Tuesday, 5 December 2023

A Host of Christmas Angels

 Barbara led this project - and came up with the basic pattern and instructions. We used a lightweight card which we cut from a template, stuck it together and decorated with various sparkly shapes.


Barbara

Dominique

Parvin



Sue H


Tricia (The second one has a battery-operated tea light under her dress!)














Thursday, 16 November 2023

Shabby Chic Notebooks

 Adrienne ran this meeting, decorating hard-backed notebooks. They're beautiful!

Adrienne

Beryl

Dominique
Madhu



Mary

Nadi

Parvin

Sue H















Friday, 3 November 2023

Needle Cases Again

 At our recent meeting, we planned to finish projects, and some members who'd missed making needle cases wanted to do that. And here they are!

Beryl

Madhu



Mary

Sue H

Sue M


Tricia










Friday, 20 October 2023

3D Decoupage

 If you're a crafter, you may have heard of a technique called 'decoupage'. Confusingly, the word is used for two completely different techniques. We had a go at one type last year, using rice paper to decorate boxes, plant pots and other things. Recently, we had a go at the 'other one'!

We used images from Hundkydory from a company called Top Topper Shop who sell smaller packs of images, allowing us more options without having a lot of extra at the end.

Here's what we came up with.

Barbara


Beryl





Dominque

Mary

Nadi

Shilpa


Sue H

Sue M



Tricia
And to show all the layers ...








Thursday, 5 October 2023

Waterfall Cards

 This week, we had a go at Waterfall cards. This is a technique that definitely gives a different sort of feel to a greetings card, and they're great for scrapbooks and photo albums too.

Beryl

Dominique

Madhu



Parvin

Shilpa



Sue H







Tricia

I've added four photos here so you can get an idea of how the waterfall mechanism works.

Most images came from Philo Designart who sells on Etsy - the stained glass style. These are gorgeous, bright and beautiful and work well in the 2.75in size we used here. The Art Deco style images are public domain images previously purchased via Crafty Image Emporium, and the cats are from Joanna Sheen's Ivory Cats CDrom which is now discontinued. The pull tabs were cut using a Spellbinders die set, but the cards other parts were cut using trimmer, craft knife or scissors.
















Thursday, 21 September 2023

Sheep Paper Clips

 It sounds like a strange idea, but here they are! Adrienne led this session, and there were bits of cotton buds pinging all around the room but we all enjoyed the project!

Adrienne




Dominique



Shilpa


Sue H


Tricia