Fluffy clouds and beautiful balloons

Hello there, ready for the start of your new week?  I am, I've managed to get over a nasty cold I've had for over a week so I'm feeling great and raring to go!

I held a class on Friday for some of my long standing class members, it can sometimes be tricky coming up with new ideas for them as alot of them have been coming to my classes for around five years and are very experienced crafters but I'm happy to say they all loved the makes and I'll share them all with you over the next week.

We made the fluffy clouds by using a scalloped circle and a sponge dauber to ink around using a sky blue ink pad. We used the fabulous balloon die set which includes the little bow, streamer and bunting. Pretty, isn't it and I think it would cover most occasions. Have a look at the Balloon dies and matching Celebrate Today stamp set which is available separately or as a bundle.  They are on page 11 of the mini catalogue. 

Vintage and Handmade Fair

Last weekend I had a stall at this wonderful fair at the Clandeboye Lodge Hotel near Bangor Northern Ireland, it was a really busy fair with over fifty stalls.  It was hardwork getting ready for it but it was so worthwhile as a got meet lots of new people interested in crafting and finding out more about Stampin' Up. I had a make and take table were everyone got to make a card, this was popular and it was lovely to see people who had never made a card before learn how easy it is to do this and take home a lovely card they had personally made.

This is a photo of me behind my table, my friend Kerry took this, thank you for that Kerry as the ones I took came out a bit blurry.

I'll be back soon with some ideas for you from a class I held yesterday which I think you will like. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

April thank you with Simply Created Gift Boxes

For my hostess club members this month I used the little gift box set from Stampin' Up (main catalogue page 198) and popped a small bar of yummy chocolate inside. For the card I used the vellum which was free with SAB and coloured the back of it using my Stampin write markers and added the sentiment "Hooray for You" which is perfect because I really do appreciate my regular customers!

Thank you for popping in today and I hope you have a nice 

weekend. I have a busy one with The Vintage and Handmade Fair (see previous post) which I have a stall at, so hoping it's going to be a good one for me.

Vintage and Handmade Fair

Hello everyone, hope you all had a good Easter and got some time out to relax.  We had fantastic weather here in Northern Ireland so we got out for long walks and lots of gardening and even had the first BBQ of the year!

I am very busy now getting things ready for a craft fair I have a stall at next Sunday, I will share some things I am making for it on here soon.  If you live locally I would love you to stop by and say hello, we also have a great prize draw for you to enter and win lots of Stampin' Up goodies, hope to see you there.

Thanks for stopping by today, have a great weekend.

Happy Easter

Good morning, sorry I haven't been around much recently but we were away on a little break and are just back.

Last night I held the first class for new people, it was small as a couple of people were sick but it was still good fun. I run some quite established classes, some of the girls have been coming to me for about five years so last night was nice to start over and remember what it felt like to discover new things like using the Big Shot, I'd forgotten what that was like! Next class I am going to introduce them to embossing using the Big Shot and also heat embossing, looking forward to it already.

This is a photo of the two projects, the little Easter easel card was fun to make and the Easter berry basket was a big hit.

Hope you all have a great Easter break whatever you are doing, perhaps the weather will be kind to us all so we can get outside and enjoy Springtime.

Thanks for stopping by