The Craft Room, Derby

Friday

DAY THREE HUNDRED AND FIVE - Halloween and a catch up

Good morning. So November has arrived and its quite a mild morning, 11 degrees currently in my neck of the woods. It wont get much higher today but thats okay as today is a day of chores inside the house. All those 101 little jobs that keep getting pushed to one side are finally going to get done throughout the day.

Did you celebrate Halloween? We had a crafty get together last night but not before my neice visited with her little ones, although they are not so little now. George and Julie came with their hats on and unfortunately, I didnt get a photo of me with mine, nor did I capture Deborah earlier in the week. Note to ones self, take more photos.

I did manage to make some Halloween treats though

I had great fun putting these together and they went down very well. I have already put a date in my calendar for next year to get them ready a little earlier and to make more of them.

My feet havent touched the ground since we came back from our trip to Cyprus. Unfortunately mum got rushed into hospital and its been a bit of a roller coaster. Thankfully she came home yesterday and we shall be keeping our fingers crossed that she will stay in good health as long as possible. Her condition is getting worse with each passing day (vascular dementia and Alzeihmers) but we just take one day at a time and tackle whatever it throws at us. Dad is still doing a wonderful job caring for her but it gets tricky at times.

How is your garden doing? I was very surprised to see that my garden has still got flowers flowering especially the Sweet Peas. We had such a rubbish start to the year with them, the first set of seeds never sprouted at all. The second lot we put in (purchased new seeds) just put on a little start and then stopped but I was rather pleased to hear that lots of other folks had similar issues. Then the third lot we planted took straight away, they grew and grew. Hubby had to put an extension piece in on the trellis as they went up and up. We have never had such tall plants. It's amazing to see the flower heads next to the seed pods.

Well, I must get on and start my chores. No procrastinating during the month of November.

Thank you so much for having a read, I do appreciate it. If you want to get in touch, my details are below. Tracey x

Stampin' Up! News

If you click on the image below a new window should open up and you can have a browse through the September - December brochure.

Should you like to place an order online, you can click on the image below and a new window will open up where you can have a browse through the shop.

Should youlike any help please, do get in touch with me. My contact details are at the end of the post and I really am happy to help as much as I can.

If you would like to get in touch with me, here is where I can be found.

I would love to hear from you.

Wednesday

DAY TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT - Splendid Autumn Designer Series Paper sliced

Good morning, I woke up a little later this morning which is good news. Lets hope it continues. I do hope to spend a little time in the Craft Room today in between a few places that I have to go out and visit and this afternoon its another hospital visit, this time for the Lymphadema. I do enjoy having a full day but this evening, it is most definately feet up time.

Paul and I caught up with lots of little things we had to do, deadheading plants, collecting seeds and trying to get rid of all the ivy that is in our holly hedge. Another task was downloading ALL the photos from our recent visit to see the girls and baby Alexandros. So now my photo count is 33820 which I shall sort out over the next few months.

I actually started my journey into doing a facebook live video on how to create a card using some of the beautiful Stampin' Up! Splendid Autumn 6" x 6" Designer Series Papers. Not only did I make it in real time (live) but then I published it on You Tube. For someone who is really challenged by technology I am quite proud of myself and today, I am going to do it all over again.

We used to make cards very similar to this a few years ago, with different papers though.

Everything I used is in a list and the bottom of the post.

If you would like to have a look at the video, here is the link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW7PVrEySKI&t=16s

I had best get myself ready for the day. Thank you so much for having a read and I hope you have wonderful Wednesday. Tracey x

Did you know that the all the kits in the Stampin' Up! Kit Collection have been discountted during the month of October? If you click on the image below it will take you to see all the kits that are available.

If you click on the image below a new window should open up and you can have a browse through the September - December brochure.

Should you like to place an order online, you can click on the image below and a new window will open up where you can have a browse through the shop. Obviously, if you would like any help please, do get in touch with me. My contact details are at the end of the post and I really am happy to help as much as I can.

If you would like to get in touch with me, here is where I can be found.

I would love to hear from you.

Product List

Keeping Tabs Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[163533]

£18.00

Splendid Autumn 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[164173]

£11.75

Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock

[133683]

£10.75

Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad

[147111]

£8.50

Cajun Craze A4 Card Stock

[121683]

£10.75

Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad

[147085]

£8.50

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

£13.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[154974]

£5.75

Bone Folder

[102300]

£7.50

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

£27.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

£4.00

Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[150673]

£62.00

Stampin' Pierce Mat

[126199]

£4.75

Sunday

DAY TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SIX - Halloween is on its way

Good morning. We havent had a Sunday lunch for quite a few weeks so today hubby and I will be cooking a roast with all the trimmings. It does take quite a while but well worth it.

Friday night myself and friends got together for a kit night. We all meet up in The Craft Room, Derby armed with a kit or two to put together over a cuppa and cake. Goodness knows what the neighbours must think because we spent the whole night laughing. I mean the real heartful belly laughs. At one stage my face was so red and my tum hurt so much that a friend said that it looked like I was about to burst. It isnt just the crafting its the friendships and relationships that we form....the tribes.

I started making the Haunted House, a kit from Stampin' Up! that sold out in a matter of days. It is coming back in November, a little late for Halloween this year but if I was you, I would grab one and put it away as they are wonderful and a lot bigger than you think.

I had such great fun making this and its up in The Craft Room, waiting for me to add my other Halloween decorations later today.

Have you ever thought of making your own greeting cards but not sure where to start?  Are you a crafter that has lost their mojo?  Are you local to Derby and would like to find out what happens in The Craft Room?
 
