Christmas Wreaths

Hi Everyone,
I thought you would like to see what you can do with the new Spellbinders Build a Wreath die set

This is a beautiful die set and makes fantastic dimensional wreaths for your cards and projects.

The main die cuts out the wreath base, and the smaller dies cut out branches which are inserted into pre-cut slots in the wreath base. And of course there is the beautiful bow which can be cut in any colour from a range of materials.

Here are a couple of samples using this fantastic set -

For this card, I cut the wreath from Kraft cardstock and blended some Walnut Stain distress ink to add more dimension to the branches. The sentiment is from the Crimson Cloud Elegant Stag and Sentiments stamp set

The wreath on the second card

is made from white card stock, coloured with Distress Stains.

To mount the wreath, I used a sheet of the Crimson Cloud Wood Veneer

I hope you like these samples and are beginning to feel a little of the Christmas spirit??
Mel xx

Free Postage for the Bank Holiday Weekend!

Hi Everyone,
To celebrate the August Bank Holiday Weekend, we are offering free postage until midnight on Monday 26th August.

No code is needed to just have fun!
Mel xxx

On A Secret Night......

Hi Everyone,

We hope you have been enjoying the new Lavinia Stamp range that is now in stock at Crimson Cloud - we certainly have!

Here are a couple of samples -

The first card is made using Giselle 

The sentiment is from Secret Night 

 The second sample is made using Stargazers

The sentiment is from the Crimson Cloud "Fairy Picking Flowers" stamp set

We hope you like these samples and find them inspiring.
Mel xxx

Design Team Christmas Cards - part two

Some more Christmas inspiration from the Crimson Cloud Design Team!

Cheremane produced a very classy card -

using the Pine Boughs and Fir Cones stamp set

Sandra created this magnificent front door to frame her Holly Wreath -

She used the four-step Holly Wreath stamp set

Linda took the bow from the Holly Wreath stamp set to create her masterpiece

She very cleverly incorporated the sentiments from all four Christmas stamp sets to create her background.

Debs framed her Mistletoe stamp

using a Spellbinder Heirloom Ornaments die for her luxurious creation

I made the final card for today

using the Noel Bells

and the Pine Boughs and Fir Cones stamp sets

We hope you have fun with the stamp sets and are inspired by these samples.

Mel xxx

Lavinia Stamps

We are delighted to announce that we are now stockists of Lavinia Stamps.

Here are just some of the beautiful stamps that we now have in stock

To find the range click here.

And keep checking the blog as we prepare some samples to inspire you!

Best wishes
Mel and Linda xxx

Crimson Cloud in Creative Cardmaking Magazine

This month we were lucky enough to be asked to produce some samples for Issue 57 of Creative Cardmaking which is out now.

 

The theme was "Quick and Easy" using our range of stamps - Bees, Buttons and Circle Sentiments. You can find them all here.

Here is a close up of the cards made for the magazine -

Check out the magazine for details on how to make each of these quick and easy cards!

Mel xxxx

Christmas Inspiration from the Design Team

This month the design team have been crafting up a storm with the new Crimson Cloud Christmas stamp sets.

The first set of samples are very traditional using the classic green and red theme.

Cheremane starts us off using the Pine Boughs and Fir Cones stamp set

and created a fabulous background for her card

Debs really had fun with the Mistletoe stamp set

and cleverly inked her mistletoe stamp in two colours to create her bow in red:

Linda also used the Mistletoe stamp set to for her card

She stamped the main image in green, then restamped the bow in red on a separate piece of card and cut it out to add dimension.

Sandra was experimenting with the new Holly Wreath  4 step stamp set

and created this beautiful hanging wreath card

Lisa has been thinking out of the box again with the Noel Bells stamp set

 and created her own Christmas tree ornament

I hope you have fun with these new stamp sets and are inspired by the girls' creativity!
Mel xxx