Craft Club Sneak Peak!

Thank you to those who have replied to my email . It would be most useful if you could let me know whether you are able to come along on Monday. This is a quick post just to give you a sneak peak of the project we'll be doing! There will be no messy fingers and.....wait for it.....NO STAMPING! How can that be???!!! Well I thought I would do something different this month and as promised you will be making some sort of calender thingy, but it hasn't turned out quiet as I had planned in my head! Well you should know me well enough by now and that shouldn't come as too much of a surprise!

As you can see there will be lots of butterflies and some yummy metal bits. OOOooo... Can't wait! Hope to see you Monday. TTFN Lynne xxx

Pan Pastels

Good evening. I'm on a roll at the moment, can't stop blogging!!! I'm sure the novelty will soon wear off! I thought I would share with you my love of Pan Pastels. I am a real fan of Distress Inks and really didn't know if I would enjoy playing with these lovely pots of vibrant pigments. Pan pastels are great fun to use. What I love about them is how easy it is to create beautiful layered backgrounds. If you fix each layer before progressing to the next you will find very little blending leaving a beautiful clean effect. But if you want to blend your colours that is just so simple. Make a mistake, then you can erase it with a normal rubber. So forgiving and a wonderful range of must have colours - All 80 of them. You will need them all!

I still love my Distress Inks but Pan Pastels come a close second. I can see myself using them alot! Well I had better as I have invested in all 80 colours! I am arranging with Marion at SUGAR AND SPICE to do a demo there so watch this space. I'll let you know the date as soon as we get it sorted. Buy for now, Lynne xxx

Andy Skinner Demo

Good Morning. Had a lovely morning last Saturday at Pinnacle Crafts . Andy Skinner was demonstrating and I just love his techniques. It was great to be able to be part of the audience instead of sitting the other side of the table! Although I did get itchy fingers!!! I enrolled a while back on his online Book of Secrets workshop and made Tony this Book Box for his 30th Birthday. Can't believe I have a Son who's 30!!!!

We also had a play with the same techniques at last months Craft2gether Club. We had 24 people attend, some of who were newby's, so I hope you all enjoyed it and will be back for more next week!!! We are making a Calendar cum notice board thingy!!! You had better come along to see what its all about!

Ta Ta for now! Lynne xxx

A New Beginning

Much to my surprise, little ol' me seems to have time on her hands!!! My role as Regional Account Manager for Creative Expressions is no more and I now have a real part time job! I will also be doing freelance workshops and demonstrations and I'm really looking forward to having time to play with my Stash of crafty bits. Some of which haven't seen the light of day for quiet a while! I will try really hard to post regularly because I no longer have the excuse of not having the time!!!! I hope to see some of you at one of my demonstrations or workshops. DENNY BROS Workshop Thanks to all the lovely peeps attending last Fridays workshop. Lots of fun was had by all. We even had a lovely young man join in with his Grandma and he did really well.

This is a shadow box, so simple to construct and great to give as a card or gift. Can be hung, or in this case we have used Tim Holtz's small easel diecut to stand it.

The next workshop will take place on Saturday 24th November. Please contact Katie Brett at Denny Bros, Bury St Edmunds to book your place.I'll post some sneak peaks nearer the time! Bye for now Lynne xxx