back to blogging

Hello crafty friends
You may have noticed I have been away from my blog for a month. I took some time out with my family and to get some work done on my house. I have now finished the bedroom and tidied and moved my craftroom, so now I can work in a tidy room with all my crafty stash in a separate room.
I have also been busy running my Cricut retreats. The first one, last week, was fabulous and a big thank you to all the lovely ladies who attended. We had a great time. I am also running another which starts on Monday...looking forward to meeting new Cricuteers.
I am back on air after that and have loads of hours booked in up to Christmas. My hours include: Zentangle, Slice, American Crafts, EK Success, Jones Tones, Sunday Scrappers, Colorbok and many more.
I will post dates and times as soon as I get confirmation.
In the mean time check in next week for pictures of the Cricut retreat project which has been made with the Anna Griffin Winter Wonderland cartridge.
Here is a photo of some of my Cricuteers working really hard last week.
Take care
Love and hugs
Melanie xxx

Craft clinic

Hi crafty friends
Just to let you know I am doing craft clinic tomorrow from 11am till 1pm. Lots of things to talk about including zentangle, scrapbooking and using flock.
Hoping the voice hold s out after last weeks shows...a bit croaky at the moment.
See you there
Take care
Love and hugs
Melanie xxx

An amazing deal!!!,

Hello my lovely crafters
I NEED to let you know about the latest offer from Bramwell Crafts..... They are selling off all the Stampavie Stamps.....the average price of a stamp is now....£3.50!!!!!!!!!!! Which is half price.
And to make it even better it is FREE P&P. AMAZING
Go to bramwellcrafts.co.uk and click on Stampavie to browse the images and place your order. Off to buy mine now!!!!!!
Take care
Melanie xxxxxxxxxx

Beautiful and tasty!!!!,

Hi crafters...
I wanted to share this with you because it's fab.....
I know a young lady called Caitlin Jones and last time I saw her I taught her how to make a paper clay rose. This morning her Mum, Tracy sent me these pictures.......Caitlin has made these lovely flowers from the cream inside her Oreos!!!!!!lol
Not only do they look beautiful but now you can eat them too!!!!!!!
Xxxxxxx

Mel's September Feature Blog Challenge with the Bo Bunny-Little Miss Collection

Hello crafters, Mel here, I am so excited to hold a new Blog Challenge competition with a new Feature Product. Throughout September it will be with one of my favourtire selections by Bo Bunny called 'Little Miss'. This pack contains the Little Miss 6"x6" Pad, Little Miss Clear Stamp collection and the Little Miss Buttons. All of this for an outstanding price of £9.98 (inc VAT).

This month's prize will be £50 worth of Bo Bunny goodies as well as a month's guest spot on my blog throughout October! To be in with a chance of winning this fantastic prize all you have to do is create something using the whole Little Miss kit supplied at Bramwellcrafts. You can add other papers, stamps and embellishments too. You can create a card, a scrapbook album or even something for home decor. 
You can enter more than once and the winner will be picked by me. I'm looking for something both beautiful and unique!
To enter, simply take a photo of your finished creation(s) and email them to my colleague, who will organise the entries for me to look at. If you could also email a photo of yourself that would be great! I like to be able to put a face to to the name and entry please. 
Email your entries to james.cunningham@potterycrafts.co.uk.
All entries must be in by Monday 30th September when the competition ends.

Click here for the link where you can purchase the Little Miss Blog Challenge collection.

Below are images of something I made with the Little Miss collection to give you some inspiration. 

Good luck ladies! I cannot wait to see all of your creations! 

Love, Mel xxxxxx

OH MY WORD!!!!!!!

Hi Crafters
You know when you get a product and do the basics with it because you don't have time to really investigate what it will do? Well that's been me with the Martha Stewart circle punch kit.
I am guesting the 4 day deal shows starting on Monday and I have been working on boards since yesterday and I am only on the second punch!!!!!!!
There is soooooooo much you can do with them.
My idea is to show you everything I have come up with over the course of the four days.......but I think I might run out of time.
Tune in for lots of ideas as well as a great deal!!!!
See you there
Love and hugs
Melanie xxx

CRICUT RETREAT ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!!!

Good afternoon crafters
I am running a Christmas Cricut Retreat. It will be held at Mytton Fold Hotel in the lovely Ribble Valley in Lancashire from Monday the 28th of October to Wednesday the 30th.
You will learn how to get the most out of you Cricut and then make a stunning Christmas project.
All materials including two Cricut cartridges will be included in your course fee.
The cost of the retreat is £395 which includes your accommodation and all your meals plus a bag full of goodies to create your masterpiece.
It doesn't matter if you are a beginner or advanced Cricuteer, you will easily be able to complete the project.
Having run several of these before I know you will have a great time with lots of fun, laughter and of course chocolate along the way!!!!!
If you would like to attend please email me at melanieheaton@netscape.net.
I will then send you out a booking form to be completed and sent back with your deposit.
Places are limited to 24 delegates so if you want to attend please don't delay. However if I get enough response I will run a repeat retreat before the end of the year.
Take care
Love and hugs
Melanie xxxxx

Her are some pictures of the project we did earlier on this year. All the ladies below did a fabulous job and they all completed the project despite many of them doubting they would!!!!!!!!! Xxx