September Workshops @ Snazzys

Hello again and welcome, I can't believe Summer has been and gone and the children are on their way back to school, college and uni; the time just passes far too quickly. Anyway we have a host of new workshop for you both looking back to Summer with a really pretty mixed media project with Prima's fab Garden Fables collection, and forward too with our first Christmas workshops starting with a double cardmaking day to get you started on your cards.

We also have a new Croptime session starting on the first Tuesday of each month so if you fancy a social scrapping session then do pop along, if it proves popular then we will add an evening session too, let me know what you think.

Tuesday 1 September 11am to 3pm

Croptime £5

Are you a scrapbooker? Thinking about scrapping? Got lots of photos but don't know where to start? Stuck for layout ideas? If this sounds like you then why not pop along to our new Croptime drop in session between 11am and 3pm on the first Tuesday of each month. It is not a taught workshop but more of a social session where we are happy to share all our tools and equipment with a few ideas thrown into the pot too! Kettle and coffee pot are on so just bring along whatever want to work on, beginners very welcome.

Wednesday 2 September 11am to 3pm and 6pm to 9pm

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.

Wednesday 9 September 11am to 3pm and 6pm to 9pm

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 12 September 10am to 1pm

Silver Bells £15/1 SWV *

In this workshop we will be using the fresh and pretty Silver Bells collection from Kaisercraft. With pink, silver, glitter and blue we will be using lots of different techniques to create five Christmas cards with a modern twist.

Saturday 12 September 2pm to 5pm

Home for Christmas £15/1 SWV *

A more traditional Christmas colour scheme with these cards in reds and greens with some added texture for interest. Stamps and papers from Kaisercraft again with lots of ideas, tips and techniques to get you started.

*September Double Cardmaking Offer - if you book both these workshops and pay for them in advance via PayPal or with Snazzy Workshop Vouchers, we will give you a free Studio Voucher (worth £5) for any Stop By and Stamp, Croptime or Art Journal Sunday session in 2015!

Wednesday 16 September 11am to 3pm and 6pm to 9pm

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 19 September 10am to 1pm

Take One Stamp Blueprints for Coffee £15/1 SWV

If you enjoy making clean and simple cards with a modern feel then this class is for you. With Fresh Brewed Blueprint stamps from Tim Holtz and elegant Smoothie cardstock from Bazzill in shades of latte, espresso and cappuccino we will make five striking cards for the coffee lovers in your life. I love the acetate cooler cup!

Saturday 19 September 2pm to 5pm

Pocket and Flap Mini Book £15/1 SWV

This is a mini book with really simple bones where every page has a pocket with a tag inside and a flap to lift so, lots of surfaces to decorate, journal in, add photos to make this your own. We will bind the spine with Bind it All machine but it could also be made with an invisible hinge for a different look.

Wednesday 23 September 11am to 3pm and 6pm to 9pm

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 24 September 10am to 1pm

Monthly Layout Workshop £15/1SWV

A more masculine layout this month with stunning stamps, papers and embellishments from the Time Machine collection from Kaisercraft.

Saturday 26 September 11am to 4pm

A Trio Of Garden Fables £30/2 SWV

Three 4"x4" canvas boards, clear gesso, texture paste, glassy gel, liquid acrylics, distress inks pus images, papers and stamps from Prima's beautiful Garden Fables collection and you go home with a layered mixed media piece to be really proud of.

Sunday 27 September 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.

Thanks for stopping by, do enjoy all that September brings, hope to see you in the studio soon x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Summer Distressed Florals

 

Hello again and welcome.

Last Saturday was our first of our new double card making days with a Summer Florals workshop in the morning and Distressed Florals in the afternoon, both featuring these stamps designed by Jo Firth-Young and Lin Brown for PaperArtsy.

 

If you choose to take both workshops on double cardmaking days, and pay for them in advance either via PayPal or using Snazzy Workshop Vouchers, you not only make a saving of £6 on the standard workshop fees but you also receive a free Snazzys Studio Voucher which entitles you to a drop in session of your choice ( Stop By & Stamp, Art Journal Sunday or our new Croptime session starting in September ) worth £5. Great value!

 

I thought it would be useful to explain a little about the structure of these classes and give you an idea of the range of ideas, tips and techniques covered, although every month's workshops are different. Each workshop has at least five cards, for example....

 

 

..... making your own stencils to colour through really quickly,

 

paper piecing,

multiple masking,

 

and a combination of the two.

 

Shading with Distress markers directly,

and as a watercolour, both in subtle colours

and bold ones combined with masking to really make a one-layer card pop!

A bit more paper piecing, this time with a repeat stamped greeting,

and a border stamp masked and repeat stamped to create a mitred frame.

We also used an ink layering technique to make even the palest of shades show up on kraft card,

and finished up with my favourite flower stamped and coloured onto old book pages with Lin Brown's stunning poppy stamp.

Everyone had a great day, made some really individual cards in their own choice of papers and colours, and Anna's chocolate cup cakes really rocked too, lemon ones next time a little bird tells me!

If you fancy coming along to our next double cardmaking day it will be on Saturday 12 September and will be our first Christmas workshops of 2015. So if you fancy getting a head start on those Christmas cards with clean and simple cards in turquoise, pink and lilac in the morning, and more traditional cards in reds and greens in the afternoon then either ring the studio or email to book. If you don't want to do both classes you can just book one, but you will miss out on the free Snazzys Studio Voucher.

I will get the full September schedule out later this week but meantime, if you are a fan of Lin Brown's stamps I have space on next Saturday's Cream and Black workshop using these stamps...

.... to make these cards.

Thank you for joining me, hope to see you here again soon x

 

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