tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53086802805478917902024-03-13T19:56:35.023-07:00Crimson Cloud Card Making SuppliesCrimson Cloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14577690454339940068noreply@blogger.comBlogger219125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308680280547891790.post-26337568198560254602014-03-01T00:00:00.000-08:002014-03-01T00:00:01.624-08:00Clearance 70% off everything!!!<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #ff0066; font-family: Times; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', cursive;">We are sad to announce that due to a change in family circumstances, we are closing down Crimson Cloud at the end of March.<br /><br />The good news is we are having a massive clearance sale!<br /><br />Just put in the code <strong>CLEAR14 </strong>when you check out your basket to redeem your 70% discount.<br /><br />Offer ends at midnight on 31st March 2014</span></span></span><br style="color: #202020; font-family: Times; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; text-align: center;" /></span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: Times; font-size: 24px; line-height: 22.5px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0066;"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', cursive;"><span style="background-color: white;">Click <a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk" href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/" target="_self">here</a> to start shopping!<br /><br />Best wishes</span></span></span></span><br />
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We are going on our hols from today until 31st January.<br />
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See you with some exciting new products in February!<br />
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Happy New Year and thanks for all your support throughout 2013!<br />
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This week I decided to take a break from making Christmas cards and tags and spent some time with the beautiful Lavinia Stamps range.<br />
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I love these silhouette stamps, they are so striking and give me an opportunity to play with making my own backgrounds.<br />
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Then I used three <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/173-distress-paint-by-tim-holtz">Distress Paints</a> (Picked Raspberry, Wild Honey and Picket Fence) and dabbed these onto a piece of watercolour paper. I spritzed it heavily with water to allow the paint to move and blend.</div>
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Once the paint was dry I overstamped with the Lavinia Stamps <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/lavinia-stamps/1373-thistles.html">Thistles </a>stamp set in black Versafine ink and mounted my picture behind the aperture in the card base.</div>
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For my sentiment I used "Wishing you a magical day" from the Crimson Cloud <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/crimson-cloud/1139-sleeping-flower-fairy.html">Sleeping Flower Fairy</a> stamp set<br />
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Finally I decorated the card with some coordinating gems from my stash.<br />
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Crimson Cloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14577690454339940068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308680280547891790.post-79485477390713237592013-11-21T02:03:00.002-08:002013-11-21T02:03:56.638-08:00Christmas TagsHi Everyone,<br />
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Only a few days left on this month's blog challenge - Christmas Gift Tags.<br />
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Here is another gift tag sample made by Linda<br />
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She used the Couture Creations<a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/174-couture-creations-doily-dies"> Ivy Doily</a> set,<br />
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and layered on top the Spellbinders <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/nestabilities/1336-spellbinders-poinsettia-die-set.html">Poinsettia</a> dies<br />
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which were stamped and embossed with the Just Rite <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/just-rite/1327-justrite-festive-poinsettia-clear-stamp-set.html">Festive Poinsettia </a>stamp set</div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Crimson Cloud Christmas Blog Challenge - win an exclusive stamp set!</span><span style="font-size: 17.600004196166992px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14.400002479553223px; line-height: 16.000003814697266px;"><br /></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 14.400002479553223px; line-height: 16.000003814697266px;">Welcome to our second monthly blog challenge to win a Crimson Cloud exclusive stamp set.</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 14.400002479553223px; line-height: 16.000003814697266px;">The prize for two lucky winners is the </span><a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/crimson-cloud/1321-noel-bells-a6-stamp-set.html" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.400002479553223px; line-height: 16.000003814697266px;">Noel Bells</a><span style="font-size: 14.400002479553223px; line-height: 16.000003814697266px;"> A6 clear stamp set which includes two step stamping elements.</span></h3>
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If you would like to take part - please email your entry to <b>mel@crimsoncloud.co.uk</b> by midnight on <span style="color: #cc0000;">Monday 25th November</span>.<br />
