Not Long Now

No, it's not long now until our next crop and the lovely Ann has sent us a sneak peak of each of her 2 los she is going to teach.

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Ann has asked that you bring a needle, large enough to take DMC thread if possible.

See you on Saturday and safe journey.

Karen M

It's getting closer!

Soon, very soon but not soon enough for some of us, it will be our next little gathering and we are really excited about the class Ann is going to teach. She has promised us 2 los and a little project for our September class and is going to be using the Indie Girl range from Sassafras Lass. You can see how gorgeous it is and so suitable for scrapping both boy and girl pages!

For the first lo you will need 4 (3in x 3in) photos and for the second 1 or 2 (6in x 4in portrait) photographs.

We hope to get some sneaky peeks of the class up before the crop so keep an eye on the blog.

Karen M

Painting The Roses Red

Apologies for the late post! The other Karen has been really busy so I have taken over this post for her.

We had a fabulous day on Saturday making our mini books from scratch. Cutting the covers, sewing in the pages getting sticky with bookbinding tape, punching, stamping and painting to our little hearts content. As promised, the mini book, designed by Karen C, did not disappoint. The internal pages were made from pages of an Alice In Wonderland book and all the stamps and embellishments were Alice themed. It was a fabulous kit and an absolute bargain for the price. Everyone went home with the majority of their books finished.

For the ladies who haven't gotten around to finishing their books and for anyone who would like to drool over Karen's project below are 32 (sorry for the huge number but I photographed each page as a single page and not as a double - durrrrr) photos from the book.


































A huge thanks to Elsie Flannigan for allowing us to use her Alice in Wonderland paper dolls.

Next month's class is well on the way and we will be back later in the month with some sneak peaks of the papers being used and little tasters of the project Ann is making.

Karen M

I think we are spoiling you!

We have updated our class list with the classes for the remainder of this year and I hope you are all as excited as we are.

August - Karen Cole's awesome mini (I had a sneak preview today and I am completely blown away with what she has in store for us - this is a class you should definitely not miss!)

September - Ann Freeman, who makes the most amazing projects and pages have a look on her blog here.

October - it's little old me with a piece of home decor.

November - Wendy McKee. Wendy makes the most beautiful cards, pages, home decor items and many other beautiful paper based projects. Her blog is here, well worth a look.

December - A Christmas Extravaganza with an extended crop and three, yes you read that correctly, three classes with Mel Hand, Debbie Jewell and our very own Karen Cole. We are hoping that Mel will bring the shop along again so there will be an opportunity to treat yourself to an early Christmas present.

So we are half way through July already and our August crop will be upon us before we know it - not a moment too soon for me, I can hardly wait!

Karen M

What A Wonderful Day We Had

Firstly, apologies for not blogging sooner but real life got in the way!

A huge thank you to Laura Buckingham for teaching our awesome class this month. The papers were from the Delovely range and the colours so bright and summery.


The class technique was layering and using everyday products from stationary stores.


We used staples, luggage labels and tiny pricing labels. There was lovely Japanese tape and lots of border punches and we even did a little hand stitching.


Everyone took the class and we were all delighted with the results. It was so nice to be told that our classes are so good because the pace of teaching does not put any undue pressure on the participants, therefore making for a relaxing afternoon.

I am sure you will agree that the results were stunning - so a huge thank you to Laura.

The winners of this months prizes are:-

Denise - a set of Stamping Up stamps.

Naomi - the Papermaze voucher

Sandie - a Shimelle class pass.

I am looking forward to next month's crop already and eagerly anticipating the mini book that Karen C is teaching. Anyone who knows her will know that she makes awesome minis and I promise you this one will be a bumper kit which will not disappoint!

Karen M

What goodies do we have in store for you?

We are delighted to be able to tell you that we have not 1, not 2 but 3 fabulous prizes available tomorrow!

1. A set of stamping up stamps from the lovely Tara.
2. A Papermaze voucher
AND
3. A class pass for this Class - Love Your Pictures, Love Your Pages.

All this and our much anticipated class with the lovely and talented Laura - what more could a girl ask to make the weekend fab?

Photo Info

Hello again ladies - only 3 (well 4 if you count today) more days till the crop and we are fizzing and ready to rumble! Laura says you need two 6 x 4 (15cm x 10cm) photos for her class. They can be portrait or landscape but not a mix - either two portrait or two landscape.

We are so excited about this class as the gorgeous papers combined with Laura's unique style is sure to mean we will be making an absolutely fablous page.

See you on Saturday xxx