Art Stamps at Newbury Racecourse

It's Art Stamps at Newbury time! This weekend 4th and 5th July 2009 and Newbury Racecourse.

It's always a scorching hot weekend when this show is on, its a lovely venue and there is lots of room outside to have a picnic lunch on the grass. Lots of the other half and children to see and do in Newbury town centre too and down by the canal its very pretty.



Lots of new goodies to show you this weekend so be sure to stop by and see us.



To find our stand number 12, when you come in the main entrance turn left, first right into the 2nd isle and we are on the right hand side. Julie will be demonstrating all weekend with the new bits and there are lots of samples to see too.

Look forward to seeing you at the show.

Very resourceful!

Edith Trimnell has sent us this lovely card make using a sheet from the stamping pad that we gave as her free gift at the Make It Show in Farnborough earlier this year.

How resourceful is that making a background from the paper and adding an owl and bird that have been coloured and glittered.



The second card is from Liz Mills and features Sorbet Souffle a little bit of Richie and a little bit of Suzie, mix them together and this is what you get ..... I love the colour combination of the soft green with the caramel.

Wonderful Walk!

Well we made it! We completed the 10 mile Ribbon Walk on Saturday in the sunshine and enjoying the beautiful scenery all around us.

This is us at the start line, all warmed up and ready to go.



Lots of people dressed for the occasion with some great costumes, even the men joined in!




There were quite a few hills and just when we thought they were all at the beginning they threw a really wicked one in at the 7.5mile mark. Julie will be the first to admit that this took it out of her and she needed Sue's encouragement to finish the last 2 miles without stopping for a rest.



We crossed the line at 3 hours and 15 minutes which we think is great going.





A big thank you to all who have sponsored us, we will let you know the final amount that we raised very soon.

Cards by Sylvia

These gorgeous cards were sent to us all the way from Gibraltar by Sylvia Colledge.

Sylvia came across for the Big Stamp and Scrapbooking show at Alexandra Palace back in April and stocked up on her goodies with us.

A really striking colour combination for this card, the black and white with a splash of lime green really flesh and clean looking.



I love this really pretty pink card using the Sorbet Souffle Suzie papers for the background with some embossed card, a gorgeous punched scallop edge some flowers and a message.



Enchanted papers have been used for the background of this card with retro blooms that have been embossed and the white one has been coloured too. I love the use of part of a ruffle for Sylvia's message.



Enchanted again is the background for this card, with a lovely stamped girl layered onto card. A message in the centre of a retro bloom forms a flower with a ribbon stem.



Sylvia thanks for sharing your lovely cards with us and we hope to see you in the Autumn at a show.

So many ways with ...

Retro Blooms are a favourite of Julie's and there are many ways to use these gorgeous blooms.

They come in a pack of 30 in Sorbet Souffle Richie and Suzie colour collections.



Add a punched small circle to the centre.



Add a small punched circle to the centre and curl and shape the petals to add dimension.



I love to snip parts of each petal away using a small circle punch, this one has a centre added too.



Then take it a step further and curl the petals too.



You can also quilt the petals, on the wrong side rub over the petals with a paper shaping tool used on a soft mat.



Punch a centre circle and add a punched flower, then finish with a Card Candy centre.



So many ways with just one packet of Retro Blooms that cost just £2.95 per pack. Click here to treat yourself to some today!

Craftwork Cards meets Tim Holtz!

Lynne Kirton has been busy introducing Craftwork Cards Chocolate Goody Bag to Tim Holtz and look at the results!



I love the look that Lynne has created using these, in her words, grunge colours. I have all the bits Lynne used to create this card, always want to be able to achieve this type of result but I can never quite achieve it. Im off to have another go and see if I can get the same gorgeous result that Lynne has.

Lynne also made the same card design but using the contents of her Chocolate Goody Bag keeping everything very pink and brown.



I love how Lynne has stamped onto the flowers, something that I too love to do.

What amazing results you get using the same products but mixing in some different ingredients.

Which is your favourite?

Cards for the Men in your life!

Our Goody Bag for the Men in your life has been featured in this months Creative Card Making Magazine.



Everyone says men are the hardest people to make cards for - well there are 30 cards & envelopes in an assortment of sizes, A4 cardstock, a template, a full patterned paper collection pack, die cut frames, a selection of embossed frames, elegant square matts (try attaching 2 together to create and unusual shaped card), oddles of messages, embossed stars, elegant square shapes, ribbon and card candy.



This is amazing value for money, over £20 worth of products for just £10! You could make at least 40 cards with this pack.



We have added card making ideas to our Goody Bag gallery to help get you started.

Want to treat yourself to one? Click here!