Our last Workshop for this year.......

Time Flies when having Fun.The ladies decorated a plain  MDF clock.

  

What a transformation....just with Time Flies papers (PPOO1) , Card Candi in the Time Flies design (CC220) coloured with markers.The clock face has been die-cut using the Marianne Craftable Die - Clock Face (CR1234)

If we do not have time to update our Blog before Christmas ,we would like to thank everyone who has attended our workshops this year.

We hope you all have enjoyed them and have been inspired to carry on Crafting and we look forward to seeing you next year.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Another week and we gave our ladies a project .....

Decorated Wooden Boxes

We took two plain wooden boxes and painted them with Distress Paint - Antique Linen and used Craftwork Cards - Time Flies Papers and Element packs to decorate the boxes.This beautiful collection has been inspired by Lisa Baker and illustrated by Steph Davies.  The collection contains papers, flowers, ribbons & bows, sentiments, labels and Candi.

In addition to the Time Flies collection we used some cutting and embossing dies to make the Flower Embellishment on top of the largest box.

The leaves are die-cut using Marianne Creatables Die - Leaves (LR0192),the pink scrolls are die-cut using the Nellie Snellen Shape Die - Corner (SD019) and the Flower in the centre is die-cut using Marianne Creatable Die - Rose Flower (LR0256).

Mollys' Christmas....

Hello Crafter's ,we have been busy again making cards using the New Christmas stamps from Molly Bloom.

Our ladies enjoyed the workshop and made these two cards.

Molly is delivering her parcels by Lamplight and Santa has his delicious Mince Pies at hand.

You can check out more lovely designs at Molly Bloom Designs by following the link in the "My Blog List" section.

Products used :-

Molly Bloom Cling Stamp - Candlelit Delivery (MB0287J)

Molly Bloom Cling Stamp - Jolly Nice Pies (MB0288J)

Molly Bloom Cling Stamp - Dressing the Tree (MB0289J)

Martha Stewart Punch around the Page Punch Set - Eyelet Lace (M42-60013)

Gingham Ribbon - Hunter Green (RIB854)

Christmas in the Country - Stocking 

A Christmas workshop... our ladies made a Stocking which they can fill with Goodies and an Easel card.

     

To make a 3D Stocking - draw a stocking template approx 6"(15cm) in height.Cut out 2 stockings -one facing left and one facing right so you have a pair. Cut out pieces for the toes and heels.Cut 2 strips of paper 3"(7.5cm) in width x 12"(30cm) in length-Glue together and score each long side 1cm in from edge.Snip upto score line on each side.Glue tabs on one side ,secure onto stocking starting at the  bottom following the outline around heel and toe and then up the sides.Continue with the other side starting at the toe which will make it much easier to glue together.Make sure that the sides line up and the stocking is not twisted.Trim off any excess.Embellish top of stocking with punched paper strips,pom-poms,buttons etc.

A Christmas easel card using papers from the Papermania Christmas in the Country collection.Die-cut shapes have been layered to create the Topper and punched Holly leaves and a Button make the stopper.

At Christmas

At Christmas by Lucy Cromwell is a beautiful collection of papers,decoupage,Stamps,Ribbon ,Boxes and Tags.A 6" x 6" Album has been made from cardstock with a concertina spine and covered with patterned paper from the Paper Pack (PMA 160151).The stockings have been stamped and decoupaged onto the front of the album.Velvet Ribbon (PMA 367601) has been used to trim the card and  a sentiment has been added using the stamp which comes with the Stockings (PMA 907119).

We made an 8" x 8" square card using the 6" x 6" card kit( PMA 169060).We took the front of the card and cut off the back.Not to be wasted, you can us this on another craft project.Decoupage using all the elements in the pack to create a topper.Two layers of patterned paper from the paper pack have been used  for the background.A length of ribbon has been tied around before attaching to card front. A punched border has been added along the side of the decoupaged topper.The card has been finished with a bow.

