Teri Louise Crafts

Dedication cards

2011-05-29T12:39:00.000-07:00

Hi,

I did say I'd made some dedication cards, so here they are. It's taken me longer than I expected to put them up - had a difficult time the last couple of weeks.

It's difficult to find dedication cards in the shops, so I have made some to sell in our church gift shop.

The images were all stamped with black archival ink, and painted with distress ink and adirondack pens. the colour on the baby vest was rubbed on with cut'n'dry foam.
I used the text from Particraft's religious range of stamps.
Hope you like them!
If you'd like to buy one, they are available at Cornerstone House, Cumbernauld.

keep crafting

Teri x

Decorated box

2011-05-19T02:30:00.000-07:00

Hi,
I have at long last had a little time for crafting. I had a go at using Decopatch paper (the red and black patterned paper) and glue to decorate this box. I also used some Laura Ashley paper (the pale green one with foliage).

I used ribbon inside the lid to make the edges look neater.

I cut out circles with a circle punch, cut them in half and placed them just under the circle of Laura Ashley paper on the lid of the box, to give it scalloped border.

I've also made some dedication cards, so I'll put up some pics of those later on.

Teri

Announcement

2011-03-28T06:41:00.001-07:00

Hi All,

Just a quick note to let you know I have decided to leave PartiCraft, due to work and family commitments.

So, I'm no longer available for parties of craft workshops.

When I do get time for crafting I'll try and post up some pics on here...

Teri

Happy New Year!

2011-01-10T11:18:00.000-08:00

Bit late now but Happy New Year to you all, I hope you have all had a good Christmas.
We enjoyed spending Christmas with family.
I am back at work now, my temp contract is going on for a few more weeks :-)
I won't be starting running any workshops at the moment.

Have you seen the new free gift from PartiCraft? Here's a pic.

It looks like a great set of stamps for Birthdays. It can be yours for free if you host a party. Contact me if you are interested. Use the email link on the sidebar, or leave me a comment.

Bye for now

Teri

Christmas cards

2010-12-04T12:48:00.000-08:00

Hi, I'm still working so haven't had much time for crafting this week. I've made some Christmas cards for folk who ordered them though:

What do you think? I used the Light of the World A5 stamp set from PartiCraft, and cosmic shimmer embossing powder (festive set), also from PartiCraft. I really like this set of embossing powders, they include several sparkle colours, and are really effective on black or white card.

bye for now

Teri

Cornerstone Art Group

2010-11-20T11:49:00.000-08:00

Hi, just a quick post to show you some pics from 3 workshops I ran for the Cornerstone Art Group which has recently started up. I was asked to run a few sessions for them, so I was pleased. I taught the group how to make gift boxes with an Eaziscore board, grungeboard bookmarks and bracelets (inspired by the ones I saw Sheena Douglass making on TV last year) and Christmas cards with the Light of the World stamp set from PartiCraft.

I really enjoyed working with the group, and they all did brilliantly - well done!

Teri

Christmas decoration workshop

2010-11-20T11:39:00.000-08:00

Hi all! Well this week has been busy - my first week in a full-time job for 6 years! It's a temp. job so it'll maybe only last a few weeks, and I'm enjoying it so far.I've not had time for crafting, or blogging though, so here's some pics from the last workshop I did, on 12th November, and some pics of the various stages of the sample decoration I made before the workshop:

The circles were stamped and embossed with white embossing powder on black card, and painted with cosmic shimmer watercolours. You need 20 circles to make one decoration. PartiCraft have a whole range of different designs. Click here to see them.

I didn't get pics of the later stages in the workshop - we were too busy trying to finish them! The ladies used different colours of embossing powders, and made lovely decorations. I missed running the workshop this week, hope you are all able to do some crafting at home instead!

Keep crafting

Teri

Shaker cards...

2010-11-09T12:13:00.000-08:00

Hi all,

Firstly, here's a pic of my stall at the craft fayre on Saturday, with my friend Isabel helping me out.

There were people selling home baking, hand knitted items, pictures, cross-stitch kits, handmade jewellery etc etc, and together we managed to raise over £600 for Cornerstone, so we were all pleased.

WORKSHOP NEWS

Here are some pic's from last Friday's workshop. I demo'd how to make a shaker card using nestabilities to cut the aperture and frames; heat embossing the images; and using cosmic shimmer watercolours. The cards all came out well, don't you think?

The stamped images are all from the Medallion set 2 A4 stamp set available from partiCraft. And the MERRY CHRISTMAS wording is available as an individual unmounted stamp as well.

This week's workshop will be the last one for a while, as I have got a full-time job for a few weeks, starting on Monday.

So this week we will be making a fantastic Christmas decoration, using these stamps, also available from PartiCraft:

If you want to come, there are a couple of spaces left. Email me to book - use the link on the sidebar. The workshop will be 9.30 till 12.45, with a 15 min break in the middle. Cost £12.

Bye for now,

Teri

Craft Fayre - Sat 6th Nov.

2010-11-04T15:29:00.000-07:00

Just a quick note to say I will be at the Craft Fayre at Cornerstone House in Cumbernauld this Saturday. I will be selling candles, tea-light holders, cards and gift boxes.
There will be stalls selling jewelry, home baking, chutney, christmas tree decorations and lots more!
The Fayre is from 11 - 3pm, and the cafe is open so why not come along and have a cuppa, or lunch too?
Here's a few pic's of things I've decorated for the Fayre:

last week I got a set of embossing powders from Particraft, the Festive Sparkle set. The colours are fantastic, and the powders have glitter in them, hence the sparkle. I used the red and green on the bauble and nativity scene on the tea-light jar above.

All the stamps on these are from PartiCraft.

Hope to see you at the Craft Fayre!

Teri

Workshop pics better late than never!

2010-11-04T03:26:00.000-07:00

Well, my internet wasn't working yesterday, so that's my excuse for not posting those pic's I promised!
It's back on for today but will probably be off all next week :-(

Anyway, here are the boxes we made in last week's workshop, I think they turned out really well:

We had all morning, so there was time for everyone to make two boxes. We used the Eaziscore board to make the boxes and the flower and butterfly shapes, distress inks and cosmic shimmer watercolours to colour the boxes, and various stamps from PartiCraft. The swirls were heat embossed with gold embossing powder. If you want to know more details, just ask!

At this week's workshop we will be making shaker cards, as requested by one member of the group...should be fun!
TTFN
Teri

PartiCraft party

2010-11-01T15:24:00.000-07:00

Hi, I've been very busy this past week so not time for blogging unfortunately.

I did a PartiCraft party for my sister in Garelochhead, so I thought I'd put up a pic. It was a fun evening.

I have some pics from Friday's workshop as well...so I will post them tomorrow.

If you were at the party - I hope you enjoyed it, and that you are now enjoying using your stamps and embossing powders.

Have fun crafting

Teri

Light of the World stamp set

2010-10-22T10:53:00.000-07:00

Hi all,

I was really pleased to have some new faces at the workshop today - hope you all enjoyed it! Here are some pics of the cards:

We used distress inks to edge 2 pieces of white card, one with shabby shutters and the other with fired brick. Then the baubles and other images were stamped with the same 2 colours of distress ink. One lady added a purple element by using dusty concord distress ink, and stamping snowflakes ( from the Medallion set 2 A4 stamp set). The "Light of the world" stamp set from PartiCraft is great because the images are designed to fit into the baubles, so there are lots of possible combinations.

Using distress ink like this means you can always get a mat for your cards to match the ink you use for the images. I saw Sue demo these techniques on Create and Craft a while ago.

We used double-sided tape to edge the white card and poured Cosmic Shimmer Aurora glitter onto the tape to give a glittery frame. The layers were stacked up and mounted on a card blank, made from either dark green or red ribbed card.

I'll be demonstrating using this set at the PartiCraft party in Garelochhead tomorrow night, so why not come and join us? Email me using the link on the sidebar.

Don't forget Sue is demonstrating on Create and Craft on Monday at 12pm...it'll be great.

TTFN

Teri

New Workshop dates/times !!!!

2010-10-12T12:40:00.000-07:00

Hi all,

If you have come to this blog because you received a leaflet through your door - welcome :-) If you click on "older posts" at the bottom of the page you can scroll through previous posts and see pictures of some of the projects we have done in workshops.

I'm very excited to announce some new days and times for papercrafting workshops. I'm going to be running them in the same venue as the Friday workshops - Cornerstone House in Cumbernauld.

There are 4 time slots to choose from:
Tuesdays at 10-11.30am
Tuesdays at 1-2.30pm
Thursdays at 10-11.30am
Thursdays at 1 - 2.30pm

Fridays at 9.30 -11am plus occasional longer sessions, to do a bigger project at 9.30-12.45pm for £12 (see sidebar for dates)

Each session lasts an hour and a half and you will get to complete one project in that time. All materials will be provided, the cost is £6. The projects will include Christmas cards and gift boxes. You will learn a variety of techniques - rubber stamping, heat embossing, using distress inks, cosmic shimmer watercolours and other products. Beginners welcome - no previous knowledge required.
I am hoping to run the Tuesday and Thursday workshops for 6 weeks, starting on November 2nd. If you book to come to all 6 workshops (one a week) by Oct 29th, you get a 10% discount.
The dates of the Friday workshops are on my sidebar already, and there are still places available.

