A Personal Thank You... By Dawn

Hello everyone,

Thought I would drop you a personal note and say a big thank you for supporting our wonderful event this week at Create and Craft for Great Ormond Street Hospital.
It's been an incredibly busy week for all of us but one that has been highly enjoyable andimmensely rewarding. It is such a wonder cause, so thank you to everyone who supported our efforts.

Now what's that old adage of there being no rest for the wicked Ha ha! Yes, you've guessed it! I am writing this in transit! I'm on my way home to prepare for my workshop this weekend.
I still have lots of preparation to do for Saturday's class and for Sunday's demo.

I think I forgot to mention it in the last newsletter, but I will be instore demonstrating this Sunday so if your out and about in Lancashire, do please pop in and join me for some craft fun. Maybe even make a card yourself ? Ricardo will be running make'n'takes on Sunday afternoon so join us for a coffee and perhaps pick up some crafting tips. Don't forget we have the "Hubbys Hideaway" with Sky TV if you need to keep your other half occupied!
While I am holding my workshop, Linda will also be demonstrating instore on Saturday. No doubt she will be using the fabulous new embossing folders that have just arrived (check out our website too for these new additions) and the new collections from Hunkydory. Both are proving to be highly popular.

Speaking of workshops...

I have just released another date - Saturday 14th April. It's a full day class with me. This will be a repeat of the March 10th day as so many people wanted to attend and sadly I couldn't fit everyone in so I do hope that you can join me for this date in April.

The cost is £50, this includes all material, as well as lunch and refreshments throughout the day.

I will be covering lots of techniques including stamping and embossing on metal, acetate, creating backgrounds with cosmic shimmer watercolour paints, blended backgrounds and much, much more. Will be fun, so as I said, I hope you can join me.

Please call 01254 356501 to book your place.

During March and April we also have classes with Jane Goff. These are always extremely popular classes that we run monthly and again, Jane will be incorporating a host of different techniques into her classes.
Sat 17th March:-
10am - 12.30pm Cardmaking Cost: £15
1.30pm - 4pm Scrapbooking Cost: £15

All materials included and light refreshments.
Sat 21st April:-
10am - 12.30pm Cardmaking Cost: £15
1.30pm -12.30pm Scrapbooking Cost: £15
All materials included and light refreshments.

We also have a new tutor this month - Hels Sheridan. There has been a high demand for these classes and with just a few spaces left on Sunday 25th March (10am- 12.30pm Cost: £15) book now to avoid disappointment.

If you would like more information or to book any of the above classes do call on 01254 356501

Also please remember that if you can not get to the shop then we are putting up our new lines onto our Website as fast as we can.

If however you don't see what you are looking on there, we probably have it in stock we just haven't put it on line yet. So please call the shop direct on 01254 356501 as there is always so much more available and there's a very good chance that we have what you are looking for in stock.

Talk soon,
Love
Dawn x

Workshops - An Update

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Tim Holtz Distress Maker Pens... Available on Pre-Order

Hi, Just a quick post as I'm getting ready for the 5pm show on Ideal World. Just wanted to let you know that we are currently putting up on my website, the new Tim Holtz Distress Marker Pens. We are taking pre-orders and they will be sent out to you as soon as we get them, which I am assured will be Mid March. There are 37 colours and we are selling them for £3-45 each or we are doing a special launch deal of 10 pens for £32-50 and you select the 10 colours that you want. New Tim items going up all through today. D xx

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"Hello Again..." by Dawn

Hello Everyone,

Sorry for the silence; been having some "me" time.

Well what a wonderfully crazy time I had over in California on a recent visit to CHA with Create and Craft! We were on the hunt for fabulous new products and we certainly found them! Obviously I can't talk too much about the trip, but I can tell you it was a hugely successful and watch this space as you are going to be seeing lots of big name brands with beautiful new lines over the coming months.

We were kept really busy the whole time we were there as there was so much to see, however it was also lovely to catch up with all my friends in the craft industry even if it was sadly only briefly!

                           With Suze Weinberg

I stayed on for a few extra days and had some fun sightseeing in Hollywood and Beverly Hills. I did post some photos on my Facebook and Twitter pages so if you haven't already seen them, please follow the links. Here:- Facebook & Twitter.

Anyway back home to the cold and check into my shop, its been really busy with lots of bookings for the forthcoming workshops.

We have Sheena Douglass and Hels Sheridan coming up in the coming months so be sure to keep an eye on our website for information on these and other workshops.

The new and back in stocks this time are:

Tim Holtz:-

Tim Holtz: Core-dinations - Nostalgic Collection 12"x12" Card Stock

Distress Collection 12"x12" Card Stock

Embossing Folders - Sizzix Texture Fade Alterations - Postcard & Sheet Music Set (2 Per Pack)

Embossing Folders - Sizzix Texture Fade Alterations - Texture Trades Playing Game Set (3 Per Pack)

Idea-ology - District Market Tissue Wrap - Terminology

Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool

Craft Sheet - Heat Resistant

Xcut & Fiskars:-

Nesting Dies - Postage Stamps, Heart, Homespun Heart (5 Pieces), Scalloped Oval

Border Punch - Looped Fringe

Fiskars: 12" Paper Trimmer
Original Scissors - 13cm
Woodware:-
Brads - Gold & Silver Mini Round Brads
Brads - Imitation Screw Brads
Craft Punch Scalloped Circle - Big (1 1/2")
Clear Cling Stamps - Messages


