May 29, 2011

Hi Everyone
I have 1 place available for my
Morning Class
on Wednesday the 1st of June
time 10.30 to 2.30
as I just had a cancelation,
please email HERE to book in
Full details on my class link HERE


I have added a few photos of the projects we will make at the 12th of June workshop to the workshop page

May 25, 2011

Sorry I haven't posted in a few days, I have been so busy getting the samples ready for my class and up coming workshop, will post a few sneak peeks tomorrow
Yvonne

May 18, 2011

My next Creative Card Making
Morning class is
Wednesday the 1st of June
Time 10.30 to 2.30
Theme this month is
Summer Blooms
Creative floral Art cards made with
Handmade punched flowers
Places limited to 8
light lunch provided
Please email me HERE to book a place
Full details are on my classes page HERE

May 17, 2011

I have added a new tutorial today
for a Cascade Concertina card
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You can find it on my Tutorial Page HERE
Details have now been updated for my next workshop on Sunday the12th of June
At the Parkview Hotel
Newtownmountkennedy Co Wicklow
Time 10.00 to 6.00
Theme this month


Blossoms and Bows and
Boys to Men
We will make 6 projects in total
full details are on my workshop page Here

May 15, 2011

A Special Thank you to Marion Kilbride
For arranging such a great day and a lovely warm welcome to Kilkenny for my first workshop in the Bridge centre, and to all the Kilkenny craft club members and guests who came along.
I had a lovely day, and hope you all enjoyed the 6 cards we made, I will sort the date out for the August Workshop with Marion, and then set out the details on my workshop page,
Please if there are any card designs you would like included on the day let me know, and I will try to fit them in, all your feed back will be put into action, so please let Marion know what you're thoughts are,
It was Great fun meeting you all, and thanks to the ladies who came all the way from Dublin to meet the Kilkenny members,
Thank you to all the ladies who brought home baking and treats along, that was very much appreciated by everyone
And to Margaret Driver for helping me out throughout the day
I hope you weren't to tired at the end of the day.
Love Yvonne xx



Baby Acetate Encased Stepper card


Wedding Twisted Easel with lace posy


Aperture Box Butterfly card


Twin Twisted easel card, you can buy this image from Daisy company as a download.



Large A4 pop-out card Girls just want to have fun


Cascade Concertina with 5 by 5 card on the back
List of link to buy the items used on these cards in the right hand column

May 13, 2011

Hi to everyone looking in
I'm really looking forward to the workshop in Kilkenny tomorrow, I am all set and ready to go, my flowers turned up, so no more panicking,
see you all in the morning
Yvonne xx

May 6, 2011

Thank you to Everyone
Who booked into the
Kilkenny workshop on the 14th of May
Sorry there are no more places available
as the Class is now full
Please check the details for updates Here
Many thanks for a lovely class yesterday ladies
will pop the photos up later of the 2 cards we made.
thanks for your comments Anna Below
Yvonne xx

Thank you for your wonderful hospitality and your patience with us. It was a lovely relaxed stress free day and I have two beautiful cards along with sooooo many tips so thank you
Looking forward to many more and surfing for hours through your blog.
Cheers Anna

Here are the photos of the 2 cards we made at my
beginners class yesterday
I didn't pre-cut the kits for this class as I wanted the girls to make the cards from start to finish.
I showed the girls how to use a score board, paper trimmer, punches, how to make an insert plus lots lots more.

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This Gardening themed card is showing how to size matting layers
we have used a selection of garden embelishments from Cara Crafts

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This Wedding card was showing how to use boarder punches
Matt and layer and decoupage
We added stickles glitter glue to the bouquet head dress and dress 
 and some pearls to the punched detail
Sorry photos aren't great as I took them late last night.

May 4, 2011

Beginners Card Making Class starts tomorrow
Where I will teach you Paper Crafting
from the basics,
Matting and Layering, Decoupage,
Scoring different folds, Embossing,
Floral finishes, Ribbon Art,
How to get the best from your punches,
how to use the Bigshot and Cricut
Die Cutting Machines
How to get Colour Combinations right,
and much much more

So if you fancy learning card making as a hobby
please email me Here to go on the mailing list,
for class dates and updates.

May 2, 2011

Hello Everyone
Hope you all had a nice Easter Break
I am working on the kits today for the
Kilkenny Craft Clubs Workshop
On the 14th of May
I still have a couple of places left if you've nothing planned for the day, why not join me for a great day of card making fun.
Sneak peek photos have been added to the workshop page.
Full details HERE