April 2016 cards

Well here we are again. Hope you all had a lovely Easter & that you didn't eat too many Easter eggs 😊.

This month's card all have an acetate theme to them so I hope you like them & that they involve techniques we have not covered before.

Card 1 - now that's a surprise

I know that is a cryptic title but when you see the card initially it looks pretty boring until you pull the ribbon & then the surprise is revelled.

The boring view

The surprise

Card 2 - Smacking Acetate

This card does use acetate but you won't find it on the card exactly.

Extra supplies needed

Corner punch

Card 3 - Smacking Acetate take 2

This is a variation of the above technique - I was really pleased how this card turned out & I have to say it's my favourite.

Extra extra huge craft sale

Hi everyone,

Thought you might to like to know that my friend Lisa is selling all her craft stuff including lots of stampin up stuff

Punches

Stamps 

Card stock 

Stamp mounts

Big Shot

& lots lots more 

Lots of the stuff is brand new 

Please contact me if there is anything you want

Extra March cards

I thought it might be nice to see the cards & boxes we made today. 

Here is what I made whilst the ladies were hard at work

Apologies for the awful stamping on this box, I did it too quickly & forgot to clean the edges of my stamps

And here is what everyone else did

Thanks again for everyone who attended & I hope you liked what you made.

March 2016 cards

Welcome back everyone. As you can see hopefully normal service has resumed albeit very late. 

Before I get onto the cards please can I take this time to thank each & every one of you for your support during which has been a awful time for me & my family. I cannot put into words how grateful I am especially those in the group who agreed to teach whilst I was unavailable.

The biggest thank you must go to Sylvia who had to  step into my shoes & without her I think I would have had to fold the club up.  I am so so lucky to know such a great group of ladies xxx

Right that's enough of the soppy stuff now to get to get onto the serious stuff. Here are the samples I came up with plus you get to see what Heather did today as she changed things slightly.

Card

My sample

Heather's sample

My tag

My box

Heather's box & tag

See you all in the morning and Happy Mother's Day to you all xxx

July 2015 Cards

Merry Christmas to you all...... There I said the dreaded words first this year. I'm so sorry that I won't be able to make our Christmas in July meeting but urgent family stuff has got in my way but I know you are all going to have fun with Sylvia. 

A special thanks must go to Jeanette who has agreed at short notice to fill in my shoes & has designed a card & bag for you all to do at Hethersett.......so here goes.

Card 1 - Explosion Card

Outside view

Inside view

Card 2 - Poinsettia  Cardy

Sorry I don't have pictures for Jeanette's projects but if someone can email a photo of their finished projects I will add them to this post.

Happy Christmas crafting & see you all next month x

May 2015 cards

Hi everyone hope you are all keeping well. For once I did not have to be reminded by Sylvia to get my cards done, mainly because I thought club was this weekend but you never know I may have started a new trend  ;-).

So here goes with this months cards but remember club is not until after bank holiday .....

Card 1 - Faux background paper

This card will teach you how to create a look of using an extra layer of patterned paper with nothing more than some ink & a piece of torn paper. Feel free to change the colour scheme or theme.

Card 2 - Scroll time

I did not design any part of this card but simply copied the design on the front of the die packet as I thought it was really elegant.

Card 3  -  Simple Silhouette 

This card uses your inks to create the background, it works best on glossy card stock & you can use a brayer or your ink brushes, which is what I used.

Card 4  - Embossing Double take

On this card you are using the same embossing folder for both layers & then creating a shadow for your foliage

April 2015 cards

YHi everyone. I have to say its so lovely to have proper Internet service again & to be able to get this blog going again.

I do hope you all had a lovely Easter & that the Easter Bunny brought you lots of lovely goodies. I got a huge box of Bunny Droppings AKA Malteasers so I was a very happy bunny :-)

As Sylvia said in her round robin I've gone for a bit of a nautical theme but this was due to me wanting to use a particular stamp 3 different ways so please feel free to change my designs if sailing is not your thing.

At the moment I have 2 completed cards which I will add here now & my 3rd card should appear later tonight but be aware that as I've yet to complete it,  I may add extra supplies to those in Sylvia's round robin, so here goes......

Card 1 - Sailing about

This card uses the card blanks that Heather donated to the group & I wanted you to have the opportunity to use some different embossing powders that give the effect of sand (although the picture does not do it justice). If you don't want to use my boat stamp something with a seaside theme would work best. 

Also please forgive my dome being warped.  I forgot don't use heat guns near plastic as it melts it !!!

Card 2 - Card in a box

Again I've used my same boat stamp but cut elements out of it. I've included below 2 cards I did recently for a colleague at work using the same basic card design but it's the first card that I will bring the stamp for. If you wish to do a different design please feel free to bring your own stamps/punches to achieve this.

Side view of card

Different ideas But these stamps/ punches will Not be available unless you bring your own

Card 3 - Sailing about take 2. - sorry for the delay this card gave me headaches when it came to putting it all together :-(.

Note extra supplies below picture

Extra supplies

Patterned paper

Card for matting & layering