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We are looking forward to seeing you soon .

Snowmen

This week workshop our Ladies created 2 different designs

6” x 6” and DC cards using these

Tools:

'Falling Snow' Embossing folder by Creative Expressions (EF-074),'Snow Flakes' Embossing folder by Crafts-Too (CTDF 3115),
'Snowman Family' clear stamp by Woodware (FRS340),1" Snowflake punch by Woodware

Materials:

Metallic Gilding Polish in Blossom & Power Blue by Cosmic Shimmer,Distress Ink in Fired Brick, Peeled Paint, Tumbled glass, and Rusty Hinge,Gilding Wax and Distress Ink used as paint,Fluffy Stuff by Woodware, Adhesive Gems in Red,

8" Pearls, Glitter, White card stock,

and Snowfall Acetate.

Techniques:

Stamping, Embossing, Punching, Gilding, and Embellishing...

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

Happy Crafting
XXX

*** NEW ***

Sweet Dixie Christmas Dies 

We would like to introduce the new Sweet Dixie Dies for Christmas.

There are Cottages , Sentiments , Bethlehem Scene and the more Traditional Trees , Snowman and Church.

These are not only for Christmas , but the Cottages could be used for New Home Cards and the Church for Wedding and Christenings.

There are 10 delightful designs to choose from...

...so go on spoil yourself. Prices start from £3.75

At that price you can have more than one to add to your collection.To find out more or to purchase please click on the link below.

Sweet Dixie Christmas Dies

Three NEW MDF craft sets
from CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS: 

Stars Wreath Set
Made from 4mm think MDF. Easy to assemble. Great fun to decorate with Paints, Inks and Papers. Ideal for home projects. Makes a great Christmas gift. Approximate size: base ring 24 cm in diameter. Our price £7.49.

Santa's Sleigh Set
Made from 4 mm think MDF. Easy to assemble. Great fun to decorate with Paints, Inks and Papers. Ideal for home projects. Makes a great gift or centre piece for your Christmas dinner table. Approx size: sleigh 19 cm x 14 cm x 12 cm; Reindeer 20 cm x 14 cm x 12 cm. Our price £11.99

Countdown to Christmas MDF & Stencil Set
Made from 4 mm thick MDF; comes with a stencil for numbers from 0 to 9. Easy to assemble. Great fun to decorate with Paints, Inks and Papers. Ideal for home projects. Makes a great gift. Approx. height: 18 cm. Our price £7.49.

You may find all these product on our website
by clicking on the links below: 

Star Wreath

Santa's Sleigh

Countdown to Christmas

Poinsettia

This week workshop our Ladies created 2 different designs

6” x 6” and 5” x 7” cards using these

Tools and Materials:

’Retro Christmas’ Mask,
‘Poinsettia’ Border, Corner and Tag Die-cut set by Sue Wilson (CE-CED3048),
Falling Snow Embossing folder by Creative Expressions (EF-074),

Gilding Polish in Rich Red by Cosmic Shimmer,

Micro beads Gold by Creative Expressions,

Polished Silk Glitter in Fire Red,

Red organza ribbon, and Acetate.

Techniques:

Embossing, Die-cutting, Guild Polishing, Masking, decorating with ribbons.

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

Happy Crafting

xxx

Life is Sweet, but Short,
Eat Dessert First

This week our crafty ladies created two cards and decorated a gift bag with a tag.  In this gift bag you may want to put either your home-baked goodies, store-bought biscuits or another small present for someone with a sweet-tooth. It would make a lovely present for House Warming, Birthday, Christmas party, or a Get Well and after party Thank You – well, really, for any other occasion – just enclose an appropriate card!

We used these materials:
Brown paper bags,Cream & brown card stock,Orange Organza ribbon,Decoupage ‘Gingerbread Woman’, 
Distress Ink Pads in Spiced Marmalade, Rusty Hinge and Brushed Corduroy,
Black Ink pad.

And tools:

* Masking ‘Gingerbread Men’,

*Cling Stamp ‘Life is Short, Eat Dessert First’

 (both  by Creative Expressions),

*Corner Cutters: Inverted and Regular ,

*Circle punches 1” and 1.5”,

* and Smoothies

Happy Crafting & ...Baking!

 X X X

Cinderella Shoes

Life is sweet and so are these two pairs of sparkly shoes on the cards that our ladies made last week using:

Materials: Cards, Ribbon, Gilding wax, 

and Embossing powder.

