Todays cards

For todays card, yes I have made another card!! lol I have got the card making bug now, there is no doubt about it!! lol I have used Daisy Bucket papers 'Ella' from the In the Meadow collection. Ella is a lovely brown and white floral design and I have also used my favourite dotted swiss cardstock from Bazzill to layer my image on and a few flowers and brads from my stash.


I only got to take one photograph from this mornings card class :-( This one was made by Joyce. A shop window using the Helping Hands twin windows template.


Tomorrows workshop is a tag album using Connemara from the Laura Ashley range and in the evening we are making pendants with stampboard, alcohol inks and clear UTEE.

Lots of cards to show tonight!!

Thank you to everybody who has sent kind messages and best wishes for our 1st anniversary and thank you to Janet for this great card and apologies for making it look very grey and dark, my photography skills have not improved even with a new camera!! lol Lots more practice required!


I have got back into my card making again after a long spell of not making any I have made lots and thought I would share them with you all. The first one I have made using Giggle stripe from Sandylion with some of my favourite dotted swiss card and some lovely Bo Bunny flowers with Dove Craft brad centres.


These papers are from the Daisy Bucket Nantucket range I have used my favorite retro punch for the flower.


Daisy Bucket Little Black Dress paper collection


I have also been colouring some downloads from Cute Daisy May these are two of my favorites I think she is a real cutie. I have used more papers from the Daisy Bucket Nantucket range.
I have not put a greeting on this one as it is going in my card box for when I need a card in a hurry, which is very often with me!! lol


Chanelle has made the next couple of cards. The first one is the going places stamp, which is ideal for a congtas on passing your driving test card.


I just love the colours in these Daisy Bucket Posh Posie papers, so yummy!! lol



Don't forget Net is our guest tutor in the studio tomorrow.

One Today!!

Where has the time gone?? Craft Den is one year old already!! It is one year today since our first craft taster session when the studio was born!! The shop came a few months later, perhaps there will be more celebrations later in the year to mark the opening of the shop!! well you can never have to many celebrations, can you?

This week we have Annette visiting the studio on Tuesday. In the morning making cards using the Helping Hands twin window template and in the afternoon a workshop using the Dolls House CD.

On Wednesday we have an all day workshop with Ann making a gorgeous tag book. Wednesday evening is our weekely craft evening and this week we are making pendants with mountboard and Thursday evening is our scrapbooking night.

Please see our web site to view the rest of the timetable, we have lots more great classes and workshops in the pipe line. If you would like to receive our timetable every month it is available both by email and snail mail or you can pick up a copy in the studio.

Celebration Bear

Today is the start of our birthday week, and what better way to kick of the celebrations than with Bev making a Fimo Celebration Bear.

1st Birthday celebrations

Craft Den is fast approaching it 1st birthday!! It will be one year next week since the very first taster sessions before the craft classes and workshops started.
To celebrate we are having a birthday week with lots of different classes and workshops planned and some visiting guest tutors and demonstrators. 'Fimo' Bev will be visiting the studio on Saturday 25th April 1pm -3pm making a 'Celebration Bear' character which would also be suitable for a cake decoration. There are still some place left on this class, if you would like to book on please email info@craftden.co.uk.

There will also be some in store offers starting on Saturday 25th April and running through out the week or while stocks last!! So pop in and grab yourself a bargain!:-)
There might even be some blog candy up for grabs!!!

The rest of the weeks timetable can be viewed here.

Lots to tell & share!!

After I last blogged saying my Internet connection was fixed, which was absolutely days ago, it went down again!!! So after not having been able to post for several days I have lots to tell you.