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and the sentiment from the Crimson Cloud <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/crimson-cloud/1324-holly-wreath-and-bow-a6-stamp-set.html">Holly Wreath and Bow</a> stamp set<br />
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Crimson Cloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14577690454339940068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308680280547891790.post-17714155464093058392013-10-31T07:21:00.000-07:002013-10-31T07:21:24.966-07:00Reindeer GamesThe cards this week have been inspired by the current Christmas Reindeer trend.<br />
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My new favourite embossing folder is "<a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/embossing-folders/1446-reindeer-games-embossing-folder.html">Reindeer Games</a>" by Couture Creations from their "Wrapped In Joy" collection.<br />
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The sentiment is from the Crimson Cloud <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/crimson-cloud/998-guardian-angel-stamp-set.html">Guardian Angel</a> stamp set.</div>
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I used another sentiment from the Guardian Angel stamp set and both cards are decorated with the new Creative Expressions <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/hat-pins-gems-and-pearls/1453-star-swirl-pearl-.html">Star Swirl Pearl</a> embellishments.<br />
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Today we are very happy to announce the winners of the first ever Crimson Cloud blog challenge.<br />
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Thank you to everyone who took part. We loved your cards and had so much trouble deciding the winners that in the end we had to pick them out of a hat.<br />
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We have chosen two winners today.<br />
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The winner of the traditional colour scheme Christmas card is Debs with her wonderful bauble card. We love her subtle inked snowflake background.<br />
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The winner of the contemporary colour scheme Christmas card is Linda with her negative die cut Christmas tree. Such a clever use of the die and we love the striking shade of blue! </div>
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You have each won a set of Crimson Cloud <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/crimson-cloud/1324-holly-wreath-and-bow-a6-stamp-set.html">Holly Wreath and Bow</a> stamps<br />
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Please can you both email me your post addresses so I can send you your prize.<br />
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Don't forget to look out for the next Crimson Cloud blog challenge - details will be announced on 11th November.<br />
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Best wishes<br />
Mel and LindaCrimson Cloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14577690454339940068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308680280547891790.post-23706747505727527942013-10-25T08:51:00.000-07:002013-10-25T08:51:10.025-07:00New in stock - Christmas rangesWe are very excited to have received a new delivery of Christmas stock!<br />
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Have fun shopping!<br />
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We are continuing with our Christmas theme this week and have been playing with the new <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/153-creative-expressions">Singles Christmas stamps</a> from Creative Expressions.<br />
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I stamped and embossed Creative Expressions <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/creative-expressions/1414-herald-angel-precut-stamp-set.html">Herald Angel</a> </div>
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and inked over it with Wild Honey and Chipped Sapphire <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/23-distress-inks">distress inks </a> to create an embossed resist effect.<br />
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I used the Spellbinders <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/nestabilities/1111-nestabilities-arched-window-.html">Arched Window</a> set of dies to frame the angel.<br />
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After stamping and embossing the sentiment onto vellum, I wrapped it around the front of the Arch and and attached to the spritzed card base.<br />
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I hope you like it!<br />
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<br />Crimson Cloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14577690454339940068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308680280547891790.post-11914603035976111072013-10-17T05:59:00.001-07:002013-10-17T05:59:34.850-07:00CRAFT Challenge entryThis week we are one of the lucky sponsors of the <a href="http://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/">Trimmies Craft Challenge</a>.<br />
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The theme is Christmas and here is the Crimson Cloud entry<br />
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The card is made using the Crimson Cloud <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/crimson-cloud/1322-mistletoe-a6-stamp-set.html">Mistletoe </a>stamp set</div>
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I used the "emboss resist" technique. I stamped and embossed my mistletoe in clear embossing powder onto patterned paper and blended some ink over the top to create a resist image.<br />
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Mel xxCrimson Cloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14577690454339940068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308680280547891790.post-44733453738208394732013-10-14T07:35:00.002-07:002013-10-14T07:35:48.035-07:00Christmas in Creative Stamping<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This month we have been lucky enough to have five projects printed in a feature in Creative Stamping magazine.</div>