I will need to get a minimum number of bookings for each session, before I can start running them, so please contact me to book your place. Email me by clicking the link on the sidebar.

I'm looking forward to meeting more crafters!

Teri

Rhino it's your birthday...

2010-10-11T11:16:00.000-07:00

This is a pic from a walk we went near Kilsyth recently. I like trees, so I took a pic of this one! Anyway back to crafting, here's a pic of the card we made at my workshop on Friday. The background paper was stamped repeatedly with Adirondack ink (denim) with the wording. Then I cut 2 circles with nestibilities circle dies, in different shades of blue. I stamped the rhino image 5 times on white card with the same denim inkpad, and cut out various parts. I layered them up with sticky pads, to create a decopage rhino. The rhino and the greeting are from PartiCraft's A5 Safari stamp set, and the background wording from their A5 Monkey stamp set. I mounted the whole thing onto an A5 white card blank.

This Sunday is my in-laws 40th wedding anniversary, so I made this card for them. The greeting stamp is available from PartiCraft. I stamped it with perfect medium and heat embossed it with Cosmic Shimmer Golden Red Blaze embossing powder. The shapes were cut with my nestabilities labels dies, and distressed with red brick distress ink.

Hope they like it!

There's no workshop this friday since it is the school holidays, so the next one is Friday 22nd October.

TTFN

Teri

Another tree card...

2010-10-04T04:13:00.000-07:00

This is the card we made at the workshop on Friday. I was inspired by a similar one on Pam's blog. I used 3 colours of distress ink, on glossy card, to make the background. I masked off an area to make a white frame, and after adding the first colour, I masked off a circle as well. Then I stamped the images with blck archival ink. The tree stamp is from PartiCraft's Nature A5 stamp set, and the birds are from the Religious4 A5 stamp set (also PartiCraft).

Since it is now October, PartiCraft have a new FREE gift - see the pic on my sidebar. You can get this if you host a party this month.

TTFN

Teri

Boys birthdays

2010-09-28T08:31:00.000-07:00

Hi, here's a wee pic of a 3D card I made for my daughter's friend's birthday (he's 4). I used the candles from the birthday stamp set from PartiCraft, stamped with perfect medium and embossed with cosmic shimmer embossing powder. I stamped the sentiment (from PartiCraft's Safari stamp set) with black archival ink, and then used nestabilities circle dies to cut it out. I cut another, larger circle as a mat.

WORKSHOP NEWS

The next workshop will be this Friday at 9.30am - 11am at Cornerstone House.

Email me for more info, or to book a place.

TTFN
Teri

Mirror workshop

2010-09-19T04:46:00.000-07:00

Hi, I thought you'd like to see some pic's from my workshop on Friday. It was a larger project - taking a plain mirror and altering it. So here are some pictures of the work in progress, and some of the finished mirrors:

This one is going to be a jungle theme, using the jungle, safari and monkeys stamp sets from PartiCraft. Stamped onto white card with archival black ink, and then painted with distress inks.This mirror was painted with a Radiant Rain paint dabber, and the embellishments were stamed and heat embossed onto white card, then painted with cosmic shimmer watercolours. The photo doesn't show the colours very well. The stamps on this mirror are from the Birthday and Butterfly1 stamp sets available from PartiCraft.The butterflies on this one were stamped with archival black ink, on white card and painted with distress ink.

This was the last workshop in this temporary venue, the next block starts on Oct 1st and will be back in Cornerstone House, in Cumbernauld town centre.

Thanks for coming!

TTFN

Teri x

Mini-book workshop

2010-09-10T12:13:00.000-07:00

Hi all,

Todays workshop went well. I enjoyed it, and everyone was pleased with the mini-books they made. Lynsey has a tutorial on her blog of how to make it, if you want to have a go. Click here to go to the tutorial.

The minibook is made from a single piece of 12"x12" double -sided scrapbook paper. Then the photo's can be cut, matted and layered in different combinations. You can use stamps, ribbon, cardstock, nestabilities etc to decorate the mini-book and personalise it. Here are some pic's of the ones we made today. Nestabilities labels dies and circles made great frames for some of the photos.

These little books are great for birthdays, celebrating grandchildren, holiday memories etc.

Hope you like it,

TTFN

Teri

Sue's Tuesday show

2010-09-07T02:06:00.000-07:00

Hi, wasn't Sue's show great? I loved the confetti flinger card - will have to try that one. It'd be good for birthdays, weddings etc as well.

As i said yesterday you can get the products Sue demo'd from PartiCraft - with FREE P&P and, at cheaper prices than Create and Craft TV.

Here are our prices for the items on today's show:

A5 stamp sets (Santa or Elves) £9.99 each
Adirondack ink pads £4.50 each
Distress ink pads £4.85 each
Cosmic shimmer glitter jewels iced crystal £2.95
Cosmic shimmer aurora sparkle glitter £3.60
A4 U-mount £3.99 each
3D crystal lacquer, with applicator £7.66
Black archival ink £5.16
Cosmic shimmer clear embossing powder £2.50

we also have a lot more stamp sets by the same designer, Sam Poole, so why not have a look at the website? http://www.particraft.co.uk/

Have fun crafting

Teri

Sue's show on Create and Craft

2010-09-06T04:12:00.000-07:00

Hi, did you see Sue's show? She did some great techniques.
Quite a lot of the products she demonstrated are available from PartiCraft - and they are cheaper than you'll get them on Create and Craft. And we have FREE P&P!

Here are some of our prices, for comparison:
Distress Inks £4.85 each
Big and Juicy Ink pads £11.50 each
Cosmic shimmer embossing powder £3.60 each
A5 unmounted stamp sets (including the Christmas Postage one on the show) £9.99 each
Archival inks £5.16 each
cut'n'dry foam £4.50

So, if you'd like to buy some of these, email me.
You could get them even cheaper, and get a free demo in your own home, if you host a PartiCraft party - contact me for more info.

TTFN
Teri

Workshop and flowers

2010-09-05T09:29:00.000-07:00

Hi, firstly here's a pic of one of the beautiful lilies my husband bought me for our anniversary on Friday. 17 years we've been married.

One of the ladies at my workshop had requested to make this tree and moon card, so that's what we did this week. Here's some pics from the workshop, and the finished card. There are instructions how to make it on the PartiCraft website - click here.

Next week will be a longer workshop, and we will be making a mini-book/card like this one - so bring a few photo's with you.

There are a few places left at this workshop, so email me if you'd like to come.

TTFN

Teri

promised pics

2010-08-31T12:06:00.000-07:00

First, here's a pic of the card from last week's workshop...

The leaf stamp is part of the Nature A5 stamp et from PartiCraft.

And then there's a pic of my stall at the gala on Saturday. Unfortunately I didn't sell much.

I made a letter box out of a teabag box,

using some papers from PartiCraft and my Nestabilities dies, what do you think?

Today I've been playing with memory glass and cosmic shimmer glitter film...fun! pics later..

TTFN

Teri

Thornhill gala

2010-08-27T14:43:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow I'm off to Thornhill gala, it starts at 2pm, and there's lots of fun to be had. I will have a table there demonstrating some techniques, and selling some of my handmade cards, candles etc...
It's taken me all afternoon and evening to get ready!
If you are anywhere near Thornhill (it's near Stirling), pop in to the gala and say hello.

WORKSHOP NEWS
This morning my workshop was fun.
We made DL size cards. I demonstrated how to use stamp images into ultra thick embossing crystals, and add colours to the molten crystals.
I'll put up a pic later...

TTFN
Teri

Workshop fun!

2010-08-21T08:53:00.000-07:00

Hi, the first workshop this term went well. We are temporarily in a new venue, so here's a pic:

Yes, that is a plate of chocolate brownies, they were yummy.

We used Cosmic Shimmer watercolours to create shimmery backgrounds, then stamped and embossed images onto embossing acetate. The acetate was mounted on top of the background using brads. To make the brads match the colour of the embossed images, we used perfect medium and embossing powder on the brads.

Here's some pics of the cards:

I've left a space at the bottom of the purple one to add a greeting. The greeting on the zebra card was made using a nestabilities die and edged with distress ink.

All the stamps and materials for making these cards are available from me through PartiCraft, contact me for more info.

There are places available for next week's workshop, so send me an email if you'd like to come.

Teri x

Craft Workshops in Cumbernauld

2010-08-13T07:44:00.000-07:00

Hi,
Just a quick post to remind you all that I am running some craft workshops over the next few weeks, and it's not to late to book your place!
The first one is on Friday next week (20th August) and I could really do with another couple of folk booking in or it's going to be a bit quiet. If you're not sure you want to commit to the full block, you can just come to one and see if you enjoy it! The people who have been before find crafting very theraputic and it's great for reducing stress and enjoying a bit of "me-time".
Over the first block we will be making cards, mini-books, decorating/altering a mirror and if you particularly want to have a go at something else, just ask and I'll try to arrange it.
Any questions, don't hesitate to ask.

