All-you-can-stamp Christmas Card Buffet!

Hello Everybody!

The next class will take place on Saturday 19 October 2013 at 10.30am at Beauchief Baptist Church, Hutcliffe Wood Road, Sheffield.

This month I'm doing a different style of class - an all-you-can-stamp Christmas card buffet!

HOW IT WILL WORK

There will be a set fee to come along of £6. This is just to help me out with the hire of the hall etc. All the cards featured will be available as mini kits to make yourself and will cost £1 each (all cards will include envelopes too).

That way, you can make as many of each design you like and only pay for however many you make. 

If there's one particular design you're not keen on - no problem! You don't have to make it! 

If there's a design you really like - make 5, make 10 or 20! You only pay for however many cards you make. 

The great thing about this class is, depending on how long you've got and how many cards you want to make, you can stay for an hour or stay all day!

Below I've put up close up photos of all of the cards shown above, there may be more designs on the day!

All will be very simple to make.

You can personalise them in any way you like.

Use different stamps to make them your own.

Make as many as you like.

The price of £1 per card includes the envelope.

If there's any design you don't like, you don't have to make it!

I'm thinking of making these card buffets a regular thing, so, as this is the first, we'll see how it goes!

You can sign up for this class by emailing me on Joannefriend9920@aol.com, or click on the "Add to Cart" button at the top of the page to pay by Paypal.  

If you have any questions at all, please do email me and I'll help as much as I can.

Hope to see you there! Joanne x

One Kit, Two Albums!

Hello Everybody!

Just a quick post to show you what I've been doing over the past couple of days.  My first love is scrapbooking and so I bought this new kit called Snowflake Season from our Autumn/Winter mini catalogue to give it a try.  It consists of two Crumb Cake coloured cardstock sheets, two patterned die cut papers, ribbon, bakers twine, snowflakes, two clothespins and a sheet of die cuts.  

It makes a lovely kit, but I thought I'd have a go at making it into more than just a double page layout by turning it into albums which could be given as Christmas gifts. Here's how I got on:

I made two albums, one a 6" x 6" album and one a concertina album measuring 6" x 3 3/4". Here's a quick look inside both of them:

This is the inside of the 6" x 6" album.  This one is great as it's quite flat and would be easy to mail.

This is a quick photo of the inside of the concertina album.

Both albums were made using just the contents of the kit. The only things I added was images from the Snowflake Soiree stamp set, some pearls and inks in Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler and Soft Suede.

For a closer look and more explanation, please see my video below.

TFL! Joanne x

Christmas in July!

Hi Everybody! This is just a quick post to let you know that I have prepared my latest class for July.  In keeping with tradition, I am doing a Christmas in July class this month using the Welcome Christmas set. During the class we will make four cards and a gift bag as shown above.  Here's a look at the four cards in detail:

This card is made using using punch art and embossing folders to create a clever fireplace scene.  The little bows are quite fiddly, but I love making them, so they will all be done for you!

This is a very simple card using the ever popular Big Shot Top Note die.  By making this card we will be using the masking technique.

A beautiful card made with the clever use of sponging or brayering and a Stamp-a-ma-jig.

This card uses Serene Snowflakes as well as the Welcome Christmas set to make a beautiful frosty card.

The gift bag matches the above card, so it can be given as a set if you like. The bag is decorated completely with the Serene Snowflakes.

If you'd like to come to the class it will be taking place on Saturday 23rd July at 10.30am at Beauchief Baptist Church.  Full details can be found at my website HERE.

TFL! Joanne x

Christmas in July!

Yeah! Middle of June and I'm already thinking about Christmas!

The above photo is a collection of cards I will be doing at my next workshop on 3 July.  It will be a One Sheet Wonder, whereby we decorate a sheet of 12x12 Whisper White with the gorgeous Serene Snowflakes stamp set and squoosh it with Shimmer Paint, then use it to make 18 Christmas cards.

So by the end of the workshop, at the very beginning of July, you've already made 18 Christmas cards.  How organised are you?!

We will be using lots of different techniques in this workshop. Below are some of my favourites that are included in the set.

Sorry about the poor pictures, my camera AND computer are playing up at the minute. :O(

Shaker card!

Large baubles!

Even a treat cup! YAY!

If you'd like to book onto the workshop, just have a look at my website HERE.  That's where all the details are.

TFL! Joanne x

Santa Pants!

Aren't these so cute?!  I have just made them today for my son's teachers.  I think they're fab! I got the instructions from a post by Adriana Benitez on Splitcoast Stampers

They were really easy to make, basically just two 2" x 3 1/2" boxes stuck together.  I changed the braces attachments to hearts, and the belt is a bit different, but they are so quick to do and they're just adorable!

Here's the back of them too! Hope you like them!

Jo x

Christmas is coming.....

...and Frenchie's getting fat judging by the amount of food I'm troughing already! Unfortunately I love marzipan and stollen and Christmas cake include both!

Here's a couple of pictures of a couple of this year's Christmas card designs. The one above uses Pocket Sillhouettes to make a wreath. Easily done, I put the instructions on It's a Creative World if you want to see.

The background stamp is En Francais and the sentiment is one of the Oval All set.

Here are some super cute love note ones I've done using the Winter stamp from A Tree for All Seasons. Added a bit of sparkle using Dazzling Diamonds and jobs a good 'un!

Hope to be back soon with more stuff. Watch this space!

TFL! Joanne x