bringing you right up to date...

I apologise for my tardiness in updating the blog but the virus I have had since December keeps rearing its ugly head and one day I am feeling so much better and the next day - wham! I am left wondering what hit me -

Well, here is Friday's class ladies. Its a frame and a card. The frame will take 2 weeks to make as it needs time to thoroughly dry before decorating it and the card will fill the rest of the time. It is quite an adaptable card - it is initially a Valentine card but could equally be used for a wedding, an anniversary, a new baby or even a sympathy card with just a change of greeting
The photos really don't do the projects justice - they are in the shop window if you have time to pop along -
Also in the shop window is this lovely jigsaw puzzle frame that I decorated but sadly this one won't be a class - these frames have almost sold out...
here's a close up of the two interlocking die-cut jigsaw pieces stamped and shrunk... this is part of the window display - I can't seem to get a good shot of the window display - it has the mini canvases and both these frames and looks a real treat...
and here's Becky... and the Wednesday girls with their completed canvases... and here's Ruth, newbie Barbara and Pat showing last Friday's canvases... All based on the same one but all different...
Hopefully, things will be back to normal healthwise very shortly and I will blog more regularly
Bye for now
Sue

This Friday's class

I have been asked to put the projects on here that I teach in class so here are three canvases that I made with Valentine's Day in mind. Ladies, you will be able to make one of these this Friday the 3rd February - the choice will be yours but you will need to bring your own photos.
The pictures on mine are from a Darkroom Door sheet and I paired up the men with ladies -
the first canvas is the teenage innocence - when they believe they will be together forever and friends forever - soft and sweet the second is the older stage of romance - the wining and dining and loads of red roses to show you care -
and the third one is the settled down - maybe married or planning a wedding but still very romantic -
Am I daft - or do you see what I see in them - let me know...
and I will be back tomorrow with the next week's projects.

Bye for now
Sue

My Lovely Monday girls...

For the last four weeks I have been teaching the younger girls drawing and painting techniques. They experimented by dropping alcohol into various paints to see/get a reaction and learnt the proportions of a face and the construction of flowers and to get texture into hair and lots more... their concentration is amazing considering their age...
and here they all are - ages 11, 10, 9, 11,7 and 7 - with their finished work...
pretty good hey!!Right, I'm off for food

Bye for now
Sue

Plastic fantastic

Long post today so settle with a cuppa and a biccie and enjoy...
When the Sizzix friendly plastic dies first came into the shop last year I made all these samples and haven't had a chance to demo them what with Christmas and all that .... The plastic is fiddly to work with but if you can overlook the odd misshapen piece they work just fine. I have worn the brooch and one of the pieces has gone abroad so they are lovely to give as presents...
here's a close look at a layered necklace - the tiny stamped image is from a Tim Holtz stamp set before shrinking and the brooch is layered with a brad...
a small bracelet and a simple pair of earrings.....
another couple of necklaces - the one is diecut from a christmas ornament die pinned through with a copper brad and hanging from a plaited waxed cord and the other is from a shrink die embellished with a bead and a metal charm...
and on Friday 13th I taught it to a class of ladies - it's great fun watching it curl and roll around...
and if you look at Cristina's blog Cristinejoy - Scrap you will see the pieces she made on there...
Mu might be smiling but nothing went to plan for her so only Ruth's pieces to see...

and here's Pat happily showing what she made... and then this Friday we moved on to Friendly Plastic.....
I showed the ladies how to join pieces together, marbling, patchwork, draping, flowers, a use for the dreaded peeloffs and then left them to play... and here's Pat pieces - aren't they fun -
and Mu's adorned with a bit of bling and embedded with peel offs!!! but a good use for them...
and last but definitely not least here's Ruth's.....
Well, before you desert in droves with boredom I'll go now but I have sooooo many new projects to share with you on here that I will be back much sooner - hopefully - then I have in recent weeks.
Bye for now
Sue

Winner of give-away

This is my random number generator. She is a Lhasa Apso called Kyipo who can sniff out a stray piece of paper at 10 metres....she had just had a bath a few days ago I laid the pieces of paper on the floor and called - Kyipo come - usually she bounds in eager to please and......pieces of paper are ripe pickings - she is off with them.... but today she refused to co-operate - why am I surprised... she's a girl after all!!! eventually success - she pushed slip number 4 but still refused to look at me!!! Marsha if you email me your snail mail address I will get the die in the post to you.

I am now totally drained after that manic fifteen minutes and now have less than 10 minutes to shower, wash my hair and go to the shop!
Bye for now
Sue

The Give away is now closed...

Firstly, thank you to the 4 new followers - I didn't reach 50 but 46 is a lot nearer than 42. Very happy.
Can I suggest to those folks who have been following me a while that you take a look at the newbies blogs and leave a welcome comment - its always nice to know someone is looking at your work isn't it?

Ok its just gone midnight on Tuesday 24th and the give-away is now closed. I will activate my random generator first thing in the morning and do the draw to see who's won so take a look after 9.30 Spanish time - 8.30 UK time - don't know elsewhere in the world sorry!

Bye for now
Sue

Ta Da!!! Post 300...

.......and a GIVE-AWAY.

It's hard to believe that when I started this blog in October 2008 we would now be celebrating 300 postings...and 42 lovely followers. Perhaps I can persuade a few others to follow my blog to push the number up to 50 - here's hoping...

If you comment here at the bottom of this post before midnight on Tuesday 24th January you will be in with a chance of winning this beautiful die from Sizzix. It is one of their shrink plastic jewellery range. Remember, if you don't leave a comment you won't win so don't be shy - its very easy.
Bye for now
Sue