Hope to see you there

Teri x

Christmas designs by Julia

2010-08-06T04:25:00.000-07:00

Hi all,

As promised, here are some designs using the new stamp set that my sister, Julia, designed. She came over on Wednesday and we had a play with the stamps while our kids tried to distract us! Actually the 5 year-olds got the hang of using embossing boards, and everyone got inky!
These pics are all cards Julia made...mine didn't quite get finished!
The text works great as a background.

All the images were stamped with Adirondack Dye ink pads.

The small pictures fit neatly inside the baubles.

Let me know what you think!

The stamp set will be available on the PartiCraft website soon, for £9.99. or contact me.

TTFN

Teri

Exciting stuff - new stamp set!

2010-07-22T08:18:00.000-07:00

This arrived in my mail while I was away!

This is a new stamp set, designed by my sister, Julia Dennison. Last year I had some ideas for a set of Christmas stamps, but I'm not good at drawing, so I asked my sister to have a go, and this is what she came up with. I can't wait to make some cards with it...

This is a pic of the images on the set. The small images can be stamped onto the bauble shapes, and the writing can be stamped around the edges. The images will also fit some of the nesties dies. It's ideal for making cards celebrating the birth of Christ.

The stamp set is A5 and will be available on the PartiCraft website shortly, for £9.99, in the meantime if you'd like to buy it, please email me.

Hopefully I'll have some samples made to show you in the next couple of weeks...

TTFN

Teri x

Good news - price drop!

2010-07-20T14:18:00.000-07:00

Hi all, just a quick post to let you all know the good news - PartiCraft has dropped the price of ALL the A5 stamp sets to £9.99, so grab yourself a bargain! There are quite a few new designs available too, so go have a look.

So far I have survived just over 3 weeks of the school holidays, so less than 4 weeks left. It's great to have the kids at home, but exhausting! Today we went to see the fourth Shrek film.. very good.

My crafting table is gathering dust though, no time for crafting just now.

Hope you are all enjoying the summer.

Teri x

Summer holidays

2010-07-04T08:55:00.000-07:00

Hi all, I've not been doing any crafting this week, schools are out, so been busy with the kids. 6 more weeks to go!

So, I thought I'd show you a card I made a few weeks ago - a kind of swing-card:

I've used the wording stamps from one of the religious stamp sets from PartiCraft, along with some Fancy Pants double-sided scrapbook paper, distress inks and a little embossing powder.

Let me know what you think!

Also, here is an engagement card I made recently, using angel fibres and film for the hearts LOVE. I used one of the words stamps from one of the religious stamp sets again, on the back of the LOVE, inside the card. My nestibilities and borderabilities dies came in handy too.

PartiCraft have a new free gift available - so have a look at the website, and contact me if you'd like to host a party - it's fun!

TTFN

Teri

New workshop dates

2010-06-23T12:21:00.000-07:00

This Friday's workshop is the last one before the summer break. Our schools break up on Friday so my kids are counting the days...

I have sorted out the new dates for workshops starting after the summer holidays, so here is the list: I will post them on my sidebar too.

At the moment they are all on a Friday, but if there is demand, I can run them on additional days, contact me to register your interest.

Due to popular demand, and the fact that my youngest daughter will be at school all day come September, I have introduced some longer workshops - so check the times carefully. If you just want to come to one workshop that is fine, but please book first to ensure you get a place. The shorter workshops are an hour and a half, cost £6, and the longer ones are 3 hours plus a 15 min break. Please email me if you would like to book. I will give a 10% discount for booking the whole block in advance.
So £37.80 if you pay for block 5 by August 5th
£27 if you pay for block 6 by September 10th
£27 if you pay for block 7 by October 22nd.
Block 5:
Aug. 20th, 9.30 - 11am £6
Aug. 27th 9.30 - 11am £6
Sept. 3rd 9.30 - 11am £6
Sept. 10th 9.30 - 12.45 £12
Sept. 17th 9.30 - 12.45 £12
book all 5 workshops £42

Sept. 24th no workshop (september weekend)

Block 6
Oct. 1st 9.30 - 11am £6
Oct. 8th 9.30 - 11am £6
Oct.15th no workshop (october week)
Oct. 22nd 9.30 - 11am £6
Oct. 29th 9.30-12.45 £12
book all 4 workshops £30

Block 7
Nov. 5th 9.30 - 11am £6
Nov. 12th 9.30 - 11am £6
Nov. 19th 9.30 - 11am £6
Nov. 26th 9.30-12.45 £12
book all 4 workshops £30

Award!

2010-06-12T06:14:00.000-07:00

First of all, thanks to Smiffy for giving me this award.

It seems that all I have to do is to tell 6 outrageous lies about myself and 1 outrageous truth (or the other way round!) and then nominate 7 creative writers and post a link to their blogs and let them know! Simple?
1. I played the wolf in "little red riding hood" in ballet.
2. I got married at the age of 16.
3. I lived in Central Asia for 5 years.
4. I have a PhD in Astro-Physics.
5. I have 6 children.
6. I play the trombone.
7. I have no idea which one is true.

Ok, now all you have to do is work out which one is true!

Now on to my nominations....

1. My husband (who really is an amazing creative writer)
2. Lynsey (who always has fab creative ideas on her blog)
3. Calico Kate (who is an excellent writer, and very creative in lots of ways)
4. Craftyness (who makes lovely cards)
5. Predominantly Ranting (creative writing on PR, by my cousin)
6. Sheena Douglas (always inspiring, and making me smile)
7. Karen (who makes fantastic, inspiring cards)

TTFN
Teri

Workshop news

2010-06-10T13:16:00.000-07:00

Hi just a quick post to confirm that tomorrow's workshop is on, and we will be making cards using heat bondable fibres...(see the pic on my last post).

See you there

Teri

I won!

2010-06-02T05:31:00.000-07:00

Well, I can't believe I won Smiffy's blog candy.
It arrived in the post this morning...along with a lovely handmade card. So I'm looking forward to playing :-)
She has more blog candy now so pop over and have a look (link on my sidebar).

Particraft has a fab now free gift for June - see my sidebar for a pic. So what are you waiting for? Host a party and the stamp set will be yours!

WORKSHOP NEWS

I am not running a workshop this week, as I am away at the Cherish conference in Bradford. But there are places available at next week's workshop. We'll be making cards similar to this one. Email me if you'd like to come.

TTFN
Teri x

craft fair and photo cards

2010-05-24T08:18:00.000-07:00

Hi, here's a pic of my table at the craft fair on Saturday. I met some friendly folk, and some were interested in coming along to the workshops I run on a Friday morning, and some were interested in hosting a PartiCraft party. The next workshop is on June 11th, so if you want to come, please email me. It was quite quiet so the craft fair packed up early. I was very excited when one lady said she'd seen my blog! It was the highlight of the day for me :-)
For a while I have been meaning to have a go at making some cards with some photo's I took of some flowers...so here are the results:

These are not my usual style at all, so I'd love to know what you think.

WORKSHOP NEWS

There's no workshop this Friday as the schools are off for the May long weekend, and I'm away at the Cherish women's conference the following weekend, so there's no workshop next week either.

TTFN

Teri

Craft Fair on Saturday 22nd May

2010-05-20T11:57:00.000-07:00

Here's a sneek peek of some of the cards I will be selling at the craft fair on Saturday (in the Muirfield centre, Cumbernauld). This one's a bit out of focus, sorry. I had to take the pics with my mobile as the batteries were flat on the camera, oops.

The bird and branch are from PartiCraft's Jungle and Monkey A5 stamp sets. They were stamped with black archival ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. Then I painted them with CS watercolours. I used Broken china distress ink to edge the white card. around the bird and sentiment.

This card uses one of the butterfiy stamps from Particrafts Butterfly1 A5 stamp set. I ran the green paper through my big shot with and embossing folder, to get the texture, and used Walnut Stain distress ink to bring it up.

This is a fairly basic step-type card. I've cut the boy out separately and stuck him onto the back of the front step. If you are at the craft fair, please come and say hello. I will have some PartiCraft products available to buy (including stamp sets), catalogues to browse, and I'll be doing some demonstrations too.

WORKSHOP NEWS

At tomorrow's workshop we will be making a card similar to this. You will learn how to use angel fibres, and we will be doing heat embossing and using distress ink. this is the last workshop for this block. Block 4 starts on June 11th.

TTFN

Teri

Party and the Fashion show

2010-05-17T07:49:00.000-07:00

I had a busy weeekend with a PartiCraft party on Friday night, and the Charity fashion Show on Saturday night. My eldest daughter was modelling on the catwalk, so she was nervous, but did very well. The whole event was a great success and made £1800!!

The PartiCraft party was a small group but I think they all enjoyed it, and if you were there, and are reading this and ordered things at the party, they should be delivered in a few days. I hope you enjoyed the evening. I demonstrated heat embossing, painting with cosmic shimmer watercolours and adirondack pens. If you have any questions feel free to email me.
This weekend I will have a stall at our local craft fair at the Muirfield centre in Cumbernauld, 12.30 till 4pm. the craft stalls are inside the building, and there's a car boot sale in the car park too. If you're there, come and say hello :-)

Teri

Cards, mirrors and bracelets...

