NEW DEMO'S AND WORKSHOPS NOW AVAILABLE

My next Demo for DoCrafts will be at The Range on Saturday 21st May from 10.00 - 4.00pm and I'm at Homefayre in Crewkerne on 4th June so hope to see you there. I'll be demonstrating all the latest DoCrafts products including Tatty Teddy - Me to You papers etc.,

I'm also holding a Demonstration at the Community Resource Centre in Yeovil on Saturday 9th July where you can see me Demo a variety of products in-store. I'll be covering lots of crafting techniques both new and old so if you fancy a free demo then come along to watch between 10.00 and 4.00 pm. You can also "have a go" yourself with some of the techniques.
I love the Resource Centre as you can find some real crafting bargains both from their regular store and also the recycling centre where I often pick up cardstock and papers to add to my crafting stash. You never know what you may find to craft with.... so come along and grad a bargain.

Check out my new WORKSHOPS to be held at Yandles in Martock, Somerset in Beginners' Painting, Silk Fibre Craft and Card-Making - using my own range of "Build a Landscape" Stamps. The Stamps can be purchased at http://www.christinescraftyart.com/. Places are available now but going fast so get booked in as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

New Demonstrations.

My Demonstrations this weekend are on Saturday 7th at Buy and Save in Wellington and on Sunday 8th at Trago Mills in Liskeard, Cornwall.

I will be demonstrating with the new "Tatty Teddy" Range from Me To You and the "Tulip" Range which is lovely and very feminine.

Both ranges offer papers, stickers, ribbons, glitter stickers and more and are adaptable as they mix and match too.

I look forward to meeting my "ladies and gents" again and new faces too. The demo's will cater for all abilities and tastes so hopefully everyone can leave with something to go home and try out plus lots of lovely products to play with.

Demonstrations coming up

Hi all,

I'm off to Launceston to Homeleigh Garden Centre on Friday 8th April for a Card Making Demonstration. I'm also at Endsleith Garden Centre on Sunday 17th April too.

I'll be demoing lots of new ideas using the Midnight Fairy, Pampered Pets and Country Companions sets of papers, stamps, stickers, ribbons etc.,

Iv'e also been painting lots of flowers with Anita's Acrylic Paints and adding them onto my cards.

Easy techniques that you may be able to see if you visit one of the demonstrations above.

Hope to see you there.

Chris

Stamps and Real Silk Fibres

Hi all

My new stamps are selling well and great news - Iv'e managed to find another supplier that will produce them a little cheaper so I'm passing this reduction onto my customers.

There is already another "Design Set" in the pipeline which will match the first set and compliment the images so keep an eye on my website for further designs.

If you are like me, you want something a bit "different" to craft with and use your creative skills in a variety of ways. In the near future, I will be selling real Silk Fibres - these can be used in a variety of ways - making your own paper, using them with hand-made felt to create all manner of items and a method Iv'e devised myself - using the Silks for decorating glass and plastic. Methods will be on my website and blog so watch this space for further details.

The Silk Fibres are easy to use and give stunning results to your crafting. Lovely colours too. More images of items Iv'e made with the fibres will be on here soon.
Chris

My New Stamps are on my Website for Sale

At last my new Stamp Designs are on my website for sale. It took me ages to set up and I have had so much trouble trying to sort it out postage wise Iv'e included postage prices within the Stamp prices for UK purchasers only.

I must say I am an old fashioned girl and still prefer to receive cheques and order forms so anyone who also prefers this method of ordering and paying has that facility too. All they need to do is email me and I can send on an order form by return.

Take a look - at http://www.christinescraftyart.com/

My Demo this Saturday for DoCrafts is at Homefayre in Tiverton and on Sunday, Endsleigh Garden Centre near Plymouth where I will be demoing the new Midnight Fairy Range and Pampered Pets to name a few. Pictures going onto my DoCrafts Gallery very soon. To see them go to www.docrafts.com/CraftsRChris to access my Gallery.

My Stamp on Vellum this time

This time Iv'e created an image using my own Stamp Designs on Vellum. I coloured the Vellum with Pro-Markers and embossed the vellum too to give definition.

Hope you like it.

Iv'e also created an image using Metal Foil. Unfortunately this didn't photograph very well due to the shiny nature of the metal sheet.

I used Ancient Page waterproof ink and this did seem to dry quite well on the metal - enough for me to emboss on the front then again on the back to emphasise the rocks and branches.

Hope you like them.

More Cards made from my Own Stamp Range

Here are some more Cards made from my own Range of Stamps. They are available to purchase - just email me and I will send along details.

See my website soon for details too.

Hope you like the images.

There will be more to come very soon. The images are so adaptable that you can use them on their own or build scenes with them as you can see from these cards.

I have used 6 stamps for this design. All landscape scene stamps which you can mix and match according to the look that you want to achieve.

Iv'e used some shrink plastic for this card. I stamped the tree with waterproof ink pads and coloured it with pro-markers. I then stamped the tree again onto some shrink plastic and added it as an embellishment at the bottom of the card.