Sunday, 27 July 2008

Sunday 27th July 2008 - Section C

Tutors - Doreen Bloomfield and Debbie Williams (from Create and Craft)
Cost - £19.50

Projects


3 cards featuring decoupage
6 very special cards for all occasions

Please bring along the following tools, if you have them.

* A mouse mat or similar
* a 5mm or 6mm ball tool
* scissors

Sunday 27th July 2008 - Section D

Tutors - Jackie and Brenda
Cost - £16.00

Projects



A card incorporating a box with an acetate window, filled and decorated with stamped and embossed flowers or butterflies. More than a card - a keepsake.





A Hearts entwined card - this pretty card is decorated with a double heart embellishment trimmed with cream roses and butterflies.







Champagne bottle card - cream card decorated with green and cream scalloped edge. A champagne bottle sits on the front of the card. Suitable for any occasion.






Please bring along the following tools, if you have them.

* A craft knife and cutting mat
* double sided tape
* clear glue
* pva glue
* colouring pens or pencils
* a heat embossing tool
* a long ruler
* scissors, large and small
* ball tool
* pencil

Saturday, 26 July 2008

Saturday 26th July 2008 - Beading


Tutors - Linda Trew and Ann Turner
Cost - £28.00

Project - Special occasion crystal necklace
This pretty square necked crystal necklace lives up to its title, using dazzling crystals this scalloped edge design is certainly made for that special occasion.

Saturday 26th July 2008 - Section A

Tutors - Doreen Bloomfield and Debbie Williams (from Create and Craft)
Cost - £19.50

Projects

2 boxed cards using "Toe Tappers" shoe template
A card suitable for birthday, wedding, moving home, get well, any occasion.

Please bring along the following tools, if you have them.

* A mouse mat or similar
* a 5mm or 6mm ball tool
* a long ruler
* an embossing tool
* eyelet setter
* scissors

Saturday 26th July 2008 - Section B

Tutors - Jackie and Brenda
Cost - £16.00

Projects

A card incorporating a box
with acetate window, filled and decorated with stamped and embossed butterflies. More than a card - a keepsake.






Cameo card - trimmed with pale blue and white frames, edged with silver peel offs and featuring a pale blue cameo style head with a silver surround.









Fairy Dell card - decorated with silver peel offs as an embellishment in each corner. On the front, a fairy matchitt embellishment sits in a circle. There is a small flower to complement the fairy matchitt.





Please bring along the following tools, if you have them.

* A craft knife and cutting mat
* double sided tape
* clear glue
* pva glue
* colouring pens or pencils
* a heat embossing tool
* a long ruler
* scissors, large and small

Monday, 30 June 2008

Saturday 28th June 2008

Tutor today: Brenda


Project 1

A5 white card decorated with dry embossing (using a "Glitter Girls" board)and a black highlight strip. Topped with a card handbag made from a template. The flap of the handbag is stamped with stazon glue pad and covered with fine glitter. Sentiment and decorative gems are placed on the front of the bag and the handle is made from very narrow black ribbon with a side edge of gold.


Project 2.

Ideal card for a man - vintage car decoupaged onto silver and black backing papers and decorated with peeloff strips and gems for headlights. The silver backing card was embossed using a Cricut embossing machine. The black corner details were made using teabag folds.

Saturday, 14 June 2008

Saturday 14th June 2008


Beading Beginners - Necklace with faceted crystal bead drop
Tutor - Ann

Lots of ladies (and one gentleman!) attended todays class to make the single strand of beads necklace with crystal faceted bead drop.

And of course, to buy some extra beads for their own projects! Materials for each project are ordered before the class, but if any other beads are wanted, Ann will do her best to obtain them if they are not already available.

Saturday, 31 May 2008

Saturday 31st May 2008

Tutor today - Laura

Project 1 - Lily Card


Card made using white arum lily backing paper, with a complementary green paper on the front. Purple card used as the base for the teabag flower motif, that is decoupaged.





Project 2 - Butterfly card.


Card made landscape style using pink backing paper and toning ribbon embellishment. Die cut butterfly decorated with diamonte embellishments and attached to card on opposite side. A jewelled brad is used as a highlight in the bottom right hand corner.

Saturday, 26 April 2008

Saturday 26th April 2008


Tutor today - Linda

Project -

Flap over wedding card.


This card was made using diecut hearts and embossed backing paper. The main card is a squared gatefold, with a flap inserted inside, the top of which is also decorated. The sentiment is inserted into the main card under the flap.

Saturday, 22 March 2008

Saturday 22nd March 2008

Tutor today - Jackie

Projects

Faux Picture frame card
This card was made using printed card with a satin finish. Using folds, the contrasting "borders" of the frame were made. The picture used in this card was taken from the Joanna Sheen Fashion Boutique cds and a feather and peel offs were used for embellishment.





Tulip Decoupage Card

This card was a square card base, decorated by using two complementary backing papers and a mat and layered tulip picture, decoupaged. A greeting tag was applied to the bottom right of the card and a ribbon bow was applied as an embellishment.