The Classical Bloom Collection - Video

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Hello everyone,

Just a very quick note to let you know the new items on our website and to remind you that I will be in the shop on Sunday afternoon demonstration different craft products including some of the new items that have just arrived at the Design Studio. Also, if you want some advice with a particular project, or are thinking about trying a new technique, then do please pop in and I will be more than happy to help you in a one to one mini tutorial.

We have just opened the new March Madness Sale Section on our website.

More items will be added periodically so do keep checking back for some bargains including big name brands. As I am receiving a lot of requests for "Men's Themed Toppers" We have added these first. In the Kanban section and some in the Paper Nation section.

I've included some special packs from the Dawn Bibby Designs range - for example, Feline Friends in Pink or Blue, Westie in Pink or Blue a, Prism Pink Collection, Prism Blue Collection, and Tweet Kits in Pink or Blue.

Also new this week is The Floral Bloom Collection from Kanban.

I am also pleased to report that the Texture Sponges for Gilding Flakes are now back in stock.

We have added some new bags to the Topaz Fashion Accessories Section - Fushia Polka Dot, Black & White Polka Dot, Red & White Polka Dot and Grey & White Polka Dot Bags.

In the jewellery section the current best sellers are now back in stock - 1 Row Stretch Diamante Bracelet, 2 Row Stretch Diamante Bracelet, Jet & Hematite Effect Glass Bracelet, Purple Tone Glass Bracelet, Silver Crystal Bracelet, White Pearl Crystal Bracelet, White Pearl Crystal Bracelet (4 Row) and Burn Gold Effect Xtal Flower Necklace.

My television shows for the coming week are as follows:

Monday 12th March

1pm Kanban 4 Day Deal (C&C)

3pm Spellbinding Craft (C&C)

5pm - 7pm Craft O'Clock (IW)

Tuesday 13th March

2pm - 4pm Paper Crafting With DB (With Lottie, C&C)

6pm Dawn Bibby Designs (C&C)

7pm Crafting With DB (With Dean, C&C)

Wednesday 14th March

1pm Docraft Pick Of The Day (IW)

4pm Knit With Alpaca Select (C&C)

5pm Docraft Pick Of The Day

7pm Serif Crafting CD Roms (C&C)

Hope you have a great week!

Love

Dawn

xx

Flower Patch Gallery Video #1

Hello everyone, We posted the first of the Flower Patch Gallery Videos on my YouTube Channel today. My thanks to Andrea Owen, Jean Smith, Kay Carr, Lorraine Fitt, Pam Wharton & Sally Anne Bristow for sending in your cards. We are already starting to work on the second video so please remember to send in your photos of the cards you have made using the Collection. Don't worry about resizing them as we can do that to show off the detail. Please send them to dbcollectioncards@gmail.com I look forward to seeing what you've made using the Flower Patch Collection. Love Dxx

A Mini Book Project From Dawn's Workshop Today - 21st Jan 2012

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On Today's Show... by Dawn

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Hello, Here's a sneaky peak at some samples I have made that will be on my shows today. I hope that you can join me on the Create & Craft Channel 2pm-4pm and at 7pm. Remember you can watch on line at the web address listed further down on this page. My Flower Patch Collection stamps are also back in stock so those who were waiting for them, best to pop onto the C&C website before the show! =) Oh and the large 3D foam pads from Stix2 are also now available! Love D xx

A Personal " Happy New Year" From Dawn

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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!

Christmas Party & New Workshop Dates.

Hello everyone,

A big thank you to everyone who attended our "Christmas Party Night" and for making it such a great success! We all ate too many mince pies, chocolates and drank lots of mulled wine! Yes I know, where's the "bad?" Ha ha!

We have so many fabulous new lines in the shop and we will be demonstrating and running "make n takes" again this Saturday and Sunday too so do please pop in if you are in the area.

I have received a lot of requests for more workshops so we do have a couple of dates in the diary, with more being added all the times.

