Shaker cards...

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

New Workshop dates/times !!!!

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

Mirror workshop

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

Workshop and flowers

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

Workshop fun!

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

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

New workshop dates

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

Workshop news

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!

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

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

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

Workshops - block 3 starts tomorrow

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

A few cards...

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

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

Check out this fab blog candy!

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

Christmas Fair and a workshop

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

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.

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

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

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