If you are a crafter and fancy a crafty chat or have answered yes to any of the above  
why dont you pop in to The Craft Room, Derby this Tuesday and find out more.  You can even have a go at making a card.

You can find out a little more about card making. See what the paper craft and scrapbooking company called Stampin' Up! has to offer. Look at  what get togethers we have planned. Check the calendar for the next classes etc. etc. 

If you already know The Craft Room, Derby but have a friend or relative that may be interested, please do bring them along to say hello and they can find out more.

There is plenty of on street parking but do let me know that you hope to pop in so that I can be sure there are enough cakes.  Happy to give you venue details if you dont know where in Alvaston we are.
 
Well I had best go and get ready for the day, thank you so much for having a read.  Tracey x
 
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE STAMPIN' UP! WORLD DURING OCTOBER 
 
Did you know that the all the kits in the Stampin' Up! Kit Collection have been discountted during the month of October?  If you click on the image below it will take you to see all the kits that are available.
 
If you click on the image below a new window should open up and you can have a browse through the September - December brochure.
 
Should you  like to place an order online, you can click on the image below and a new window will open up where you can have a browse through the shop.    Obviously, if you would like any help please, do get in touch with me.  My contact details are at the end of the post and I really am happy to help as much as I can.
 
If you would like to get in touch with me, here is where I can be found.  
I would love to hear from you.

Friday

DAY TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FOUR - Offers, sales and Country Woods

Good morning. Brrr its a tad colder at the moment, only 1 degree, that is a drop of 27 degrees in a matter of a couple of days. I shall be keeping my thermals on today thats for sure.

So we are home again and my sleep pattern is all over the place. A small price to pay for being with the girls and our latest addition to the family, Alexandros. I went to bed at 8pm on Tuesday, got up to what I thought was a dark morning. Made a cuppa and thought mmmm a bit peckish, perhaps beans on toast will do. Good job I didnt cook as I discovered it was 11pm. I had only been asleep for 3 hours...what a narna. I am trying to stay awake longer each day in the hopes that I will wake up later, its not working so far but I will just go with it.

I have had a few days to try and catch up with everything at home and have come to the conclusion, I cant. So I will just plod along each day and catch up over the next few weeks.

I have joined a pain management group that meet once a week for a couple of hours and I am exploring new possibilities of how to cope with the pain I get with my Arthritis and Lymphadema as well as all the other bits and pieces, I will let you know how I get along. So far I have met a really nice bunch of folk which is always a bonus.

Quite a few friends of mine have been sharing their sucess at Slimming World over the last few weeks, they are doing amazing and so pleased for them. However, I dont like to tell them that I have discovered all those extra little pounds that they have lost.

I cant believe that I have put on so much weight when we thought we were being so good on our holiday. I guess the meals were mostly careful apart from that one Indian meal (hadnt had one for over 5 years due to gallstones), then there was the pint (yes pint) of milk shake that I had most days, the lattes with the girls, most days, the all butter coissant that went with the latte etc. etc. So it is no wonder that clothes dont fit. So now it is full 'watch what goes into the mouth' mode. I dont like to say 'diet' as that triggers hunger pangs, wanting chocolate and everything else that is sweet. Also counting the steps and the gentle exercise that I am trying to do will help. I have a few goals. I work well with goals. If I can shred a couple of pound a week and hopefully 1 stone by Christmas, that will be perfect. Then I shall give myself another goal, moving on

This stunning card along with lots of similar cards was created in a crafting get together we had a few weeks ago, inspired by Clare Ottoway, a fellow Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.

We all used some Designer Series Paper from either the Country Woods or Country Lace 12"x 12" paper back and covered a 'Tent' style card base.

Using rectangled dies, the center of the card was cut out. A panel piece was put on the bottom of the card to stop if from splaying (becoming wider and opening out). A pretty piece of Designer Series Paper was stuck to the inside of the card, sorry you cant see it in this picture and then a small tab was stuck to the back of the paneled piece so that it would float out. Not easy to describe in words.

Using the wonderful Country Flowers stamps and dies we added elements to stick on the front of the moving panel.

The sentiment for this card would need to be written on the reverse side of the base card. I loved making this, even though it did have may elements. Full details of what can be used are below.

So what is happening in the crafting world I hear you ask...well thats the reason you are here I think. Stampin' Up! have such a lot happening at the moment.

The Starter Kit promotion is on till the end of the month. Whilst the normal offer of receiving £130 worth of fantastic crafting supplies is a good offer, for the month of October you get to pick £160 work of supplies, free delivery and tons of help from all over the world.

Why not call in to The Craft Room, Derby on Tuesday 15th October (all day) or Thursday 17th in the evening to talk to me about it and find out more. I would love it if you joined the Stampin' Up! family in learning lots of new crafting skills, making new friends and even getting discounted products either by being a Happy Shopper or sharing your hobby with friends and family

If you already know The Craft Room, Derby but have a friend or relative that may be interested, please do bring them along to say hello and they can find out more.

There is plenty of on street parking but do let me know that you hope to pop in so that I can be sure there are enough cakes.

Happy to give you venue details if you dont know where abouts in Alvaston we are.

Did you know that the all the kits in the Stampin' Up! Kit Collection have been discountted during the month of October?

If you click on the image below it will take you to see all the kits that are available.

Thank you so much for having a read today, I hope you have a great start to your weekend. Tracey xx

Should you like to place an order online, you can click on the image below and a new window will open up where you can have a browse through the shop.

Obviously, if you would like any help please, do get in touch with me. My contact details are at the end of the post and I really am happy to help as much as I can.

If you would like to get in touch with me, here is where I can be found.

I would love to hear from you.

Product List