SEPTEMBER CLASS LIST

Hi

For those of you not on our mailing list this is just a quick post to let you know that the September class list is now available by clicking on the tab at the top.

We hope you find something that interests and inspires you.  We are always happy to hear from you if you have any suggestions or requests for classes on any specific topic so pleae do email me on Sandy@thecraftbarn.com with your ideas.  

Don’t forget also that if you are a group of 6 or more crafting friends you can take advantage of our special “Day at The Barn”  events where we plan classes tailored specifically for your group, to the products and techniques that you want to learn.  If you would like more info on these, please email me on the above email address.

See you soon

Sandy

SUE RODDIS WORKSHOPS

Workshops with Sue Roddis

 

 

We have the dates now for the workshops with Sue Roddis.  They are the last weekend in August – Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th.

 

 

Both are full day workshops and are priced at £35per person per day.  This includes all materials and unlimited drinks during the day.  Lunch is not included but this can be reserved at the coffee shop next door or there are plenty of pubs and restaurants in the village for you to try.

What will you be making on Saturday

I want to keep the actual projects a bit of a surprise for you for the day, so the snippet below gives you just a flavour of the project which is a faux metal book . 

The project is made with foil rather than metal and the picture only shows one page – your book will have several pages.  You  will also be using different Paper Artsy stamps with the foil, inks, and other goodies.  There is flexibility and on the day you can choose alternative stamps and either go with the colours of Sue’s revised project sample or choose your own colour scheme.   

 What will you be making on Sunday
 
On Sunday the project involves one of our wooden desk calendars.  Below is a previous version that Sue has done.  This is just to tease you because again you will be making a different version on the day! 

From this

to this

You can only book by ringing us on 01342 836398 and places are limited so if you are interested you do need to get in touch,

Happy crafting!

Sue Roddis joins our team

Welcome

I am really excited to be able to welcome Sue Roddis to our team.  Her projects went down really well at the extravaganza and her quirky and off the wall way of looking at things certainly adds a different dimension to our existing wonderful team who work so hard for us.  Sue will be part of our design team and will also be teaching workshops for us

This wonderful piano hinge book is one of her recent projects, you can see it in full with lots of other things on her blog,  http://sroddis.blogspot.com/

workshop news

Also we can confirm the dates  for Sue’s promised workshops.  She will be with us for the last weekend in August (29th and 30th) doing workshops both days. I will be sending more details including snippets of projects to the people on our mailing list on Thursday, with details going on the blog on Saturday.  These will be all day workshops and with a limit of 12 places for each, we do expect places to go fast so if you have not contacted me to register your interest this would be a good time to do it .  You can reach me on sandy@thecraftbarn.com.

see you soon

sandy

Inspiration Box Project

Thought I’d show you this project which was made in a recent afternoon workshop with Carol Staples.  It is called an inspiration box and started life as a plain cardboard box that we got in a delivery, can’t even remember what was in it.

Carol used Tattered Angels Glimmer mists to colour the box .  She chose  juneberry wine, denim blue, olive vine, yellow daisy and then spritzed all over with iridescent gold.  She cut a strip of  BasicGrey  Marrakech papers which she inked the edges of using a Nick Bantock ink pad.  This was then attached to go right around the box.  The glimmer mists give the box a shimmer and the gold makes it look really quite substantial.  It’s hard to get the full effect from a photo

   

 

   For the lid  Carol used a panel of white stamping card cut slightly smaller than the lid itself.  She created an offset grid by masking off sections then spraying with Glimmer mists .   She used midnight blue, yellow daisy, denim blue, tattered rose , kiwi and oriental poppy, she then used Nick Bantock ink pads to blur the edges of the grid.  The central panel was created using the Kadoodle frilly flowers stamps and the other grid sections were stamped using Katzelkraft trees.

For the insside you can put anything you want to but one idea is to create sections using index cards.  Why not try colour, sketch,  technique and theme .  Write down some random ideas/layouts  for the relevant sections and if  you  run out of ideas, and let’s face it we all do from time to time, you can dip into your inspiration box to get started again.

Thanks for visiting,  

Sandy

UK Stampers Group Day

We have been doing group days for a while now and last week we had the pleasure of a groups of crafters who know each other through the UK Stampers forum. 

Here they are in our studio busy working on their afternoon project with Jane Collman which was an altered clock.  There are more pictures of the project further down. 

In the morning they turned some plain old Match boxes into works of art using metals, dabbers and some help from Carole Cann .  The boxes all turned out different and I have attached a couple of the finished items below for you to look at -

by Pat Couder

by Diane R

These are the before and after pictures for the altered clock

Just shows even the simplest of items can be tuyrned into something special with a bit of work!  The altered items make great presents, assuming you can bear to part with them!

If you are a group of crafty friends who would like a special day at The Craft Barn we can tailor workshops to products and techniques you are interested in.  Simply give me a ring or drop me an email

Thanks for visiting, see you soon

Sandy

April class list posted

Hi folks

Have just posted the April class list, popular classes will book up very quickly so take a break, have a cuppa and choose what you fancy doing then simply give us a ring during opening hours to book your classes.

We look forward to seeing you!

Sandy

Metal sample by Carole Cann

Metal is the “new black” … you see metal everywhere and the Metal classes at the Craft Barn are very popular.

Here’ s a sample made by Carole Cann for a class using the ten-seconds-studio metal and tools

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Le métal est la nouvelle grande mode sur les blogs, les magazines etc. Au Craft Barn, on y échappe pas et les ateliers utilisant le métal sont vites complets. Voici un des examples de Carole Cann, fait pour un atelier et qui utilise le matériel Ten Seconds Studio.

February class list now posted

click on the tab at the top of the page to access the February class list.

Hope you can join us for some of the great projects.

Thanks for visiting

Sandy

January Class list now up

Hi

Just a quickie to say that I have posted the January Class list and those of you on our mailing list will be receiving your newsletter and copy of class list shortly.

If you are interested in scrapbooking or want to lose some weight we have a couple of things on the website which may interest you so why not pop over and have a look!

If you would like to be added to our mailing list to receive our periodic newsletters and new class list as they are published, simply go to the website and add your email address in the newsletter box towards the bottm of the left hand side of the front page

Thanks for visiting

Sandy

New class lists and dates for your diary

The class lists for November and December are now available on the website.  We know that the current economic climate is affecting lots of people so as our way of trying to help out we have reduced the cost of classes for November and December by 25% .  Also we have for the first time given a difficulty rating to the classes, to help you select classes which are right for you and, because we know that time is short coming up to Christmas, we have included “quick make” classes so that you can stockpile a few staple cards for emergencies!

 

Other news:  Julie Hickey is with us on Thursday 30^th October from 4pm to 8:30pm demonstrating the Craftwork Cards collection.  This is a free event open to everyone so it would be great to see you.

 

 

Another date for your diary is 29^th November  when we will be having a Christmas Craft Fest.  We’ll have at least 4 demonstrators in the shop all day including Paul from Go Kreate.  Come and join us in the shop for mince pies and a glass of Pimms Winter Warmer or non-alcoholic Hot Fruit Punch.   We’ll give you lots of ideas for presents for yourself or others.  It’s a perfect opportunity to write your wish list which we’ll keep in the shop or email to agreed family and friends for them to pick from.  It’s also a great excuse to treat yourself because we’re giving double loyalty stamps on items featured in the demos on the day.

 

December 5^th is Lingfield evening and we will be staying open for the event for the first time in a number of years to, so why not come down to the village and join in the fun.