Cardmaking Workshops 3rd Sept - 24th Sept

Are you thinking of making your own Christmas Cards this year?

Christmas Cardmaking Workshops

“Whether you’re new to card-making or you want to add to your skills, there will be something for you!”

£13 per session

Tuesday Evenings from 6.30pm - 9.00pm

At:

Anne & Paul’s Sew Simple, 94 Church Road

Ashford, Middlesex, TW15 2PL

01784 255 742

All tools and materials provided to make 2-4 cards per session!

Please call to reserve your place – only 10 spaces available per session

Or you’re welcome to pop into the shop to book!

DISCOUNT ON ALL PRODUCTS PURCHASED ON THE NIGHT

Tuesday 3^rd September: Faux Leather Folding

Create an interactive card using three squares of paper and some funky foam! This gorgeous faux embossed leather technique is effortlessly timeless. (Non-Christmas design)

(This workshop is ideal for beginners)

Tuesday 10^th September: Stencilling with Glitter

Have a play with an amazing new glitter technique! As seen on the telly, this really is a fabulous way to create super sparkly cards using glitters and brass stencils. (Non-Christmas design)

(This workshop is ideal for beginners)

Tuesday 17^th September: Embossing Clear Acetate

A beautiful tactile textured technique! Dry out some die cutting and embossing using acetate to create delicately beautiful Christmas tree cards.

Tuesday 24^th September: Iris Folding for Christmas

Try out this simple, yet effective kaleidoscope technique using some gorgeous Christmassy papers and a die cutting machine.

(This workshop is ideal for beginners)

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Early Bird Special!

We have a fantastic special offer for you all throughout August!

EARLY BIRD CHRISTMAS GOODIES ALL 50% OFF MARKED PRICE!

That's right, all of these goodies are HALF PRICE! So for all you lovely organised people, pop along and top up your Christmas Cardmaking stash!

 

And to make things even better, spend £20 or more (£10 after discount) and you'll get a free Michael Powell topper sheet!

It's Raining!!

Yes, okay, I know rain is usually bad. But my craft room is right at the front of the house. And that means in the weather we've been having recently I haven't been able to spend any length of time in there. Which in turn means there are cardmaking bits dotted around the various cooler bits of my house! Mainly on the kitchen table getting in the way!
But this weekend I got the chance to spend a whole day crafting!! And it's been wonderful.

The first thing I needed to make was a thinking of you card for a friend. I wanted to keep it nice and simple, and knowing he likes Vintage I went for a muted colour scheme.

I started off with the lovely Gorjus card blanks, and a set of clear stamps with a nice flower on them.

I went for Gorjus because they're such nice quality cards, and there's a lovely old fashioned, almost wallpapery design in them.

So, this next bit is a fun reverse glitter technique using vellum. I've stamped my flower onto vellum using the Black Soot Distress Ink. Next, I've used a small piece of the A4 double Sided Adhesive sheets form Stix2 and stuck it to the back of my design.

Then I've cut out my flower using the XCut precision scissors.

And glittered the reverse with the Cosmic Shimmer Polished Silk Glitter. One of the nice things about this glitter is it's so fine, and it sticks so well that you can put foam pads onto it and they won't fall off! They'll hold nicely.

And viola! The finished card:

I think it's the little details that make all the difference to a project. On the front of the flower I've added a few dots with a gluepen and a teeny bit of glitter. The vellum has been edged in Tim Holtz Distress embossing powder. Really easy to do, just run a clear ink around the edge, sprinkle on the powder, then heat. I've added a couple of pearls to the corners and finished off with the silver straight line borders.

Now for the insert! I wanted to put in a nice vellum insert to match the vellum on the front. But as we all know, vellum is a nightmare to glue!
Luckily we have a solution!! The vellum glue that actually works! It's Beacons 3 in 1 Craft Glue. I know a lot of people have already had it waved at them when they come in the shop! Because it is just such fantastic sticky stuff. It dries in a matter of seconds, but yet it leaves you enough time to wobble things around if you've popped them on wonky. And most importantly it truly is invisible on vellum.

So, add a thin line along the fold of your insert:

Then put it into place inside the card. And look at that! Properly invisible vellum glue!

Brilliant!

So what have all of you been making in the rain?

