Distressing Bank Holiday!

Hello One and All! Thanks for visiting!

Please don't get upset by the title - even though it has been raining most of the weekend so far, we have had a lovely weekend at The Paperlane! Today was a workshop on how to use Distress Inks to colour character stamps. The project that we made was a small gift bag - all of the ingredients for the project are listed below.

 

Here is a picture of the fabulous projects that were made in the workshop today...
 

PROJECT INGREDIENTS (all stocked at The Paperlane):

 

In the Bag Die (Tim Holtz)

Pocket Gift Tag (Memory Box)

Character Stamps (Magnolia)

Fontiments: Birthday Sentiment Stamps (Uniko Studio)

Border and Ribbon Punches (Martha Stewart)

Distress Inks (Ranger Inc)

Vintage Seam Binding (Paperlane by the metre)

 

All of the images were coloured with Distress Inks, and we had great fun playing with the technique - they all concentrated so much it was silent at times! I thought they had all gone home ;-) 

 

Thanks for a lovely day ladies! Time flies so fast when we are having fun! Look forward to seeing you all again soon! X

 

UPDATE: For everyone who is waiting for the Saturated Canary stamps to arrive from America - they are on their way! We will let you know straight away via the blog, Facebook and Twitter when they are here! You could always drop in the store or email if there are any that you would like saving!

 

Ta Ta for Now! :-)

Harry Potter Fan!!!

 Yes I admit it I am a Harry Potter fan.! Read all the books and seen all the movies! I hope you like my Tim Holtz configuration board. Come on whats your favorite book??
hugs Caz xxx

All Wrapped Up

Hello,
So are you ready? As only six more sleeps till our gifts are given, New and old  happy memories are shared and made. Or are you like me still wrapping and making gifts tags. So today I just wanted to share with you the tags I have made to go with my gift wrapping paper. Just a little effort  and your gifts will look fab.

I needed tags to go on my gifts, didn't have any to match my paper so made these little gems.

I used lost and found paper, this was from my scraps box, Cut the tag shape free hand. Added some silver stickles and did a scroll pattern. Added the glitter glass to edges to give the frosty ice appearance to edges. Added the spellbinders shapeabilities Fleur de lis pendant to top of tag this was folded in half then secured with eyelet.

Then I cut out Tim holtz bird from the caged bird die cutter. Cut him out in card, took a page from my old falling apart dictionary and cut the bird out again, glued this to card. Used my embossing pen to add ink to places i wanted the embossing powers to stick too then added gold embossing powder and heat set. Did the wings the same way but after heat setting the gold embossing powder, went over again with embossing ink pen and added black embossing powder and heat set again. This gave the two tones of colour on wings. Added few feathers.

So here's the finished look. Added rustic twine and little bell. Tied bow around gift and added the tag.

Caz has asked me  to share with you a few of creations.

I hope to be able to share some of my makes with you once a month.

So keep cheeking back every now and then to see whats new.

I hope to inspired you to make your own gift tags to match you gift wrap.

bYe ByE

for now

Klare

:O)

x

Distressed!!!

Hi all, just to let you know we now have 14 wonderful shades of Tim Holtz distressed  core'dinations in stock.

and keep watching this space as im am pleased to welcome Sarah back again with a fantastic class on the 15th October. Places will be very limited but if you have a someone you would like to make something really beautiful for....keep watching! 
Caz xxx

Magnolia "Sweet Rainbow" Magazine

Its here! The new Magnolia magazine...

Also Tim Holtz corked vials (which i have had on order for ages!)
and Tilda in the garden, Edwin waiting for a fish, Tilda exploring, Tilda in Midsummer rain and the Magnolia Tree stamps.
Play time!!!! xxxx

A distressing day!

For those of you waiting the postmans just been!
The Tim Holtz paper distresser arrived along with Tonics fab new glass cutting board....



8th May - Paperbag Book Workshop

Hello All! Hope you are well - the sun is shining in North Yorkshire - so life is good!

On the 8th of May, Kerry (that's me! Lol!) will be running a workshop here at the Paperlane on making these cute paperbag books. They are bit more work than a standard 6x6 card, but are such a lovely keepsake - and they are really quite addictive to make too! All materials, tea and coffees will be supplied - just bring your craft kit, and a packed lunch!

Here is the sample of what we will be having a go at - all the lovely materials used to make this are stocked at The Paperlane. Please drop us an email for details booking a place - you will find the address in the 'About Us' Section.

All of the papers used on the paperbag book were Basic Grey - Kioshi Collection. The cardstock used is Bazzill Basics.

The front cover - with ties to close the book. The main image here is from the new Butterfly Dreams Collection by Magnolia Stamps. The detail die cut is a Tim Holtz 'Elegant Flourishes', decorated with Hydrangea flower blossoms, punched with a Martha Stewart punch.

The main image again is from the Butterfly Dreams Collection. The sentiments are all Hero Arts, with a Magnolia Doo Hickey tag.

Again, the image is from the Butterfly Dreams Collection. The sentiments are all Hero Arts. The detail punching has been done with a Cherry Blossom Martha Stewart 'Punch Around The Corner' set.

The back cover - decorated to show who sent it! Lots of glitter and Viva Decor Pearl Pens just add a few finishing touches.

Looking forward to seeing you! All the details for our regular classes can be found here!

Enjoy the sunshine! Kx



Creating on Canvas

On the 22nd of May, Caz will be running a creating on canvas workshop here at the shop! This is what we will be making! Using lots of Tim Holtz' goodies, these canvas pictures are ideal as a gift, or just to make for yourself!

The class will run from 11am till 2pm. Bookings can be made - have a look here for details.

See you soon! x