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All the cards were made using the Crimson Cloud Christmas 2013 stamp release - find all four stamp sets <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/155-crimson-cloud">here</a>.<br />
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This week we are launching our new monthly challenge to win a Crimson Cloud exclusive stamp set.<br />
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The challenge this month is to create a Christmas card in either a traditional colour scheme or a contemporary colour scheme.<br />
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We are giving away the <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/crimson-cloud/1324-holly-wreath-and-bow-a6-stamp-set.html">Holly Wreath and Bow</a> stamp set to each of the lucky winners.<br />
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If you would like to take part - please email your entry to <b>mel@crimsoncloud.co.uk</b> by midnight on <span style="color: #cc0000;">Friday 25th October</span>.<br />
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And here is our card using the Holly Wreath stamp set in traditional red and green.<br />
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<br />Crimson Cloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14577690454339940068noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308680280547891790.post-941767056648528722013-10-03T07:35:00.001-07:002013-10-03T07:35:57.606-07:00Beautiful Bells<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Both cards are made using the Crimson Cloud <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/crimson-cloud/1321-noel-bells-a6-stamp-set.html">Noel Bells</a> stamp set</div>
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This stamp set includes a patterned bell, an outline bell and a silhouette bell stamp which can be used to colour in the outline bell.</div>
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For her first card, Linda created movement and dimension for her bells by mounting them at an angle through a die cut rectangular aperture.<br />
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Her first bell is stamped as a silhouette and overstamped with the wreath from the Crimson Cloud <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/crimson-cloud/1324-holly-wreath-and-bow-a6-stamp-set.html">Holly Wreath and Bow</a> stamp set<br />
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The second bell was created using the harlequin patterned bell stamp.<br />
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To create her sentiment, she used the Love, Peace and Joy separate stamps from the Holly Wreath set.<br />
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Linda used the Noel Bells again for her second card, this time paper piecing the bells by stamping them onto some tartan patterned paper.<br />
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The sentiment set is also from My Favourite Things - <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/my-favorite-things/1292-chalkboard-greetings-stamp-set.html">Chalkboard Greetings</a>. And although these sentiments are designed to work with the current ChalkBoard style trend, I think they work well on all different styles of card.<br />
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For this first card, I stamped the large rose base layer in light pink four times on the card, then over stamped the detail in darker pink. I used the same process with the smaller two step rose stamp to fill in the gaps. I also stamped both roses on some scrap paper and cut them out to use as a masks. This allowed me to overstamp the green leaves so that they look like they are behind the roses.<br />
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For the second card, I created an oval mask from scrap paper to cover my large sentiment. Once the mask was in place I stamped my roses and foliage.<br />
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My third card is super-simple but I love it! And it only took two minutes to make. This time I used the two step rose bud, stamping the stem and leaves in green.<br />
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I think this set of cards shows that sometimes, limiting yourself to only a few products can really bring out your creativity!<br />
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For her first card she has chosen a lovely colour palette of pale blues and browns - very unusual!<br />
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She has combined the <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/crimson-cloud/1323-pine-boughs-and-fir-cones-a6-stamp-set.html">Pine Bough and Fir Cones</a> stamp set </div>
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with the <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/crimson-cloud/1321-noel-bells-a6-stamp-set.html">Noel Bells</a> stamp set<br />
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She has stamped a subtle background with the pine boughs, and the fir cones look so striking stamped in brown.<br />
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For her second card, she has created an very elegant wreath<br />
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We hope you like and are inspired by this week's samples.<br />
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We have some more fairy-inspired samples today from our lovely Design Team today.<br />
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<a href="http://careyscards.blogspot.co.uk/">Sandra</a> kicks us off with another one of her fantastic dimensional projects<br />