Charges for this Website

Hi everyone,

This is just a quick post to let you all know that this website is FREE to use! It has been brought to our attention that we had a bug a little while ago trying to charge £9.99 for a subscription. Just wanted to reassure everyone that we will never be charging anything for the updates! If you ever do receive an email asking for anything, please would you be kind enough to email me at anneandpauls@hotmail.co.uk and let me know so we can sort it out straight away.

Apologies to anyone that has had any problems! It's all sorted now.

Faith x

Cardmaking Workshops 30th July - 22nd August

By popular request we have added an extra day to our workshop schedule! We are now running Cardmaking Workshops on both a Tuesday and a Thursday evening, so if you're unable to make the tuesday, you still have a chance to catch that design on the thursday!

Cardmaking Workshops

“Whether you’re new to card-making or you want to add to your skills, there will be something for you!”

£13 per session

Tuesday & Thursday Evenings from 6.30pm - 9.00pm

At:

Anne & Paul’s Sew Simple, 94 Church Road

Ashford, Middlesex, TW15 2PL

01784 255 742

All tools and materials provided to make 2-4 cards per session!

Please call to reserve your place – only 10 spaces available per session

Or you’re welcome to pop into the shop to book!

DISCOUNT ON ALL PRODUCTS PURCHASED ON THE NIGHT

Tuesday 30^th July & Thurs 1^st August: Dazzling Decoupage

Try out some cut-it-out-yourself decoupage – the easy way! These are some gorgeous shaped designs which really pop off the page!

(This workshop is ideal for beginners)

Tuesday 6^th & Thurs 8^th August: Tea Bag Folding

Proper paper crafting! Try out the lovely specialist tea bag papers. No origami experience needed! This is a wonderfully easy, but effective design.

(This workshop is ideal for beginners)

Tuesday 13^th & Thurs 15^th August: Die Cutting Masterclass

Learn all about the Bigshot! This is a techniques workshop, so we will be focusing on all of the wonderful different things these die cutting machines will do! Expect to go home with a wide range of fabulous toppers!

(If you would like to bring your own die cutting machine to this workshop to save queueing you're very welcome to!)

Tuesday 20^th & Thurs 22^nd August: Box-Flower Card

Create a beautiful shaped flower set inside a pop up box. Try out a little bit of die cutting, flower shaping techniques, and the wonderful crop-o-dile eyelet setter.

(This workshop is ideal for beginners)

 

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Cardmaking Workshops - 18th June - 16th July

Cardmaking Workshops

“Whether you’re new to card-making or you want to add to your skills, there will be something for you!”

£13 per session

Tuesday Evenings from 6.30pm - 9.00pm

At:

Anne & Paul’s Sew Simple, 94 Church Road

Ashford, Middlesex, TW15 2PL

01784 255 742

All tools and materials provided to make 2-4 cards per session!

Please call to reserve your place – only 10 spaces available per session

Or you’re welcome to pop into the shop to book!

DISCOUNT ON ALL PRODUCTS PURCHASED ON THE NIGHT

Tuesday 18^th June: Bigshotting Brass Stencils!

Have a go at a fabulous technique for embossing brass stencils / masks and highlighting the embossing in a novel way using the Sizzix Bigshot Die Cutting Machine.

(This workshop is ideal for beginners)

Tuesday 25^th June: Charlotte’s Lotus

Try out this amazing tea bag folded lotus flower! Have a play with some true Papercrafting and surprise yourself with how simple these stunning cards are to make!

(This workshop is ideal for beginners)

Tuesday 9^th July:  Textured Heat Embossing

Test out this amazingly shiny technique using heat embossing and beautiful embellishments for a gorgeously three dimensional card. This is a wonderfully unique way of using embossing powders!

Tuesday 16^th July: Touchy Feely Layered Dies!

Have a play with some wonderful layered dies and a fabulously sparkly die cutting technique to create a beautifully soft tactile design. We will be using the Sizzix Bigshot at this workshop.

(This workshop is ideal for beginners)

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New Stuff!

...and other pretty things!

Just a couple of snaps of some of the new goodies on display in the shop, and a couple of cards we've made.

Some Decoupage...

Loads of Die Cutting inspiration! Love those Tonic Floral Delights Dies!

Oooh! And check out the new Tim Holtz Alterations Die! Want one!

