Day Fours Sneek Preview Spellbinders Die Is

Ribbon Tags Trio 2

And what a gorgeous set they are i can see lots of possibilities for these and cant wait for them to arrive.


Dont forget to scroll down to day one of the new dies to see how to enter our great competition where you can win all seventeen new dies.

New Die Today is Labels 5

Ok heres a peek at day threes new Die that will be arriving in August.

Its Labels 5 and it has six nested peices for you to use.

I love the shape of this one too and it will work so well with the other labels dies.
Dont forget to read about our fantastic competition to win all 17 new dies plus another two prizes for second and third place.
See yesterdays post for details.

Another 17 New Spellbinders Dies On Their Way And A Fantastic Competition To Celebrate

OK Folks brace yourselves for another load of brand spanking new dies from Spellbinders,including more nestabilities,frames and borderabilities.

Each day we will be putting a new die up on our blog and on the web shop for you to fall in love with and here are the first two

This little beauty is Labels 8 which has six nested peices and i just love this shape and cant wait to get my hands on it.

And this is the Nesting Pine Tree which has three nested peices and its just perfect for Christmas cards and also for camping trip scrapbook layouts.

I will put the next one up tomorrow.

We should get all of the dies here by mid to late August 2009 so not long to wait.

COMPETITION INFO.

When you Pre Order any four of these new dies together for £60.00 you will receive one free entry into our competition draw which will take place in the shop on Saturday the 29th of August 2009.

The DEADLINE for competition entries is Saturday the 15th of August 2009.

All Pre Orders for the new dies placed before this date will be entered into the draw and remember you must purchase four dies together at the same time to qualify for the competition draw.

If you order eight dies you will receive two entries into the draw.

PRIZES are as follows.

1st PRIZE ...All seventeen sets of these new spellbinders dies and your money retuned.

2nd PRIZE ...A £100 credit to spend on our webshop.

3rd PRIZE ...A £50 credit to spend on our webshop.

Im sure you agree thats a brilliant lot of prizes so come on folks order your four sets of dies to enter this fantastic competition.

Smiles and good luck everybody from Rob Gordon and Harry.

New Spellbinders Dies have arrived here this morning

Woo Hoo they arrived this morning and we have almost packed and posted 600 orders phewee.

As our customers know we are the only retail shop in the UK who work directly with Spellbinders in the USA, so we are ALWAYS FIRST to get your dies here and posted to you if you pre order .

Thanks to you all again for your support and your orders we really appreciate it.

And heres Harry making sure we work hard to get all your pre orders out today.

Smiles Robert.

New Beading Classes Starting in July Book Now to Guarantee Your Place

Starting on Sunday 19th of July we will be holding weekly beading classes tutored by beading expert Linda Schoffam. These classes will run from 10.30 am - 1.30 pm and will cost £15 ( payable in advance and non refundable )which includes everything you will need to make your peice of jewellry and tea coffee and biscuits ( yummy chocolate ones of course ).

Linda works 6 months of the year on cruise ships going to exotic places teaching beading techniques to passengers and believe me you have to be good at what you do to get a fantastic job like that.

Jean Di and myself have been going to Lindas classes now for 3 weeks and we have all made jewelry that is absolutely stunning, so i am so pleased Linda is coming to our shop to teach you all her secrets.

There is enough room on the class for 10 students and 3 of the places were booked after last weeks floribunda class so please book early to make sure you get a place.

Linda will also bring lots of beads and findings for you to buy and if you come shopping on Sundays while Linda is here you can also buy her wares.

As a taster here are some of the fantastic things you will be making on the classes.

Catch Up on the last two weeks.

Right heres a quick photo catchup on the last 2 weeks so here goes.

Friday 5th June was ATC Club and the theme this month was Things with wings.

Heres some of the trades we had going on.

ATC club is taking a break for Summer and will start again in October, Theme to be announced.

Sat and Sunday 6th and 7th June saw our open weekend which was a great success and thanks to everyone who came along and watched the demonstrations. Unfortunately i forgot my camera so no pics sorry.

Saturday 13th June was Di's Alcohol inks class and as you can see from the pics below everyone had a great time learning new techniques.

The girls on the class really enjoyed it and the colours of their samples dont do them justice taken with a camera they are much more sumptuous in real life.

