Craft
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Brighten up Easter With These Carrot Treat Bags from Lizzy!
Celebrate Easter with these adorable Carrot Treat Bags! Fill them with sweets and give them as a special gift! You Will Need • template download from www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/si11-downloads • fat quarter of orange fabric • scraps of green fabric • coordinating thread • embroidery thread for the small carrot bag • 2 38cm (15”) lengths of ribbon for the small bag • 2 51cm (20”) lengths of ribbon for the large bag Tools • basic sewing kit • sewing machine • Threaders heat-erasable fabric pen • iron • computer & printer; How to Make Step 1 Use the template to...
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Easter Blessings from Crafter's Companion
We're getting Easter ready with fun Easter crafting projects! We're loving this stunning basket filled with pretty paper flowers. Want to see how we made it? Keep reading! Crafter’s Companion Products used Die’sire Doily Lattice Egdge’ables Die Die’sire Classiques Quilling Flower dies: Peony Duo Shabby Rose Duo Sunflower Duo Daisy Duo Assorted leaves Die Other supplies used Ribbon Nuvo Drops Flower Stamens Seed beads Artquest Prills Yellow Cardstock for Basket 2 or 3 colour variations of green cardstock for leaves 110 Lbs smooth white cardstock for flowers Memento ink to colour flowers Wet and...
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Easter Creme Egg Holder
It's not long to go until Easter and we're getting crafty! Check out this fab tutorial from Suzi and make your own adorable Creme Egg Holder! Products Used: White cardstock CI magazine issue #17 CD (Easter Wishes) Die'sire essentials flowers for all occasions 3 Spectrum Noir LG2 pen for leaves Collall All Purpose Glue Red Liner Tape Extras: 1" circle die, pearls, twine Step 1 Cut a piece of card 3" x 10" and score at 3/8", 3/4", 2 &3/4", 5 & 1/8". Place 1" circle die in the centre of your cardstock and run through your machine...
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Trick or Treat? A Halloween Tutorial by Allison
It`s that time of the year again when the nights start drawing in and we begin thinking about Halloween. I love making Halloween stuff as it reminds me of my misspent childhood staying up late and watching Hammer Horror. I also love googly eyes and this is the perfect time to put them to good use. I mean, the spider on this tag is mahoosive but not at all scary with its googly eyes. What you will need: Crafters Companion, Die`sire, Dahlia dies Craters Companion, Die`sire, Circles dies Crafters Companion, Die`sire, Create a Card , Beautiful... -
Your August Scrapbook- 12 Month's of Scrapbooking
We're All Going On A Summer Holiday Whether you are travelling to the Yorkshire coast or the Amalfi Coast, there is one thing for certain... you will be taking lots of photographs. But holiday time is busy. With all the preparations that need to be made for that break by the sea and the fact that it is school holiday time and you might have children or grandchildren with you throughout the day, there never seems to be enough hours to get everything done. At this busy time, scrapbooking all the memories you are making will be the...
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Die'sire Sneak Peek tutorial by Lisa Taggart
We're so excited for Sunday's launch show on Hochanda that we couldn't wait any longer to share this tutorial with you. Isn't it pretty! Who doesn’t love a Christmas bauble? And combined with a snowy winter scene that you can shake and have as a home decor item to treasure every year... well, a match made in heaven!! I’ve chosen a pretty pink and green colour scheme but why not choose a scheme to match your living room? You decide! To recreate this scene, you'll need Vintage Bauble base die ‘Festive Forest’ Stamp set Luxury silver glitter...
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Driving Home for Christmas Tutorial
Hello and welcome to this step by step guide on how I created this Christmassy 7” Shadow Box Card. Once you’ve mastered your first shadow box, you’ll then be able to modify your measurements to fit whatever sized square or rectangle that you want to work with. The steps to create these are fairly lengthy but don’t be put off as it’s super simple if you follow along step by step. Then, like learning to ride a bike, your next shadow boxes will get quicker and neater. I’m also going to show you how I took a stamped image and...
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Have a Nordic Christmas with Sara's Signature Scandinavian Collection!
