sugar and spice

....Of things to come. Following the previous post, you'll be aware that we now have our NEW DESIGN TEAM. They will be filling your heads with ideas, inspiration, tips and techniques, we had a meeting the other night and some of the things coming your way are just GREAT, we hope you'll agree. They will be starting their posts from the 1st July....So to wet your appetite here's a little quickie that we did in a class recently. Using the IN A WORD stamps, stamp onto white card stock and cut out using the Spellbinders Nestibilities LABELS 1 , then cut another (next size up) in black and mount using foam pads. The flower was made by inking up the flower from the MADE WITH LOVE AND LAUGHTER set and before stamping in onto your white cardstock take a flourish stamp, I used PI Swirls and Flourishes set 2, and stamp onto the flower stamp, in effect "kissing" the two stamps together and give it a little wiggle, then you can stamp the flower out and you will have your pat...

We're pleased to announce the results of the SUGAR AND SPICE DESIGN TEAM ...Drum Roll please.... PAULA POSTON JAYNE JOHNSON NICKI STANNARD NICOLA BOOTH SAM MADDIN LOUISE SAMPSON PAULA BROWN NINA BURGESS We hope you'll welcome them and check out their projects that they are going to share with you on the blog from the 1st July As usual, we're still having to do a few tweeks here and there, generally computer stuff and photos, you know what it's like!!! But we'll get there. xx

A lot of peeps popping into the shop have been looking at this kaiser album longingly. It was a total pleasure to make! It pairs up two of my favourite scrapbooking manufacturers ~ kaiser and american crafts. So we are running it as a class on Sunday the 26th of July. This will be an all day class with a little house card too. It's a great class to relax too and if you've felt daunted by filling a shaped album before, don't be! Come and join us on the 26th of July from 10am to around 4pm. The cost is £30. See you there, Polly

The trouble with hubby having the same day off as you is that you end up going shopping...right??? Well we ended up at lakeside on Monday, we had to go in the Apple Store and it seemed a shame to go all that way and NOT have lunch at Cafe Rouge, we came out with rather full bellies and smelling incredibly bad of GARLIC, we had to walk past M & S and out of the corner of my eye I spotted these little babies Fell in love with them and decided to give them a home. Yes that's right, nestled among the loveliness are the M & S Raspberry and White Chocolate CUPCAKES. Oh boy!!! would you believe me if I said they were horrible?? No did'nt think so, so I won't lie, they were absolutely GORGEOUS. While were on the subject of cakes.....Momma Muff did it again, honestly, she gets better every week...this week it was Raspberry, Fresh Cream and Meringue. Needless to say they were SIMPLY DIVINE. Sunday was Polly's Flower Frenzy Class, and whilst the ladies on the morning class...

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What's that noise? I hear you say. Well, it's the calling sound of BANANA FROG... Yes we've finally pinned her down and she's coming here to TEACH you ALL DAY (if you're lucky enough to get a place) Here's what you need to know:- YOU'LL BE MAKING A MINI INTERACTIVE ALBUM AND LAYOUT WITH BEV FROM BANANA FROG..... THE TIME: 10AM - 4PM THE PLACE: SUGAR AND SPICE THE DATE: SATURDAY 27TH JUNE 2009 THE COST: £45.00 THE BENEFITS: YOU GET A LARGE SET OF THE NEW BANANA FROG CLEAR STAMPS...TO KEEP, A BAG OF STICKY STUFF... TO KEEP, AN INK PAD... TO KEEP, PLUS A GREAT GIVEAWAY. IN FACT IT'S GOING TO BE BANANATASTIC !!! PLACES ARE EXTREMELY LIMITED SO BOOK EARLY WE SHOULD HAVE A SNEAKY PEAK FOR YOU SOON We would advise that you either bring a lunch with you or grab something from the Hive (on site) We will be supplying refreshments (free, of course) Classes must be paid for at time of booking, should you have to cancel, if yo do so with 72 hours a full r...

I just wanted to stop by and tell you about my class at the end of June, yes we are nearly in June ;) It's on Sunday the 28th of June and starts at 10am. It runs all day long!! What better to do with your Sunday than to spend it at Sugar and Spice. Anyhoo, in the morning we will be making a mini book to keep a record of your memories you want to scrap and in the afternoon a LO which will use some of the journalling techniques we'll be talking about. The whole day is revolving around journalling and how YOU have a story to tell in your scrapping and mini books. The day also comes along with a handout which gives heaps of ideas for journalling; ideas to get you writing, different ways of writing and how to incorporate journalling on your LOs. We'll also pass around some examples too to get your juices flowing! It's also a great class if you're stuck in the rut of just scrapping birthdays, Christmases and all those 'typical' scrap pages... this one will really ...