Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!!....

We would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year!

Thank you all for your custom during 2015 and best wish for a happy and healthy 2016!

See you in the New Year!

Happy Crafting!! 

XX

**NOW IN STOCK** Graphic 45's New Collection!...

** NOW IN STOCK** Graphic 45's New Collection - 'Children's Hour'.....

We now have the beautiful new collection by Graphic 45 available to order on our website!

'Children's Hour'

Graphic 45 is proud to present a brand new calendar collection, Children’s Hour!  On the pages of this collection, childlike joy and laughter come to life!  What better way to celebrate than with this gorgeous collection bursting with 24 double-sided pages of whimsical vintage imagery. These pages are filled with montages and cut aparts for each season of the year. The months of the year come alive with the joy of family! This exciting new collection also features a brilliant  8x8 Calendar pad with pages to organize the coming year.

Please click here to view the full range of Graphic 45's Children's Hour products on our website.

Happy Crafting!

XX

Calendar for the New Year!!....

Calendar for the New Year!....




This weeks workshop was the final one for 2015! Each of our ladies created a beautiful calendar ready for the new year!

Our ladies covered the calendar in Craft Consortium decoupage paper - 'Vintage Butterfly Decoupage Paper', by tearing it into small pieces and randomly sticking it down using 'Cosmic Shimmer Matt Glue Seal and Glaze'. Ripping the paper before sticking it down, not only makes the decoupage paper easier to apply, it also gives the calendar a unique and professional finish.

The calendars were embellished with a variety of different die-cut pieces. A range of dies were use, from Cheery Lynn Designs to Sue Wilson, Spellbinders and more! The craft pins used on the calendar were Sue Wilson's and gave a touch of elegance and glamour.

To create the flower our ladies stamped and inked the paper and when dry, used a circle 1" punch and a second circle 2" punch to create petals. Then by folding them and putting them into position were the flowers brought to life.

As this was our last workshop of the year, we had Christmas lunch with our ladies after our workshop to celebrate the year and thank them for loyally attending every workshop!

We hope you enjoyed our Calendar from our final Workshop this year. We hope you all have a very happy and healthy Christmas and all the best for 2016!!

See you in the new year for more creations! 

Happy Crafting!!

XX

Man Made by Craftwork Cards is filled with urban images in a contemporary style, whilst drawing on classic sentiments and shapes to cater for traditional crafter's requirements.

Included in the collection is a multitude of wood and brick effects,covering essentials such as papers, die-cuts and Candi.

Available now online or from our showroom

Man made Collection

These are just a few examples of cards made with the Collection for more take a look at the Craft Work Cards -"Inspirations"

This weeks workshop had our Ladies concentrating.They covered MDF Letters with the beautiful Christmas Decoupage papers from Craft Consortium.

From this......

To this..... 

NOEL Letters   and   Craft Consortium Decoupage Papers

The best way to cover the letters is to rip the decoupage paper into small squares (approx 1")

and then glue them to the letters using Cosmic Shimmer Glue , Seal and Glaze.The small pieces of paper will enable you to cover the awkward places on the letters with ease.

Leave the letters to dry and then embellish or leave plain ,your choice!

Why not try covering some letters yourself .It is fun and they make wonderful decorations.

Have Fun!

Happy Crafting

xx

We're delighted to let you know that the NEW 2016 releases are now available .

Take a look at the three beautiful new dies, featuring ornate flowers, birthday greetings and fluttering doves:

    

We also have adorable new stamps featuring teddies and bunnies, perfect for all sorts of occasions:

  

Wild Rose Studio New 2016

Happy Crafting !

xx

Baubles 

This weeks workshop was the last one this year where our Ladies made Christmas cards.

The theme was Baubles - 3D and  Woven.

The star bauble was die-cut using a Marianne Craftable die.Four stars were cut, folded in half  and then glued back to back.

The bauble has been created by die-cutting a circle in the cardstock and weaving strips of ribbon behind.The front of the card is decorated with die cut sprigs of Holly and Ribbon to finish the effect.

Weaving Ribbon gives texture to your card

A sentiment can be added ,here we used the Sue Wilson Flag dies layered

Happy Crafting!!

xx

Mulberry Kisses

Designed by Linda Wood, the brand new First Edition Mulberry Kisses features delicate lace prints, graceful florals and charming repeat patterns. With its elegant and feminine purple, green, blue and cream colour palette, this papercraft collection is perfect for adding a romantic and stylish touch to your papercraft projects.

Why not team  the Mulberry Kisses paper pads up with the beautiful Woodware Cotton Distressed Look Ribbon which co-ordinate perfectly

      

Click on the links below for further details or to purchase 

Mulberry Kisses    and   Cotton Ribbon

Happy Crafting

x x 

Little Christmas Tree...

Little Christmas Tree...

Our creations for the week... 

This week our Ladies and Gentlemen made two beautiful Christmas cards. The Christmas Tree stamp used as the main theme of each of the cards were taken from John Lockwood's 'Element Stamp Set - Holly Tree Elements'. 

The trees were stamped onto the card using Perfect Medium, then embossing them with Cosmic Shimmer Detail Embossing Powder - Bright Gold (CE-CSDEPGOLD). Our Ladies and Gentlemen stamped onto black card first, creating almost a 'silhouette' effect. For the second card, the tree was stamped onto white card and embossed. It was then filled in using Distress Inks as watercolours. 'Fired Brick' (PI-TIM20202) and 'Peeled Paint' (PI-TIM20233) were the colours used to create this effect. 

Couture Creations Embossing Folder - Twiggy Christmas (CE-EFC0723881) and Xcut 6x6 Embossing Folder - Poinsettia Pattern (DO - XCU 515906) were used for the backgrounds.

Using the de-embossed side of the card, both backgrounds were created by using Cosmic Shimmer Textured Sparkle Paste in colour 'Warm Gold'. Against the green and black card, the Sparkle Paste creates a wonderfully 'Christmassy' effect. 

Ribbon and Dazzlers were used to embellish. The examples shown above are Gingham Ribbon 7mm- Red, Organza Ribbon 15mm - White (W-RIB01) and Creative Expressions Gold Mixed Dazzlers 18mm (12PK) .

We hope you enjoyed our cards from our workshop this week. 

If you are stuck looking for last minute Christmas card items, or stuck for Christmas Present ideas for your crafting friends and family, head over to our website and have a browse! 

Happy Crafting!!

XX