Craft Club

Hi Crafty Friends

Just a quick catch up. I'm pleased to say the open day did not deter people and we now have a thriving craft club. So far the weather has been kind and it's been fun having people round to craft.

We had a week off when I went to see my friend in Greece, but we're now back and at full steam!

Here are two of the cards we've made

The roses are hand made because I didn't have a die and we stacked the frame for extra dimension. The image has several layers of UTEE for a realistic effect

Thinking of Tracey, I decided to make a new home card. This one is a variation on a stepper card, and proved quite complicated. I'd started with the intention of making a card to fit the envelopes I have loads of, but needless to say, when I decided to add a pointy roof, it no longer fit, so we had to make envelopes as well. Still everybody managed it, and we had a good time. 

The fence is Spellbinders, the arches Go Create and I've no idea what make the trees are, but they're meant to be coral.

happy crafting

jan xx

My Open Day

Hi Crafty Friends

Well, it was a massive project, but my 'craftery' (aka the conservatory) is now a proper useable space.
I had an open day last Saturday, with crafty bargains, a make and take and my lovely friend. Maureen did sterling work manning the kettle.

Thanks also to Wendy, for loads of help (mainly involving heavy loads!) and also to the builders (M. Jakes) for some excellent work, and for helping out with really heavy lifting.

Thanks to all my lovely crafting friends who could make it, I had a really good time, and hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did.

here it is, nearly ready

as you can see, lots of items for sale


Most of these storage units are also for sale, so I'm hoping to get a bit more space for crafting tables

This is a super sunny spot for morning coffee

And here are some of my visitors, doing a lot more nattering than crafting!

When it got full, I was too busy to take pics

My lovely OH built this for me (over many years), it just needed a bit of finishing off by the builders. I am so proud of what he did, and pleased I have it, as both a memorial to him, and the start of new things.

I'm looking forward to a lot of crafting in here.

Jan xx

Easter Bunnies

Hi Crafty Friends

You might remember a few posts ago, I made some Christmas favour boxes. Well, I was delighted to be asked to tweak the idea for Easter. So I came up with these two Easter Bunnies, and shared them with the lovely ladies of Sue's class. 

I just hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did - I suspect quite a lot of grandchildren will be getting extra supplies of mini eggs in bunnies this Easter.

happy crafting

xx

Bro's birthday

Hi Crafty Friends

Just thought I'd share with you the card I made for my brother's birthday. I got the idea off Pinterest and when I can find it again, I'll put the link on here. The one I saw looked like the shapes were cut out with dies, Cricut etc, whereas mine are much less exact, being drawn and hand cut by me. The eye should be smaller, (or not even there) but hey ho ...

Many thanks to the lovely lady in Boyes who provided DS tape, biro etc etc and let me stick the eye on & finish the card on her desk, and thereby make the post in time.

happy crafting

xx

Is it too early for Christmas cards?

Hi Crafty Friends

We made a Christmas card in the Stampin Up class I went to this morning. And it reminded me I have some Christmas card pics I didn't post at the time. I loved these Pyramid cards and made loads of them.

Apparently it's 44 weeks till Christmas, so at a card a week, I guess it's not too early!!

Happy (Christmas) crafting

xx

Christmas makes

Hi Crafty Friends
Here are the boxes I have made for my class (which will be on Dec 13th). I don't normally do cute, but these were fun to do. Back in the summer, I got the basic idea for the tree from this blog. Many thanks to Joyzz. When I'd done it, it occurred to me, it looked a bit like a snowman, and that started me off - the menagerie is growing fast. I think they'd make great table favours, place cards, alternatives to crackers, or I might just fill them with little treats as stocking fillers.

Along the way, I redesigned the box part as well, so there's not as much cutting and folding.

Hope you like them

happy crafting

xx

Hi Crafty Friends

Here's a card I made ages ago, but I've just found the photo and realised I don't think I ever blogged it. I made it for a competition in a magazine, and amazingly, I won! My prize was to make some more cards for the magazine. They gave me the papers etc to make the cards with and even paid me, so for the briefest of times, I was an actual professional card maker. 

Apologies to those who have seen this, but I thought it was a shame my 'piece de resistance' was never on my here.

happy crafting