Snazzys Annual Winter Sale now on!

Hello there and thank you all for your beautiful Christmas (and New Year) cards and wishes, I hope you have all had a lovely Christmas and are not suffering the results of the awful weather.

 

At Snazzys we only have one sale each year and yesterday saw the start of this year's bargains. Our sale runs from 11am, Friday 27 December until 5pm on Saturday 4 January and we are even open 11am to 3pm on Sunday 29 December. We are closed on New Year's Day though.

We need to clear space for all the new 2014 stamps and other goodies on their way, so you will find reductions in store of between 25% and 50% on many pre 2014 lines from brands such as Hero Arts, Stampers Anonymous, Chocolate Baroque and many more. Some items have a massive 70% off with sale prices starting at just 75p. 

We have a huge range of Cosmic Shimmer Embossing Powders including all Aurora, Blaze, Lustre, Sparkle, Precious Metals and UTEEs, and all Shimmer Mists and Chalk Mists on offer at any 10 items for just £20! We also have all Creative Expressions stamps including Sam Poole and Linda Ravenscroft Designs on sale at 25% to 50% off the original selling price and all our Walnt Hollow lines have 25% off too.

All our Prima and Pronty stencils have 25% off and our A4 and A5 Dylusions stencils have at least 25% off with the Christmas ones reduced to half price.

 

Our remaining JOFY Christmas stamps have 25% off and all our 6x6 paper pads from MME, Teresa Collins, Carta Bella etc are reduced to £5.00 or less.

Every year we also have a Second Hand Stash sale in the Studio and we have dozens of (mostly) wood block stamps and other items on offer this year.

 

The end of sale raffle is back too, just collect your free raffle ticket and cross your fingers that you will be the lucky winner of two sets of Snazzy Workshop Vouchers worth £30 so you can treat yourself, and perhaps a friend, to a class and try something new in the New Year.

 

The sweeties are back too!

 

 

Hope to see you soon xx

A Simple Little Gift

Hello there,

just a very quick post today.

I recently came across a version one of these simple little boxes of cards from many moons ago when our children were small and I used to make them to sell at craft fairs. Each year I would include a set, with simple thank you cards inside, for each child in their Christmas stocking so the means were always to hand when the thank yous had to be written - each having a different design/colourway saved squabbles, and I think relatives enjoyed the variety of handmade happy mail.

 

The red version above, which was Wednesday's workshop 'for instance', is made with just the signature sheet from Carta Bella's Beautiful Moments collection,

 

 

and the blue version, which I made during the class, features Authentique's Loyal collection.

 

 

The stamps I used in both are by JOFY for PaperArtsy, part of the new seasonal release, not necessarily Christmas although the parcels certainly could be and all the cards were simply stamped and paper pieced.

 

There are always lots of fairs and other events in aid of various charities at this time of year and this is a simple little project that makes a great gift for a non card maker, (I sometimes just include the greetings already on foam tape so the recipient can make the cards suit the person/occasion they need), or donation to a local charity to help them raise funds.

 

I have been asked to run this one again and will try to find a slot very early in December, so look out for the December timetable published towards the end of next week.

 

back soon xx

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Snazzys Studio this week

Good morning from a very wet and windy Wiltshire, definitely a day for crafting in a cosy corner!

What are you making at the moment? I'm busy putting the finishing touches to a canvas project for next Saturday's workshop which I am really pleased with, and also have a neat project ready for this Wednesday's workshop too. It's a little gift box containing four coordinating greetings cards with envelopes using the new JOFY minis, ideal to give to non card making friends to use as post Christmas thank you cards or alternatively why not stamp a selection of greetings with foam pads ready on the back to be added when needed.

This week's Stop By & Stamp on Tuesday morning is faux reflections using Ranger's Perfect Pearls....

...and Thursdays Technique Tutorial is on Triple Layer Embossing.

Both feature one of my all time favourite stamps from Inkadinkado which I have had for at least ten years and which is still in their current catalogue.

Before I go just a reminder that we currently have a 2013 Snazzys DT call over on the DT blog, closing date if you are interested is 27 October.

There is a lot going on in the background at Snazzys at the moment and I will be back later in the week to share some more news both here and on the DT blog

Take care and stay dry & cosy

Val xx

Workshop News

Hello everyone, just a quick post to let you know what is happening in the workshop.

 

 Last week all the sessions involved Pan Pastels, with lots of layers and a bit of shimmer from the new Metallic shades. These were Wednesday morning's samples.

 

 

This week it's the other PPs - Ranger's Perfect Pearls.......

 

 

....they were the first, I still think the best, and certainly the most versatile, mica powders on the market.

 

In Tuesday's Stop By & Stamp session we will be creating faux reflections with them, Wednesday's workshop covers four different ideas (samples above) from watercolouring to layering, and in Thursday's Technique Tutorial we will be creating both positive and negative images on the same project.

