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Hi Everyone!

I’m delighted to let you know that I’ve just finished an assortment of twelve new designs for you and that each of these new designs is available in three formats - Digi Stamps, Rubber Stamps and 3D Decoupage sheets. There’s six new Cuddly Bears images and six new Cuddly Critters images for you to choose from so I hope there’s a little character or two amongst them to make you smile.

The 3D Decoupage sheets have been saved as high quality .jpg images which allows you to use them as they are or crop details and enlarge them for even bigger or solo images. I’d just like to say a special ‘Thank You’ here to my Mum who’s being having a fun time making up samples with the 3D Decoupage sheets for me to share with you.

The Digi Stamps are saved as transparent .pngs and can be re-sized to suit your particular projects and also overlaid onto your background papers. I like to print out the Digi Stamps on my inkjet printer and then colour them with my Tim Holtz Alcohol and Distress Inks, I’ve been getting great results this way and absolutely no bleeding of the printed inks, even when printing onto the cheapest of cheap 80gsm copy paper (I like to test to the limits!). Other ways to confidently colour inkjet printed images are with crayons and alcohol markers. Waterbased inks and paints can be used but success will vary on the type of paper or card you’re printing onto so it’s good to experiment. If you’re using a laser printer or a waterproof inkjet ink then watercolouring will be a doddle.

Speaking of Tim Holtz Alcohol Inks … 24 NEW colours have been added to the range plus a fantastic new double ended refillable marker pen that you can fill with your Alcohol Blending Solution or your favourite colours. Also new from Tim Holtz is the flexible and highly durable 12×12 GrungePaper.

Issue 4 of Creative Cardmaking Magazine was late coming to the stands this month due to a serious technical hitch at the printers but we’re pleased that all is well again and it’s now arrived safely with us.

Do check out our ‘When It’s Gone’ section in the shop too if you’ve got a few spare minutes as I’ve added a load of new clearance lines to it and there’s some great bargains to be had at knock down prices!

And finally … we’ve got a new Fabulously Crafty Friend who’s joined us in the cottage, the very talented Trudy, or as friends call her ‘True’. True has a wonderful eye for colour and layout and her stunning cards include the most inspiring sewing machine stitch detailing and the fanciest inserts I think I’ve ever seen! You can see more cards by True in the Crafty Friends Digi Gallery and look out for more of her fabulous creations in the days and months to come.

That’s all from me for now - Keep Creating!

Hugs n Smiles,
Kim

Meet the newest four little fairies to fly off Kim Sponaugle’s drawing board and into the wonderful realm of all things crafty! The ice skating Winter Fairy, delicate Spring Fairy amongst the Lily of the Valley, sweet little Summer Fairy whispering to a birdie and the mischievious Autumn Fairy riding a sycamore leaf will help you to keep creating all through the year and are ideal for card making, calendar and altered art projects. All four seasonal fairies are available as unmounted rubber stamps and 3D Decoupage greeting card downloads. Keep an eye out for Sonia’s beautiful handcrafted cards using these fairy stamps when browsing through the stamps in the shop or Gallery 1.

Also new in the shop this week are four more adorable Erica Pels acrylic stamp sets - Autumn 1 & 2, Winter Skates and Near the Christmas Tree. This brings the total of Erica Pels stamp sets to twelve now and offers us a wonderful collection of stamps for year round projects.

Other new arrivals this week are new colours in Tim Holtz Alcohol Inks and Adirondack Pigment Inkpads. New Martha Stewart Border punches - just two designs have arrived at the moment but lots more are on the way and expected to be with us real soon. We’ve also added more Peel Offs in various texts and borders and three packs of little tassels in assorted colours.

And finally for now … and, as ever, certainly not least … we’ve added some new cards to Gallery 1 by the wonderfully talented Alison. Just look at the clever application of Perfect Pearls on the Book Fairy card below - skoosh and drag!

Keep Creating!
Hugs n Smiles,
Kim

Hi Everyone,

Oh Wow, seems there’s been a touch of magic at work around here lately! I’ve teamed up with the amazingly talented children’s book illustrator Kim Sponaugle (yes, that’s two Kims now) and we’re delighted that the first members of our cuter than cute Fairy Fun Family are now ready to say ‘hello’ to you. We’ve got … Baby Fairy, Book and Cake Fairy, Grandma Fairy, Shoe Fairy and the sporty Tennis Fairy. Each fairy is available as a rubber stamp, a 3D Decoupage Card download and we’ve added eight sets of downloadable papers too. But this is just the start! More Fairy Fun Family members and other charming characters are managing to escape from Kim’s sketchbooks so keep an eye out for them too over the coming weeks and months!

Following the huge popularity of Susi’s super easy Alphabooks and Numbercards Printables and Cuttables, the printables range has been extended and a new rich ’Berries’ colour has been added. These sets are ideal for masculine cards toning in beautifully with the Country Gents and Local Lads downloads and are equally suitable for ladies cards too.

New in the shop are this month’s Creative Cardmaking and Making Cards magazines. These monthly magazines are each packed with ideas and inspiration for your cardmaking … and there’s some nifty free papers included too!

New too are the Mulberry Paper flowers by Petaloo - we’ve got lots of packs in a rainbow of tempting colours and styles that we think you might quite like too!

Also new in are the new Tim Holtz metal adornments - book corners, leaves, tiny attacher (a poshe name for a mini, mini, stapler), safety pins, etc.

All in all, lots of new goodies and lots more to watch out for. Have a great day, keep well, and …

Keep Creating!

