Custom Christmas Card

This is a card that I custom made for the head teacher at the school I teach at. I used my Cricut and Sure Cuts A Lot 2 to cut the silhouette from a dingbats font. I made the decorative label for the greeting using a corner punch - I have uploaded a video to Youtube with a tutorial to show you how.

Christmas craft classes

In December I am holding a variety of Christmas craft classes in both Dereham and Norwich. These are £8 each and a selection of the items are photographed above. All materials are included. However, a basic craft kit containing scissors, glue, pencil, ruler and paper trimmer would be useful, although there are a limited number of these items that can be borrowed if necessary.

Bags, Tags and Boxes

Tuesday 6th December 7.30pm in Dereham

Wednesday 7th Dereham 7.30pm in Norwich

Christmas Cards

Friday 2nd December 7.30pm in Dereham

Friday 9th December in Norwich

(The Norwich class could be in the afternoon or evening

please let me know which you would prefer and I

will go with the majority!)

Christmas Ornaments

Thursday 15th December 7.30pm in Dereham

Saturday 17th December 10am to 1pm in Norwich

Please contact me ASAP to book a place or for further information.

December Scrapbook Workshop and Class

Saturday 3rd December 2011

North Tuddenham Village Hall (click here for directions)

Morning session 10am to 12:30pm (cost £4.50 adult, £3 child*)

Afternoon session 1pm to 5pm (cost £7.00 adult, £4.50 child*)

Special all day price - £10 adult, £7 child

*children must be accompanied by a paying adult

Come and work on your albums or any other craft (in the morning or the afternoon or both!).

Wallet Album Class

Need a quick last minute present? Then this class is just for you - an album you can make in minutes from one sheet of 12 x 12 paper! The wallet album contains 6 photo inserts for you, or the recipient, to add photos.

The class kit includes sheet of 12 x 12 paper for wallet album, 12 x 12 cardstock for photo inserts and closing band, sticker pack for decorating album. A variety of kits are available, both masculine and feminine. £4.50 each.

You can make an album during the morning or afternoon workshop.

Directions to North Tuddenham Village Hall

Here are the directions to the location of the scrapbooking workshops:

Coming from Norwich along A47

Continue along A47 towards Dereham until it becomes dual carriageway (past Hockering). Take the first slip road on the left to North Tuddenham. At the top of the slip road turn left. The Village Hall is the first building on the left down this single track road.

Coming from Dereham along A47

Head towards Norwich on the A47. A little way before the dual carriageway becomes single carriageway, take the North Tuddenham slip road to the left. At the top of the slip road turn right. Take the next right, which will take you over the dual carriageway. Continue down this road and the Village Hall is the first building on the left down this single track road.

Coming from Mattishall along the back roads

Take the Burgh Lane (almost opposite the church - the opposite one to that taken to get to Cafe Verde) out of the village. At T junction turn left. Follow this single track road until it comes to the next T junction. Turn right then immediately left. The Village Hall is the second building on the right.

Workshop Dates 2012

Here are the dates for the 2012 scrapbooking workshops.

Saturday 7th January

Saturday 4th February

Saturday 3rd March

Saturday 12th May

Saturday 9th June

Saturday 7th July

Saturday 1st September

Saturday 6th October

Saturday 3rd November

Saturday 1st December

NB. There are no workshops in April or August

The workshops will take place at North Tuddenham Village Hall until further notice.

Please check latest blog posts to confirm workshops and further details.

Croptoberfest update

There are still some places left so if you would like to just come for half a day, or the full day, let me know ASAP.

Morning or afternoon £10 including goody bag and lunch.

Croptoberfest in November!

Saturday 5th November 2011

10am to 5pm

North Tuddenham Village Hall

Adults £16

Children £12 (must be accompanied by an adult)

Fantastic goody bag and lunch included plus prizes etc.

Booking essential ASAP!

