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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A little peek.....

Oh, isn't it wonderful that the sun has started to shine, even if it is still a bit chilly in the mornings and evenings. Cheers you up no end!

Over the last month we have had lots of new bits in store and I thought I'd give you a quick peek at some of the products I have been using.

Firstly we had the stylish new Couture range of clear stamps from Dylusions. There are four plates all together, three in a fab size ideal for featuring in your Art Journals but then they have cleverly combined all three of the large size images onto a Mini Couture plate which is ideal for cardmaking, and great value at just £12.95.

 (You will find them in our online store too over at http://www.snazzysstore.com/dylusions/ )

 

I used them to create a display board for the store combining the stamps with the very striking 6x6 patterned papers from Bazzill's Basics range which had also just arrived in store. These are beautifully co-ordinated in six colourways to a scale that is perfect for cardmaking.  These packs have 24 double sided sheets, four in each of six designs at just £6.35.

 

We also have all the new colours of the Dylusions Spray Inks (still just £4.35 each) in store which I used with the new JOFY stamps, designed by the very talented Jo Firth-Young for Paperartsy.

 

 

There are 4 A5 plates and 8 Minis in the range, ideal for your Spring projects and they too can be found in the online store at http://www.snazzysstore.com/jofy/

 

 We have also increased our range of stamps from Chocolate Baroque and I had some painty, inky, waxy fun on a canvas with the lovely A5 Honey Bee plate - makes you long for Summer!

 

 

And yep, you guessed, this plate together with all the new Chocolate Baroque plates are available from our online store over at http://www.snazzysstore.com/chocolate-baroque/ I also used a lovely 6x6 Honeycomb stencil and a dusting of Ranger's Perfect Pearls, which are wonderful with wax, on this project and although we have the entire range of Prima 6x6 stencils and all 32 Perfect Pearl colours individually in store at £2.95, I haven't yet found the time to get them into the online store, must try harder!

 

We also have all the latest stamps in from Tim Holtz (new Blueprints etc), Prima (Sunrise/Sunset and Engraver), Kaisercraft (over 50 designs delivered this very afternoon, so guess what I will be doing this evening!) and I will try very hard to pop back soon, share some more samples, and add the new stamps to the online store as soon as poss.

 

We are off to Artstamps Cornwall (Stand 4) this weekend so the store will be closed on Friday 3 and Saturday 4 May but open as usual from Monday 6 May, yes, even tho' it is a Bank Holiday. The following weekend we are off to HSNW at Port Sunlight (Stand 32) and the store will again be closed on the Friday (10th) and Saturday (11th), unfortunately due to family committments we will also be closed on  Monday/Tuesday 13/14 May too.

 

On the subject of shows, we have had a number of enquiries regarding our 'no show' at the Creative Crafts Shows at both Malvern and Shepton Mallett this year.

 

It is always a fine balance between keeping our store open and getting out to meet you all at shows and other events. This year we are reducing the number of shows we exhibit at from 16 to 12 and have reached the decision on which shows to miss on the basis of how good a fit we are to the show. As we are very much a specialist stamping store many of the general craft shows are not the best arena for us so in the main we will be sticking to the specialist stamping shows such as Artstamps (4), HSNW (2), BSSS Ally Pally & possibly Kettering (3), the Craft & Hobby Show (2) and no matter what, Gateshead Stadium in October!

 

That's it for now, have a great Bank Holiday weekend.

Back soon xx