New Products!! Cosmic Shimmer Multi-Tex Texture Powder & Cosmic Shimmer Intense Pigment Stains...

Photograph World© Geoff Wilkinson

Cosmic Shimmer Multi-Tex Mould & Texture Powder is a new product from Creative Expressions and comes in a 150ml pot.

It is a dry powder that when mixed with water creates a versatile texture paste for use in many craft projects. 

Use the new Cosmic Shimmer Intense Pigment Stains added to the wet mix to give the multi-tex colour. 

The pigment stains by themselves can also be mixed with water to create coloured mister sprays, ideal for backgrounds and for colouring in when used with a paint brush.

The pigment stains come in the following colours (you can see some of them in the photograph above) and we are stocking them all: Blue Violet, Bluebell, Citrus Lime, Deep Plum, Emerald, Rich Crimson, Rose Pink and Sunflower Yellow.

We used both the products at our demo day on Sunday. The texture paste has a great feel to it and also dries quite quickly. 

If you would like to see how the products work and could not make the demo day, then pop into the shop and we will be more than happy to demonstrate them to you.

Love Lyn and Dan

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FREE CRAFT DEMO DAY...SAVE THE DATE... Sunday 26th June 2016

Craft Demo Sunday - SAVE THE DATE IN THE DIARY!

Sunday 26th June 2016

Free Craft Demo Day, 12pm to 3pm at the shop in Wanstead.

Details of what we will be doing will follow but this is not a demo to be missed!

Refreshments will be served.

We look forward to seeing you.

84 Nightingale Lane, Wanstead, London E11 2EZ    

Telephone: 020 8530 1244

June Craft Workshops....'Card Making Craziness!!'....Wednesday 1st and Thursday 2nd June 2016

Craft Workshops - 'Card Making Craziness!!'

Wednesday 1st June 2016

and

Thursday 2nd June 2016

7.30pm to 9.30pm at the shop in Wanstead.

We are running the same workshop on two different evenings this month due to popular demand.

Enjoy a couple of hours and get crafting using a variety of techniques to make some fabulous cards!! (We had requests at the demo day on Sunday for a card making workshop as we have not had one for a while).

This is a great workshop to attend as you will not only learn to use various craft products but also some new crafting skills.

Cost: £10.00 per person, includes all the materials you need plus tea, coffee and cake.

To book your place you can send an email or call the shop on 020 8530 1244. 

Places are limited.

We look forward to seeing you,

Lyn and Dan

FREE CRAFT DEMO DAY...'I LOVE CRAFT TECHNIQUES OLD & NEW'... Sunday 8th May 2016

Craft Demo Sunday - ' I LOVE CRAFT TECHNIQUES OLD & NEW'

Sunday 8th May 2016

Free Craft Demo Day, 12pm to 3pm at the shop in Wanstead.

We will be showing you a variety of techniques old and new which you can do on all your craft projects, the new products include Cosmic Shimmer Metallic Polishes and Pixie Powders (they are absolutely fabulous to work with!!) plus a variety of new stamps.

This is not a demo to be missed!

Refreshments will be served.

We look forward to seeing you.

84 Nightingale Lane, Wanstead, London E11 2EZ    

Telephone: 020 8530 1244

Free Craft Demo Day... 'SPRING INTO LEARNING NEW TECHNIQUES & PRODUCTS'... Sunday 20th March 2016

Craft Demo Sunday - ' SPRING INTO LEARNING NEW TECHNIQUES & PRODUCTS'

Sunday 20th March 2016

Free Craft Demo Day, 12pm to 3pm at the shop in Wanstead.

We will be showing you a variety of techniques which you can do on all your craft projects, including Mica Powders, Embossing Powders, Colouring Techniques and some surprises.... 

You will get a chance to see new craft products launched in 2016 that we are now stocking in the shop, including stamps, and stencils from Creative Expressions and Cosmic shimmer, stamps from Honey Doo Crafts and lots of fab new products from WOW! plus lots more.... 

This is not a demo to be missed!

Refreshments will be served.

We look forward to seeing you.