It is hard to see from the picture ,but the card has been embellished with 3mm Gold Nailheads (MR1983) for the Baubles on the Tree and Poinsettia Garland along the Mirror and for a little sparkle which is a must on Christmas Cards we added Glamour Dust or you can use something similar. 

Cutie Christmas

Children's cards are wonderful to make .Here we have used the Kanban Clear Stamp set- Happy Christmas (STAMP9030) and this Santa is so jolly.

We have embossed the background with a Crafts Concepts Embossing Folder - Merry Christmas (CR900050) and then rubbed over the embossed area with Cosmic Shimmer Gilding Wax - Pewter .

This cheeky little Christmas Duck is fun.

Both stamped images have been coloured using Distress Ink pads as watercolours and the background has been embossed with Christmas Text.

Winter Birds

We have some more Christmas Cards to share with you.This wonderful Stampendous Cling Stamp - Winter Birds(CRR180) is so adorable.

Matting and Layering is so effective ,here we have used Browns ,Blues and Oranges.

Another card using the Stampendous Cling stamp - Winter Birds(CRR180) in traditional colours,but we have embossed the background using an embossing folder Couture Creations - Adagio (C0723019).

The card is finished with torn edges inked with Distress Ink pad -Brushed Corduroy (TIM21421) and Frantage Chunky White Embossing Powder (FREG021) which is great for creating snowy effects.

All for Now ! Must get back to creating some more cards for you .

Oh what a lovely day we had Saturday.Thank you Clare for running a workshop for us with the NEW Christmas releases which included  Jolly Nice Pies Santa , Dressing the Tree and Lantern Lit Delivery ,but there are so many nice ones it is hard to choose.

Here are the ladies busy crafting 

These are the items that were created  during the workshop .Above is a beautiful card adorned with Molly.The trees have been Frantaged with chunky white embossing powder.

A basket for Santa's mince pies- what a lovely gift this would make filled with goodies.

Hark the Herald Sings

Angels for Christmas Cards are wonderful and here we have used a silhouette cling stamp from Creative Expressions.Stamped in Black on an Oval die-cut with inked edges.The background paper is a copy of the carol "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" mounted onto green cardstock.  We have trimmed the card with die-cut flowers inked to complement the colour scheme and some punched Holly

Same stamp ,different look !

Here we have cut out a circle from the backing paper and the same size circle from white card and then inlaid the white circle in the backing paper to create the background.This has been mounted onto dark blue cardstock and stamped with the Angel in blue.We have edges the circle with Cosmic shimmer glitter jewels for that added sparkle which is hard to see in the picture.

We have trimmed the card with dark blue ribbon ,Sentiment Topper and snowflakes.

Creative Expressions Cling Stamp - Hark the Herald Angel Sings (UMS050)

Marianne Design Creatable Die - Flowers (LR0256)

Cosmic Shimmer Glitter Jewels - Iced Snow (CSGJICSNOW)

Woodware Medium Punch - Snowflake (821-46)

Woodware Small Punch - Snowflake (815-09)

Vintage Christmas

Hello Crafters,just want to share with you the cards our ladies have made today in the workshop.With the above card we have diverted away from the traditional Red and Green and gone for Shades of Grey and Yellow.We have picked out the yellow in the Tartan card and coloured our cardstock to match using Distress Ink Pad - Scattered Straw then the corners have been die-cut using a Marianne Creatables Die LR0255. For the Window we have used a Marianne Craftable Die CR1259 .This has also been inked with distress ink pad - Scattered Straw before removing the die-cut from the stencil.

Embossed backgrounds,Die-cut Labels and Die-cut Elements make up this much more traditional card.We embossed the beige background using a Spellbinders Mbossabilities Folder -Floral Labels Four (E3D-009).You will see that there is a blank area which co-ordinates with the Spellbinders Nestabilities - Labels Four (S4-190) so we have die-cut a frame and an image from a cutting sheet.

We have trimmed the card with die-cut embellishments from Cottage Cutz dies - Ornate Poinsettia (CC4X4-423) and Winter Pine Branch (CCE-045).

More cards next week!

