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Spinner Cards Tutorial

HOW TO MAKE A SPINNER CARD



Step 1
Gather your materials - an A6 card, piece of card cut slightly smaller than A6, foam tape & large foam dots, embellishments and two 5c coins
Step 2
Take the paper cover off a foam dot and use it to cut a rectangle the length of your patterned card.

Step 3
Using the same foam pad , stick two 5c coins together


Step 4
Slot the coins in the rectangle and make sure it rolls evenly along the gap

Step 5
Stick double sided foam tape to the back


Step 6
Attach to the front of your A6 card making sure the coins roll along
Step 7
Attach the embellishment you want to roll to the 5c coin and decorate the card with yopur other embellishments

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Cliona's Woodland Friends cards

Cliona's cards showing the new range from Papermania can be seen by clicking here

A big thank you to every one who came along and made it a great day.

step by step - ribbon polystyrene tutorial

cut 25mm ribbon into 50mm strips. You need approx 3 metres for a 7cm ball

Place a small patch of fabric at the top. This is not absolutly nessecary and any ribbon or fabric will do. But if your top pieces are not even it will hide the polystyrene
Place one piece at the centre and put a pin in the centre
Fold the sides in and pin into place to form a triangle
Repeat this three more times, placing the ribbons at north, south , east and west
Repeat again on the next row moving down around a cm or so
Fill in the spaces with four more pieces, This and all other rows will have 8 pieces
Repeat until you have reached as near to the base as possible. Usually 5 rows.


When all rows are complete your decoration will look like this.
It is not possible to work till the end as the ball is getting smaller. Cover the base in sequins instead

Halloween Face Painting

FREE FACE PAINTING

Halloween Weekend
Saturday 30th
& Sunday 31st

12pm - 3pm

Halloween Templates

Our Halloween templates are now available to print off

Witch
Monster
Bat

Betty Cumiskey Card Making Event

There was a great turn out for Betty's first card making event in our store. A big thank you to everyone who came along and also to Betty for showing her wonderful cards and great ideas!

Click here to see Betty's cards from the day

It's Voting Time again!

A big thank you to everyone who nominated us for the 2010 Craft Awards.
We are delighted to say we are shortlisted for Best Independent Store - Ireland.

So get voting now for all your favourite products and us of course!

www.craftawards.com

Card Making with Cliona

All of Cliona's cards from last Saturday are now on our photo stream.

Click Here to see them

All the tutorials are in the post below

Uploaded Project Sheets

The following are links to the project sheets/ templates currently uploaded on this site

Spinner Cards Tutorial
Woven Heart Basket
Ribbon Polystyrene
Squeaky Mouse Pattern
Water Fall Cards
Stepper Cards
Cupcake Cushion
Rocket Cushion
Embroidery Stitches
Tunnel Card
2, 4, 6 , 8 box ( from Cliona)
Bouncy Card (from Cliona)
CD Holder (from Cliona)
Tent Card (from Cliona)
Post It Notebook (from Cliona)

New Event Listing

The schedule of events for Autumn 2010 is now up online. It's a jam packed season with sewing demonstrations for junior cycle students , spooky style events for all ages as well as TWO card making events from the DOCRAFTS team !

CHECK OUT THE FULL LISTING HERE

Like Minds Craft Group is back after the Summer break and the next meet up is Thursday September 23rd in the cafe at 630pm. No charge as usual

Bank Holiday Hours

We will be open this Bank Holiday Monday, August 2nd from 11am - 6pm

New Card Samples

All the cards from Cliona Larkins demonstration last Saturday can be seen here.

Thank you to every one who came along

Craft Awards 2010

Its nomination time again ! Please follow the link to nominate us for

BEST INDEPENDENT STORE - IRELAND 2010

CLICK HERE TO VOTE

Childrens Craft Month

June is Children's Craft Month instore !
Crafts for all ages are on display instore including matchstick craft,
rug making, funky foam and lots more...

Events on instore include

Saturday 12th - glass painting demonstration
Saturday 19th - have a go at hama Beads ( €2 per piece)
Saturday 26th - funky foam masks demonstration

Assorted demonstrations are on all other days
- just call in and ask any staff member whats on

June Event Listing

The event listing for June is now up online .