2010-05-13T02:16:00.000-07:00

Hi, I've finally managed to get some pics from my camera to the blog..so here's a couple of pics of cards I did as samples for one of last month's workshops. We were using masking to create stamped cards. In the first one I stamped the boy first, then masked him and stamped the animals, so thye look as though they are behind him. I used distress ink to stamp the animals, rather than give them the black outline you'd get with black archival. This one's an easel card. The stamp images are from the Safari A5 stamp set from PartiCraft.

The second card uses masking too, but this time I just used one stamp - the present from the Birthday A5 stamp set. I painted it with distress inks, and used a borderabilities die to cut the purple border.

Here's a pic of a mirror I decorated using the Jungle, Safari and Monkeys stamps, I sold this one to a little boy. Hope he's enjoying having it hanging in his bedroom.

And finally, here are a couple of pics of some bracelets I have been making to sell at the Charity fashion show on Saturday:I've used several stamp sets from partiCraft to make these, including the new religious 4 set. The ones laid out flat are made from recycled or re-purposed leather. The images were stamped and embossed onto the leather. The ones shown fastened, are grungeboard - Sheena Douglass-style.

The Charity fashion show on Saturday evening is at 6.30pm at Cornerstone House, Cumbernauld. Tickets are £5, includes soft drink and nibbles. There will be a catwalk show, raffle, plenty of second-hand clothes to buy, as well as handmade jewellery and the bracelets pictured above.Contact me for more info. turning into a long post, if you're still reading, thanks!

WORKSHOP NEWS

Tomorrow's workshop (9.30 till 11am, at Cornerstone House) will be covering heat embossing and painting with cosmic shimmer watercolours, they are fab!'s still places available, contact me if you want to come.

PARTICRAFT PARTY

I am demonstrating at a PartiCraft party in Garelochhead tomorrow night, so if you are coming, I look forward to meeting you, it's going to be good. Feel free to bring a friend. If you haven't been invited but would like to come, please email me before 3pm Friday (link on sidebar).

Better go and do some crafting ;-)

Teri

Candle workshop

2010-05-07T13:00:00.000-07:00

Today's workshop went well, everyone enjoyed the workshop this morning, here's a pic of some of the candles we decorated. The images are from some of the A5 stamp sets from partiCraft. The dove image is from the new Religious 4 A5 stamp set.

Here's a pic from last week's workshop too. We made bracelets and bookmarks using grungeboard. I took more pic's but they seem to have disppeared from my phone somehow.

These bookmarks were made using the "swirls" grungeboard, painted withcosmic shimmer watercolour paints. The mica in the paints makes a lovely sparkle background. The bear was painted with glitter mixed with crystal lacquer.

The pic doesn't do justice to the bookmarks unfortunately.

next week we will be making cards using heat embossing and cosmic shimmer watercolours...there's still spaces available, so if you want to come, email me.

TTFN

Teri

One-year of blogging!

2010-04-29T14:34:00.000-07:00

I just realised it's a year since my first blog post!

I can't believe it's a week since my last post. My kids have been sick this week so not much time for crafting or blogging, and I was away at the weekend in Darlington, with my sister. There's a fab craft shop there by the way, (The Art Shop) and I could have spent hours in there, but my sister had other ideas. As it was I found a small circle punch, which I was very excited about, having been looking for one for ages! I also went to Boyes, which is a great shop, sells everything, but only seem to have stores in Yorkshire. I bought crochet hooks and wool...to practise since my Mum showed me how to crochet at Easter. So far I've made one dodgy-looking flower...no, I'm not posting a pic of that! I'm hopeful the next one will be better :-)

Workshop news
Last week's workshop was quiet, as a couple of folk couldn't make it. I showed the ladies how to use masking when stamping images, and they made lovely square cards using the A5 Birthday set from Particraft. Tomorrow we are going to play with grungeboard. We will be making bracelet/wrist bands, as pictured in a previous post, or bookmarks using the same technique for those who weren't keen on the bracelet!
I must get my camera sorted out so I can post some pics.

TTFN
Teri

Workshops - block 3 starts tomorrow

2010-04-22T04:27:00.000-07:00

Hi,
Just a quick post to say that Block 3 of my papercraft workshops starts tomorrow. There are 2 places left, so its not too late to book yourself a place...just email me using the link on the sidebar.

We will be making a square card by stamping and using masks. There are plenty of different stamp designs to choose from. We will be using distress inks and adirondack pens too.

See you there :-)

Teri

The Charity Spring fayre

2010-04-17T12:54:00.000-07:00

I was at a Charity Spring Fayre today, and I just heard it made a good amount of money for the 2 charities. Unfortunately I didn't manage to sell very much, but I did meet a few folk who were interested in my workshops, demo's and parties. If you were there, and are reading this, welcome to my blog, hope you enjoy reading it, and please do leave a comment. If you see something you'd like to learn to make, or you want to get some free Particraft products, please book a party with me, and I will come and do a demo for you.

I sold some of my bracelets, notebooks, and a mirror, so that was good. I demonstrated how to use Adirondack pens and distress inks, and sold some of the pens - hope you enjoy using them!

Teri

Candles

2010-04-04T12:22:00.000-07:00

Just a quick post - these are the candles I've been working on this week, pics as promised. Some turned out really good, and some not so great, I think I need a bit more practise...

The stamped images are from the Birthday A5 stamp set and the Butterfly 1 A5 stamp set from PartiCraft, except the celtic cross image, which is from Heritage Crafts. They were all stamped with archival black ink, and coloured with Adirondack pens.

I also did a couple with animal images from the Safari A5 stamp set, with text on the back:

Any suggestions/comments?

TTFN

Teri

Preparations for the craft fair...

2010-04-01T11:55:00.000-07:00

I've been busy making cards, altered mirrors (from Ikea) and decorating candles for the craft fair on 17th. Today the kids broke up from school, so my crafting time will be very limited. Here's some of the cards...

I've used my new nestibilities labels dies on most of them, and stamps from several A5 stamp sets from PartiCraft (Bears, Girls, Butterfly1, Birthday and the Seaside Create-a-Scene set). I realy like the way this one turned out:

I've bought some mirrors from Ikea and painted them with Radant Rain paint dabbers, then stamped and embossed them, and painted the stamped images with cosmic shimmer watercolours. Here's a pic of one of them, I used one of the butterflies from PartiCraft's Butterfly 1 stamp set.

I've decorated a few candles too, but haven't any pics of them yet...maybe tomorrow. Would love to have your comments, as always!

I got some prints of the new stamp sets which will soon be available from PartiCraft, they look fab! Some are on the website, click here to see them. They will all be online soon, and I will have prints of them all at the craft fair if you want to see them!

Teri

Charity Spring Fayre - 17th April

2010-03-27T14:22:00.000-07:00

Hi, I've just booked a table at this event, in Bearsden (Glasgow). I will have a stall selling handmade and altered items (cards, giftboxes, notebooks, mirrors etc) as well as a selection of stock from PartiCraft (stamp sets, ink etc). I also hope to do some demo's on the table.
So if you live anywhere near, it'd be great to see you there.

http://www.justgiving.com/charityspringfayre

TTFN
Teri

Polkadoodles week 11 challenge - sketch

2010-03-27T13:15:00.000-07:00

Just a quick post - this is my entry for the polkadoodles challenge week 11. the challenge had a sketch, and we had to use blu and brown. I've used a partiCraft stamp for the bear (stamped with Walnut stain distress ink) and I made the flowers using my Eazi-score board. The shapes were cut with nestibilities labels four dies, and the cork border with a borderabilities die. I think it adds texture.

TTFN

Teri

Grungeboard wrist bands...and card for an 18th.

2010-03-18T13:00:00.000-07:00

This week I've had a go at making bracelets or wrist bands from grungeboard. I saw Sheena Douglass make them on Ideal World a couple of months ago. So I've made a few different designs and I hope to sell them at a fair on Saturday...let you know how that goes!

Also, it was a friend's 18th this week so here's a couple of pics of the card I made her:

I used numbers printed out from the computer as stencils, and then matted them onto pearl card and cut them out. The patterned paper is from Dovecraft's Retro Floral Prints pack. I printed out her name, and stuck it inside, with a border cut with a borderabilities die. I'm entering it in the week 10 polkadoodles challenge - milestone/special birthday.

At tomorrow's workshop we will be stamping on acetate and using crystal lacquers to make a card along the lines of this one:

So, I better go and get everything ready...

TTFN

Teri x

something a little different

2010-03-15T05:49:00.000-07:00

On Sunday I'd been invited by a friend to go to a Bead Fair and a Jewellery workshop...we had a great day out. I've never seen so many beads, and there were so many different kinds. Some beautiful silver leaf pendants, and lovely lampwork glass beads. We watched a demo of how to make your own glass beads, he made it look easy, but I'm sure he's had years of experience! I want to give that a try now...maybe one day.

The workshop was good, we made a crazy wire necklace, which was much easier than I thought it would be. here's a pic of the one I made: I used all blue beads but some people had brought 2 colours and it looked very striking with red and black beads.

