Hi Everyone,

I suddenly had a thought today. I do get them every so often and I decided to put my newsletters on the blog so that you can have access to them even after the event. So here is the October Newsletter from Craft Fairy:



October 2006 Newsletter

Hello to everyone who has been on the mailing list for a few months, and welcome to all the new members of the Craft Fairy community.

This month is really exciting as I have returned from welcoming my lovely new grand daughter, who is a real cutie.

My booth at the “Stitches and Hobbycrafts” in the CIA in Cardiff has been confirmed as B02. It is next to Circle Scribe. Turn left as you come in and it is in the second aisle. Ashlie Craft is on the corner, next to me. Craft Fairy is the second booth in. This is the first large Fair that I have attended so please come along and introduce your self. Don’t confuse us with The Card Fairy. They are opposite us on a much bigger stand.

If anyone is going to attend please let me know and I will send you a discount voucher for use at the show.

I have been very busy this month ordering in lots of new products. Christmas has been high on the agenda:

· Square tri-fold aperture cards in red, green and cream. These have either a round or a square aperture. Matching envelopes are included
· http://www.craftfairy.co.uk/myDefault.asp?cat=Cards+and+envelopes

· C6 tri-fold aperture cards in red, and green. These have either a round, an oval or a square aperture. Matching envelopes are included
http://www.craftfairy.co.uk/myDefault.asp?cat=Cards+and+envelopes

· Lots of new glitter card has arrived and the the really special ones are patterned.
http://www.craftfairy.co.uk/quicklistmain.asp?qui=Glitter



There is a really professional set of Christmas sayings and tags. They are gold foil printed on white. They will make your cards look very smart.



Happy Santa Card

You will need:
1 round card
4 Santa head die cuts: 1 red, I flesh, 2 white
1 strip of black or brown card
1 piece of gold card



To make the card
Follow the perforations on the card to cut out the pieces shown in the following picture:

Well, the picture would be here if the blog would simply do as it's told and download. I'll get it at sometime so please come back to have a look.


Layer up the Santa head. You can use chalks to give the head definition.
It is a good idea to use foam pads to give the moustache some height.
Stick the Santa head to the front of the card.
Cut a thin strip of black card and stick th the base card as a belt.
Cut a small piece of gold card and stick to the centre of the belt as the buckle.
There you have it. The kids will love this card.
Kit available on the following link

You can have the Santa hat going either way.

http://www.craftfairy.co.uk/Product.asp?pid=445

I will send out an interim project as soon as I’ve had time to make a card and photograph it.
Regards to everyone

Yvonne

Second Attempt

There may be a few day's gap in my entry but that is not for want of trying. The other evening I spent a good hour writing my entry only to see it disappear in a second when I pressed the wrong button. I am sure that many of you will sympathise. However, I will not give up and this time I have written everything out in Word and I have pasted it in. that way I will not get caught out! Ha!

Try this card and see if you like it.

Santa Card


You will need:
1 A4 card scored and folded to make a card 21cmx 14.9cm
1 22cm strip of Christmas ribbon
Die cut santa heads 1 flesh. 1 red and 2 white
Chalks
1 sheet of gold paper.
Pre-printed greetings
Gold card

To Make the Santa Card
Stick gold paper to approximately 1/3 of the base card with a dry glue. If you use a wet one the paper will buckle. I know, it has happened to me. Don’t be too precious about exact thirds.
use double sided tape to stick a piece of decorative ribbon to the join between the gold paper and the base card.
Cut out the Santa head and layer it up to make the Santa head as shown. Use the chalk to give Santa rosy cheeks. Stick to the card at an angle. I used 3D foam pads to give the card some dimension.
Stick a message to a piece of gold card and cut around it to give a narrow border. Stick to the card using 3D foam.

Voila! It’s finished.

Continuing with my shameless, business plugs, you can get the supplies to make this card at my web site:

http://www.craftfairy.co.uk/

Hope to see you there and that you buy lots of my lovely things.

If you want any item in particular then be sure to let me know.

Here we go

Welcome to the new Craft Fairy blog. I have decided to use a blog so that I can post more cards and projects for everyone to see. I have too many to keep for my monthly newsletter so I decided to post them here. I will also use this blog as a sort of diary for my business development. Hopefully it will be full of good news.

I really am interested in all sorts of crafts as well as cardmaking: flower arranging and watercolouring are but two of my interests, but I will not bore you with too much of that. I'll start with card making. here's the first card and set of instructions on offer. I hope that you like it, and if you do you can go to my site

www.craftfairy.co.uk

and hopefully buy the products.(shameful business tactick, but necessary).




You Will Need

1 A5 hammer card
1 length of pink to white ombre ribbon 14cm long
1 piece of white card 10.3cm x 3cm
1 set of flower punch outs in pinks and greens
1 piece of green glitter card
2 small tags, 1 pink, 1 white,
1 message peeloff
1 small length of 3mm pink satin ribbon
Double side sticky tape
3d foam pads
Green gel pen

To Make the Card
1. Fold the A5 sheet of card to make the base card. It should measure 10.5 cm x 14.8cm when folded, but there’s no need to be too precise.
2. Fold the ombre ribbon over the ends of the piece of spare white card and tape it in place on the back with some sticky tape.
3. Use the double sided sticky tape to stick the ribbon card to the base of the card as shown in the example.
4. Cut a piece of glitter card 3cm x 4cm. This is the pot. Position it on the card as shown and fix in place with 3d foam pads.

5. Stick the two larger border flowers on the card as shown You will have to over lap them slightly. Stick the daisy shapes in the centre as shown.
6. Now use 3d foam pads to stick the medium pink flowers to the card as shown.
7. Use tiny pieces of foam pads to stick the circles to the centres of the flowers.
8. Draw some stems and leaves on the card between the pot and the flower heads.
9. Overlap two tags and stick together. Thread the pink ribbon through them and loop to secure. Stick a message on the tag and stick to the card with foam pads.

That's all for today. I hope that you like it and that you will look in on the site.