Had some me time

At the beginning of the year I decided I needed some me time….time to create and learn and improve my skills and knowledge.
I have admired Donna Downey for a long time so I decided to become a member of Inspiration Wednesday. I never realised it would be so much fun and although I have only managed to do one so far, I’ve already learned loads of new stuff.
Here is my first canvas

It still needs something but for now I am happy to look at it for a while until I decide what.
There is loads of layering

and I got soooo messy. Happy now.
If you would like to play along here is the link to Inspiration Wednesday http://donnadowney.typepad.com/simply_me/inspiration-wednesdays/
Cards tomorrow I think xxx

Online Classes and Kits launched

Today is the day when the online Kits and classes are released. Click HERE to see what is available. I will be adding more throughout the day and evening.
All of these projects are available without a kit at a cost of £5 each. For this you will get access to the online class and you will be able to follow the instructions using your own stash.
If you have any questions please use the contact button on the right of this page or email ladiesthatcraft@live.co.uk
Have fun xx

Paper Posy

At the Crop a few weeks ago Marilyn showed everyone how to make paper flowers using a scalloped punch, Bazzill cardstock and a brad…..oh and a lot of patience lol.
So as everyone enjoyed making them so much I thought I’d make a layout using them.

And those flowers…. well I changed the brads for a sunburst and some Micro Beads  but was really pleased with the result.

More tomorrow. xx

New Online Classes coming soon

I am launching several new online kits and classes over the weekend so if you want to have a play Keep checking back for more details. 
Numbers will be limited so watch this space. 
Busy...busy...busy xxx

Evening Card Class

Just an update for everyone who lives locally. The Mini Book class being taught by Karen on 8th April is now Fully Booked.

I have now released a Card Class on the same evening running from 7pm to 9pm taught by Julie at a cost of £12. If you are interested please either book your place at http://ltcclassescropsandkits.blogspot.co.uk or email me at ladiesthatcraft@live.co.uk. The class is suitable for all levels of crafters. Minimum age is 16.

Hope you can come along and play. xx

Creativity 101

and as usual there was lots of messy fingers involved. It never ceases to amaze me how mucky we all get in just a short space of time.
The aim of this class was to build layer and to use as many different paint mediums as we could.
Firstly here is the project I made as an example

and a bit of a close up

and then, with a bit of explanation  they were let loose to choose colours and decide what they were going to use on their own work.
It was no surprise that everyone chose different colours and stencils. Here are a few of the nearly finished projects.




These are just a few of the nearly finished projects.Looking forward to seeing everyone else’s finished projects.
I have started the reverse side of my case. Here is the work in progress

I hope that everyone enjoyed yesterday as much as I did. xxxx

Tomorrows Creativity Class

Hi ladies
I'm all packed up and ready to go. Even the project was finished in plenty of time.

Here are few things you might want to bring along if you have them:

Hot glue gun
Heat gun
Apron

That's it. I do have some but any extras will make the class go quicker lol.

I will be there from about 9am so come early if you want. The sooner we start the more time we'll have.

Looking forward to a great class.
Julie xxx

Texture paste

love the stuff and am slowly learning to apply it to layouts without making a complete mess.
Here is the first layout I taught at Scrapping Your Family on Saturday

Lots of distressing, texture paste, painting and flowers made for a lovely morning having fun
Here are a few close-ups



Am definitely going to play some more this week and I might even do some filming so that you can play along. Watch this space lol.

Three cards

at last…..sorry for the delay, have had a nightmare getting the Blog to upload but it’s sorted now yippee…..
So now it’s catch up with all of the projects I have been making and teaching over the last few weeks.
Let’s start with three cards from Thursday 26th February

And individually



This one is almost impossible to photograph without getting a shadow sorry.

Love those spring colours. Hope you like them xx