Mega Sale News!

Another of Lisa's sample cards.  Hobby Art image stamped with black ink & embossed with WOW Clear Sparkle embossing powder.

Morning blog visitors, just a quick post to let you know that the December newsletter should be winging its way to youir inboxes any minute now, if it's not there already.

Friday's afternoon class is completely booked, but a few places have become available in the evening class, so if you'd like to attend please email Lisa as soon as possible; enquiries@lisabdesigns.co.uk

In other news, there will a big SALE in the craft shop for the duration of the two classes on Friday.  There will be Christmas & non-Christmas items included, so if you fancy a bargain, come along to Fant Hall, Barming, between 2.30 & 9.30pm on Friday.

Here's the newsletter in full......

Hi All,

I hope you are all starting to get ready for Christmas and feel that Christmas festive feeling.....

Have you got your presents yet, I bet a lot of you are all organised and finished for Christmas, I still have quite a lot to get........

Well as you can imagine I have been very busy getting ready for the Christmas Party Class which is this Friday 7th December. I am looking forward to seeing you all and have a lot of surprises for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will be cooking all day on Thursday so that we can enjoy a lovely buffet after you have finished your projects and there will be a whole lot of fun in between too.

There is also going to be a PRE-CHRISTMAS MEGA SALE on Friday too.

This will be on some Christmas and non Christmas items too.

It is to clear the way for new stock in the New Year.

I am going out to CHA in America in January with Denise and Jennifer from

                          J & C Creations, so hoping to see some lovely new goodies to get in.

Anyone is welcome to pop in to the shop for the SALE but please be aware that the Party Class will be on and is for the Pre-Booked ladies only.

FULL MOBILE CRAFT SHOP

is open to everyone to call in as they wish.

The shop is open from 2.30pm to 9.30pm at Fant Hall, Barming. ME16 8NN.

Don't forget your loyalty cards!

I have re-stocked on some of the stamps and dies that some of you missed out on last months class so let me know if you want any reserved and of course there is a lot of new items too. The Indigo Blu flitter glue and flakes are all back in as well as many other items too.

The class is actually fully booked on the first class but there has become available four places on the second class 6.30pm - 9.30pm due to family circumstances, so please let me know a.s.a.p if you want to attend.

The price of this class is £17.00.

As a lot of you know who have attended before we always have a lot of fun at the end of year Christmas party and as well as making two projects you get a full buffet and a whole lot of fun and don't forget one lucky winner will win the Craft Hamper with £100.00 worth of goodies in it.

If you wish to find out more about classes or follow my Show and Demo Cards and Projects you can follow me on any of the links below:

Blog: http://lisabdesignsinspiration.blogspot.co.uk/

Website: http://www.lisabdesigns.co.uk/workshops-demo-dates-cms-47.html

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Well that's all for now I will see a lot of you on Friday

Big Hugs

Lisa.B.X

 

 

I hope to be back later with something to show you that is related to Friday's class.  Have a great Tuesday.

 

Kirsten

November Challenge Winner!!

Happy Monday, everyone.  Here's the winner of the November challenge.  I assigned numbers as follows:

1 Georgina
2 Andree
3 Maeve
4 Maeve
5 Maeve
6 Maeve

Gave the numbers to Random.org & this is what it gave me........

Congratulations Maeve! 

Please contact Lisa at enquiries@lisabdesigns.co.uk for your voucher code. 

Thank you to the three ladies for taking part.

I'm delighted to see that we've had our first two entries into December's challenge, you can see them HERE.  It would be nice to have £20 to spend on crafting goodies in January, wouldn't it?  So, show us your papercrafting 'Christmas Joy' projects, after all, if you're not in, you can't win - and entering more than once increases your chances of winning.  And if you have crafting friends, why not encourage them to enter?

I'll be back tomorrow evening, (fingers crossed), so until then, take care & happy crafting.

Kirsten

New Month, New Challenge

Hello, I hope you are enjoying your weekend so far, despite the freezing weather.  And happy 1st of December to you also.  Just a very quick post to tell you that Lisa has sent me the photos of the cards she made while demonstrating at the NEC in Birmingham & there's a new challenge on the challenge page.

Here's the first one & there's another on the challenge page.  The photos do not do these cards jutice, Lisa used glitter embossing powders on them & they shimmer & shine.  I'm sure she will have them at the class next Friday, because they really need to be seen in 'real life'.

I will show you the rest in the coming days.  Until next time, take care & happy crafting.

Kirsten

More Christmas Fairies

 

Hello blog visitors, Kirsten here.  How's your week been so far?  Christmas shopping done & cards made?  No, me neither.  I did speak with a friend last night who, not only has her cards made, but has all her gifts wrapped as well!!  I tried to be jealous, but I'm too tired. :)

 

I finally got a few half decent photos of the wall-hanging I made last weekend, so that's what I'd like to show you today. 

 

 

This is the largest topper in the set & initially, I didn't know what to do with it.  I thought about rocker cards & all sorts of things.  When I finally decided on the hanging & put it against the green core'dinations card, it did not look right.  I looked through some magazines for inspiration & saw projects that used doilies & remembered I have some in my stash.  Fortunately, I had one that was a perfect size & when I coloured it with Barn Door distress ink, it was perfect.