Umbrella man is back in stock too. Love what you can do with him with all the other Tim Hotzy bits.

Look at all those dies!

Couple of ideas from Gorjuss. Loving these mini decoupages!

Oh, and the cutest buttons in the world ever have arrived!!

And this is the lovely new Home to Nest from Lucy Cromwell. Far too cute!

Just a couple of other Lucy Cromwell cards:

And the lovely new Ahoy There and Capsule Collection Brights:

Storage Solution!

This is pure genius! So I just had to share it.

Fantastic new embossing folder / nesting die storage case from Crafts Too. Holds a fantastic 40 items, and would work just as nicely for clear or urban stamps too. Or even as a good folder to consolidate everything into one place.

Love it!

Scrapbooking Workshops! Wednesday 12th June

We have some really exciting workshops, alongside our regular Cardmaking Workshops, planned over the coming months!

This wonderful Scrapbooking workshop gives you the opportunity to complete as finished scrapbook in an evening!! The album will be vintage-style, and approx 5x5 inches in size, so it's not as daunting as it sounds.

Everything you need to make the album will be provided on the night, including Tim Holtz goodies, some gorgeous papers, ribbons, Scrapbooking embellishments and loads more! There will also be £10 worth of Scrapbooking goodies to take away given to you at the end to get you started on your next project!

The only thing we ask you to bring with you is 5 photos or copies of photos around 2.5 x 3.5 inches in size. (Playing card size) The photos can be any colour and on any theme, as the style of the album is designed to go with all sorts of different photos from babies to holidays to family trees and everything in between!

Scrapbooking Workshops

“Hand make a finished Scrapbook in an evening with this 3 ½ hour long fabulously creative workshop!”

£25

Wednesday 12^th June from 6.00pm - 9.30pm

At:

Anne & Paul’s Sew Simple, 94 Church Road

Ashford, Middlesex, TW15 2PL

01784 255 742

All tools and materials provided for the night–

Plus a selection of goodies worth over £10 to take home!

Please call to reserve your place – only 10 spaces available per session

Or you’re welcome to pop into the shop to book!

DISCOUNT ON ALL PRODUCTS PURCHASED ON THE NIGHT

Whether you’re new to Scrapbooking, or just want to try out different techniques, this workshop is for you!

See how to create a simple, yet stunning vintage handcrafted album. Learn all about layouts and get creative with journaling! Play with gorgeous papers, and try out the amazing world of Tim Holtz.

And the best bit of all? You’ll have a beautiful complete album to take home at the end, as well as over £10 worth of goodies to start your next one!

Please bring 5 photos/copies of photos approx 2.5x3.5 inches in size

Psst! We’re having a free Cardmaking demo on Sat 1^st June!

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Free Cardmaking Demo! Saturday 1st June 10am-4pm

We're having a free cardmaking demo!!
So exciting! We'll be playing with all sorts of lovely new goodies! There are the new Cosmic Shimmer stampable glitters to see, the fantastic Vagabond from Tim Holtz and Sizzix, some fantastic new Distress Ink techniques, combining Distress Ink with other sparkly and tactile goodies. And sooo much more, far too much to list!

There will of course be a whole range of one off demo day deals too! So come along and grab some inspirational new ideas and maybe a bargain or two as well!

The Demo is on from 10am - 4pm, so no need to book, just drop in at any point and see what we're up to!

Cardmaking Workshops

“Whether you’re new to card-making or you want to add to your skills, there will be something for you!”

FREE CARDMAKING DEMONSTRATION

Saturday 1^st June

From 10am – 4pm

At:

Anne & Paul’s Sew Simple, 94 Church Road

Ashford, Middlesex, TW15 2PL

01784 255 742

Discover the tips, ideas and techniques that make all the difference – plus grab fantastic discounts on all the tools of the trade!

Loads of Cardmaking Demonstrations all day on a wide range of techniques including…

Tim Holtz Distress Inks – Die Cutting – Cosmic Shimmer Polished Silk Glitter - Rubber Stamping - Papercrafting

Plus loads of fantastic bargains to be had on the day!

One off Demo-Day-Deals - Starter Kits - Bargain Bundles

Fantastic Special offers on all sorts of ranges such as…

Papermania – XCut – Ranger – Anita’s – Cosmic Shimmer - Docrafts and so, so much more!