October Scrapbooking Workshop

Saturday 1st October 2011

North Tuddenham Village Hall (click here for directions)

Morning session 10am to 12:30pm (cost £4.50 adult, £3 child*)

All day 10am to 3pm (cost £7.00 adult, £4.50 child*)

*children must be accompanied by a paying adult

Come and work on your albums or any other craft.

NB. The workshop will finish at 3pm rather than the usual 5pm

*Croptoberfest* will take place in November - more details to follow

September scrapbooking workshop

Saturday 3rd September 2011

North Tuddenham Village Hall (click here for directions)

Morning session 10am to 12:30pm (cost £4.50 adult, £3 child*)

Afternoon session 1pm to 5pm (cost £7.00 adult, £4.50 child*)

Special all day price - £10 adult, £7 child

*children must be accompanied by a paying adult

Come and work on your albums or any other craft (in the morning or the afternoon or both!).

NB. There is no additional class this Saturday

July workshop - CANCELLED

I am sorry but I have had to cancel the July scrapbooking workshop as I am still looking after Roger after his triple heart bypass.

I hope to organise some smaller workshops at my house later in the summer.

Another scrapbook page

Roses

I've been enjoying taking some photos and playing with them in Photoshop Elements using some actions I bought from Florabella.

My Family!

Puppy Love

While sitting around waiting to visit Roger in hospital, I've been able to do some digital scrapbooking. Couldn't resist doing a page with my new puppy!

June Scrapbook Workshop

Saturday 4th June 2011

North Tuddenham Village Hall (click here for directions)

Morning session 10am to 12:30pm (cost £4.50 adult, £3 child*)

Afternoon session 1pm to 5pm (cost £7.00 adult, £4.50 child*)

Special all day price - £10 adult, £7 child

*children must be accompanied by a paying adult

Come and work on your albums or any other craft (in the morning or the afternoon or both!).

NB. There is no additional class this Saturday

Cupcakes

I was asked to make these cupcakes for a friend of my mum's birthday. They are carrot cake with cream cheese icing. I made 46 and had great fun making the heart embellishments.

Saturday 7th May 2011

North Tuddenham Village Hall (click here for directions)

Morning session 10am to 12:30pm (cost £4.50 adult, £3 child*)

Afternoon session 1pm to 5pm (cost £7.00 adult, £4.50 child*)

Special all day price - £10 adult, £7 child

*children must be accompanied by a paying adult

Come and work on your albums or any other craft (in the morning or the afternoon or both!).

NB. There is no additional class this Saturday

fleur de lis square cards

I am loving the new fleur de lis square dies I bought recently. I used them on a Christening card I had to make for a commission and in lots of other cards!

Punching around a circle

A couple of workshops ago I shared how to use a polar graph to help punch around a circle. I had learnt this from a Youtube video. Here at last is the link to it!

Mini Album Class

By popular demand I am holding two more mini album classes at my home.

Tuesday April 12th or Thursday April 21st at 7:30pm

Cost £6 including all supplies

The photos show a few finished examples but there are lots of papers etc to chose from.Please bring scissors and your choice of adhesive/glue.

Please contact me to book your place ASAP

Easter bags, baskets and boxes class

Here are the photos of some of the items we will making at the class on 12th March. I will also be doing this class one evening so let me know if you would prefer to come in the evening.

Bonnie and Clyde - our cats

Have been having great fun taking photos with Hipstamatic on my iPhone then putting into a collage with Photoshake.

March scrapbook workshop

Just a quick reminder that the scrapbook workshop is on the 12th this month not the first Saturday.

Wedding digital scrapbook page

I joined in the featured designer challenge over at The Digital Scrapbooking Studio again this month. The lovely vintage style paper and embellishments made me think of weddings. So this is my first scrapbook page of my wedding! Joining in the challenges is a great way to have a go at digital scrapbooking. You get a free mini-kit to use and can see what other people have done to get ideas.

