Basic Tools required for Cardmaking

It was lovely to see so many new faces at Craft Club on Tuesday, I found this article in a magazine and thought it would be useful for the new people. If you click on the picture it will enlarge it so you can read it, but it gives a list and description of the basic tools needed.








I hope you all enjoyed the class and look forward to seeing you next month.

Check out this blog - Crafty Cardmakers

One of the Docraft members set up this blog a while ago, it is aimed at less confident crafters and begginer bloggers. There is a new challenge every other Monday which you can take part in, even if you don't have a blog you can enter by email.

Best of all there are some brilliant tutorials by Vicky from basics of stamping, to colouring, to setting up your own blog.

Just click on the link to take you there and add to your favourites for next time.

April Meeting

Well, so much for British Summer Time, hasn't the weather been awful. Hope you've all have a good Easter and got plenty of crafting done over the Bank Holidays.

I'd just like to say thank you for all my birthday cards. With all my friends from Docrafts I got over 30 handmade cards! I enjoyed spending all my birthday money at the Leigh show and think I led Tina astray, we had a lovely day and bumped into Mary and Joyce.

Margaret I hope you had a lovely birthday too and look forward to seeing you in June.

You will notice it's Elsie's birthday this month. She has not been for the last couple of months as she has been in and out of hospital and is undecided as to whether she is coming back. I will bring a card for everyone to sign rather than all make individual ones. Hope this is okay.

Right on to this month's project we are having a Penny Black theme and will be making a Zig Zag card. If you have any Penny Black stamps please bring them along with you, if not, there will be plenty to borrow.





You will need:

Two card blanks - I have used square ones but will work with A5
Backing papers
Embellishments
Penny black stamp(s) - appropriate size for card blank of your choice
Score board/Tool

Usual basics

See you Tuesday 13th.

March meeting

Hello ladies, well another month is here so that means time for another crafty get together.

This month we will be making a Diamond Top card



You will need to bring:

Score Board / Tool
Cutting mat / Knife / Scissors
Double Sided Tape

A4 card
Backing papers
Stamps / Topper
Any embellishments

Also this see the Birthday list for cards you need to bring this month.


You might like to know Inspirations formerly Cardcraft Plus at Preston now sell Magnolia (ie Tidla) Stamps and also have a few Gorjuss Girls.

Looking forward to seeing you all again next week, there will also be a couple of little surprises!

Dates for your Diary

There are a few Craft Shows coming up so thought I would post them on here. I have been to the one at Leigh which is only small but very well stocked and not too far.

Would love to go to Aintree and Port Sunlight but I'm not a very adventurous driver, although now I have SatNav might have to venture to at least one of them.

13th March - Sincerely Yours at Leigh Sports Village, WN7 4JY
Tickets 3.00 10.30 am - 4 pm

20th - 21st March - The Great Northern Papercrafts Extravaganza - Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate, HG2 8PW

23rd-25th April - Aintree racecourse

8th May - Port Sunlight, Hulme Hall, Port Sunlight, CH62 5DH

Welcome

Good Evening ladies and welcome to our new blog.

We are hoping by doing this we can relieve Wendy from her role as Editor of the Newsletter. We all appreciate how much time she puts into it despite working full time. Also this way you can add the blog to your Favourites and refer back to it.

I am hoping to post top tips and put some links on to my favourite websites and blogs (just click on the picture to take you there), if any of you have any you'd like to share please let me know.

I hope you all enjoyed our meeting last week in which we made a Trifold card and that you will all try it again at home.



Wendy, Tina and myself had a "committee" meeting which was a great success and as you will see have come up with some great ideas for future meetings quite far in advance.

I will put details of next months project and list of materials nearer the time.