Browsing Archive: August, 2013

Using Debbi Moore Shabby Chic crafting CD

Posted by Stephanie Montgomery on Friday, August 9, 2013, In : Crafting Ideas 
Crafting CD's

...are the new way forward for crafter's, giving them an endless supply of backing papers, toppers, sentiments, inserts, boxes, envelopes, etc...

Here you can see two cards coming together using one of the Debbi Moore Shabby Chic CD's "Angels".  Not only can you use these images in cards, but think of signs, bookmarks, cushion prints, t-shirt printing, etc...  The images are high resolution and when using within PDF format you can simply pick and choose which individual elements y...
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Colours for this Autumn/Winter 2013

Posted by Stephanie Montgomery on Tuesday, August 6, 2013, In : On Trend News 
One thing I have learned in the world of Flowers and Interior Design...always follow the fashion trend in clothes and you'll never go wrong.

Whether we like it or not, the gurus of the fashion world really do dictate well in advance what colours are in and what colours are not. So when you're looking for inspiration theses colours can sometimes be a good starting point.

A lot of the public can unwittingly follow trends, choices in colours they decorate their homes with are no different.  So if...
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Centura Pearl by Crafter's Companion

Posted by Stephanie Montgomery on Thursday, August 1, 2013, In : Product News 
Centura Pearl cardstock is a great quality card to work with at a lovely heavy weight of 300gsm this product can be used to make ideal cards, boxes, enveloboxes and more.  you can use both inkjet and laser printers to print out fabulous projects with an extra special finish.

Sheena Douglass also says the back of the Centura Pearl is more than ideal to stamp on and use with her water colour paints.  So if Sheena says it's good it must be great.
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Florist to Designer to Crafter


As an honours A Art student I quite litterally fell into Flower Design and opened my own shops in my early twenties. I ensured all my own staff were trained in by myself and imported a Dutch master florist for six months out of a year to be sure we all got the best from the best. After 14 years very successful trading, being the original Riverdance dedicated florist to the original production team, appearances on Irish daytime TV, florist to some of the biggest businesses and famous faces I took a break from the flower world. But as any crafts person or artist knows, you just can't escape the pull of creativity. I went on to study Interior Design and worked some years within the construction industry, bringing my personal flair and love for design. Now I am enjoying crafting supplying to local Irish businesses and gift shops as well as opening Little Craft Shop to bring professional cratfing products to other crafters...