February scrapbook class and border workshop

February workshop and class

Saturday 5th February 2011

North Tuddenham Village Hall

Star Border Class:

10am to 12:30

Come and make 'star' borders and embellishments. All materials (except adhesive) are provided for you to make about 10 items (a selection is shown above), using a variety of patterned paper, card-stock, epoxy stickers and embossed and foiled die-cuts and paper ribbon. These versatile borders can be used on celebration, New Years Eve, party and boy pages - to name but a few!

Cost £8 for class or £14 if staying to scrapbook in the afternoon.

Workshop:

10am to 12:30, 1pm to 5pm or all day!

Come and join our friendly group and work on your scrapbook album. Make use of the wide variety of tools available. Other crafters also welcome.

Cost morning £4.50, afternoon £7 or all day £10

Please contact me as soon as possible to book a place for the class and/or workshop. The class will also be available one evening - date and time to be confirmed.

March workshop will be Saturday 12th March.

Progressive scrap final

Here's my final page for the progressive scrap complete with photo and journalling. It's been great taking part and has encouraged me to do something creative everyday. I can't wait for the one next month.

The Studio Progressive Scrap

Have also decided to take part in another challenge on the Digital Scrapbooking Studio site called a Progressive Scrap. Basically, on day one you can download three digital papers and there are instructions how to use them, e.g. you must use each one once and one must be in a shape other than a rectangle. You can recolour the papers if you want and change the opacity. You then upload your layout to the challenge gallery. If you do this you get the link to the next days elements. Each day there are rules as to how many you must use of each. Also you cannot change any part you did previously. Below you can see my layouts from day 1 to day 5. There are two more days to go and I cannot imagine where I am going to put any more items! It has been great fun as you never know what you are going to get. It's also interesting to see everyone else's layout as they are all so different even though we have the same items and rules.

Journal Your Christmas Album

Here are some pages that I have done for my 'Journal Your Christmas' album:

First Digital Scrapbook Page

I have admired digital scrapbook pages for a while but never dabbled myself. I love using Photoshop to 'play' with my photos but hadn't got as far as making a page. I would like to do a digital wedding album so thought I ought to try some other pages first. The Digital Scrapbook Studio has some great digital supplies and I found a challenge on their site. Each month they have a featured designer and give away some of their products to make a layout with. This month is Nibbles Scribbles and you can download the freebies here. This is the page I created for the challenge:

The Pink Stamper Design Team results

Unfortunately I didn't get to be on the Pink Stamper Design team - nearly 400 people applied! However I did get an honourable mention (see blog post - I'm Vicki no.78). This was very exciting as there were only 8 honourable mentions and I have been able to choose one of the stamp sets she has designed!

The Pink Stamper Design Team 2011

The Pink Stamper has openings for 2 people on her 2011 design team. I love her blog and Youtube videos, subscribing to both, so decided to have a go at the challenge to be on the team. The challenge is to make a card, scrapbook page or other project using my favourite Cricut cartridge and the colours pink, green and brown.

I decided to make a birthday card (you can never have too many of these!) using one of my favourite cartridges - Once Upon A Princess. This cartridge is so versatile and doesn't have to just be 'princessy'. My scraps box provided most of the paper.

Recipe:

• Tall white card
• Making Memories vinyl sticker pink dot paper - cut slightly smaller than the card
• White card rectangle punched around the edge with Stampin' Up Scallop punch and inked with Antique Linen and Walnut Stain Distress Ink. Then embossed with Swiss Dots embossing folder
• Bull rushes and grass (Everyday Paper Doll cartridge) cut at 7" length from green cardstock then beige cardstock
• Butterfly (Once Upon a Princess cartridge) cut at 2 1/2" from various pink paper and cardstock scraps. Parts coloured with Sakura glitter gel pens and antennae made from a piece of copper wire folded in half with brown beads on each end. Butterfly body attached to the card using foam pads
• Brown ribbon wrapped around the card and tied in a knot
• Stampin' Up happy birthday stamped using Versafine Vintage Sepia ink and small flower stamped with pink pen. Punched out using Stampin' Up window punch and edged with a pink pen. Attached to the card using foam pads