Collall® Photo Glue 100 ml
Pinflair: Foto Glue - Twin Pack
Royal & Langnickel: Soft Grip Embossing Stylus Set (3 Tools Per Pack)
Marvy Uchida: Jewel Picker
Stampendous: Jumbo Cling - Rosehips
Kanban:-
Special: A4 Plain Card Stock Packs - Bright, Earthy, Pastel, Primary, Tropical
Easter Toppers:-
Bunnies & Lambs, Bunny Fun, Duck And Eggs
Crafty Individuals Stamps:-
Unmounted Rubber Stamp - CI 343, CI 337

Docraft/Papermania/Craft Planet/Anita's:-Craft Planet - Goody Bag - Easter

Anita's - Moment Of Faith - Outline Sticker 1 Gold & Silver

Papermania - Elements Classic Cards & Envelopes - Heart, Butterfly Wishes

Dufex:-

Die Cut Decoupage - Easter

Die Cut Decoupage Pyramex - Easter

Cosmic Shimmers - Stackable Water Colour Paints:-

Indian Peacock, Lavender, Rose Hue

I'm back on your television screens this week, here are my hours:-

Monday 20th February: 5pm - 7pm "Craft O'clock" on Ideal World

Tuesday 21st February: 2-4pm and 7pm on Create & Craft

I do hope that you can join me.

Thank you for all your emails, blog messages, "tweets" and Facebook posts. Very kind of you to take the time to write to me and I promise, I really do read every one.

Thanks as always for your support.

Have a great week!

Love

Dawn

xx

"Off To California In The Morning..." by Dawn

Hello everyone,
Just enough time for me to do a quick newsletter before heading off to Los Angeles to attend the world's largest trade fair for crafts. It's very exciting as the CHA is normally packed full of new crafting items and is an insight as to what the coming year has in store for us, what the predicted "trends" will be etc. It's also a great opportunity to catch up with crafting friends!
It's a 4am start for me tomorrow as I have to get down to Heathrow to catch my flight, so it's an early night for me! Makes a nice change huh?! Ha ha!

It's been a crazy couple of days trying to sort out all the new items and those that are back in stock for both the shop and the website. Some of these lines on my website include Embossing Folders from Tim Holtz - I love the Postcard & Sheet Music one myself.

Tim Holtz 12"x12" Co-ordinations Pads - Distress Collection & Nostalgic Collection.

Tim Holtz 6"x6" Grungeboard Book - If you attended my recent workshop, or have seen the little mini book we did during it and posted on my Official Facebook Page or Blog, this is the book I used as the base. We also have the Clear Cling Message Stamps I used on the project.

Xcut Nesting Dies - We have a special offer on them at the moment, while stocks last, they are all £9.99.

Xcut Border Punch - Looped Fringe.
We also have the 12"x12" Papermania Kraft Basic Paper Pad - very on trend and a great price at just £4.50.
(This works well with their Brown Kraft Cards too which have proved to be really popular.)

Woodware Scalloped Circle Punches in three sizes; 1" and 1 1/2" and 2"

Cosmic Shimmers Stackable Watercolour Paints either in sets and individual pots. They come in some really lovely colours.

Stampendous Jumbo Cling Rosehips Stamp.

DCWV Mat Stacks.

Kaleidacolor Ink Pads.

This week Gilding Flakes and Texture Sponges have been flying out - as you know, they are a couple of my favourite things to use.

We also stock Black Peel Off Packs on offer which work very well together.

Also selling well are:-

Portobello Road Collection - wonderfully British and patriotic in this year when not only we have the Olympics but also the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

Ranger's Big & Juicy Ink Pads - great for using with the Speedball Brayer.

We are also putting together a new section on the website; "Easter & Spring Themed Items" will also include a new collection called "Moments Of Faith" which as the title suggests, are Christian themed crafting items.
The section also has some really cute Pom Pom Bunny and Chick Kits for the both the young and young at heart, oh and a larger "Easter Goody Bag" to help keep all the family crafting over the Easter holiday.

There are demonstrations in store this weekend -
Saturday 28th Jan: Noon - 4pm Tracy will be in demonstrating different techniques with rubber stamps.
Sunday 29th Jan: Noon - 4pm Mary will be demonstrating Dreamweaver Stencils & Embossing Paste.
Please come along and join us in a complimentary cuppa and some crafting fun.

I'll be back on your television screens on Monday 20th Feb as I'm going to have a little break after my trip to California, but will be popping up now and again on my Facebook Page and Blog updating you of my goings on! By the way, you don't have to be a member to read the postings on my social network sites. Just use the links on this newsletter to find them.

Take care of yourselves, see you when I get back to dear ol' Blighty!

Much love
Dawn x

"My Workshop, Sale Continuing & Back In Stocks"... by Dawn

Am just taking a mini break from preparing the projects for my workshop with is on Saturday at my shop. We have had a couple of late cancellations so if you wanted to come along and couldn't please all 01254 356501 a.s.a.p.for full details and to book your ticket. The other workshop I am doing in March is already fully booked and with this year already looking like a really busy year for me, I'm not sure when I'll be holding another workshop. 

Also on Saturday we have an in-store demonstration of the Cuttlebug with Lee. This will be running from 11am - 4pm so do come along and learn about it's versatility and how to get the best results with this great little machine. If you already own one, Lee will be able to advise you on how to get maximum useage from it and he will also answer any questions you might have.

Another good reason to pop along this weekend is to have a look at the new additions to our sale. 

As well as 25% reduction on selected Craftwork Cards, Tim Holtz and all Christmas themed items. 
We have also kept my DVD's at an incredibly low price of £5 each. Once these have gone they really will be gone and a few titles have already sold out. They are all packed with hints, tips and demonstrations which I hope will be useful for you and at £5 each, it's a very affordable way to start your own visual reference library.
I have put together 2 mini kits especially for you. My Black Lace Collection in a colour choice ofTeal & Sage or Aubergine & Mulberry.
Along with a "Twit Twoo" kit. We have my vellums, acetates and cardstock in special packs of 2.