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<a href="http://cheremane.blogspot.co.uk/">Cheremane</a> has very cleverly used the sunflower from the <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/crimson-cloud/1139-sleeping-flower-fairy.html">Sleeping Flower Fairy</a> stamp set<br />
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<a href="http://debsartliff.blog.com/">Debs</a> has used an unusual colour palette to create her elegant Fairy card<br />
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using the <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/crimson-cloud/1137-fairy-picking-flowers.html">Fairy Picking Flowers</a> stamp set<br />
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Linda was obviously feeling very inspired as she came up with two designs for the <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/crimson-cloud/1136-fairy-in-the-moonlight-a6-clear-stamp-set.html">Fairy In The Moonlight</a> stamp set<br />
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Her first card would work well as a Spring or even Valentine's card<br />
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And you can tell she is in Christmas mode with this very clever Christmas card<br />
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which also incorporates the Crimson Cloud <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/crimson-cloud/1323-pine-boughs-and-fir-cones-a6-stamp-set.html">Pine Boughs and Fir Cones</a> stamp set<br />
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I hope you enjoy these samples and are inspired to use your fairies in new ways!<br />
Mel xxxCrimson Cloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14577690454339940068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308680280547891790.post-18987087163223758782013-09-10T08:03:00.001-07:002013-09-10T08:03:41.462-07:00Latest release from My Favorite Things and Die-namics - now in stock!Hi Everyone,<br />
We now have the latest release from <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/179-my-favorite-things">My Favorite Things</a> and <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/178-die-namics">Die-namics</a> in stock.<br />
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Here are just a few of the products now available -<br />
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And here is the first sample<br />
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This autumnal card was made using the <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/my-favorite-things/1401-plaid-background-builder-stamp-set.html">Plaid Builder</a> stamp set, the <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/my-favorite-things/1401-plaid-background-builder-stamp-set.html">Chalkboard Greetings</a> stamp set, and the <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/my-favorite-things/1405-thankful-leaves-stamp-set.html">Thankful Leaves</a> stamp set with matching <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/die-namics/1407-fall-leaves-die-set.html">Fall Leaves</a> dies.<br />
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I hope you have fun with these new stamps and dies.<br />
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Mel xxxCrimson Cloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14577690454339940068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308680280547891790.post-28347300066948950892013-09-05T21:00:00.000-07:002013-09-05T21:00:10.352-07:00If you believe, it may come true!Hi Everyone,<br />
I hope you are enjoying these last few sunny days of summer, before Autumn descends upon us!<br />
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This week the design team have been working their fairy magic with the hand drawn Crimson Cloud fairy stamp sets.<br />
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<a href="http://careyscards.blogspot.co.uk/">Sandra </a>created this fantastic dimensional card<br />
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Using the <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/crimson-cloud/1138-sitting-fairy.html">Sitting Fairy</a> stamp set.</div>
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<a href="http://debsartliff.blog.com/">Debs</a> created this really pretty card</div>
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using the <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/crimson-cloud/1137-fairy-picking-flowers.html">Fairy Picking Flowers</a> set<br />
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<a href="http://cheremane.blogspot.co.uk/">Cheremane </a>produced a very elegant card<br />
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with the <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/crimson-cloud/1139-sleeping-flower-fairy.html">Sleeping Fairy</a> stamp set<br />
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I had fun creating a single layer scene card<br />
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with my favourite <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/crimson-cloud/1136-fairy-in-the-moonlight-a6-clear-stamp-set.html">Fairy In The Moonlight</a> stamp set<br />
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I used two Lavinia Stamp sets to create my background -<br />
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<a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/lavinia-stamps/1379-tree-root.html">Tree Root</a> for the tree<br />
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<a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/lavinia-stamps/1367-creeping-vine.html">Creeping Vine</a> for the foliage<br />
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We hope that you like these samples and that you find some inspiration here!<br />
Mel xxxx<br />
P.S. Don't forget to click on the girls' names to go direct to their blogs!<br />
<br />Crimson Cloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14577690454339940068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308680280547891790.post-51835707519681138242013-08-29T05:49:00.001-07:002013-08-29T05:49:13.533-07:00Christmas WreathsHi Everyone,<br />
