Last workshop for 2015

Well the two weeks since the last workshop have flown by!! And here we are again for our second November workshop and our final one for the year. As is the tradition for this last workshop we will be presenting prizes to the winners of our challenges - this year the Card for All Seasons challenge and also the Christmas Card individual card challenge.

We also have our Annual Awards and our charity raffle. Don't forget to bring your donations of prizes and ideas for which charity or charities you would like us to donate to this year.

There will be some time for Mince Pies and light crafting too! Quick Christmas cards or money wallets and gift boxes is the plan! (Money not included!)

We will be finalising numbers for the Christmas meal tomorrow night too (Wed 9th Dec 8pm at the Brewery) so if you have not yet made your menu choice or given us your deposit then please give us a shout tomorrow.

The Pinterest Board for ideas for next year has been set up and you should have received an invite to pin if you are on Pinterest. Let me know if you haven't received it. I have transferred across some of the ideas that were pinned towards the end of this year and pinned some other ideas that have been mentioned at Card Club.

Bunnies, bags, boxes and book page challenge

Just a selection of the many bunny Easter cards made on Wednesday using die cut shapes.

And the Easter bags and boxes - handbags were particularly popular.

For demo notes on how to make the Easter Bunny Box or Gift Basket, click here. For the handbag click here.

Michelle and I are still deliberating over which book page to choose for our Challenge this month. It is always so difficult to choose so we thought we would have a "People's Choice" vote. Send me a reply to the email notifying you of this blog update and let me know your top 3 entries by specifying the letter shown below, next to your three favourite entries - eg A, B, C. You can still vote even if you didn't enter. You may only vote once and do not vote for your own! We will tally them up and the one with the most votes will win free entry to the next workshop. In the event of a tie Michelle and I will cast the deciding vote(s). Well done to all who took part and we will announce the winner at the next workshop.

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Last workshop photos for 2013

Slightly belated post this time as we had to wait until our final Award was presented. But on to that in a minute. I have lots of photos to post so will start with some of your creations from the last Ashtead workshop. Lots of decorated mini choc bars, rosettes, cards and gift boxes were made in final preparation for a crafty Christmas.

And now over to Claire and Michelle, in silly Santa hats again, to announce the winners of the Altered Mirror competition!

In third place, Mandy with her autumnal dog walk themed mirror. Good use of texture, techniques and colour.

In second place, Sue with her pastel floral themed mirror. Again good use of colour and a well balanced arrangement of embellishments.

And in first place, Linda with her collage of techniques. Linda put a lot of work into her mirror and used a whole range of techniques. Lots of different colours but carefully chosen to complement one another.

Well done to you all and enjoy spending your vouchers Linda and hope you all enjoy decorating your next mirror!

And now on to the awards. This year our theme was inspired by the "Juan Sheet" technique and members were all presented with our equivalent of advertising Oscars - the Juans!! Each award was based on a different advertising slogan, carefully selected to sum up what the award was for!!

Brenda - The "Duracell" award for Loyalty and Attendance. ("Still going!")

Rachael - The "Nokia" award for Social Networking and bringing new members to the Club. ("Connecting People")

Sheila - The "Esure" award for Patience and Perseverance. (Calm down dear it's only a ...craft project!")

Carol - The "Mr Kipling" award for "Exceedingly Good...Cards!

Karen - The "Milk's Gotta Lotta Bottle" award for Active Support and being Milk Monitor.

Linda - The "Tesco" award for Active Support and sweetie monitor. (Every Little Helps)

Kay - The "Apple" award for Active Support and creative input (Think Different)

And finally, the winner of our "Juan Sheet" Juan award was Billy-Jane for Best Newcomer. 

Billy was presented with her award on Monday at Tadworth, which sadly was also our last meeting there. Our members there had a little surprise up their sleeves for us too. We each received a tub of chocolates and a lovely basket of flowers with a personalised tag made by Billy. (see below)

Thank you very much to everyone at Tadworth and a special thank you to Billy-Jane for our lovely tags and for organising swapping email addresses. We hope to see some of our Tadworth members at some of our Ashtead meetings next year. Keep in touch!

Last workshop of the year

Well we have celebrated our 5th birthday and now it's time for the final workshop of 2011 - where does the time go?! Our last workshop is always a busy one so here goes with a few reminders.

*Award time. Have you been lucky enough to win one this year?

*Christmas competition cards have been judged and winners will be announced tomorrow.

*Charity raffle so please remember to bring your prizes and money to buy tickets.

*Mood board ideas - looking ahead to next year please bring in projects, magazine articles, pictures or card samples so we can start to plan for next year.

*And somewhere in amongst all this we will find time to make some quick Christmas gifts including mini maze books, shopping list memo pads and gift boxes!

I'm exhausted just writing about it all!

Oh and there is one more thing - anyone recognise the party animal below?!! Michelle had a great 40th party at the weekend. She looks happy doesn't she?!! Thought you would like to see a picture of her cake too as it was decorated on a card making theme - amazing!

Her birthday is on Thursday so might have to squeeze in a quick round of "Happy Birthday" on Wednesday too!

See you tomorrow.