Today's the Day .........

Happy Wednesday ........

It's the middle of the week already, and we've got a nice long weekend coming up.  Pity no one told the weather man!

Don't worry about the weather today though ..... settle down in front of the TV because Lucy and Sweet Poppy Stencils are back on Hochanda this afternoon ....... Sky Channel 673/Freesat 817/Freeview 85  at 1pm and again at 5pm, assuming there's stock available that is!

I shared some of my show samples with you yesterday, using the gorgeous new Christmas designs, if you missed them click this link to take a look.

The shows are not all about Christmas though, if you're still not feeling festive then there are new everyday designs for all those other occasions.
There's two stunning new back plate designs ....... large stencils, perfect for all over designs.

The beautiful Fairy Lanterns ...... designed for Sweet Poppy by Tracey from Lavinia stamps.  how gorgeous is this!

I used pearlescent white paste over a mop up piece of card from my stash ..... looks like it was probably done with Distress Inks

Once the paste was dry I added one of the Sweet Poppy foils over the top, and ran it through a laminator ..... love the shine!

I added a simple sentiment and finished off with a few gems .......

OK ...... I confess, the gems were added to disguise a few spots where the foil hadn't quite taken for whatever reason.  There's always a way to fix things!

Don't think that because the back plate stencils are quite large designs they're not for you,  they're perfect for using on smaller cards too.

Simply use part of the design or, even use the full stencil and then cut it down to create more than one card.

This was another mop up piece from my stash ...... a small piece of watercolour card this time

I used the same pearlescent white paste through the stencil, only this time I sprinkled over the top with some of the Sweet Poppy Fine Glitters .......

I added one of the Lavinia fairies ..... stamped in black, and I used my MISTI so that I could restamp the image, because of the slightly textured cardstock

And I finished with a Sweet Poppy sentiment, heat embossed in gold.

The other new design is the Fall Back Plate ...... a lovely cascade of Autumn leaves

I blended a little bit of Distress Ink onto a piece of white cardstock ........ Scattered Straw and Wild Honey ...... just to give a little colour to the background.  I then splattered water over the top, let it sit for a few seconds and then mopped up the excess to give a nice speckled effect.

I then placed the stencil over the top and added more Distress Inks in pretty Autumnal shades, blending different colours on the leaves

 A touch of sparkle with some Crystalina Glitter and a few sparkly gems ........

And again, I added one of the lovely Sweet Poppy sentiments

This stencil doesn't have to be just for Autumn designs, you can make your leaves whatever colour you wish

Looks gorgeous in green ....... this was done using the stencil paste over a simple ink smooshed background and a foil from my stash that has a few different shades and colours in there

Some ink splatters and a few co-ordinating gems are all it needs.

I added my sentiment on a vellum strip across the card ..... heat embossed in gold

I hope you love the new stencil designs.

Tune in at 1pm and 5pm to see more fabulous makes using the new stencils from the rest of the Design Team, and as always of course there'll be amazing demonstrations, with great tips and techniques from the lovely Lucy herself.

Just to warn you though, if you're planning to order today then BE QUICK!!  Especially if its the new Christmas Flourish Bauble from yesterdays post that you want.
It's already SOLD OUT once on the Sweet Poppy website, and now the first lot of pre-order stock has gone too ...... you are loving the bauble!
Don't worry there is more stock on the way, and it's available to pre-order again, on the Sweet Poppy website, from today.   If it sells out on TV later then I'm not sure if and when it will be available  again on TV
So ..... on your marks ladies!!!

I'll be watching from the motorhome .... hopefully.
We're off this afternoon to spend a nice Bank Holiday weekend in the van, on the campsite up at Cronk Aashen Farm again, near Kirk Michael.
I probably should't say this but ..... the weather looks like it might just brighten up a little later on, it's not actually raining at the moment, and I can see blue sky ..... whoo hoo!!  Fingers crossed it stays that way, although whatever the weather ..... I'm sure we'll have fun.  It'll be an adventure!

Thanks for popping by ..... enjoy the rest of your day.
Now where did I put the waterproofs?!

Cheerio until next time ......