March Workshop Schedule

Welcome to the studio schedule for March. Spring hasn't yet sprung but it is nice to put the grey Winter days behind us and anticipate some brighter times so there is lots of lovely colour in these workshops to cheer us up.

Bloomin' Marvellous 2 Sat 28 March 10am to 1pm

 

I have had to make a couple of scheduling changes so, with apologies, AJ Sunday will move (again!) from the first Sunday of the month to the last, the bonus being there will be two sessions in March to make up for the inconvenience. Stop By and Stamp will move from Thursdays to Wednesdays and weekday workshops will be on Tuesday mornings or Thursday afternoons on alternate weeks. Saturday workshops remain as they are and from April there will be a Wednesday evening workshop too!

Sunday 1 March 11am to 3pm

Art Journal Sunday £5

Drop by the studio between 11am and 3pm and join in the fun with inks, stamps, stencils, masks, paints and other media all provided. Just bring your journal, pour yourself a cuppa and get started.

Wednesday 4 March 11am to 3pm

Stop By and Stamp £5

Whether you are a beginner or an experienced crafter, make cards, scrapbook layouts, art journal pages or create Mixed Media pieces, stamps are a great addition. In these sessions we make all our workshop tools, stamps and consumables available to you so you can have fun experimenting and creating without having to buy all the bits and pieces. Why not drop by, enjoy a cuppa and have a go.

Thursday 5 March 2pm to 5pm

Ombré Cards £15/1 Snazzy Voucher

One of the up and coming trends in crafting is ombré backgrounds. simple to achieve with a variety of inks, paints, Pan Pastels, Inktense blocks etc it is a wonderful base for cards suitable across generations and occasions. Come along and make some with me.

Bloomin' Marvellous 1 Tues 10 March 10am to 1pm

Tuesday 10 March 10am to 1pm

Take One Stamp - Bloomin' Marvellous 1 £15/1 Snazzy Voucher

In this workshop we will be using a brand new stamp set from the amazing Lin Brown with three different techniques to create some beautiful and vibrant cards to cheer us upon a grey winter's day.

Wednesday 11 March 11am to 3pm

Stop By and Stamp £5

Whether you are a beginner or an experienced crafter, make cards, scrapbook layouts, art journal pages or create Mixed Media pieces, stamps are a great addition. In these sessions we make all our workshop tools, stamps and consumables available to you so you can have fun experimenting and creating without having to buy all the bits and pieces. Why not drop by, enjoy a cuppa and have a go.

Mixed Media Canvas Saturday 14 March 11am to 4pm

Saturday 14 March 11am to 4pm

Mixed Media Canvas £30/2 Snazzy Vouchers

Join me for a creative session with paints and inks, masks and stencils, texture paste and other media with lots of pretty wooden embellishments from Kaisercraft to alter and incorporate into your project.

Wednesday 18 March 11am to 3pm

Stop By and Stamp £5

Whether you are a beginner or an experienced crafter, make cards, scrapbook layouts, art journal pages or create Mixed Media pieces, stamps are a great addition. In these sessions we make all our workshop tools, stamps and consumables available to you so you can have fun experimenting and creating without having to buy all the bits and pieces. Why not drop by, enjoy a cuppa and have a go.

Envelope Book Thursday 19 March 2pm to 5pm

Thursday 19 March 2pm to 5pm

Envelope Book £15/1 Snazzy Voucher

In this workshop we will be using ordinary spare envelopes as the base to create a pretty little book with lots of pockets and tags to hold all your photos and journaling. Free choice of colour way, papers etc.

March Layout Tuesday 24 March 10am to 1pm

Tuesday 24 March 10am to 1pm

March Layout Workshop £15/1 Snazzy Voucher

Come along and create a unique and interesting layered layout incorporating stamps, stencils and dies. I have used one 31/2" x 31/2" photo plus six 3" x 2" in a mix of portrait and landscape but a selection of any smallish photos would work equally well.

Wednesday 25 March 11am to 3pm

Stop By and Stamp £5

Whether you are a beginner or an experienced crafter, make cards, scrapbook layouts, art journal pages or create Mixed Media pieces, stamps are a great addition. In these sessions we make all our workshop tools, stamps and consumables available to you so you can have fun experimenting and creating without having to buy all the bits and pieces. Why not drop by, enjoy a cuppa and have a go.

Saturday 28 March 10am to 1pm

Take One Stamp - Bloomin' Marvellous 2 £15/1 Snazzy Voucher

Another brand new set of stamps from the super talented Lin Brown with lots more ideas for taming those rampant blooms and vines into beautiful cards.

Bloomin' Marvellous Hanging Sat 28 March 2pm to 5pm

Saturday 28 March 2pm to 5pm

Bloomin' Marvellous Hanging £15/1 Snazzy Voucher

A lovely gift if you can bear to give it away, but a beautiful piece of wall art for your own home if you can't. We will be using a combination of two of the new stamp sets used for cards earlier this month to create a mixed media hanging using paint, inks, stencils and a few surprises along the way.