We have continued our "Special Packs" which are always popular and are another section that we add to regularly.
We have recently added to our website a section for "Card Kits" which at the moment contains some lovely little kits from Docraft although this will be added to with other brands.
Back in stocks include the pretty Gemstone Butterfly Stickers, Acrylic Stamping Blocks, Gliding Flakes from Crafty Notions, the Textured Sponges to use with them, Kanban Superior Stamping Card.
Artemio Acrylic Stamps including Manuscript Backgrounds and Butterflies & Flowers.
Packs of Card Blanks - including the Fancy Edged & Shaped cards as well as the Embossed A6 Cards. The Big and Juicy Ink Pads from Ranger, Tim Holtz Blending Tool and Foam Pad Packs,Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads (continuing our special offer of 3 for £12), Tim Holtz Distress Stains,Stick & Stay Mounting Adhesive. Plus many more, so please check out the website.

Here are my television dates and times for next week:-
Monday 23rd January-
1pm - TBC
3pm - Needlecraft & Sewing (Create & Craft Channel)
5pm - 7pm "Craft O'Clock" (Ideal World Channel)

Tuesday 24th January -
2pm - 4pm Paper Crafting With Dawn Bibby (Create & Craft Channel)
6pm - Pins & Needles (Create & Craft Channel)
7pm - Paper Crafting With Dawn Bibby (Create & Craft Channel)

Wednesday 25th January -
4pm - Pick Of The Day (Ideal World Channel)
6pm - Tool Box (Create & Craft Channel)
7pm - Card Creations Create & Craft Channel)

Thank you again for all the kind messages and Emails about my Flower Patch Collection. A big thank you also to those of your who have sent in your photos for our video. We hope to do a series of them so please send your photos in as soon as possible to be included. The address to send your photos is dbcollectioncards@gmail.com Please remember that we'd prefer one card per photo so we can show the detail and we will resize them so please don't worry about editing them down.

Okay, back to work I go! 
Whatever your plans I hope you have a great weekend.

Till next time,
Love
Dawn

"News, Video, Flower Patch Collection & More..." by Dawn

Hello everyone,

I've so much to tell you! Let's hope I remember it all! Ha ha!

As you know it's been a very busy week for me and saw the launch of my Flower Patch Collection. It was the first new designs that I had released in over a year and the first I had done for Create & Craft. You may remember that I was very nervous about it, which I know sounds silly after all this time, but with it being so many "firsts" it did add extra pressure on me. Anyway, as it turned out I really didn't need to worry! Thank you so much for helping to make my new collection such a success. I am completely overwhelmed and it really is one of those occasions where "Thank You" doesn't seem enough, but when I write it, please know that it is from my heart.

Congratulations to Annette & Nikki who won the Prize Draws on my Official Facebook Page and Blog. Prizes will be in the post first thing Monday morning! Thank you to everyone who entered and I will be having more competitions this year, details of which will be announced nearer the time.

I would love to see what you do with the Flower Patch Collection! If you would like your cards to be in the video we will be doing of viewers cards made using the Flower Patch Collection, please visit my blog for full details. Click Here To Go To My Blog.

As you may know, I have my own channel on YouTube and thank you to those of you who have already subscribed. We are planning to add to it on a regular basis and have not only demonstrations but a visual library of ideas which I hope you will find interesting and useful.

Speaking of YouTube; it has recently been brought to my attention that if you type my name into the search box that a lot of videos for a company appear. Please don't click on their videos expecting to see me. I just want to clarify that I do not know this company, nor do I endorse them. You will find my official channel by clicking this:- YouTube Link

We have some workshops this coming weekend. Saturday 14th 10am - 12-30pm Cardmaking and 1-30pm - 4pm Scrapbooking, both workshops being held by Jane Goff. I will be holding a full day of crafting on January 21st. It'll run from 1pm - 4pm. Please click here to see full details on line, or call 01254 356501.

We will be announcing more workshop dates shortly.

We have been extremely busy in the shop putting out all the new stock and items brand new for 2012 and now we are ready to put them on line.

Here's a few of the new items that we have managed to put on line already. More being added daily so please keep an eye on the New & Back In Stock section of the website.

We have a new section on website for Children's Craft although not strictly for children! You might find some little bits and pieces at a low price that you can adapt for your card making.

Universal Embossing Boards from Craft Concept.

Papermania Tri-bossing Boards

Beautiful Butterflies from Anita's

Forever Friends Spring Time Collection including stamps

2012 Calendar Tabs

Fiskars 9" Paper Trimmer

Me To You Collection

Papermania Mini Assorted Adhesive Gems, assorted floral & stones mini adhesive in a storage container.

Papermania Self Adhesive Red & White Hearts... perfect for Valentine's Day!

The Capsule Collection by Jesse Edwards

Hot Diggity Dog Collection

Portobello Road Collection

Time Travel Collection by Kanban

Dufex Easter Toppers

Dufex New Baby & Special Occasions Toppers

A few of the Back In Stocks.......

Prima: Cling Stamps - Printery

Stix2 Clear Ultra Strong Double Sided Tape - Various sizes

Woodware Single Clear Magic Stamps

XCut Nesting Dies (We have also added more shapes to the designs we carry.)

Continued are the special offers on Tim Holtz Distressing Ink Pads

and 25% has been taken off of all Christmas themed items.

