Ava - Copics & Fimo - what a mixture!!

My darling little grand-daughter Ava who is nearly nine weeks old, had her first injections today, poor little thing, she was very brave though and and only had a little cry. :-(

Here are some photos from last week when she came to visit, just look at those lovely little chubby cheeks.

She is a real little sleepy head!!

Nearly all the pictures I have she is asleep!!

Ready for home, doesn't she look cute with her little hat on. Ben (daddy) got her all ready for home with hat and jacket and she never woke up!! lol

Here is another Copic card from Saturdays workshop, this one was made by Sue.


We are arranging another Copic workshop in Sheffield for around the end of April so if you are interested and would like some more information or you would like to book a place email info@craftden.co.uk.

There are still some places left on this Saturday's Fimo classes with Fimo Bev 10am -12 noon Easter rabbit and 1pm-3pm Teddy with basket of flowers, also on Saturday afternoon at the studio 1pm-3pm we will be decorating an MDF box with papers and paints.

We are planning another Copic workshop for April, please email for more information or to reserve a place.

Who ate all the doughnuts?

Saturdays Copics workshop was great fun. But I have been blamed by a little fellow who goes by the name of Calvin mouse papercrafter and superstar of eating ALL the doughnuts!!! you only have to look at the size of his belly to see who ate ALL the doughnuts?? Hop over to Maddy's and take a look at little doughnut belly!! LOL

Here are some of the cards we made on Saturday - Ann's card

Chanelle's card
Sandra with her worksheet

We can't wait for Maddy's next visit, I wonder if little doughnut belly will come? LOL

What a weekend!!

Yesterday was Maddy's Copic workshop in the studio. We all had a great time and guess who came with Maddy? Yes, you've guessed the superstar himself the one and only Calvin Mouse.
He made his first apearance in the biscuit tin!!

and then he found the chocolate doughnuts!! If you visit Chanelle's blog you can see Calvin enjoying himself in the chocolate doughnuts!! We did lots of chatting and lots of laughing but we also did some crafting -

Anita's card
more cards to follow shortly -

Maddy presented Net with a £20 gift voucher for wining the 2nd Copic Challege Craft Den had sponsored.

When it was time for Maddy to leave to catch the train back home to Leeds, Calvin mouse could not be found any where!! So Maddy had to go home with out him!! We would all like to thank Maddy for yesterday as we all had a great time and we hope it won't be too long before you visit us again!!

This morning I was unpacking boxes at the papercraft show at Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield and there was Calvin mouse sat in the middle of the Copic pens!!

and later he was in the ribbon box!!

I've told him I think it best if he goes home to Maddy tomorrow before his return ticket runs out!!

Tomorrows Copics Workshop

Maddy has been busy making up samples for tomorrows Copic workshop.

But Calvin mouse isn't very happy about tomorrows workshop so if you hop over to Maddy's blog you can find out why.

A very hectic week!

Lots happening this week, very hectic both in the shop and the studio.
Ann very kindly did lots of samples for last nights alcohol inks class we had some amazing results, well done ladies and thank you Ann for the samples. Ann is just setting up a craft blog and I am sure there will be some great cards, tags and altered projects on there soon!!

Congratulations to Net who has won the 2nd Copic Colour Challenge which Craft Den are sponsoring with a £20 gift voucher. Net came in the shop for the 1st time a couple of weeks ago to buy some Copic pens and give them a try!! Well done Net!!

Maddy Hill is in the studio on Saturday for a Copic workshop and we still have a few places left.
On Sunday we will be at the Maxpapercraft show at Don Valley 10:00am - 4pm so if you have no plans for Sunday we would love you to come and say hello.

This weekend is the launch of the Flower Fairies from Crafters Companion. We are taking pre-orders for the DVD and it will be in the shop on Monday 9th March.
Crafters Companion demo in the studio for Mothers day on March 22nd from 10:00am - 4pm they will be demonstrating there new Flower Fairies rubber stamps.

Copic pens sets are now in stock and we do sell the pens individually at £1.99 each. We are still offering free P & P on all web sales and phone sales until the end of March. So don't miss out!! :-)

Fimo Fairy Book

A good time was had by all today when 'Fimo' Bev visited the studio.


This morning everyone made Fimo fairies and butterflies and during lunch the fairies and butterflies were cooked in the oven.