Sunday 29 March 11am to 3pm

Art Journal Sunday £5

Drop by the studio between 11am and 3pm and join in the fun with inks, stamps, stencils, masks, paints and other media all provided. Just bring your journal, pour yourself a cuppa and get started.

Remember, to save 20% on your workshops in our studio all you need to do is buy a Snazzy Workshop Voucher in advance of the day you are coming to class, easy!

In all our workshops and drop in sessions we provide everything you need to complete the project including tools and basic consumables such as adhesive. If you would prefer to work with your own tools, you are very welcome to bring them along.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Posted with Blogsy

It's all about the workshops! (Part 1)

Three of the most common questions I am asked at shows, during demonstrations, in the studio, in the supermarket, and even at the local petrol station this morning is 'do you teach workshops?', 'do you still teach workshops?', and 'can you teach me to do/make that?'

You got it, I have been doing this for a looong time and it is, for me, all about the workshops!

So, I thought I'd share with you a bit about what I teach, where I teach and the sort of projects you could expect to make with me in my studio or on the road.

Bloomin' Marvellous 1 Tuesday 10 March 10am to 1pm

I teach a whole range of workshops in art journaling, mixed media, mini books, scrapbooking and card making. I am an addicted stamper and it is rare for me to teach a workshop that doesn't include a stamp somewhere along the way. I tend to structure workshops around a product or technique but it certainly doesn't mean that will be the only product or technique you will use in the class.

Today I thought I'd cover what you can expect in one of my cardmaking workshops using some of this month's class samples to illustrate.

The first workshop I taught in Wiltshire almost 15 years ago, I christened 'Take One Stamp' because that is exactly what we did. I wanted people to really look at the stamps they were buying, the whole image and the elements, and either see the potential in a new stamp or just leave it on the shelf. I am still teaching at least one 'Take One Stamp' each month, and the photo above is typical of one of these workshops using these fab newly released stamps from Lin Brown for PaperArtsy.

Card making workshops in the studio are generally three hours long and will involve three projects to really expand your technique arsenal plus one or two much simpler cards, often made with the leftovers from the first three. The projects will all use the same stamps but with several different techniques.

I will always demonstrate the techniques involved in my samples as we go along but you may choose to use different colour ways, greetings, size or shape of cards - we keep our workshops small so we can offer you that flexibility.

These stamps are fairly large and this is wonderful for mixed media artists, those who keep Art Journals and scrapbookers but cardmakers sometimes find larger stamps a bit overwhelming, so this class will focus on how to get the most from larger scale stamps by using part of the stamp, shrink plastic, masking and framing, with some quick colouring ideas thrown in for good measure.

Also this month I have some quirky cards using Darcy's new stamps, also for PaperArtsy but very different in feel.

I love these stamps and they are so very versatile, none of the elements have to just be used as they are and I always think that is what makes stamps exciting. I still have one card to finish for this workshop - I messed up the (very simple) masking on it and yes, I will take along the 'reject' to the workshop as it illustrates more easily than my words can what went awry for me!

These are the others.

Quirky Cards Saturday 28 February 10am to 1pm

I charge £15 for a three hour workshops like these ones, but don't forget if you pay for your workshop with a Snazzy voucher, bought in advance of the day of the class, you only pay £12, a saving of 20%, so with 4/5 cards to make in each class, great value for money too!

We supply everything you need to make the workshop projects but you are welcome to bring along your own tools if you prefer.

I have had to change around the original February workshop schedule a bit and have spoken individually to all the customers whose bookings are affected. You will find the revised version here, and the March schedule is on it's way.

Thank you for popping by, I will be back later with the lowdown on other workshops, I hope you will join me then x

 

 

Posted with Blogsy

What's happening this weekend?

Well, surprise, surprise Snazzys workshops this week have all had a Valentine's theme, but easily adapted to wedding/engagement too, and this weekend carries on in the same vein. Full details are over at http://sosimplysnazzy.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/february-workshops.html

We are open 11am to 3pm today and 10am to 5pm tomorrow, and have three weekend specials for you this time, all from Ranger.

Distress Crackle Paints were £5.75/£4.75 now £2.85/£2.35

Adirondack Paint Dabbers were £4.75/£3.30 all now £1.65

Adirondack Pigment Inkpads all colours were £5.45 each now any three for £10

 

New in store are A5 PaperArtsy stamps just launched this week at £19.95. I am 'hard at work' today with one of the striking new Lin Brown sets ready for a workshop later this month, and had great fun with some of Darcy's quirky and very versatile stamps yesterday at our new weekly Stop By & Stamp session.

 

We also have re stocks of WOW's fantastic embossing powders, just £2.50 each or any five for £10 - and yes it included all the different whites!

That's all for now, back very soon with peeks at my new samples.

Hope to see you then x

 

Posted with Blogsy