Look out for our regular Cardmaking Workshops, or check out our website for more info at:

www.anneandpauls.co.uk

 

Workshop Reshuffle

Hi everyone,

Apologies to anyone coming for the Gilding Flakes workshop on 7th May. I'm afraid I've just found out our delivery of gilding flakes has been delayed! Unfortunately this leaves us with none to do the workshop with.

As such, we are swapping the Gilding Flakes workshop to 28th May and we will be doing the Glass Painting onto Card workshop on the 7th May. Please feel free to give us a ring if you'd like to swap over!

New dates are as follows:

Cardmaking Workshops

“Whether you’re new to card-making or you want to add to your skills, there will be something for you!”

£13 per session

Tuesday Evenings from 6.30pm - 9.00pm

At:

Anne & Paul’s Sew Simple, 94 Church Road

Ashford, Middlesex, TW15 2PL

01784 255 742

All tools and materials provided to make 2-4 cards per session!

Please call to reserve your place – only 10 spaces available per session

Or you’re welcome to pop into the shop to book!

DISCOUNT ON ALL PRODUCTS PURCHASED ON THE NIGHT

 

Tuesday 7^th May:  Glass Painting – onto card!

Test out this unique and unusual technique - and no need to be an artist! Have a play with stamping and embossing and some simple glass painting onto card to create some beautiful designs.

(This workshop is ideal for beginners)

Tuesday 21^st May: Cosmic Shimmer Stampable Glitter

(That stuff off the telly!) The most AMAZING glitter you will ever use! Powder-fine, stampable and super sparkly. Put together some striking cards with this incredibly versatile product.

Tuesday 28^th May: Gorgeous Gilding Flakes

Try out the fabulous world of gilding flakes! Create some elegant and special designs using these wonderful golden flakes

(This workshop is ideal for beginners)

 

Tuesday 4^th June: Surprise Supplies – Fimo & Mica

Mica is gorgeous, and Fimo is great fun…so how about the two together? Create some stylish cards, and try out some easy ways to make beautiful 3D handcrafted embellishments.

(This workshop is ideal for beginners)

Psst! We’re having a free Cardmaking demo on Sat 1^st June!

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Some Inspirational Images...

We have so many different cards on display in the shop all the time, from all sorts of different ranges! So I had a wonder around the shop today snapping a few inspirational photos. Hope you like them!

Steampunking the Laptop!

I've been wanting to do this for ages! So, I've finally built up the courage to steampunk my laptop...and I've taken a few photos to show you all what I did.

I was inspired by some ready-steampunked laptops which you can buy. But I really fancied giving it a go myself. Good excuse to play with some of the gorgeous Vintage goodies from Chronology!

So, to start with, my little laptop:

(well, technically, netbook,. But never mind!)

I've cleaned off all the surfaces with computer wipes and left it to dry off.

Next up, the best bit, the shopping!!

I went a bit nuts with Chronology... and grabbed a load of gorgeous goodies for this project! The plan is to still have plenty left at the end to tuck away into my stash and use on men's cards or on vintage scrapbooks in the future.

So, packets open, and fiddling around with some layout ideas:

Like that second one! But then I decided I wanted a distressed background too. So out came the Tim Holtz!

And here is what I came up with. It's a coloured background made with various shades of brown (tea dye, vintage photo etc) and flicked with water and black re inker. The edges have been distressed with my trusty thread cutter tool! Which is totally not for distressing edges, but does a much, much better job than a file. It's easy to tear the paper with a file, this little gadget gives a nice even roughed up edge:

When it was ready to go, I used Beacons glue to stick the whole thing together and onto the laptop itself:

Now for the scary bit!!
I've used a cotton wool ball and some Artiste metallic gold acrylic paint and "dabbed" a distressed border directly onto the laptop itself:

It came out really well and I'm very pleased with the effect:

Ta da! Now, for the inside. I dug out some nice steampunky/vintagey peel offs and used a few more of the metal embellishments from the Chronology range. (Excuse the messy desk! Creative chaos again...)

Really pleased with the finished result! One Steampunked Laptop:

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For more info on Distress Inks, click here: Faith's Guide to Distress Ink
For more info on Chronology, click here: Chronology