Design Team Call...

We are looking to expand our Design Team on our Anything Goes Challenge Blog

We are searching for a few more talented crafters to join our already fabulous team.

No previous experience of working on design teams is necessary.

 

Requirements :

 

• Create two new projects a month
• Be able to comment on your quote of entries
• Post current challenges to your own blog
• Participate in any blog hops we may have
• Enjoy working in a fun and friendly team
• But most of all to have fun and enjoy your craftiness with like minded crafty people
• As a DT member you will receive a discount for shopping at the Craft Den as a special thank you

If you are interested click here

Good Luck Lynne xoxo

Thursday night's scrapbooking class...

Good morning all, Monday again already the weeks are just flying by. The sun is shinning here in Sheffield at the moment although more of the wet stuff forecast for later :-(

This is my page from last Thursdays scrapbooking class. The floral papers are from SEI which is already lightly glittered and clear embossed here and there to highlight some of the flowers. The backing sheet pale green Bazzil Dotted Swiss. The border is a deep edge MS punch brads, gem and pearls from my stash.

 These flowers were just waiting to be cut and punched out.

Thank you to those of you who took the time to email me about not being able to leave comments, its nice to know you are still calling by. I was unable to blog again yesterday and I know a lot of people are still having major problems too, lots of gremlins in the works just lately.

Hope the weather is good with you today. I am going in the garden while its fine got to make the most of it while we can. 

Happy crafting love and hugs to you all. Lynne xoxo

First scrapbook page...

Several weeks ago at our weekly scrapbooking class at the studio I was asked if I could create some pages suitable for boys. This was one of the layouts I came up with. It has been sat waiting patiently for a picture... I thought this one was perfect for it, Baby Rocco one day old.

The papers are from Best Creations transportation range I have used 'Taffic Jam'. By cutting around the traffic that is along the bottom of the sheet and mounting on to a dark blue card with foam pads I was able to use the full sheet with out any waste at all. The plane and banner are cut on the Cricut using the New Arrival cartridge which I have a feeling might get a lot of use over the coming months.

Natasha brought these gorgeous cupcakes to class on Thursday night to celebrate Roccos arrival, blue icing and blue foil cases mmm they were delicious. Thank you Natasha it was a lovely thought.

Hope you all have a great weekend and the sun is shinning where ever you are.

Happy crafting Love and hugs Lynne xox

He's here ...

Good morning all, I hope you have all been keeping well while I have have been away.

I have been bursting to tell you my very exciting news about my new Grandson born at 11.17am on Tuesday morning 12th July baby Rocco weighed 8lb.5oz and caught us all by surprise as he was not supposed to be coming until Wednesday morning by an arranged delivery.

Congratulations to Kyla and Ben on your beautiful son.

Rocco's big sister Ava doing a bit of gardening while waiting for visiting time

Time to start another scrapbook this time in blue...

Happy crafting, love and hugs Lynne xoxox

Surprise Craft Party

Good morning to all my crafty buddies, how are you? It is very wet and dark here in Sheffield this morning really miserable.

Last week was Sue's aka Beyond a bland blog 50th birthday and last night we held a surprise craft party at Craft Den. This is the mini book we made which is full of tags and pockets using 7 Gypsies papers.

Hope you enjoyed it as much as we all did Sue.

Happy crafting love and hugs Lynne xoxo

New timetable

More all day sewing and patchwork classes now on the timetable here

Our next sewing class is Saturday 23rd July when we will be making this fab craft bucket

This is my finished bag now with added button

the one I made for my Mum

and the one I made for my daughter

The new timetable for all our classes is now available here

Alfie and the hot air balloon

Good morning to you all. It is a bit dull and overcast here in Sheffield this morning no sign of the sun, at least it is dry. When I signed into Blogger this morning everything looks different... does this mean all the updates are finished and we can blogg happily now... mmm I wonder... time will tell I am sure.

No crafty pictures to blog this morning, a few of a hot air balloon that came over our garden last night. A few of our good friends paid for BH and I to go up in a balloon very similar to this one for our wedding present. It is our anniversary on Tuesday so it was fabulous to see and brought back some lovely memories of a beautiful day and some very good friends...

Alfie was hidding in the kitchen peeking out of the back door until the coast was clear....

What was it?....has it gone yet?

Poor Alfie, he really didn't like it, must admit it was very low.

Happy crafting and what ever you are doing today ENJOY!

Love and hugs Lynne xoxo

Craft Bucket Bag Class

Our next patchwork bag class is Saturday July 23rd and this is what we will be making.

A very useful craft bucket, isn't it fabulous?

Happy Crafting Hugs Lynne xoxo

Patchwork bag class at Craft Den!

Good morning to you all on this bright and sunny Sunday morning. Yesterday was the first of our patchwork bag classes at Craft Den. When this went on the timetable it was so popular we decided to run the class twice, which is great as this means we had such an enjoyable day and we get to do it all again next week!

Jo aka Daisy 236 was our guest tutor for the day and has very kindly agreed to run a monthly patchwork sewing class for us! Yippee! I am so pleased about this as I love sewing and have done for many years.

My bag waiting for the button to be added so the top is pinned.

Thank you Jo for a very enjoyable relaxing day. Just what the doctor ordered, can't wait for next week, might have to make another! lol

Happy crafting love and hugs Lynne xoxo

One for the boys

Good morning to you all. Well here I am again two days running, fingers crossed all seems well...

I thought I would show you another card from Saturdays class, this time it was one for the boys. I think we all struggle with mens cards as we can't fill them up with blooms and bling... well I suppose we could, they might not like it, but we could. lol

We used a blue 6 x6 card blank, a strip of Ranger Kraft Resist paper coloured with a mixture of Distress Stains, some blue and red embossed colour core paper sanded back a circle of grunge board highlighted with glossy accents a washer and brad T!ms Old Jalopy die and some Viva Decor Inka Gold in Cobalt blue and Old Gold to finish off. Not a flower or blingy bit in site, not even a hint of Stickles.