84 Nightingale Lane, Wanstead, London E11 2EZ    

Telephone: 020 8530 1244

Look What We Did On 'The Magic of Mixed Media!' Craft Demo Day....

We had a very creative afternoon on Sunday the 24th of January when we held a Craft Demo Day at the shop, the theme was 'The Magic of Mixed Media!'. It was the first time we had held a demo day of this type and it was a great excuse to experiment with lots of different types of products. 

The pictures below show some of what we demonstrated on the day, along with details of some of the products we used to create the effects.  We hope you enjoy!

There are a few products that we used on most of the examples below. Pebeo Studio 3D Texture Paste was used through stencils from Tim Holtz, PaperArtsy and Dutch Doobadoo to form the textured backgrounds. A combination of Indigoblu 'Goldfinger' paint mixed in water and Treasure Gold Metallic Gilding Wax in 'Classic Gold' created all the gold effects you can see. Each of the examples could be further enhanced by using more fab mixed media embellishments!

PaperArtsy 'Little Black Dress' paint mixed with water and sprayed through a spray bottle and Creative Expressions Phill Martin Cosmic Shimmer Mister in 'Vintage Lavender' were used to create the background. 'Little Black Dress' was sprayed first all over the background and 'Vintage Lavender' was used over some of it to create the contrast.

PaperArtsy 'London Bus' and 'Plum' paints mixed with water and sprayed with a spray bottle were used to create the background above. We sprayed 'London Bus' all over the background to start with and used the 'Plum' on some of the sections. The flowers are 'Petaloo Color Me Crazy' sprayed with both paints and then edged in gold gilding wax.

A combination of three paints were used to create this background. All mixed with water and sprayed with a spray bottle. First, PaperArtsy ‘Hyde Park’ was used to cover the whole background, then Cosmic Shimmer Paint in ‘Malachite’ to add some depth and lastly PaperArtsy ‘Guacamole’ on some of the sections to lighten it up. The wording is from a PaperArtsy rubber stamp set and was stamped using a Ranger Archival Ink Pad ‘Black Onyx’.

PaperArtsy 'Little Black Dress' paint mixed with water and sprayed through a spray bottle and Creative Expressions Phill Martin Cosmic Shimmer Mister in 'Vintage Lavender' were used to create the background. 'Little Black Dress' was sprayed first all over the background and 'Vintage Lavender' was used over some of it to create the contrast. The Prima paper flowers were sprayed 'Vintage Lavender' to match and highlighted with the Indigoblu 'Goldfinger' paint.

And for something a bit different the background in the picture above was created using torn strips of masking tape, stuck down so that they overlapped. Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads were used to create the coloured background over the masking tape using the Tim Holtz Round Blending Tool. Onyxite coloured gilding wax was used around the edges and over other parts of the background to create a contrast against the bright colours of the various Distress Inks. 

Meet These Guys….

 Photograph World© Geoff Wilkinson - Design World © Lyn Wilkinson All Rights Reserved

First of all we have to apologise for not putting a post on the blog, on Friday night. Rather than be in the shop on Sunday we had a stall at the monthly Farmer's Market in Wanstead as a bit of an exercise to let people know about the craft workshops we run and the shop itself. So Friday night and Saturday we were busy doing lots of projects to show people. Tonight you get to 'Meet These Guys'…. and I promise we will post something extra this week to make up for missing a post last week.

Tonight's project is all about keeping it simple. It is amazing what you can make using only a few craft products and by not complicating everything. We decided to make a 'set of cards' that could be used for any occasion but were all along the same sort of theme.

As you can see the cards in the photograph are made using A4 Creative Kraft Coloured Card from Creative Expressions, which is a great  alternative to smooth white card or  using a coloured card as a base. The A4 card was cut down so that each of the cards measured 7 inches by 5 inches. The top layer of  cream coloured card is Foundation 'Milk' Card, 220gsm from Creative Expressions. We also stuck a piece of 'Milk' Card on the inside of each of the cards to use when writing a message, that way you can use any pen and don't have to worry about the message you write not showing up on the Kraft Coloured Card. We used a combination of Scotch Double Sided tape and Cosmic Shimmer Acrylic Glue to stick the inside and outside 'Milk' Card.

