New Products

New products are arriving all the time and the new Passe-partpot shapes caught our eye as they make some really interesting cards.  You can see some lovely samples of these designs on our website on the Marianne page.  Here are a couple of the pictures.

These cards have all been teamed up with the Don and Daisy range of stamp

and decoupage.  Again these can be view on our website on the Marianne

section.  Here on the card above you can see the Marianne Topiary Tree, which looks gorgeous here.

This card has been made using the dies, Don and Daisy stamps and also the new seasons

stamps.  They made lovely additions to the main stamps to create backgrounds for your designs.

Marianne HERE

Demonstration Day Saturday 27th April

It will be here before you know it and we've already started planning.  Lots more details will follow but for starters we can announce that Caz will be demonstrating the Marianne Creatable January 2013 release.  This  includes the Owl, Bird and Butterfly.  These dies are fabulous for both card making, memory albums and also felt projects.  We have had lots of lovely felt delivered at Crafts U Love and Caz is itching to make a few felt hangies to brighten her project table.  Along with the Owls and Birds she will be using the branch and flower sets to create scenes and 3d flowers.

Here is one of the lovely samples from Marianne where they have used

the owl with felt and material.

More news on this event will be coming as we confirm it.

Charry's Class - Floral Fantasy

Charry's recent class went down a storm as usual as Charry's cards are always so beautiful.

Charry has used the Marianne Designs "Flowers and Leaves" series of dies and stamps.  You can view and buy the designs HERE - scroll down to the January 2013 release.

Items Used : Leaves and Flowers 1, Two Flowers

dies have been used

Flowers & Leaves 1, 

Marianne Circle Creatable - November 2011 Release

Flower & Leaves 1, Flower & Leaves 2

Spellbinders Nestabilitie Fleur De Lis Square

Flower & Leaves 2

Leane Creatif  Frame

I am sure you will agree the cards she created are fab!

Fridays Create and Take

Here is Fridays Create and Take and Suzie Q has outdone herself with this one.  Sometimes our Suzie challenges herself with a stamp or die that is not strictly "her style" and this week but she made a lovely card even though at times it was testing her.

This card was made using :

5” x 7” white card & envelope

Prima Fairy Belle Summer Dream cardstock

Paper Distresser

Dusty Concord Inkpad

Prima Divine collection Divine cling stamps 950545

Lilac woven edge organza ribbon inch wide

Prima divine collection no 1 950569 (frame) stamp

Stickles lavender

Marianne paperroses lavender

LR0235 Marianne Petra’sSmall Oval set

Say it with pearls - Purple

Bo Bunny Chiffon Dot cardstock

Black Versafine inkpad

Watercolour pencils

** Some items are sold in store only, some will be added later

Here is the more in depth version, some weeks (not all) we also provide

an extra special version to show you how easy it is to rev it up a notch and make

and simple card look like a WOW card using more or less the same materials.

NEW PRODUCTS

We have some lovely Joy stamps and dies in stock today and we think these are going to be a big hit.  The stamps and dies are the same in design and will work well together,(they are not sized the same, so designed to compliment each other rather than fit each other) using the stamp as a background  and the dies as the foreground.  Or of course on their own so all our crafting customers can choose which they prefer.  We can not wait to see what you all create with them.

Why not try brayering a bright sky or chalking a soft background?

Below is one of the designs, check out our WHAT'S NEW page for all the designs... Oh and check out the adorable alphabets too, small sized idea for cards.

COMING SOON TO THE BLOG
Lots of lovely cards from Charry and Alex's recently classes.

These cards will amaze you, Charry and Alex are truly very talented.

Hope to add these tomorrow.

A bright card

A bright and happy Penny Black card today made by Caz.

Caz loves Penny Black designs and bold and bright colours.  The new Imaginisce Good Dog papers as well as perfect for all your doggie cards and pages has some lovely bright patterns that are perfect for any cards.

Here Caz has matched the papers with a Penny Black stamp set called Sweet and Cute and coloured with Distress ink pads.

The leaves are made using the sprig in the Marianne Button Flower set

and the ladybirds are from Elizabeth Craft Designs

Hope this brightens your day on this drizzly cold Monday.

Suzanne's Demonstration

Suzanne's Demonstration went well on Saturday and if that has whetted your appetite to learn more on her techniques we have a class on Saturday 30th March, it is a double class and you need to call to book your slot on this class.  Call 01293 863576 to book your place.

Here are two of the samples Suzanne created for us.  You can see these samples in the shop

if you want to see them in real life, they are even prettier in real life :)