The Craft Barn Blog

Katzelkraft stamps on pre-order

Isabelle Norris — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:00:05 +0000

The latest Katzelkraft stamps

are now online and available for pre-order.

They will be with us next week.

Those stamps can only be sent in the UK

We have also added a lot of new products online

Click here to find out what’s new

Have a nice weekend

Dry embossing inspiration

Isabelle Norris — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:00:33 +0000

Hi,

We talked about heat embossing and embossing powders the other day. Today, we will focus on dry embossing, whether it’s with the Cuttlebug or Crafts Too embossing folders, the Nestabilities (or other “bilities”: shape, impress, shape, border..) and of course with the brass stencils. You can find them all online if you click on the product names.

“With us” today are Poupette, Kiki and Christine Dark who used the Cuttlebug embossing folders and the Nestabilities.

Thanks for visiting and don’t forget that you can leave a comment below (always appreciated) and ask questions if you need to.

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Card 1 by Kiki

Stamps: Katzelkraft Physalis & Nature Quotes (en French)
Viva decor precious metal paint
Cuttlebug embossing folder: damask frame
Self-adhesive pearls
Distress inks

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Card 2 by Christine Dark

Stamp: Kadoodle Boules de Noel

Nestabilities: scalloped squares

Card 3 by Poupette

Cuttlebug embossing folders (double embossing): swiss dots & holly

Craftwork cards greetings

Cute day today :)

Isabelle Norris — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:00:15 +0000

Mooorning!

Rise and shiiiiine (is the sun shining where you are?), it’ s cute day today

Cute cards are so popular that we will regularly have some “Cute days” to try to inspire you.

Dawn, Ria and Poupette are “with us” today with three beautiful cards using Kadoodle stamps.

I let you enjoy and thank you for visiting

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you can click on the product names in orange below the cards to find them online

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Card 1 by Dawn

Stamp is Kadoodle Home sweet home

Card 2 by Ria

Stamp is Kadoodle Daisy

Card 3 by Poupette

Coredinations 12×12 singles
Kadoodle Unmounted rubber stamp: huggles
Nestabilities – Labels one
Cuttlebug embossing folder: swiss dots
Cuttlebug A2 embossing borders: with love
Prima flowers
Distress Ink pad Brushed Corduroy

Embossing powders anyone? (day 2)

Isabelle Norris — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:00:47 +0000

hello,

We continue with our embossing powder theme with more cards from the Design Team with today a card from Carole Cann too where she used UTEE (ultra thick embossing enamel).

You probably already know the Ranger one but did you know that Cosmic Shimmer has a wide range of UTEE, well…. they call them Crystals (not enamel), so that makes it UTEC then I guess

Click here to see the colours we have in the shop. You can also read the UTEE masterclass that I have written for the Craft Stamper December issue out this week, using both UTEE and UTEC, with or without the melting pot.

Anyway, back to the cards…

Thanks for visiting

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you can click on the product names in orange below the cards to find them online

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Card 1 by Carole Cann

Material

Pharaoh stamp: Funstamps FQ214 (PI)
Viva metal paints: blue lagoon
Black UTEC
Gold UTEC
Gold Ferro paste
Gold viva metal paint

Card 2 by Poupette

Poupette used:

Nick Bantock Ink: Damson Plum
Versamark ink pad
Elusive Images Stamps: Harlequin Christmas
Ranger Crackle accent
Embossing powder: silver
Glimmer Mist – lavender fields & Black Graphite
Distress Ink pads: Dusty Concord, Worn Lipstick, Black Soot

Card 3 by Christine Dark

Christine used:

Kadoodle stamp: Joie de Noël
Cuttlebug embossing folder
Gold embossing powder
Oval & scalloped oval nestabilities cutting dies

Embossing powders anyone? (day 1)

Isabelle Norris — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:00:03 +0000

Hello

Today and tomorrow the samples will focus on embossing powders. We have a very large selection of embossing powders in the shop: from Stamp ‘n Stuff to Distress and of course all the gorgeous Cosmic Shimmer powders.

So here’s a few cards made by our talented Design Team.

Don’t hesitate to leave a comment to let us know what you think or if you have any question. You can click on the the products names below each card to find them online.

Thanks for visiting

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Card 1 made by Kiki

Kiki used:
Katzelkraft stamps: Physalis
Versamagic inks umpkin Spice &t wheat
Disco black embossing powder
Cuttlebug embossing folders

Card 2 made by Ria

Ria used:

Cuttlebug owl embossing folder
Cosmic Shimmer embossing powder
Craftwork Cards sentiments

Card 3 made by Poupette

Poupette used:

Katzelkraft unmounted rubber stamps Christmas
Cuttlebug punch & emboss folder: persia
Craftworks cards – Oh my word! – Festive messages (gold-silver)
Pearl embossing powder
Prima flowers

55 sleeps “til Christmas: acetate cards

Isabelle Norris — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:00:58 +0000

Hi,

Have you ever tried acetate cards yet ? Those a bit more challenging but fun to make.

Here’s a couple made by Poupette and myself, hoping they will inspire you.