Techniques: Stamping, Die-cutting, Embossing, 

Tools: Cutters, Stamp and Die-cut, Embossing Iron

Are ready to put your Cinderella's shoes on and conquer the world?

Happy crafting!

x x x

NEW from Graphic 45

Cafe Parisian

Life is sweet with this gorgeous new collection that celebrates all things Paris! You will love the rich mints, cool blues, creams, pinks, and corals of this gorgeous collection. Sophisticated ladies, sweet petit fours, glorious fashion, and floral souffles fill each page with European flair. 

Off to the Races

Ready….set….go! We are Off to the Races with Graphic 45! Horse and derby lovers unite for this elegant collection full of equestrian style. This collection takes the Triple Crown with the rich browns, reds, greens, and creams of this glorious sport. Fair ladies, grand champions, stunning steeds, and derby posters fill the gorgeous imagery of this new collection. 

Click on the link below for more information

Graphic 45

This time Creative Expressions Craft Dies by Sue Wilson have gone to a tropical destination for inspiration. The new Indian Ocean Collection contains the Mauritius, Maldives and Seychelles Dies, alongside a beautiful collection of Dies to complete the look: Background, Borders and Corners and Tag Duo.

In Frames and Tags we have Madeleine and Charlotte alongside Stiched Flags and a gorgeous Doodle Rose Wreath Die. Keeping with the flower theme we have Stitched Doodle Flowers, Star Flower Cluster plus Cape Daisy launching in our Finishing Touches collection and some super pretty Configurations Dies such as Butterfly Edger, Blossom Edger and Romantic Edger.

NEW ARRIVALS COLLECTION

Everyone is 'clucking' over this new collection celebrating new additions to the family. The Die collection includes: Stuffed Animals, Stork and Baby, the classic Onesie, a new themed Shadow Box, Little Treasures, It's a Boy and It's a Girl. We have 2 new Stamps To Die For named 'Prince George' and 'Princess Charlotte' which finish off this cute collection.





                                             Sue Wilson New Dies and Stamps

Everyone Loves Gingerbread!!!

Please take a look at all these lovely Gingerbread items to get you all ready for Christmas.....

Gingerbread Men and Women Decoupage papers available to buy from Craft Creations.  Men Item number is:  CC-DCD566

Women Gingerbread Item number:  CC-DCD567

                                                                        

         

  

A lovely New Stamp from Woodware:  Item Number W-FRS337

                      

 Cottage Cuts Christmas Dies - Gingerbread Village:    Item Number - CT-CCE-301      

     

           Craft Too Embossing Folder Gingerbread men:

                Item Number:   CT-CTFD3110

Please click on our link below to see all our Gingerbread products:

Gingerbread Products

Until next time.....Happy Crafting

xx

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The Lovely John Lockwood visited Grafton Crafts in Kimbolton on Saturday 3rd September 2016

John was here at Grafton Crafts last Saturday demonstrating all day for us!!  We hope you got the chance to ask John all your questions......

We would like to thank everyone that came to visit us on that day and if you where unable to make it this time check out our Facebook page and blog for future visits from John.

Enjoy your crafting

xx

Deco Roses - Workshop

In this weeks workshops all our lovely crafter's made two cards and some toppers. 

The products and techniques used are as follows:  

Techniques Include:

·    -  Stamping,

·    -   Heat Embossing,

·    -   Micro Powders,

     -   Embellishing and      much more…

     The products that we used are all available to buy online with us:

     - Woodware Clear stamps - FRS027 - Deco       Roses. 

     -  X-Cut Embossing Folder Art Deco scallop.

     - Mon Amour Paper crafting pad - 4501213

     - Gilding Wax - Golden Light.

     - Micro powders to make a paint.

     

    Some lovely Art Deco Toppers made by our Wednesday's group.....Simply stunning!!

We hope you have enjoyed reading our lastest blog......Happy Crafting

xx

White Wedding

Last week at our workshop our Ladies created a wedding card, a box and a money envelope. Please see the photos of our creations.

Techniques: embossing, cutting and scoring, punching, etc.

  

Materials: plain white and foundation pearlescent card; self-adhesive White 8 mm pearls by Creative Expressions, Frosted Lace stickles, Silver embossing powder, and a 15 mm organza white ribbon.

Tools: ‘Small Dots’ embossing folder by Couture Creations, 1” Daisy punch, 1” Heart punch, Perfect Medium pad, and a heat gun.

We hope you like our creations. Till next time!

Happy Crafting

xxx