We would like to wish everyone a very Happy Christmas and Thank you for your custom during 2016.

If you are at a loose end during the Festive period 

you can always take a look at our SALE and grab a bargain!

Happy Crafting !

XX

Day Two of our FLORAL workshop.

Here are some photos taken this morning...

At the start...

... and at the finish.

Well done, ladies!

Happy Crafting!

XXX

MORE NEW PRODUCTS! 

This time from Marianne's

(All Marianne's products can be found here)

MARIANNE's stamps: Tiny's Border Roses and Single Rose; Tiny's Foxglove
and Border Foxglove. 

   

MARIANNE's paper pads: English Roses & Sweet Stars Blocs.

  

MARIANNE's dies: Tiny's Rose, Foxglove
and Lots of Love.  

             

More dies, Craftables: Chains (Dots & Hearts) and Basic Ticket (8 pieces) dies.

      

MARIANNE's embossing folders: Dots & Sweet Hearts

   

NEW PRODUCTS from X-CUT in stock!!!

These new products can be found on our website here: Fairies and Alphabets

Decorative dies in 2 designs:
Floral Fairies and Woodland Fairies.
  

And Alphabet dies in 4 designs:
Art Deco, Bevelled, Mid West, and Outline.

Floristry Workshop - Christmas Table Arrangement  20/12/16

Today here at Grafton Crafts we had our first floristry workshop!! The ladies that attended had never done anything like this before and I think you will agree they did a fantastic job!! We hope you love what you all made x

Until Next time......Happy Crafting   xx

Heart Wreath workshop

& Christmas Party

Thursday, 15 December  2016

Thank you to all our lovely ladies who attended the last paper craft workshop of this year.  We hope you loved the wreaths you have made and enjoyed this class as well as the after party.

Here is a picture of the ladies with their finished products.

Techniques:

Using Gilding Polishes on the MDF shapes,
Die-cutting, Embossing,

Stenciling with Texture Paste, Embellishing and much more….

The photo of our group enjoying festive Christmas lunch.

We look forward to seeing some of  you at our
two Floral arrangement workshops next week.

Seasons Greeting and Happy Crafting
until next time!
xxx

Treat Box and Bag

Workshop

Wednesday 14/12/16

Thank you to all our lovely crafters that attended the above class.  We hope you all enjoyed the class and loved what you have made!  Here is a picture of the ladies working …….we hope to see you all again very soon.

                       

      

    

Techniques include:

Paper scoring and Folding,

 Punching,

 Stamping,

Distress Ink pads used as Watercolours,

 Embellishing and More…..

Seasons Greeting and Happy Crafting 

Until Next Time  xx

Grafton Crafts in Kimbolton Opening Hours for December 2016

We will be closed from Friday 23^rd December at 3pm for the Christmas Holidays.  We will re-open 10am on Tuesday 3^rd January 2017.

For all your crafting needs please place your orders on-line anytime during this period.  Please be patient with us and bare in mind that orders placed after 3pm on Friday 23^rd December will not be processed until our return on Tuesday 3^rd January 2017.

From all the Team here at Grafton Crafts we would like to take this opportunity to wish all our crafters both online and in our shop a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.  We hope you continue to support us in 2017.

Our Next SATURDAY Opening will be 7^th January 2017 we will be open 9am until 2pm. 

In the meantime.......Happy Crafting   xx

"Inkspirational" Workshop at

 Grafton Crafts

Wednesday 7th and Thursday 8th December 2016 

Thank you to all our lovely Crafter's that attended the above workshop this week.......

Techniques included:
- Easel Card
- Stamping
- Embossing
- Die Cutting
- Using Gilding Polish
- Matting, Layering Embellishing and more......If you would like to order your Inkspirational stamps please clink on the link:  

Inkspirational Stamps

Seasons Greetings and Happy Crafting, Until next time......

xx

Saturday 3rd December 2016 

Workshop

"O What A Cracker" 

Thank you to all our lovely ladies that attended our "O What a Cracker" workshop. We hope you all enjoyed yourselves. Please take a look at what they made......

Techniques include: Techniques include: Cutting with a template, Folding, Die-cutting, Heat Embossing, Box Making, Embellishing and more......

Materials:
Foundation card in Brunswick Green and Pearlescent Bright Gold, Gold Mirri card, Gold sparkling embossing powder,
15 mm Organza Gold Ribbon;

If you like what you see please contact us here at Grafton crafts for future workshop dates.

Happy Crafting  xx

“Candy Cane”

This week our ladies created these two sweet cards using the following:

Materials:
White and black card, Paper towel, White poly ribbon; Pixie Powder in Scarlet Mist, Rich Gold and Teal Wash;
Matt Glue, Seal & Glaze; Distress Ink pads in Peacock Feathers and Fired Brick, Diamond Frost (optional);

Techniques:
Mat-layering, applying Pixie Powder, Water spraying, Heat Embossing, Die-cutting, Stamping, and Ribbon painting;

Tools: 
Spellbinders Holiday Die/Candy Cane Card front (S4-556), and Shimmer Spray bottle.

Hope you like our creations. 

Till next week, and happy crafting!

XXX

Advent Calendar Box

Over the course of two workshops (for two weeks) our Ladies created these amazing Advent Calendar boxes. It required lots of measuring, cutting and folding to make 24 small drawers and the frame. Then it was time to decorate: put the numbers on the drawers, cover the base with the light blue card, embellish each side in a different way and, finally, decorate the top of the box. It was all done in stages.

Wednesday Group photos:
 
Week 1
 

Week 2

 

Wednesday group with their finished boxes.

 Thursday Group PHOTOS:

 Week 1

 Week 2

Thursday group photo with the finished boxes.

Materials:

Cardboard, Cardstock in White, Navy Blue and Duck Egg Blue, and coordinating patterned paper. Tim Holtz idea-ology Hitch Fasteners (TH92731) that can be substituted by beads or brads; Distress Ink Pads in Scattered Straw and Tumble Glass, Number Stickers, Add-ies Snowflakes by Joy crafts, and white ribbon.

Tools:
Winter Wishes Dolly (6002/0536) and Pine Trees (6002/0548) dies by Joy Crafts,
Stars die by Marianne Craftables (CR1321), 15mm (5/8”) Circle punch by Woodware, Christmas Rounds clear stamp by Woodware (FRCL184), Christmas Rose Stamp (UMS728) and Die collection (CED3052) by Sue Wilson.

Techniques:
Cutting, Stamping, Die-cutting, Painting, decorating with fasteners, ribbon, stickers, etc.

We hope you like our fab creations. Till next time!

Happy Crafting

xxx