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!

'Cool' @ 42 Birthday!

Making the most of the football being on, I've grabbed the opportunity to get some extra crafting time in! Here is a layout of pictures from my birthday earlier this month using a mixture of my Scrapagogo kits (plus my own black doilie). I created a film strip with the June kits stamp and thought the letter set blended in nicely with the colour of the paper which also matched perfectly with the orange from the Ice Cream logo.

I felt very decadent drinking a glass of wine at lunchtime at The Waterfront Bistro & Bar (centre picture)!  After a wonderful meal with Paul we met the boys and headed off to one of my favourite places, The Little Ice Cream Company on Felixstowe Sea Front, for dessert. 

Later that evening I blew out candles on a cake that Joshua had bought me.  Not having the right numbers for the candles he turned the '5' back to front which apparently is the same as a '2'!  I'm not so sure but was very touched by the thoughtfulness, fun and kindness!

Below are the little 4x4 thank you cards I made for the lovely gifts I received! I absolutely love the Stampin' Up! 'Pedal Presents' bike and the 'Up Up and Away' balloons stamps; hopefully the card recipients will too!  As usual the quality of the stamps and inks are outstanding!