We are adding daily to our reduced by 25% items and recent additions are:-

A selection of Craftwork Cards products

Smooch Pearlised Accent Inks

Suze Weinberg Melt Art UTEE

My shows on Create & Craft this week are:

Monday 9th January -

11am - 1pm Paper Clinic

5pm - 7pm - Crafters Companion Pick Of the Week

Tuesday 10th January -

2-4pm - Paper Crafting With Dawn Bibby

5pm - Crafters Companion Pick Of the Week

7pm - Paper Crafting With Dawn Bibby
Wednesday 11th January -

Noon - TBC

2pm - My Craft Studio 4 Day Deal

5pm - TBC

7pm - Paper Crafting With Dawn Bibby

Hope you can join me.

Have a great week and stay in the warm and craft!

Love

Dawn

xx

‎3 Day In Store Sale & On Line Offers Starts Today!

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"Christmas, A Special Thank You & More.." by Dawn

Hello Everyone,

Well, Christmas is well and truly upon us isn't it and I am certainly beginning to feel all festive now, hope you are too.

This is just a quick note to let you know about some new items that we now have available and to let you know about the special offer we currently have running both for personal callers to the shop and also for those of you that shop with us on line.

However, before I do and on a personal note, I would like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you for all the lovely Christmas Cards and Emails. It really was very kind of you to take the time to send them and your continued love and support really means a lot to me - Thank you so much.

Now for the updates...
The Dufex I mentioned in the last newsletter is now on line. All of them are lovely and such great quality images, but I particularly like the Die Cut Decoupage - Puppies, Garden Visitors, Floral Occasions and Easter featuring rabbits and chicks which is lovely for any spring themed card as well as for Easter.

The special offer on specially selected Tim Holtz products - including any 3 ink pads for £12.00 and discounts on other lines is only for a limited period or while stocks last, so please make sure you get yours soon to avoid disappointment.
We have some great new and back in stock items including Tim Holtz, Core-dinations Distress Collection 12 x 12 Card Stock, Colorcore 12 x 12 Pad, a variety of sizes in acrylic stamping blocks from Woodware, the 9" Paper trimmer from Fiskars and the new Time Travel Collection from Kanban. So new we haven't had time to take the photos to put onto the website yet! Ha ha! It's an extension of their highly successful SteamPunk style and really is fantastic!

If you are looking for some last minute gift ideas, we have some items that would make great stocking fillers along with Gift Vouchers, Tickets for Workshops - Details of those confirmed can be found on the Website.

We are also pleased to announce that we have 2 tutors that will be making their first visits to the Design Studio in 2012- Sheila Halliwell & Hels Sheridan and full details of their workshops will be announced as soon as they are confirmed.

As a special "thank you" to all our loyal customers, we are now offering 10% off all items purchased in the store. All you have to do is bring this newsletter with you and present it at the till when you pay.
For mail order customers, please select an item worth 10% of your total order value and write in your special instruction box - we will then add to your order free of charge.

Please note: This offer is valid until 24th December 2011 and it does not apply to already discounted or sales items. If shopping in person at the store - Please remember to bring this newsletter with you.

Also we will be serving complimentary tea, coffee, hot mulled wine and mince pies everyday during the run up to Christmas so we do hope you can visit us before the big day.

Here are my shows on Create & Craft next week:-

Tuesday: 20th Dec
2pm - 4pm DB & Friends
7pm DB & Friends

Weds: 21st Dec
9am - Beading With Beaders Companion
11am - Kanban POTW
1pm - Papercraft
4pm - Needlecraft & Sewing.

Better get back to writing my Christmas Cards!

Stay warm and I sincerely wish you and your families a very Happy Christmas and hope that 2012 brings you everything you hope for!

"Thinking Of Christmas" by Dawn

Hello everyone,

Well, Christmas really is coming as I've been getting out my Christmas decorations ready to put them up at home! I love all the sparkle and excitement that Christmas brings it certainly takes the edge of the cold wet days doesn't it?

I'm really looking forward to the party on Thursday night at my shop! It's the day of our second Christmas Party so do please come and join us for some crafty fun and hot mulled wine oh and mince pies too!We are open until 9pm and there will also be demos and the ever popular "Make N Takes." There's no entry charge but donations for East Lancashire Hospice are most appreciated. Please call 01254 356501 to book your place and go to into a free draw to win some DB craft goodies.

If you are looking for Christmas gift ideas for crafting friends, we may have just the thing as we have lots of new lines just arrived in store including some great storage ideas, scrapbooks and useful craft tools.

For our on-line customers, we have lots of great new things including a special offer on Tim Holtz lines - his brand new Adirondack Colorcore 12"x12" Pad, 3 distress ink pads for £12 (you choose the colours,) Tissue Tape, Light Bulbs, Game Spinners, Birdcage, Hitch Fastners, Timepieces, Lost & Found Paper Stash, Crowded Attic Paper Stash and much more!

These offers are only while stocks last of course, so please be quick or you could miss out on them!Oh and we've included a few of Tim's Christmas Stamp Collection to these offers. My own personal favourites are - "Mini Holidays" and "Joyful Song" but they are all lovely!

Also just added are the brand new Daisy and Dandelion Collection to our stock and with toppers from just £1 they are excellent value! There's also some gorgeous Glittery Cardstock Stickers and equally lovely paper packs that come in both A5 and A4 sizes.

We've added to the range of Card Packs that we stock. These now including "Aperture," "Stepper," "Never Ending" and "Fancy Edged & Shaped" card blanks and are just £2.99 per pack.

I'm pleasantly surprised to discover that all our Christmas lines are still selling so well; as they have normally slowed down by now! Perhaps you are leaving the making of your Christmas Cards till later this year. as you may know, I tend to be very "last minute" myself and it looks like I will be keeping up that personal tradition again this year! Ha ha!

