MISSING IN ACTION!

Oh my, where has the time gone?!!  I have had a really busy couple of months and have totally neglected saying hello! So a big HELLO to you all!!!

My absence started around the time I had my Card Workshop at Wigglywoo's Craft Emporium and it was a very happy afternoon crafting with some lovely ladies.  They made some great cards and we ate some absolutely wonderful cakes and had plenty of tea and coffee! 

Tracy, Ann & Naomi concentrating hard!

Tree Scrapbooking and Margaret working away!

As you can see from the pictures, everyone seemed to have a lovely time and I am going to visit Sharon who owns Wigglywoo's Craft Emporium to organise some more dates for future Workshops in a couple of weeks time.  I am planning  on doing both a Card Workshop and a Scrapbook Workshop.  If you are interesting in attending either kind of class, please do get in touch.  Future Workshops will most likely run during the evenings as this allows ladies who work to attend!

Tree, one of the ladies who came along to this Card Class doesn't actually make cards.  However, she is a very accomplished Scrapbooker and  takes the card kits  and adapts them to make Scrapbook layouts.  The results are always absolutely outstanding!  Tree also comes along to my Card Class/Crop at Wherstead each month and does the same there.  She has totally inspired the ladies at the Crop and next month some of them intend to turn their card kits into scrapbook pages too!  It is wonderful to see how our individual creativeness can take the same items and make something so totally different and wonderful!  I come away so encouraged by these lovely ladies!

I will add dates for future Wigglywoo Workshops on here once they have been organised.  I plan on doing a Seaside theme for the first Scrapbook Workshop as I am sure with the great summer we have had, there will be plenty of beach photographs we would love to turn into pages for our albums!  I even spent some time yesterday afternoon on Shotley beach with my husband looking for some baby shells to be used with the layouts!  He has a harsh tongue sometimes however!  Whilst bending down with my back to my sea, he kept informing me it was an unhappy water as it was getting further and further away from my large bottom!  He can be sooo rude sometimes!!!  Anyway, I need to hang some washing on the line as it is back to the time of the year when good days are becoming less frequent!

I shall be back soon with more news of what I have been up to over these past couple of months!  It includes tents, lots of miles in the car, moving a son, crochet, card classes and crops, making lots of swaps and more!!! So do keep your eyes open!

Bye for now!

K xxxx

Card Class Crop Wherstead - July 2013

A collection of some of the stuff used in July's Card Class and Crop and cards that were made!

July's Card Class/Crop went down well and was thoroughly enjoyed by all who attended.  The cards we made are in the above photograph.  Two of the ladies who came don't make cards but still did the class.  They transferred the card kits into scrapbook pages and I must say, the results were outstanding! 

I was slightly dreading the heat of the day as we have had such extreme hot weather; I was concerned it would be totally draining and too sticky for a day in a hall.  Bottles of water were taken along with the usual tea, coffee, sweeties and cakes (can you believe I was up at 6am making rock cakes?!!! They just aren't the same the following day and needed to be fresh!)  However, the sun very kindly stayed behind some silvery clouds and kept the intensity of it's heat from baking us!  It was comfortable and not unbearable!

As August is such a busy month for my family I haven't been able to set a Saturday aside for a Class/Crop and I know I'm really going to miss it.  However I did run a Card Class at Wigglywoo's Craft Emporium on 7th August and some of my more local ladies came along to that.  I shall blog about that in a few days!

My next Wherstead Day is on Saturday 14th September from 10am until 5pm.  I do have a couple of spaces left but it is pretty full now.  If you would like to come along and join us, do give me a call whilst there are still some places left!  If you would like a Card Kit but cannot attend the day, they are available for £5 plus postage.  Please order by 9th September at the latest!

See you in a couple of days when I show you what we did at Wigglywoo's Class!

CARD CLASS AT WIGGLYWOO'S CRAFT EMPORIUM

There will be a Card Class at Wigglywoo's Craft Emporium next Wednesday 7th August at 12 - 2pm.  You will make 3 cards that you will be able to take and send to your friends and family.  The cost is £12 and booking must be done via Sharon at Wigglywoo's.  Contact: 

PLACES ARE LIMITED YOU MUST BOOK AND PAY IN ADVANCE!

Address:

Wigglywoo's Craft Emporium

Unit 7, Gower Street Industrial Centre
Ipswich

Suffolk 

IP2 8EX

Open: Wed to Sat - 10 am - 4 pm

Phone: 07966768895

Email: sjwigglywoo@gmail.com

Visit: 
 http://wigglywoocraftemporium.webs.com/menu

Please note that the cards featured in the picture are from a previous class and are not the ones you will make!
You will find it useful to bring a basic tool kit if you have one!

Wigglywoo's Craft Emporium

As seen from Wherstead Road just after you have gone past Whip Street on the way into town!