All that leaves me to say is Thank Crunchie its Friday! I am hoping to pop round and visit you all this evening as I have a nice quiet evening planned, so I can catch up on what you all have been up too, I have missed you all, it has been very strange not being able to blog hop for so long.

Happy crafting love and hugs Lynne xoxo

This 'n' That...

Good afternoon to all my crafting blogging buddies and thank you for all the emails about how to get back on her posting again. It is nice when you get such lovely emails to offer help of how to get back on here. I must say after the last time I tried I was losing the will to live so had nearly decided to pack in blogging... anyway no ranting today, well not yet.

I have a mixture of pictures to share with you today, and lots more to show over the next few days of what we have been up to in the studio over the last week or so. It has been lovely to see so many new faces at our classes and workshops too. We celebrated the studios 3rd birthday in April our challenge blogs 1st birthday in May and had planned some blog candy so hopefully we can get that underway soon now things seem to be working OK again.

My first picture is of the studio on Saturday morning with the tables laid out ready and waiting for our card making workshop.

This is the first card we made, a nice quick one to get us all in the mood for a craft filled day.

Last year I was bought a lovely rose called 'Birthday Girl' for my 50th and this is what it looks like now a year later, just beautiful, don't you think?

and last but not least a picture of Ike the eldest of my two dogs who has not been too well recently so it is nice to see him out side enjoying this nice weather.

Thanks for popping by and if you have time and blogger will allow you! lol leave a comment and I will pop over and visit you too.

Happy crafting love and hugs Lynne xoxo

Birthday card...

Last week was my Mum's birthday. I made a circular fold up card with pockets and tags for special messages. Here are some pics of different stages of the card but non of the finished one :-(

The main card is cream decorated with cream and lilac filigree patterned paper a few Magnolia stamped images coloured with Copics



This is the card folded up and tied with ribbon with a lovely rosette cut with a the large Sizzlets die from Tims Alterations range.

Happy Crafting Lynne xox

Blogger, Blogger, Blogger....

At last I have managed to get back on my blog. Thank you for your emails suggesting different options to try. It has been a bit of a week technology wise. Saturday evening my Blackberry went haywire I was unable to open text and emails the only option was to delete all! Sunday I was unable to get on here and then the Internet went off and has been off more than on ever since. I still can't upload pictures, cloud picker has returned asking me to sign in and sign in and sign in......it is so annoying.

Our challenge over at Anything Goes this fortnight is Masking and we are also having a blog hop to celebrate Craft Dens 3rd birthday and our challenge blog 1st so why not pop over and join in? Fingers crossed I will be able to visit your blogs and leave comments very soon, very very soon I hope. Well thats all for now, I will try again tomorrow to upload pictures of what we have been up to in the studio this week.
Happy crafting Lynne xx

Thursday Nights Scrapbooking Layout...

How long is blogger going to act up, that's what I want to know? I have been trying to blog this post since yesterday afternoon and commenting has become impossible, I will try again tomorrow, fingers crossed.

Here is my page from Thursday nights scrapbooking class at Craft Den studio.

The papers are from Bo Bunny Sophie collection. The die cut trees, hearts and ticket are from T!ms Alterations range - Pine Tree, Heart and Ticket dies. Martha Stewart Border and Crown punch.

We did a crackle paint technique on wooden heart shapes.

Hope you all have a great weekend.

Happy crafting love and hugs Lynne xx

I 'm back with a few techniques tags

Yavy! I'm back, could not loggin on here at all yesterday. I could view but not sign in. Thank you for your messages about all the different options to try, and try I did but to no avail, any way I am on here now...

A few pictures for you this morning of what we have been up to in a couple of classes this week. I will blog last night scrapbooking layout later.

These are a few of my demo tags for resist techniques

 

The stamps are from Paper Artsy Hot Picks sheet 1005 and 1007 stamped in white acrylic paint allowed to dry and then over stamped with Adirondack Terracotta and Espresso the back ground is Wild Honey DI

a close up to try and show you how much depth you can get with this technique

 I have used Shabby Shutters DI and Adirondack EggPlant  for this one

T!ms snowflake stamp the background is Stormy Sky spritzed with water dabbed with kitchen paper and then a few droplets of water added and dabbed off again.

For a softer look use Tumbled Glass DI

Personal Impressions assorted Leaves stamps

A close up of stamping T!ms trees with white acrylic paint. Leave to dry or dry off with a heat gun and then add DI colours with a piece of Cut n' Dry foam

This is Tumbled Glass and Stormy Sky stamped over with Adirondack Denim

Happy Crafting Lynne xox

Messin' about on the river...

Well Blogger really has spat his dummy out this week! lol Sign in....Sign in...Sign in...argh I just signed in!!

ERROR!! your comment can not be published! Please sign in...........

Yes, you all know what I am gibbering on about, as you are all having the same problems too!

Technology is wonderful when it works......pain in the bum otherwise.

I know I should think myself lucky I can write a post as I know a lot of you can't. Any way lets hope normal service will be resumed shortly and we can all blog hop and comment again with out having to sign in 60 million times!! ARRRRRRRGGGHHH

OK rant over...

Today's layout is from my scrapbooking class last week.

The beautiful floral paper is from Prima - Madeline Collection "Bella Donna" and "Ste Marie"

Embellishments: Prima flowers and leaves, Zva crystals and bits and bobs from stash.

Tools: Martha Stewart border punch

Thanks for poppin' by

Happy Crafting Hugs Lynne xox