Crafternoon Retreat

 

Hi everyone,

I am so excited to let you all know about a wonderful Crafternoon Retreat that I am co-hosting this coming March.....

Crafternoon Retreat

Perfect for beginners and seasoned paper crafters alike. Come along and spend a relaxed afternoon making a mini album, handmade cards and a 3D project. You will get a generous Stampin' Up! goody bag with everything you need for the afternoons projects with extra crafty stash to take home. There will also be a raffle with lots of fabulous crafty goodies and lots of Tea & Coffee to keep you going!

Crafternoon Retreat on Sat 29th March . 12 - 4:30pm

Cost £28 (Payment in advance - last booking date Friday 14 March 2014)

Crafternoon Hosts Elaine Smith & Wendy McKeown
Venue:-
Finchampstead Memorial Hall
Wokingham RG40 4JU

For more information and to book your place please email me at sassystampers@gmail.com or leave me a comment here.

I will be posting teaser pictures over the next few weeks.

I cant wait to see you there.

Happy Crafting

 

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Cards & Coffee Mornings–New Dates…

 

Hello All,

Well it is that time again now the children are back in school for the Cards and coffee mornings to start again.

Dates for our next Cards & Coffee mornings are:-

Weds 12 June 9:30-11:30 am
Weds 26th June 9:30-11.30 am
Weds 9th July 9:30-11.30 am

Cost is £5 per person to make 3 cards using exclusive Stampin' Up! products.

Each session you will get to make 3 beautiful cards (Envelopes provided) to take home with you. These morning sessions are great for both new and seasoned card makers.

Plus you get the opportunity to order any of the product that we use for you to use at home.

All classes are in Finchampstead, Berkshire.

Please do share with any family of friends that may be interested.

See you soon

So Many Birthdays

 

 

Birthdays, Birthdays, Birthdays!  I don’t know about you, but I seem to have lots around this time of year; Family, friends, my children’s friends too.  I always need a card or 6 on hand for such an occasion.

I put this pretty card together using Everything Eleanor from Stampin’ Up!  I do love the large background swirl; it makes for a great background.  The colours I used were Pool Party and Calypso Coral inks and cardstock.  I hand cut the flowers and banner, which was stamped with the Happy Birthday phrase from Create a Cupcake.  The gorgeous little butterfly was stamped using Papillion Potpourri and then punched out using the matching punches. 

So all I have to do now is pick out who it is going to go to.  If you would like to get to make cards like these then come along to my cards and coffee morning please do get it touch.  It runs every other Wednesday during term time.

Back soon, Happy crafting

Yummy Honeycomb.

 

Well i do think it rather yummy.  Sorry if you were thinking it was gong to be a Crunchie bar.  Mmm Crunchie!  Sorry I digress.

So the Honeycomb Textured Impressions Folder, isn’t it great?  Have you got yours yet?

I ran some Tea for Two Designer series paper through the folder and trimmed up some of the inner hexagons to glue onto the So Saffron Hexagon base.

I stamped my greeting onto another piece of the Tea for Two DSP, and trimmed it into a banner.  The flower is made using a doily that has been scrunched together and then a large Designer Builder Brad pushed through.  I glues a Vanilla Flower from the Flower Trim to the front.

And there you have it, a yummy honeycomb card.  I hope you liked it.

Until next time, happy crafting!

Cards & Coffee Mornings

 

Good morning all!

Well it is that time again now the children are back in school for the Cards and coffee mornings to start again.

Dates for our next Cards & Coffee mornings are:-

Weds 24 April 9:30-11:30 am
Weds 8 May 9:30-11.30 am
Weds 22 May 9:30-11.30 am

Cost is £5 per person to make 3 cards using exclusive Stampin' Up! products.

Each session you will get to make 3 beautiful cards (Envelopes provided) to take home with you.  These morning sessions are great for both new and seasoned card makers.

Plus you get the opportunity to order any of the product that we use for you to use at home.

All classes are in Finchampstead.

Please do share with any family of friends that may be interested.

See you soon

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Rain or Shine

 

There’s something about umbrella’s and cards I just love.  And how great is it that Stampin’ up! have given us this wonderful set?

What a cheerful card this is to send to someone who may be having a tough time to give them a little smile and to know that you are thinking of them.

The pretty little Umbrella paper comes from the Sunshine & Sprinkles Designer Series Papers, which also matches with Oh, Whale stamp set.

