Designer Christmas Papers in stock

Christmas is coming........and you know what that means?  

Yes, a great excuse to get crafting and make your Christmas cards with the gorgeous papers 

that have just arrived.

I love those snowflakes and Nicky loves the holly design.

Catherine likes the colour combination of this paper, great for a background to one of her 

scrapbook layouts.

Rich designs in red or green, coordinated with holly designs or spots.

Well guess what, Lynn loves them all!

Yes, they are Back to Basics Christmas, 

12 x 12 Designer Papers by Dovecraft which can be bought individually or as a pack.  

Which ones are going to sell out 1st, hurry up into the shop before your favourite design sells out!

Festival Chicks Scrapbook Page

I really do love this scrapbook page by Catherine Inglis titled "Festival Chicks". It just reminds my of the glorious few weeks of summer we had a while ago!  The colours she has used ooze warmth and I just feel like grabbing one of those ice creams to cool me down! 

Catherine has used her Cricut die cutting machine to make her title, layering the papers to coordinate with her page. The papers she has used are 12 x 12 double sided from the Fine and Sunny Collection (named Raindrops) by Kaisercraft.

Catherine has used her Cricut again to cut out the flowers in decreasing sizes and secured them with a pearl brad.

Splatter painting on paper and canvas is all the rage at the moment.  Here, Catherine has used Jo Sonja's paints to great effect.

Finally Catherine has used some felt die cut flowers, buttons, and cream ric rac to emphasise the Tonic Studio Border Punched Core'dinations ColorCore card stock.

Catherine will be starting her Scrapbook workshops shortly, so please enquire at the shop for the dates and times if you are interested in scrapbooking.

Annabelle Christmas Collection - Wild Rose Studio

Nicky Hayden has been playing with the NEW Wild Rose Studio stamps that have just been released.  She will be using this collection of stamps in her forthcoming workshops.

Click here to see Annabelle's Christmas collection of stamps and papers which are available in the shop or on-line at The Mulberry Bush.

Nicky has die cut the image and coloured it beautifully using her ProMarkers.

If you would like to learn about colouring in with your ProMarkers or Flexmarkers watch out for the release of Autumn workshops with Nicky Hayden.

She has used cardstock from the shop and die cut this lovely Poinsettia. 

We have lots of Christmas stamps and embellishments in the shop to add to your Christmas projects.

Another view of Nicky's card highlighting the dimension she adds to her cards.

Here is the 6 x 6 paper pad that she has used to coordinate with the 

Annabelle Christmas stamp from Wild Rose Studio.

Click here to see Annabelle Christmas collection on- line. 

Just finished!!

Phew!!  We have just finished sorting the first wave of goodies in the clearance sale.  The shop is looking good, loads of STUFF in there ready for lots rummaging through. 

Remember that the WOOL  is 30% off (with the Autumn around the corner, this is the ideal time to pick up your wool ready for the dark nights)

The beads & bits are 30% off.

We have sticky bling and pearls at £1 per pack - normally £1.99

Flowers at £1 per  pack - normally £2.49

25p rummage baskets.

Wooden letters £1 each - normally £2.49

SO much.  You must come and have a look.

Lynn xxx

Newsletter - August 2012

Woweeee!! Well done, Team GB

Hi Everybody I have got to start this newsletter by congratulating Team GB and their performance to date.  What a marvellous job they are doing for us.  Each day, during these Olympics, I have watched every member of the team giving their all.  Many have won medals, fantastic - some have not been so lucky, their time has not come yet - but all have done us proud.  Well done! Hopefully, this will not be too long a newsletter - I don't want to drag you away from the excitement of the Olympics for too long. So much is happening here.  On a personal level - we have sold the house, so I am busy getting all of that organised.  How much fun is it trying to get a new telephone line installed whilst making sure that the old line does not get disconnected too early?  BT need to get a communications company to teach it a few lesson on...umm...let me think...oh, yes....communication!!  They are hopeless.  And I know that many of you will understand what I am saying!! If you come near the shop at the moment you will hear all about it. Hopefully, it will not take too long and we will be moved into our little dolls house and I will be able to settle back down. I hope you are all having a good summer break, if only the weather would sort itself out - is it going to be hot? is it going to rain?  ho, hum!  Tonight it is feeling so chilly, it is hard to believe that we were so hot only 10 days ago.  Still, hopefully I have got something that will cheer you up. If you read my last newsletter, you would have read about the bead and wool shop closing - officially it happened two weeks ago - but we still have some beads in there and we do not loose the room until the end of August.  So, Cate came up with a good idea for how we can use this room for the next few weeks - we are going to have a CLEARANCE SALE - We have walked around the shop, cleared out the stock room, gone through the workshop, turned the place upside down and found LOADS of bits and pieces that we want to clear out....to give us room to bring in loads of new DELIGHTS!! The CLEARANCE SALE will be a last chance opportunity to pick up some bargain bits, items like: RETIRED RUBBER STAMPS - £1.50 EACH, 5 FOR £5 PAST ISSUE MAGAZINES - £1 EACH, 6 FOR £5 WOODEN LETTERS - NORMALLY £2.99, NOW £1 KAISER FLOWER PACKS - NORMALLY £2.49, NOW £1 KAY & CO PAPER PACKS - RRP £3.99, NOW £1 PERGAMANO BOOKS - RRP £11.99, NOW £5 PERGAMANO PATTERN BOOKS - RRP £5.99, NOW £2.50 WOOL & BEADS - 30% OFF DECOUPAGE SHEETS - 35P A SHEET, 4 FOR £1 and MUCH, MUCH MORE!! The bits that I have listed are things that I know about - Nicky has been busy with the pricing gun and she is a devil for giving you all a treat!! We will be adding more to it on a daily basis and the little shop will be open until the end of August. We have been looking at some beautiful papers, embellishments and stamps ready for Christmas - but we need to clear some room!  So get in there quick and bag a bargin!! Thats all for now.  Watch out for the next newsletter which will have the workshop brochure for the Autumn, details of our Christmas launch and the trip to the NEC.  Lots coming up. With best wishes from Lynn and the Girls.

