Ladybug card

I have received this fabulous card from Kathryn Katy A Craft Addict.


I just love it Kathryn thank you so much for thinking of me! This new Magnolia stamp is so cute! The colours you have used are gorgeous and match the papers perfectly.


Love the flower brad too!



I have also received another very special card this week and I will blog that one later. Thank Crunchie it Friday!! Lynne x

Last few...

As promised a few more pictures from 'Stitches'
More samples from the Sizzix stand display. The first using the new cogs die which I think is a real must have complete with a picture of the man himself!!!


and the second using the fabulous flower die, this one is perfect for making grunge flowers, well any flowers such a great shape, don't you agree??


There are also 3 designs and colours in grunge 12 x 12 paper pads my favourite is Shabby Chic mmmmm yummy, it's another must have!! :-)


and last but by no means least T!m's book!!



All these lovely items and lots lots more equally scrummy goodies will be in the Craft Den Studio and on the web site very very soon!!
What ever you are doing this very very wet Friday morning enjoy! Lynne xx

and there's more...

Chanelle sent me some pictures yesterday that she had taken over the weekend. I thought I would share a few with you as you have all been asking lots of questions about our little trip to the NEC. A few from the workshop where we did a bit of inking...


a bit of melting...


and the work in progress...


Me with T!m !!!


some pieces made by T!m with the new Sizzix dies designed by T!m and will be in stock at the Craft Den Studio very soon...






I have more... but I will save those for later :-) What ever you are doing to day enjoy!! and don't forget to fit some crafting in! Lynne x

A quick text from Ava...

Good morning to you all. I had an early night last night and feel a much better today I was shattered after my exciting fun packed weekend, straight back into it yesterday morning with a full card class. Although I do feel as though I am starting with a cold got a bit of a snuffle. As long as I don't get man flu I will be OK!! lol
I do have more stuff to tell and show about the weekend along with stock updates and expected deliveries... I just wanted to share this picture with you all, I received it this morning...priceless


what do you think??

That is one little girlie who I have really missed, can't wait for the weekend to catch up with my hugs and cuddles. Lynne x

Were back!!

This weekend has been the craft trade show in Birmingham called 'Stitches' had a great time and met some lovely, lovely people it has been a very enjoyable weekend. As I was getting ready to go on Sunday morning it started snowing!! But it was going to take more than a little snow to put us off!! So Chanelle aka Angelwhispers and I packed the car and off we went...


Just one lane open...




... but we made it! Leaving in such a rush I forgot so many things, including the tickets, info about where we were staying, hair dryer....

A quick phone call home and we were sorted. Once in the show we met many people from blog land including Jak from Crafters Kitchen


Jak it was great chatting with you and the rest of the team from La Pashe we are looking forward to our goodies arriving especially the new stamps.

Thats all for tonight, I will blog more on what we have been buying and expected delivery dates later in the week.

Fabulous day!!

I have been lucky enough to go on a Ranger workshop today with Suzie, Claudine and Tim!! It was fantastic!! It was action packed non stop crafting all the way! First of all we did some melt art techniques with Suzie using the melt pot.





I actually preferred the other side on this so when sticking it on my frame I turned it over.

Next studio paint techniques with Claudine using studio paints and sticky back canvas. Followed by Tim who showed us some alcohol ink and distress techniques using the new distress ink pad colours which are gorgeous! They are a real must have!! All the new colours are great and complement the exciting range perfectly! They will all be available at Craft Den shortly, more on that later. We then put all the items made during the three crafting sessions to make this...


complete with me taking a picture!! lol
Off to bed now, another early start tomorrow.

The best ever news!!!!

Ann is going home later today! Isn't that just fantastic news?? Ann will be home for the weekend. Such a huge improvement in just a few days and now being able to go home. Have a great weekend Ann and don't over do it! Love and best wishes from everyone xxx

Good news!!

I have been to the hospital to visit Ann this afternoon. I could not believe the difference, Ann was looking and feeling a little better! We are all so pleased it is just the best news! Ann has been greatly missed over the last few months both in craftland and blogland!! I do know that Ann has been a little bit overwhelmed by the get well cards and message received. We have all been so worried. Lets hope the improvement continues and Ann will soon be back crafting and blogging again!!

Here's wishing you a speedy recovery Ann from all your crafting buddies! x

... and yet another birthday card!!

Yes we really do have a lot of birthday's in February. This is a card I made for one of my sister-in-laws, Doreen who's birthday it was last week. I have used my favorite Daisy stamp from Sugar Nellie again! The same design as the one I made for Ann but this time using a different colours.


This picture made me laugh when I downloaded it! I had nearly posted the card without taking a picture, so I quickly took a pic rushed to the post box. Look at the swinging charm!!

Another birthday card

We have a lot of family birthday's in February. I have made this card for my sister-in-law Pat who's birthday it is on Friday.

Children's Fimo Class

This morning was the children's Fimo class. Every Monday morning during the school holiday we hold a Fimo class for children. Today the girls made these lovely little flower bears. They all looked so adorable...





The boys dressed the bears in there favorite football team colours, which also looked great and guess who forgot to take some piccies!! :-(

Another Get Well Card for Ann...

Another card for Ann to let her know we are thinking about her and wishing her a speedy recovery. This one is from all her crafting buddies at Craft Den. I went for cute this time with one of my favourite stamps 'Daisy' from Sugar Nellie.


I took this along with a pressie from everyone when I visited on Friday.







