On Friday night, along with members of my team, we hosted our “Big Party”. We had held one last year and that had been a fun night and although the numbers this year were a bit lower-due in the main to it being the start of the Bank Holiday weekend- we still had a lot of crafty fun.
So much fun in fact that I forgot to take any photos on the night. I can share with you though, the projects we made.
So as well as chatting; eating cake, snacks and treats; and enjoying prize patrol;we used some of the products from the upcoming Autumn/Winter catalogue in our make and take projects.
Christmas Card
This cute 3″ square Christmas card used the stamps, punch and papers from the upcoming “Perfectly Plaid” suite. A great collection of trees with a matching punch and co-ordinating papers with gold embossing.
There are other great things in the suite including ribbons, jingle bells and gold pizza boxes.
Treat Box
This cute little box also used those gold embossed papers from the Perfectly Plaid suite. The poinsettia and sentiment both came from a stamp set called “Cup of Christmas”
I’m sure you are going to hear and see quite a bit more about this stamp set. It has a patent pending as it contains the first double sided stamps. For the spotted and striped mugs, you can ink up and stamp the image on both sides. There are also co-ordinating dies. I look forward to having fun with this set as an upcoming product of the week.
Bauble.
Simply stamp and punch 5 baubles and glue them together. Spritz with some shimmer paint and add a bow. The result, an adorable decoration for your tree. The stamp set and punch (one of 2 punches in the bundle). come from the Brightly Gleaming suite of products. The papers in this suite are exquisite, but we’ll play with those another day.
What’s Happening?
As well as these make and takes, the party guests were able to look at other new products from the upcoming catalogue and to hear about scheduled classes and events over the next few months
These included:
- Bird Ballad Box Frame – 13th September
- Big Christmas Card Buffet – 21st September
- Come Sail Away memory Album – 11th October
- All Day Retreat – 19th October
- Online Kit Class – 30th October
- Completely Quackers Festive Bingo – 7th November
- Countdown to Christmas Kit Class – 9th November
- Christmas Wreath – 23rd November
These are in addition to the monthly class I take on tour around the County and the classes I hold at home on the 2nd Wednesday and 4th Friday of the month. You can find details of all these events and book your place by exploring my calendar of events here
There was also information about booking your place on the paper share and ribbon share. You can find details of those here.
New Catalogue
Having drawn the raffle we ensured everyone had the opportunity to take a copy of the new catalogue, before sending them home with inky fingers and a smile on their face.
If you are not yet lucky enough to have a seasonal catalogue of your own and you are based here in the UK, you can request one here.
The catalogue goes live to customers on the 4th September, so you will start to see lots of projects and inspiration on all my social media outlets. Make sure you have your catalogue at the ready.
Helen xx
