Rubber Stamping - North Wales

Good afternoon everyone. I hope you are all nice & warm in this freezing cold weather & I wish the snow wold make up its mind.  Is it going to snow "properly" or are we just going to keep getting these snowfalls that go during the day. Anyway, today I have one of my recently made cards to show you; I rather like the effect of white embossing on Kraft card & this time I have done just that.  But it resembles a little the technique we learnt some time back called "the whitewash technique". On this card I did not use any white ink on the flower petals I used Promarkers & was pleased with the way the colours took on the Kraft card.  I had done a test run on a scrap piece. The floral spray is one from Honey Doo Crafts  .  I used part of the image to stamp & emboss in white around the edge of the base card, then layered the focal image onto a piece of white card before placing it on the base card.  A ribbon down the fold, wi...

TONIGHT'S MEETING - 27 FEBRUARY HAS BEEN CANCELLED I HAVE SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERYONE & HAVE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL OF YOU ON THE PHONE YOUR PROJECT FOR TONIGHT WILL NOW BE THE PROJECT FOR MARCH TAKE CARE IN THIS WEATHER

MEETING TONIGHT -- TUESDAY 27 FEBRUARY I have had several emails today regard this evenings Mold II club meeting. Mainly they are to inform me that people are unwell & will not be attending.  So far that is Helen, Chris & Carolyn.  I will not be there either. I have contacted the centre & have been told that the roads are ok in Mold & that the car park of the centre has been cleared & gritted.   So the centre will be open. Have a great evening - I look forward to seeing your scrapbook pages & the little cards that Rita & Annette are going to show you. The ladies I have birthday cards for - I will put them in the post to you.

Birthday Greetings Today is February 27th & a Mold club member has a birthday Have a lovely day Yvonne >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The keen eyed amongst you may notice this greeting was posted a few days earlier. On the 15th to be exact - must have been gremlins.

Good evening everyone. I really do mean very very late.  Earlier today I was sorting emails in my inbox.  Deleting those that could go & moving some that I really had to keep.  Those emails that showed there were attachments I checked to see what they were & if they were photos I checked that I had saved them in my pictures folders.  In doing so I came across an email from Joan of the CSNW club with photos of some extra cards she had made following one of our meetings.  She had liked the design so much she sat & made some more & sent me photos to show me.  When I checked my pictures folder they were not saved there.  I then checked the blog & they weren't there either. Straight away I shot off an email to Joan to apologise & here I am now blogging the photos.  How much very very late?  Oh yes ............................................ March 2017.  I am so sorry Joan    😢  The card was...

Good evening everyone. I thought I would pop back again today to talk about a workshop for all 3 clubs this year. Before I went into hospital I contacted Wendy of Card-io again regarding a workshop with her, & I am afraid to say have not had an answer.  I was talking to Liz (the lady who runs the stamp festival at Port Sunlight) just after Christmas & she is having trouble getting a response from Card-io as well.  But she did tell me that Wendy has purchased an old garden centre & is opening her business there, so she will obviously be very busy.  She hopes to open it in the spring, which I have seen noted on her website. I won't give up on getting hold of Wendy regarding a workshop - but it looks like it may take some time.  I will talk to Liz again in the next few days & see if she has heard from her. In the meantime Elizabeth who gave us that great workshop last October has said she would be delighted to come & visit us again.  So ...

Good afternoon everyone - isn't it nice to see the sunshine again today.  I believe it is forecast to be very cold over the weekend though, so make sure you all wrap up warm & take care out & about. Today I made the Mold II January project card as shown to the group by Carolyn.  It is the Suspended (or was it Suspender?) card. When I popped into the meeting that evening Carolyn gave me a copy of the card front template - there were no instructions.  But fortunately Carolyn sent me a card for when I came out of hospital & it was this design.  So I could get it out of the my box & work it out - which fortunately was not too difficult. Here it is - & I have taken a couple of different views of it; This is the card laid down on my work desk. Two views of it standing up so that you can see the layers better. I thought this was an ideal opportunity to use some of my huge Hunky Dory card & paper stash. It doesn't look like...

A quick pop in to let you know I have changed the photos for the March meeting for Mold II club.  I have received clearer photos from Dot & taken the others out.

Good afternoon everyone. I am really going to try & make the things that you make on club nights even though I am not going to be there. I did manage to join in the Mold January & February Show & Tell & posted photos of my cards n the blog. Today I have made their January project card - the black & white one with flowers & dots? Here is my version; This really was a nice card to make - not difficult & clean & fresh when finished.  The hardest part for me was not getting hung up on where I put my dots, but to be random.  I used the largest one of my fine liner pens & even then the dots were quite small. But I am pleased with my effort. I will make this card again with some different flowers or flower sprays, & perhaps even different images plus possibly add just a small amount of colour.  We will see. My next catch up project is to make the Suspended card made by the Mold II ladies at their January meeting. ...

Good afternoon everyone. At the end of the last post I mentioned that there were a couple more photos from the Mold meeting last Thursday evening. Rhiannon, one of the members had missed the January meeting but on Thursday brought her card for the January Show & Tell, as well as her creation of the January project in which she used the photos on the blog to assist her. January's Show & Tell a card from a sketch using mainly yellow & grey January's Project card Well done Rhiannon - It's really lovely.  Now, I must sort myself out & have a go at this card as well I am sure Joanna & Janet were really pleased to see that you joined in on these 2 projects even though you weren't there on club night in January, Rhiannon. That is all I have for today. I have updated club pages & the club project photos page. 'Bye for today

Good morning everyone. This morning I have the second set of photos from the Mold club meeting on Thursday evening.  This set is of their project where the made the absolutely lovely 4-fold card. Here are the cards & there are lots of them as I have shown them closed & open.  So! settle down in a comfy chair & a cup of tea (or if it evening - a glass of wine!) & enjoy what you see. Clare Joan  Joanna & an extra one from Joanna showing that the card can still be beautiful without doing lots of layers Lynn Mair who has gone for the unlayered look which has made a lovely clean & fresh design  Rachel Rhiannon I just know Rhiannon will bring this back when it is finished Sheelagh Sheelagh then sent Joanna the next 2 photos after she had finished the card at home Yvonne Janet Janet had made quite a few sam...