This afternoon we covered an 6 x 6 MDF book with beautiful fairy papers, inks and ribbons and attached the fairies and butterflies to the front cover. I will upload more pictures tomorrow.

Guess Who I've Seen???

Do you know who it is yet???



Yes, you've guessed - Tim Holtz!!!!!!!!!



I will tell you more later.......

Award time!!!

I have received this great award from Paula. Thank you soooooo much Paula it is so kind of you to think of me. My very 1st blog award!!!!!!!
I would like to pass this award on to my lovely crafting buddies, blogging mates and good friends, so here we go in no particular order:
Calvin Mouse
Chanelle
Maddy
Rachel
Shell
Linda
Steph

Remember When

Just a quick post tonight. Julie has made this great sepia decoupage card with a sheet from the 'Remember When' collection. Blog Candy still up for grabs if you name your favourite muffin. Please see post below finishes Monday night 16th Feb.

Unable to blog!!

I have not been able to post on my blog for nearly 2 days!! Don't know the reason why just know it has been very annoying!!!

Has any one else had this problem?? I have received emails from bloggers who can not link to my blog candy!! that's very very annoying too!!! If you are one of those bloggers please leave a comment even if you can't link. I do not want anyone to miss out on the chance of candy!! :-)

Hot off the press!!!! The Copic Ciaos deliver arrived on Wednesday and I could not tell you all!!! The Copic Ciaos pens are £1.99 each and available by mail order from our studio shop. We will be adding the pens to our web site as soon as possible but we have been having problems there too!! just not been a very good week technology wise!! lol We will also be stocking the starter packs and sets, expected delivery dates and stock updates on new stock can be found (or will be available when I can update)on our website here hopefully we will be able to keep it updated!!!

Please email if you have any problems, I will do my best to keep things going by mail order while the site is acting up so please email or phone.

Today we are expecting a delivery of the La Pashe decoupage sheets 'Flippin Men' 'Flippin Women' and 'Remember When' which can all be viewed here http://www.lapashe.com/ if you have not seen them before take a look they are absolutely fantastic!!!

Don't forget!! Please see below BLOG CANDY up for grabs!!

Blog Candy Time!!! Closed

I planned on doing something to celebrate the birth of my gorgeous granddaughter and never got round to it!! Ava is four weeks old today so here it is!!
Lots of lovely stash!! I will keep this at the top of my blog until next Monday evening.


Blog candy includes:
1 x Honey Pie 12x12 Crafting Kit - 17 papers
1 x set clear Inkadinkado stamps - Ornate Flourish
2 x packs of charm brads
1 x Sarah Kay stamp - Best Friends Forever
4 x 1 metre lengths of spotty ribbon
and a selection of paper flowers

Now what you have to do - Michelle asked what everyones favourite candy was. I have been looking at the new 'Sweet' collection papers and thought it would be fun to ask what your favourite muffin or cake was! My favorite muffin is Blueberry. So put a link on your blog and spread the word, blog candy if you name you favourite muffin or cake. Open until next Monday evening Feb 16th at 9pm GMT.
This Blog Candy is now closed. Thank you to all who have taken part.

More Fimo Classes

'Fimo' Bev will be in the studio on Saturday Feb 14th - 1:00pm - 3:00pm to show us how to make this cute little character. Isn't he just great? Everyone loves Gromit!!

On Thursday Feb 19th 1:30pm - 3:30pm Shaun Sheep

Naughty but Nice!!

The new Smirk range by Kyla May arrived today and its great!! Real fun designs, tastefully foiled and glittered with cute characters on suitable for all ages!! The range consists of papers, albums, chipboard tags, shakers and clear acrylic stamps, in two designs 'Naughty but Nice' and 'Love & Friendship'.

DCWV also new in today, the Sweet stack 48 delicious 12x12 glittered papers matching chipboard tags, they are real scrummy yummy!!!! Pictures to follow, we will be adding all the new stock to the website shortly.

Still a few places left on tomorrow afternoons Fimo floral card topper class 1:30-3:30

Pretty much the same

The view from the kitchen window this morning looks much the same as Monday!! I plan on venturing out today with the camera, yes I am going to brave the weather conditions!! I do actually like the snow and as I have no young children now to play out with I will take the dogs!! I took the dogs on Monday but forgot the camera!! lol So some more snowy scenes and then who knows maybe some wintery layouts!! :-)

The bushes are flat with the weight of the snow, looks like they've had a hair cut!! lol




Now for a bit of crafting...........

