Can you believe it's nearly August?!

Happy Sunday!

I hope you're all well and keeping safe.

Look at me actually writing my blog on a Sunday evening!

This week has been a strange one for the weather hasn't it? But my garden is loving it and all sorts of flowers are blooming, my courgettes have the biggest flowers, my cherry tomatoes are growing in abundance and my cucumber is now about 3 inches long! How exciting!

Craft wise I have been playing with Life is Beautiful and had a 1 to 1 class yesterday at my home. I am starting to do small classes, keeping socially distant and being sensible but it is so nice to be able to demonstrate in person again!

Here's what was made, aren't they gorgeous?!

Today, I held a Facebook Live. I love going Live as it makes me feel like I am connecting with you all, even though I can't hear you, I know you're there. And I love the comments that come through!

Today I used the Framed for You stamp set, what do you think?

If you haven't seen my Facebook Lives before, I would love it if you could join me, Sundays at 3pm over on my Facebook page @craftingonthegreen

I am currently uploading a new video to my YouTube channel too, I hope you will stop by to take a look and maybe subscribe too!

It is almost Newsletter time too, 1st of each month. If you don't currently receive it and would like to, please contact me by clicking here.

It's a short and sweet one from me today, I have a lot of tutorials to write, an Etsy shop to stock, classes to plan and a Newsletter to write, amongst other things!

Thank you for reading,

Dawn x 

A change of scenery

Hello everyone, 

Happy Monday!

I hope you're all well and keeping safe.

I'm only a day late this week with getting my blog listed, but I have a fabulous excuse this week. 

On Wednesday, I decided to move all of my crafts into the spare room, so now I have a craft room! How exciting is that?! See, it's a totally fabulous excuse for being a day late this week!

I don't understand how though, that I now have a bit more room, and yet still have no space! Haha. 

All weekend I have been trying to find new homes for everything, and I'm pretty sure that I will be moving things around for quite a while until I find suitable forever homes for everything. 

In between the moving and sorting, I did manage to make a few cards and boxes. I also managed to set myself up on Etsy (and took myself off of NuMonday) so if you would like to see what I have for sale, all handmade by me, take a look here - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/CraftingontheGreen

I have now moved my Facebook Lives to Sunday at 3pm as I am opening back up to do classes on a Saturday. Only smaller, socially distant classes which mean only 2 people at a time can come...so I am doing 2 or 3 classes a day depending on interest. 

If you'd like to know more, you can email me at dawn@craftingonthegreen.co.uk

Here's some photos of the bits and bobs I made this weekend, what do you think?

Here I used the Magic in this Night Suite which is perfect for making Halloween decorations and party kits (I now have a party kit listed on Etsy too!) The suite comes with stamps, dies, an embossing folder, ribbon, DSP, Black Glimmer Paper and embellishments. 

Isn't is lovely! A must for any Halloween fan.

Then I used the Life is Beautiful stamp set and showed a few ways to make quick gorgeous cards with only a couple of colours, there's also a video tutorial on my You Tube channel of how to make the card with the autumn leaves, check it out here

So that's me for this week, I'm off to play with Shrinkies! If you're not sure what they are, I'll hopefully show you next week...or on my social media throughout this week so be sure to follow me on Facebook or Instagram @craftingonthegreen

Thank you for reading, have a great week and stay safe.

Dawn x 

Busy, Busy, Busy!

Happy Tuesday everyone!

Yes, I know, it's not Sunday, I'm a bit behind lately, there's so much going on! But it's all good things...

So just over a week ago, I had a Virtual crafty retreat. Usually we would meet up in Birmingham and spend a glorious weekend crafting and having lots of fun. However at the moment we can't do that, so it became a virtual weekend, and it was wonderful!

8 Projects, lots of live videos and classes, and a Zoom room to chat in whilst we crafted. I made some amazing things, but I still have a lot to work on before I share them, so you'll have to wait for those photos!

Over the weekend, I learned to make an album, a lot more involved than any that I am used to, it's going to look so pretty when it is finished. 

I also took a virtual masterclass in photography, which was much needed with me, so hopefully I can apply the tips and tricks I have learned to make my photos look a little better (You'll have to let me know what you think of the photos in today's blog!)

Finally, with my retreat, I am so excited, I won a big prize in the raffle, and in August I will be the (very proud) owner of the new Stampin' Up! Die cutter! I really am so chuffed :)

This weekend just gone, I didn't get much crafting done. My housemate moved out so I spent the weekend helping them, cleaning and sorting, and getting my home back to how I like it (To be fair there wasn't that much to do!) 

I also held a socially distant workshop! We all had masks at the ready, hand gel and our own tools and it worked so well. I'll be holding more as of the 1st August so watch this space for more info.

Last week I placed a pre order from the new Autumn/Winter catalogue (One of the perks of being a Demo!) and on Monday it arrived...

This evening I finally managed to have a play, and I asked you on Facebook and Instagram to decide whether I should play with the Life Is Beautiful set, or Yuletide Pasture.

Life is Beautiful won, and here's what I came up with; 6 very similar cards but each is unique. From simple stamping, to heat embossing and using a baby wipe technique for the ink... what do you think?

Aren't they pretty? I think this is going to be a favourite set for all times of year.

I also got a few Halloween bits, as I have decided to have a Halloween party this year, and what better way to decorate and make goodies than to add a handmade touch? How amazing does this set look? The suite also comes with dies and embellishments, definitely worth a look!

Finally, I treated myself to a little pressie, just for me, I got a mouse mat! I have been after one for a long time and then I saw this... isn't it perfect!

It's been making me smile whilst I work from home, so money well spent.

Well that's all from me for now, I will try to be better this weekend and update on the Sunday... I promise I'll try!

As usual, I hope you're all well and keeping safe.

Take care,

Dawn x