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Showing posts with label Simple Stories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Simple Stories. Show all posts

Thursday, 2 July 2015

Lovely Layouts

Hello there, I hope our Summer weather is suiting you wherever you are, we have gone from too hot, too, humid and too bright to a thunder storm and too much rain in quick succession so I have some pretty summery layouts for you.

We had a sneaky repeat of our June Layout Workshop today as some of our regular scrappers had missed the original sessions. The technique we were working with was creating a stylised flower from die cut or punched hearts with some simple banners to finish off.

We ended up with lovely, fresh and summery layouts.....

........each with different papers.

This one used a combination of Colour Vibe papers from Simple Stories and a BoBunny paper from their Gift of Love collection. The stamps and Stamp and Cut tabs used here are from Hero Arts.

Again the papers in this layout are from the Colour Vibe collection together with a Prima paper. The stamp and cut set used is the new Planner Clips set by Kelly Purkey for Hero Arts.

Finally, we have a stunning colour combination from Colour Vibe and the brand new Garden Fable collection from Prima. I so love it when so many variations on the original idea develop like this. Brilliant work ladies!

The Garden Fable collection stamps and papers feature on my July Layout sample too, they have such beautiful colours and details.

If you fancy joining me for either of the July sessions on Tues 16/7 10am to 1pm or Thurs 23/7 10.30am to 1.30pm (only one space remaining on this one) you will find full details over at http://sosimplysnazzy.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/july-workshops-snazzys.html

Thanks for stopping by I will be back soon, I hope you will join me then x

 

Tuesday, 2 June 2015

June Workshops@Snazzys


The workshops this month all have a fresh, light, and bright feel just right for Summer. We will be using lots of new products from Sn@p papers to Kaisercraft stamps, coloured embossing powders to lovely word stamps from Hero Arts with some new PaperArtsy too. Also from Hero Arts we will be using their hugely popular layering stamps plus more of their stamp and cut sets that are just so versatile.
I do hope you will join me.

Wednesday 3 June 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 6 June 10am to 1pm

Clean and Simple Cards - Layered Stamps £15/1 SWV

In this workshop we will be making some Clean and Simple Cards using the brand new layering stamps from Hero Arts featuring birds, butterflies and flowers combined with Tsukineko inks.


Saturday 6 June 2pm to 5pm

Step by Step Journal Page £15/1SWV

I have been asked so often about how I create the scraped paint backgrounds in my journal so I thought I would offer a step by step workshop to take you from the gesso base right through to the finishing touches. As with all our workshops no experience necessary, beginners always very welcome.

 

Wednesday 10 June 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 11 June 2pm to 5pm

Dotty for Summer £15/1SWV

Fresh, clean and simple cards are the order of the day here with the new Sn@p dotty and zigzag papers from Simple Stories. I have included baby, birthday, engagement and graduation cards but they are all interchangeable to suit your preferences.

 

Tuesday 16 June 10am to 1pm

June Layout Workshop £15/1SWV

This layout uses die cut hearts to create flowers and vines on a single photo layout. A 6"x4" or 3"x5" photo either portrait or landscape is all that is required.

 

Wednesday 17 June 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 20 June 11am to 4pm

Love to..... canvas £30/2SWV

In this workshop we will be creating a 12"x 12" mixed media canvas on the theme of 'spread your wings and fly' using paint, ink, stamps, die cuts, embossed metal and fabric plus we will make our own UTEE heart embellishment too!


Wednesday 24 June 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 27 June 10am to 1pm

Take One Stamp Hero Arts A little...... £15/1SWV

Fun cards including a slider and pop up box cards ideal for lovers of coffee, wine, chocolate etc.


Saturday 27 June 2pm to 5pm

Subway Art Cards £15/1SWV

Using a range of word stamps from Kaisercraft we will make a clutch of striking cards, using inks and embossing powders, to cover most occasions.


Sunday 28 June 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 of course very welcome to bring them along.

 

 

Tuesday, 19 May 2015

Life just trips you up.....

Sometimes no matter the good intentions, life just trips you up and gets in the way of what you intended. So apologies for being a very bad blogger but I'm now on it, and will clear the backlog of projects and posts over the next couple of weeks.

I thought I'd start today with this month's layout sample.....

.... where the techniques covered were creating layered painty, inky backgrounds using cling film to transfer the paint to the page with lots of layers of paper and background stamps topped off with MYO Texture Paste applied through a stencil onto kraft card - this is one of my favourites from My Mind's Eye and the paper layers are a mix of Bazzill and the new Snap papers from Simple Stories. Great fun and not a brush or pallette to wash either lol!

This is as far as I got during the workshop, needs a little something but I'll need to worry about that later as I have at least four other WIPs cluttering up my desk. Have you noticed the addiction to the new Kaisercraft Captured Moments stamp sets continues, they are ideal if you are a pocket scrapper and if like me you're not, then they are ideal for you too!

We still haven't got our car back but do have a hire one so tomorrow evening's Stop By & Stamp will go ahead from 6pm to 9pm with, of course, the usual daytime session from 11am to 3pm. We have a set of the new Hero Arts Colour Layering stamps to play with too!

Back soon with more projects including the promised step out of the neutral 'Beautiful' hanging for Carrie.

Hope you can join me x