Due to popular demand, we have again, restocked the "Hunkydory Christmas Card Toppers." I particularly like "A Warm Welcome", "Christmas Post" and "Snowy Winter Cottage."

The Kanban Christmas and Winter Themed items are also still selling well with the "Wobblers" again proving popular; especially for children's cards.

Top selling craft tools this month are:- Piercing Tool, Bone Folder, Anti Static Bag, - all in the Tools Section on the website and all of which make nice, practical stocking fillers for crafting friends.

Please also keep a watch on the website for the new Dufex Decoupage lines which will be added in the next few days. We've been so busy adding new items that we haven't had time to put these "live" yet!

If you are looking for other gift ideas, either for yourself or your friends; may I suggest the Fiskars 12" Paper Trimmer or the Fiskars Scissors? Or perhaps book a workshop day?

We now have more dates in the 2012 Diary.
January:-

14th - Classes With Jane. (£15 per class - Each class runs for 2 1/2 hours)
10.00am - 12.30pm Card Making. 1.30pm - 4pm Scrapbooking.

21st - A Full Day Craft Class With Dawn Bibby. (£50 includes all materials and lunch.)
10.30am - 4pm

February:-
4th - Classes With Jane. (£15 per class - Each class is 2 1/2 hours long)

10.00am - 12.30pm Cardmaking.
1.30pm - 4pm Scrapbooking.

25th - Sheena Douglass (£20 per class - Each class is 2 1/2 hours long)
10-00am - 12.30pm & 1.30pm - 4pm - "Paint Fusion."

26th - Sheena Douglass (£20 per class - Each class is 2 1/2 hours long)
10-00am - 12.30pm & 1.30pm - 4pm - "A Little Bit Sketchy."

March:-
10th - A Full Day Craft Class With Dawn Bibby. (£50 includes all materials and lunch.)

10.30am - 4pm

All workshops include all materials and light refreshments, please bring along basic tools- scissors, paper trimmer, pokey tool, embossing tool and heat gun. (Tools can be loaned if you are an absolute beginner.)

My classes are full day courses priced at £50 per person, which includes all materials and lunch. The day is from 10.30am until 4pm (well in theory 4pm! Ha ha! - We always over run!) These will be, as usual, packed to the brim with tips and techniques and I'll try and answer any craft questions you may have or help with any craft project you might be struggling with.

All of these classes would make fabulous gifts and we can post out a ticket to anywhere in the UK and include any personal message you may wish to send. For further information please call 01254 356501.

Please remember that if you can't find what you are looking for on our website, then please call the shop as we are happy to take your orders over the phone and answer any queries.

If you are in the area then pop in as Mary will be in store today, (Saturday 3rd December) demonstrating stencilling and featuring the popular Dreamweaver range.Then Tracy and Lee will be in Sunday afternoon demonstrating the Cuttlebug.

Well I best get a move on! There's still lots to do in preparation for my shows on Tuesday - Please note I will now be on your screens 3 days a week (Monday to Wednesday.) This is to allow me more time to work on my new designs.

I'll be on television this week at these times:-

Monday 5th December: 5pm & 6pm (Ideal World)

Tuesday 6th December: 2-4pm & 7pm (Create & Craft)

Wednesday 7th December: 2pm, 4pm & 6pm (Create & Craft)

Hope to see you then!
Happy crafting,

Love

Dawn x

Today's Shows On Create & Craft & The NEC

Hello everyone,

An early start for me today as I'm on air with my own shows at 2pm-4pm and 7pm (all on Create & Craft.) I really hope that you can join me, as not only do I have a lot of really lovely things to tempt you with:- Alcohol Inks, Embossing Folders and I am featuring some Tim Holtz products today to mention just a few items. Oh and also the Bo Bunny pads that flew out the door last time are now back in stock! But I will be presenting the shows on my own today so will be glad of your company! If you've time out from buying all the lovely items, perhaps you would like to Email into the show and say hello? Let me know that you're watching!

It was great to meet so many of you at the NEC, and to those of you who couldn't make it last week, well, I hope to be able to meet you next time and say hello then!
Also, there's the Christmas party on Thursday at my shop, so may be I'll see you there? Please remember to call 01254 356501 and book your place. It's free admission, we just need to know how many people to cater for.



This photo is from last night while I was making samples for the show. There was a split in the alcohol inks and so Leonie took precautions against me getting ink everywhere... but wrapping me in kitchen roll?! Ha ha ha! Honestly, as if that was going to help!

Hope to see you at 2pm. Thank you as always for your support. Really means a lot to me.

Love from Dawn xx

NEC & A Christmas Party

Hello everyone,

Well the dark nights are certainly upon us aren't they? It's a lovely time to wrap up warm and indulge in some good crafting evenings in front of the fire! Or, if you do fancy a trip out, then how about coming along to our Christmas Party at my shop?

It's on Thursday 10th November and we are planning to have a fun night of crafting as well as fund raising in aid of the East Lancashire Hospice.
The party starts at 6pm and finishes at 9pm.
We will be serving mulled wine with mince pies whilst running "make and takes" and having lots of demonstrations.
Please call 01254 356501 to book your place and every one who books in advance will go into a free prize draw to win a selection of Dawn Bibby products.
Do come along and support this worthwhile cause and I am delighted to say that on this occasion I am linking up with Caitlin Jones. Some of you may already know of this extraordinary 15 years old lady and Caitlin will also be running a "make 'n' take" on the night to help raise funds.
There is no fee to come but any donations on the night will be welcomed and please remember to call us and book your place.