Sunday 14th June was my Floribunda class which consisted of using the Dahlia,Blossom, and Peony nestabilities with rubber stamps, grunge paper,distress inks and re-inkers,Pearlescent watercolours and gemstones to make some stunning embellishments for cards and scrapbooks etc.

Here are the pics.

We all had a great time and made some fabulous things and the class went on for four hours cos we all were enjoying it so much.Thanks girls for a great time and for leaving me a few chocky biscuits toget my strengh bac

At the end of the day Gordon and i took Harry to his favorite place. Pleasley Nature reserve which is just a two minute walk from the shop and it was such a gorgeous afternoon
heres a few pics of our little piece of heaven.

This place is so so beautiful and the amazing thing is that not too long ago it used to be a huge coal mine.

The wild life is unbeleivable and we have seen green woodpeckers and a barn owl in the last couple of weeks. It also looks fab in all seasons.

So thats it a quick two weeks in 40 seconds haha (its taken me 2 hours to do this but its worth it).

Look out tomorrow for some very special workshops starting from Sunday 19th July i cant wait to tell you about these and 3 people have booked already and we can only take 10 people.

Saturdays Friendly Plastic Class (class 3)

Sorry i havnt put this up until today but the weather has been so gorgeous here that i have been putting the garden back to rights and i must admit it was hard work but so worth it.

Saturday was the third and final part of the friendly plastic course and we had a great time making molds, playing with shrink plastic and playing with alcohol inks to change the colours of the friendly plastics.

There was so much wonderful art being made that i am putting every single pic up that i took today so that you can see how much the girls have progressed from the first part of the course.

So here we go.

As you can see we have lots of smiles and lots of all sorts of things on the table too.

Everyone is in a creative mood with heatguns at the ready.

Kath half way through making her friendly plastic mask.

Now here are some pics of the fantastic things the girls made today and a few things that they have been making at home.

What a lovely lot of eye candy and such stunning work.

Thank you so much girls for being so emphusiastic and not being scared to try new things.

Its been a great three months and i hope you keep using your friendly plastic noe you know how to use it.

Another three part class starts at the end of this month and i am only doing one class each month this time so please book early if you want to learn all the things you can do with this fantastic product.

Workshop Dates and Events for June.

Here are the dates for events and workshops in June.

Saturday and Sunday 6th and 7th June ...10.00am - 4.00pm . . . . . . OPEN WEEKEND
We are having an open weekend to celebrate the new opening hours of the shop and there will be demonstrations all day as well as speciaql offers and spot prizes, so come along either or both days for some fun and to learn new techniques.

SAT 13th June ... 10.30 am - 1.00pm . . . ALCHOHOL INK TECHNIQUES.

Come along to this very imformative workshop and learn all you need to know and how to use Alcohol inks on lots of different surfaces including, Stampbord,Acetate and Glossy card. You will leave with lots of tips and some beautiful cards that Di will show you how to make step by step.
Class costs £15 and must be paid on booking.

SUN 14th June . . . FLORIBUNDA

For this workshop you will use Spellbinders dies and rubber stamps to make fabulous exotic bloom embellishments for cards scrapbooks or even as jewelry.
You will be working with grunge paper inks, paints and other fab things and will leave looking at your spellbinders dies in a completely different way.
This class will certainly have you working outside the box and Robert will share some fab tricks of the trade with you.
If you have a Wizard or Cuttlebug machine,please bring these along as it will save you having to share machines.
Class costs £15 pounds and must be paid on booking.

SAT 20th June ... Teabags and Toppers.

This class is a must and you will leave with some amazing cards that you can make in around 25 minutes but will look as if you have spent a day making them.
Jean is one of the countries top teabag folding experts and has designed papers to go with the toppers you wil be using for your cards.
She will take you on a fantastic journey where you will start off by learning simple folds and then learning more inticate ones.
A must for all skill levels and great fun too.
Class costs £15 and must be paid for on booking.

Sunday 28th June ... Friendly Plastics Beginners Course Part one

The first of three classes where you will learn all you need to know about Friendly Plastic.
Robert is one of the leading experts in this medium in the UK and these classes always get full very quickly so please book early to avoid missing out as the next three classes wont start until
September.
You will leave with lots of embellishments and knowledge as well as having lots of fun and making new friends.
Class costs £15 and must be paid for on booking.