The doctors are talking about changing Anns medication again today, so fingers crossed... Ann was still not feeling any better at all yesterday. It has now been 13 weeks since Ann started being ill, that is such a long time to feel so poorly. Thank you for all your kind coments, emails and cards I pass them all on to Ann.

Lynne x

Pardo Jewellery Class

A great day was had by one and all at yesterdays Pardo jewellery class with Bev. I have taken a few pictures to show what great work was created.


The ladies all made fabulous beads with the lovely Pardo clay.


Everyone could choose two colours to work with. The clay was then marbled together. My pictures do not show the true colour of the beads at all!!








I have a few more pics from the class, which I will upload later, as blogger seems very slow this morning. I also have a picture of the lovely bear the girls will be making in the morning at the childrens class. Enjoy the rest of your weekend. Until later then, Lynne x

Happy Word Album

I have made another word album this time for a Golden Wedding Anniversary. This is for my sister in law and her husband. I decide to make it all gold and cream. First of all I painted around the edges of each letter in metallic gold metallic acyclic paint, and allowed to dry. After the paint had dried I taped all the letters front and back and covered in a assortment of cream glittered, flocked and embossed papers from Catterbox.

I punched some hearts from cream opalescent paper with a large MS heart punch. Then made a quick heart template by drawing round one of the punched hearts and cutting out slightly smaller. I then used the template to cut out gold shimmer card to back the punched hearts and decorated with gold Viva pearl pen.



I edged two sizes of E line Prima paper flowers with gold Stickles. When the Stickles had dried I layered a medium size flower on a larger one and made a centre with a cream paper rose also edged with gold Sizzix.









I cut an punched an assortment of gold and cream shapes to make the embellishments, champagne glasses, cherubs, hearts, labels etc.









Finished of by adding ribbon to the book rings. Happy Anniversary Pat & Bill hope you have a lovely time. Lynne x

Hospital visit.

I have been to visit Ann in hospital today. Ann sends her thanks for all your kind messages, pressie and lovely cards she has received. Ann is still not responding to any of the antibiotics or medication she is receiving. Ann had a bronchoscopy this morning and as you can image it wasn't a pleasant experience and she is not looking forward to having another one. The doctors are still saying Ann is going to be in hospital for a long time...

Saturdays Pardo Jewellery Class

Fimo Bev, although not sure if we will have to rename Bev now to Viva Bev as she will be in the studio on Saturday showing us how to make beads for jewellery making with the fabulous Viva Pardo Jewellery Clay. This class is a taster session of bead making leading to more advance classes of making different more exotic beads and pendants with the beautiful clay. It will give you the chance to come and try out the new clay and and make a few two colour beads which will be made into a lovely finished set of strung beads to take home, similar to the one pictured. I say similar as you will have the choice of two colours from the range of coloured clays available.





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Exciting news...

...new web site!! We are in the process of updating our website. Which we are very excited about. Unfortunately while the change over is taking place we have no website at all!! :-( But it will be well worth it!! We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause in the meantime we are accepting orders by email and phone. Things will be back to normal very soon and we have loads of new stash to put on.

I spoke to Ann earlier today and passed on all your kind messages and get well wishes. Ann sends her love, hugs and thanks for your kind thoughts and beautiful cards.

A little more news on Ann...

Thank you for all your kind comments and well wishes I will pass them on to Ann when I go and visit her in hospital. Ann was moved from the Northern General where she was admitted early yesterday to the Hallamshire last night. Ann has now been diagnosed as having chronic pneumonia and is now been given the necessary drugs by IV drip and has been told she will be in hospital for a long time! Ann like all of us does not like being in hospital so Ann thoughts on this and in Ann's words 'What a Bummer' lol

Ann...

I though I should let you all know that our good friend and crafting buddy Ann Flutterbycrafter went back in to hospital yesterday as she took a turn for the worse. If you follow our blogs you will know Ann has double pneumonia and had been out of hospital for little more than a week. The doctors at the hospital had allowed Ann home as long as she promised to continue resting and taking things easy. During this time Ann was taking antibiotics but not showing any improvement. On Friday morning Ann had an xray and the doctor told Ann her infection was much worse than two weeks earlier and she would have to go back into hospital on Monday, if she had not shown any signs of improvement over the weekend. However Ann became much worse and went back in to hospital early on Saturday morning. I am sure you will all join me in wishing Ann a speedy recovery. Hurry up and get better Ann we are all missing you at Craft Den. xoxoxo

Ann has received so many beautiful cards and get well wishes from so many of you, her crafting friends of which she much appreciates. I will let you know when I have any more news. Lynne xxx

Not enough hours!!

Hello everybody! Sorry for not blogging over the last few days. Is it me or are the days getting shorter? There never seems to be enough hours in day. I haven't been blog hopping for days and I have really missed it. I love looking at what all you talented lot have been up to, so at the weekend I hope to change that. Although I have been crafting I can't show and share it yet, as I know some of my family have been known to read my blog from time to time. I made some grunge paper flowers the other day, coloured them with fired brick distress ink and finished them off with some same colour distress stickles and I was rather pleased with the result, I won't be showing you those either as Alfie has eaten them!! I wouldn't mind but I hadn't even take a picture! :-(

What I can show is a card I made for my friend Ann Flutterbycrafter





Ann if you are reading this - Hope you are feeling a bit better, we are all missing you! Everybody from craft class sends love and hugs.

Before I forget the February ATC challenge theme is 'Love' well it can't be anything else can it?? lol
Friday again tomorrow, yavvy!! Do any of you remember the saying about it being Friday and Crunchie time?? mmmmmmm I wonder...