National Scrapbooking Day at EK

This month at Karen's lovely crop tied in very nicely with National Scrapbooking Day. To celebrate- Karen had made some gorgeous cupcakes...

 We were very spoilt - one had already gone when I went to take this !

 

Then it was on to chats,crafting and tea ...

In the afternoon Sandie taught a class making a beautiful mini book

it  had lots of options for journalling and little pockets - a great little project that everyone really enjoyed making.

Denise

February Scrapping

We had a fabulous day this month,lots of lovely company together with chit chat and cupcakes.

Lovely salted caramel 

and mango drizzle ..yum.

There was much giggling 

We spent the morning independently scrapping - then after lunch the lovely Debbie taught a fabulous class.

 As always,Debbie came up with a cracker of a layout.

Which involved lots of circle cutting and some inking and some cutting out.

Keeping us occupied for the afternoon

and as always, a really lovely day was had by all.

Denise

The Great Christmas Extravaganza

This is just a very quick post to give you a little glimpse of the wonderful time we had on Saturday.  It was so lovely to see everyone enjoying themselves so much. 

First of all a very big thank you to Denise who despite being awol in Germany had designed a beautiful make and take for us to do.

Secondly a huge thank you to Jane who made the lunch which included homemade smoked mackerel pate, home made chicken liver pate and gorgeous home made coleslaw amongst other delicacies

We started the day with the Make and Take and then Ann taught a two page class. 

 

 Then it was time for the aforementioned delicious lunch.

After lunch we tackled my project which was a piece of Christmas home decor.

We then spent a little more time completing our projects and eating cupcakes 

 

  

before Karen Cole arrived to teach her card class!

 So there we have it - a very busy and productive day was enjoyed by everyone.

Karen

Kit Swap Time

We did something different this month at the crop- instead of a class Karen suggested we all made up a  kit and did a swap...here's Karen getting the kits ready for the swap..  It  was a great idea for a change.Some of our friends who couldn't make it were greatly missed..

 I didn't take lots of photos this month - but did manage a few.
We did our own projects all day - and I had a lovely time just fiddling about with stamps and papers and generally crafting away and enjoying the lovely company.

We had apple crumble and mango and lime cupcakes ...

I was sitting next to Karen - love this expression on her face - think I might have been singing the same song all day !!

Next month sees the return of a festive crop with some great classes,a make and take and some   

lovely food - should be fun!

Cupcakes, Cropping and Good Company

We had a fabulous time at the crop yesterday (those who were off doing other things were greatly missed).  As one of the ladies AWOL was Denise I am doing the post crop blog, not as many photos as usual but I did remember to take a few.

We started the morning with some independent scrapping

accompanied by Lemon Meringue Cupcakes

and Strawberry Ombre Cakes - they didn't work as planned and the layers of colour are not as distinct as I would have liked.

After lunch the fabulously talented Ann taught a two page class.

I am  always in awe at how she can make such fabulous pages from the supplies she has.  She is so creative with her cutting and placing of paper that a little goes a long way.

 

 

Cherry chose to cross stitch her page - beautiful

Finally, variations on the theme,

A page from Sandie

A page from Jill

NOTE - the crop in November is the second weekend - 10th and there will not be a class but we are having a kit swap instead.  Here is my kit as a suggestion for what a kit could comprise.

 I have included two pieces of double sided paper, some stickers, a piece of cardstock and a journaling card.  I also rummaged around in my stash and found some coordinating pearls, buttons and a doily.  The kit total should be about £5.00.  Please make sure that the items you put into the kit are of a quality you would like to receive yourself.

Looking forward to seeing you next month.

Also don't forget that ATDML has a retreat at Stoke by Nayland Golf Club from 2nd to 4th November and even if you are not coming to the retreat you will always be welcome to pop along and spend your pennies in the shop which should be open from about 3pm Friday to 4:30pm Sunday. Late night shopping on both Friday and Saturday, the lovely Jill only closes the shop to sleep and is back bright and early the following day and she promises you a cup of tea/coffee too!

Karen