even get your club discount on top of that - so winner winner!!

As if all that wasn't fantastic enough - anyone who uses the code LISAFRIDAY over the course of the weekend stands the chance of winning a prize worth over £100. This winner will be chosen by Create and Craft from all those customers using the code over the weekend.

REMEMBER! - This only applies to the Create and Craft website this weekend - starting at 5pm today and lasting until 23:59 on Sunday night!

How absolutely brilliant is that?

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Obviously it is Friday and that means, as you all know by now, Lisa will be live at 7pm.

Ways to watch:

LISA HORTON CRAFTS ON YOU TUBE (THE BEST OPTION)

LISA HORTON CRAFTS ON FACEBOOK (LISA'S BUSINESS PAGE)

CRAFTING WITH LISA HORTON (OUR FABULOUS GROUP)

AND

THE FRONT PAGE OF LISA'S WEBSITE

I am sure Lisa said she would be demoing the Crocus Field in her live so that will be well worth a watch.

See you later!!

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Finally, to our words of wisdom.

So, so true!!

See you back here on Monday folks.

TTFN

xxx

Wednesday, 15 March 2023

WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY - PROJECT DAY

Good morning everyone.

I hope you are all having a good week? I've got to say I am loving seeing all the gorgeous Birdhouses and Boots, Narcissus and Marigold creations in the group. It's amazing how they all look so different from one another.

Well, it was my daughter's birthday on Monday and just her luck she went and caught Covid. It was a present from her partner - he really does know how to push the boat out with his gifts but this year he really excelled himself. Bless. Hopefully she will bounce back really soon and be able to enjoy the goodies I sent her. 😟😟

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If you missed my live on Monday, the edited version is now available to watch on our You Tube channel. Just click the pic below to watch.

BIRDHOUSE & FLOWERS

So it's project day on a Wednesday and oh boy do we have a project for you today. I know a lot of you, myself included, were blown away by Tina's fabulous Bird House creation. Well here, just for you, are Tina's instructions on how to make it!

Take it away Tina.

Products Used -

Home Tweet Home Stencils

Home Tweet Home Embossing Folder and Die

Woodgrain Embossing Folder

Nested Stitched Bubble Squares

Parquet Flooring Embossing Folder

Daisy Daisy Die Set

Posy Builder Die Set (for foliage)

Nested Pocket Builder (for button detail on flowers)

Slimline Multi Envelope Die Set (for stitched flower centres)

Cloud Nine Blending Ink Sugar Candy

Cloud Nine Blending Ink Cobble Stones

Cloud Nine Blending Ink Spiced Plum

Cloud Nine Blending Ink Woodland Moss

Wooden coffee stirrers (for bird house and flower stems)

1. Using heavyweight card cut 2 pieces of cardstock 6 1/4 inch x 1 3/4. Score both of these at 1/2 inch, 2 1/4, 4 and 5 3/4.

On only 1 of these pieces cut off the 1/2 inch ends. Burnish the crease lines, apply glue to the two tabs on the other piece and attach both sections together with glue or red liner tape. This forms your base.

2. Cut out 6 x 1 1/2inch squares and 6 x 1 1/4inch squares (using the smallest dies from the Stitched Bubble Squares set). I embossed the smaller ones with the Parquet Flooring embossing folder and layered on the larger square using foam tape for dimension. I then attached them to the squares around the base.

3. Cut 4 pieces of 6 3/4inch x 1 1/2inch card and score them all at 3/4inch, 1 1/2, 2 1/4, 3 3/4, 4 1/2 and 5 1/4. These are for the inside of the box to give it strength and enable it to pop up. Fold them as shown in the photograph and glue, so that you have 4 little springs.

4. Attach 2 of the ‘springs’ - one to the middle front of the box and the other to the middle back using glue as in the photograph. Cut 2 lengths of card 1/2inch wide and 7 1/2inch high. Emboss them with the Woodgrain embossing folder. Insert 2 wooden coffee stirrers (side by side) and central, between the pieces of card for strength and stick them together. Attach to your stencilled and embossed Home Tweet Home birdhouse to the stick. Cut another outline of this using the die and stick on the back so that it hides where you’ve attached the stick to the birdhouse. Glue the stick to the inside front of the back ‘spring’ so your birdhouse is now in place.

5. Cut some flowers to decorate your box. I used the Daisy Daisy die set and cut 2 layers for each flower, and layered them with 3D foam. Use coffee stirrers again for the stems. I cut pieces of card in green to cover the stirrers front and back.

6. Add the other 2 ‘springs’ to the box. Fix them with glue to the ones at the front and back. You’ll see that they find their own place. Push the box flat to make sure it’s all sitting nicely.

7. Arrange your flowers and leaves, making sure you push the box flat each time you add something so that they are not in the way of each other when pressed flat. Add centres to the flowers for a pretty finishing touch. I used the stitched button die and the stitched circle.

Hope you’ve enjoyed making this pretty project as much as I have.

Love Tina x

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Don't forget to come and join me tomorrow in the Crafting with Lisa Horton Group for my live at 1pm. I'm going to be using the gorgeous new Crocus Layering stencils, 3d Embossing Folder and Die to make a stunning card. Don't forget there is an extra special offer for this set which will be announced in Lisa's live on Friday evening! 😉😉

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And finally, to our words of wisdom.

See you here on Friday.

TTFN

xxx

Monday, 13 March 2023

MARVELLOUS MONDAY

A very good Monday morning to you all.

I trust you all had a fabulous weekend?

Mine's been a bit manic if I'm honest. So you know I am selling lots of my craft stuff that just doesn't get used don't you? Well, I had a really good response and I am chuffed to bits that so much stuff has sold. The only down side to it all is that then I have to sort out the postage. I do it all online and arrange for collection of my parcels from the house. Not because I'm lazy but because it is less hassle for the lovely lady in our Post Office. I mean 30 parcels all in one go - can you imagine what the queue would be like?? Lol

So once all those were weighed, labelled and taken downstairs to await collection, there wasn't much of the weekend left. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining or anything but you just don't realise how much stuff you have until you come to sell it! I have sold loads but I keep looking at what's left and I'm thinking that by this time next year I might just get on top of it all! 😂😂😂

Still, think how much Lisa Horton Crafts product I am going to be able to fit into all that lovely space eh? Winner winner chicken dinner! Lol

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Anyway, enough about me. Lots of you have been asking about the Negative Foiling Plate and how it is used. So, whilst I could do that in a live it would be a bit time consuming - letting plates warm up etc so the lovely Lorraine has put together a little tutorial here for you all.

So here you go lovely people - A Negative Foiling Plate Tutorial - just for you!

You will need

Hot Foiling Machine

Die Cutting Machine

Hot Foil

2 pieces of card

Patterned Hot Foil Plate

Solid Hot Foil Plate

1. Heat your foiling machine and place the patterned plate on to heat when the correct temperature is reached. When the plate is hot place the foil shiny / colour side down followed by card and shims and pass through your die cutting machine.