A crafty retreat at the Holiday Inn, Kenilworth

Christmas Carol Altered Art by Clare Charvill Graphic 45

Morning my lovelies, hope you had a lovely weekend. We certainly did, laughing and crafting our way through three days, two evenings and countless shift changes at our crafty retreat at the Holiday Inn, Kenilworth. Ladies thank you so much for coming along, loved your company and your projects all looked stunning. Our lovely friend Lin was with us in spirit too. Thank you too to all the staff at the Holiday Inn who looked after us too. Fabulous food, hospitality, company and great crafting.
It was altered art day on Friday. We made Christmas themed gift boxes, perfect for petit fours, marzipan fruits, hose round choices wrapped in gold paper and taller gifts in the large one.

Altered projects by Carol

Our large two day project was a Christmas Carol album/memory book altered again in the Christmas Carol papers, this years Christmas release from Graphic 45.

The late shift on Saturday night

gorgeous decoration by Meryl

Saturday morning

Cathy and Kim crafting away

Janice & Jane concertrating

Donna joined us from Arizona

Starting the day on a Starbucks with Sheena

Donna, Sheena, Jan & Cath taking time out to pose for the camera :)

Roul and the fabulous staff who looked after us at the Holiday Inn, Kenilworth

Most of us late Sunday Afternoon, tired but happy :-)

Christmas Carol Altered art by sheena Graphic 45

Sheena's projects

We raised a total of £112.00 in memory of our lovely crafty friend Lin Jones over the weekend too which has been paid to the Clatterbridge Cancer Trust who looked after her so well in her last few days with us. Thank you ladies for your contributions.

It's always sad when an event comes to an end, especially after such a great three days Our next one is booked for 20th & 21st February 2016. If you fancy joining me and like minded crafters for a weekend getaway to enjoy your hobby click the link below for more info and booking details.

Graphic 45 Crafters Retreat February 2016

We've got a big birthday in the house this week. Harry bean (my baby) will be 18 on Saturday. Am dithering over making or buying a cake (says the mum who taught cake decorating for 10 years) so am off to get out some books and have a think.

Have a great day, thanks for calling by and look forward to catching up later in the week with some more crafty makes :-) C

www.mycreativespirit.co.uk

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

A fab Announcement and our December Giveaway

Helllloooooo We have two things to share with you today, the first is a big announcement and the second is the launch of our December Giveaway. Some of you will know and love working with the lovely Sandra, Lorraine, Stavros and Darren on the Sales side who make up the wonderful team at Jones & Co Nottingham, trade suppliers of top quality Haberdashery and Craft products. (Darren & Stavros above). Click here to like their page on Facebook to keep up to date with whats new. Darren (Sir Darren as he said he'd like to be called!!!!) has been instrumental in setting up the first ever design team for Jones & Co, and earlier this week I was asked if I would like to join. How fabulous is that, and with a huge Yes I did. There are six of us in the team all listed below along with links to their blogs. Between us we cover a wide range of creative styles and are all really looking forward to getting c...

Kathyk23 November 2015 at 11:41
Looks like a fabulous time, I'm off to check out the link

Kathyk
Pat Ford23 November 2015 at 12:44
You are getting me in the Christmas spirit. It does look like you all had a wonderful time!
Pat
utilitygirl23 November 2015 at 13:18
Looks as though you all had a wonderful time - very envious!!
camelot6723 November 2015 at 17:36
Hi Clare, Once again some fab photos of what looks to have been a wonderful weekend. The projects look wonderful so I think I might just pop into your "shop" for a quick look-see! Thanks for sharing and take care.
Margaret A.

PS: Congratulations on raising such a great sum in memory of Lin Jones. Well done to all!
nattyboots24 November 2015 at 08:38
Hi Clare
What a grand time you had ,some lovely photo's you have shown us too.
Well done on the donations in memory of your friend .
Take Care
Elaine h X
Patricia Howarth24 November 2015 at 12:13
Morning Clare, Wow !! fantastic creations and a fabulous time had by all. Congratulations on raising so much money in your Friend's memory.
Happy 18th Birthday to Harry for Saturday.
Lots of love from Patricia xx
Patricia Howarth24 November 2015 at 12:13
Morning Clare, Wow !! fantastic creations and a fabulous time had by all. Congratulations on raising so much money in your Friend's memory.
Happy 18th Birthday to Harry for Saturday.
Lots of love from Patricia xx
Anonymous24 November 2015 at 12:40
Oh Clare it looks like you all had so much fun, I so wish I was there!! The projects looked great and I know the ladies are pleased. Nice memorial for your friend too. Congrats to Harry Bean on his 18th and many many more for him!!! Enjoy making his cake, I bet you do it!!!
Take care.
Luv from Judy in Arizona

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