We will be open this Saturday, 2 June.

* 9AM - 2PM *

Please come over for all your crafting needs:
to restock your craft stash or buy something new.

We will be running "Gatefold Accordion Card" workshop, which is lovely and very different. It is fully booked, but why not pop in and have a cuppa whilst browsing our store and watching our ladies learning new crafting techniques.

“Framed Flowers”

This week our customers created these two beautiful cards.

 

Materials: Foundation card in white, black and pink, Pixie Powder in Aubergine Dream & Spearmint; Cosmic Shimmer® Shimmer Spray in a bottle; Distress Ink pad in Peeled Paint, Mustard Seed, Dusty  Concord, Bundled Sage; Metallic Gilding Wax in Pewter, Embossing clear powder, 15mm ribbon (seam binding) in sea moss, and adhesive.

Tools:
Sue Wilson’s Embossing folder Sublime Swirls (EF3D-001); Sue Wilson’s Dies to Die for: Tropical Pansies (UMS748) and Vintage Iris (UMS790); Cheery Lynn Designs® Frame dies: French Lattice (FRM133) and Quaterfoil A2 Frame 1(FRM153) or (FRM 154); Heat iron, Ranger’s® Distress marker in Black Soot, and a paintbrush.

Techniques: Die-cutting, Stamping, Embossing and Heat embossing, Ink pads used as water colours, Matt and Layering, Cutting with Scissors, Embellishing with Pixie Powders and more.

If you like these creations please come to our next workshops.
Happy Crafting!
XXX

Don’t forget tomorrow is your last chance to submit your Scrapbook page for our competition !!!

Scrapbooking COMPETITION

Please create and submit a single scrapbook page
(any size up to 12"x12") made using BLACK & WHITE paper as a background,
you may add any colour to it. You may collect a sheet of BLACK & WHITE patterned paper from us (or use one from your own stock, it has to be BLACK & WHITE).

All ENTRIES have to be submitted by Thursday, 31st May.

The VOTING will be open between 1st and 28th of June in the store and online;
we will post all entries on facebook as we did last time.

The WINNER will be announced on Friday, 29th June.

There is a prize for the winning entry.

*NEW* John Next Door New Release

 

 

Exciting news!!! We have in stock "John Next Door" new releases which are just beautiful and we’re certain you will love them. The collection is all nature themed with even more gorgeous flower stamps and dies as well as lots more.

 

 

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Father's day will soon be approaching, grab your products now to create that amazing card!

Sunday 17th June

Browse Now

We will be open Saturday, 2 June 9am - 2pm. As always we will run a workshop (the full details are in our newsletter and below), so why not pop along and have a cuppa whilst learning new crafting techniques?! Workshop 9:30am -1pm, fee £12.00 per person including refreshments. Don't be shy, even if you are new to crafting, we will instruct you step by step how to make a GATE-FOLD ACCORDION card. You may book your place by ringing us on 01480-862850.

Floral Delights
Materials: Foundation Card in white, black, custard, chestnut and merlot, 7" x 7" scalloped cards in white(UKC1076), Versfine ink pad in black, Clear embossing powder, Distress Ink pads in Scattered Straw, Peeled Paint, and three colours mixed to make up Merlot: Barn Door, Faded Jeans and Black Soot; 15mm organza ribbon in white, and adhesive.

Tools: Dies: Sue Wilson Configurations-Petite Arched Adornment (CED6301), Embossing folders: Sue Wilson's Lavish Diamonds (EF-093), Crafter's Companion Textures -8"x8" Hessian (EF8-HES), John Lockwood Clear stamp set The Language of Flowers - Lily (CEC836) & Vintage Rose (CEC831), Background stamp-Knotted Woodgrain (UMS780), Single stamp Vintage Rose (UMS785), Heat gun, Distress Marker in black soot, a paint brush, scissors and a smoothie.

Techniques: Die-cutting & Embossing, Heat-embossing, mixing inks, Matt & Layering, and Embellishing with inks and ribbon.