Bye for now,

Teri x

Borderabilities and birthdays

2010-03-11T01:18:00.000-08:00

Hi,
I thought I'd show you a pic of this birthday card I made for my husband, the design is one Sue Wilson (see her blog here) did for Papercraft essentials magazine, a few months back. It's a step card. My husband saw it in the magazine, and liked it, so I had to make it for him. I changed it a little as she had used the "Murray" character from Murray and Ethel holding the cake, and I don't have those stamps :-( I used the explorer from the Safari stamp set instead, cut off the net and drew my own cake! The colouring is all done with cosmic shimmer watercolours, except the cake, which I drew and coloured with fineliner pens, and the images were all stamped with black archival ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. And here's an easel card I made with one of the borderabilities dies out of the set I bought at the SECC, and the Happy Birthday stamp from PartiCraft. The patterned papers are Fancy Pants and I distressed with shabby shutters around the Happy Birthday, and I used walnut stain and shabby shutters on the die-cut/embossed edge. My 4-year old stuck on the foam letters, and they hold the card up nicely!

PartiCraft have some fabulous new stamp designs out now, click here to go have a look. There are new girly designs, space/aliens, undersea, military, squirrels etc from Sam Poole as well as the new lavender and create-a-scene sets from Sheena Douglass, something for everyone!

I'm off to prepare for tomorrow's workshop...it's going to be good!

TTFN

Teri

playing with my new toy... and Polkadoodles challenge entry

2010-03-08T13:45:00.000-08:00

Hi, I had a great day out at the SECC on Saturday, and bought a new toy - a Big Shot embossing and diecutting machine. I got the Victoria embossing folder with it, so I've been embossing everything in sight, with lots of help from my 4 year-old. Here's my first card - a mother's day card. this is my entry for the polkadoodles week 9 challenge - stamping and wings. I stamped the dragonflies from the Butterfly1 plate (available from PartiCraft) with archival black ink, and painted them with distress inks (broken china and walnut stain).This is the inside of the gate-fold card. I've cut this image from Fancy Pants paper "Abigail".

Would you believe me if I told you the silver card I've embossed is actually the carton from apple juice! Here's a pic of the other side in case you don't believe me!

I did buy a borderabilities cutting/embossing die set too, so will be playing with that too. Just need to get some tan embossing pads, and then save up for some nestibilities too...

One of my little sisters is turning 30 at the weekend, so I decide to make her a special card. I loved lynsey's mini-book idea when I saw it last year (click here to see her tutorial) so I thought I'd give it a go. I found some old pics of her as a small child (at similar ages to her own kids now) so i scanned them and printed them out.. and here's the result:
I used a sheet Fancy Pants "Best friends" double-sided scrapbook paper
(12"x12") to make the book, and embellished it with various bits from my stash, and stamped a few images on it.

That's all for now...got a few birthday cards to make so best get on!

thanks for visiting

Teri x

A pyramage experiment...

2010-03-05T04:47:00.000-08:00

Hello,
Here's the "pyramage" type card I mentioned yesterday. I've seen quite a few people making cards in the pyramage style, either using pre-cut sheets, or using nestibilities to cut the shapes out. I don't have a die-cutting machine (yet...) so I have made this using a Fiskars shape cutter template - it has several different size ovals on it. I used the Lilies stamp from PartiCraft, and stamped it 4 times onto white card with black archival ink, and embossed it with clear embossing powder. Then I cut out 4 different ovals, taking care to get each one in the centre of the picture.

I used one of the "left-over" pieces as the lowest layer in my pyramid.
Here it is, painted with cosmic shimmer watercolours and layered up with foam pads.

Here's a pic from the side, so you can see (sort-of) the layers.And this is the finished card. I used green pearl paper as a mat and cut little slits in the corner's to tuck in the corners of the pyramid. The background paper is some I got from "payperbox" last year at the SECC.

I'm quite pleased with the way it turned out, and would love to have your comments.

At my workshop next week we will be having a go at doing this pyramage-style topper...though we may use different stamp images - bring your own if you want...

tomorrow I'm off to the Craft show at the SECC, can't wait :-)

Teri x

Jungle birthday card

2010-03-04T11:19:00.000-08:00

Hi I thought I'd show you a pic of another jungle card I've made. I've used distress inks to colour all the animals and trees, and then cut them out and stuck them onto the card base. For the background I used cut 'n' dry foam with distress ink (pine needles and black soot), then stamped and embossed the sentiment several times with white embossing powder. I mounted this onto a piece of dark green card.

I've been playing with my fiskars shape cutter templates to try and make my own pyramage style cards...pics next time.

At the workshop tomorrow we will be stamping on acetate and using glitter to colour the images...it's not to late to join us.

TTFN

Teri

Workshop boxes

2010-02-26T04:45:00.000-08:00

This morning's workshop went well, despite the awful weather. The snow is melting now :-)

We made gift boxes using an Eaziscore board, decorated with little flowers made by embossing the flower shape on the board, and doodling to make the petals stand out. Then the petals were curved round a pen to make them 3D, and attached to the boxes. The tricky part was embossing the flowers, it's not easy to follow the shape on the board, it is easier with thinner card I think...

TTFN

Teri x

Triangle card...Polka doodle challenge entry

2010-02-26T04:06:00.000-08:00

As promised, here's a pic of a triangle card I made for a friend's birthday...she may see ift here before getting it (if so Happy Birthday P!). I've decide to enter a blog challenge with it...the Polka doodle challenge is for a "shaped card". So here's my entry:
The patterned paper is from papermania, and all the stamps are from PartiCraft. The butterflies are stamped in black archival ink and embossed with clear embossing powder, then painted with cosmic shimmer watercolours. The other stamped images are stamped with Distress ink (Shabby Shutters). Love to have your comments...

TTFN

Teri

New Blog Candy...

2010-02-18T05:47:00.001-08:00

Check out this new blog candy over on the Particraft blog... become a follower for your chance to win it. I've had a go at making a triangle card, so I'll put up a pic of that later on..

TTFN
Teri

Valentine's Craft Fair....

2010-02-14T07:42:00.000-08:00

Here are a few of the Notebooks I decorated to sell at the craft fair I went to on Saturday...

This is the table set out with my cards, notebooks nd PartiCraft stock:

And this is me behind the table. I had my distress inks ready to do some demo's...but there were less than 10 customers altogether, so I had a very quiet day!

It was very small event, with only 3 tables...and local advertising on our estate. It was a very disappointing day for the organisers. I sold enough to cover the cost of the table...

hopefully next time will be better,

all for now

Teri x

A few cards...

2010-02-02T10:35:00.000-08:00

Here's a pic of a birthday card I made last week for a friend, using the A5 Monkey stamp set from Particraft. I stamped the sentiment across the card in black and embossed it with clear embossing powder. Then I distressed it with Pine Needles and Black Soot Distress inks. The monkey was painted with adirondack pens.

I also made 2 baby cards, using the A5 Bears and Butterfly1 stamp sets from PartiCraft.

Here's a pic of a gift box I made using my Eaziscore board , and a Birthday card. Some of these will be for sale at the craft fair on Sat 13th.

I had another new person at last week's workshop, so there's only room for one more now!

This week is the last week of Block 1. Block 2 starts after the half-term weekend, on Friday 19th Feb. Contact me for more details.

I'm full of the cold today, so too tired to write much,

TTFN

Teri x

Workshop news

2010-01-26T08:16:00.000-08:00

My workshop on Friday went well, and a couple of new folk came, so that was excellent.

They all enjoyed it, and made lovely cards with the girls stamp from Particraft - see my previous post for some example pics. It was the first time they had used distress inks.

This Friday we will be starting gift boxes like these...so I'm looking forward to that. Since the sessions are quite short, we'll take 2 weeks over making them.

There are 2 places left at the current block of workshops, so please contact me if you'd like to come. (Email on the side bar.)

I've booked the room for more workshops ever Friday morning till the school Summer holidays (term-time only), so there will be plenty more workshops coming up - email me to book a place!

I've also booked a table at a local craft fair (first time for me) for February so I'm busy making cards and things for that ...pics later...

TTFN

Teri x

Pamper yourself!

2010-01-20T05:37:00.000-08:00

Hi, here are a couple of cards I've made with the same girl stamp set as the "Shop till you drop" image in my last post.

The first one is a DL size card. I stamped the image onto cream card, painted it and cut it out. Then I stamped it again onto patterned paper, and painted in the taps. I stuck on the cut-out girl's head and neck, and raised the bath with foam pads for a 3D look.

The second one was stamped onto cream card and I painted in the background, leaving the bath unpainted. I used distress ink around the edge, and layered onto pink card.

I stamped the sentiment across the bottom half of the card, and finished off with a flower cut from the same patterned paper as the top half of the card, with a brad in the centre.

I think this card would have been better if I'd cut out the image in a rectangle - what do you think? love to have some comments!

That's all for now,
Teri x

Shop till you drop!

2010-01-18T05:29:00.000-08:00

Here's my latest attempt at a card with this girl stamp. I've used adirondack pens to colour her, and distress ink around the edges. I don't usually make square cards, but this one just seemed to work better as a square. I think I'll have to make an envelope for it too, as I don't have any square ones! We'll be using the girls set of stamps at my workshop on friday, so I'm looking forward to that. We'll be painting with adirondack pens and distress inks...:-)

If you'd like to win this blog candy, pop over to

Smiffy's cards and have a look.

