Designer Craft Project: Floral Handbag

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Tonal colour blocking and floral prints are two very distinctive styles in fashion this season. This week we are inspired by summer trends and beautiful blooms of spring. See how we used Cristina Re’s Belladonna Bouquet paper for this week’s craft project. The following handbag invitation is  inspired by the season’s top fashion trends from

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DIY Tassel Handbag Invitations – Tutorial

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Pucci, Diane von Furstenberg, Louis Vuitton, and Roberto Cavalli all showcased tassel embellishments on their Spring runways on handbags and garments, here at Cristina Re we can’t seem to get enough of them! Materials: 1 x Sheet Blue Boudoir Embossed Paper 1 x Sheet Luxury Linen White Paper (for text insert) 1 x Sheet Polka

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DIY Chanel Handbag Invitations – Tutorial

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Chanel is one of our favourite designers, and in honor of the fabulous woman, we have designed a project inspired by her signature-quilted handbags. For this project we will use the fashionable Cristina Re Embossed Powder Puff card, a diamond quilted paper design capturing the essence of Chanel. Materials: 1 x Sheet Embossed Powder Puff

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DIY Hot Pink Handbag – Tutorial

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Pink is set to be the hottest colour coming your way, with designers such as Dolce & Gabana and Lanvin using it boldly on the fashion runway. Immediately we thought of the gorgeous Hydrangea Rose paper by Cristina Re for this project, teamed with some lace inspired paper and a classy diamanté buckle. After all,

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DIY Fringed Handbag Tutorial

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1920’s FRINGED HANDBAG The roaring twenties was a time of glamour, desire and freedom. This week’s handbag craft project is inspired by the fashion from the 1920’s, swinging fringe dresses and luscious beading. Delicate fringing is being used by many fashion labels right now as the glamour returns from the past. This week we will

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