Tags....

Tags....


This week our ladies created something a little different.

The ladies made these Tags using Viva Decor Clear Stamp Sets 'Tags Bicycle' (400312000) and 'Tags Time' (400312300). These stamp sets are perfect for making a beautiful, vintage-looking tag for everyday, however, when paired with the Sue Wilson stamps 'Pinstriped Poinsettias' (UMS576) and 'Elegant Poinsettias' (UMS575), it gives the Tags a unique, Christmas look. 

To give the tags colour, our ladies used a selection of the 'Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers'.

Please click here to view our range of Spectrum Noir Products.


Our ladies then embellished their Tags, added coloured ribbon to the top and their Tags were complete!

We hope you liked our creations for this week. Please keep checking our website for new products!

Happy Crafting!!

XX

Wonderful Christmas...

Wonderful Christmas.....

This week our crafter's created two beautiful Christmas cards..

Both of these cards were made using Personal Impressions Embossing Folder - 'Christmas Wonder'. 

Personal Impressions Embossing Folder - Christmas Wonder

(PI-ACULT157308)

When making the first card, our crafter's used sandpaper to create a slightly worn and unique look to the front of the card. The second card that was made was covered very carefully with Cosmic Shimmer Gilding Wax - Gold, to create a different effect again. 

Our ladies used different types of hemp cord, buttons, card candi and Sue Wilson Christmas Die - Classic Poinsettia Open Petals - (CE-CED3040).

We hope you enjoyed our cards from this weeks workshop.

Please continue to check our website for Everyday and Christmas products - new items being added to daily!

Happy Crafting!!

XX

Xmas Joy.....

Xmas Joy....


For this weeks workshop 'Xmas Joy', our ladies and gentlemen made two beautiful cards.

Our ladies and gentlemen were given the measurements to create the concertina card. The same measurements were used to make both cards. 



The toppers were taken from 'Anita's Foiled Toppers - Seasonal Bouquet'. 

The letters used for the wording were taken from a Spellbinders Shapeabilities Die 'Font One - Uppercase'. 

We hope you enjoyed our cards from our latest workshops!

Don't forget to keep checking our website as new products are being added daily!

Happy Crafting!!

XX

Don’t forget our Demo Day this Saturday

Details are below. 

We would love to see you even if you cannot stay long ,have a chat and pick up some wonderful ideas and inspiration from Julia

Saturday 17th October 2015

Demo Day

With

Julia Watts from Creative Expressions

10am – 4pm

Come and join us at our showroom in Kimbolton where Julia Watts will doing a demonstration using Phill Martin's Frosty Colours, Frosty Paper Pad and new Christmas Stamps.

She will also be using Spellbinders new Christmas Dies to show you how to create beautiful Christmas cards and hopefully give you some inspiration!

Refreshments will be included so feel free to stay for as little or as long as you wish, have a cup of tea and learn how to create beautiful Christmas cards.

For Directions to our showroom, please click the link below:

http://www.graftoncrafts.co.uk/shop/cart.php

3D Christmas Cards...

3D Christmas Cards.....


This weeks Workshop '3D Christmas Cards' was inspired by two dies new to our website this week. These dies are easy to use and make wonderfully different cards. Something fun for the festive season! 

These dies are great for creating unusual Christmas cards but can also be used for everyday cards as well. The dies come with everything you need to create the whole card. Just decorate as you like, according to the occasion. 



The first card was made using the Circular Die: 

The second was created using the Oval Die:

All the embellishments on the card (apart from the 'Merry Christmas' sentiment and the 'Poinsettia' Stamp) were included in the die set. 

The 'Merry Christmas' ( Set of 2 ) sentiment, is a Cheery Lynn Die (CT- B186) and the Poinsettias were 'Sue Wilson Stamps To Die For Festive - Shaded Poinsettia'. 

To view the dies used in the workshop, please click the link below:
Presscut Swing Card Die

To view our new Everyday products please click here and to view our new Christmas products, please click here. 

We hope you enjoyed our cards this week!

Happy Crafting! 

XX

Holly Christmas...

Holly Christmas.....

In our most recent workshop, 'Holly Christmas', our Ladies and Gentlemen made two beautiful holly inspired Christmas cards. 

Both of the cards were made using Sue Wilson's new 'Christmas Die - Holly Mini Striplet' - ( CE-CED3039). 

To create the beautiful backgrounds, they used two different Embossing Folders. The first was 'Creative Expressions 5 3/4" x 7 1/2" Embossing Folder - Frosty Swirls' - (CE-EF-047). 

The second was 'Creative Expressions A4 Embossing Folder- Swirling Holly' - (CE-EF-023). 

On both of the cards, they dyed the Seam-binding using Tim Holtz Distress Inks, in colours 'Peeled Paint' and 'Fired Brick'. On the first card the 'Peeled Paint' ink pad was also used to colour the edges of their embossed backgrounds. Just giving the card a subtle hint of the colour of the bow. 

A Cheery Lynn die was used for the wording on the first card. 'Cheery Lynn Design Die - Merry Christmas (set of 2) - (CT-B186). 

Mark Richards Nail Heads were used to decorate the Striplet in colour - Cranberry.

We hope you like our cards from this weeks workshops.

Please don't forget to keep checking our website as new products are being added daily!

New Everyday Products

New Christmas Products

Happy Crafting!! 

XX 

Holly Wreath...

Holly Wreath....


Our workshop this week was called 'Holly Wreath'. The ladies made two lots of matching Notelets and a matching Notelet/Treat Box.

One of each of the matching Notelets

Matching Notelet/Treat Box

The stamp used to create the Notelets and Box was 'Creative Expressions' Festive Wreath Set 3 Pre CUt Stamps' - (CE-UMS165). The wreath stamp is 90mm in diameter. 

Gold Mirri Card was used for layering and Hemp Cord was used to create the bow. 

The snowflake was a die taken from a 'New Release  - Spellbinders Christmas Die'. To view the new Spellbinders Christmas Dies, please click the button below:
Spellbinders Christmas Dies 2015


To finish, the ladies embellished the holly wreath stamp with 'Papermania 2mm Adhesive Stones - Gold' - (DO-PMA 351624).

We hope you enjoyed our creations this week. 

Keep checking our blog to see what we've been up to 

in our workshops each week. 

Happy Crafting!

XX