 

Lots of fun with hints and tips for getting the best from your Perfect Pearls along the way, and I will be back later in the week with details of Saturday's Envelope Pocket Book workshop and the Garden Hanging for this weekend's Sampling Sunday.

 

Hope you can join me in Snazzys Studio soon xx 

 

ps lot's more information on our workshops can be found over at http://snazzystampingandscrapbooking.co.uk/page47aa.html

 

In Snazzys Studio this week.......

Hello, just a quick update on what's on in the Studio this week.

Tuesday's Stop By & Stamp session is all about slider cards.....

 

...I have used Kaisercraft's new Subway Art stamps for this sample and kept it very crisp in black and white. Of course you might choose to use completely different stamps and colour combinations in yours but we have lots to choose from in the workshop. So, if you fancy a go at making slider cards then drop in (no need to book) between 10am and 1pm on Tuesday, kettle and coffee pot will be on - that's included in the £5 session price too!

 

Wednesday morning's workshop is fully booked and will be full of sparkle with the first of the new season Christmas cards to be made. If you missed out on this one there will be another with more new projects and ideas later in the month, and also on the October workshop timetable which will be out later this week. 

 

Thursday's Technique Tutorial is designed to help you perfect your embossing technique.

 

 

This sample is made with the fab WOW embossing powders and stamps from Hero Arts. Again this is just the 'for instance' and as this is a drop in session there is no need to book, just pop along between 10am and 1pm and join in, Again the session price is all inclusive at £5.

 

Hope to see you in the studio soon xx

 

 

 

Thursday Already

This week has fairly whizzed by and after a busy week, we are off to Newbury tomorrow to set up for Artstamps England this weekend.

On Tuesday we ran the first of our new weekly Stop By & Stamp sessions. A gentle start with a very simple no measure pop up card using JOFY 15 stamps by Jo Firth-Young for PaperArtsy.

Here is 'the bones'...

 

and here are the samples you could follow if you wished....

 

 

and here are the results.

 

 

Not a bad morning's play ahem work.

 

See you same time, same place next Tuesday with a different demo and samples for you to try your hand at. If you fancy joining us then you will find all the details on the main Snazzy's website. 

 

Before I go we are starting a new monthly challenge at Snazzys Studio.

 

Most months at Snazzys we offer around ten new workshops with original projects, the Design Team share new projects every week on Snazzys DT blog and we have even been known to remember to blog a project or two either on my own blog or here on the store blog too. Add to that all the new products that arrive in store each month, the store display boards, the in store and event demos we do plus Art Journal Sunday, Stop by & Stamp and Sampling Sunday we are hoping you will find something to inspire you.

 

Your challenge each month will be to share a little something you have made, inspired by something you have seen in store, on our blogs, in our workshop or you have bought at Snazzys in store or at an event. Tell us what inspired you in the comments area of this post and link to where you are showing your project. On the last day of the month we will ask Mr Random to select a project and send a little prize to the winner.

 

That's all for now as I need to get packing ready for loading - if you are going to Artstamps this weekend do drop by stand 6 and say hello - Mike has ordered good weather so a picnic might be in order.

 

Back soon xx

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good Morning Monday....

... and a beautiful morning it is!

 

As we don't open until 11am on a Monday I had a quiet moment with my coffee in the garden area outside the store this morning - everyone else was already hard at work so really peaceful.

 

Not for long though as we have a very busy week ahead.

 

Tomorrow sees the launch of our new drop in session, Stop By & Stamp. It will initally run from 10am to 1pm every Tuesday morning right through Summer and into September - lots of people have told us how much they miss the old Thursday Tabletime sessions and, as we only stopped them because we felt that after nine years the format was becoming a little tired and unfocused, the new sessions will focus on a different product, technique or stamps each week with samples for you to follow if you wish. Full details can be found over at http://www.snazzystampingandscrapbooking.co.uk/page49.html so we hope you find time to join us.

 

We only have one workshop this week, Wednesday morning 10am to 1pm, a cardmaking one using the new JOFY Summer collection stamps which Snazzys DT are also using this month, I will try to blog the samples later. There is no Saturday workshop this week as it's Artstamp England at Newbury!

 

 

As we do each year, each day (Monday to Thursday) this week we will give away a ticket to this event, which can be used on either the Saturday or Sunday, keep an eye on our Twitter & Facebook each day for details.

 

The store will be closed this Friday & Saturday 5 & 6 July whilst we are at the show, if you are going to the show do drop by Stand 6 on the ground floor and say hello. It's a lovely little show with loads of free parking and areas to picnic in whether you enjoy sunshine or shade so well worth a visit - full details at www.artstampsexhibitions.org.uk

 

That's all for today. Thanks for visiting.

Back soon xx