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More pictures from the July Event. Becky spent her day making these brilliant tree hangings.

She's promised to show us how to make them at a future class.

Have fun crafting
Sheila :-) x

July's All-Day Workshop

This was our last all-day event before the summer break and many of us were getting ready for our annual holidays - which is why I forgot to post these.

Thanks Helen for these great picture of some of the cards you made in July. We all enjoyed ourselves at this freestyle class and it was a great way to wind down ready for the summer holidays 

September's Christmas Workshop

                      These beautiful table decorations were our morning projects.

In the afternoon we made these mini scrapbook cards all  from exactly the same raw materials. Thanks to Richard for working out how to make these from the lovely card Jenny sent me.

Many thanks to Lorrie for this month's photos

Wedding Themed Cards The Valley Craft Group Class Thursday 5th July

Top left is a card designed to show off this month's offer from Stampin' Up. We used Calypso Coral Card Stock with Everyday Enchantment DSP ( introduced during sale-a-bration earlier this year and available to buy, while stocks last during, July ), Love and Laughter Stamp set and some of the lovely organza ribbon in Lucky Limeade which you can get free if you spend £45 this month.

The Wedding Wheels card on the top right is made with Cherry Cobbler and Very Vanilla Card Stock.

The Manhattan Flower Card Features Basic Black And Shimmery White card stock and we used Dazzling Diamonds to enhance the edges of the embossed image.

Finally the bottom right card is made from Shimmery White and Rich Razzleberry card stock and a small piece of retired Speciality DSP.

I can't believe I'm up to date now with pictures from classes. That leaves me free to plan the projects for my next class which is the all-day Christmas workshop on Saturday 21st July

Have fun crafting! See you soon

Sheila :-)

Male themed cards

Here are the cards we made in the June class at Crystal Rocks. (Really sorry for the delayed post).

Top left uses Night Of Navy, Soft Suede and Whisper White card stock with Need For Speed stamp set.

Top right is River Rock and Soft Suede card stock with Well Worn DSP.

Bottom left is Not Quite Navy and Very Vanilla card stock with a printed map of the Isle of Man and the Motorcycle stamp.

And the fourth card on the bottom right features Soft Suede and Very Vanilla card stock with Mocha Morning Speciality DSP, Lovely as a Tree and Motorcycle stamp sets

Have fun crafting I'll be back soon with more pics :-)

Fantastic News Fron Stampin' Up

As from 1st October 2012 Stampin' Up are bringing the European Market in line with the American Market

This means that the 2012-2013 catalogue will be virtually the same as the one that has recently launched in America - that's a massive 204 pages - and will last for only 9 months so that our 2013-2014 catalogue will launch just 1 month after the North American one.

We will be getting two seasonal mini catalogues each year.  An Autumn/ Winter catalogue  starting 1st September 2012 lasting to January.  Then the Spring/Summer mini starting February to 30th June.  They will be A4 size and 40 pages big, nearly identical to the American Mini's

So you can stop looking on-line and wishing we had the same and start writing your new WISH LISTS.

Just remember we are not guaranteed everything they have over there but almost everything

Happy planning everyone see you soon

Sheila x :-)

Christmas Class 19.5.2012

 Almost up to date now.

Here's what we made at May's Christmas Class.

The stars were made using a Sizzix Die and the cards were inspired by a class I did with my Upline Maria

First Class at Crystal Rocks

 Hi All,

2 weeks ago I did my first class at The Valley Craft Group's session at Crystal Rocks in Waterfoot.
This was a class idea from Jenny Moors and we made it so we would have somewhere to keep the cards we will make in future classes. I was inspired by Helen's request for themed cards so she would have a supply to dip into for any occasion.

More pictures to follow then I think I'm up to date x :-)

Hi All,

Sorry to say I'm a couple of months behind in posting pictures from my classes so here are some images frpm April's Christmas one and I'll post from the May one as soon as I've got the pictures out of my e-mails and in the card photo's folder.

I'll be back soon :-)

 

Here's a great new product from Stampin' Up

Simply Scored Diagonal Plate

Sales period: 1 May–30 September 2012
Details
We are pleased to announce the all-new Simply Scored Diagonal Plate, perfect for creating envelopes, boxes, and more! It’s the must-have companion to your Simply Scored scoring tool.

