Learn to Dance in the Rain

Love this Tim Holtz man!  I combined him with a rainbow background which has been brayered using Kaleidacolor ink and a stirp of embossed card - suing the clocks from the Sizzix range.

It just begs for a quote inside - 'Instead of waiting for the storm to pass - learn to dance in the rain'

Sizzix Coffee Morning - so exciting

The parcels from Sizzix have arrived. The Big Shot pro is here, along with some amazing new smaller dies (one shown here!) that are great for cards but can also be used in jewellery making. We have lots of free gifts to give out and of course the lemon tart from the Cafe has been ordered.

Join us for our fabulous free morning starting at 10:30 this Friday 22 July

A Sizzix Coffee Morning with loads of sponsored prizes

We are currently awaiting our first delivery of the Sizzix Big Shot Pro - along with some yummy large dies. Thank you to Sizzix who are sponsoring our coffee morning next week and are sending over lots of free goodies for attendees like aprons, pens and mugs as well as some other exciting prizes planned for the day. This is a great opportunity for you to get the best out of your Big Shot as we will be showing you some fab hints and tips for using your dies.

We meet at 10:30 for Coffee(or Tea) and Cake and then have our demo, raffle draw and more.

Diarise it now - 22 July at Siopa Buí in Spiddal - a great reason to visit the beach

Date for Coffee morning and more!

Coffee morning is on Friday 22nd July - not where you would expect it to be! Summer really has me turned upside down this year - between summer camps, extravaganzas and our regular classes I don't know which way is which. It is all a juggle, but a good juggle at least. It will be a great coffee morning with a demo of the new Sizzix Big Shot Pro - and a Sizzix theme - complete with give-aways.

Dublin Workshop 8 May

This week we begin packing the kits for our Dublin workshop. I will try and get some sneak peaks up soon, but if you haven't booked, and are thinking about it - I promise you some really great cards.

We have a few spaces left. 7 projects - including loads of the latest techniques from Ranger and Tim Holtz, Sizzix, Hunky Dory and more.

Our mobile shop will be open to all during the day in Dublin even if you aren't attending the workshop. For more information email me or give me a quick ring at the shop.

Brand brand new Sizzix and Whiff of Joy

Ok, I know I always gush and talk in !!!! But this is really a very exciting parcel from Sizzix. Probably some of the most innovative dies I have seen since I started selling Sizzix 6 years ago. We are unpacking now, and I will do what I can to upload onto the site, but as we have coffee morning this week, and then Tipperary workshop on Sunday, I might be as well to leave it to next week.

We also have the new Whiff of Joy release in, and having just made the cutest Valentine's Card out, I can honestly say I love it!

Penny Black & Sizzix from Demo Day

Afternoon,

Have more pictures for you! These are more pictures from the Demo Day last Sunday. Almost all of these cards have Penny Black, some have Sizzix and there is one Red Hot Bed. Check out the sparkly threads - a lovely effect for very little effort. They are available in 6 colours at €3.50 each. I will have them on the shop site later today.
Forgot to mention the new Penny Black Stickeroos!! They are yummy.

Hello Kitty!!!!!!!!

Hi there,

Lots going on and loads to tell you.
Need a 'beam me up scotty gadget' to shuttle me to Spiddal every day - started updating the website this week. Lots to do but keep watching as there are lots of interesting goodies to come your way.

The new alcohol inks, Hello Kitty Sizzix, Cute Companion Summer Stories Stamps & Flower Fairies rubber stamps are now on the shop site.

Here are some pictures from the Demo Day last Sunday - just the Hello Kitty & Sizzix for now.
Penny Black to follow later.

Just one card and a shrink plastic Kitty. The shrink plastic kitty has so much potential. My daughter(DD) was with me on Sunday and came home with her own 'shrunked Kitty' from Kerry. It went to school on Monday - and she has me plagued to make some more since - it was a big hit.

