I hope your start to the new year has been good.  Mine has been busy, so no change there, but mainly with preparation and designing, less so with events.  However last week I held my monthly Titchfield card making class.  I hold 2 classes each month they take place on the first Thursday evening and the following morning, Friday of every month.

So what do we do at Titchfield Card making class?  We make 6 adorable cards, suitable for a variety of occasions each month. It is a chance for you to stamp, relax, unwind, enjoy chatting with other Stampers, drink tea and eat biscuits. All materials except glue are provided. You can find more details here including dates and prices.

I have to say that there is lots of chatter and laughter that takes place, it’s a great social event and an opportunity for crafters to get together and use new products, techniques, stamps, punches, the Big shot and all sorts of embellishments.

So would you like to see some of the cards we made this month?

First up is a card using the set Charming, now this set is design to co-ordinate with the Simply Adorned Jewellery line, but it is also perfect for making cards too.  I love the text stamp, that is going to see a lot of ink!

Now I think I went a little punch crazy in this months class!  The card below uses 6 punches! but it takes seconds to make.

The card has 2 new products on it the amazing Red Glimmer Paper, soooooooo sparkly! and the wonderful Postage  Stamp punch.  The stamps on the right would all be suitable greetings for this card and they are all from the same set Teeny Tiny Wishes and as you can see they fit perfectly with another punch, the Word Window.

I would be very happy to order any of these products for you and can have them delivered to your address in the UK or you can collect them from me. Just send me an email or give me a call on 01329 846909

Titchfield Card Making Class

…or why not come to the Titchfield Card Making Class next month, the class is FREE if you place an order of £22.

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This is a stepper box, it stands 6″ high and holds a lovely surprise.

The inside opens out to reveal 4 stepped sections, perfect for chocolates, jewellery, make-up, or perhaps all of them!

This stepper box is part of the bunting and boxes class and you can choose either a Christmas themed paper or Mocha Morning, which is a lovely neutral collection of browns and creams. I hope to see you at a class soon.

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I will be sharing some sneak peeks of the projects, this sneak peek is for the Great Gifts class on the 26th November.  One of the gifts will be a packaged set of cards, using a DVD case………

Now because we will be using all new products for the classes, the papers and colours are not the same on the pictures below as the ones we will be using, the cards will be different too but I hope you will get the idea of the gift.

Depending on the thickness of the embellishments used you can fit 2-3 cards on each side.

It’s a perfect gift, for those really difficult people to buy for!

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I thought I’d share some pictures of the classes in full flow, look at all the happy faces!

I still have some places for the August classes and I’ll be publishing my Autumn classes at the beginning of September. I’ll be back tomorrow with pictures of the projects.

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It’s an opportunity to have some ‘me’ time and craft all day, you can bring along your unfinished projects, make cards, scrapbook pages, knit, sew, bead what ever you would like to do!  I will be on hand to help and advise if you need me.

Each person will have a minimum of half a 6ft table to work at,  the hall is bright and airy with plenty of room to move about.  Hot and cold drinks are provided along with biscuits and of course afternoon cupcakes!

If you are a scrapbooker you may recognise this as a Scrapbook crop, but I want it to be much more than that, so many of my customer friends are super talented in many crafts and I want you to bring along whatever projects you are wanting to work on.

You will recieve a goody bag that includes a variety of products 12″x12″ and A4 cardstock, 12″x12″ designer series patterned papers, ribbons and co-ordinating embellishments worth a minimum of £15. There will be samples of projects you can make with your goody bag for you to copy and a make and take project for you to complete if you wish. Below is a picture of a sample goody bag .

I have been asked repeatedly to provide this type of event and I am so pleased to be able to do this for you.  I will be running this type of day 3-4 times a year.  Payment for this needs to be made by 13th August 2011 cash or cheques only please, I cannot take cards for class fees.

As a special offer if you book on the August Craft Away Day you can add on a Diecut Diva Class or Scrapbook sisters class for just £8.  For more details of these classes see below.

Diecut Divas and Scrapbook Sisters

Diecut Divas 10am – 12noon

There are 1,000′s of things you can do with your Big Shot machine!! Come and learn and make 5 different projects every month. Even if you don’t own the Big Shot, but hope to someday, do come to the class and see what this amazing machine can do!  Make 5 awesome projects! Boxes, bags, cards, and more!

Cost: £15 or FREE with a minimum of a £20 order on the day

Every customer who buys a Big Shot from me will get a pass to attend one Diecut Diva Class for FREE.

Scrapbook Sisters 1pm – 3pm

Whether you’re an experienced scrapper or have never scrapbooked in your life, the Scrapbook Sisters class is for you.  Each month you will make THREE 12″x12″Scrapbook Pages, a double page spread and a single page.  You will learn different layouts and rubber-stamping techniques to make beautiful pages.