The technique used on the front of each card is actually heat embossing. Each of the stamps were stamped using a Versafine Ink Pad in 'Vintage Sepia', then we used a clear WOW! Embossing Powder which created that beautiful 3D embossing texture. The clear powder allows the colour of the Versafine Ink Pad to come through.

The pre cut stamps themselves are by Sam Poole from Creative Expressions. We have had them in the shop since they were launched last year and they are a favourite of not just us but lots of customers as they are so versatile. There is 'Squeak', 'Hoppity Bunny', 'Mr Bear', 'Hoot' and 'Mr Fox'. All of them come with a sentiment as you can see, they are £4.99 each and we sell them in the shop and on our website. We added a flower stamp from Woodware to go with the mouse which I think works really well.

As a finishing touch we added a cream coloured envelope to contrast against the Kraft Card and to match the 'Milk' Card.

I hope you like these guys as much as we do.

I would like to say a big thank you to our friend Maude, who is also a regular on our craft workshops. Maude was kind enough to help us get the cards ready for the market on Sunday. x

Happy Crafting everybody,

Dan

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Bespoke Sparkle Anyone?

  Design and photograph World © Lyn Wilkinson - All rights reserved

We have a lovely rep called Tanya from one of our suppliers who we get all things Cosmic Shimmer from, to stock in the shop. When we first started looking at what to stock at Craft Boutique at 84, we knew we had to have Cosmic Shimmer as a brand and Tanya was the person who told us how lovely their Sparkle Texture Paste was to use and also how versatile it can be. 

For 2015, one of the new colours launched that we have on sale at the shop is called 'Polar White'. What makes this colour so versatile is that it has no hint of colour in it like 'Aurora Sparkle' and 'Frosty Dawn', it is just white so is great to mix with paints, ink refills and dry glitter to create your own bespoke colours. Also Sparkle Texture Paste no matter what colour it is, is always beautifully sparkly. 

The Iris in the card above was created using 'Polar White' texture paste, mixed with various PaperArtsy paints, for example the stem and leaves are 'Hey Pesto',  through a stencil. She did this on a piece of smooth white stamping card which she stuck to the scalloped card using Scotch Double Sided Tape.

The dark blue border is light weight card embossed and stuck to the card again using the Scotch Double Sided Tape and the sentiment stamp is from Wild Rose Studio and was stamped using a Versa Craft 'Pale Lilac' ink pad.

If you have never used Cosmic Shimmer's Sparkle Texture Paste in your craft projects, I would definitely say it is worth trying to create great effects.

Have a lovely weekend and happy crafting,

Dan.

www.craftboutique84.com

Free Demo Day Sunday the 31st of May 2015

Sunday the 31st of May 2015

FREE DEMO DAY

(At our shop in Wanstead)

12.00pm to 3.00pm 

Come along and join us for an afternoon 

of everything crafty!

We will be showing some of the latest

products, plus demonstrating techniques

with samples to share.

Tea, Coffee and Cake!

For further information call the shop

on 0208 530 1244

The shop address is 84 Nightingale Lane, Wanstead, London E11 2EZ.

What A STAMPENDOUS! Day We Had Today….

All pictures World © Geoff Wilkinson - All rights reserved

Today we had a card making workshop at our Gallery

in Wanstead and what a STAMPENDOUS! day we had. The sun was shining, the craft room was bright and airy, the refreshments were well received and we had a lovely group of ladies who spent the afternoon crafting. 

The theme of today was STAMPENDOUS! Jumbo Rubber Cling Sets and matching dies, to colour in we used a mixture of Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads, PaperArtsy Fresco Finish paints, Cosmic Shimmer Drawing Inks and in some cases we used WOW! Clear Gloss-Ultra High embossing powder. You can see some of the beautiful results for yourself in the photographs.

