Free Postage at Crimson Cloud

Hi Everyone,

We are going on our hols from today until 31st January.

Any orders placed during this time will be dispatched from 1st February with FREE UK postage.

See you with some exciting new products in February!

Happy New Year and thanks for all your support throughout 2013!

Mel and Linda xxx Pin It Now!

December sale at Crimson Cloud....

Massive December Sale!


To celebrate Christmas and to make room for our new ranges coming in the New Year, we are giving 30% off all orders placed during December.

Just put in the code DEC13 when you check out your basket to redeem your 30% discount.

Offer ends at midnight on 31st December 2013.

Click here to start shopping!

Have fun
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Wishing you a magical day....

Hi Everyone,

This week I decided to take a break from making Christmas cards and tags and spent some time with the beautiful Lavinia Stamps range.

I love these silhouette stamps, they are so striking and give me an opportunity to play with making my own backgrounds.

To start I took a woodgrain embossed card base and die cut my aperture.

Then I used three Distress Paints (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.

Once the paint was dry I overstamped with the Lavinia Stamps Thistles stamp set in black Versafine ink and mounted my picture behind the aperture in the card base.

For my sentiment I used "Wishing you a magical day" from the Crimson Cloud Sleeping Flower Fairy stamp set

and stamped it onto a die cut banner and mounted it with foam pads onto the card front.

Finally I decorated the card with some coordinating gems from my stash.

Hope you like it!
Mel xxxx Pin It Now!

Christmas Gift Tag Challenge Winner Announcement

Hi Everyone,

Today we are very happy to announce the winner of the Crimson Cloud Gift Tag blog challenge.

Thank you to everyone who took part. We loved your tags and as usual had so much trouble deciding the winner.

This week's winner is Sammy - we loved her Gingerbread themed tag and matching gift box.

And here is a closer look at the tag

We are taking a short break on the blog challenge over Christmas but will be back in the New Year with a new theme.

Best wishes
Mel and Linda  

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Christmas Tags

Hi Everyone,

Only a few days left on this month's blog challenge - Christmas Gift Tags.

Don't forget we need your entries by midnight on Monday 25th November.

Here is another gift tag sample made by Linda

She used the Couture Creations Ivy Doily set,

and layered on top the Spellbinders Poinsettia dies

which were stamped and embossed with the Just Rite Festive Poinsettia stamp set

We can't wait to see the rest of your entries!
Good luck!
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Crimson Cloud Christmas Blog Challenge - win an exclusive stamp set!

Crimson Cloud Christmas Blog Challenge - win an exclusive stamp set!

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to our second monthly blog challenge to win a Crimson Cloud exclusive stamp set.

As it is nearly gift giving time, the challenge this month is to create a Christmas gift tag.

The prize for two lucky winners is the Noel Bells  A6 clear stamp set which includes two step stamping elements.

If you would like to take part - please email your entry to mel@crimsoncloud.co.uk by midnight on Monday 25th November.

You can use any brand of stamps and dies you like on your entry - there are no restrictions.

And here is our pair of gift tags

made using the Spellbinders Mr and Mrs Snowman dies

Creative Expressions Self Adhesive Star Swirls

and the Couture Creations Wild Holly embossing folder in the background

and the sentiment from the Crimson Cloud Holly Wreath and Bow stamp set

We can't wait to see your entries!
Good luck!
Mel xx

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Reindeer Games

The cards this week have been inspired by the current Christmas Reindeer trend.

My new favourite embossing folder is "Reindeer Games" by Couture Creations from their "Wrapped In Joy" collection.

I love using Kraft coloured cardstock so I have created two cards combining my two favourite things!

On this card I blended white ink over the raised embossed areas to highlight the stag and the trees.

The sentiment is from the Crimson Cloud Guardian Angel stamp set.

For the second card I die cut an oval aperture to reveal the embossed reindeer in the inside of the card.

I used another sentiment from the Guardian Angel stamp set and both cards are decorated with the new Creative Expressions Star Swirl Pearl embellishments.

I hope you like and are inspired by these cards.

Mel xx Pin It Now!