Pop-up Box Card

This lovely Pop-up Box was made this week by our Ladies in the workshop.

We used the pre-scored pop-up boxes by Craft Creations (PUB01U-52) .

They are available as a pack of 5 and are plain white so your creativity can run wild with colour schemes and ideas.

Here we used a Purple colour theme.The foilage has been die-cut using Sue Wilson Finishing Touches dies (CED1426 - Fronds , CED1437 Laurel Leaves , CED1444   Catkin Stems).We also used different sizes of Hearts and the Flowers were stamped (UMS661) and coloured using Distress Ink - Dusty Concord.

Happy Crafting 

XX

Morning Crafter's,

Hope you have had a good week.

We have some lovely new products to share with you.

Spectrum Noir have released 5 new Vintage colours in the Sparkle pens which are just delightful.

They are Vintage Beach. Vintage Tea, Vintage Bloom , Vintage Home and Metallics.Available in pack of 3 pens or the Vintage Hues are available in a pack of 12

Spectrum Noir Vintage Sparkle Pens

Also we have a lovely rang from Dovecraft called Floral Muse.

With its delicate designs and soft colour palette Dovecraft Floral Muse will capture your heart. Feminine and sophisticated with shades of pinks, creams and greys combined with intricate butterflies, florals and music motifs, this beautiful collection embodies the elegance in nature with its romantic designs.In the range there are paper pads , Sentiments , Stamp sets,Embossing folder ,Paper Doilies an Buttons.

Floral Muse Collection

Happy Crafting

XX

Dotty Flowers...........



We were using a New stamp from Woodware this week called Dotty Flowers.

On the first card a Mask was used to create the background.Tape down the mask over your cardstock with removable tape and ink through the mask.We used Smoothies to apply Distress Inks (Stormy Sky and Peeled Paint) blending them diagonally across the card.

It is hard to see from the picture ,but the cardstock was them lightly sprayed with Perfect Pearls which gives a shimmer to the card when dry.

Stamp the Dotty flowers using Versafine Ink and colour the leaves with Distress Inks.The card was trimmed with ribbon .

The second card is more subtle.A mask was made by punching a circle in a piece of paper or cardstock. This was taped over a plain piece of cardstock and inked through using Distress Inks ( Tattered Rose and Antique Linen) removing the mask leaving a perfect inked circle.

The Dotty Flowers were stamped into the cardstock making sure the heads of the flowers were in the circle.Colour the leaves with distress ink and attach a strip of co-ordinating card stamped with a sentiment and trimmed with Pearl embellishments.

  

      JGS346                                          MASKSWIRLFR

Happy Crafting 

XX

With Love....

  

... love is in the air this weekend so our Ladies in this weeks workshop made 

two lovely cards to give to their Loved Ones.

The first one is A5  with an embossed band across the middle.

 A Heart Shaker Topper was added and trimmed with Pearls.

The second is a stunning DL Card using layered Flags topped with Stamped Circles and Hearts.Both cards have been finished with ribbon and a bow.

Happy Crafting 

XX

CRAFT DEMONSTRATION

We are delighted to announce 

John Lockwood

will be with us for the day Demonstrating at our store.

John will be using NEW Dies , Stamps and Cosmic Shimmer Products 

along with other wonderful products.

Why not come along for a fun day,stay a while and pick up some lovely ideas that John will have and some inspiration you can take home.

If you are a follower of John then you will know his work , if not pop over to his blog and have a look at some of his creations.

http://johnnextdoor.blogspot.co.uk/

SATURDAY 5th MARCH

10am- 4pm

  

     

The NEW Craft Dies by Phill Martin are now available to order online from our Website or in store.

These dies have lovely sentiments for all the family and any occasion.There are nine in the collection and start from £5.99 so why not take a look , click on the link below.

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

      

    

    

These are a few examples of the lovely cards that Phill has made using the NEW dies 

combined  with  some  of Sue Wilson dies.

      

Happy Crafting 

XX

Orange Blossom.......

a different card this week for our Ladies in the Workshop.

These delightful dies from Crafter's Companion are wonderful to work with.The accordion card dies are available in four designs - Square (the one used in the workshop) , Oval , Circle and Rectangle with co-ordinating overlay dies (sold separately )

Click on the link below for the full range.

Accordion Card Dies

The Creative Expression Stamp to Die for - Orange Blossom was used to create the flower embellishments along with the dies that come with the Accordion die we made toppers for the rest of the panels of the card and lastly we finished the card with die cut Hearts.

These can be created for any occasion and with as many panels as you wish ,just think Mother's Day ,Easter  and Christmas or you could personalise them with Names of the recipient.

Happy Crafting

XX

Thoughts of You

We all have to make cards like these to send from time to time and find it difficult to come up with a design so we hope you like the following...

We used a Dreamweaver stencil - Bare Tree with paste and sprinkled with Polished Silk Glitter - Periwinkle to give a soft touch.The overlay has an aperture cut for the tree to show through and has been embossed with a Textured Linen embossing folder from Creative Expressions.

Simple but effective. We hope you agree.

Another delicate card,this time 6" x 6" square.We have matt and layered several layers and then the top layer has been embossed using the Marianne Design Embossing Folder and Die Set - Marrakash.It has then been cut and punched using  Martha Stewart Border Punch - Floral Lace to create the spacing allowing the colour of the background to show.The coloured droplets have been die-cut using the co-ordinating die that comes with the embossing folder.They fit perfectly over the embossed card.Both cards have been finished with a sentiment of choice,but the designs could be used for other occasions.

Happy Crafting

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