A fabulous Graphic 45 Retreat

I Love the picture above of everyone with their albums and Armoires. What a weekend we had crafting away with the gorgeous Graphic 45 papers. I'm a little sad that it was the last retreat of the year but really enjoyed our three days together. Huge thanks to the lovely Sandra at Jones Crafts for all her help and support in getting all the paper pads to me for the kits and Ladies thank you soooooo much for coming along and joining in the crafty mayhem. We really did have a great time. Crafting started last Friday with a choice of two projects, a Christmas themed Shadow Box or a Cats and Dogs Stationery box. Here they are coming together

After a crafty Friday eve we moved onto our two day projects, an Eerie Tale Armoire and mini album or my new 'Twas the Night Before Christmas Album. We got through 5 litres of paint, I don t know how many paper pads, rolls of tape and glue and had an absolute ball. Here's some more pics of the very crafty bees, and finished projects

Our Birthday girls were Donna (right) and Sandra (left)

and here are the Ma'am a lades, our legal beagles keeping us on the straight and narrow lol

Our chief photographer Andy (Mr SirStampalot) did a great job taking all the pics ( with Mrs Sirstampalot too)

and Karen took charge of the raffle

Who's that peeping over your shoulder

Cheryl with her weekends work

Lyndsey and her Cats and Dogs Armoire & Album

The lovely Ma'am a lades Lisa & Jane (left and centre), Me and Lyn and Karen the My Creative Spirit Design Team (right)

Arn't they fab. If you fancy coming along and joining in the crafty fun at one of my retreats next year, here are the dates. February 21st & 22nd, June 20th & 21st June and 20th 21st & 22nd November. They're all being held at the Holiday Inn, Kenilworth, Warwickshire. Click the link for more info and booking details click here

Armoires, shadow boxes and stationery boxes are all available over in our shop at

www.mycreativespirit.co.uk and the album will be going live later this week.

Well, thats all from me this morn. I'm off to run the hoover round and do a bit of housework, and maybe a little paper cutting later. Enjoy your day too, thanks for calling by and catch up again soon :-)

September - Kit of the Month

Morning everyone, I'm really excited to be sharing our latest Kit of the Month with you today. New for September this little Flip Flap album and its co ordinating case has been altered in papers from the Blue Stars collection by Stamperia. There's a subtle festive feel to the papers and gorgeous whimsical fairies and cut outs adorn the pages. The kit comes with printed instructions and all the elements needed to make up the box, album covers and decorate the pages. Here's a few more pics of the project. Take a peek at the full project in the video below: For more info on what's included in the kit, delivery T C's and to place your pre-order for this limited stock kit follow the link below: September Kit of the Month Thanks for calling by, have a fun filled day and look forward to catching up again wiht our August Giveaway on 4th :-) C

January Giveaway

Childrens Hour Samples from Diane's Workshop Graphic 45 Hello my crafty friends. With the new Children's Hour calendar collection here I thought it would be fun to give away an 8 x 8 pad a 6 x 6 pad and one of my little ATC kits this month. There's lots of crafty possibilities in this collection and lots of gorgeous vintage images throughout the collection to work with. The beautiful samples above come from Diane's workshop and have been altered in the October Collective and the October Montage papers. (12 x 12 size) To be in with a chance to win just leave your comment below on this post before midnight 31st January. The winner will be announced here on the blog on 1st February. Good Luck :-) www.mycreativespirit.co .uk

July Giveaway and crafty Weekend in Milford Haven

Morning everyone, Happy Monday to you. I"m home after a fabulous weekend with Cheryl, Jan and Chris, at their fabulous shop, In House Interiors in Milford Haven. It was a full house on Friday for our Artisan Style workshop where we constructed, painted and altered pencil cases and albums. Saturday was demo day and another full house. Cheryl, Jan & Chris, thank you so much for hosting the event for all your hard work and your hospitality, you really did spoiled me :-) It's been quite a while since I've travelled over the border to Wales so I was quit excited as I passed the Welcome to Wales sign and then Raglan Castle. For those of you unfamiliar with our isle, Wales is full of magnificent Castles, sandy beaches, picturesque scenery and a gorgeous coastline. I had to have a quick pit stop to see Raglan Castle. Saw my first Dragon too :-) After a journey that took me across the middle of the country and th...

Anonymous26 November 2014 at 13:19
Oh Clare, it looks like so much fun, hmmmmm I will have to save my pennies and see if I can ever get over to the UK and craft along with you. The ladies did a good job!!! Glad you had so much fun.
Judy in Arizona
camelot6726 November 2014 at 13:49
Good afternoon Clare, I'm just taking a quick time-out having just made our Christmas cake. All I have to do now is clear up (hate that bit!) and try not to peak at it for the next four and a half hours. Love the photos of your latest retreat. As always everyone looks as if they had a great time. I'm really looking forward to your Workshop here in South Yorkshire on Sunday and meeting my fellow G45ers. Take care
Margaret A.
KarinsArtScrap26 November 2014 at 14:19
these projects are looking gorgeous Clare
Gr Karin
Pam26 November 2014 at 15:17
What fabulous projects! Sadly, I can't go to your awesome looking retreats, living in New York, but I really can't wait to see if you're putting the Christmas album up. <3
Patricia Howarth29 November 2014 at 20:19
Hi Clare, Stunning !! Stunning !! Stunning !! all these projects are stunning.
Lots of love from Patricia xx

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