Each month will have a theme, August 2011 is “Christmas” if you would like to bring along some appropriate photo’s please do or you can add the photo’s later at home.

Make three  12″ x 12″ pages!

Cost: £15 or FREE with a minimum of a £20 order on the day

Venue :    St. John’s Church Centre, 7 Church Road, Locks Heath, Southampton SO31 6LW

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Last November we went the the 2nd European Stampin’ Up! convention.  One of the presenters was the amazing Pam Morgan, she shared lots of things you could do with our paper daisies and this card is inspired by what she shared with us. This was one of the cards we made last Saturday at the Birthday Bash class. The paper daisies have been stamped, sponged and glittered.

Here they are in close up.

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Inside their bags ( which they made)  is a bookmark, decorated pen, Smarties card, notepad and a pop up chocolate bar.

It was a lovely day, thank you for inviting me Izzy!

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Amanda

I love Christmas and for me preparation early is the key, so come December I can focus on the food and wrapping and enjoy it!

I have been running a Christmas in July card making class for many years and it’s a great event making 20 cards in a day!  This years class featured the Dasher stamp, Chocolate Chip satin ribbon and Icicle Rub-ons.

Here are a couple of cards from the class.

It’s very difficult to see but the trees have Champagne mist shimmer paint on them.  I think this will be my family Christmas card this year.

This card was using Serene Snowflakes and the Whisper White Craft ink, with Silver rub-ons over the top, quick and lovely!

A big thank you to all the lovely ladies who attended the class, it was a great day, with lots of smiles and laughter along with the stamping!

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Amanda

On Saturday I held my Mini Madness class, what an amazing group of ladies, we made 6 wow cards and a box and the class fee included the wonderful Vintage Vogue stamp set from the mini.

This card is using one of my favourite Tempting Turquoise and Basic Black combinations.  It is so vibrant. Lots of layers including the Dotty acetate from the Night and Day paper Pack and some rock and roll with the flowers and the “F” stamp.  If you have never heard of Rock and Roll, don’t worry I don’t make my ladies sing………..!  and even more importantly I don’t sing either!!!!

Rock and Roll is a technique where you ink up a stamp in a pale colour and then ‘roll’ the edges onto an ink pad of a darker colour, then stamp.  Lovely effect, minimum effort, got to love that!!

The most important thing is to clean your stamp each time before you re-ink or your pale colour ink pad becomes two-tone !

So now onto my day out, so we could all be together rather than driving around in cars we went on the Longleat bus, we where high up and got commentary all the way around……I learnt lots…….did you know a group of Flamingos is called a Flamboyance, and a group of Vultures in the sky riding the air currents is called a Kettle, or even that a group of Giraffes is called a tower?

The idea of the safari park was from Chipperfield ( of circus fame) who thought it would be a good idea to have the animals roaming free and the people caged in their cars………..

My favourite bit has nothing to do with the animals but we went on a tour of the House and booked to see Lord Baths Murals, they are amazing, vibrant, textural and like no other art work I have ever seen, do go and visit if you ever get the chance.

So here are some photos for you, if you don’t like snakes or spiders don’t scroll to the bottom.  The were all taken by Susie, a very talented lady!

Kimberley and me.

Connor !

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Amanda

Scrapbooking in a day is speedy, it’s a different way of scrapbooking to many as traditionally we scrap around the photos and when we scrapbook that way it can take hours………days even to finish a layout as we re-live memories with each picture. Scrapbooking in a day means you can have a whole album ready for your photo’s and journaling, I love speedy!   Then I can take my time adding the photos at a later date.

The pages are on Blush Blossom, teamed with Cameo Coral and Chocolate Chip.  I have used the Flight of the Butterfly stamp set and co-ordinating Butterfly punch too.

Here are a couple of close up’s.

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Amanda

Jane then demonstrated a great technique using the Heart to Heart punch, it made a lovely card.  Jane kindly packed up kits for everyone to make this card.

You can visit Elaine’s blog here and Jane’s blog here.

Here are some pictures of the day.

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Amanda

A quick reminder for you to check out my class schedule here I have just added an additional date for the year in a day scrapbook class, this will be held in Fareham.  There are only a few places left on the mini madness class too, so please get booked up soon.

Todays card is using the wonderful Good Neighbours Sale-a-bration set, along with my trusty Stamp-a-ma-jig !  I’ll be demonstrating this card at my February home workshops. If you don’t know what a Stamp-a-ma-jig is or you would like to earn this stamp set for free……..book a workshop with me during February.

Have a great weekend.

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Amanda

If you are here visiting the Inspiring Inkin’ blog hop please scroll down one more post to see the projects.

I have new Stampin’ Up! classes and clubs for the spring you will find all the details here and here. My first class for this year is Fun with Flowers and it’s a great way of banishing those winter blues!

