Pyrography

I returned home on Sunday after a few days in Derbyshire with my hubby.  After attending a short pyrography workshop locally last December, I signed up for an all day pyrography workshop with Bob Neill in Derbyshire.  I remember seeing Bob demonstrating at the big craft show in the NEC Birmingham many years ago.  It's been on my wish list for a long time to attend one of his workshop.  What an amazing day I had on Saturday!  I learnt so much about the craft and with just two of us in the group (not my 'uncrafty' hubby, I hasten to add 🤣), we had lots of individual attention.

We started by practising different techniques on small plaques.

We then progressed to decorating a spoon.

Our final project was to decorate a cheeseboard.

If you ever fancy learning the craft of pyrography, I can't recommend Bob highly enough.  The course was held in Bob's home and included a delicious lunch prepared by his lovely wife, Del.  I now have my own machine and look forward to hopefully developing my pyrography skills. 

Pop Out Card

I watched a video recently on Lisa Shaw's Nifty Noodles Crafting Facebook page demonstrating this fold.  After folding the card, I flipped the card over so the middle bits pop forward rather than backwards as it seemed to suite my decorations better.

I started with a 6" x 6" card blank.  Lisa used a craft knife and ruler to cut the two slits.  As I'm pretty rubbish with a craft knife, I kept the card blank folded, drew a pencil line where the slit needed to go and cut it with scissors, starting at the fold.  The patterned paper is from The Works, I bought two of these 12" x 12" paper pads ages ago and they seem to be lasting forever!  I used a Cheery Lynn 'Sunflower' die for the large flowers and punches for the small flowers. The leaf tendrils are Poppystamps 'Ivy Tendrils' die cuts.  I stamped a sentiment from the Stampin' Up 'Boho Indigo' set, using a Versa Color 'Turquoise' inkpad.  The sentiment square and mat are Memory Box 'Stitched Square Layers' die cuts.   The card folds flat for posting.

Everything apart from the card blank was snippets, so I'll be sharing my card in the Snippets Playground.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Snippets Playground Challenge #499 ~ Use Snippets

Cardz 4 Galz Challenge #242  ~ Anything BUT Square

Addicted to Stamps and More! Challenge #485 ~ Die Cuts and/or Stencils

Allsorts Challenge ~ Romance/Music/AG

This is my second post today.  Please scroll down to see my Crafty Calendar Challenge DT post.

A new Allsorts Challenge begins today and Gail has chosen the theme of 'Romance/Music'.  As always there is also the option of Anything Goes. With Valentine's Day coming up this month, I've gone with the Romance theme and this is the card I've made for my hubby.

The papers are from The Range. The red panels are embossed with an Xcut  'Small Polka Hearts' embossing folder. The heart on the belly band was a die cut from the Sue Wilson 'Laced Heart' set.

This is the inside of the card. I die cut the sentiment panel with a die from the Spellbinders 'Lace Hearts' set and added a little die cut heart from the Sue Wilson 'Mr and Mrs'. The back of the card is blank for the message.

There are beautiful stamps and stencils (random selection) from AALL and Create to be won for this challenge.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Cut it Up Challenge #322 ~ Have a Heart

Simon Says Monday Challenge ~ Have A Heart

Love Those Pretty Papers February Challenge ~ The Colour Red

Crafty Calendar Challenge ~ Hearts

It's the first Saturday of the month, so time for the February Craft Calendar Challenge.  The theme this month is 'Hearts'.

I used Memory Box circle/scalloped circle dies to make my easel card.  The heart was die cut using matt silver card and I added five tiny clear gems.

I embossed the base of the card with an Xcut 'Small Polka Hearts' embossing folder.

The Crafty Calendar Challenge end on 28th February, so plenty of time to join in the challenge with your heart themed creations.  There will be a lovely prize of two stamps for the lucky randomly chosen winner.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Cut it Up Challenge #322 ~ Have a Heart

Cardz 4 Galz Challenge #242 ~ Anything BUT Square

Simon Says Monday Challenge ~ Have A Heart

Creations in Pink Challenge # 77 - Anything Goes in MAINLY Pink