Memories - Kaisercraft Scrapbook page.

Catherine Inglis has made another wonderful Scrapbook Page using Kaisercraft papers around the theme of Freyja feeding the ducks!

Kaisercraft papers are in a league of there own, they ooze quality and, look how the colours and designs coordinate so beautifully.  The selection of papers that Catherine has used are from the Magnolia Grove collection by Kaisercraft.

The Magnolia Grove collection features beautiful floral vintage inspired papers in rich warm colours.

12x12, printed, photo friendly, double-sided, 150gsm scrapbook paper.

Catherine has used a wooden embellishment which she has outlined with a pen and decorated with flat backed pearls.  

She has also used a Kaisercraft rub on word transfer.

Here, Catherine she has used a wooden 'F' wooden shape as a subtle embellishment for Freyja's name.

Look out for Catherine's scrapbook workshops when the Autumn workshop brochure is released in a few weeks.

Email Address

Hi Everybody

Just a quick message. 

We are experiencing email problems.  So if you have tried to contact us by email and it has bounced back to you, that is why.  I am on the case and trying to get it sorted.  With a bit of luck should be back online by this evening.

If you need us urgently, give us a call on 01635 860900.

Have a good day.

Lynn

Stepper Card - The Race

Here is another stepper card made by Lynn using Kanban Card Toppers - The Race 

as the focal point.

The card base has been created using the Craft Creations small white dots on black card found in our shop or on-line at The Mulberry Bush.  An organza white ribbon has been threaded through the die cut foiled tag.

These Card toppers and accents featuring vintage racing cars in Black and White from Kanban make lovely male themed cards.

Add a selection of black and white buttons and you have a unique dimensional looking card for the man in your life!

Bella in Pot - Wild Rose Studio stamp

Following the release of the new Xmas Bella Collection from Wild Rose Studio, Nicky has been busy making some cards using her Promarkers.

She has used the 'Bella in Pot' A7 acrylic stamp set

A snowy day, sprigs of holly, an adorable elephant and a festive message - this stamp is all you need to make beautiful festive cards.

Nicky has used this lovely C6 Kraft card for her base card.

Pack of 5 High quality pure smooth kraft 280gsm cards and envelopes.

 

  She has then stamped her 'Bella in Pot' and die cut a heart shaped which is layered onto a die cut scalloped heart using Silver Mirri board card.

Nicky has then coloured in her stamped image using Promarkers.

Finally, Nicky has added some organza ribbon and filled in some snowflakes with a white pen.

If you like making your own Christmas cards, this would be quick and easy, if you have lots to make and be ready to post in time or Christmas 2012!

Click here to get your  Xmas Bella Collection at the Mulberry Bush or pay us a visit to our bricks and mortar shop Flutterby Crafts.

Napkin Art on glass bowl.

Two lovely ladies popped into the shop last week on a detour from Essex.  Lynn was sat at her crafting table in the shop and demonstrated to the ladies how to decorate a glass bowl using Jo Sonja's glass and tile medium with napkins.  She had a good old crafty chat with them while she decorated her glass bowl.

 

Glass and Tile Primer (Part A) prepares glass, glazed ceramics and enamel for painting, providing additional bonding for the paint.  

Glass & Tile Medium (Part B) can be added to Jo Sonja's Artists' Colours to make them suitable for painting on glass, glazed ceramics and enamel.  It should be used in conjunction with Glass & Tile Primer if item cannot be cured in the oven.

We have a large collection of napkins in our shop and on line here at The Mulberry Bush.

Here is a close up photograph of the glass bowl.  Lynn has yet to paint the inside of the bowl with Jo Sonja's paints and then apply some Jo Sonja's All Purpose Sealer.

If you are interested, Lynn Courtney runs Home Décor workshops on the 2nd Saturday of every month.  This workshop will resume after the summer holidays but if you wish more details about learning techniques of napkin art, working on wood, playing with paints, crackle and much more, transforming your everyday objects please give Lynn a call on 01635 860900.

Best Wishes - Stepper Card

Lynn recently made this stepper card after being inspired by Nicky's stepper card seen here in this blog post http://flutterbycraftsberkshire.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/kanban-vespa-frames.html

She has used the lovely Craft Creations dotted cardstock for the base card which 

comes in A4 sheets.

The small white dots on purple in a lovely card weight of 240gsm card.

It is also available in gingham and stripes in various colours.

Lynn has layered the topper using the Tonic Studio Shape-Mates Oval .

A lovely die cut sentiment has been inked around the edges and placed above an organza ribbon.

If you need help with the dimensions, just pop into the shop where Lynn and Nicky 

are sure to help you out.

Have a go at making a stepper card, they are fun.