I will start with today and tell you about my visitors, Maddy, Rachel and Calvin at the Craft Den and guess who was with them? Yes, Calvin mouse Crafter and Superstar and his friend Rotty Rat.
Although I am not too sure if that friendship is wearing abit thin!!
Calvin mouse has been to the shop once before and he was quiet well behaved, apart from eating toooo many chocolate doughnuts and making himself ill, oh and going missing when it was time to go home... Anyway today Rotty rat got himself into a bit of a mess and Calvin mouse was just loving that!
We were all sat chatting away over a cup of coffee when we heard this little voice calling "Maddy come and look what Rotty's doing, he's going to be in big trouble now"
Maddy went over to where the voice was coming from to find Calvin mouse and Rotty in the ribbons. According to Calvin mouse Rotty had been playing in the ribbons and got himself all knotted up!! Maddy wasn't very pleased at all!! and Calvin mouse was just loving Rotty getting in trouble!! LOL

I am sure Maddy would have something to say to them when she got home!! LOL
On Saturday Ava came to visit she is 14 weeks old today, hasn't that gone fast? Although I see her every week she changes every time I see her.


Chanelle, Net and Julie also called in on Saturday so Ava got lots of cuddles!! lol
Sorry Ann and Linnie you both called too early and missed out on the cuddles!! lol
Here one of Ava opening an Easter pressies last week.


A couple of quick cards I made last week. The first one is using the new clear cowboy stamp set from Woodware, which made a real change for me instead of sport or DIY which is what I would usually use to make a mans card. I like the little cactus stamp in this set! lol


For my second card I used a Sugar Nellie stamp, Luca playing football and the papers are from Daisy Bucket Broadwalk range which I use alot for male cards.


So hopefully I will be able to blog again sooooon, fingers crossed!! lol

Back up and running!!

Internet problems sorted at last!! I can now get on with putting the rest of the new stock on the website and I can also go blog hoping again too! It has been so frustrating, sitting inputting stock and then it either would not save or it would not upload.

I have spent the last few days crafting!! I have really enjoyed myself. Ever since I started my new venture which is getting close to a year ago, I have had less time to craft!! I was starting to get bogged down with all sorts of boring stuff!! LOL

I will post pictures later of all the stuff that has been keeping me busy, the camera battery is just on charge!!

Lots of yummy new stock now in!!

I have spent the last three hours putting all the new stock that has arrived today onto the website and now it won't upload!!

So just a quick post to give you an idea of what has arrived.

The new Spellbinder dies including: Nestabilities, Impressabilities, Borders and Frames.

Grunge paper, D rings and mini masks from Ranger.

K & Co Madeline collection: 12 x 12 papers, pads and albums. We also in have 8x8 albums and boxes of lovely chipboard butterflies.

Tattered Angels albums and the masks and glimmer sprays are now back in stock.

The new Craft Stamper magazine has also arrived.

If you are wanting to place an order while the website is acting up we do accept orders by phone.

Scrapbooking Weekend

Once a month we have a scrapbooking weekend at Craft Den. I design 3 layouts and choose the papers and then it is up to the individual to add photos and adapt the layout to suit if desired.The 1st page was using papers from the Bo Bunny's My Darling collection with a couple skeleton leaves, brads, buttons, gems and a few inches of lace to finish it off.
This is Jo's interpretation of my layout. Jo used 3 pictures of her lovely little niece on the swing and used the pink side of the paper and below Chanelle has used the brown spotted paper and used one black and white photo of her Nan. Two great pages and two very different looks.

Chanelles page
If you hop over to AngelWhipers blog you can see the rest of Chanelles pages.

I was slightly puzzled when Norma pulled her Granddaughter's 1st pair of shoes out of the bag!! Jo took a picture of them and I printed it off and they matched the colours perfectly!! the finished layout will be posted on Wednesday.


More pictures later.

No more drillling and hammering!!

If you you have called passed the shop over the last few days you will be pleased to know that you can now shop in peace and not have to put your fngers in your ears while browsing!!! LOL

At last we have nearly finished putting everything back. On Saturday we packed stock up ready for the slat wall to be fitted and it seems to have taken ages to get it all unpacked!! I have spent hours dusting, yes, me dusting!! unpacking, displaying items then moving them and then moving them again!! The shop is looking good now so it was worth all the hardwork, although it is still not finished. Here are a few pics of how things are looking now with new slat wall and display stands.