Not to be missed!

Only 2 places left

A Molly Bloom Workshop with Clare Rowlands - the designer of the Molly Bloom Stamps.

   

These are examples only and not the items you will be making

Saturday 2nd November  

10am - 3pm

£25 per person

Come along for a fun day. Let Clare inspire you with her wonderful creations and learn new techniques.

You will be creating with Clare a Basket and a Card with a Christmas Theme.

                                   This is an example only and not the item you will be making

Please telephone 01480 862850 to book your place.

Spaces are limited so book now to avoid disappointment.

Vintage Florets

Delightful die-cut and heat embossed flowers adorn this beautiful card

This card has Lattice work cut from Vellum, laid over embossed cardstock and finished with and aperture mount.

 

Using the same dies and stamp set .We made only one floret to adorn the centre of the card and created the background by stamping the flowers using a Perfect Medium pad and then dusting over the stamped images with Mica Pigments.

Products Used:-

Spellbinders Heartfelt Creations Die Set - Vintage Florets(HCD727)

Heartfelt Creations Cling Stamps Set - Open Vintage Florets (HCPC3500)

Spellbinders Shapeabilities Die - Grateful Lattice (SBS5-164)

Crafts Too A4 Embossing Folder - Dottie (CTA404)

Oh Christmas Tree!

Afternoon Crafters,another week has passed and we have been busy playing with some Marianne Dies.We have used the Anja's Squares and created this wonderful frame and used a Papermania - Tulip Stamp.

We have framed the stamped image on this card
using the Frames 4 die so it looks like a picture 

then mounted it onto embossed Centura card and trimmed it with die-cut flourishes and a flower.

Hope you agree ,two lovely Christmas Cards.

Products used:
Marianne Creatable Die - Anja's Frame (LR0242)
Marianne Creatable Die - Frames 4 (LR0234)
Cetura Pearl Card - Snow White (AKCNT110CA4)
Crafts Too A4 Embossing folder - Lattice (CTA405)
Crafts Too 5 x 7 Embossing Folder - Lattice (CTFD3099)
Spellbinders Shapeabilities Die - Floral Flourishes (SBS4-327)
Tulip Cling Stamp - Christmas Tree (TLP 907108)
Distress Ink Pads - Bundled Sage, Fired Brick,Frayed Burlap,
                               Forest Moss
                               (Use other colours for the Presents)

Nostalgic Christmas

What an enjoyable morning Crafting .We made Nostalgic Christmas Cards with Cutting sheets ,Marianne Creatable Dies ,Lea'bilities Cutting and Embossing dies and Embossed background papers.

This beautiful card is so delicate.We made the frame using two die-cuts using Marianne Creatable die - Petra's Bridge.Die-cut ,Emboss and  ink through the die before removing cardstock from die.Cut out the flourishes at the top and the two arcs at the bottom.Arrange and glue together to form frame.This can then be mounted over an image.Embellish the card with ribbon , pearls and flowers.

The frame and the trees were created in the same way as the first card.This card is in more traditional colours with the red and green.Embellish the card with ribbon and pearls.


Products used:-

Marianne Creatable Die - Petra's Bridge  ( LR0276)
Marianne Creatable Die - Petra's Mirror  ( LR0277)
Lea'bilities Cutting and Embossing Die - Pine Trees  (45.8947)
Organza Ribbon 15mm - Sage  (RIB037)
Creative Expression Self Adhesive Pearls 3mm White  (SAP3WHITE)
Mark Richards 5mm Pearls (MR1952)  

We had a Christmas Workshop on Saturday .Tracey from Creative Expressions held the workshop and here are our ladies enjoying themselves.They made a table decoration and a card with a lovely Poinsettia theme.

We hope you agree they all have turned out beautifully.The instructions for the table decoration can be found in the Creative Expression Project Book - Volume One.
Not only can they be made for Christmas, but Weddings ,Christenings , Parties and many other occassions.

The table decoration which compliments the card

The cards are all  individual even though the ladies were given the same elements to make the card.