November meeting - 8th

Hi everyone,

How time flies, November already!

First of all for those that didn't come last month the annual subs of £12 are due please along with your usual sub of £2. Sorry to repeat myself but this helps covers costs of rents when there are not many attending (such as last month) and also the luxury of going out for a Christmas meal which we hope to do again.

It would be nice to see everyone next week, if you can't make it but wish to come to the meal and continue with craft club please could you get in touch with me.

I called into the Hesketh Arms to collect a menu and must say it looks very nice again, I will bring it with me on Tuesday. It's £15.45 per head £10 of which club will pay. Club night falls on the 13th December so we will stick to that date and hopefully the same time.



Right on to the project - we will be making some milk cartons and a holder! These are perfect little gifts to fill with chocolates or whatever you fancy



This project is easier if you have one of the larger numbered scoreboards rather than a card blank board but you can use your trusty pencil, ruler and scoring tool.

You will need:-

Scoreboard / Pencil / Ruler / Score tool
Strong tape or wet glue

For the Milk Cartons

2 sheets of A4 card
Patterned paper/card for matting and layering (I've used two layers)
(4 pcs 6.5 x 7.5 cm) (4 pcs 6 x7 cm) (2 pcs 5 x 6.5 cm) (2 pcs 4.5 x 6 cm)
Two bulldog clips

For the Container

1 piece card measuring 20.5 cms x 13.5 cms
1 piece card measuring 29.5 cms x 14.5 cms
Patterned paper/card for matting and layering (I've used two layers)
(21.5 x 14 cm and 20.5 x 13.5 cm)
Ribbon for decorating / Sentiment or Image optional

Last but not least it's Tina's birthday this month so don't forget your card.

See you all next week

October Meeting and Membership fees

Hi everyone

Hope you are all well.

First of all please note Annual Susbscriptions are due this month £12 each. This means you only pay £2 every month. The advance payment enables us to have enough funds in the kitty to cover rent in quiet months, anything we may need to purchase and the luxury of going out for a Christmas meal which we are hoping to do again this year. So you will need to pay your £12 plus 2 this month, thanks.

We're going to have a nice easy week this month and give some of you a kick start into making your Christmas cards! It's just Christmas in general so root out all those festive stamps and papers.





If you've already made some cards bring a few along for ideas and inspiration.

There aren't any birthdays on the list this month but it is Marie's who requested her name be put down in September, so if you missed it last month you've still chance to send one.

See you all next week

September Meeting - Boxed Notecard Set

Hello everyone,

Well it looks like Autumn is well and truly on it's way, soon be Christmas!

Our project this month is a boxed notecard set which a lovely friend of mine did as a tutuorial in Cardmaking & Papercraft (so I can't take credit for the idea). I've attached a copy to the email, if you want to print a copy off and bring with you as a guide please do.







It's easier than it looks and only needs a few pieces of card and patterned papers.

We may not get time to do the cards as well, so we can either save that for next month or you can make them at home as they only need to be quick and simple ones.





You will need:-

2 pieces 175x135mm white card
2 pieces 195x165mm white card

4 pieces 130x130mm patterned paper (for front, back and inside)
2 pieces 130x35mm patterned paper (for inside and outside spine)

long piece of ribbon

Image for front if required

5 or 6 120x120mm card blanks and envelopes
papers/images/sentiments as required to decorate

These will make lovely gifts for Christmas.

We need a birthday card for Marie this month too, see you next week.

August Meeting - Never Ending Card

Hi everyone, it's that time of the month again, where do the weeks go?

This month we will be making a Never Ending Card, thanks to Margaret Jackson for her suggestion.

The card itself is quick and easier than it looks to make, but there are lots of spaces to decorate. So is probably best kept simple. The largest space being 3" x 3" if you have some thing like the clear Penny Black stamps they will be the perfect size or flowers. Sentiments or border punches will work in the smaller sections 1.5" x 3" .

The card will fit into a 6x6 envelope when flat.

Anyway for the base card you will need 4 pieces of card cut to 3" x 6" (bring extras with you just in case)

(I used a double sided piece of patterned card (you can get two cards out of one 12 x 12 sheet) and a 12 x 12 sheet of plain cardstock for the panels

Scoring board and tool, double sided sticky tape and papers, punches etc for decorating.

You can see a tutorial on the Lili of the Valley website using their pre-scored kits.

There are two birthday's this month Margaret Brown and Chelsea.

See you next week

July meeting - Stepper Cards

Hello everyone,

Hope you are all well, next week we will be making Stepper Cards as demonstrated by Wendy whose gorgeous creations are shown below. There are a couple of variations.



You will need to bring the usual stuff and a couple of sheets of A4 card for the base (patterned or plain) and extra pieces for matting and layering. Don't forget your mats, rulers and knifes.

We've not had any birthdays for a while but this month it's Sheila's so please bring your cards for her.

