Bon Voyage

Today's workshop had all of the Ladies Ship Shape .We made two cards with a Nautical theme which can be used for many occasions.

Baker Twine,Embossed backgrounds and Ribbon add texture to this card.The card was randomly stamped to give a distress look and then an embossed matt is embellished with die-cuts,stamped images,ribbon and twine before being glued to the card.

The stamp set used is from Woodware (ADS105)

A Buoy makes a wonderful embellishment and is so easy to make.Die-cut a plain circle and two rings (1 x plain and 1 x patterned).Cut the patterned ring in half and then cut one half in half again.Taking these two pieces attach them to the plain ring at the top and bottom.Wrap twine around several times to cover the end of the patterned cardstock. Stamp the plain circle and then layer them together.Attach twine to make a hanger. 

Happy Crafting

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NEW   

COSMIC SHIMMER PIXIE POWDERS

A unique, highly pigmented water-colour ink powders giving wonderful bursts of colour when used,Contains Mica so the colours will shimmer.Totally intermixable, they can be used for the burst of colour achieved when using our simple sprinkle techniques is perfect for background colours on paper and card .Mix with water to create a paint.

Available online or in store.Click on link below

Pixie Powders

Happy Crafting

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Dovecraft Ribbon Cards were perfect for this weeks workshop .

Two cards were made using Sue Wilson dies- Hamilton and Brisbane to create the die-cut toppers with Ribbon woven behind the apertures.

 The card and envelope packs are available in 5" x 7" and 6 " x  6" .

The first card is using the Brisbane die over a rich burgundy cardstock. Ribbon woven in the centre so it shows through the aperture.The flowers are die cut from the new Leanne Creatief die - Chrysanthemum.

Using the same Ribbon cards ,pink polka dot ribbon has been threaded through the slots and a bow added.This time the Hamilton die was used for the topper  and pink polka dot ribbon weaved at the back of the aperture.Again the flowers are die cut using the Chrysanthemum die

We hope you have enjoyed this weeks creations

Happy Crafting !!

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NEW from Phill Martin and Creative Expressions

The Blossom 8" x 8" Premium Paper Pad  has 48 Double Sided Sheets of 170gsm Luxury Reversible Paper .You have two options with every sheet! Matching Insert Pad available too. 4 Beautiful Designs - 6 Beautiful Colours - 2 Sheets of each In each colour way, the designs include detailed blossom themed patterns with a co-ordinated plain colour reverse.Co-ordinates with the Cosmic Shimmer Chic Collection

The stamps are available in clear and cling with sentiment sets with Tags and Banners or backgrounds available in Square , Circle , Oval and Rectangle.

The see the full range click the link below

Phill Martin Blossom Range

Happy Crafting!

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Cone Flowers





Two lovely cards this week using a Woodware clear stamp - Cone Flowers and a Creative Expressions Embossing Folder - Cross Stitch.The embossing folder was used in  to give two different effects.By placing the backing paper in the embossing folder square then you obtain a diamond effect , but by turning the backing paper and laying it over the square diagonally then you obtain blocks of embossed squares.

The other card is a gatefold with a stamped topper.
We used Distress Ink - Frayed Burlap to ink the edges of the card before layering with patterned paper to create the side panels of the gatefold. One of the panels was trimmed with seam binding and three Card Candi was added
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The topper was stamped and coloured with Distress Inks - Frayed Burlap , Mustard Seed and Peeled Paint.On a second stamped image only the Flower heads were coloured , cut out and decoupaged on the first image.The topper was glued to the the left hand side of the gatefold card.Finally trim with a bow tied out of Seam binding.

This shows a closer image of the decoupaged flower heads giving depth to the card.

The products used were 
Stamp set - Cone Flowers ( JGS444)
Embossing Folder - Cross Stitch (EFPP-006)

Happy Crafting

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We would like to thank John Lockwood for Demonstrating for us on Saturday.

We all had a lovely day learning new techniques .I think we have all taken away  plenty of ideas and inspiration.

John was using his NEW range of stamps and Paper Pad along with a selection of Sue Wilson dies and the NEW Embossing Folders just released from Creative Expressions.

Here are a few examples of the cards he was demonstrating

     

This is John demonstrating his NEW Stamp sets on Saturday.If you would like to see the range in full then click on the link below

John Lockwood Collection

Happy Crafting !

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New Embossing folders

 from Creative Expressions.

A lovely selection of A4 and 5 3/4 x 7 1/2 embossing folders. 

 Beautiful designs including Dots , Checks , Tiles , Brocade and Daisies.

They are all available online www.graftoncrafts.co.uk or in store.

NEW Embossing Folders

Prices start from £4.25.It will be so hard to choose.

Happy Crafting!

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