November Workshops @ Snazzys

Hello November and welcome to chillier, shorter days and longer, darker nights but with the richer colours of Thanksgiving and a bit of sparkle and shine ready for Christmas. No Double Cardmaking workshop in the Studio this month I'm afraid but they will be back in the New Year, meantime two very different mini book workshops and some brilliant last minute Christmas cards ideas plus our usual monthly layout workshop too. So, very different workshops and six drop in sessions to choose from, why not have a browse and see if there's one just right for you!

Tuesday 3 November 11am to 3pm

Croptime £5

Are you a scrapbooker? Thinking about trying scrapbooking? 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 4 November 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 11 November 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 14 November 11am to 3pm

Christmas Mini Book £15/1SWV

At this time of year it is always useful to have a mini book prepared ready for your seasonal photos, which can then be slipped in the post to far flung friends and relatives so they can share in your Christmas cheer. The number of pages in this little book can easily be adapted to match your needs, and it can look quite different depending upon the papers used.

Tuesday 17 November 10.30am to 1.30pm

November Monthly Layout Workshop £15/1SWV

For this workshop you will need six 6"x 4" photos of very similar landscapes (or six copies of the same photo) and we will be creating a mosaic layout. Skylines, beautiful scenery such as beaches all work really well for this.

Wednesday 18 November 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 21 November 10am to 1pm

Last minute Christmas Cards £15/1SWV

Worried you haven't got enough time left to create your own stylish Christmas Cards? We have the answer, five cards your friends will imagine have taken hours to create but with our ideas, hints and tips will see you make them in double quick time!

Saturday 21 November 2pm to 5pm

Monthly Layout Workshop £15/1SWV

For this workshop you will need six 6"x 4" photos of very similar landscapes (or six copies of the same photo) and we will be creating a mosaic layout. Skylines, beautiful scenery such as beaches work really well for this.

Wednesday 25 November 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 28 November 11am to 4pm

Snowflake Star Book £30/2SWV

I designed and made my first original star book project way back in 2003 and 12 years on it is still my most requested Christmas workshop. After a break of two years from the workshop schedule I have re-designed it to include snowflake shaped apertures for a different look and I am delighted at the effect of depth this has created. Great as a coffee table decoration or to hang up.

Sunday 29 November 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.

Well, there it is, the November schedule with a whole host of Christmas and Thanksgiving projects to choose from. Booking is simple, either ring the studio on 01793 629062, or email us at snazzysstudio@gmail.com - I do hope you can join me.

Val x

Remember, to save 20% on your workshops in our studio all you need to do is buy a Snazzy Workshop Voucher from the studio in advance of the day you are coming to class, or drop me an email telling me you want to pay in advance, and I will send you a PayPal invoice for the reduced amount which must be settled in advance of your workshop. 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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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October Workshops @ Snazzys

 

Hello again, how have we arrived at October already! Autumn is definitely with us but the upside is the beautiful array of shades developing in the foliage around us and an opportunity to use lots of warm, mellow colours in our crafting.

As ever we have plenty of variety for you with everything from autumnal themed cards with JOFY stamps to a pretty mixed media piece using lots of Tim Holtz dies, stamps, and inks, another double cardmaking day with the latest Christmas stamps and dies from Impression Obsession in the morning, and from Hero Arts in the afternoon. There is also a stunning book in a box with Graphic 45's new Mon Amour collection and, of course our regular monthly layout workshop, new Croptime session and weekly Stop By & Stamp sessions too.

Tuesday 6 October 11am to 3pm

Croptime £5

Are you a scrapbooker? Thinking about trying scrapbooking? 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 7 October 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 10 October 10am to 1pm

Take One Stamp - Autumn Glory £15/1SWV

This JOFY set of stamps from PaperArtsy was actually a Summer release but the moment I set eyes on it I saw mellow colours, pumpkins and autumn leaves. We will use inks, Distress paints and embossing folders to create really gloriously warm and inviting cards for all those Autumn occasions.