My card today is my Stampers 10 project for December, I have several ‘virtual clubs’ these are groups who order each month for 6, 8 or 10 months and during one month they are the hostess and recieve the hostess benefits ( stamp set and free product).  I always like to give my clubs something special and these clubs recieve a project pack from me each month including all the card and paper they need, they just add glue and stamps. You can find more details about these virtual clubs and my wonderful Stampin’ Technique clubs at the bottom of this page here.

This is an easel card

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Amanda

This wonderful family of bears was made by a class I taught a week or so ago in Chichester.  Thank you very much to Anna for taking the photo for me as I managed to forget my camera again!

The bears are made by needlefelting a traditional craft that I have been teaching for a while, the class also made felt flowers.

I think it is amazing that we all start out with the same pattern and yet each one is such an individual.

Hope you are having a great weekend.

Amanda

Stamps : Season of Joy, Winter Post
Inks: Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip
Cardstock: Ski Slope designer paper, Whisper White

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Amanda

Each card is easily duplicated at home to make your Christmas card making a fun and speedy crafting experience. The sentiment on the card is Seasonal Wishes, it is half price as it’s on the last chance list…….£7.98 for 6 wonderful sentiment stamps.

Stamps : Season of Joy, Seasonal Wishes
Inks: Old Olive, Versamark
Cardstock: Ski Slope designer paper, Old Olive, Whisper White
Accessories: Chocolate Chip Ribbon, 1 1/4″ and 1 3/8″ circle punch and White embossing powder

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Amanda

Come on over to Amanda’s for a morning of speedy paper crafting and stamping fun! We will make cards and 3D items in 2 hours suitable for a variety of themes and occasions. Space is limited to 6. All the materials needed will be provided (except glue, please bring dry adhesive) and a drink and biscuits.

10 – 12 noon Friday Class Cost £10 These classes are held at Amanda’s home.

Simple Christmas       11/09/09            (Booking closes 01/09/09)
Fun with Wheels      09/10/09             (Booking closes 25/09/09)
Birthday cards           27/11/09              (Booking closes 13/11/09)

Christmas made easy

Using a wonderful Simply Scrappin’ Kit we will get a kick-start on Christmas this year with this fantastic class. We will use stamps, stickers and die cut shapes to make an amazing Matchbox advent calendar and 10 Christmas cards. The class fee includes a Simply Scrappin’ set (value £15.50) and all the materials you need (except glue). The class is all day, hot and cold drinks will be provided, please bring a packed lunch.

10 – 4pm £35 Saturday 17/10/09            (Booking closes 03/10/09)

Decoupage Diva Day

Decoupage is an amazing craft whether it is 3D or Victorian style you can be as creative as you want and best of all anyone who can use scissors and glue can do decoupage! Decoupage using stamps is great fun and will add a new dimension to your crafting. We will decorate a picture frame, a box and a pendant or brooch, wonderful for gifts or to treat yourself.
All the materials needed will be provided (including glue).

10am – 4pm £35 Saturday 21/11/09         (Booking closes 7/11/09)

Fun with Flowers

Banish the January Blues with a fun filled flower class. We will use the Pretties kit of fabric flowers and rhinestone brads along with Felt Fusion flowers to decorate 6 cards with a box. We will also make a necklace and bracelet. All the materials needed will be provided (except glue).

10am – 4pm £25 Saturday 23/01/10        (Booking closes 09/01/10)

Venue: 10th Fareham Scout Group Hall, Highlands Road, Fareham, Hampshire. PO16 7XN

Important information

Glue is NOT included in the class price ( apart from the decoupage class). Please bring your own favourite dry adhesive or order some when you book. All classes must be booked and paid for in full in advance.

Please email me for a registration form or more details.

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Amanda

My current Technique Club will finish in June and I will have 3 different clubs for you to join, more information later in the week.

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Amanda

The card is made from a 12″ x 6″ piece of acetate and stamped all over using White Stazon ink using the small flower from a Rose is a Rose.  In order to stop the glue showing through each side of the card has some card or paper stuck to it to hide the glue.  On the front is the rose stamped in Pixie Pink and Chocolate Chip and layered with a dimensional onto a piece of Whisper White with the leaf stamped in Green Galore and Glorious Green.  On the reverse of that is a piece of Chocolate Chip Designer Series paper.

Here inside the card is a piece of Whisper White stamped with the flower in Pixie Pink so you can write your greeting.

and on the back a Made with Love stamp punched using the Scallop square.

Did you notice the blue background…………Well in my lovely light box I have 3 different colours of background I can use, so I’ve been playing with them over the weekend.  The light box does work best outside ( when you can fold it up………see previous posts on how difficult that is!) but it’s not great when it’s breezy!

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Amanda

So 2 places for you to go and visit and this is my version……..we made it at the for the love of Chocolate class yesterday, oh and yes my lovely ladies all got choccies to put into their baskets……….

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Amanda