So there is Junes offerings and we all look forward to meeting you .
Smiles from
Di Jean and Robert

Angelina Fibres and Films now in Stock

Hi everyone this is just to let you know that i have put Angelina fibres up on the web shop.

We dont sell individual colours, just multi packs of either 6,15,19 and even 20 colours.

These save you money and also let you try out all the colours at a good and fare price.

They come in straight cut,crimped and the new Metallic hot fix colours so there is something for everyone here.

Below are a few samples that i have made using different colours of the fibres and films as well as using rubber stamps from one of the peacock sheets from Elusive Images and Invoke Art Stamps which you can also purchase from our web shop.

The photo just doesnt do these beautiful fibres and films justice but they still look yummy.
Hope you like them.
Smiles.
Robert.

New Items just put up on shop website.

Hi all i have just put up some of the new items we have in the shop.
They are Tim Holtz idea-ology products and rubber stamp sheets from Glenda at Elusive Images.
Remember postage and package is free on all our items and have fun shopping.
Smiles
Robert.

New Opening Days and Times for Summer

From June the first we will be changing the days of opening for the Summer period.
The shop will open as follows.

Monday - Closed
Tuesday - Closed
Wednesday - 10.00am - 4.00pm
Thursday - 10.00am - 4.00pm
Friday - 10.00am - 4.00pm
Saturday - 10.00am - 4.00pm
Sunday - 10.00am - 4.00pm

This time table will remain until the first of October when we will go back to our usual six day opening hour.
Have a Great Summer everyone.

A Lovely Afternoon

People who have known us for a long time from our shop in Chesterfield and the craft shows will all remember Eileen from New Zealand who used to help us.

Well she moved to Manchester a few years ago and sadly we dont see her very much now.

But today she came and saw us and spent the whole afternoon with us and we did have fun catching up with each others gossip and swapping paper craft ideas.

She loved the new shop and fell in love with Harry (he loves her too).

Heres a pic of Eileen Harry and i just foolin around in the shop.

Eileen thanks for a fabulous afternoon it was great to see you and please dont leave it so long till next time.

xxxxx Rob Gordon and Harry

Yesterdays Nestabilities Frames Workshop.

This workshop evolved from a sample board i made up for the NEC craft show a few months ago. When i put it up in the shop a lot of customers asked if i would do a workshop on them and within two days the classes were full, and that is why they werent put up on the blog.

I will however do another class in July for those people who wold like to do it.

These pictures are of the girls on the workshop having fun and concentrating making their fantastic creations.

There were wizard and cuttlebug machines cutting away at gorgeous basic grey papers as well as chocky biscuits,tea and coffee to keep our energy levels up.

One of the girls had come all the way from Wales for the day and said it had been worth every minute and was one of the best workshops she had done so that put me at ease.

Here are some of the frames that were made at the workshops yesterday.

These were the first two designs of three that were made at the workshops and as you can see they are really beautiful and will look even better when they are decorated and embellished.

The girls all said that this class really teaches you to look at your nestabilities in new and exciting ways.

Everyone really enjoyed themselves and i even showed the girls who bought their cuttlebugs a way to use their machines so that they dont have to keep changing their plates for cutting and embossing (they were very impressed).

And finally here is a picture of the sample board that turned into a workshop.

If you would like to pre order a seat on the next classes before i put the dates up on line please phone the shop Mon - Sat 10.00am - 4.00pm.

Smiles Robert.

ATC Club Trades.

We had another great afternoon at ATC club on Friday and here are some of the trades that people made.

The theme was Metallic and all of the ATCs have got either metallic paints,metallic inks or real metal peices somewhere in their artwork.

The theme for next months ATC club is THINGS WITH WINGS so that leaves it wide open really from airoplanes to butterflys.

ATC club is on the first friday of the month and starts at 12.00 and goes on till 4.00 ish.

Just bring along your own supplies and come and learn new ideas and help from likewise crafters.

It costs £5 and tea coffee and biscuits are provided as well as a few goodies from Roberts stash of transparancies, images and paper.

So come along and join in the fun. The more the merrier.