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Craftwork Cards - Sweet Meadow
Craftwork Cards products are just a bit different, and they're really popular for their clean fresh look, and innovative approach.  Rosemary will be inspiring you to make thse beautiful cards.
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Creative Wax Painting
If you've ever watch this being done, you'll have marvelled at just how quick and easy it seems.  Well it is, and under Nige's guidance you'll be 'painting' pictures like these with hot wax in no time. 
No artistic skills needed!
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Hougie How To
Bought a board, and don't know where to start?  Rosemary will be inspiring you to make clever dimensional creations.
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Introduction to Parchment Craft
This is an example of the kind of beautiful delicate design that Rosemary will be teaching you 
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A Cut Above, with Marianne
Marianne dies are so populer, and Debi's cards demonstrate just how lovely they look on cards.  So come along and make them with us!
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On the Edge
This board shows three cards, but on the class you'll actually make four.
Gorgeous aren't they!
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Cricut - Katies ABC
Click on the picture to enlarge - aren't they lovely?
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Creative Day - 3 Wooden Projects
We love to decorate wooden blanks, and on this class you'll make all three
These are typical of the kinds of things we make on our Summer and Autumn retreats too, among other things
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Stamping in Inchies Workshop
These cards are so clever and the images are so cute. 
The photo shows three of the cards -
you will actually make four on the class
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Craftwork Cards
Secret Garden Workshop
These cards are delicate and pretty - perfect for springtime greetings
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Tons of Techniques on Tags Workshop
These beautiful tags incorporate a range of creative techniques and are great fun to make.
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Miss Nellie Tag Book Workshop
Click on a picture to enlarge - isn't it lovely?
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Workshop Descriptions

Preview Day
After the success of our first preview afternoon back in September we are holding another to showcase our workshops for the next few months. This free informal drop- in gives you a chance to see if the workshops are 'for you' and to discuss with us what techniques are involved. If you attend you will also get first sight of our new workshop ideas for March (although no samples for March will be complete). Refreshments provided.

Miss Nellie Tag Book
This is a solid mini book comprising lots of pockets with tags. Would make a lovely gift or a great recipe book ( we ran this last year as a recipe book class and it is back by request with a more general theme).

Tons of Techniques on Tags
If you saw Debi's demo at our last birthday weekend and would relish getting hands on with these techniques then this is for you. We will be using the foam topped distress stains to colour everything from ribbon to grunge paper, sticky back canvas, old book pages, chipboard etc. We will combine Tim Holtz die cuts with all those 'dinky' ideology pieces, such as trinket pins, bulldog clips, muse tokens, mini staples, mini paper clips etc to make the most up to the minute tags.

Craftwork Cards - 'Secret Garden'
By popular request we are running some of these very appealing card collections as classes. Six themed cards will be completed on each class starting with the 'Secret Garden' collection.

Intro to Scrapbooking
If you are itching to get started but just don't know how this class is for you. The class has been changed and extended slightly to lead you more thoroughly through the various stages including how to incorporate plain and patterned paper, matting and layering, design, and elements such as titles,embellishments, and the all important journalling. You will go away inspired!

Hougie How-to. (bring your own board)
Want to know how to get the most out of this fantastic tool? From shaped cards to card elements, mini folded books, boxes and bags with a difference - I could go on and on! If yours is still in the bag, or you only use it to score cards with, come along and be amazed at the versatility of the hougie board.

Let's Do Layouts
Our Thru the Year class last year was an out and out success. More layouts this year you cried. So, the class will once again change quarterly but we will mix double page layouts with single page enabling us to have more time to include all sorts of interesting techniques.

On the Edge
Cutting edge cards - literally! Using a combination of border dies, border punches and Tim Holtz on the edge dies we will make cards that give you the edge!

Stamping in Inchies
As well as using the little stamps officially called 'Inchies', you will discover other ways of makings cards with mini masterpieces on them.

Creative day
Create 3 wooden, home related items in one day - a row of houses key holder, house shaped shadow box and a plaque. Would make beautiful gifts!

A cut above, with Marianne
 
Dies, and those designed by Marianne in particular, were our best selling item last year. These beautifully intricate designs (some emboss as well) make eye catching cards!

Demo Day
Debi will be showcasing products from Indigo Blu including their great stamps (being used also on our tag technique class), their slim jims and flitterglu that is being launched on Create & Craft mid Jan. We are proud to say they are an English company with some great products. Watch this space for info of Kay (the owner) coming to demo for us herself later in the year!

ScrapHappy
Work on your albums with a group of like-minded people. Use our tools but bring your own consumables such as paper, glue etc. No formal teaching but plenty of advice available. A social time!! Refreshments included. WARNING: Don’t book onto this if you are averse to raucous laughter!

Craft ‘n’ Chat
The same principle as our ScrapHappy, but for cardmakers. Use our tools but bring, or buy, your own consumables such as paper, glue, inks etc. A social time! Refreshments included WARNING: As for ScrapHappy

Cricut – Katies ABC
Come join our hugely popular ‘cricut’ class and work with one of their top selling cartridges.  Learn how to use the machine and make some fab cards. This class will run all year with a change of cartridge every two months. * You do not have to have your own machine.  Don’t forget if you purchase a machine from us we will give you one-to-one training on how to use it.  

Wax Painting
Create landscapes and abstracts of amazing colour and detail using an iron, coloured wax, and easy techniques.  No artistic ability needed.