Christmas Craft Retreat Day - Joy To The World 

I can't believe it's been almost a week since I held my all day Christmas Craft Event. There was a flurry of excitement and preparation in the run up to it, cutting card bases, layers and elements all ready to go in the kits.

You can see all the Christmassy colours in the off cuts!

Many, many copper foil Baubles were cut.

I am so blessed to have had one of my team running the day with me. Linda is very creative and excellent at teaching. I really couldn't have done it without her.

We had a whole day of crafting, chatting, laughing and creativity. Accompanied by Mince Pies, biscuits and a flow of teas and coffees.

The ladies made four different cards, five of each.

We used punches and stamps, heat embossing, die cutting and water colouring.

We had a light lunch of soup/rolls and or Jacket potatoes crispy from the oven with cheese and butter and or baked beans - simple but tasty! There was of course plenty of cake!!

It was a Christmas Stamp A Stack event so we had to have a little Christmas music playing in the background whilst we crafted and pretended it wasn't October. Many beautiful hand made Christmas cards were completed. It was lovely!

We rounded the day off with more tea and cake and a fabulous raffle with some great prizes.

Lots of beautiful papers were used!

We had such a lovely day I can't wait for the next one. I hold a regular class every month and and all day event like this, quarterly - this generally coincides with the release of new products which means we get to play with new goodies!

It was such a fun day with an amazing group of ladies. Some experienced and some new to paper crafting. Sunday was followed by Monday's Coffee and Cards. There was no Tuesday session this week due to half term but I have been crafting as well as having some fun half term days out.

I hope you have enjoyed seeing what we got up to at the Christmas Craft Day . I will be updating my Classes and Events page shortly so do get in touch if you think you might be interested in attending, I'd love to have you.

I am of course, very grateful if you choose me to be your demonstrator and you shop with me. If you shop online, don't forget to use the hostess code if your order is between £20 - £150 for a small gift from me.

Hostess Code This Month - 

PP34VAD9

I also send a little hand made gift and card to all my customers . I really appreciate all my customers because without them I wouldn't be here.

EXCITING NEWS!!! The new seasonal catalogue has come out !!

View The New Seasonal/Christmas Catalogue Here

Drop me an e mail or a message if you would like me to send you your own - theres nothing like browsing a paper copy 💕

I really hope you like seeing what I have been up to. Do drop back in to see what I will be making next!  Click on the subscribe button in the side bar to follow my blog if you don't want to miss anything.

Hope to speak to you soon, 

Kate x 

Water Colouring at Coffee and Cards

Love What You Do!

I have used this stamp set so much for "stepped up" cards. I love the flower image so much. If you look on Pinterest or You Tube you can find a TON of examples. What I hadn't realised at first was that this was also the perfect set for a clean and simple one layer card! And thus perfect for Coffee and Cards.

This card is perfect for beginners or those just building their supplies. It uses one Stamp Set, a Memento Black ink pad , a little water spritzer and three Stampin Write Markers. Add in your card base and layer and that is it!

I have used the back ground stamp in the set to colour onto in three horizontal stripes using the three different colour markers, spritzed lightly with water and stamped onto the Whisper White card stock. Leave until dry (just a few moments) and then stamp the flower image and sentiment in Memento ink over the top. It creates a lovely water colour effect behind the flowers.

The ladies made some beautiful cards!

All that is left to finish it off then is to add a little of the same colours to the petals.

Don't forget to stamp on your envelope too. None of my ladies send cards with naked envelopes these days 😀Though I did forget to snap a pic of their envelopes.

It's great to demonstrate a beautiful card using just a few products - you don't have to own everything to make something gorgeous especially when Stampin Up make everything to match.

Here are all the products we used to make the card with clickable links to my online shop

I use more products and demonstrate techniques at my Monthly class to make more "stepped up" cards. Here are a couple of examples using the same stamp set .

This one uses the Jar Of Love stamps and Die set too.

We have added in the pretty Share What You Love DSP on these ones.

This one has the Lovely Floral Embossing Folder which is part of the Suite

I have added a die cut from the Sunshine Wishes Thinlit Dies and sponged it to match the flower here.

It really is the perfect set for crafters of all abilities - or stash size! You can use it with minimal supplies or add on to it. Either way you will end up with beautiful cards.

You can click on the product images above or alternatively,

  You can shop with me here  or click the link at the top.

We have a new catalogue !! It is amazing! Full of beautiful paper craft products!- Have you got yours? Let me know if you would like a copy and I will pop one in the post. We also have lots of brand new colours in our colour families. You can see the PDF of the new Annual Catalogue here too  or click the catalogue image in the side bar.

Everyone who orders from me online receives a hand made card and a small hand made gift. Don't forget to use the hostess code when you checkout to get an added gift from me when you place an online order. 

This Month's Hostess Code is XMRF7M9X

 Join Stampin' Up! and choose any £130 of products to go in your starter kit,  plus free shipping all for £99!   There is no risk involved, there is lots of support if you wish to take it as a business opportunity but also no obligation to sell or demonstrate if you choose not to WIN WIN!  I would love to have you on my team. Do get in touch if you would like to take advantage of this great offer, or Join Here

I really hope you like seeing what I have been up to. Do drop back in to see what I will be making next!  Click on the subscribe button in the side bar to follow my blog if you don't want to miss anything.

Thank you for stopping by. Kate x