Click here to see how to win.

TTFN

Teri x

Check out this fab blog candy!

2010-01-15T05:31:00.000-08:00

PartiCraft are offering more blog candy - the draw will take place when they reach 500 followers, so pop over and take a look.

This morning was the first workshop in my next block, but a couple of folk have dropped out, so there are places available if you are interested - contact me for more info. (email link on the sidebar).

We made gate-fold birthday cards today with heat-embossed parcels on the front, painted with cosmic shimmer watercolours. Everyone was pleased with the results, despite some saying they weren't confident about painting. The great thing about painting heat-embossed images with watercolours is that the paint won't stick to the embossing - so it is easier to stay inside the lines.

Next week we are going to use distress ink and adirondack pens to colour stamped images. And then the next 2 weeks we'll be making gift boxes. It's going to be fun!

Teri

Jungle stamps

2010-01-06T03:58:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!

It was my birthday just before Christmas, and I got some fabulous jungle stamps! So here's my first attempt at a card: I used distress inks to colour the background and to colour the stamped images, and cut a wee hole for the hippo's legs, so she looks like she's in the water. What do you think?

If you'd like to see more cards made with these stamps, check out Sue's blog posts here and here. She's made some great cards, and there's some from a follower on there too - click here to see them.

It was a friend's 70th birthday in December too, so I made her this card with the BIRTHPLAT stamp set. I used cosmic shimmer watercolours to colour the presents, and distress ink for the background to the sentiment stamp.

And then it was my eldest daughter's birthday after new year, so I made her this card using the UMCGGIRL stamp set from PartiCraft. Both these stamp sets are very versatile - they can be coloured to suit the recipient. My daughter likes purple, so I included a lot of purple in the card.

This month's free gift from PartiCraft is a valentine's theme - looks like a great selection of hearts etc - take a look.

to get hold of this stamp set all you have to do is host a demonstration party - invite some friends round and I will come and demo some products/techniques for you - you can earn free products from the catalogue as well. For more info contact me (email link on the sidebar - or comment on the blog).

Happy crafting

Teri x

Sheena Douglass workshop

2009-12-22T05:05:00.000-08:00

I was at a workshop run by Sheena Douglass last weekend (I've put a link to her blog on my sidebar) and I've been asked to blog about it, so here goes. It was a great day, about 25-30 people were there, and we made 4 projects:

These 2 were made using distress inks, and water, and then the trees were stamped with archival black ink. The one on the left is on the front of a notebook - one of those shopping list ones. Great gift idea!

The one on the right is a card. and the swirl was embossed with silver embossing

powder. The moon and snow flakes were made with water. I can demonstrate how to do this, so if you'd like to learn, just get a few friends together and book a PartiCraft party with me. Those distress inks are great to work with, can't wait to get my hands on some more...

These 2 images were made using heat-proof acetate, pigments, tissue and floor polish! I did the castle one first and the pigments mixed up too much, I think the second one, the stag, turned out much better. I've not mounted it onto a card yet.

This is the fourth project - we put floor polish and pigments into a glass bauble, the different colours came out well, and every one had a different look. The photo doesn't do it justice!

I'd love to read your comments,

Teri x

Burgundy and some other colours!

2009-12-11T05:48:00.000-08:00

I have now given up on my laptop, and am trying to get things set up on our aging PC. So, I've not blogged for a fortnight! I have made a few cards and gift boxes, and finally finished decorating a mirror I got from Ikea several months ago. I am attempting to upload some pics of these now...
Ok, here's a pic of the finished gift box including the medallion topper, that was one of the projects we did at the workshops I ran in november. We used black card, and embossed with Golden Red embossing powder. On the left is abox I made and decorated with the flowers I made using my Eazi-score board, mentioned in an earlier post.

I have made a few cards for birthdays, Christmas and one sympathy card. I have used burgundy in most of these cards - hence the blog title! The Cat in the Hat card looks a little odd - it was photographed on my green craft mat - the card isn't green! All the other cards were made using stamps from PartiCraft, and a variety of techniques - heat embossing, stamping on acetate, glitter on acetate, cosmic shimmer watercolours and adirondack pens. If you want more details - just ask!

And finally...here is the altered mirror: One of my daughter's friends is going to get it as a birthday present, so I hope she likes it!
The mirror itself is from Ikea, and I was inspired by another PartiCraft demonstrator to have a go...click here to see their mirrors.
I used scrapbook paper to decorate the lower part of the mirror, after painting it with a Radiant rain paint dabber (mallard green). Then made some flowers using my Eazi-score board to decorate the top left hand corner. I'd love to know what you think!
Ok I think that is plenty for now...more soon.

Teri

Christmas Fair and a workshop

2009-12-01T12:21:00.000-08:00

On Friday I ran my last workshop for this year, we made some Christmas cards this week, using stamps and embossing powder.
Then on Saturday we had a Christmas Fair at my church. I had made some gift boxes using my Eazi-Score board, decorated with stamped holly leaves and Christmassy ribbons, and sold most of them :-)
I took a pic, but my laptop isn't working just now so I can't upload it - hopefully I'll get some pics on the next post.

So, no more workshops till after Christmas - the new dates are on my sidebar - contact me for more info.

Teri

A few pics from today's workshop

2009-11-20T12:06:00.000-08:00

Today at my workshop, we finished the gift boxes we'd started last time. The ladies made layered toppers for the boxes. It was a bit of a rush to finish by the end of the class, but all the boxes were lovely. The ladies did a great job. Thought you'd like to see a few pics.

TTFN

Teri x

Parents' workshop today.

2009-11-18T10:49:00.000-08:00

Hi, my workshop at the local school was very enjoyable, but I was a bit disappointed only 2 folk turned up. Oh well, hopefully I'll get more next time. It was good to be able to give more attention to each person.

Here's a pic of the ladies making Christmas cards.

I've also been inspired by Becki to try making some flowers with my Eazi-Score board, here's the result. Check out Becki's great picture on her blog - linked on my sidebar. It's called Papercraft Adventures.

My two nieces had birthdays in the last few weeks so I gave them both a cross-stitch picture (the kits were from The World of Cross-Stitching Magazine) and personalised keyring. (their names were on the back). I stamped and painted the butterflies before putting them into the keyrings.

That's all for now,

Teri x

Workshop Gift Boxes, and some cards

2009-11-15T06:22:00.000-08:00

At my workshop on Friday we made gift boxes. We used a stamp to make each side, and next week we'll make a medallion topper...hopefully I'll get some pics of the finished boxes. This is the stamp we used:

Earth whispers tall box stamp

We stamped the image on black paper and embossed it with Red embossing powder, and decorated them with glitter.

The ladies all liked their boxes :-)

My mother-in-law has retired this month, so here's a pic of the card I made for her. The basket stamp is from PartiCraft, I've painted it with cosmic shimmer watercolours, and added a bit of glitter in the centre of the flowers. I also made a baby card for some friends whose first child was born at the end of October, both the bear and "Congratulations" stamps are from PartiCraft, and I've embossed the bear in gold, and painted it with cosmic shimmer watercolours. The sentiment was stamped onto the card blank, and onto a piece of blue card. Then the blue card was stuck on with foam pads.

I've got 8 folk booked to come to a workshop I'm running in my kids school this week (for the parents), so I am looking forward to that. We'll be doing Christmas and Birthday cards.

TTFN

Teri

Workshop news

2009-11-08T13:05:00.000-08:00

Today I am recovering from flu, I've not been well all weekend, but hopefully be better tomorow. Some of the kids had it too so my husband has had to look after us all! He's doing a great job.

My first Christmas Craft workshop went well on friday - all the ladies who cam made different Christmas cards, and learned about heat embossing, painting with cosmic shimmer watercolours, and using blending distress inks around their stamped images. I didn't take any pics there, but here's a pic of a card I made for the party I demonstrated at last friday - the bear is stamped on acetate and coloured with 3D crystal lacquer. I like the effect. It took me a while to work out how to fold the diamond at the top of the card, after I saw some like this at the Hobbycrafts show at the SECC a few weeks ago, but I've got it now!

At the next workshop on friday we'll be making gift boxes like this:

There are 2 places left at the workshop, so if you want to come email me using the link on the side bar.

TTFN

Teri

Crafty party

2009-11-02T05:51:00.000-08:00

My PartiCraft party went well on Friday night. I demonstrated stamping on acetate, and using 3D Crystal lacquers and glitter to decorate the stamped images.

I did a little competition at the beginning of the party as an ice-breaker, and the prize was 3 mini-cards - here they are:The bear is stamped on acetate and glittered on the back.The images on the stocking card were painted with cosmic shimmer watercolours

The lilies were coloured with Adirondack pens.

Also, the new hostess plate for November is out - book a party with me in November and this A4 stamp set will be yours free!

TTFN

Teri

Taster workshop

2009-10-29T08:07:00.001-07:00

This morning I had the opportunity to run a taster session in my kids' school - for the nursery & P1 parents - to let them try making cards.

