Easter

is looming! the bunny is busy getting things ready for the hunt and today it is snowing here! but as it has rained so much I don't think it will stick!.

The shop wil be open Good Friday & Saturday but we wil be shut on BH Monday.

We have some great Easter kits here , just one bargain box left and one Prima Blooming Retro kit - grab them while you can. Hopefully the new edition of Craft Stamper will be here this week along with some gorgeous My Minds Eye papers and accessories - just a taste is shown below.

Practising

using the new Martha Stewart Scoreboard - I always use a metal ruler, pencil and a scoring tool for all my projects so when I saw this board I thought it would be a time saver and remove the inaccurate measuring disasters which often happen! - it comes as a 12 x 12 board with envelope guide (I have never tackled making an envelope!) and a scoring tool. All the tools are stored neatly in the board and it has a list of where to score and how depending on your project - it is fantastic it scores deeply and gives a crisp finish it is clearly marked and I made an envelope first time and it is perfect - if you make cards, boxes , envelopes or all of them this is for you - we can order them in especially just for you at the bargain price of £16.99 - worth every penny! - here is the card I made along with my envelope. If you are a Martha Stewart punch fan we can also order any punch that takes your fancy from her range as well.

Easter

is on it's way - after a morning spent preparing dinner, cleaning the car, making a cake and what feels like a thousand other things I sat down to make this banner - it is made from chipboard and decorated with old sheet music, scraps of card, blooms and ribbons- after easter is over I will assemble it into a mini book with pictures from this years egg hunt.

We have the new deilivery of Aussie mags in more great copies of the Scrapbook Creations & the fantastic Cardmaking, stamping and papercraft.

Easter Stash

has been added to the store here , there are some gorgeous Easter themed stickers and chipboard pieces from Scenic Route , lovely pastel colours that are perfect for your cards or scrapbooks, ribbons decorated with eggs, felt bunnies & more!. Also added to the web store are new papers from Scenic Route's Ashville range- blues & greens, all are double sided cardstock quality and they are only 60p a sheet- bargain!.

Ever have

one of those days? - yesterday was one of them after a lovely crafty day in the shop preparing things for Monday's necklace class and putting out all the lovely sizzix goodies (the embossing folders are fantastic - they emboss a beautiful deep crisp design- dare I say I think I prefer them to the cuttlebug folders) - I go home to a washing machine that I knew had washed it's last wash! but DH bless him insisited on trying to fix it - after two hours he admitted defeat and drove to get a new one and a microwave as that has exploded too! (I won't go into details about the toaster fire!) so today while I am left with a pile of washing that resembles Snowden he has taken himself off for a couple of days in Ireland watching the Rugby - so in between loads I am abandoning the house work and I am going to get out my copics and colour lots of Wild Rose Stamps , I may even make some cards! - easel cards are my favourites at the moment.

Sizzix has arrived

after chasing the dhl delivery around, I finally got to collect the sizzix order from the depot this evening- no mean feat in a Fiat 500 with both the boys on board! - we managed to squeeze it in!, so we now have the Big Shot machines, Sidekicks & the Texture Boutique along with dies & embossing folders, cutting mats, crease pads & cutting mats - we have the new tim holtz alterations arriving as soon as they land! and the next batch of new releases will be with us in June - in the mean time if there are any dies you want and we don't have them in stock, they can be ordered for you as long as they in the current sizzix range.

We still have copies of the Australian Cardmaking & Scrapbooking.

Also a big thanks to everyone ordering on the website, after lots of fraught months, intermittent servers and other behind the scenes techy issues we are up and running , the post office man is used to me being on the doorstep each morning - luckily he opens up at 8.30am to take parcels.

New Classes

details are on the side bar - book early

Aussie Pics

a new batch of Australian magazines have arrived they include: Scrapbook Creations, Scrapbooking Memories , Scrapbooing Masters (scrapbook creations special edition) & Cardmaking, Stamping & Papercraft - I just need to sort pictures and they will be up on the site, they are £5.25 per copy, each one is packed full of inspirational ideas.

If you want any of the cheeky cherry stamps they are now on the website but be quick they are going fast.