The new Copics display stand, which I can never keep stocked up!!! I wonder why? LOL
Is that a packet of pampers I see peeping from behind the Copics stand? lol Yes, little Ava still popped in with Mum and Dad during all the work, and managed to sleep through, nothing disturbs her when she is ready for a nap!


The wall of paper, more dynamic displays yet to come!! and more paper still to arrive which we ordered at the trade show.


Lots of new stock arriving daily, which we have not had time to put on the website yet. Where does time go? So if you can't find what you are looking for on the site, give us a shout or even better pop in for a browse. We are open Mon - Fri - 10am - 4pm and during classes and workshops.

New Look Shop

Craft Den has undergone a makeover this weekend and it looks absolutely great!! The shelves have been replaced by slat wall which gives scope to hang lots more crafting goodies and the shelves have been refitted in a different area to give even more display space.

Julie arrived early on Saturday morning and set to work boxing up all the stock from the shelves. Julie, armed with a screwdriver then took all the shelves down ready for the slat wall to be fitted. After lots of drilling and hammering Julie and Chanelle then set to work unpacking all the stock.

A big THANK YOU to Julie and Chanelle for all your hard work I could not have got it all done in a weekend without you both.

I don't have any pictures of the new look shop for you tonight I will take some tomorrow, but what I do have are some lovely pictures of my beautiful little grand daughter Ava ready for bed


and sooooooooo tired



and so is Grandma so good night all. X

What a lovely weekend

Not blogged for days so lots to share tonight. First of all a scrapbook page Chanelle has made with the new papers from Bo Bunny. This page is so striking with the strong vibrant pinks and lime greens, absolutely stunning.


The sparking mdf butterfly, painted pink and covered with glamour dust fluttering between the flowers and jewels.


I have been taking some more pictures of the page Chanelle made last week with the black and dark cream flock papers from GCD to try and show the flower embellishment and black jewels in more detail, my photographs do not do them justice, I need a lot more practice with my new camera!! lol



A good day was had by one and all when Claire from Crafters Companion visited the studio yesterday to demonstrate the new flower fairies Cd and stamps.


In the evening I had a lovely meal with all my family for Mothers day and lots of hugs with Ava!! Ava is now 10 weeks old and getting more beautiful everyday.

Lots of lovely new stash now in stock!!

All the new stuff we ordered at the trade show last month has started arriving!! It has been like Christmas opening all the parcels.

From Bo Bunny part of the Abbey Road collection has arrived

part of the Alissa collection has arrived

and my favorite Love Shack all of this collection is now in stock.
The new Daisy Bucket paper ranges are now in stock; Little black dress, Nantucket Island, Posh posies and My little Monsters are now all in. Beautiful Day is due in soon!!

Some lovely flock and die cut papers from GCD Chanelle has mixed the new flock GCD papers with the Bo Bunny unforgettable range.

We will be uploading all the new paper collections and other new stock onto the website, hopefully during the next few days.

Don't forget next Sunday March 22nd Claire from Crafters Companion will be demonstrating in the shop all day for Mothers day.

Bunnies & Bears

Just a short post tonight, as we have had lots of new stock delivered this week that still needs uploading to the website!! I am also trying to update the layout slightly!! so if you call by over the next few days while all this is going on and can't find what you are looking for send us an email to info@craftden.co.uk and we let you know if we have it in stock. We are still offering free P&P until the end of March.

We have had another delivery of nestibilities today: scalloped heart, scalloped square, scalloped circle, classic circle, classic square. Lots and lots of scrummy new papers from Daisy Bucket, Bo Bunny and GCD. The GCD papers are really fabby in shades of black and grey, some with flock and some are pre cut mmmm very nice.

Fimo Bev is in the studio again tomorrow. In the morning Bev will be showing us how to make Easter rabbits and in the afternoon cute teddies with bunches of flowers, or if you prefer you can decorate an MDF box with pretty papers and paints for Easter and fix your Easter bunny to the top. We still have a few places left.

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.