Check out some of the ideas on the Sizzix site. There is so much more you can do with your dies than making cards. http://www.sizzix.com/idea/924

Have added a link to the side of the blog for future reference - this will keep ye busy - would love to see what ye come up with.



This is just to give you an idea of the size of the finished 'shrunked' Kitty.
This started off as a Bigz die.



This is a A4 Landscape gift voucher card.

Sizzix going online

Helen and I are are committed to getting our website more up to date. So today, as a result of a mad asthma attack - and a resultant inability to run around like a headless chicken, I have been gathering all the pics and am going to start uploading some of our fabulous sizzix stock.
The only problem is that it is so fab, it normally doesn't last that long online before it sells out.
Going to start now so keep checking.

Very Exciting Box

I have just unpacked a very exciting box. It is from Sizzix and has some amazing dies in it. The pop-up house, pop-up cake, an amazing aeroplane card, just more and more amazing things. Going to try and get into the FTP site and get some stuff uploaded as this really needs to go on the site.

Spinning Platform dies are In

The new Sizzix Pop-up dies have started to pop-up. We have our first consignment in, and I can't wait to try.

We have
Designs in 3-D - 656029 - Platform, Spinning 3-D (pop-up)
&
Designs in 3-D - 656026 - card, Heart (pop-up)
Call me for more info

Sizzix Samples

Evening everyone,

Hope ye had a nice St Patrick's Day. I can't believe it is Friday again tomorrow.
Here are pictures of the Sizzix samples that Lisa brought with her last Friday.

Forgot to say thanks to Lisa & Sizzix for all our goodies and prizes that you brought along.

Here is a scrapbook LO which incorporates the new Pop-up templates.
The house pop up is definitely going on my wish list




A decorated notebook



Some door hangers/gifts - the heart is a kind of pop-out - you cut the heart shape from folded paper.





And a few more similar items




And here are some cards











Phew!!!!!!!!

Lots to look at there.

See ye soon

Helen

Sizzix Coffee Morning Fun & Games

Back again,

Well hope everyone I met on Friday has come back to earth. It was hectic but great fun. I was wrecked for the evening. But I was smiling. Great to meet Lisa from Sizzix - you are a real tonic and we can't wait to see you again. Lovely to see faces I havent' seen for a while.
So here goes - a quick run down on the morning - prepare for picture overload.

What a start to a crafters morning -........................ coffee, cakes, crafty mags & catalogues





....... a kind host...............




......more crazy crafters like ourselves...............




........drooling......errrrrrrrr.........I mean discussing what we would like to order next..........




...................sharing tips on how to pack as much as possible into the Payper Box packs..........




......................watching a close up demo of the latest pop-up dies from Sizzix..............





..................deciding what we want to pre-order from the Sizzix Catalogue.................




..................and then topping it off with a group photo................



All in all a fun day!!!!!!!

Will be back in next day or two with pictures of the yummy Sizzix samples.

Helen

Scrapbooking Sunday

Hi there,

Just realised I haven't posted since Wednesday - bad blogger.
Haven't had chance to catch up with anyone who went to the Scrapbooking class today.

Hope ye enjoyed it.
Posting up photos of Fiona's original LO's.

If anyone who went along today would like to show their versions, you can send me a photo to anblogbui@gmail.com.
We would all love to see them.

These are three lovely LO's but my fave is the last one - the colours are stunning.
Photos just don't do these justice.

Sizzix Coffee Morning News

Well I guess I have to tell ye Kerry's exciting news direct from Dubai (sounds exotic doesn't it)

At the Sizzix coffee morning and on the Saturday - we will have amazing demos of
the latest pop-up dies. There is only one set of dies available in the UK - a
demo set - and they are coming to our Shop for a visit - so people can see how
they work. Lisa Brennan is bringing all sorts of new products as yet not seen,
to show us and demo etc, as well as finished samples, photos and give-aways. We
will also have special offers.

And I've arranged to get the morning off and hubby to pick up the kids from school. Looking forward to it.