Happy New Year...

Hi guys. Wishing you all you wish for yourselves in 2013.. Look forward to crafting with you this year. Andy...

Time to hit the SALES........

Hi Folks. I hope you had a great Christmas. Can you believe it's over already!! Hey ho! there's still New Years to look forward too!!

Just a reminder from us that it is our Mega Clearance Rummage Sale on Saturday 29th December, starting at 9am in the Education Room here at Barleylands...

There's gana be lots of bargains for everyone! Look forward to seeing you there.. Andy..

Christmas Countdown! 4 day's to go...

Hi folks. First off,

Just to let you all know, the new Do Crafts January 2013 Promotion has now arrived at Pinnacles! It's all checked off, Priced up and is now gracing our shelves.. So if you are looking for something new to do over the holiday's then this is a great place to start! The new Creativity Magazine is also in stock, so if you're not crafting and just fancy a good inspirational read then come and get your copy! As an added Bonus to all of our Pinnacle Crafts Club Members there is DOUBLE DISCOUNT off the entire promotion (excluding the Magazine) on Saturday 22nd, that's a 20% saving folks to Club Members only! ................................... So, here we are on the 21/12/12 and the world hasn't ended, YET! I think this will be my last project of 2012 to share with you. A friend of mine is having her son Christened between Christmas and New Year

and this is the card I have made for her/him.. It's made a great change for me from churning out Christmas cards over the last few weeks! I pretty much knew straight away when I saw one of our new Kaiser Craft stamps what I was going to do with it! This Bird Bath/Fountain stamp looks like it's got quite a few uses, even as quite an elaborate Christening font!

After stamping it out a few times

I cut the images out

and Decoupaged them together to build up the layers,

before adding it to my base card which I had prepared using the Grand Embossing Folder, Dainty Dots (EG002) and the Tonic Studio's Die, Trellis Wall (239e).

You know I'm a fan of dimension and this project has heaps of it!

To add the element of water, I added some Glossy Accents to the rim of each layer and a few water droplets

before finishing off with a Ribbon and a few embellishments!

The only drawback being I've used soooo much Mirror card, AGAIN! that I can't get a decent picture without reflection, so here it is flat to give you a better indication of how it looks!

All in all, pretty happy with it though! Don't forget, Saturday is our last trading day before Christmas and we close at 4pm..

Our MEGA CLEARANCE SALE starts on Saturday 29th December @ 9am in the Education Room here at Barleylands.. There’s ganna be shed load of bargains for everyone!

So, all that remains is to wish each and every one of you a very Merry Christmas and thank you for following along with us this year. I look forward to sharing more inspiration with you in 2013. Have a great time folks. Thanks for checking us out. Andy..

2013 Workshops now booking..

Hi guys. Well, I've "finally finished" em!!

It's taken a bit of chop and changing around with the dates, but I think we've managed to fit in all of your requests and things that we wanted to cover this quarter..! So hop on over to the website to see what we have planned for you. Yes, we have another Demo Day. Yes, we have another Timmy Holtz Day. Yes, we have Brayering and Yes we have Pan Pastels!! Bookings have already started so don't miss out on trying something new in 2013.. Either give us a call (01268 285585) or pop into the shop to reserve your place.. Thanks for checking us out. See you soon. Andy..

Have a tail wagging time....

Hi folks. So, I said in my last post that "I" had, at last, finished my cards for this year and that someone else wanted to share the cards they were sending!! And who do you think that someone was?? Holly of course!! And she's pretty good at it too! Must run in the family or something!!

Her eye for colour (although she can only see in Black and White apparently!) is amazing for a puppy of her age; she has gone with a Tan and White

and Black and White combination to match her own colouring!

And while she wasn't looking, I copied her design and made one for her also! Thanks for checking us out. See you soon. Andy.

Stick a fork in me....

.... cos "I'm" done!!! At last! You'll be pleased to hear that this is the last of the Poinsettia cards!

Another one in a more masculine guise, and no less effective than the first one I shared with you a few posts back... Now I say "I'm" done, but someone else wants to share their cards with you in our next post... I wonder who that could be?!! Stay tuned folks!! Have a great day, see you soon.. Andy.

Marking the moment 12:12:12

So, where were you at such an auspicious time? Me, I was out walking Holly

so I took a couple of pics at 12:12pm on the 12th of the 12th 2012...

The phrase "The Earth stood hard as iron, the water like a stone" is very apt for today!! It's still pretty freezing out there!! See you soon. Andy.