Friday, 15 May 2026

Plastic Canvas

 We had a play with plastic canvas a few weeks ago, but as the projects take longer than some to complete. I'm only getting around to posting them now.



Jyotsna chose to make bookmarks as gifts


Nadi chose to use a Mary Hickmot pattern and turn the result into a card.

Shobha also added her design to a card





Tricia made several things. The boxes and coasters used Etsy patterns, while the needlecase was kept simple and geometric.








Thursday, 14 May 2026

Iris Folding

 Michelle recently introduced us all to Manx Quilting, and as soon as I saw it, I thought of Iris Folding - a papercrafting technique I've tried a few times in the past. We had a go today, and the results were lovely and so varied.



Michelle


Nadi




Parvin


Shobha


Tricia










Thursday, 26 February 2026

Manx Quilting

 Michelle brought us this idea. For people (like me) who are afraid of quilting, this technique uses mainly tacking stitches which aren't visible. 

These pieces are taking a little while to complete, so I'll add more when they're done.

Maria


Tricia







Friday, 23 January 2026

Gatefold Cards

 We spent our last meeting making gatefold cards. These are fairly simple, and make a change from standard 'book fold' cards.

We used pre-cut 6 by 6in cards where we didn't fold the centre score and paper mainly from The Range or The Works with mirror card and various embellishments from individual members' stash.


Michelle

Shilpa

Shobha



Sue








Tricia 

Unfortunately, Beryl couldn't join us at this meeting, but she found the time to have a play at home and came up with these:

Beryl










Sunday, 11 January 2026

Woolly Hat Table Favours

 For our first meeting of 2026, Sue led us making table favours that look like woolly hats. These don't require knitting or crochet, and just consist of card rings and leftover yarn.

Dominique


Jyotsna

Michelle

Nadi


Parvin


Shobha


Tricia
















Sunday, 7 December 2025

Winter-Themed 3D Decoupage

 Our recent meeting resulted in some beautiful winter-themed cards. Some used images from Hunkydory or Find It Creations and others used images they'd bought for themselves.



Dominique



Nadi also provided some photos angled to show the layers. These Hunkydory images have lots!


Nadi

Shobha




Tricia (the top is Find It Creations, the others Hunkydory)