We will be posting more workshop dates soon, in the meantime we are having a Free Demo Day on Sunday the 31st of May between 12pm and 3pm. Come along and join us for an afternoon of everything crafty! We will be showing some of the latest products, plus demonstrating techniques with samples to share.

There will be Tea, Coffee and Cake! We look forward to seeing you.

SPRING SALE STARTING SUNDAY 10th MAY

WE ARE HAVING

A

SPRING SALE

AT OUR

WANSTEAD SHOP

UP TO 30% OFF ALL CRAFT PRODUCTS

SUNDAY 10th MAY TO SUNDAY 31st MAY 2015

THE SPRING SALE IS ONLY TAKING PLACE AT OUR SHOP IN WANSTEAD, THIS OFFER DOES NOT APPLY TO ANY PRODUCTS ON OUR WEBSITE.

Sheena's Perfect Partners

                                          

  Design and photograph world ©  Lyn Wilkinson - All rights reserved

Whether you are a fan of flowers or not when doing your craft projects, it is hard not to be a fan of the wonderful Sheena Douglass and her Wild Rose-Briar Stamp set and matching Wild Rose Die used on the card in the picture above. 

They are from Sheena's 'Perfect Partners' range and as soon as we saw them at the craft trade fair we visited in February, we knew we had to stock them. Not only are they easy to use, they are very versatile to work with and can be used to create some beautiful projects. The A5 unmounted stamp set includes 5 stamp images and 2 sentiments, retails at £9.99 and the die set containing 4 individual dies retails at £19.99. Both are available to buy from our shop in Wanstead (they will be on the website soon), we also stock other designs from the 'Perfect Partners' range.

To make the card, the images were stamped on Sheena Douglass White Smooth Stamping Card and  I used a Rangers Archival Wendy Vecchi 'Watering Can' ink pad for the stamping. If you have looked at previous posts on the blog you will know that there are times when I like to use a grey ink rather than a black which can sometimes look too harsh. I then cut out the stamps using our Spellbinders Grand Calibur die cutting machine.

For colouring the flowers and leaves I used various Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads working with a Tim Holtz Mini Ink Blending Tool, which is great because it is small and round and easy to work with. Some of the Distress colours I used were 'Scattered Straw', 'Mowed Lawn', 'Seedless Preserves' and 'Victorian Velvet'. 

To make the centre of each of the flowers I used Rangers 'Daffodil' Liquid Pearls. I glued the leaves directly to the card using Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue, but I wanted the flowers to stand out so I stuck them to the card using Stix2 foam pads to create a 3D effect. Finally I stamped a sentiment from Wild Rose Studio's Birthday Circles clear stamp set (there are 6 different sentiment stamps in the pack) using a Versacraft Ink Pad in Spring Green.

Sorry for such a long post but I really wanted to give you as much detail as possible.

Look out for another project on Tuesday night. Also we will be posting details this weekend on our upcoming card making workshop.

Happy Crafting.
Dan

GIVE ME SOME BEAR HUGS....

I used a size 8 Manila Tag and coated it using Cosmic Shimmer "White" Gesso Primer.  Next I created the background colour by painting the whole tag in PaperArtsy "Nougat" Acrylic Paint. Once dried I painted over the top using PaperArtsy "Chocolate Pudding", which I then immediately rubbed off with a baby wipe. This creates a washed look resembling wood.

The edge of the tag was distressed using Tim Holtz "Vintage Photo" Mini Distress Ink Pad. I stamped the "Mr Bear" Sam Poole Creative Expressions bear onto white card using a Versafine "Vintage Sepia" ink pad. I also stamped the bear and wording directly onto the tag again using the Versafine "Vintage Sepia" ink pad. I cut out the bear on the white card and stuck him directly over the stamp on the manila tag using double sided foam pads. This gives the bear a 3D look. I shaded the white area of the bear using the new Crafter's Companion 'Spectrum Noir' "Essentials" set of colored pencils.

I cut out a heart from red card stock and covered it in Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents to give it a glossy 3D look and placed it on the bear. I finished the tag by threading through some brown satin ribbon.

I think he looks so handsome.

Happy Crafting!

Lyn

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