Race Day Invitation

We were recently commissioned to design a bespoke corporate race day invitation. A laser cut horse and rider approach the finishing line on a green coloured card ! We hope that everyone was a winner at the event  and a good time was had by all !

Sex & The City Wedding Receptions

A diamante shoe embellishment place card from The Handcrafted Card Co Ltd is highlighted in this months Wedding Ideas Magazine feature "Sex & The City Receptions" 

Wedding favour boxes, stationery, sweets, table plans, cakes table diamonds, table name cards, candles, cake toppers, jewellery are shown in four fabulous wedding looks. Wedding Ideas Magazine is out now at all good retailers !

Nautical Wedding Theme

All things "nautical" appear in this months Wedding Ideas Magazine. Seashell combs, starfish earrings, tropical save the dates and seaside wedding invitations all feature in the "Find my Theme - Nautical !". Our nautical seating tag is detailed on page 219 of the June 2010 issue of the magazine, showing a small boat embellishment on an ivory seating tag card with matching lilac ribbon threaded through a gold coloured metal eyelet. Navy blue, lilac, white and red are the key colours to choose for a seaside wedding theme with seashells, waves, boats, starfish, regatta flags, beech huts, buckets and spades providing the inspiration. 

Handmade Greeting Cards at Progressive Greetings Live

Day 2 of Progressive Greetings Live at the Business Design Centre in London where The Handcrafted Card Company are featuring some of their new handmade greeting cards. The new Valentine's Day cards feature a black foiled scroll design on a rich red board with Swarovski crystal embellishments. There are 14 designs in the range including "Be my Valentine", "I Love You", "He Loves Me", "She Loves Me", "Be Mine", "Truly, Madly, Deeply", "I Love You to Infinity and Beyond", "You Set My Heart On Fire", "We're in Perfect Harmony", "You Make my Heart Skip a Beat", "Head over Heels", "Kiss Me", "Marry Me", and "Let's Write a Happy Ending". 

Diamante Embellishments for Cake Decorations, Invites and Clothes

Diamante buckles and embellishments are featured in Junes issue of Wedding Ideas (Issue 83).   The Waterford Diamante brooch from The Handcrafted Card Company Ltd is featured on page 187 and gets the "Wow" vote from Wedding Ideas Magazine. Diamante buckles and embellishments can be used on cake decorations, clothing or wedding stationery. 

Golden Ticket Awarded to The Handcrafted Card Co Ltd at PGLive

We are proud to have been awarded the Golden Ticket award at PGLive 2010 ! Further details will be posted later but we just couldn't resist telling the world. You can find us, our new handmade greeting cards and the Golden Ticket  on Stand 788 !

Update:
We have also been awarded a Silver Ticket award as  well .... we like it here !

New Father's Day Cards with Laser Cut Embellishments

A new range of Father's day cards with laser cut glitter card embellishments and Swarovski crystals will be launched by The Handcrafted Card Co Ltd tomorrow at PGLive, the London International Card Show event at the Business Design Centre. The "Showtime Father's Day" range includes "You Rock", "Have a Great Day", "Indulge, Relax, Enjoy", "To a Classic Dad", "To a Great Dad", "To a Seriously Cool Dad", "To the Best Taxi Driver in Town", "You Rock" and "You're a Star".

New Laser Cut Greeting Cards Launched at Progressive Greetings Live 2010

The Handcrafted Card Company Ltd will be launching a new range of laser cut mens greeting cards at Progressive Greetings Live 2010 called "Hole in One". Every card has at least one laser cut image cut from beautiful coloured card stock. Horse racing, darts, motor racing, beer, snooker, golf, fishing, music, rugby, cricket, skateboarding and football provide the inspiration for the laser cut images.  We will be on stand 788 at PGLive 2010, which is being held at the Business Design Centre, London on 25th and 26th May 2010.

Wedding Stationery Blog - Tag Cloud

We love the Tag clouds that can be created using Wordle - here's ours from our wedding stationery blog from The Handcrafted Card Co Ltd:

Diamante Buckles and Diamante Embellishments - what have you created ?

We'd like to know what you have created with diamante buckles and diamante embellishments from The Handcrafted Card Company Ltd. We would love to feature your ideas, products and designs on our dedicated diamante buckle blog, on The Handcrafted Card Company blog  and on our wedding craft website. You may be using diamante buckles and diamante embellishments for wedding stationery, on favour boxes, save the date cards, napkin decorations or even cake decorations. We'd love to feature them and you on our blogs and websites and promote your diamante buckle and diamante embellishment designs.

Diamante Buckles and Embellishments - what have you created ?

Send your diamante buckle design brief and photos by email to info@thehandcraftedcardcompany.co.uk and we will contact you if you are chosen to be featured ! 

By Royal Appointment - Laser Cut Butterfly Bouquet !

We can now finally reveal that we were commissioned to make a laser cut butterfly bouquet for the Queen for the Commonwealth Day celebrations on 8th March 2010. The delicate laser butterflies were entwined together to form a decorative bouquet that was presented to the Queen during the evening reception at the Foreign Office.

We have produced similar laser cut butterfly embellishments for a number of clients for their wedding stationery.

Diamante Buckle and Ribbon Bow Wedding Stationery Design

An example of our Diamante Buckle and Ribbon Bow wedding stationery design is shown below. The backing boards, ribbon colour and diamante buckle design can be changed to suit the colour theme of the wedding.