The 4 ladies who came enjoyed themselves and were pleased with the way their cards turned out. Only one of them had made cards from scratch before. I let them choose if they wanted to make a birthday card, or a christmas card, based on these two designs:

They chose different colour card and paints, for the birthday card, and different christmas stamps for the central image of the christmas card, so all the cards looked quite different by the end. I didn't take any pictures there.
Tha backgrounds are stamped with Perfect Medium, to give a watermark effect, and the embossed images were painted with cosmic shimmer watercolours.

Tomorrow evening I am doing a PartiCraft party, so I'm looking forward to that...not sure what I'm going to demo yet though!

Teri

Great news - FREE POSTAGE

2009-10-19T10:00:00.000-07:00

PartiCraft have announced that you can now have free postage on all your online orders! Isn't that fantastic?

If you do order online, don't forget to choose me from the list of demonstrators, to show how you found PartiCraft. I can still order things for you if you prefer not to order online, and of course I can demonstrate how to use the products if you need a bit of inspiration. There are quite a lot of new products in the catalogue, so do go and have a look online, or if you'd like a paper copy of the new supplement, just ask!

It's been school holidays here and I've been away, so no crafting going on unfortunately. However I did finish this cross-stitch for my nephew, its a birth sampler, although he's 3 now! Hope he likes it.

Bye for now,

Teri

Christmas Craft Workshops - starting soon!

2009-10-08T02:48:00.000-07:00

Christmas is coming...Yesterday I booked a room to run some Christmas themed workshops in Cumbernauld. I'm going to have a couple of workshops making cards, and a couple making these fantastic gift boxes. They look great and are quite easy to make.

The workshops will run every Friday in November, 9.30 till 11 am, they cost £6 each and you can get more info, or book a place by emailing me (use the link on the sidebar) and paying a deposit of £3.

TTFN

Teri

Autumn leaves - hostess gift for October

2009-10-05T11:35:00.001-07:00

This is the new hostess gift for October:

It's a fantastic A4 unmounted stamp set, worth £19.99, and you can have this free if you host a party with me this month. Hosting a party is fun, just invite some friends round and I'll come and demonstrate some of our great products. You can even have a go yourself. In addition to the free gift, you will also earn free products, depending on the sales at the party.

Contact me using the email link on the sidebar for more info.

Teri

Boxes, boxes, boxes..

2009-09-28T13:38:00.000-07:00

Today I got around to trying to make some gift boxes using my Eazi-score board (click here to see one). Up to now I've just used it for folding card blanks.

I decide to use some old Christmas cards, as I thought they'd make quick, interesting boxes. My daughter made some too. Here are the results:

We also made a couple from birthday cards:

TTFN

Teri

Fourth workshop

2009-09-24T06:03:00.000-07:00

Here's a couple of pic's of the ladies at my last workshop for now. They enjoyed it and learned some new things :-) Above: Heat embossing.
Below: Painting a stamped and embossed butterfly, with Cosmic Shimmer Watercolours.

I'm planning to run another series of workshops in November, dates to be arranged. They will have a Christmas theme. If you are interested coming please contact me via the email link on the sidebar.

That's all for now

Teri

third workshop, and some cards

2009-09-17T06:19:00.000-07:00

My third workshop was a bit disappointing, because only one person turned up! However, we had fun anyway. I was showing how to paint with Adirindack pens and distress inks. I didn't take ay pics at the workshop, but here's some pics of cards I've made as examples for the workshops. All the stamps are available from PartiCraft.

The bear card was stamped with distres ink, and not painted - a quick, easy card.

The lily card was embossed and painted with cosmic shimmer watercolours.

These were stamped with black waterproof ink, and painted with Adirondack pens and distress inks.

I bought some second hand stamps, and they arrived today - very exciting. They are "Cat in the Hat" and "Football Crazy" from Bang on the door. My daughter (age 4) and I just had to get stamping with them right away.

TTFN

Teri

Second workshop

2009-09-10T06:00:00.000-07:00

I ran my second workshop yesterday, and it went well, although only 2 folk came. I demonstrated heat embossing and painting with cosmic shimmer watercolour paints. The ladies made bear cards, and mounted the embossed and painted bears onto different coloured card, and used scrapbook papers as a background.
They looked great. One lilac and one pink. Wish I'd taken photos!

Will try to rememeber my camera next time!

Workshop fun!

2009-09-02T10:42:00.001-07:00

Just wanted to show you a few pics from the first workshop I did today - so here are a couple of pics I took at the workshop, and then a few of some cards I made as examples of cards we could make using stamps and coloured paper, without painting, or colouring them in. Tom made a layered medallion card. And this lady made a birthday card by layering up sections of the birthday present stamp, and "Happy Birthday" stamp. All the stamps are available from PartiCraft, so contact me if you would like more info, or to buy them!

As always, please let me know what you think!

Teri

Workshops in Cumbernauld

2009-09-01T12:04:00.000-07:00

Just a quick post to say - my workshops start tomorrow morning - if you'd like to come, there are still a couple of places available!

Tomorrow we will be looking at stamping using different colours of ink and different types & colours of paper and card. We will cover simple do's and don'ts to get good stamped images. We will also look at cutting and folding your own card blanks.

I'll put up some pics tomorrow....

Teri

Scrapbooking

2009-08-22T11:27:00.000-07:00

I like scrapbooking as well as card-making, but have so far only completed a couple of pages. I keep taking photo's and planning the pages in my head, but actually getting them onto the page is not happening due to time constraints... anyway, I just thought I'd show you a couple of pages I've made.

The first one is some photos of my family at my Grandparents house in 1985, I made this one not long after my Gran died last year. The second is my daughter making jelly on her birthday last year.

I cut the circle and heart-shaped frames with my Fiskars shape-cutter, and hand-cut the scalloped edges. The butterfly is a stamp from PartiCraft.

There are still some places left on the beginners workshops I'm running in September, so email me if you are interested!
TTFN
Teri

New workshops!

2009-08-17T06:49:00.001-07:00

Today is the first day of term, so my eldest daughter has started high school, scary thought! My youngest enjoyed going back to nursery this morning, and my son still says school is boring...

I have now got around to organisng some workshops - so I'm holding a series of 4 workshops in card-making for beginners, in September.

The workshops will be from 9.30 till 11 am on wednesday mornings (September 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd) in Cumbernauld, cost £6 per workshop. Please email me if you are interested in coming.

I made a couple of cards last week, which I thought I'd show you - the first was for my husband's cousin, who has just had her first baby, and the second for friends wedding anniversary. As always, please let me know what you think :-)

Teri

Impromptu card-making workshop!

2009-08-05T05:46:00.000-07:00

While we were up in Tayvallich, we discovered that one of the children's art categories at the annual Flower Show was for a children's birthday card - so my kids got busy making cards one afternoon, and my cousin, K, joined in. My youngest, B, made an ice cream van card, with the new "create-a-scene" seaside stamp set from Particraft, and my son, D made the starry one, also using the seaside stamp set. My eldest, S, made 2 of the lilies cards (not for the competition) using the lilies stamp from the bears A5 stamp set, and K made the other lilies card (top left), and the butterfly card in the centre using the A5 butterfly stamp set and the A5 nature stamp set. They were all heat embossed and painted with cosmic shimmer watercolours, except the ice cream van - coloured with pencils.

They look like they are enjoying themselves...:-)

Bye for now,

Teri

Tayvallich party

2009-07-30T03:38:00.000-07:00

I enjoyed the Particraft party I did on Tuesday, hosted by my Mum :-)

It was in the beautiful village of Tayvallich:

These are three mini-cards I made as a prize for the ice-breaker game. Two use a small lily stamp from the Birthday stamp set, the yellow one I've painted with cosmic shimmer watercolours and the other with adirondack pens. Both have the sentiment stamped using Walnut Stain distress ink. The backing paper "Abigail" from Fancy Pants' Sweet Pea range.

The butterflies were painted with adirondack pens, and I added a few spots of glitter. I used distress ink to stamp the leaf borders.
The ladies at the party enjoyed having a go with embossing, and painting with the cosmic shimmer watercolours. They had lots of ideas, and one even suggested embossing onto a piece of fabric. It worked quite well on polycotton, but denim or 100% cotton might be better. Anyone else tried that?

Teri

Crafting with kids

2009-07-23T13:00:00.000-07:00

Well, my PartiCraft party on Wednesday went well, I met some lovely people, and I think they enjoyed the evening.

I spent some time with my kids, letting them try out the stamps I have from PartiCraft, and here are some of the results:

My daughter (age 11) made this one for her friend's birthday, using Adirondackpens. I think it looks great on the Fancy Pants paper. Her friend liked it too!

My son (age 8) stamped and embossed this butterfly with black ink and clear embossing powder, and painted it with cosmic shimmer watercolours.

My younger daughter chose the colours for the stamping and embossing (I did that for her) and then she coloured them with crayons and felt pens - even a 4-year old can enjoy making cards, and get a good result with these stamps.

I made this card for my sister's birthday, using the birthday stamp set from PartiCraft, stamped and embossed with metallic gold embossing powder, and painted with Cosmic Shimmer watercolours. The gold writing doesn't show up very well in the photo, but looked better in real life!

