Monday 29 August 2011

New Design Sheets ready for download now!!

New Design Sheets ready for download now!! starting at only 20p pay, download then print time and time again!! save £££'s.... why not become a CUP cardmaker and make some money back on your cardmaking skills!!

Check out the new cup feature.... cup will print and post your sheets!!

Thursday 25 August 2011

Join My Blog - finished cards please

I would like to invite you to uplaod your photos to my Blog in an attempt to create a massive cardmaking gallery if you are interested let me know and i will create a page for it

Thanks
Mandy

Waterfall cards, wobble cards and cardmaking templates

Waterfall cards, wobble cards and cardmaking templates... what ever you need you will find it on CraftsUprint.. look on the craftsuprint designs page and click on the banner... it will take you to crafting heaven

Do you want cutting edge decoupage sheets...

Do you want cutting edge decoupage sheets... check out the CUP page on my blog for the link

With over 160 designers to choose from you are sure to find what you are looking for

Thanks Hazel...that card really is gorgeous!!

This design sheet really is only 80p, you pay, download and then print whenever you need it.. think of the £££'s you will save.

CraftsUprint now even offer a print and post system!!


Thanks Hazel... you have done a really good job with this one


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Mandy

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Amazing!!There are now over 100,000 Finished Cards to view

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Crafty Bob Treasure hunt is Cash pot is £78.00

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Wednesday 24 August 2011

Take Part In Crafty Bob Treasure Hunt....How much is it worth now?

Crafty Bob Treasure Hunt
Crafty Bob is our new crafty character, and what a crafty chap he is!

The rules are simple.

Crafty Bob likes to play 'Hide-n-Seek', just find the waving Crafty Bob on the Craftsuprint website and you will win 'The Bobpot'.

When you have found 'Wavy Bob' just click on him and fill in your details to claim your CASH PRIZE.

The first person to click on the ‘I FOUND BOB’ button will win the Bobpot Total.

You must be willing to accept a paypal payment as this is how your winnings will be paid.

There are a few 'Red Herrings', in other words 'Decoys' out there! - so be warned. Also there may be clues left in the forum, so keep an eye out for Crafty Bob in there!

Remember you are looking for a Crafty Bob that is waving, exactly the same as the sample shown below.

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Card Verses
Welcome to our new Interactive Greetings Card Verses area.

Supplied by the craftsuprint community, you will find 100's of 'Free Greetings Cards Verses' that will help with your handmade card projects.

Why not leave a verse of your own in your crafter control panel for other crafters to share.


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Tuesday 23 August 2011

Craft Fairs - In and Around Yorkshire 2011

I promised Sarah i would let you know the events diary for Craft Fairs in Yorkshire
Some of these venues i visited last year and they were well a trip out!!!


Check out the website below for more info

http://www.yorkshirefairs.co.uk/dates.asp

Ripley:

Saltaire:


St Williams College York:


Wednesday Aug 24, 2011Golden Lion Hotel, Northallerton
Sunday Aug 28, 2011 - Monday Aug 29, 2011 (Summer Craft Festival)Duncombe Park, Helmsley
Saturday Sep 03, 2011The Town Hall, Stokesley
Sunday Sep 04, 2011The Town Hall, Ripley (Harrogate)
Saturday Sep 10, 2011The Clarke-Foley Centre, Ilkley
Saturday Sep 17, 2011Golden Lion Hotel, Northallerton
Saturday Sep 24, 2011The Witham, Barnard Castle
Wednesday Sep 28, 2011Golden Lion Hotel, Northallerton
Saturday Oct 01, 2011The Town Hall, Stokesley
Sunday Oct 02, 2011The Victoria Hall, Saltaire
Saturday Oct 08, 2011The Clarke-Foley Centre, Ilkley
Saturday Oct 15, 2011Golden Lion Hotel, Northallerton
Saturday Oct 22, 2011 - Sunday Oct 23, 2011 (Autumn Craft Festival)St William's College, York
Wednesday Oct 26, 2011Golden Lion Hotel, Northallerton
Saturday Oct 29, 2011The Witham, Barnard Castle
Saturday Nov 05, 2011 - Sunday Nov 06, 2011 (Christmas Craft Festival)St William's College, York
Saturday Nov 05, 2011The Town Hall, Stokesley
Wednesday Nov 09, 2011Golden Lion Hotel, Northallerton
Saturday Nov 12, 2011 - Sunday Nov 13, 2011 (Christmas Craft Festival)Duncombe Park, Helmsley
Saturday Nov 19, 2011The Witham, Barnard Castle
Sunday Nov 20, 2011The Victoria Hall, Saltaire
Thursday Nov 24, 2011 - Sunday Nov 27, 2011 (St Nicholas Fair)St William's College, York
Saturday Dec 03, 2011Golden Lion Hotel, Northallerton
Wednesday Dec 07, 2011Golden Lion Hotel, Northallerton
Saturday Dec 10, 2011The Clarke-Foley Centre, Ilkley
Saturday Dec 17, 2011The Town Hall, Stokesley
Saturday Dec 17, 2011The Witham, Barnard Castle



Free Choc and Nut Cookie Recipe


As promised.... see below for a fool proof quick cookie recipe...
I hope you enjoy it, this always goes well down with my household.
experiment yourself by adding different goodies such as white chocolate chips or even a little peanut butter

Simple Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

130g plain flour
70 g butter (softened)
1 egg
50 g soft brown sugar (Demerara)
50 g superfine / caster sugar
110 g chocolate chips (white, milk or dark…you choose)
50 g chopped hazelnuts or pecan nuts
½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

* Optional: 50 g chopped pecan or hazelnuts


Step By Step

1.) Pre- heat your oven to 180°C

2.) Grease two baking trays with butter

3.) Add the brown sugar, caster sugar, plain flour, bicarbonate of soda, butter and vanilla extract to a bowl and mix them well using a wooden spoon. Add the egg, chocolate and nuts and mix all the ingredients together (it is much more fun doing it by hand, especially if you are making these with children BUT you can use a blender if you wish, it will take about 2 mins to mix it up)

4.) Once your mixture is ready, use 2 spoons to scoop little dollops onto your greased trays, each dollop should measure about 4.5cm in diameter, but don’t be tempted to pat the mixture down as this will give you a lovely chewy consistency if left like little cookie dough mountains. You need to leave a good gap between the dollops or you will end up with the cookies joining up to create a cookie tray.