Through the kitchen window

The view of our back garden through the kitchen window yesterday.

I always think the trees look so pretty when covered in snow.

Alfie playing in the snow, he loved it and did not want to come back in!! lol

Beatrix Potter Fimo Toppers and more

As promised here are some pictures from yesterdays Beatrix Potters Fimo class that for some unknown reason I could not upload last night!

I wonder what Calvin mouse over at Mad Imaginations would think to this lovely little lady mouse?? Although now he is becoming a bit of a celebrity he might not give her a second look! lol

Fimo Valentine bear card toppers from last weeks class...

...and birthday bear with her balloon.

'Fimo' Bev has also made a sitting down version of the daffodil fairy made in Saturday morning class.......

...and here is a sneaky peek of a lovely little flower fairy that we will be making in a future class

There are still a few places left on the all day Fimo Fairy Book workshop on the 28th Feb for more information on this workshop and future classes click here

Fimo Bev & Maddy meet up again!!

We had visitors at Craft Den yesterday Maddy & Rach travelled from Leeds for a coffee and a bit of shopping.

Fimo Bev heard Maddy was in town and popped in after work.........a lot of squeals, laughing and reminiscing took place!! lol Bev and Maddy hadn't seen one another for several years, they lost touch after Bev finshed working in Leeds....as sooooooon as they got together Rach and I couldn't get a word in, not even edge ways!! :-)

Fimo Bev was back in the studio again today for the Daffodil fairy class this morning and the Beatrix Potter card toppers this afternoon.

There are a couple of places left on next weeks Fimo floral toppers class and on 28th Feb all day workshop.

My granddaughter Ava is coming tomorrow she is nearly three weeks old!! I've not seen her for over a week, and I can't wait!!

I will hopefully be able to post some pictures tomorrow of both Ava and todays Fimo, for some unknown reason it won't let me tonight!!

Fimo Daffodil Fairy

Look what we are making on Saturday morning in the Fimo class!! Isn't she lovley?

Just a few places left!!!!!!!!!!

Saved the best till last!!

Sorry for not been a very good blogger this week! :-( I've just been a little busy, time has just flown by, when I tell you what I've been up to I might just might be excused. First of all we are planning on extending our sales area so I have made a start on clearing the area ready. I hate sorting and tidying such a waste of good crafting time and if I wasn't such a messy and untidy crafter in the first place! lol so only me to blame!! which makes it worse!! I would have much rather been been busy crafting :-) I have also been arranging lots of new classes and workshops the new Craft Den timetable can be viewed here

The new sales area will be just for paper, in fact that's a good name for it! 'Just Paper' yes, that's right how brill will that be? one room full of 12x12s!!! and maybe a few albums thrown in for good measure. By moving all the paper racks we will gain a full display wall, for slat walling allowing us to stock more lines and free up some shelve space for some more rubber stamps!!! Wow I here you all say but wait a minute because there is more, yes more and this is the best the very best news and that's why I have saved it till last because you will just rush off to tell all your crafting buddies the good news....are you ready........we are going to be stockist of the much sort after Copic pens double WOW and we have some workshops planned with Maddy from Mad Imaginations!! triple WOW! Date to be announced, we are already taking names, for more information and to add your name to the list email info@craftden.co.uk we will let you know the date as soon as possible. Saved the best till last!! :-)

Ava

Ben, Kyla and Ava my beautiful Granddaughter have been to visit today. Guess who got all the cuddles? and soooooooo sooooooooo cute!

a little princess who was asleep all the time, I was willing her to wake up!! lol but no such luck!

Granddaughters are wonderful!

Captured Fairies

A great time was had by one and all at yesterdays workshop when 'Fimo Bev' came to visit the Craft Den studio again. We all look forward to Bev calling by. The Fimo workshops are getting more and more popular. We had two ladies, Denise and Sue travel from Liverpool to join us, thanks to Maddy Hill over on Mad Imaginations who had suggest it would be worth a visit for someone wanting to learn Fimo. Maddy is 'Fimo Bev's long lost friend from several years ago. We are hoping that Maddy will also visit the Craft Den studio in the not too distant future and if we are very lucky take a workshop if we are very, very lucky perhaps tutor a joint workshop with 'Fimo Bev'. Now that would be one to book in for, two of the most talented Fimo ladies in the country taking a workshop at Craft Den. WOW!! Watch this space girls!


