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All my creative energy is going in to our house at the moment. I've been working on the bedroom, but it's slow because my health isn't great, so baby steps. It's wonderful to decorate a room, and then get to enjoy it every day. It has always been my goal to make our home a refuge from the world, a place to replenish and relax, and it's beginning to feel like that for me. As always I love a bargain, and have made the most of sales and junk shop finds. The bed linnen and curtains were from Dunnelm sale and are really soft and cosy even though they look luxurious. I painted my pine chest of drawers and distressed it with Ranger distress ink!! So glad I have all this stuff ha ha! My fave find is the mirror, which I bought from the Katherine House Hospice charity warehouse in Stafford, it's well worth a visit if you get a chance. I paid £6 for this dark wood, tatty and uninteresting mirror, but I could see it had potential. I painted it and distressed it and now I LOVE it! Pictures to follow.

Skrapz

Ann and Caroline are bringing their shop to saturday's crop. They are bringing some new Prima and Basic Grey things, and stickles (can never have enough of those!) If there is anything in particular you want them to bring you can contact them through their website, www.skrapz.co.uk. Can't wait for saturday!

Class for March

Here's a couple of teasing pics to give you an idea what the class will be :)

Under the influence- of Tim Holtz

You can see the effect he's had on me! I was given a tatty box which I was going to throw away, then decided it might make a good place to keep all my fave Ranger stash. So I tried out some techniques from the book. I've also been trying out the different techniques on tags and flowers, believe me it's addictive! I am especially liking the rock candy distress stickles. They leave a subtle glittery effect, but vintage, not cheap looking. I will need more of that!

In The Zone

March crop - it's a longer day, 9.30 till 4.30 or whenever you can make it. I am doing a class which will be subsidised. The cost will be just £1, but you will still need to pay the usual £5 admission cost. I have 15 kits, so if there are not enough to go around priority will be given to regular members. I hate to have to leave anyone out, but we can't buy all the stuff for an indefinate number :( Hints about the class- think grunge, think clear! I ordered the QVC TSV the other day and it arrived this morning. It's fab, Tim Holtz's new book and lots of ranger bits and bobs. It's stimulated my creativity no end! I will bring it to the crop.

clear album

I made this as a wedding gift. Using the clear album was a fun challenge- I had a great time doing it. This was a papermania album, and I am going to try cutting something similar on my cricut. I will let you know what happens!