5.) Place your oven trays in the centre of a pre heated oven and cook at 180°C (gas mark 4) for 12 mins
(Some ovens may vary, you should check on your cookies at 10 mins, they should be lightly golden and have a good spring the centre when pressed with the back of the spoon)

6.) Once your cookies are ready leave them aside for 5 mins, you should then be able to take them off the tray using a fish slice, transfer the cookies to a cooling rack to cool down even further.

Enjoy!!!






Sunday 21 August 2011

Craft Fairs - whats coming up near you?

Have a look at UK Craft Fairs Near you

Just copy the links into your web browser

ICHF Craft Exhibitions:

http://www.ichf.co.uk/outdoorcraftsalive/

Uk Craft Fairs site:

http://www.ukcraftfairs.com/craft-fair-search.asp

Craft Calender Site:

http://www.craftcalendar.co.uk/

Appletree craft fairs:

http://www.appletreecraftfairs.com/

If you know of any other craft fairs or you would like to promote a craft fair near you feel free to add to the post

Thanks for looking
Mandy

Saturday 20 August 2011

American Cardmaking Customers

I just wanted to say thank you to my new american cardmaking customers, i appreciate all the requests i have recieved..

I already have a few american football and baseball design sheets in my collection, sadly i don't have any basketball artwork but i will work on some and should have it available to downnload on CUP as soon as i can. I will send a post when it is uploaded

American Football
cup63848_593 American Football Pyramage Design Sheet
cup66325_593 Over the Edge American Football Design Sheet
cup66145_593 American Tunnel Design Sheet
cup66003_593 Over the Edge American Football Design Sheet

To view the sheets click on the craftsuprint banner below and enter the cup sheet number into the search bar
for example: cup63848_593

Baseball
cup66456_593 Catchers Mitt - No.1 Baseball Fan Unusual Pyramid Stacker



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It was you guys that inspired me to merge my crafting and cooking, i will be adding more free recipes next week i am also thinking about including some recipes on my design sheets...just for something different

Many thanks
Mandy

It's turning out to be a busy day...baking and cardmaking!!

I hope you like my free shortbread recipe... please let me know if you would like to see more recipes as i nearly have enough for a book I just haven't got round to doing anything with it...

If you would like to see more recipes...please add to the comments section

I would also love to see some pictures of your finished shortbread..

Mandy
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Free Shortbread Recipe - Foolproof.. perfect everytime






Ingredients:
310g of plain flour
100g of caster sugar
227g of butter (set to room temp)
20g of icing sugar
(AN EXTRA 30g of sugar for dusting)

What you will need:

Large Mixing Bowl
Kitchen Scales
Quiche Tin or Cake Tin (please note if using a cake tin you will need to make a grease proof liner)
Large Wooden Spoon
A Fork
A oven tray for you to sit your cake tin on to make it easier to lift in and out of the oven

Method

Pre heat your oven to 180 degrees

1.)Mix your flour and 100g of caster sugar and icing sugar in a bowl
2.)Work in the butter filtering it through your fingers to get it really rubbed in
(don't us an electric mixer or you will work it too much)
3.)Put the mix into a 9" diameter flutted edge quiche tin (preferably silicone)
see mine below that i got free from baked and delicious
http://dairydiarychat.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/win-silicone-quiche-pan.jpg?w=180&h=96
flatten the mixture down to get an even spread in the tin. I prefer to do this by using the back of a wooden spoon.
4.) Prick holes using a folk over the top of the mixture then sprinkle with sugar
5.) Bake in the oven for 25 mins, keep checking as different ovens will have different timings i would check from 20 mins if you dont have a fan assisted oven
6.) Your Shortbread should just be lighlty golden when cooked, remove from the oven and set aside (important - wait till the shortbread is competely cold before you try and cut it or it will just crumble and fall apart)

This is really a foolproof recipe... perfect every time
You can even bling yours up by adding melted chocolate on top

Enjoy
Mandy

Whats your favourite craft?

Hi,

I'm trying to get some data so i can start working on my new crafting downloads for
www.craftsuprint.com/mandyrussell
what do you prefer...decoupage, stackers, iris folding, templates?

You decide.....
Mandy

Card Making Day

Ive spent all morning having a right good cardmaking session... thought i would put up a few pics to see what you think?






Friday 19 August 2011

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Thank You

I just wanted to take a minute to thank all of the amazing card makers who make cards using the design sheets on CUP... we wouldnt be where we are without you!!

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TGIF

Hi,

Well girlies and guys, i have finally got round to starting my blog....

The place.. hopefully you will be able to upload your stunning pictures of the cards you have made with my design sheets on Craftsuprint

I hope you enjoy the blog, i hopefully want to start adding loads on here such as my favourite cooking recipes and other craft instructions and how too's i have wrote over the years but havent got round to doing anything with...

Thanks
Mandy