Friday, 23 December 2016



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



Wednesday, 21 December 2016

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. 


***NEW*** Marianne Design Clear Stamp - Tiny's Border Roses ***NEW*** Marianne Design Clear Stamp - Tiny's Single Rose ***NEW*** Marianne Design Clear Stamp - Tiny's Foxglove  



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

***NEW*** Marianne Design Paper Bloc - English Rose  ***NEW*** Marianne Design Paper Bloc - Eline's Sweet Star


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

***NEW*** Marianne Design Creatable - Tiny's Rose (3pcs)            ***NEW*** Marianne Design Creatable Die - Tiny's Foxglove  ***NEW*** Marianne Design Creatable Die - Lots of Love



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

      ***NEW*** Marianne Design Craftable Die - Basic Ticket (8pcs)

MARIANNE's embossing folders: Dots & Sweet Hearts

***NEW*** Marianne Design Folder - Dots   ***NEW*** Marianne Design Embossing Folder - 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.
*NEW* Xcut Die - Floral Fairies  *NEW* Xcut Die - Woodland Fairies



And Alphabet dies in 4 designs:
Art Deco, Bevelled, Mid West, and Outline.
Image of *NEW* X-cut  Die - Alphabet Art DecoImage of *NEW* X-cut  Die - Alphabet BevelledImage of *NEW* X-cut  Die - Alphabet Mid WestImage of *NEW* X-cut  Die - Alphabet Outline


Tuesday, 20 December 2016

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


Friday, 16 December 2016


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



Wednesday, 14 December 2016

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




Tuesday, 13 December 2016





Grafton Crafts in Kimbolton Opening Hours for December 2016

We will be closed from Friday 23rd December at 3pm for the Christmas Holidays.  We will re-open 10am on Tuesday 3rd 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 23rd December will not be processed until our return on Tuesday 3rd 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 7th January 2017 we will be open 9am until 2pm. 

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


Thursday, 8 December 2016






"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:  


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

xx







Monday, 5 December 2016

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

Thursday, 1 December 2016


“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