You may like to look at this site which Margaret kindly showed me mygrafico.com there are lots of fab freebies on it.

See you next week.

June meeting - Acetate Card

Hi everyone,

Sorry this is a bit later than usual, this month's creation is inspired by Wendy who came round this morning so we could make up the samples. Hopefully it will be easy enough to make and can be adapted in a few different ways.

I will bring the acetate but you will need an A4 sheet of card it can plain or patterned but sturdy enough for card base, scoring board (if you have one with measurements on even better), a few small pieces of card/paper for matting and layering, ribbons and any other embellishments.

We've used character and background stamps but any other stamps would work, raid your collection and see what you've got.





Can you tell whose is whose?

I have recently started making ATC's - for those that don't know what they are ATC means Artist Trading Card, they measure 2.5" x 3.5" and are decorated along a set theme then swapped with other crafters. I was wondering if you would be interested in a monthly swap with a different theme each month.

Also if you have any ideas for future projects or anything you'd like to know how to do please let me know.

See you next week

May meet - Card in a Card

Hello it's that time again,

Hope you're all well.

This month we'll be making a Card in a Card








You will need three square card blanks (I use 15x15) one of them needs to be a cm smaller 14x14, the third needs half the front cutting off. I'll help those that need it.



You'll also need the usual stuff, papers, images, border punch if you have one.

We've not got any birthdays this month so you can have a rest lol.

See you on Tuesday

April Meeting - Accordian Card

Hi everyone,

Hope you are well and enjoying the lighter nights.

This month we will be making an Accordian card, they are really easy to make and a bit more special than an ordinary card.

Here's mine





and here's another lovely example over on Clarky J's blog you can find plenty more here in the Splitcoaststampers gallery this should give you an idea of the sorts of images and embellishments that can be used.

You will need to bring:

2 pieces of patterned paper 6 x 6"
2 pieces of patterned paper 5 x 5"
4 pieces of coloured cardstock 4.5 x 4.5"
4 pieces of co-ordinating patterned paper 4 x 4"

Die cut images to fit page 4 x 4"
(I will bring Big Shot and some nesties if anyone needs to borrow them)

length of ribbon approx 60 cm

Flat embellishments

I will also bring the cards and stiff card for the covers.

It's Margaret Jackson's birthday this month so don't forget to bring a card.

March Meeting - Shrink Plastic

Hello again,

Is it really four week since our last meeting, how time flies.

First of all, before I forget, we can use the room from 7 o'clock so last month we decided that if anyone can get there for 7 we may as well make a start and be using the room, if it's a rush no worries, just come for half past.

This month we will be playing with Shrink Plastic, not something I use a lot of so Margaret has kindly offered to demo this. You can make allsorts of wonderful things with it so don't really know why I don't use it. It's great for charms and jewellery or making embellishments for your cards.





I will provide the Shrink Plastic but you need to bring your heat guns, some large stamps and permanent ink such as Stazon or Archival, sharp scissors (tweezers may be handy too), a large acrylic block for flattening and pencil crayons. You can also use punches/dies so if you have any you want to try bring them along.

Your stamps need to be fairly big and easy enough to cut out as the plastic shrinks to 7 times smaller and 7 times thicker, as you can see on the Santa image. Pencil crayons are the best thing to colour it with as the colour intensifies when heated.

There's one birthday this month and it's mine, yippee so on that note I will see you all next week.

February Meeting - Sketches and Layouts

Hello everyone, hope you are all well, first of all thank you to Margaret for last month's embossing lesson. I loved the ultra thick embossing, something I hadn't done before.

This time we are going to be working with a Sketch. For those that don't know about sketches these make life so much easier, a lot of magazines and blog challenges use them. They are basically card layouts which means a lot of the work has been done you just need to pick your image and papers.

I have a file full of sketches that I use for inspiration. Have a look at these blogs to give you a better idea.

http://sketchsaturday.blogspot.com/

http://tuesdaymorningsketches.blogspot.com/

Here are my samples













(my finnished card from the night)

You will need all your general equipment, images/stamps and selection of papers.

We have four birthdays this month, Wendy, Sue, Ron and Lin.

See you next week.

January meeting - Embossing

Happy New Year everyone, hope you all had a lovely Christmas.

Today I have been to look at the new venue, Carr Lane Football Club. The room is lovely and bright, the caretaker will set the room up for us beforehand and if I smile nicely put it away too! It is right at the bottom of Carr Lane on the field with the playground.

Margaret J has kindly offered to demo Embossing powders and techniques next week, so if you have a heatgun please could you bring it with you, to save waiting time. Some embossing powder would be handy too, need to check what's in the club box.



If anyone has any suggestions for future meetings let me know, as of yet I haven't planned any.

It's Val's birthday this week so don't forget a card.

Fingers crossed the weather doesn't change see you all next week usual time 7.30.