Hugs n Smiles
Kim

It’s ’still’ Teddy Time here at Cuddly Buddly Crafts and again I’ve re-drawn some of the old favourites as rubber stamps and have added some new faces too. The new characters that I’ve added are some everyday ’Super Stars’ teddy bears - a Police bear, Firefighter, Doctor and Nurse, who join the Fairy, Princess, Cheerleader, Clown, Builder, Cowboy and gallant little Knight and Rainy Day Bear. The stamps can all be used individually but for double the cuteness try grouping them together for some adorable furry line-ups. To go with these stamps and to help you round off some corners and fill in some spaces I’ve also drawn a set of ‘Five Stars’ corners and icons which have a stitched patchwork effect to encourage some real funky colour combos.

Other new arrivals at Cuddly Buddly Crafts include some luxurious Prima Flowers - Windsor Roses, Scribbles, Caboodles and Bonnet Blooms and an exquisite new cardstock from Core’dinations called Whitewash which is available in 12×12 and 6×6 stacks. New in the Craft Basics section are some Candle Making moulds and waxes for creating your very own shaped tealights and in the Stencilling aisle we’ve popped on five brand new Erica’s Embroidery and Embossing stencils (Flower, Heart, Owl, Birdhouse and Butterfly).

And Finally … and certainly not least … we’ve added lots more cards by my Fabulously Crafty Friends to Gallery 1. Oooh, and a little reminder to you all that you’re very welcome to join in with our monthly Prize ATC and Card Challenges on the Forum.

Keep Creating!

Hugs n Smiles,
Kim

I’m delighted to let you know that we are now stocking some adorable new clear polymer stamps by the very talented Children’s illustrator, Erica Pels. The first four sets of Erica’s stamps are priced at an amazing value for money price of only £5.99 but don’t be fooled by the price these are no bitty stamps and the charming main characters measure in at a comfortable 70 - 90mm. Stamp sets available are, On the Farm, Playing with the Cat, Cowboy & Indian and Winter Snowman.

Also, new in today, are the fabulous fun and funky bold character, clear polymer stamp sets by Nellie’s Choice. Four ’seasons’ sets are available (shown above, Spring, Summer, Autumn & Winter) which contain an assortment of characters and props for you to create your own lively scenes. Four smaller sets of Nellie’s stamps are also available, one of which is a fabby Grandparents set with the cutest ‘little’ Grandma and Papa figures. Please be aware of the different sized characters in Nellie’s two sizes of sets … the smaller/cheaper sets have larger figures however all sets are still extremely pleasantly sized for card making and scrapbooking.

Keep Creating!

Hugs n Smiles’
Kim

It’s Teddy Time! We’ve just added some new Teddy Bear rubber stamps featuring some of your and my favourite ‘old’ bears from the download sets plus some totally new ones too. The brand new teddy images include teddies in the garden - picking daisies, watering daisies and peeping out from a topiary bush, Celebration Bears huddled together with a bouquet of daisies and a magnum of Fizz and the cutest little Bikini Bear with her ice cream! From Bear in the Air I’ve adapted the teddy on his balloon and teddy riding a star. Soldier, Sailor and Pilot bears from Military Bears, Ballerina, Pirate and Teatime Teddy have now been adapted for the stamps too.

I’ve also drawn some other new images for you to use with the Teds, so look out too for the Daisy Patch stamps which is a selection of daisy corners, icons and large daisies, Seven Sentiments which have sweet wavy headings and four new illustrated with text Mixed Round Greetings.

A few other new bits added to the shop include some adorable little packs of Chinese Noodle Boxes for you to personalise and a few more packets of Craftime’s cute shaped buttons.

Keep Creating!

Hugs n Smiles,
Kim

Hi there! Six new cute puppy dog panel rubber stamps and coordinating round greetings are now available. I hope that you find the designs handy for making little card toppers as they are and also that they’ll make fun additions when the stamped doggies are cut away from the background and used with our existing character stamps.

Keep Creating!

Hugs n Smiles,
Kim

First of all, I’d like to wish All of our Cuddly Buddly Customers a very Happy New Year -

May the best ye’ve ever seen
Be the worst ye’ll ever see
May a moose (mouse)
ne’er leave yer girnal (cupboard)
Wi’ a tear drap in his e’e. 

 May ye aye keep hale an’ herty
Till ye’re auld eneuch tae dee
May ye aye be jist as happy
As we wish ye aye tae be.

To kick off the new year with a fun n funky upbeat tempo I’ve created six new bold, graphic style Kitty Cat stamps and a set of four little round greetings to use with them. I hope you like them too and enjoy using them in a whole rainbow of colours and techniques (from heat embossing to 3D decoupage effects) to create your greetings cards and notelets for your kitty loving friends of all ages.

Keep Creating!

Hugs n Smiles,
Kim

Sixteen new ‘Santa’s Workshop’ rubber stamps have been added. The stamps work well on their own or can be used together to create fun little scenes for your greetings cards and scrapbooking pages … for example, Robbie and Emmy Elves pushing can be used with the Toy Train and Dolly’s Pram stamps … while the Toy Train and Dolly’s Pram stamps could also be coloured in pastel shades and work independently on New Baby projects. Little Santa looks quite comfortable stood in front of the Fireplace or Christmas Tree and Mrs Santa could dress in her everyday colours and bring out the tea tray throughout the year!

We’ve also added a few new bits to the shop … Adirondack Pigment Ink Pads, Ranger Ultra Thick Embossing Powders, Sakura Ultra Fine metallic pens, the new Bind-It-All Covers, Closures and Owires and a few more of the pretty Starform Transparent Glitter Peel Offs.

The first thirty six of our cute new Christmas/Winter rubber stamps have been added to the shop - teddies, little garden critters and the Giggles Gang kiddies. More Christmas stamps are still on the drawing board and we hope to be ready to release these in the next two - three weeks.

Two downloadable abstract Winter Papers Collections Winter Warm in reds and greens and Winter Frost in blues and lilacs have also been added to the shop.