Christmas Crop - 16th December

Don't forget the next crop on the 16th December is our Christmas Party - 10.00am - 4.00pm. We won't be holding a class this time, but this is an ideal opportunity for you to bring along those unfinished projects/pages you keep promising yourself you would finish.

In order to get into the Christmas Party spirit (non alcoholic of course) we are asking everyone to bring something to eat and don't forget to wear your party hat.

We have organised a BRAN TUB the cost is £5 per person and there are some gorgeous gifts .. enough said .. Chris will kill me if I say any more. Would everyone who would like to take part in the bran tub let us know by e-mailing us so we can make sure we have enough gifts.


I won't be at the next crop as I'm off on a cruise down the Nile .. but I will be thinking of you all and hope you have a great party.

TO YOU ALL .. Jackie*

Production Line

Have just returned from the crop having had a very productive couple of hours making my Christmas Cards. Very pleased with the results too. Here are couple of pics. Fraid they aren't as clear as I'd like but you can get the idea.
The stamp is an image from http://www.laviniastamps.co.uk/ and I got this one at the NEC. She recommends using Versafine ink pads as they really pick out the fine detail.

After embossing with clear powder I added some tiny specks of glitter glue and matted onto glitter card. Now just need to write and post them!

Gail

Flashback to yesterday

Just to let you know that I have posted a lengthy memoir of our trip to the NEC on my personal blog if you want to have a look. Just click on Tismee2 under the contributers heading on right.

Gail

Next Crop - 25th November

I hope you all had a good time at the NEC but before you get a chance to put all your goodies away, here's some info about our next crop.

Margery is going to teach/demonstrate how to make a Three Dimensional Box, and listed below are the supplies you will need to bring:

1 sheet 12x12 cadstock
up to 8 photo's to fit 3"x3" pages
Ribbon - at least 20"
Co-ordinating paper(s)
Embellishments - not too bulky
Tags are an option for decorating, so you may want to bring pieces of matching or co-ordinating cardstock and extra ribbon

If you have any questions please let us know.

I will be sending out an e-mail/letter to everyone later in the week as a reminder.

Don't forget we still need ideas for tools etc for the crop and if their are any projects etc you would like us to teach/demonstrate during the coming year. We are going to try and be a bit more organised, so please let us know so we can add them to our list.

Thanks... Jackie

Great newsletter website

If like me you keep far flung relatives and friends up to date with family goings-on at Christmastime by means of a newsletter, you will appreciate this site.

http://letterpop.com/

It is a free, easy to use site to make newsletters, journals and lots of other things. You can also upload photos onto it to add to your work.

Let everyone else know what you think by posting a comment here.

Gail

NEC - idea for the bus!

Had an idea! It's a long time on the bus so why not bring along a small notebook and a few pens/pencils etc and you can do some art journaling on the way - or any other journaling for that matter.

I have a link on my blog to a guy who 'doodles' while on planes etc to while away the time.

I'll be taking mine with me - so no peeking over my shoulder!

Gail

NEC, Birmingham

Less than a week to go I hope you have your shopping lists done! I’ve got a few things on mine, going to look for a few bargains too. I fancy a Bind it All but need to check out the prices, may just add it to my Christmas list if I can wait that long.

Don’t forget the bus leaves at 6.00am on Saturday - nice and early, but we will have a stop on the way to get a coffee for Chris and a visit to the you know where.

If anyone would like to be able to create a post on here just let me know, otherwise just post your comments at the end of this post and they can be viewed by all. We need lots of suggestions for this site so please feel free to make as many as you like, or if you have a favourite store or if you see a bargain please let us know and we’ll create a post to share with everyone.

Hope you all had a good weekend… don’t forget to let us have your comments, just click the comments line below and if you aren’t registered with Google just choose your identity as “anonymous” and you don’t need to register.

Look forward to hearing from you…. Jackie

Bloggeritis

I'm here!

See told you if there is a bit of blank space I'll fill it! But don't worry there's still lots left for Jackie and anyone else for that matter!

I think I have bloggeritis. I have to blog - I think of it as relaxation, some see it as the last thing they would want to do to relax but hey, we're all different.

I will try to keep on the theme of crafts but can't promise I won't wander a little now and again.

So maybe we could start with our little crafting foibles? Those 'things we do' that are slightly eccentric or indicate that we are a tad strange. We all have them, and over time I have come to realise that us crafters have similar ones, although there is often the odd one that is REALLY wierd.

I will start us off with mine - which has often been a source of merriment between those (you know who you are!!) long time crop members! Pens and straight lines - there are probably others that you will remind me of no doubt.

Pens - I lerve pens, any pen except a blue biro. I will tolerate a black biro but only if there is nothing else around. I prefer fine liners, but also like gel pens. I have too many pens to mention, and usually have most of them with me in my tote. My most special pen is a solid silver Yard-o-Led that was a 40th birthday present, but like Basic Grey papers, I tend to stroke and drool over it rather than use it.

Straight Lines - I have an issue with circles and lines with curves - especially in scrapbooks. If you have read my own blog (click on tismee2) you will see another of my foibles mentioned and understand where this one comes from. Once I was asked to do a circluar album and had nightmares over it. I get that twitchy - it looks 'untidy' feeling. Sometimes my 'advisors' at the crop suggest putting my photos slightly skew on the page. They may as well be running fingernails down a blackboard as it would have the same effect.

Ok I know I'm going on a bit so will leave it to the rest of you out there to add your own foibles as comments and stop me feeling like I'm an unusual person.

Gail

Silver surfers

Known for their capacity to create wonderfull layouts and tortuous quizzes

Welcome

I've been wanting to do this for ages and its taken a while to get it sorted, but here it is our very own blog.

This is where we will post information about our crops, dates for the coming year, details of our forthcoming projects etc.

We will also post pictures of our layouts, events etc

As I have never done this before please bear with me and if you have any comments or suggestions please let me know by posting your comments below.

Happy Scrapping... Jackie