There are so many combinations with this set, and it goes so well with so many others.

 

What combinations will you make?  I’d love to see your projects!

Until next time, Happy Crafting.

 

Thank you, can mean so much.

 

Isn’t it wonderful when someone helps you out, does something out of the blue to cheer you up or perhaps just looks after your children without being asked when you’re not well.

It’s those times when a simple thank you just doesn’t seem enough.  So nothing says thank you more than a handmade card.

I love the colours on this card.  The base is Early Espresso (I think I love this colour), the mat is So Saffron which has been textured with the Fancy Fan Textured Embossing Folder.  This has all been accented with Regal Rose. It’s such a gorgeous old fashioned colour and yet also looks great in Modern Simple Cards.

I used my marker pens in Regal Rose, So Saffron and Lucky Limeade to colour in the flower from the Oh, Hello stamp set.  And stamped my greeting from the same set onto Whisper White, which I then cut out using the Apothecary Accents Framelit die.  I cut a second one in Regal Rose cut off either end then split it in 2 to make the outer edge frame.

A Paper Doily, some Victoria Crochet Trim and Basic Pearls just finished it off nicely.

So next time someone does something nice for you, send a handmade thank you.

Until next time.

 

Circle Circus, So Simple and Neat.

 

Just a quickie today...

I love the simple design of this card.  The images from Circle Circus work so well here.  I used a Pretty In Pink card Base and then a Basic Black Mat topped with Whisper White.

The Circle Circus images were stamped in Gumball green, Elegant Eggplant and Pretty In Pink. I added a Basic Rhinestone to each of the larger circles and under the My Friend sentiment.

Hope you like it.

Bloomin’ Marvellous!

 

And what a Bloomin’ Marvellous card this is.  I love the de-bossed Petals a Plenty background.

The butterflies have been stamped in Tangerine Tango, Pool Party, and Rich Razzleberry. And layered on an opposite coloured circle. Basic Rhinestones create the body of one of the butterflies.

I added a faux stitching on the Island Indigo cardstock using the White Gel pen.

I hope you like it.  Until next time, Happy Crafting!

 

Cards and Coffee Morning projects.

 

As you know I have been running some regular Cards and coffee mornings.  These are lovely informal classes and are designed for all abilities.  If you live near Wokingham, Berkshire then why not pop along to one.  Drop me an email for a list of dates.

As we are still in Saleabration the first card was made using the Feeling Sentimental stamp set and  First Edition Speciality Papers. Early Espresso cardstock was used for the base and matting.  I used Naturals White cardstock for the base mat and to stamp the phone box onto. 

The phone box was then water coloured using Real red ink.

This next card was inspired by the Easel card that I got to make at our recent Show box swap.  With this one I wanted to go a little more masculine and used the totally gorgeous Fan Fair Designer Series Papers to dictate the colour combination and give an air of masculinity. The tree is from the ever so popular Lovely As A Tree set.

The Natural trim Ribbon looks like hessian and really added to this card.

See how when you open the card you can then see the greeting inside and use it to hold open the easel too.

And last but not least is this cheerful birthday card.  I love the white stamping of the flowers from Mixed Bunch.  The greeting is from Curly cute and that main flower has been stamped in Craft Whisper White ink.  The centre is stamped in Raspberry Ripple as is the greeting. A couple of Basic Rhinestones

I hope you like the cards we made.  Don’t forget to get in touch if you would like to come to future classes or if you would like to order any of the products used here.

Until next time, happy crafting.

Card Class Projects

 

My recent Cards and Coffee morning went very well.  The girls all had a lot of fun making their projects.  They got to make 3 cards in total which was just right for their 2 hours together.

First up is this pretty little card using the Create a Cupcake stamp set and Cupcake Builder punch.

And because I just love Sale-a-Bration (SAB), our next card features the fabulous Sycamore Street Designer Series papers.  The sentiments come from the Teeny Tiny Sentiments stamp set so everyone got to choose their own greeting.

 

Lastly we have this gorgeous collage stamped card using some of the elements from the Clockworks stamp set.  The greeting is from another SAB gift Pretty Petites stamp set and the matching Petite Curly Label punch.

It was great to see the girls making these into family birthday, thank you or Mother’s Day cards. 

Well today I am planning and making the samples for my next Cards and Coffee morning next Wednesday 13th March.

Take Care and Happy Crafting.