Stall set-up at Estom sports centre.

This is my stall at the Eston Show. I was  very pleased with this set up, and both my son and daughter helped me out. We had a great day, and so many people were pleased to have a local show. I look forward to our next visit here. Well done to the Ross papercraft Team ;-)

Our next show is at teh Bonus arena, Hull. Looking forward to seeing some of our regulars there. Been such a long time.

Chocolate Baroque Stamps & brayer

The stamps are Choclate baroque Haberdashery, I have also used flitter glue & gold flake for the embroidery scissor and on one of the hat pins. A touch of cream lace, buttons and stiching.

Main stamps again from Chocolate Baroque. (found the foilage stamp amongst my collection)

This week I have been playing with some gorgeous stamps from Choclate Baroque (available in store now) & my brayer. We have the lovely Lesley Wharton come to the shop and teach  techniques with stamping and using the brayer. Here are a couple of my attempts this week. Can you spot my mistake?

Card Creations PLus Mimic CD

Well finally I'm able to share with you my designs from this weeks POW on create & Craft! This is a Card Creations Plus cd, called MIMIC and is full of characters from tv and loads that can be done, unfortunately I had less than a week to come up with my designs due to going away for the Easter weekend. The firts image, was on the front of the desk today at 12noon when it was launched so was well pleased with that :-)

I do have to say the matt photo decoupage paper I was supplied with, I am hoping on getting this in stock very soon in the shop as its FANTASTIC!

BEST NEWS; I have a copy of this cd on its way for doing the designs, which I am raffling off to raise money for the Butterwick Hospice, if you would like some tickets they are £1 a strip, just contact me. Will be drawn 20/4/12.

Beatrix Potter cd

Wow what a busy couple of days I have had!

Best news is I've been picked to join  design team by Hayley West whoo hoo, just awaiting my prject to arrive now I cant wait, really looking forward to the challenge!

 Thank you again Haley for this chance ;-)

Anyways, I have now been playing with the Peter Rabbit from the Beatrix Potter series from Crafters Companion these are lovely cds and great to work with.

March's Club Project

Here is my monthly project for club members month March. This card is made using a die cut Basque, and a scalloped circle. Take the circle and score lines through the centre between each of the scallop edge. Then cut out 2 pieces (should be shaped like a heart) fold in mountain and valley folds (like a fan), and fasten down with d/s tape cover over with the basque.Can also use feathers for the skirt.

Crafters Companion, Paintbox Poppets cd

Paintbox Poppets, from Crafters companion, cd now available in shop and stamps.

More Kanban Kit

Well been a little bit busy again, even though I did promise myself time to play. These are a couple more cards from the previous kit. I still have hardly touched the toppers in the kit. The large dome card, i sed a piece of acetate, and the piece of card that was left over after removing the topper from it. If you would like any information on how to make any of the cards on the blog,please do contact me. Franki

Kanban kit 2

More cards made from another Kanban kit, these are so easy to work with and encourage such enthusiasm when using the kit. The colours are fantastic, and work well with many arrangements of cards. The 1st 2 cards are A5 size, the anniversary card is an 8x8 card, the bottom card is a DL size card.

This kit is still available at the moment and just £10, for 18 sheets of printed, foiled and die-cut toppers!

Kanban Kits

These 4 cards were made using a fantastic kit from Kanban, the kit consists of 12 printed backing card, 12 printed and foiled backing card and 15 sheets of die-cut toppers & ribbons. RRP £29.99, our price £15, hope to have back in stock next week.

My 1st post.

Well I've gone and set up a blog, its all my friends fault. It's only took me 3-4 hours to figure this out but I do hope to keep up to date on here, posting lots of my cards and ideas to share with everyone. Franki x

 This is my website, which will eventually catch up with whats available in the shop. www.acraftytouch.co.uk