exter classes

hello,
yesterday I shared with you the news of the classes we will be running at craft 4 crafters exter. I thought you may want to see what we will be make so here is a small collection.
for more information please check out the web site www.timetosow.com

First show of the year

Good evening
I am sorry I have not been updating for a while.
we are this week getting ready for our first show of the year
Craft 4crafters @ westpoint exter.
Thursday 27 January-Saturday 29th January for tickets phone 08453 040 222
we will running workshops thoughtout the day every day but with limited places for more in formation plz contact us on emma@timetosow.com
The workshop classes include

• distress ink and paints.
• 3d peeloffs
• metal
• stampbord
• decorate your own cotton bags.

so why not come had join us and find out just how easy these techniqnics are. Each class cost £5 and last 1hr and you be able to take your makes home and impress every one you know.

Maggie's Crafts: My blog candy!

Maggie's Crafts: My blog candy!

Greetings from Sidholme hotel in Devon we are in the middle of our autumnal craft week with two wonderful hosts Paul and Jeanette Spencer with keeping me will stocked with daily morning and evening devotions and fudge.

This week we have pulled out all the stops doing 16 workshops over the week including perfect pearls,different types of inks, glossy accents, embossing powders, ten second -studio, pro markers,daubers,tapestry stamps, peel offs and Christmas paper crafts. I think that's everything.

As you can See every busy but good fun but that could be i am living on 12 cups of coffee a day full cooked breakfast and 3 course dinners. and of course fudge!

As some will know we have been doing this craft weeks for about 3 year now we much be doing something right as customers from last year have returned they say they love the craft but i am sure its me hee hee. this week has been hot clear blue Sky's so and every chance we have left the hotel and enjoyed walk along the sea front enjoy an ice or like me a hunt in the junk shops.

But today been over cast and cold but i secretly happy as there is a lovely open fire in the lounge and old but wonderful cosy arm chairs so my plan is to make Christmas cards this evening in front of the open log fire.

This has to be one of my favorite places to come as i get a chance to meet and get to know every one, where i can walk along the beach with an ice cream or even a swim oh and craft in surroundings like this but don't take my word for it .

If you feel left out check out our website for details for our return 20-25 November 2011.

Good evening hope you have had a good week.as you should know we are at sundown Esher launching the new additions to our in house range of words like honey stamps and paper. What follows is a couple of ideas to inspire you with our products hope you enjoy.

Royal Stamp board

The is a set set from the wlh clear collection number wlhc19
first I took a ATC size sampboard and distress the back round use a dream weaver brush code:wwdwbs

I used the broken glass and chipped sapphire distress ink.Nexted i stamped the image and words with staz-on black. Then taking a pointy tool i started scratching away the ink on the kings robes.

Once finished this is how it looked i did it a second time using sandy colours i prefer the blue i must say what do u think?

Beautiful Moment Card
I used this wording on my friends new home card and to honest I love to so much its going on most of my cards it say"live in the moment and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering."

first I went on http://www.quakas.com/ and order my duck pond kit packed full of ribbon paper button card stock and much more thank you nessie xx

I made the base card and layered the papers on top but before sticking on the patterned layer I ran the ribbon each side the stuck it and and stamped on top the new wlh bird cage stamps

I then embellished it using sliver peel offs. the off cuts for paper i used as a stop to keep my card up and added the button for fun .

A Bed of roses.

While out and about in town I discovered 2 plain raw a5 folders true I did not know what to do with them but I had to have them as with most things and as with most this they have lived in my craft studio for weeks with me giving them a second look. After a shopping trip in town I was looking at all those lovely school folders and thought I'll treat myself to one when I remembered the 2 I bought weeks before and with a little help from my crafty companion Hamish my dog we set out to jazz them up !!

1. I took the lighter of the 8x8 rose paper and rang double tape along all sidesand stuck it to the top edge of the folder and smooth down at the bottum of the folder there will be a 2 inch gap. which i used a sheet of the darker white roses and stuck it over the gap.

2.I used sticky copper foil and run it along the join of the two papers to give it a nice finish. Repeat this on the back of the folder aswell. I found that the paper did not cover the whole spin of the folder thus I ran a think statin ribbion along the spin to hid the edges.

3. Add on a emblishment mine is a square of eco board with the paper stuck om using tras-fix but more of that on the next blog to you love this folder as much as I do God bless emma.

Would a rose smell so sweet if itwas knowen by a diffent name?

As many of you know one of my grate pleasure's is to enjoy a cream tea in an old fashioned English garden. when our in house design team said there where doing to do more papers for the words like honey range i nag and begged for rose paper and my word they dune me proud.













In the 8 x8 rose pack there is 6 papers all double side 2 of each colour, chocolate,rose and white with a ribbon boared sheet and a topper sheet. below are 3 ways of using the papers.

Tag book

• Take your sheet of double side paper and fold in half, Open out and fold the over the other half so your paper id divided in to 1/4.
  
  
• Open out flat, On one side fold in the two corners so form a triangle on one half of the paper.

• Fold the paper along the 1/2 way line so the triangle is resting on the open half and the papers making saw the raw edges are tucked away. Using a hole punch pun 2 hold on the top and bottom sheets to thread ribbon though to tie the book shut. Do this for all six papers in the pack play with the light side as the pocket or the dark.
  



• Once all six papers are folded run double sided tape down each side and sick together in to a small stack.


• Place in tags of your choice i add eyelets and ribbons as a finishing touch.

A perfect way to keep all your promises god has given you. for to do lists. ejoy the 2 next project will be up later today god bless emma.