 

If you like these creations please come to our next workshops.
Happy Crafting!
XXX

*NEW PRODUCTS*

 Mixed Media Products

As promised we continue to expand our mixed media collection with several new products from Tim Holtz, as well as an addition to our gesso range:
  

•          Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper Dolls - £6.99

•          Tim Holtz Metal Embellishments - Clock Hands - £6.65

•          Tim Holtz Idea-ology Spocket Gears - £6.99

•          Tim Holtz Idea-ology Timepieces - £5.99

•          Cosmic Shimmer Gesso - Black 150ml - £4.75

We are also waiting for delivery of some Metallic Paints which will be ideal for your projects.

  

  

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Wedding Inspiration

With the Royal Wedding last weekend it has us thinking about weddings, because who doesn't love a wedding. We have lots of products to help create a amazing card or even to make all those little extra accessories that go with a wedding such as; confetti cones, place cards, invitations, keepsakes, decorations and so so much more.

Have a look at our Wedding themed products to give you some inspiration and food for thought!

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*NEW* The Paper Boutique Dies 

We have two new sentiment die sets from The Paper Boutique Company. Each pack contains four sentimentsdies with four matching solid background dies. 

Our price: £13.49 each.

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*NEW* We R Memory Keepers Envelope Notcher

With this tool, the Notcher, you will create notches on envelopes and cards for an adhesive free closure! The magnet inside the punch allows for accurate notch alignment and makes it very easy to use. Works great for almost any size envelope.  Also perfect to use with tri-fold cards and other folded paper projects. 

 Our Price £14.99.

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*NEW* John Next Door Stamp sets

 

Finally, we have John Next Door stamp sets from his latest release.
~ Butterflies, Dragonflies, Feather, Skeleton Leaves ~

Each set contains several stamps of various sizes and one sentiment stamp. They are such lovely delicate designs and can be used in various ways. Just look at John's Blog for an inspiration

 John Next door Blogspot

Our Price £7.99 each.

   

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This week’s workshop was called…

"Butterflies
in the Breeze"

Materials: Foundation Card in white, black and teal, vellum paper in white and teal, clear embossing powder, Distress Ink pad in Victorian Velvet, 3mm satin ribbon in black, 15mm organza ribbon in berry w/white polka dots, and adhesive.


Tools: Spellbinder® card creator dies (S6-025), CE Mica Mask - Fade Away, Sara Davis® Polymer stamp – Butterflies in the Breeze (S-F-ST-BITB), Perfect Medium, Diamond Frost (Sparkle Star), Spectrum Noir® professional alcohol markers, heat gun, and a smoothie.


Techniques: Die-cutting & Heat Embossing, Matt & Layering, and Embellishing with Glitter Jewels and Gilding wax.
 

If you like these creations please come to our next workshops.
Happy Crafting!
XXX

*NEW* Woodware Clear Singles Stamps

   

We have two new Woodware stamps:
Vintage  Pocket Watches & Vintage Circles.
They are great stamps with lots of intricate details each
and can be used for both female and male card. 

Our price: £5.49

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Scrapbooking COMPETITION

Attention, scrap-bookers!
You are invited to take part in our competition.

Please create a single scrapbook page (any size up to 12"x12")
using BLACK & WHITE paper as a base or background.
You may, of course, add any colours to it.
You may choose a sheet of BLACK & WHITE patterned paper in our store
or use Black & White paper from your own stock.

   * All ENTRIES to be submitted to us by Thursday, 31 May.

   * The VOTING open between 1 - 28 June inclusive in the store and online
     (we will post the entries to our Facebook page and blog).

   * The WINNER to be announced on Friday, 29 June.

Happy Crafting!
XXX

 *NEW* Trimcraft Albums and Paper Pads

Trimcraft have a new range called "Perfect Allusion", it consists of two new albums of different designs, both sized 12" x 12", Paper Pads in two sizes: 12" x 12" and 8" x 8". This range is an earthy-collection inspired by the natural world. It uses rich colours, textures and intricate detail for these exquisite products.   Our Prices £14.99 - £8.99.

Also, we have another new 12"x 12" Album from Trimcraft called "Beyond the Shore". It features a beautiful lilac and aqua blue colour palette and delicate star design. It is sure to add a touch of magic to your memory keeping.  Our Price £12.99.

Buy the albums
Buy 12"x12" paper pads
Buy 8"x8" paper pads