It’s the weekend!

Happy Friday folks. apologies for the silence here in blog land, and no I didn’t get lost and trapped in the pigsty that was the conservatory. It’s been a hectic one at work and i haven’t had any inky time all week, hence nothing to photograph and therefore no posts . However, I’ve got my occasional greetings class tomorrow, so i thought I'd pop by and share the projects for that. We’ll be making a set of 3 cards and a card storage tote using the Occasional Greetings stamp set (plus a few others) and the gorgeous ‘Elegant Soiree’ papers, here’s a piccie of the ensemble. The kit list for class attendees is here.

well, that’s all for tonight. I need to get in the craft room now and make a card for my dad for Father’s Day (so much for getting ahead this month!).

Have a fab weekend.

A week into June…

Happy Wednesday folks! It’s past the middle of the week already, which means it’ll soon be the weekend I’m actually wondering what I’ve forgotten to do this month, as I’m feeling scarily ahead. I finished my class samples on Monday and have been catching up with various bits of admin all week – still have a tax return to fill in, but other than that I’m all up to date. So, somewhat earlier than usual, here are the sneak peeks for this month’s class which features the ‘Occasional Greetings’ stamp set and Elegant Soiree papers.

If you’d like to join us and haven’t booked your place, then email me. Class kit details will be here by the end of next week. Right, following on in the spirit of getting ahead with things, I’ve got a couple of Birthday cards to make for later this week, so I’m going to head into the craft room for some inky time! I’ll pop back later in the week to show you some of what I’ve been up to.

Team Training & Blog Candy

Happy Monday folks!
Apologies for the silence of late, things have been somewhat hectic and things have been compounded by me being unwell. On top of that, unfortunately Darren’s gran, Phyllis, had a fall last week, which has put her in hospital (much to her distaste!) with a broken leg. So in short, things haven’t quite gone to plan! Anyways, enough of my babble, I promised some pictures of the samples that my lovely downline Rebecca had prepared for our team training session back in April, using chalks and the ‘Because I Care’ level 1 hostess set, so here are the results. The technique’s had me reaching for my Stampin' Pastels, and actually inking up this stamp set for the first time.

Such fantastic results with a relatively small selection of projects. If you fancy recreating the technique, then have a look at my blog candy below, where you’ll find a lot of what you need to recreate the samples! (Just add chalks and ink).

So, to be in with a chance of winning the blog candy, all you have to do is leave me a comment, and if you have a blog then please link to this post so that others can join in too . I’ll randomly draw the winner next Monday (30th May) and post the winner’s name here on my blog. Good luck!
Well, that’s all for today, I’ll be back later in the week with some sneak peeks of my all-day ‘Birthday Bash’ class which is running this weekend – lots of projects on a birthday theme – complete with jelly and ice cream!

I {heart} hearts class

Happy Saturday morning everyone!
and thank heavens it's the weekend, which means a little lie in for yours truly, followed by frantic preparations for this afternoon's class. Speaking of which, here's what the lovely ladies will be making this afternoon

The set features the I {heart} hearts stamp set, which is perfect for so many occasions - including of course Valentines day. I know we're a few weeks early, but it already seems a distant memory given that I'm currently designing Easter projects as crafty people have to constantly be an occasion ahead to give time to send things by snail mail! So here are the projects in a bit closer detail, first we have the easel fold with hearts stamped in riding hood red ink and the easel prop is made from lots of hearts punched out of riding hood red cardstock using the heart to heart punch. The 'amour' greeting is from the artistic etchings stamp set.

Secondly we'll be making a card featuring the heart treat cups filled with red Jelly Belly beans (assuming there are any left by the time we get to class, as I keep munching them!!). The crumb cake background is inked with the en francais background stamp and the rounded tab uses the 'love' sentiment from tiny tags. the 'be mine' border around the heart is from the sweetheart stamp set.

The third card is a simple C6 fold, using the broadsheet alphabet used to spell 'Love'. Then lots of punched hearts, from love letter DSP and a mini envelope made from the petal card punch. I've gone a bit mad with the ribbon ruffling this month - but I love the effect that the satin ribbon gives!

And finally a little origami treat box with a belly band, made from crumb cake cardstock with a little liner box in basic black. the belly band is decorated with punched hearts and tags, and the sides of the box use the scalloped heart from the sweetheart stamp set along with the 'amour' greeting from artistic etchings.

The instructions and a class kit are now available to purchase here if you'd like to have a go at making this set. The next class is on Saturday 19th February if you fancy joining us - details are here.