I highly recommend a visit to this craft shop where you can browse the wares made by local crafters, have a cuppa and a slice of homemade cake or even sign up for one the many craft workshops that Wigglywoo's host.  You may even be tempted to purchase a piece of the shabby chic furniture that is lovingly upcycled by Sharon in her own nearby workshop!

One of the most amazing things about this lovely little shop is that every time you visit, not only are there more new and exciting surprises to peruse on all the shelves, but that the shop layout is always changing! And thats because pretty much everything you look at is on sale!  Go take a look, I know you will love it there!  In the meantime check out the website where there are many more pictures showing some of the crafts on sale and a diary of upcoming events and workshops being held (including a Card Class which I have the privilege of running on behalf of Wigglywoo's)

Address:

Wigglywoo's Craft Emporium

Unit 7, Gower Street Industrial Centre
Ipswich

Suffolk 

IP2 8EX

Open: Wed to Sat - 10 am - 4 pm

Phone: 07966768895

Email: sjwigglywoo@gmail.com

To find Wigglywoo's by map click on the Location link at the bottom of this post.
 

Visit: http://wigglywoocraftemporium.webs.com/menu

Card Class Wherstead June 2013

Everyone in action, but for some it was all too much after a night shift!

I made paper flowers

A gallery of the action at my first Card Class Crop at Wherstead Village Hall.  We all had a fun, busy time and everyone was very happy with their makes.  As you can see, we all learned a new technique with the lattice edged card. It's not as difficult as it 

Janina, Liz, Lusia and Denise

looks once you have the template in place.  Also everyone made a set each from Stampin Up's Buttons & Blossoms Simply Pressed Clay Molds.  I think its fun to make your own embellishment.  You can make it whatever colour you need and it's a great way to save your pennies too!

Assisting Anne and Naomi!

Tracy actually making cards!!!

CARD CLASS AT WHERSTEAD

 You are invited to attend my

CARD CLASS & CROP

 being held at:

Wherstead Village Meting Rooms

IP9 2BJ

(old Eastern Electricity site, currently Co-Op offices

Left Off A137 100 metres from A12 junction (near Jimmy's Farm))

Saturday 22nd June 2013

10am – 5pm

£8.50 for Card Class

£5 just to Crop

At this Card Class you will make 3 cards and a 3d project and maybe learn a new crafting technique. the more advanced among you could just simply come along and enjoy making some cards and chatting over a cuppa and cake!!! kits come complete with an envelope so that you can send the cards to friends and family!!! guaranteed to be lots of laughs!!!

alternatively just come along with your stash and crop.

It is important to book as places are limited.

Please Contact Karen on: 07772847353

Ladies that Craft!

Thirteen lovely ladies, lots of paper, lots of glue, lots of punches, stamps and ink but most of all, lots of fun!

 

Thursday saw my sixth month at Ransomes Sports & Social Club for crafting.  In reality I can't call it a card class as a few ladies spend their time Scrapbooking! The one thing we all do equally is have a lovely time together. I had 12 ladies this month, being the most in one night, plus a VIP guest. Saskia is 7 years old and very clearly takes after her Nanny Janice as she's very talented, very lovely and very well behaved. Ok, well 2 out of the 3 are like her Nanny but I'm not going to publicly announce which ones they are! I leave that to your imagination!!!

June 2012 Card Class

"Please Miss!" "Janice there really is no need to put your hand up!"

 Apparently, according to my husband, its impossible to get a picture of me with my mouth closed! I Have no idea what he means, I'm sure!  Last evenings card class was lots of fun and the ladies seemed to be very pleased with the outcome of all their hard work; there were lots of happy smiling faces as you can see below!

Nice layouts Bex!

My Layout!

Bex came up with some great layouts with the scrapping kit; very imaginative! I'm looking forward to seeing what they look like with photos on them!   I like to bring a nice selection of stamps and punches so that the scrappers can get even more creative, Bex was very excited about the Cupcake and Owl Punches!  Here you can see my take on the kit to help with inspiration.  Sarah did a similar layout to mine and it looked fab!  When I look at the picture on my layout it always makes me wonder where all the time has gone to!  Scrapping gives me so much pleasure and I always enjoy my escapes to Create and Co to do my own! 

If you would like to see the cards we made at this card class please visit my facebook page on the link on the left side of the blog! (If you look carefully you can see them below with Janice's and Nicola's beautiful makes!) Left is a close up of some of the stamp work using stamps from various sets (see labels below) to create this wonderful collage which I was really pleased with! 

Janice and Nicola

I can't wait 'til the next Card Class; I do love seeing all the lovely ladies, and we do have such a good laugh too! 

Rachel, Bex and Lizzie

Card Class at Ransomes Sports and Social Club 31st May 2012

A display of all the kits and personalised sweetie boxes!