Use your new Scandinavian Christmas goodies to make stunning cards like this one from Marie Jones! You will need: Crafter’s Companion Supplies Sara Signature Scandinavian Christmas- Partridge in a Pear Tree die Sara Signature Scandinavian Christmas- Swedish Snowflake die Sara Signature Scandinavian Christmas- Traditional Folk embossing folder Sara Signature Scandinavian Christmas- Nordic Patterns stamp set Sara Signature Scandinavian Christmas- ‘Tis the Season stamp set Sara Signature Scandinavian Christmas- Bakers Twine Centura Pearl Xmas Red Collall All Purpose glue Collall 3D glue gel Collall Tacky glue Other Supplies ...
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Create a pretty metallic gift box using the new Foils and Transfers!
Everyone likes to give Christmas treats, maybe something homemade like sweets or jewellery. Why not impress by making your own professional gift box foiled to perfection! So here’s how: To recreate Lisa's gift boy, you'll need Foil transfers – ‘Oh Christmas tree’ Foil in ‘snowflake’ and ‘matt gold’ ‘Elegance’ A3 double sided card pack ‘Decadence’ A3 double sided centura pearl Gold metallic centura pearl Big score board Pebeo artist marker in gold Tag die from Gemini card pack Tacky glue Red liner tape Collall 3D gel Foam tape Gold satin ribbon Christmas tree ribbon Crystal embellishment ...
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Silent Night- 3D Embossing Folder sneak peek tutorial
Here at Crafter's Companion HQ, we are so excited for the launch of the NEW 3D Embossing Folder's. To celebrate, here is a quick tutorial from Linda Fitzsimmons, showing you how easy it is to get spectacular results in a few easy steps! To make this card, you'll need: Crafter’s Companion 3D embossing folder – Silent night Christmas stamps Sheena’s white card Centura Pearl Metallics Leonie’s Spectrum Sparkle pens – blues Pebeo gilding wax – Silver, Renaissance gold and Empire gold. Luxury Silver Glitter cardstock Gems Take a...
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National 'Make Life Beautiful' Day
What better way to celebrate National 'Make Life Beautiful' Day- a day dedicated to beautiful things, than with a stunning tutorial from Marie. We just love everything about this Pop-up Box card! [gallery columns="2" ids="13368,13369"] To recreate Marie's card, you'll need A3 white card Big Score board Die’sire Classiques – 1” Alphabet Contemporay Uppercase Die’sire Essentials – Flowers for all occasions, Flowers for all occasions 3 & Flowers for all occasions 4 Sara Signature English Country Garden – Lazy Daisy die Sara Signature English Country Garden 6x6 paper pad Textures stamps – Words of Wonder – Set 1 &...
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New Die'sire Create-a-Card- On Your Engagement
Only 3 more days until the launch of the new Die'sire Create-a-Card dies on Hochanda and we couldn't be more excited! These stunning new dies are perfect for a variety of occasions! Just look at this fab tutorial Debbie has made to celebrate an engagement. See how she made it below Love is in the air and I wanted to make something a bit different for an engagement. I love the red and white look, it always looks clean and striking and is synonymous with love. This die is called "Hallelujah" and is from the new Die'sire...
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Crafter's Inspiration 14: Magical Wizard Card
We hope you've been enjoying the latest issue of Crafter's Inspiration! Even though it's jam packed with inspiration, here's one more from the fabulous Lynne using just some of the free gifts inside of Issue 14. Be you young or old, many would love to possess a few magical powers so this cheeky little wizard will bring a smile to anyone’s lips, but keep an eye on him as he’s sure to pop inside a book when you least expect it. To recreate this card you'll need: Materials: Wizard stamp from Crafter’s Inspiration Magazine Issue 14 ...
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Mothers Day Make and Take at Aycliffe Store
Hello Crafters! We hope you have had a lovely week filled with crafts! We first wanted to say a big thank you too everyone who attended our coffee afternoon for the Great Aycliffe Cancer Support Group! This week we wanted to let you know about our upcoming Mothers Day Make and Take day and also give you some dates for your dairy! This Saturday we organised a Mothers Day Make and Take. So why don't you pop along and visit us in store? We've got crafty projects lined up for both adults and children, where you can create a...
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Setting Up at Stitches
Evening all! I've just got into bed, here at the NEC in Birmingham, as we're down for the UK Trade Show - Stitches. This is the show where we're presenting all of our products to our trade customers (the shops up and down the country who stock our products). We've been doing this show for 8 years now, and every year we go through the same drill - myself ad our main Trade Team (consisting of Claire and Louisa) drive down on the Friday and do all the hard work building the stand, and then on the Saturday morning the...