I thought you would like to see what you can do with the new Spellbinders <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/nestabilities/1308-spellbinders-build-a-wreath-die-set.html">Build a Wreath</a> die set<br />
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This is a beautiful die set and makes fantastic dimensional wreaths for your cards and projects.<br />
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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.<br />
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Here are a couple of samples using this fantastic set -<br />
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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<a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/crimson-cloud/997-elegant-stag-sentiments-stamp-set.html"> Elegant Stag and Sentiments</a> stamp set<br />
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The wreath on the second card<br />
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is made from white card stock, coloured with <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/40-distress-stains">Distress Stains</a>.<br />
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To mount the wreath, I used a sheet of the Crimson Cloud <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/180-wood-veneer">Wood Veneer</a><br />
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I hope you like these samples and are beginning to feel a little of the Christmas spirit??<br />
Mel xxCrimson Cloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14577690454339940068noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308680280547891790.post-68731986104757393342013-08-23T02:41:00.004-07:002013-08-23T02:41:46.588-07:00Free Postage for the Bank Holiday Weekend!Hi Everyone,<br />
To celebrate the August Bank Holiday Weekend, we are offering free postage until midnight on Monday 26th August.<br />
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No code is needed to just have fun!<br />
Mel xxxCrimson Cloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14577690454339940068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308680280547891790.post-77007884939568821962013-08-16T05:06:00.000-07:002013-08-16T05:06:20.186-07:00On A Secret Night......Hi Everyone,<br />
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We hope you have been enjoying the new Lavinia Stamp range that is now in stock at Crimson Cloud - we certainly have!<br />
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Here are a couple of samples -<br />
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The first card is made using <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/lavinia-stamps/1338-giselle.html">Giselle </a></div>
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The sentiment is from Secret Night </div>
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The second sample is made using <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/lavinia-stamps/1351-star-gazing.html">Stargazers</a><br />
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The sentiment is from the Crimson Cloud "<a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/crimson-cloud/1137-fairy-picking-flowers.html">Fairy Picking Flowers</a>" stamp set</div>
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We hope you like these samples and find them inspiring.<br />
Mel xxxCrimson Cloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14577690454339940068noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308680280547891790.post-21390485948563495222013-08-08T23:00:00.000-07:002013-08-08T23:00:01.843-07:00Design Team Christmas Cards - part twoSome more Christmas inspiration from the Crimson Cloud Design Team!<br />
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<a href="http://cheremane.blogspot.co.uk/">Cheremane</a> produced a very classy card -<br />
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using the <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/crimson-cloud/1323-pine-boughs-and-fir-cones-a6-stamp-set.html">Pine Boughs and Fir Cones</a> stamp set<br />
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<a href="http://careyscards.blogspot.co.uk/">Sandra</a> created this magnificent front door to frame her Holly Wreath -<br />
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She used the four-step <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/crimson-cloud/1324-holly-wreath-and-bow-a6-stamp-set.html">Holly Wreath</a> stamp set<br />
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Linda took the bow from the Holly Wreath stamp set to create her masterpiece</div>
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She very cleverly incorporated the sentiments from all four Christmas stamp sets to create her background.<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/deborah.artliff">Debs</a> framed her <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/crimson-cloud/1322-mistletoe-a6-stamp-set.html">Mistletoe</a> stamp<br />
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using a <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/nestabilities/972-heirloom-ornament-2012.html">Spellbinder Heirloom Ornaments</a> die for her luxurious creation<br />
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I made the final card for today<br />
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using the <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/crimson-cloud/1321-noel-bells-a6-stamp-set.html">Noel Bells</a><br />
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and the <a href="http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/crimson-cloud/1323-pine-boughs-and-fir-cones-a6-stamp-set.html">Pine Boughs and Fir Cones</a> stamp sets</div>
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