Confession: I have run out of acetate, yet had to make a transparent card, so I used clear shrink plastic instead… Works just the same (as long as you don’t try to heat emboss it )

Thanks for popping by and for your comments too

You can find shrink plastic, acetate and vellum HERE

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Card 1 by Poupette

Poupette used:

S.E.I papers: Christmas Mint
Craftwork Cards – oh my word and sweet sentiments
Kadoodle stamp: Carolling
Stickles – Glitter Glue – green

Card 2 by Isabelle

You can click on the pictures to zoom in

I used:

Katzelkraft stamps: Wonderland
Shapeabilities Create a flake
Brilliance lightning black ink
Versamark & Crystal embossing powder

56 sleeps ’til Christmas

Isabelle Norris — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:17:11 +0000

hi everyone,

One less sleep and no more card done for me… I’m going to have to concentrate on “just Christmas cards” for a full weekend I guess…

Anyway, here’s day two and more cards to inspire you (we hope).

Don’t forget to check our Christmas section on the website. We have put it all in one place for you and there is more stuff to come…

So here’s a few cards for you. Please leave a comment below and let us know what you think or if you have any question…

The products used on each card is listed below each card. You can click on the product names to find them online…

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Christmas card 1 by Dawn

Dawn used:

Craftwork cards papers – Mary & Bright
Trimming the Tree stamp
Pink stickles,
Pink liquid pearls

Christmas Decoration 1 by Dawn

Dawn used:

Wooden tree

embossed with gold Cosmic Shimmer copper bronze lustre
and Olympic gold lustre powders.
Dawn added beads but you can also use Beadazzles
Flower gem and gold glitter with some gold braid for hanging.

Christmas card 3 by Christine Dark

Christine used:

Kadoodle stamp: Joie de Noel
Snowfall Cuttlebug embossing folder

Disco black embossing powder

Christmas card 4 by Poupette

Poupette used:

Katze lkraft unmounted rubber stamps Christmas (greeting)
CI-254- London at Christmas time
Craftwork Cards Floral Xmas – patterned papers
Craftwork Cards Festive Flowers – red and green
Craftwork Cards – oh my word and sweet sentiments
Nestabilities – Labels two

57 sleeps ’til Christmas

Isabelle Norris — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:11:09 +0000

57 ??? really ??

Have you started on those Christmas cards yet?? I have ! I have made 3 ! I guess I’d better do something about that…

So I thought I would post a few Christmas cards today and tomorrow to get those creative juices flowing

Don’t forget to check our Christmas section on the website. We have put it all in one place for you and there is more stuff to come…

So here’s a few cards for you. Please leave a comment below and let us know what you think or if you have any question…

The products used on each card is listed below each card. You can click on the product names to find them online…

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Christmas card 1 by Poupette

Material:

S.E.I papers: Christmas Mint
Cuttlebug A2 embossing folder: Christmas stars
Craftwork Cards – oh my word and sweet sentiments
ribbons + black brads

Christmas card 2 by Christine Dark

Material:

Kadoodle stamp: Boules de noel
Snowflakes Cuttlebug embossing folder
Nestabilities circle and embossed circle cutting dies

Christmas card 3 by Dawn

Material:

Craftwork Card papers and Candy Dots
Copic markers
Versafine ink pad and clear embossing powder
Snowflake punches large and small
Small Cuttlebug snowflake die and alphabet dies

Christmas card 4 by Isabelle

Material:

Katzelkraft stamps: Wonderland
Glossy card and alcohol inks
Disco black embossing powder
Versafine black ink

NEW DESIGN TEAM MEMBER

sandyweller — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:00:48 +0000

We are really pleased to announce that Kay Carley has agreed to be part of our Design Team. Kay has been a wonderful support to us right from the start, by being our first demonstrator when Ian and I took over. She puts up with all my mistakes with great humour and there have been several! We have always thought of Kay as an integral part of the team here and we really missed her when she wasn’t able to be with us for one of our extravaganzas due to some health problems. Including her as part of our DT is our way of acknowledging how much we appreciate her ongoing association with The Craft Barn. Kay has just released theifrst in a series of three DVD’s through the Publishers of Craft Stamper, click here for more info.

Click the link on the right to go to Kay’s blog.

Thanks for visiting

Sandy

DESIGN A STAMP COMPETITION

sandyweller — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:53:49 +0000

Have you ever wanted to get into stamp designing and demoing and wondered how to go about it? Then this is the competition for you! We are looking for a new stamp designer to complement our team. We ran a similar competition when we first opened and were lucky enough to find Sandra Dry and Christine Dark. This time we are looking for someone with a completely different style to complement our team, so if you think your ideas are a bit different and would work as rubber stamps get drawing!

The winner will have their designs made up into rubber stamps and receive commission based on sales. The winner will also get the chance to demo them at our next mini-fest in March 2010 for which we will pay our standard demo rate plus expenses. This could be the start of regular demo appearances and design work for us but realistically you will need to have a basic understanding of English if you want to demo on an ongoing basis.

RULES

The competition is open to residents of the UK and EU.

The closing date for entries is 5th December.

Your entry must be your own original idea and work, not have been submitted to any other company or competition. Please don’t copy other peoples’ designs and ideas or use “clip art” as this is a breach of copyright.

Initially we will accept either original artwork or high res jpeg images as entries but if shortlisted we will need to see your original artwork.

Entries can be submitted by post to : The Craft Barn Ltd, 9 East Grinstead Road, Lingfield, Surrey, RH7 6EP please include an SAE if you want your designs returned to you. Alternatively you can enter by email to : sandy@thecraftbarn.com

Please mark your entries “DESIGN A STAMP COMPETITION”

Good luck!

Sandy