I will be at the NEC Birmingham this week - Friday, Saturday and Sunday, so hope to see many of you there. It's my second time at a major craft event with Create & Craft and I am looking forward to it!
I will be back in studio Monday and Tuesday if you can't make the show! My show times next week are:-
Monday 7th November - 3pm (Create & Craft) 5pm - 7pm (Ideal World)
Tuesday 8th November - 2pm - 4pm, 5pm and 7pm (All on Create & Craft)

It certainly has been busy lately here at my shop with loads of new deliveries arriving daily. We are, of course, trying to get lots of new goodies online as fast as we can, so do keep your eye on the website for them.
So far the new items on-line including the brand new cling stamps from Stampendous - I'm loving the new Cameo Frame and Romantic Border myself, in fact I may just be using those at the party night!

We also have new additions to the Woodware acrylic stamps including Camelia and Clematis. If your still looking for Christmas items, the Poinsettia is beautiful and the Christmas House is perfect.
In the Artemio stamp section make sure you take a look at the Bird Flourish and Floral Elements - both are lovely!
Oh and we have the Castaway (bleaching) Ink Pad in stock. The Glue Palette is also available again and is ideal if you fancy gilding your stamped images. We also have the Texture Sponges back in stock and you will find them in the new section on the website for all items to do with Gilding.

Also just arrived are the brand new Tim Holtz "Seasonal Ink Pads." They are a special pack of 3 Limited Edition Ink Pads and come in a choice of Winter or Fall but be quick as stocks may not last very long!

Have you tried the new Inverse Corner Punch? It's a current favourite of mine - just pop a jewel into the cut-out for a fab accent!
We have the regular corner rounder too if you prefer that look to your cards and ATCs.

Also new in stock are the Darice Embossing Folders. There are so many fabulous designs which work with all the major machines. Embossing Folders are proving to be really popular, and we are pleased to be able to increase the range we offer you.

As I've said, we've new stock coming in almost daily at the moment which makes it impossible to get everything on line as fast as we would like, so please call the shop on 01254 356501 if you can't find what you are looking for on the website as we probably have it in stock or can sometimes order it for you.

Keep warm, keep crafting and I look forwards to meeting some of you at the NEC.

Love
Dawn x

News & TV Show Dates

Hello Everyone,

Just a short note to update you on my TV show times this week and a few fab new products online.

Shows first -
Tomorrow, Sunday:- 2pm, 4pm, 6pm & 7pm (All on C&C)
Monday:- 2pm (C&C), 5pm & 6pm (Ideal World)
Tuesday:- 2-4pm (Paper crafting With Dawn Bibby) 5pm & 7pm (Paper crafting With Dawn Bibby)
Wednesday:- 2pm, 5pm & 7pm (All on C&C)
It will be a busy week so hope you can join me.


Product wise ooohhhh where do I start?
Well, new stock includes:- the pretty Pixie Glen from Prima. These are gorgeous paper pads with the matching flowers for which Prima are renowned. We also have lots of other pretty flowers from Prima with the Essentials Collection already proving popular. Also check out the Chipboard Shapes and Resistant Canvas, they are really beautiful.
Also new are Paper Rose Packs from Marianne D. These are great value at £2.99. Perfect for adding a finishing touch to all of your projects.
We also have some really cute Acrylic Mini Stamps from cArt-us at just £1.25 each... My personal favourites are the cute owls and butterflies!

There are lots of new additions in the Woodware clear stamps too - the "Woodland House" is my favourite out of these (it could be made really spooky for Halloween!)

If your still looking for Christmas ideas - the the 6"x6" pads by cArt-us are lovely, they have an enchanting vintage theme and are available in red or green and either are great value at £3.99 each. Also new in stock, we have some lovely Christmas stamps by Tim Holtz. Plus I have recently fallen in love with Tim's fabulous "Christmas Memories" 12"x12" Resist Paper Stash.

We are also running a special online offer this week for our embossing folders just £3.59 instead of £3.99. This includes some brand new designs that have just arrived! These are very popular at the moment in the crafting world and can be used in any of the die cutting/embossing machines.

There really is so much more new stock that I don't have the time to tell you about them all! Please have a browse on the website or pop along to the shop - we are open 7 days a week!
For those of you that place an on-line order over £15 during October, don't forget that each order counts as an entry into a free draw to win £100 of DB products. Also remember that if you place 2 orders during this month that are over £15 you are entered twice into the draw!

Happy crafting
Love
Dawn xx

P.S. Don't forget to book your place at our Christmas Party night on the 10th November! A fun crafty night, packed with demonstrations and "make n takes." We will be serving hot mulled wine and mince pies too. Please call 01254 356501 to reserve your space. Free entry but donations on the night welcome for East Lancashire Hospice.

"News & Thank You" by Dawn

Hello,

Hope you are well.

Everything is fine here and it's been lovely to have some "down time" this week after quite a chaotic month.
Thank you for all your tweets, posts and Emails of concern, I really do appreciate every single one.
As I've said, all is well here and I was just taking some time out to slow my life down a little for a while. I have also been using the time to plan some new designs which I hope you will like.

Wasn't it nice to see the Sunshine again! Shame it didn't last long but never mind. It was lovely while it lasted! Have to admit, I wasn't too impressed that the Weather Gods had decided to turn on the heat when I had some much to do inside, but then isn't that always the way?

How are you getting on with making your Christmas Cards? Can you believe how fast Christmas is approaching?! Have you started making your Christmas Cards yet? Or are you a "last minuter" like me?
I have a friend who has incredibly already got her cards made and is now working through her list of presents! Oh! To be that organised! Ha ha ha!

