Orchid decoupage card

Decoupage is one of those craft techniques that I've not tried before - I was always put off by all that fiddly cutting out. But now I've discovered die cut decoupage sheets, there is no excuse!


So here is my first attempt - a very simple card using an orchid from the Small Beauties selection:

I created the decoupage on a scrap of cream pearlescent card, mounted it onto a piece of copper embossed pearl paper from my stash and attached to a card blank made from matching cream pearl card. I used 3D sticky pads to layer the decoupage elements.

The great thing about decoupage is that you get depth as well as the image so you only need a very simple card design to show it off. And with die cut designs it's a very quick way to make beautiful handmade cards.

Click here for more die cut decoupage designs.

More Christmas Crafting Goodies

The first of our Christmas themed peel off stickers have arrived and are now listed in the shop.
These include contemporary Xmas tree outline stickers by Francoise Read plus some VERY sparkly holographic stickers from Stampendous.
Unfortunately photographing peel-offs is not my strong point (and judging by many craft shops, I'm not the only one) so I will need to get started on making some Christmas cards so you can all see how good the stickers really are!

Click here to visit our Christmas Crafting shop.

Crafty Gift Packs & Bundles now reduced in price

We have just revamped the pricing on all our gift sets and made gift packaging optional - so now you can purchase coordinated product bundles at a discount to treat yourself!


All the gift selections offer savings on the full purchase price of the individual items so you can buy craft collections for less. Like this Blossoms & Butterflies bumper pack with papers, stickers and chipboards:



The gift packaging option is just £1.95 extra to receive all your items beautifully presented in a gift box or bag (depending on product type) ready to give.

View our full range of crafty gift options

Dare I mention the C word - Christmas?

Do I hear cries of "NOoooo...... the kids haven't even gone back to school yet!".


So apologies for mentioning Christmas in August, but if you are planning to attend any craft fairs during the festive season (or just want to be super organised), it's time to think about your stock for making Christmas cards.


This week sees the first arrival of Xmas stock at Cool 'n' Crafty with items from the Jolly Happy Christmas range by Dovecraft. This range uses traditional colours but gives them a twist with contemporary designs and just enough glitter to make things really sparkle.




We have papers, chipboards and decoupage sheets in stock now and will be adding more Christmassy items in the next few weeks.

August Special - 10% off Smirk Love & Friendship

For this month's special deal, we have 10% off everything from the Smirk Love & Friendship range.





And you can save even more when you purchase one of our gift bundles.



With cute personalities and sentiments, the Smirk characters will add bags of fun to your cardmaking and scrapbooking.