Crafting in Cumbria

Good morning crafty friends 

Another monday and another week ahead, let’s hope it’s a good one for us all. 

Hope you had a lovely weekend .

It was our monthly meet up in Cumbria on Saturday...

And what a fabulous day it was...

We started off with a warm up card using the beautiful foxgloves Stamps from Lavinia ,

Look at these beauties...

After coffee we made some backgrounds using the messy string technique....

To be honest that is what I call it, sorry not sure if it has a technical name,

It is a technique that I used to do in school , with the children and with the cubs, I had forgotten about it , and 

then saw a video on Facebook , and it reminded me...

It is such a fun , oh and messy thing to do...

We made so many backgrounds , 

And found out just ‘how long a piece of string is ‘ 

The hall floor was covered with them 

Whilst they were drying , 

We made a card using Mr Badger....

These are gorgeous ladies, 

We were all ready for some lunch , and then made our background into a card 

There are many possibilities with these prints, but I decided to go with the underwater theme, 

These two designs had glossy Accents on.  So they were drying 

I love these ladies...

I am so proud of the way you embrace new techniques and just have a go...

We had a new lady join us, which is always lovely ,

and a couple of our regulars who were unable to come,,

We did miss you ladies and gent 

See you next month..

As always , our final make was an ATC 

These are great fun and it is so lovely to be able to take home a piece of art made by a friend. 

Some of the ladies who didn’t make the class posted their ATC’s so that they can still join in the swap..

I am so proud of the way this group of Crafters are so friendly, generous and really make our workshop such 

a fabulous experience 

I am building up such a great collection of art work made by my lovely friends 

Makes me so happy..

Still no news on the house...

It really is taking its toll on us all, so maybe a few days away are needed...

I will schedule some blog posts , including one on the messy string ...

So keep popping back  

Have a great week all..

Much love and hugs 

Jo. xxxx