I gave the flowers an extra embellishment by wrapping two pieces of wire around a pencil, pierced holes through the topper & secured them on the back.

 These images are so detailed & I wanted them to be seen fully, so I kept everything very simple.  On these sections, I embossed the core'dinations with a snowflake embossing folder & cut the toppers with the largest of the Spellbinders scallop die.

The final additions were adhesive pearls, Glamour Dust glitter, Glossy Accents & red ribbon bows.

Here's the finished piece.  Apologies for the rubbish photo, putting the hanging on the wall didn't work, so I put it on the floor.

 

 

 

 

                 

Thanks for visiting the blog.  A quick reminder that this month's challenge ends tomorrow night, November 30, at 11pm, so there's a little more than 27 hours left to enter.

Until next time, take care & happy crafting.

Embossed Indigo Blu

Good evening from a very wet Kent.  The weather has been horrible the last few days, but at least we haven't had the horrendous flooding other parts of the country are dealing with.

 

I wanted to show you another wall hanging I'd made with the Hobby House toppers, but I've found it impossible to get a decent photograph of it, no matter where I go in the house.  I'll keep trying, maybe tomorrow we'll get some sun.  So, instead, here are two more cards that I made with the Indigo Blu 'Season's Greetings' stamp.  This time, instead of the mega flakes, I used embossing powders, because I know that not everyone likes the messiness of the flakes & Flitter Glu.

 

 

 

 

 

I used red embossing powder on this first card, then overstamped the Kanban flourish stamp & used white & gold EPs.  I didn't like the starkness of the white cardstock, so I blended Antique Linen & Old Paper distress inks over it.  Once I'd put it onto gold mirri card, it looked much better.

 

I stamped the flourish & the IB stamp in gold onto a piece of core'dinations & die cut three circles. I gave them a bauble-like shape by cutting tiny pieces for the top & edging with a decorative-edge scissors.  I attached the baubles to strips of acetate that I'd covered with adhesive ribbon & curved them around a pot of EP so that they don't lie flat against the card.

 

 

 

 

After all the bling of the previous IB cards I'd made, I kept this one very simple.  The snowflake paper has been in my stash for AGES & I have no idea where it's from.  I was happily surprised when I realised that I had a blue EP that exactly matched the core'dinations card which I embossed with a snowflake embossing folder.  I added some adhesive gems & pearls & the twine & that was it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                 

 

Hope you like today's cards, thanks for visiting.  Andree has entered a lovely card in the challenge, go HERE to see it & you still have time to enter your own project.

 

Until next time, take care & happy crafting.

 

Kirsten

Hobby House Christmas Elves

Hello blog visitors, happy Saturday.  This post could take me a while.  Not only am I watching Strictly Come Dancing, but my fingers are freezing, it's so cold!

Anyway, to business.  After making a lot of cards, I needed a change, so when I saw these little elves I thought a mini bunting might be nice.

I started out by embossing the purple core'dinations card with gold EP, with some baubles stamps I have in my Christmas stash.  When I put the card onto the white bunting it did not look right at all, so I went through my green distress inks & found that Bundled Sage matched the green core'dinations card I was also using.  I think it worked very well & brought all the elements together.

I love these Hobby House flowers, these are the Red Velvet ones.  I pierced holes in the bunting, so that I could push the floers through & then secured them at the back.

I added Glamour Dust to the elves, Glossy Accents to the baubles & some gold liquid pearls as embellishments.

Here's the finished piece.  The bells have been in my stash for ages, I couldn't resist adding them to this.

Coincidentally, Maeve used some of these toppers on her cards which she has entered into the challenge, you can see them HERE.  And it's only November 24, so there's still time to enter.  the more often you enter, the more chance you have of winning the £20 voucher to spend at www.lisabdesigns.co,uk

Clicking on the links below will take you to the items I used on the bunting.  The other Hobby House die cut toppers can be found HERE & the flowers HERE.



             


Thanks for visiting the blog, until next time, take care.

Kirsten

Hobby House Christmas Fairies

 

Evening all, isn't it cold??  I hope you're having a splendid week so far.  I've been having a play with the new Hobby House Christmas toppers.  These are the smallest toppers from the Christmas Fairies set & for some reason, (maybe because today is Thanksgiving in the USA & there's been a lot of talk about various food items on Twitter & Facebook), I thought of making table place names with them. 

 

 

I die cut the scalloped circles from core'dinations card.  The names were stamped onto tickets made with a Kanban stamp & embossed with gold EP.

 

 

I added Glossy Accents & Glamour Dust to the images & gold liquid pearls on the scallop borders.

 

 

That's it.  I don't use toppers that often, but these images are very sweet.  Something like this might be a nice idea if you're having a large number for Christmas lunch & there's a seperate table for the children.

    

Thanks for visiting the blog today.  I'll be back - probably on Saturday - with a little project made with the Hobby House Christmas Elves toppers.  And if you like these toppers, there are lots of others from Hobby House on the website.