I'm doing a party in Argyll next week...so I'll post some pics when I've made some samples for that!

Teri

Butterfly cards

2009-07-09T12:39:00.000-07:00

Hi, we just got back from our summer holiday - camping on the Yorkshire coast. It was lovely. The English schools hadn't broken up yet, so it wasn't too busy :-)

I have a Particraft party booked for next week so I spent some time today making some mini-cards in preparation for that. I used the "Butterfly 1" unmounted stamp set from Particraft for the 2 very different butterfly mini-cards and the Bears unmounted stamp set, also from Particraft for the bear card. The mini-cards are a little smaller than A6.

The green card was painted with a mallard green radiant rain paint dabber, and the small butterfly border was stamped using the same paint. The large butterfly was stamped with black ink and painted with adirondack pens.

The black butterfly card was made by stamping the butterfly onto cream card and embossing it with clear embossing powder. It was painted with cosmic shimmer watercolours and cut out with a craft knife. The wording was stamped and glitter stars added using "dries clear" glue with a metal tip, and glitter.

It's great to be able to make such different cards from the same butterfly stamp.

For the bear card I stamped and embossed the bear with gold metallic embossing powder and painted it with nutmeg radiant rain paint dabber. I painted the heart with Scarlet sunset cosmic shimmer watercolour paint. The wording was also embossed with gold and the edges softened with the nutmeg paint.

Hope you like them - if you are coming to the Party in Shetland on Wednesday, you'll get to see them "in real life"!

Hope you are enjoying the Summer!

Teri

Birthday boys

2009-06-28T08:14:00.000-07:00

This is a busy time of year for birthdays in our family, so here's some pics of cards I made this week for various boys' birthdays.

I made them all with the A5 birthday unmounted stamp set from PartiCraft, the background papers are from my stash and the Thomas badge re-used from an old card! They were embossed with cosmic shimmer metallic embossing powders, and painted with Cosmic Shimmer watercolour paints, also from PartiCraft.

My eldest daughter (age 11) also made a butterfly card, embossed with clear embossing powder, on black ink, and painted with Cosmic Shimmer watercolours, I think she did a good job :-)

I have a PartiCraft party coming up soon, in Shetland! If you want to come, click on the link to my PartiCraft page and contact me. It's on 14th or maybe 15th of July, depending on when folk can make it.

Teri x

Father's Day

2009-06-21T07:11:00.000-07:00

Today is Father's Day so here's a pic of the card I made for my Dad. I used the tree stamp from Particraft's Nature plate A5 unmounted stamp set. I stamped the image onto cream card with black ink, and embossed it with clear embossing powder. Then I painted it with Cosmic shimmer watercolours. I mounted the picture onto a black card blank. Quite simple to make, but I liked the effect.Love to read your comments!

Teri

Medallion cards

2009-06-10T11:31:00.000-07:00

This week I've had a go at making a medallion card, with a mounted stamp from Particraft. I've never done one before, but it was not as difficult as I thought it would be! Here's a pic:

I stamped and embossed 4 medallions, 2 in red and 2 in gold Cosmic Shimmer embossing powder. Then I cut out the sections and painted them with Cosmic Shimmer watercolours.

My daughter wanted to make one too, so here's a pic of hers:

She is 11. She chose silver and gold embossing powder, and painted the layers with Cosmic Shimmer watercolour paints. I cut out the layers since she's not too confident with a craft knife.

I may do a workshop or "make and take" using this medallion design (in Cumbernauld) - leave me a comment if you're interested!

Teri x

Inspiration

2009-06-07T11:11:00.000-07:00

I was away at a Christian women's conference last weekend, and wanted to find a way to remember some of the bible verses that were significant to me. I was going to just print them out and stick them up with blu-tak, but then I thought why not use some scrapbook papers?

This is the result of one:

I printed out the text on white paper, matted it onto green cardstock, and then onto scrapbook paper. I embossed a butterfly onto white card, cut it out and stuck it to the top left corner. The whole thing was stuck onto mounting board to make it stiff, and the edges inked. It can stand up or be hung on the wall. I included a 50p coin to give a sense of scale.

Till next time,

Teri x

Awards!!

2009-05-27T11:40:00.000-07:00

These are the first awards I've had - so I am very pleased! Thanks so much Maria.
The awards are the Friendship and Lemonade Stand awards.
The instructions for each award are as follows:"These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated" It also says: "Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award." (Friendship)and:Nominate 5 to 10 blogs you feel show great attitude and gratitude. Link to your nominees within your blog post.- Comment on their blogs to let them know they've received the award. Link back to the person who gave you the award to show your appreciation. (Lemonade Stand)
I've only been in the world of blogs for a short time, so I don't know many, but here
is my list of those I'd like to pass this award onto, these are people whose blogs help inspire and motivate me:

Maria (of course)
Lynne (fab shimmery butterfly card)
BeckiandAlan (great paper roses)
Lynsay (love the mini scrapbook)

Thanks for sharing your creativity!

Teri x

Another party :-)

2009-05-24T10:43:00.000-07:00

Friday's party went well, though I wasn't as prepared as I'd been for the first one. If you were there, thanks for coming and I hope you enjoyed it. Since then, my daughter's been ill and I've been full of the cold so not had a chance to upload pics! Anyway, here are some pics:

The first one is the A6 card I demo'd, the design is from a project on the particraft website. I used walut distress ink to stamp the geranium and around the edge. I painted the picture with Adirondack pens. The rest of the cards (some are mini-cards, not A6) were painted with adirondack pens, I only have 6 pens but different colours were made by mixing the ink on a plastic tray before painting them onto the card.

This butterfly mini-card background was painted with a Radiant rain paint dabber (nutmeg). I dabbed it directly onto the stamp to make the leaf borders.
I stamped the butterfly onto

white card, painted it with Adirondack pens and added a little glitter before mounting it with foam pads.

The lilies were also stamped onto white card, and painted before being mounted onto black card. The bear was coloured by mixing Meadow, Redpepper and butterscotch Adirondack pens to get different shades of brown.

This A6 card is similar to the geranium
card - stamped with walnut stain distress ink, and
painted with Adirondack pens. The background is Fancy pants scrapbook paper.

Hope you have a good bank holiday!

Teri

My first party!

2009-05-16T05:38:00.000-07:00

I had my first PartiCraft party last night, and I think it went quite well. If you were there - thanks for coming :-)

I hope you enjoyed it.

I demonstrated heat embossing, using white embossing powder on black card, and then painting with Cosmic Shimmer watercolour paints, this is the finished card. It's similar to the card I put on my first blog post, just different colour paints.

Here are a couple of other cards I made using the Birthday stamp set from PartiCraft, heat embossed with different colours of embossing powder:

I also made some mini cards , as a prize for the icebreaker game. For the the top one I used clear embossing powder, on black card, and then painted over it with watercolour paint.

So, now I need to plan the next party...I'm looking forward to it!

Teri

2009-05-12T06:44:00.000-07:00

Hi, the last week has been hectic, and I've not had time to make any cards, or update this blog...

I have started a few cards, in preparation for my first PartiCraft party on Friday. I'm going to be demonstrating embossing. I'll put up some pics when they're done.

I thought I'd show you a few other crafty things I've made recently. Scrapbook papers can be used for many projects, not just scrapbooks! I used some papers from my stash to make two pencil pots for my eldest daughter - she chose the papers. The small one was made from a washing powder tub, and the larger one from a tube that came with a whisky bottle inside.

I also made some organiser pockets using card, scrapbook papers and plastic pockets from a ring-binder. My kids chose their own scrapbook paper, and helped to make them. They're great for holding all the letters and things they bring home from school, nursery and their clubs.

Hopefully I'll have some more cards to show soon...

Fab pens...

2009-04-30T04:36:00.000-07:00

Hi, I made a card ths morning, and thought I'd try out the Adirondack pens I got from Particraft.

They are great! I stamped an image using black archival ink, let it dry and then coloured it with the pens. You can use them as felt pens, or draw a bit onto a plastic surface, and pick up the ink with a wet paintbrush. New colours can be made by mixing them on the plastic. Lighter or darker shades are achieved by adding more or less water, or painting several coats. I mixed red and green to get the brown for the hair, and all the blue was done using the denim coloured pen, with added water. I managed to get a pale pink for the skin , by using very watery red. I also added a few glittery star shapes by drawing them with Dries Clear glue, and adding Cosmic shimmer glitter. Here's the result:

My kids are off school/nursery for the first May bank holiday tomorrow till Wednesday, so no more crafting till then...

Teri

First ever blog post

2009-04-29T14:10:00.000-07:00

Well today is the first day I've had a blog, so welcome!

I have just started as a demonstrator with Particraft (http://www.particraft.co.uk/) and received my starter kit last week.

I am hoping I'll be able to fit working as a demonstrator around my kids. I have 2 kids in primary school, and one in a pre-school nursery class.

I have been making cards for several years and recently started scrapbooking as well. I also do cross-stitch and I have some sewing projects on the go too.

This morning I finished my first ever stamped and embossed card, using some of my new kit from Particraft. I embossed the candles with cosmic shimmer white embossing powder, and then painted them with watercolours. It's not perfect, but not too bad for a first attempt.