In the morning it was captured fairies, which everyone enjoyed making. You can read about these fairies over on Chanelle's blog 'Angelwhispers' and find out if they have been captured yet!! LOL Apparently they are tricky little characters to catch!! Here are three of them that Chanelle will be tying to catch today if she hasn't already done so. Good luck with that Chanelle and let us know how you get on!!

'Fimo Bev' will be back at Craft Den for more Fimo classes on Sat 31st Jan 1pm - 3pm showing how to make two of the lovely Beatrix Potter card toppers, Sat 7th Feb 1:30pm - 3:30pm Floral card toppers and on the Sat 28th Feb another all day Fimo workshop - in the morning it will be Fimo, the items produced will then be cooked and used on a project in the afternoon. The full Craft Den timetable can be viewed here and some pictures of the Fimo Beatrix Potter characters can be viewed here.

We are also arranging more all day and weekend workshops in scrapbooking and altered art and lots, lots more, so watch this space for dates times and prices.

By the way have you seen on Maddy's blog about the Copic class for beginners? I don't know all the details, you would have to contact Maddy herself but I do know it would be well worth attending if you can. Why not hop over to her blog now and have a look at the three examples. I visited Maddy's craft group in Leeds last week with Chanelle from Angelwhispers for a taster session and we really enjoyed ourselves. Everyone made us more than welcome but we didn't get to meet Calvin mouse and I've heard he might be attending the Copics class! LOL

A sneek peek of the Captured Fairy

There are just a few places left for Saturday mornings Fimo class, the afternoon class is very full!! No worries we have lovely big studio so there will be plenty of room for you all. Thought I would let you have a look at Saturday mornings Fimo class project, she is a lovely little 'Captured Fairy'. The captured fairy was first planned as a children's class but she is a real hit with the ladies too, and why not she is a real cutie.
......I know I know I need to brush up on my photography! lol I never get it right!!:-( lol .......to much light or not enough or in my own shadow. When I get my new camera I promise I will try harder. Now my new Granddaughter has arrived I need a new camera! lol
We had a delivery of the clear Sarah Kay stamps in the studio yesterday and they are beautiful I really love them. So I know what I am going to be using for my cards. They will be added to our website later today. I've not made a baby girl card for Ben & Kyla yet, how bad is that? I have received some gorgeous cards in fact I will make you suffer a bit more with my terrible photography and post some of them.




Thank you to every body for your lovely cards and presents I will take them all with me when I next go to visit.

Coming Home

Just a short post this morning to let you all know Kyla and Ava are both doing fine and are coming home later today. :-) Just wished I lived nearer, although I bet they don't! lol
Ben and Kyla have been taking lots of pictures at the hospital which I can't wait to get my hands on. So then there will be lots of pictures to scrapbook and make brags books with and scrapbook pages and more pages and yet more books lol yes all my all my books and pages now will have Ava on she is sooooooooooo beautiful. Ooohhhh being a Grandma is wonderful!!

Ava

As promised a photograph of our beautiful Granddaughter Ava, just 8 hours old. Both Mum and baby doing well. Thank you to eveyone for all your emails and text.

Congratulations

Congratulations to Kyla & Ben on the arrival of their daughter Ava.

Our new Granddaughter arrived this morning at 7:23am and weighed 7lb 14 oz.
Apparently Ava has chubby cheeks and lots of hair. My daughter and I will be visiting this afternoon. I will post some pictures later.

Still no news

A very quick post to let you all know that there is still no sign of our new Granddaughter. I think she knows how cold it is and has decided to stay put! LOL

Hope you are all managing to keep warm and weren't snowned in this morning. I got up to let the dogs out about 6:30am it was snowing and blowing even the dogs didn't want to go out in it who can blame them! LOL

I will post more later, it has been very quiet in the studio today so instead of tidying up I did some crafting!! What is the point of tidying up when you are just going to make more mess? LOL Catch you all later.