Rubber Stamping - North Wales

Hello everyone I am just popping in to say I won't really have much to talk about in the way of things I have made for the next day or so - which is also why I didn't write anything yesterday. The reason? I am completely redesigning my craft room & at the moment cannot see the surface of my craft desk & in fact have only just been able to clear my computer desk in order to write this.  I have been quite pleased with the way I had organised it since moving here - but I have storage boxes of all different sizes & not necessarily a useful size.  Consequently some items have ended up being squeezed on top of boxes or in front of them on the shelf.  This has made it awkward sometimes looking for things - so time for a change. My big book case now has some rather smart plastic boxes - they are clear - so I can see what is in them.  I have kept some of the cardboard boxes because they are a bit bigger for holding papers. I have just finished sorting my cr...

Good evening everyone No crafting was done in this house today - but house tidying & work in the garden was undertaken.  So I have decided I will show you the card I made for Bob for our anniversaries. Yes I did say anniversaries - because I am sure you all know that we have always celebrated the anniversary of being together which this year rose to 29 years!  But of course because as we chose to get married on our anniversary it was also our first wedding anniversary.  Wow! that's a lot of use of the word anni.......... I wanted to make a card that covered both events so had in mind a concertina style card & in fact a little while ago I ordered a die for making a special kind of concertina card.  But as our date drew near I had to make other plans & finally came up with another idea.  When it came to putting words on it I found I didn't have much in the way of anni.......... so I stopped working on the card & popped to the craft shop &...

Hi - here comes bus number four, te he ;) Seriously here is the photographic tutorial for Carolyn's (Mold II) version of this lovely card which starts with an A4 piece of card.  I think the text on the photographs is sufficient to show you what to do. Thank you Carolyn for sharing this. Hope you all make these - have fun.

OK - here I am again, just like the buses - nothing for a while then 3 all together. This time we have a showcase & it is Betty from Mold II club who went home from the meeting & made one of the pop-up card in a box cards. It's lovely & bright & cheerful.  Well done Betty.  I think people are going to get addicted to this card because you can put so much into it (without going over the top) but you haven't got horrendous postage to pay.  It folds flat & should go normal or large depending on the size you make it. Right I think that has me uptodate with news, but I still have Carolyn's instructions to cover. I have some serious card making to do this week & I may show you the card I made Bob for our anniversary. Enjoy the rest of the weekend. 'Bye for now.

The first piece of news is from Joanna of Mold club - who has won a prize. This time it was by answering some question & finding something on the blog.  Here is the link so that you can see how she got on. http://scrappaperscissors.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/easter-egg-hunt-answers.html Do have a go at these little competitions when you see them on blogs - it is usually something quite simple, like just writing a comment about the days blog - or a product - or like Joanna a quiz style questionnaire. Back again in just a moment.

Hello hello! Sorry I didn't get back to post Carolyn's instructions for the pop-up box card on Friday - but by the time I got home from my day out with Nadine - it was time to "posh" myself up for our anniversary meal. Mind you - it would appear I need new glasses.  I was sitting talking to Bob before getting ready & he asked me if my eyes were OK.  A bit puzzled I asked why he asked.  His reply "I just wondered".  So I decided I probably needed to open my eyes.  Hmm - definitely new glasses.  There on the hearth was a black flower box with a dozen red roses in.  Now! how I didn't see them I do not know - I certainly wasn't expecting them. Anyway - here they are - just thought I would gloat for a while  :) lol We had a fantastic evening, excellent meal, a card & a rose from the hotel rounded it off. Yesterday we went over to Gareth & Elayne as I was going to show Elayne's mum how to make a box envelope (Crafters Companio...

It's 27 April & a CSNW member has a birthday Happy Birthday Ruth Have a wonderful day

Good morning everyone.  Here is the first little tutorial for this lovely card. It is from the quicky instructions that Rita gave us - but I have found a new toy on one of my photo software packages, so you have a visual & written set of instructions. As I have only just discovered this tool I was unable to work out how to delete text after I had saved it - so that needs work.  Anyway here goes; These instructions are to make one of these delightful cards with any - yes - any size piece of card. For this set of photos I started with a piece that measured ............. By left edge I mean the folded part - don't unfold it or your measurements will be wrong. In this sample I scored right across the card but really the 3 right hand sections is far enough as the left section will be the back & that doesn't get folded down. For photo purposes I used DSST - I would recommend wet glue for actual project See! I couldn't dele...

Good afternoon everyone & what a lovely day it is too I had quite an exhausting crochet workshop this morning, as I have a lovely elderly lady who attends but she is very forgetful.  Her husband is quite concerned about her.  (Hey - I have said elderly lady - I have know idea how old she is so I am being a little presumptuous,  She would appear to be older than me).  So showing her things is quite hard work as 5 minutes later she needs showing again.  I do not worry about that because I will, as you know, repeat things as often is needed - but by the end I am quite tired, especially as I have 5 other ladies to teach as well.  It is rather sad really as at one of the early workshops she attended she brought along with her her portfolio of things she had made when she was a working lady.  She made wedding gowns, lingerie & the most exquisite things which she sold to quite famous stores & all over the world.  She worked with delicate la...

Good evening everyone. Did you have that fantastic sunset in your area tonight?  It was one of those sunsets where I needed to be way out in the country to get a really good photo. But just photographing it over the roof tops wouldn't have really shown it off. Anyway I am here tonight to show you the Show & Tell cards from last nights Mold II meeting. Where the challenge was  colour theme - Kraft, pale blue & peach.  Several of the ladies said that they hadn't liked the thought of this colour scheme - but as always they came through -- Isn't this delightful,  & here is another one slightly different.  Pleased to see a stamped happy birthday. Some beautiful flowers - pale blue & peach actually go very well together. A lovely Easter egg card - just the right colours for this one. Such a pretty card & we have been teased by this one.  Carol who made it is going to show us - possibly next month - how sh...

I am back again - because in that Papercraft Essentials magazine on another of the "Your Cards" page was a card by Annette - also from Mold II club. Well done Annette. Tonight it is the April meeting for Mold II - so I will see you all there later & will have some photographs for the blog tomorrow. 'Bye for now.