Workshop

Remember I said I'm a member of a craft club at work? Well myself and another crafty lady were chosen to attend the summer festival at Warwick university. Amongst footballers, squash players, tennis players, anglers, runners and other sporty types we did our bit with a group of other like minded card makers.
Not having a clue what to expect we arrived with some basic (very basic) crafty tools and were left to do our thing with some pretty card. Christmas seemed to be the theme of the day but not exclusively as I'd taken some birthday type stamps with me.
I chose some card and along with my own stamps, a bit of bling  and imagination I managed to pull some cards together.
This one is as simple as the sentiment.

You can't really see the sentiment on this topper very well but it was an afterthought anyway. I was more interested in the poinsettia and holly leaves weaving in and out of the gold ribbon.

I chose to make this card as an Easel card. I particularly liked the punched out JOY and of course the little hedgehog with his holly berries.

I spent some time mingling with my fellow crafters and promoted the benefits of having a craft club at work. My colleague even brought along some newsletters of ours and they were well received.

There were some stunning creations, my favourite being a rather huge peacock with the coloured card feathers attached to the top of a card rather than on the card. So wish I'd taken some pics of other crafters makes. With their permission of course.
For the wreathe on this card I drew around the inner and outer sides of a ring of double sided tape, cut it out and then wrapped it in ribbon and decorated it with coloured beads. I love how it turned out.

Anyway, by the time we stopped for the day (the quarter final of the World Cup which of course England won was beckoning) I had five cards to take away. The last of which was a birthday card with these really cute teddies and a floating balloon.

I do hope you like them
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