Sorry this is a bit late in coming but here we are with last months Card Class pictures.  I thought this time I would show you the prepared kits all ready and willing to go!  As you can see I decided to go along with the rest of the nation and do it in 'Jubilee' style!  The Union Jack was made up with so many strips I thought it might get confusing but as you can see below there were no such problems!  I gave my ladies some creative freedom so that they could use the same kit but vary their results; again below shows how good that can turn out!

I used mostly materials from the summer mini but had to adapt to get all I needed together for the Celebrate card.  On the blue background to the flag I used the Parlour Prints stamp in craft white and heat embossed using the cherry scented embossing powder from the summer mini; very effective I thought!  

I love to mess about with my punches and it is amazing how versatile they can be.  Using the Blossom punch and cutting off two of the petals you get a cool little butterfly!  I used a brad from the antiques pack to hold it in place!  The Blossom punch was also used to create the layered flower on the pop up card.  Again using different colours and papers the results were all unique!

The ladies loved having some sweets to nibble at to get the creative juice flowing!  Starburst will do that for you!!!  I'm really loving the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch.  It is very effective as an alternative to actual ribbon and looks great wrapped around the little personnalised (using the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet) boxes (made with the Bigz Scallop Square Clear die and scored on the Simply Scored Scoring Tool) made for the sweeties.  Try saying that after a glass or two of wine!!!!!

These two lovelies were created by Nicola as variations using the same kits!  It is always a delight to see what people come up with using their own imagination!

First Card Class at Ransomes Sports & Social Club - Summer Mini

These lovelies are Nicola's creations from the evening!

Lorraine, very pleased!

 

Bex, Rachael, Maggie and Jo

This Class was going to be a trial run held in the bar at Ransomes Sports and Social Club but in the event I had 10 lovely ladies come along so it was a good thing that we were given a great side room instead as it was polling day and the bar was a little busy!

The Scrappers!

We arrived and started to set up and before we knew it all the ladies had arrived and it was all go! Tracey and Dawn prefer to scrapbook so I prepared a little package each for them with papers, ribbons and embellishments and they were thrilled!  I was amazed at what they had come up with, Tracey having completed almost 4 layouts in the two hours with Dawn not far behind! Not so for Mike, who had bought them along, and Paul who took all that time enjoy a pint of beer in the bar, escaping from all us crazy ladies!

It looks chaotic, but creativeness is like that!

Jo Hard at Work

We had a wide range  of experience levels at the class from absolute beginners to expert and all made fantastic cards to take home with them.  It is very rewarding to see someone who has never made a card before to go away with

Lorraine, Sandra, Janice, Tracey and Dawn

something good enough to send to someone!

Everyone seemed to have a good time and some have already booked their places on the next one on 31st May.  If you would like to come along please contact me by email on karencurd@hotmail.co.uk or at Facebook via the link.  

Check out Nicola's Blog entries of the event by following links below!

The Cards :)

As promised here's a peek of the cards we made last night ...

A (Card) Class Act !

Last night was Stampin' Up! Card Class with the lovely Karen Curd, Janice, Lorraine, Sandra and I spent a couple of hours making cards and thoroughly enjoying ourselves , I was especially pleased to be out on a school night !!!

CARD CLASS NUMERO UNO!

First card; Creative Elements

3 Scallops of Ice Cream, and a cherry please!

When I first booked Popins Tea Rooms with Margaret for my first card class, it felt like it was so far ahead in the future, but as always, I'm looking back on it as if it was ages ago already.  My, how time flies when you have fun! Whilst I had planned on being so well organised and spent an entire week crafting before hand, it seems that I spent more time playing and making cards to sell than I did on actually planning the cards we would make at the class.  I was determined I wasn't going to be up late, but alas, as Paul and I fell into bed at 2.30am, I was wondering how on earth I would manage to get my head off the pillow again the next morning.  But excitement got the better of me and I was up and ready to go in plenty of time!

 

Four punches, 2 Stamps!

I had three lovely ladies come along to the class and a lovely little lady too!  We ended up in the actual cafe upstairs instead of in the cellar as planned as there were only 4 of us;  usually Margaret at Popins is very quiet on a Friday afternoon but on this occasion it was quite busy.  At one point we had to move our things  from a spare table to make room for some folks requiring refreshment of the coffee variety making for a lovely atmosphere with the buzz of chatter and light banter.  There was plenty of coffee, tea and chatter from our tables too and everyone left rather happy with their makes.

I came home to a Mr UPS missed parcel card - disaster - until I read it and saw that my very kind neighbours had taken it in for me! All my new goodies from the new Summer Mini Catalogue were here and ready to get me inspired for my next card class!  I've not had a chance to play yet as it has been Paul's long weekend off and we've spent time together rather than me off crafting the whole time.  My next class is booked and planning in process (earlier this time!)!  Check out my card class page for more information and do contact me if you would like to book yourself a place.