Wow What a Day!

Hi All,

Wow,wow,wow can I say a huge thank you to every one that came along and supported my Paper-Craft Event Day on Saturday. What a fantastic day we had and thank you for all your lovely comments and feedback that I got from you all. It is always lovely to see a lot of my regular faces but thrilling to see new faces and blasts from the past that I used to teach coming back again.
I thought I would post some pictures that Paul (my better half) took on the day for those of you that missed out.

First is a few of the hall before we opened, we were all a little nervous and finishing the last minute touches but my girls all seemed to be camera shy!!.....





I opened the doors and in they came, there was a lovely crafty buzz about.....







A big thank you to my sister Jo who did the catering with the mouthwatering savouries and cakes ( I think you were all impressed Hmmmm!!) and my nieces Chloe who helped with the food and Heidi that ran the Craft Raffle for Breast cancer care. Unfortunately Paul missed out on a photo of the food but did manage to polish off a good bit of it.....



The great news is we managed to raise £70.00 for Breast Cancer Care, so thanks to you all for supporting the cause. the winners were...

Ist Prize - Over £50 worth of Craft goodies- - - Janet Kemp
2nd Prize - Over £25 worth of Craft goodies- - - Carole Cheeseman
3rd Prize - Over £25 worth of Craft goodies- - - Valerie Rodrigez

So well done to you all!

Lots of you have been asking if I will do another event and the good news is that as long as I can secure the hall for another Saturday I will be hosting a Christmas Event.
The classes are all fully booked and we have some reserves but you are more than welcome to ring me on 01622 675078 to book a reserve place as there are cancellations that come up from time to time.
PLEASE REMEMBER even if you are not booked on a workshop you are more than welcome to come over to the hall on a class day and visit the full on site Craft Shop. the next class is 5th August. the shop will be open from 2.30pm until 9.30pm and is at
Fant Hall,Barming,ME16 8NN.

Well all that is left to say is Thank you to all my girls that helped make the day special: Rosemary, Suzanne, Cazza, Caroline and Julie and not to forget Jean.
A special get well soon for Caroline who broke her foot the week of the event and was not able to demonstrate and was gutted but made some beautiful samples and last but not least to Paul my rock that has to put up with me!!!

Well I am going to sign off now as it is starting to sound like an Oscar speech he,he!!

Big Hugs Lisa.B.X

Shadow Stamping Class Cards

Hi All,

Hope you are all well and busy crafting away. I am sorry I have not blogged much lately but I have been busy with shows and getting ready for my Paper Craft Event on Saturday 23rd July which is looming up quickly. There will be masses of new inspiration as I have been busy working on design boards and there is a huge amount of new stock with great prices and multi buy offers also a up to half price Sale section as well to pick up another great bargain. There will be great demos to watch and lets not forget the homemade cakes on offer Mmmnn.....



Can I say a huge thankyou to all the lovely ladies that attended my 8th July Shadow Stamping class. We had a great lot of fun and you all created some stunning pieces of art work for your cards. It was great to see the improvement with a lot of the ladies that have previously struggled with using distress inks but that are now really getting to grips with them and enjoying the effects that you can create with them. So well done to you all!

I thought I would post up some of my example cards so that you can have another look if you did not manage to take photos. Here are a few fairy ones....
Tumbled Glass and Stormy Sky....






Mmmm.....Bundled Sage and Forest Moss....





I love mushrooms....



A blue shadow floral card....







Well that's all for now, back to the designing. I do hope that has given you a little bit more inspiration and I will hopefully see a lot of you on Saturday.

Big Hugs Lisa.B.X

Artwork and Cards from Liverpool Show

Hi All,

I just thought I would share with you some of the artwork and cards that I did at Liverpool show with J & C.Creations last weekend. Let me know what you think.....

The flowers are made using a gorgeous new creative expressions floral umount stamp set......




Hmmmm Bundled sage with Antique Linen, one of my favourite combos.....




This is using one of my favourite stamps this year, It is a Stamp Barn flower stamp....




Kept it quite sepia for this one, using one of the great Hobby art clear stamp sets.....




Gone all arty with this one, a great one for a man. I have used a Cuttlebug folder, masses of embossing and some great Tim Holts metal add ons, see what you think....




Well that is all for now
Keeeeeep Crafting,
Big Hugs
Lisa.B.X

A little bit of Warren

Morning all,

Lovely to see the sun out today, had a busy weekend at Thetford show with J & C Creations and feeling a little tired today!

I have made some projects for Craftwork Cards over the last few weeks and I thought I would share them with you. A few Easter ideas and Birthday too.
Here's a sweetie treat.....



And an Easter cracker, wonder what's inside.....




Easter egg bucket......




Easel Shaker card......



Bunny birthday......




Hope this gives you a little inspiration. If you wish to get your hands on some Warren goodies, I stock the full Warren range for my local ladies or visit Craftwork Cards.

Have a great day!

Hugs Lisa.B.x

Craftwork Cards DT projects

Hi All,

Hope you are all well. I am so glad that the sun has come back out to play for the last few days, I think you will agree it does make us all feel a little better. Blossom is on the trees, the birds are busy nesting, ohh I do love this time of the year.
Just though I would share with you some projects I made for Craftwork cards using there gorgeous Ohh La La range. Have a look and see what you think.........







Well that's all for now, wishing you all a lovely week.

Big Hugs Lisa.B.x

Lisa. B. Designs April class

Hi All,

Wow isn't it cold today!!! I haven't felt that great all weekend with a cold and my back playing up but the lovely weather had put a spring in my step but today my spring has froze and there's not much bounce in it!! LOL!
Anyway how are you all? I know a few of my lovely's have been breaking an odd limb or two, hope you all feel better soon!

A huge thank you to all the ladies that came to my class on Friday 1st April (and help me set up) and alot of fun we had too!

All of you managed to get the hang of the resist technique and get a card completed and a lot of you also managed to get some extra art work done, so well done to you all.

Here is a little taster of what we did if you missed it......





I have had alot of great feedback from a lot of you regarding the mobile shop at the class. With many of you telling me that you love the up to date stock that I am stocking, so thank you for that. I thought I would include some pictures of the shop on here to give some of you an idea of what it is like if you missed out.

Remember the shop is open to the public on the first Frday of every month at the hall. For more details please email me at lisabaker1@btinternet.com ............











Just to let you know next monthes class is on the 6th May and there are still a few spaces. We will be doing a Trinitage card and a floral nice and easel card. If you wish to book or know more please email me at the address above.
Here is a little taster of it.......



Clean and simple on the outside with a lovely little pyramount stacker and on the inside.......



....... it explodes in to a 3 Dimentional beautiful picture.

Well that's all for now, hope you all have a great week and don't forget

Keeeeeeep crafting!!

Big Hugs Lisa.B.X