With Valentines Day fast approaching we thought we would make a Hanging Banner for the occasion.

 The pictures show the front and back of the hanger .Martha Stewart punch around the page punch sets in Hearts and Dots were used to make the background of the hangers and then decorated with die-cut hearts,toppers,ribbon and flower embellishments.

We also made a box for each  hanger and decorated them in the same theme.

  The second hanger is decorated with Boofle the lovely knitted bear.The first one-  Me to You Bear with his Roses and Hearts.

Thank you ladies who attended the workshops.We do hope you enjoyed creating the hangers and you will give them to a loved one.

Vintage Dresses - Belle of the Ball by Creative Expressions.

We have used these wonderful unmounted stamps of Elegant dresses.We have stamped three dresses using Versafine Black ink pad,coloured them with Distress Ink Mustard Seed and Fired Brick.They were then highlighted with Gold embossing powder.

Monochrome Dress and Corners looks good on patterned background papers.They have been stamped in black and heat embossed with clear embossing powder and then highlighted with ultrafine glitter.

Products used:-

Creative Expressions Unmounted Stamp set - Bell of the Ball (UMBELLE)

Spellbinders Shapeabilities Die - Grateful Lattice (S5-164)

Distress Ink Pads - Mustard Seed and Fired Brick

Versafine Black Ink Pad (VF82)

Clear  and Gold Embossing Powder

Perfect Medium Pens (PERPENCLR)

We have some lovely NEW Easter decorations in stock.

It's early we know ,but we couldn't resist .

    

The showroom is decorated with Eggs and Flowers which makes us feel happier as the weather outside is awful.

Bags of Style......

Patterned papers and Embossed Cardstock create the background for this card.We've used Creative Expressions Glitter Jewels on the die-cut flower.The handbag has been stamped,heat embossed and coloured with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink.

The background of this card is created by using a mask which has been inked through with Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass,then it has been embossed with  a Lattice embossing folder.The whole area has been rubbed with pearl moon gilding wax,The other layers have been inked with the same colour distress ink and then rubbed over with gilding wax to give a sheen finish.

Creative Expressions Unmounted Stamps - Bags of Style (UMBAG)

Creative Expressions Mask - Filigree

Spellbinders D-Lites - Sprigs (S2-048)

Spellbinders Nestabilities -Decorative Labels One (S4-379)

Crafts Too Embossing Folder - Tulip Flowers (CTFD4005)

Marianne Craftables Die - Circle (CR1201)

Die'sire Embossalicious Embossing Folder-Lattice (EF6-LATT)

Gilding Wax - Pearl Moon (GWPEARL)

Cosmic Shimmer Glitter Jewels - Diamond Snow (CSGJDIAM)

 It takes a long time to grow Friends....

These cards are lovely for Birthdays or just to send a Note.

The Rose Buds were stamped onto white cardstock and coloured using Distress Ink pads -Forest Moss,Peeled Paint and Mustard Seed.The Rose Bud heads have been decoupaged to give dimension.The sentiment tag has been die-cut using the Spellbinders Nestabilities - Labels Four Small.It is hard to see ,but the Rose Buds have also been glittered using ultra fine glitter in Yellow.

With this card parts of the stamp has been used on squares of white cardstock and placed at different angles.The borders have been punched in two co-ordinating colours using a Martha Stewart border punch - Doily Lace.Again ultra fine glitter has been used on the Rose Buds but this time in Pink.

Products used:-

Woodware Clear Stamp - Rose Buds (JGS311)

Martha Stewart Border Punch - Doily Lace (M284006)

Spellbinders Nestabilities Die - Labels Four Small (S4-309)

Woodware Inverted Corner Punch (820-07)

15mm Organza Ribbon - Yellow (RIB03)

Sale Now On

Why not shop online and pick up a bargain from our reduced lines or visit our Showroom.

We are preparing for Valentine's ,Mother's Day and Easter .

New stock for these events is now available

 online and in our showroom.

Happy New Year 

Here's to a wonderful year ahead for Crafting Ideas and Inspiration.