I will be back on your Television screens on Sunday with some lovely shows and it will be back to the normal Tuesday hours for me own crafting shows.
My hours for the week are:
Sunday 9th October:-
4pm, 5pm and 7pm (All On Create & Craft)
Monday 10th October:-
5pm - 7pm (On Ideal World)
Tuesday 11th October:-
2pm - 4pm*, 6pm & 7pm* (All On Create & Craft. * Are Papercrafting With Dawn Bibby Shows)
Wednesday 12th October:-
1pm (Ideal World)
3pm & 4pm (On Create & Craft)

My shows on Tuesday will feature lovely vintage lines so I do hope that you can join me. Perhaps even Email into the show? Would be lovely to hear from you and who knows, May be you'll win one of the cards I make on air?

Thank you for your on-line orders you've placed via the Topaz Website Shop. We have had an incredible response to the service and offers we have been running since it has been under new management. Your support and the fact that you take the time to Email us and pay us so many compliments means a great deal to not only to me but also to my staff.

We have made a few changes to the mail orders, one of which is all orders over £15 are free P&P and if placed during the month of October it will be an entry into a draw to win £100 worth of Dawn Bibby products. No limit on how many times you enter and each order over £15 counts as an entry into the Draw. Good Luck to everyone who enters!

We will be adding some new items on to the website shop in the next few days and for those of you who, like me have yet to start or if you are more organised and are currently making your Christmas Cards, we have some lovely items on line to put you in the festive mood!
Have you seen the new Enchanted Christmas Collection that we have on line yet? It's proving to be very popular. I have to say, it is quite a favourite of mine at the moment!
The Christmas Collections from Kanban - Norfolk Cottage and Hampshire Cottage have also come back into stock. So too has the Kanban Steam Punk although we are still awaiting the stamps but hope to have them on-line as soon as we take delivery of them, so please keep your eye on the website shop for those.
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads are back in stock and we also have some of Tim's new Christmas Adornments which are gorgeous. I personally like the reindeer and snowflakes. What do you think of them?

It was mentioned to me the other day that the Topaz Web Shop has never offered such a vast choice before. It's true! It hasn't!

I am really pleased that you are liking the new improved on-line service that we are offering you and we intend to be adding even more items very shortly. I just wish that I had room in this newsletter to tell you more of our plans...but I think I'll save that for another day!

We also are more than happy to take your orders over the telephone. So please call 01254 356501 if you wish to use this service or if you are wanting advice. This telephone number is open Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm and on Sunday 11am to 5pm.

The two workshop dates we announced last week have a few spaces open so please book soon if you wish to join me on either 29th October or 19th November. We will be inking, blending, spritzing and crafting all day! If you are interested then please use this link for further details. Link

We have just opened bookings for workshops with Jane Goff. These are being held on 22nd and 23rd October. Jane will be demonstrating and teaching the distressed and the shabby chic style which many of you will know her for. Jane's classes have always been popular so please remember to book soon to secure your place. Here's a link to the details. Link

If your near the shop this weekend do please pop in and join us. We are having demonstrations again both Saturday and Sunday 11am to 4pm on both days, so do please pop in for a coffee and some crafty fun! Saturday will be "Make & Takes" and demonstrations with Tracy, Olwyn, Caitlin and Lee. On Sunday Mary will be demonstrating "Paper Patchwork With Rubber Stamps."

Take good care,
Love
Dawn x

Featuring On The Show Today..... By Dawn

Hello!
Am at work looking at all the lovely things that are in my show today! Mmmmmm, ooh! I want that, and that....... oh and definitely that! Ha ha ha! Okay, I'll stop teasing you all!
But I am really excited about the show today as it's featuring two extremely popular ranges... for your viewing, and hopefully your buying pleasure, we have some Tim Holtz and Kanban Steampunk on today.
So I do hope you can join me today on Create and Craft at 2pm and again at 7pm.
See you there!
Love
Dawn xx

Last Day Of The Topaz Craft Sale - TOMORROW!

LAST DAY OF THE TOPAZ CRAFT SALE - TOMORROW!

The 20% Sale on regular lines at Topaz Crafts finishes tomorrow, Sunday 11th September, so make sure you come along and grab yourself a few bargains before it ends!
We have some lovely new lines coming in to the shop as of next week, some are already on website.

New Items Include:-
Sheena Douglass' Christmas Paint Fusion Stamps,Tim Holtz Idea-ology Items,
Dufex Christmas and Everyday Die Cut Toppers.

Kanban Christmas Toppers, Cosmic Shimmers Sets, Stampendous Stamps, Andy
Skinner Stamps, Mark Richards Adhesive Stones, Gold Holly & Poisettia Card Kit

Plus a lot of "Back In Stocks!"

News From Dawn - 28th August 2011

Hello Everyone,

What a busy week it has been, my feet just don't seem to touch the ground anymore! 3 days in my shop, 4 days in studio ! What a crazy life I'm leading at the moment, all good fun though!
I've been so busy prepping next weeks show and thought I would include a couple of "sneaky peeks" at some samples that will be in my shows on Tuesday! I hope you like them!


So many changes are happening to me not only on a personal level and also to my business this year!
Dawn Bibby Designs/Topaz Crafts have had some new people joining us and sadly some leaving us.
After 9 years of working at the shop, Jane, who has been my right hand girl and helped with all my TV shows, has decided to move away from the area. I'm pleased to say Jane will continue to help with card samples but never the less, I'll miss having her around on a day to day basis.
This week also saw Christian my nephew. leave to start a new job. Although working behind the scenes, his merchandising in-store , running mail order and funny sense of humour will be very much missed.
So I'd like to say a big thank you to Jane and Chris for their support and hard work in particular this year.

