June Crop

First of all - my head hangs in shame because I have only just realised I am totally behind on posting this - we went on hols midweek after the crop and it just slipped my mind.
Anyway - our day was as lovely as always,full of lots of craft,scrappy fun,cakes and chatter.

                                            We had cakes made by Karen ...

it was my turn to take the class this time.I chose the gorgeous Prima Lyric papers.

I wanted the class to be a nice relaxed one -so there was a bit of cutting out, a bit of sticking dewdrops and some punching.We also did a bit of hidden journalling on a tag that we stamped and  slipped behind the photo.

My class also reduced Ann to tears, not because she didn't like it,but when she got to do the journalling about her nan she came over all emotional !

Here are some of the other versions by the ladies...

Deb hard at work...

Karen did a quick lesson on the Silhouette

A lovely day - and soon it will be time for the next one !

Denise 

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!