Sunday 7 October 2012

Craft Barn Christmas Minifest

Saturday October 6th.
Up at the crack of dawn on Saturday as I had arranged to meet a friend and go to the Craft Barn for the Christmas Minifest. To clarify, "crack of dawn" for me is anything before 8.30am on a Saturday!
There were 6 demos to see, we spent 5 and a half hours at the place and I have parted with more of my hard earned cash.
The launch of the new PaperArtsy stamps by Jo Firth Young was great, the plates are wonderful. I bought one plate set and one mini, I was tempted to buy more!
Here is a picture of the display board :


and a shot of Jo showing us one of the cards :


I liked the look of the stamped images on Kraft cardstock so when I got back in the evening I tried it out. Easy, quick card to make and quite effective I thought. Here is mine:


The card is cut down to a square from a C6 card. The stamp is PaperArtsy JOFY JM03, stamped with black archival ink and coloured with mustard seed and salty ocean distress inks.

A really great day out, interesting demos, good company and to finish off my report on the day, here is a picture of the new stash that came home with me!






4 comments:

  1. Spend, spend, spend, the stash drawers are overflowing but still we want more! The newest, the hottest, the coolest....so glad you had fun.

    Sally

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  2. I really like this card - the blue and mustard goes well with the kraft cs. I like the look of your new stash too!
    Marina
    http://myperfectlifeuk.blogspot.co.uk/

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    1. Thank you Marina. I took a peep at your blog and love your work. Thanks again, Julia

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    2. Ohhh looks awesome!! Love that mini - so easy to colour. fast cards!
      Leandra (PaperArtsy)

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