Cornerstone Art Group

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

Candle workshop

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!

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

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

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