What a lovely surprise!
I have just been told that I've been nominated in Crafts Beautiful Magazine 2011 Awards for Best Presenter/Demonstrator as well as Best Overall Card Designer! I am extremely flattered, so a huge thanks to those of you who nominated me for those awards. It really means a lot to me, it really does.

Okay, now onto what we have on offer this month in the stop and on-line!
IN STORE OFFERS...
Buy One Get One Free On:
Selected Christmas Lines
Selected Dawn Bibby Designs
Selected Flower Packs
Selected Kanban Cards & Toppers
Half Price On:
Special Hand Selected Packs
20% Off:-
All Tim Holtz Products
All Craftwork Cards Products
All Dufex Card Toppers
Selected Acrylic Stamps
Selected Ink Pads & Embossing Powders
3 For 2 On:-
Selected Kanban Card Toppers
Other Offers:
Peel Offs 15 For £5
(Select Your Own From The Rack Of Peel Offs)
and much, much more!

On-line Offers:-
Special Packs Of Dawn Bibby Designs Christmas Toppers, Special Packs Of Dawn Bibby Designs Foiled Acetates, Foiled Backing Cards, Foiled Sentiment Toppers and Foiled Vellum.
"Reduced Prices Whilst Stocks Last" on Tim Holtz Distressed Ink Pads and Grunge Board books.
Free P&P for orders over £10 and for all orders over £15 there is a FREE Goody Bag and a FREE Gift!
We will also be putting new items and new offers on-line within the next few days so please keep keep an eye out for them.

Here are my television appearances this week:-
Monday 29th August:-Create & Craft - 2pm, 5pm
Ideal World - 7pm
Tuesday 30th August:-Create & Craft - 2pm - 4pm*, 5pm & 7pm*
Wednesday 31st August:-Create & Craft - 11am* 2pm & 5pm
Ideal World - 4pm
Sunday 4th September:-Create & Craft - 3pm - 5pm & 7pm
* A "Papercrafting With Dawn Bibby" Show
(Please Note Hours, Dates & Channels Subject To Change And Addition At Short Notice.)

You can watch the channels on:-
Create & Craft -
Sky Channel 671, Freeview 810, Freesat 813.
On line at http://www.createandcraft.tv/ or for free via your iPhone/Android/or computer at http://www.tvcatchup.com/
Ideal World -
Sky Channel 644, Freeview 22 Freesat 812, Virgin 747 .
On line at http://www.idealworld.tv/ or again via your iPhone/Android/or computer at http://www.tvcatchup.com/

Hope you have a lovely week!
Love
Dawn
xx

This And Other Dawn Bibby DVD Craft Titles Available From Topaz Crafts

http://www.topazcrafts.tv/

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Summer Madness Sale At Topaz Crafts!

Posted By Dawn:- Saturday, 13 August 2011

Hello there! Unfortunately Blogger won't let me post a copy of the leaflet so to view it please use this link!

http://www.topazcrafts.tv/news/2011/august/summer-madness-sale-at-topaz.html

So come along to the shop and bag yourself a bargain!
Love
Dawn
x

Gosh! by Dawn

Gosh I've had a busy week!

I'm thoroughly enjoying my new role at Create and Craft. It's such fun working with so many talented people and learning about new techniques. I recently had a lovely time with Sarah Milsop from Beaders Companion and made a pretty bracelet too!

I am shooting off on holiday in the morning but have popped into work and caught up with my "crafty crew" to bring you a few new goodies online as well as some special offers for personal callers or telephone orders which I can't wait to tell you about!

We have just received the brand new Tim Holtz 12x12 distress pad from Coredinations - it's a perfect match for all Tim's fabulous ink pads. Also Core Couture which has 20 sheets per pad and Graphic 45 "Timeless Collection" all of which are absolutely beautiful.

We have some very special offers for our on-line customers this month. We are doing random selections of 12" x12" papers with a choice of Christmas Red/Green or Christmas Blue/Green. They are a great bargain as all packs include 5 Best Creations "Flittered" paper plus 10 sheets of other Christmas papers which are of various designs. These packs are on sale on the website for half the Recommended Retail Price! We have managed to add some more Slice design cartridges to the sales section but this is the very last of our stock. We have also added some lovely items from K&Co and Prima at special reduced prices.

We are also pleased to announce that we have Tim Holtz Kraft Resist Sheets back in stock along with his Glass Vials, Blending Tools, Distress Stains Ink Pads and the extremely popular Tissue Tape!

We have added 5 more designs to the Stamps Sets from the extremely talented Sheena Douglass. We now have, Bah! Humbug! 1 and 2, Wouldn' It Be Lovely 1 and 2 and Stream Of Life. Where as we have sold the Pebeo Paints as sets, we are now selling the paints individually making it easier for you to stock up on the colours you use the most!

Don't forget we have extended the offers of free p+p on orders over £10 and on all orders over £15.00 you also receive a free gift.

So if you are in the Church/Oswaldtwistle area do please pop into the shop to take advantage of our huge clearance sale! Masses of ex-workshop products are now on offer and also from clearing out our prep rooms we have some random sized goody bags with prices from £4.00 . Plus lots of lines at 50% discount and buy 2 get 1 free.

Phew! Hope that you will find something to interest you and if you can't see what you are looking for on the website, please do give the shop a call as we probably have it in stock, just still haven't found the time to put it on line yet!

I will be at Doncaster Craft Show on July 16th & 17th so I do hope to see some of you there! It will be my first with Create & Craft so I am looking forward to seeing some new friendly faces, and reacquainting myself with some more familiar ones!

Have a wonderful week and look after yourselves.

Much love

Dawn