Saturday 10 October 2pm to 5pm

Autumnal Mini Cabinet Frame £15/1SWV

We will use lots of Tim Holtz dies, stamps and inks with a dash of embossing powder, foils and shrink plastic to create this little mixed media home decor piece.

Wednesday 14 October 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 17 October 10am to 1pm

Die Cut Christmas Cards £15/1 SWV *

With snowflakes and Christmas wreaths we will create at least five different Christmas cards using dies and embossing folders from Impression Obsession with some stamps, embossing powders and a hint of sparkle too!

Saturday 17 October 2pm to 5pm

Baubles and Banners £15/1 SWV *

Here we will be using the brand new Hero Arts Christmas Stamp and Cut and Winter release Layering sets to create some really pretty and elegant Christmas cards.

*October Double Cardmaking Offer - if you book both these workshops and pay for them in advance via PayPal or with Snazzy Workshop Vouchers, you will only pay £24 and we will give you a free Studio Voucher (worth £5) for any Stop By and Stamp, Croptime or Art Journal Sunday session in 2015!

Thursday 20 October 10am to 1pm

October Monthly Layout Workshop £15/1SWV

Lots going on with this month's layout with background stamping and stencilling with Texture Paste, a hand cut and a die cut frame with fussy cut embellishments highlighted with Glossy Accents too! You will need one 7"x5" photo, two 4"x6" photos or three 4"x4" photos for your layout.

Wednesday 21 October 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 24 October 11am to 4pm

Mon Amour Book in a Box £30/2 SWV

These Graphic 45 papers are just a joy to work with and this book in a box project would make the perfect wedding or anniversary gift whatever the time of year, and could be made in completely different papers for other special occasions too. The book has invisible hinges and lots of pull outs, flaps and pockets to display photographs or other mementos, and the box is made in one piece, pizza box style.

Sunday 25 October 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 28 October 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.

Well, there it is, the October schedule in all it's autumnal glory with a dash of Christmas and Thanksgiving thrown in. Booking is simple, either ring the studio on 01793 629062, or email us at snazzysstudio@gmail.com - I do hope you can join me.

Val x

Remember, to save 20% on your workshops in our studio all you need to do is buy a Snazzy Workshop Voucher from the studio in advance of the day you are coming to class, or drop me an email telling me you want to pay in advance, and I will send you a PayPal invoice for the reduced amount which must be settled in advance of your workshop. 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.

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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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Layouts in July

Hello again and welcome back. This time I would like to share the results of my July monthly layout workshop with you.

The moment I set eyes on Prima's Garden Fable collection I knew I wanted to scrap this photo of our younger daughter using it.

Monthly Layout Sample - July

I used one sheet of the paper as the base (847210) and layered planner pages and tags cut from the other (847227) to add a cluster of layers. I used both the cling and clear stamps from the collection plus a couple of older stamps from Kaisercraft ( the doily embossed in WOW's Bright White ), Inkadinkado ( the quirky 'adorable' ) and a couple of little Teresa Collins word stamps. I used some little scraps of paper to stamp and fussy cut the tiny pink butterflies and had a layout complete with only two sheets of paper and a tiny scrap of lace.

Here are some of the layouts made in the workshop based around the ideas used in my sample...

Apologies to Lucy, Karen and Ellie whose layouts I forgot to photograph, they were fab too with some clever colour combos!

Next month's workshop is a double layout with some background masking and stamping with clever use of quite basic dies to create trims, ric rac and other embellishments. Again I fell in love with these ivory and black papers from Authentique's Everlasting collection. A perfect match for WOW's Vanilla White embossing powder and appropriate for some photos taken of my grandparents and great-grandparents around 1900.

 

As ever, those attending this workshop will have a free choice of papers to work with the colours and subject of their photos, and it is always interesting to see how different the resulting layouts turn out.

Thank you for popping by, I hope you will join me again very soon.

 

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