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As many of you know, we have a wide and very popular altering section in the shop and online.

Our team has been busy inking, painting, embossing those little (or not so little) wooden and papier mâché items we sell.

Here’s a few samples for you created by Christine and Poupette

PaperArtsy Egg and Nog 10
Ferro texture paint– silver
Precious metal paint – Azure blue and Emerald green
gems and beads and jewellery earring pin
Grunge Paper
Green flock
Ranger  Distress Crackle paint – Rock Candy
Plain Chipboard arch

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Sample by Poupette

Papier maché single letters
Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber: cranberry
Ranger Archival Ink pad Jet Black
Glimmer Mist- irridescent gold
Craftwork Cards Card Candy – Sherbet Pips
Prima Say it in pearls and Say it in studs
Inkadinkado: Gem stone cats

Crafts too embossing folder: daisy

Sample by Christine

Alterable heart wooden photo frame

Inkadinkadoo Stamps -Gemstone flowers

Clear embossing powder

ranger distress ink – black soot

Prima pearls and crystals

First of all we would like to wish you all a VERY HAPPY NEW year !! We hope that you had a wonderful holiday and that you got (craft) spoiled for Christmas.

Now that the kids are back to school (well, mine are), and we are back at work, it’s time to start showing you samples regularly on this blog.

Our talented design team has been as busy as ever and we will start this week with PaperArtsy samples.

Hope you like those and get inspired to start crafting again with non Christmassy stamps.

Thanks for popping by

Sample by Kiki

PaperArtsy stamps – clocks 1 & clocks 2
distress inks : aged Mahogany + tea dye + vintage photo
embossing powders  disco black
embellishment: prima say it in pearl centers mocha

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Sample by Poupette

PaperArsty stamps. Love & Kisses 1

PaperArsty stamps. Brick & Mortar 3

PaperArsty stamps. Crowns & castles 2

PaperArtsy mini: SM10 – Squiggly flowers + MN30 – script background .

Distress Ink pad broken china

Versamagic Dew Drop ink pad – aquatic splash

Versamagic Dew Drop ink pad – tea leaves

Versamagic Dew Drop ink pad – turquoise gem

Ranger Archival Ink pad Jet Black

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Isabelle’s sample

Inks: Versamagic & Versafine
Stamps Paperartsy Clocks 1, 2 & 6

Don’t forget to visit us either for our mega january clearance sale which is on in our shop from 2nd to 8th January inclusive and on line from 9th to 15th.  We are desperately short of space now and I want to get in lots of new things at the trade show in Feb but Mr Grumpy (aka Ian)  is moaning about how much we already have -  the shop is a bit like my craft room at home these days bursting at the seams – so your help in making  space  will be much appreciated and hopefully you will find some bargains that you really want!

See you all in 2010!

Sandy

I thought I would just share this with you all.   One of our customers, Melanie,  is getting married on New Years Eve and between her and her fiance they have 4 kids and they realised that if you take their intials and rearrange them it spells “DREAMS” so they decorated some of our paper mache letters to have on dsiplay at the wedding.  Here’s what they did

We hope you have a lovely wedding!

See you soon

Sandy

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HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

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Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing.

Card by Dawn

Kadoodle Nativity Stamp coloured with Distress Inks
Bazzil Card

Prima flowers

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Kadoodle stamp: Carolling

Basic Grey 6 x6 Paper Pad – Eskimo kisses

Prima pearls and crystals

Ranger Archival Ink pad Jet Black

Glimmer Mist – olive vine

Smooch pigment ink: Molasses

Stickles – Glitter Glue – green

Craftworks cards

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KDL Holly Cottage,

Copic markers,

BasicGrey Eskimo kisses 6×6 pad,

Ranger distress ink black soot,

Craftwork Cards die cut Christmas sentiments,

Stickles glitter glue stardust

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Kadoodle stamp: holly sledge

Craftworks cards – Oh my word! – Festive messages (gold-silver)
Beadazzles
Craftwork Cards Card Candy – Sherbet Pips
Prima flowers

Martha Stewart edger punch: Scallop 2-dot
Basic Grey 6 x6 Paper Pad – Eskimo kisses

Iiiii’m dreamiiiing of a whiiiiiite Christmaaaaas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten,
and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow

I had my very first white Christmas last year and I do hope we’ll get another one this year, we loved it!!

In the meantime, Kay’s sample below is definitely a white xmas as she used the cute Herb snowman from Whiff of Joy. Dawn seems to be having a (black &) white Christmas and Ria is probably too cold to face the snow as she prefers staying indoors to decorate the tree

Here’s our samples for today.

Hope you are enjoying this week… let us know in a comment below…

Card by Kay Carley

Whiff Of Joy  Herb with Teacup
Woodware Traditional Christmas Greetings clear stamp set
SEI Winter Song/Crystal Arabesque background paper
Starlite Black and Graphite Black Brilliance inkpads
Copic Ciaos &Copic Spicas

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Card by Dawn

Whiff of Joy Stamp

Copic markers

Crystal Gems
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

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Card by Ria

Kadoodle stamp: Trimming the tree

Crafts Too stars embossing template

Copic markers
Stickles glitter glue
Self-adhesive rhinestones
silver ribbon

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Thanks for visiting

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Are you getting in the Christmas mood?

We hope we are helping a bit with our Christmas week.

Here’s a few more samples for you, hope you like them…

Card by Kiki

Stamp : Crafty Individuals CI-254
Craftwork cards Floral Xmas – patterned papers
Craftwork cards Festive Flowers -  red and green
cosmic shimmer embossing powder – Ruby Blush Blaze
Copic Ciao Markers – cardinal red

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Card by Kay

House Mouse HMJR1034 Mice Elves
Starlite Black Brilliance inkpad
Copic Ciaos
Copic Spicas
SEI Winter Song/Snow Globe background paper

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Card by Carole Cann

Kadoodle stamp: postbox robin

Swiss dots Cuttlebug embossing folder

Craftwork Cards sweet sentiments

Distress inks (used as watercolour)

Thanks for visiting

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We are back again for the second day of our Christmas week inspiration with a beautiful card from Kay Carley and a very gift holder from Dawn.

Sarah Kay – Noel Faith
Woodware  Traditional Christmas Greetings clear stamp set
SEI Christmas Mint/Cocoa Cluster and Raspberry Truffle background papers
Starlite Black and Graphite Black Brilliance inkpads
Copic Ciaos
Chalks

Craftwork cards papers and die cuts.

red and clear gems

Paper Artsy Holly border stamp.