Item	Description	Price
125586	Simply Scored Diagonal Plate	£10.95

Have a quick peek at the new Summer Mini

Hi all,
Stampin' Up's long awaited Summer Mini launches today . Click on the picture of the mini on the right to take a look at the fabulous new products on offer from  1st May to the end of August. My list is really long and luckily I have my birthday in July so should be able to buy most of the items I want.
Sheila :-)

Pillow Box Class

At our latest regular class we made these lovely Pillow Boxes using Soft Suede card stock, Morning Mocha Speciality DSP, Big Shot Dies and punches.

My next post will be from our monthly Christmas classs. Watch this space.

Have fun crafting. Sheila :-)

Dad's 80th Birthday

My dad celebrated his 80th birthday earlier this month and these are the cards we made for him.
Becky chose the Sprinkled expressions SAB set and brights on a Pumpkin Pie card with Whisper White layer.

My card featured the Motorcycle stamp with Morning Mocha papers and letters and numbers cut on the big shot using the alphabet set. The card base is Soft Suede with a Very Vanilla layer.

I'll be back soon with more pics from recent classes :-)

Christmas Workshop 17th March 2012

We made the brown coloured bag from some wrapping paper, the red one from Poster paper and the blue one is a white lunch bag covered with Marina Mist card stock. We used the Top Note die for the tags and embellished them with more of the paper used for the bags.

For the cards we used Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler and Crumb Cake card stock, Contempo Christmas, Delightful Decorations and Sweet Snowglobe stamp sets and the Scallop Trim Corner punch. Ok so there are other sentiments in there but I'm sure you can work out which ones from the pictures.

Our next Christmas workshop is on Saturday 21st April and I'm planning to make some room decorations as well as more Christmas cards.

Have fun crafting

Sheila :-)

After the workshop

What a mess but everyone had a great time so I'll be uploading some photos in the next couple of days to show what we made

Handbags and cards class 1st March 2012

 

At our latest class we made the pretty gift bags. The two in the foreground were each made from one 6"x 6" sheet of Designer Series Paper with co-ordinating card stock for decoration and fastenings. The other one uses a white lunch bagcut shorter and covered with layered card stock and DSP. We used brads and elastic to keep them closed.

The cards were freestyle using punches and rubber stamps. We used the 2010-2012 In Colours at this class

Becky & Vicky's Birthday Cards

It's my twin daughters' birthday tomorrow and we've been to visit them today to drop off their cards and pressies. These are the cards I made for them. I always find it safer to do them the same card but in different colours as you will see if you check out my old posts.

Have fun crafting :-)

Everyday Enchantment Gift Box

We used the sale-a-bration designer papers to decorate this lovely hinged-lid box.

The 3D flowers are made from co-ordinating card stock using the scallop circle punch and brads.

We finished them off with sponged edges to create a distressed look or dazzling diamonds for a 'bling' effect.

If you want more details of this or any of the projects featured in this blog just
leave a comment and I'll get back to you

Have fun crafting x :-)

Delightful Decorations Christmas Card

The design of this card was inspired by a gift box we made at one of Maria's christmas events. I was so pleased with it I made it in lots of different colours.

Christmas Workshop 18th February 2012

Some pictures from my latest Christmas workshop held on Saturday 18th Feb 2012.

Crafting with Friends

Last night I got together with a couple of friends to do some crafting and this is what we produced

We all enjoyed ourselves and went away with loads of ideas for other projects

First All Day Christmas Workshop

This year I've decided to host a Chritmas workshop every month and make it an all-day event so we can get a lot done.

Today our morning project was this useful planner



After lunch we made these no-fold boxes and cards.

We all decided to decorate our cards in different ways and I had allowed for this by getting out all my Christmas sets including retired ones

We're hoping that by next Christmas we'll have enough hand-made cards for all our friends and some gift boxes and bags too

All Day Workshop

Tomorrow I'm hosting my first all day workshop.

The packs and the table are ready just need to sort the refreshments now.

I'll post some photos after the event

Vintage Vogue Card Folder and Cards

At tonight's class we made this lovely card folder and six cards. Here are some of the ideas we had for cards. My guests Helen and Eilidh have kindly allowed me to put the pictures of their cards on this blog