June is Children's Crafts Month instore so visit us
for loads of exciting & creative ideas
that your children can make this summer

click here for more details

Cliona Larkin Card Making

Thank you to every one who visited instore last Sunday to see Cliona at work.
She showed some great new card styles and techniques
including the big hit - Gel Cards!

A very big thank you goes to Cliona for another great card making event. Watch this space for more details on her next visit

To view all the cards made by Cliona click here

How to make an exploding photobox

Cut 3 pieces of card to the following sizes:
9" x 9"..... 8 5/8" x 8 5/8".........8 1/4" x 8 1/4"
Score each sheets to the following measurements: score on all sides
9 x9 - score 3 inches from the side
8 5/8" - score 2 7/8 inches from the side
8 1/4 - score 2 3/4 inches from the side



Using the scored lines as a guide, cut away the corners.
Round off the corners with a Xcut edger
Stick together your pieces. Start by sticking the smallest to the middle size then these to the largest.
Use double sided tape and only stick it to the middle square.

For the lid cut a squar of card 6 1/4" x 6 1/4 "
Score the lid 1 1/2" from the side.
Turn the card over and score diagonally from each corner point to the
inside scored corner.

Fold along the scored lines and pinch into place. Glue with PVA and hold in place with paper clips. If youre stuck for time you can use double sided tape.

Decorate your album as you wish using ribbons, flowers etc

Putting together a Biscornu

Begin by pinning the two squares together. The point of one sqaure to the side of the other
Pinch the two sides together and whip stitch the borders to each other
Continue to stitch all around the edges
Stuff with toyfiller
Stitch to close and sew a button either side. Remeber to sew the button through to the other side so the Biscornu has the correct shape

Instore Events for April & May

The full event listing is now live on the main store website.

Events include a make & take in exploding photoboxes and Cliona Larkin will also be returning in May with more great cards!

Places on the Make & Take are limited and booking is essential. The cost is only €5 for a one hour class .

View all classes here

Easter Opening Hours

This Easter week theres a few changes to our opening hours:

Wednesday 900 - 900
Thursday 900-900
Good Friday 900-700
Easter Saaturday 900-600
Easter Sunday CLOSED
Easter Monday 1100-600

Like Minds March Meet Up

A big thanks to everyone who made it to the March meet up of the Like Minds Craft Group.

Our guest speaker for the evening was fashion designer / pattern maker Beatrice , a tutor from The HomeWork Club in Blanchardstown. They have a wide range of courses available including introductary sewing and advanced pattern making and sewing. See their website here

Thanks to everyone who brought along something to show and for taking part in the mini craft session - make a butterfly

The next meet up is Thursday April 29th @ 630pm in the cafe

Communion Cards

If you cant find what you want then make it yourself. A selection of Communion cards you can make yourself - click here

Are you interested in learning to draw?

Artist Liz Smith will be running a FREE introductary session in drawing and illustration instore on Friday March 26th @ 6pm

Places are strictly limited so ring now on 01 8219277 to book your place

THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED .

Please ring the store to add your name to the cancellation list

Card Making with Cliona Larkin

A big thank you to Cliona for her 6 hour card making marathon instore, March 6th. For everyone who couldn't make it or needs a reminder of what Cliona made follow this link to see all 40 ( yes that's correct !) samples from the day.

see photos by clicking here

Big thanks to everyone who came along and made it a great day.

Easel (stepper) Cards

To make an Easel Card - also known as stepper cards-
follow these photo instructions
click here

Waterfall Cards

For full instructions in pictures click here
To print off the project sheet click here

Tunnel Cards

Pictures to follow but for for now

view and print the template for Tunnel Cards here

Creating Wedding Invitations

To view images of wedding invites you can make your self, click here

Winner Craft Awards 2009

We are delighted to announce that we won our category at the 2009 Craft Awards!. We were awarded Best Independent Craft Store -Ireland. This is such a great achievement as it was our first year to be nominated.

Thank you to everyone who voted for us.

NEW FOR SPRING 2010

The new "Craft Essentials" from DO CRAFTS has arrived and is selling quickly! so make sure you visit soon and see the great new products on sale... this includes the new range of co-ordinating papers and accessories from Papermania as well as great new cutting tools from Purple Cow.

The new event listing is up online click here for full details