Exhall Summer workshop!!

Ohhh been busy playing with Indigo Mill goodies

Heres a little sneek of a project I have just finished for Indigo Mill

Check it out over on the Mill Pond blog soon x

What a fantastic time we had

Exhall crop was awesome this month and I really need to say lots of big thankyou’s and tell you about the fab time we had.

To start us off we had 2 lovely classes from Ann Caldwell.

Then we had Stephs birthday to celebrate and didnt we do it in style Emma cooked everyone lunch and it was DELISH.  It was a fab home made curry and my only regret is I didnt get a photo =( but big thanks Emma – you can come again !!

We also had fab make and takes using the new Silkies over in the Indigo Mills shop here!! … Claire worked her little leg warmers off and showed us some stunning techniques including, stamping, glimmering, painting, & dabbing, there are so mnay things you can do with these silkies its unbelieveable.

Steph and her dept. manager Marie whipped us some lovely treats just check out this fab shortbread and yummi cupcakes that we all got to eat (yum yum)

And that wasn’t the end by a long shot!!

Steph’s beautiful birthday pressie in the form of magician Doc was delivered at lunchtime along with a beautiful orchid!

I have never seen Steph blush quite so much, lets not mention the girlie giggles… oops to late sorry Seph.

Huge thanks to all that made this a special day, i’m sure we will be talking about it for a long time

Claire xx

Exhall Coventry Crop Sunday 28th March

The next crop is looming and this month we have our very own talent Ann Caldwell teaching us two very lovely classes.

If you are interested in joing us on Sunday the price for the days is £15 and includes your class kit supplied by Sarahs Cards, two layout classes, refreshments and fab shopping from Indigo Mill.

Here is this months sneek peek of Ann’s classes.

Rebekah’s Birthday Bash Accordion Envelope Book

 

Welcome to my little blog. I hope you are all enjoying all the fab projects on offer this weekend.

Here is my project for you,  it’s an accordion book made from small envelopes, it’s very simple to make and requires only small amounts of paper so it’s ideal for using up your scraps or 6×6 paper pads.

So here are the items you will need to make an accordion envelope book:

10x Envelopes (Any size will work) I used 10 x 6.8cm

10x Insert cards (I used ATC size cards)

Scraps or small sheets of patterened paper

Scraps of cardstock

Ribbons

Embellishments

Foam pads/adhesive

Hole punch/Cropodile

Tea bag /Inks

Small alphabet stickers

Small tag

Seed beads.

Step 1

Distress your envelopes and insert cards using ink or a wet tea bag.

Step 2

When they are dry attach DST to the inside flap of each envelope and attach in the pattern below continuing until you have attached all 10 envelopes.

Step 3

Fold up your envelopes along the creases to create an accordion book.

Step 4

Decorate your book with papers and a few embellishments.

I used a plain tag and decorated it with beads to add an extra little touch to the front cover of my book.

Decorate the insert cards with paper on one side and stamp a journalling block on the back .

Punch a hole in one of the longer sides of each insert and thread through a piece of ribbon to make removing the cards easier.

Step 5

Select a lovely piece of ribbon to tie around your book to hold it all together with a cute bow.

I hope you have fun with this tutorial, your next stop in the blog hop will be over to the talented Fabi Ormerod in Curitiba.

Last in line in the blog bash today is my old Mukka Traciedoodle Oakes, definately worth a visit !

Love Claire x

 

Have you started hopping yet?

Its Rebekah’s Birthday !!

 

What a fab way to celebrate by spending the whole weekend hopping around a few lush blogs and playing with your crafting goodies!!

Rebekah has organised an awesome amount of support from some very talented ladies many offering RAK’s and prizes to those taking part.

Check back tomorrow for my contribution to the party.

Dont miss all the fun start hopping HERE..

Have a fab Birthday Rebekah xx

Ohhh look whats happening over at Rebekah’s place

 

Check out all the fun very soon HERE

Update at last

I know it’s been a long while since I have blogged and I will never be able to catch up so much has been happening but, I am back with a few of my recent layouts to share.

and I will be taking part in a Birthday celebration really soon so check back for a new tutorial  x

Exhall Christmas workshop 29th November

Exciting times ahead at Exhall on 29th November we have the one and ony Cleo Jarvis coming along to share in the festivities and teach some very Unique and festive classes for us.

This will be the last crop at Exhall this year so dont miss out on the party!!

Included in the price for this day will be exceptional kits from Bellaboo, shopping from the Bellaboo shop, Lunch, Raffles and all day refreshments.

Dont miss out all this for just £40, places are very limited and only a few are left, so book now with a £10 deposit to secure your place.

Contact me for more details claire.wheatley@ntlworld.com.

Dt duties

I have been very busy this last week, doing my bit for Steph over at Indigo Mills

Steph gave me some wonderfull goodies to make some projects for this months design team leaftlet, available with the monthly kit. The kit will be crammed full of inspiration and ideas and this month Steph has put together something very different ohhh.

Check out the monthly kits for yourself!

 

Here are a few sneek peeks of some of the things I have made with shop goodies.