Tuesday's designs from the Creative Expressions design Team

For You from Tina 

Tina Eldridge has made this delightful card using the Lisbon and St Lucia Craft Dies by Sue Wilson.

The pretty flowers have been made using the Classic Foldover Flower die set.

For more details on how Tina created this card, visit Tina's blog now! 

Tracy's Farewell!

Tracy Heaton has decorated an MDF frame using Cosmic Shimmer Matt Chalk Paints and decoupage papers by Craft Consortium. 

This is Tracy's last post for our Design Team and we would like to thank her for sharing all of her wonderful designs with us. We will miss her and wish her the very best for the future.

For more details of how this project was created read Tracy's blog now!  

Monday Creative Expressions Blog

Happy Birthday from Rushanne

What a delightful way to start the week with Rushanne's stunning card design.  She has used the John Lockwood Striplet Cherry Blossom stamp and Bright Gold Embossing Powder to great effect.

To read more, go to Rushanne's blog now.

PLUS exciting events taking place this week . . . .

Tomorrow, Tuesday 30th June: "Try It Tuesday" - free demonstration day at Creative Expressions

A new monthly event at Creative Expressions'
Factory Shop

We have put together a selection of Try-It-Tuesday demonstration sessions where new products will be showcased throughout the day.

No need to book, just join us for these special events at our Factory Shop where you will find out what's new and be shown various techniques by our very own in-house crafter Tracey Laughton.

And don't forget you will get 10% off all products in our Factory Shop and an extra 5%, if you spend over £50!

AND on Thursday 2nd July:

Be among the first to see the new Festive Craft Dies designed by Sue Wilson

Internationally renowned crafter, demonstrator and designer Sue Wilson will be demonstrating her exciting new collection of Festive Craft Dies at Creative Expressions on Thursday 2nd July and would like to invite you to join her.

Watch Sue as she shows how to create beautifully original Christmas cards sharing top tips and great advice along the way.

There are 2-hourly sessions available to book throughout the day where Sue reveals her dies for the first time to a live audience.

We expect this to be a sell-out, so please BOOK EARLY!

Date: Thursday 2nd July 2015

Demo session times: 

1st session: 10am - 12pm

2nd session: 12.30pm - 2.30pm
3rd session: 3pm - 5pm

Duration per session: 2 hours

Venue: Creative Expressions, Kettering, Northamptonshire

Price: £10* 

* £10 can be redeemed on items purchased at our Factory Shop on the day of the demo.

TO BOOK YOUR PLACE CALL SALI ON 01536 481778 with your payment details.

Christmas 2015 Craft Dies by Sue Wilson - Three Wise Men Striplet

Good morning all!  The new Three Wise Men Mini Striplet introduces you to the new slightly smaller sized striplets. These are just over  1 3/4" x  5 1/4" in size. (The original striplet size was 2" x 6" in size).   The detailing is stunning with both embossed and debossed areas within. 

The next blog post is scheduled to arrive at 10.30am.  Hope you can join us again then.

Visit Sue's blog now to find out more.

Christmas 2015 Craft Dies by Sue Wilson - Snowflakes

I hope you are all enjoying the posts for the day, but don't forget that there are several more days to follow!  This blog post is featuring the Snowflakes.  A set of six snowflakes of varying sizes that look fabulous layered up as seen here, or will hold their own equally as well as single snowflakes.  You will see them used quite often on many of the upcoming cards in the days to follow as they are a real staple for building backgrounds as well as focal elements.

Visit Sue's blog now to find out more.

Fun Time Friday!

Welcome to Fun Time Friday!

It's time for this week's Fun Time Friday competition, where we ask you a simple question and if you answer it correctly you are then entered into a free prize draw to win the goodies pictured here.

The prizes are:

1 x Craft Dies by Sue Wilson - Finishing Touches
1 x Stamps To Die For - Peony
2 x 3m pink ribbons

Simply visit CE's facebook page now and answer our question to win the prizes shown.

Don't forget to check back on Monday to see who's won and then send us your details, so we can send you the prize.

Shaker Heart by Lisa Horton

We love this beautiful MDF Shaker Heart decorated with Craft Consortium Decoupage Paper by Lisa.

It's the perfect present or you might love it so much that you want to keep it for yourself.

Find out more at Lisa's blog now.

Christmas 2015 Craft Dies by Sue Wilson - Deboss Snowflake

Next up is one of Sue's favourite dies - the Deboss Snowflake.
This die set has separate cutting edges so it is easy to create a lovely frame for your cards, as well as a decorative inside die detail which is perfect for creating beautiful letter-pressed effects.

Visit Sue's blog now to find out more.

Christmas 2015 Craft Dies by Sue Wilson - Peeking Snowflake

Here's the next new Sue Wilson die design for today. The Peeking Snowflake Die is unique as it cuts out the inside shape.  There are several dies on the outside which give you the flexibility of deciding how large you would like the outside oval to be.  Also included in this set is a pretty Let it Snow Die.

Visit Sue's blog now to find out more.