Jane will be running a day of classes on Saturday 26th November. The programme is 10am - 12.30pm card making and 1.30pm - 4pm it is scrap booking. Each class costs £15.00 which includes all materials .
The day will be very technique based with lots of fun. Please call 01254 356501 to book your place.

I'm also delighted to confirm Sheena Douglass will be back with us on Saturday December 3rd and Sunday 4th December with her Paint Fusion range. More details will be released nearer to the event.

We have lots of new products to upload on the website this week so be sure to keep your eyes open for them!

This week has been really busy online with lots of you buying a wide range of items but a lot of you seem to be trying out Gilding as among the best sellers on line this week are the Gilding flakes, double sided adhesive and texture sponges!

will be adding a selection of black stained glass peel offs (the ones I use all the time in my shows) 8 assorted designs for £5.00 - these includes trees, woodland designs, skyline, fisherman, African animals, Nativity, reindeer scenes etc. These will be on line over the weekend.
Glitter Border Peel Offs have also been a top seller, so too are the new Stampendous Cling Stamps, in particular "Bird Song" and the "Cameo Frame."

We have, due to popular demand, restocked the "Robin's Garden Collection" from Kanban and have just introduced some lovely toppers from Hunkydory into the shop so watch out for those also appearing online soon.

Our special "Twinkle Card" packs are still huge sellers along with the Kanban "Basic Card Stock" which is perfect for all stamping and blending techniques. They come in packs of 10, A4 card for a great value price of £1.80. Available in White, Cream, Ivory and Black, it is certainly a "must have" core item for your craft room.

Collall Glue Gel and the Collall Photo Glue is now back in stock, along with "Spray and Sparkle" which gives a perfect finish to your festive cards!

Oh and don't forget to check out our huge selection of Embossing Folders - they really are hot products this month!

Thank you for all your positive feedback on the site now having a section dedicated to Embossing. As you may have noticed, we are in the process of redesigning the Website's layout. This is due to it constantly growing and including so many more products. It'll will take a little while to complete so thank you for bearing with us while we under go this process.

As always, if you can not see what you looking for on the website, do please call the shop direct on:- 01254 356501.

We probably have what you want but just haven't had time to put it on-line yet!

This week television show times are:-

Sunday:- (All on C&C)

3pm, 4pm, 6pm,7pm

Monday:-

2pm (C&C)

5pm - 7pm (On IW)

Tuesday:- (All C&C)

2pm, 3pm, 6pm,7pm

Wednesday:- (All C&C)

8am, 9am, Noon & 2pm

Take care, have a great week and happy crafting!
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

"What A Busy Week!" by Dawn

Hello everyone,

What a busy week we have had in store and online with all the new goodies coming into stock!

Thank you all so much for your orders and visits to the store. We are re-stocking the shelves as I speak - the new Kanban Steampunk and Christmas ranges have been flying out! The Embossing Folders are also proving to be extremely popular, especially the Christmas ones.

We also have a lot of new items and "back in stock" items in all sections of the Webite so do please take a look. If there is something you are looking for and can't see it on the website, please call the shop. We may have it in stock, just haven't put it up on line yet!

We have just added a huge selection of Dreamweaver stencils to our stock both on-line and in-store.
I'm pleased to say the lovely Mary will be in the shop this Saturday 11am - 4pm demonstrating the Dreamweaver range with various techniques including paste, gilding flakes and glitter! Mary is a wizard with the stencils and has created many samples for my shows over the years.

On Sunday we have a new demonstrator in store, a lovely lady and friend of mine - who is currently in love with the Kanban Steampunk range! Tracy will be showcasing her ideas and tips using also the Cuttlebug , our new Embossing Folders and these beautiful new toppers.

So if you are in the area do pop in and join us, we will be serving complimentary tea and coffee as usual!

Hubbys welcome too - the Hubby's hideaway with Sky TV will hopefully keep them happy while you shop!

I'm now having a short break in sunny Tenerife but will be back on your screen on Tuesday for the regular show.

Here is a list of my shows for next week:-
Tuesday 20th September -
2pm - 4pm *, 5pm & 7pm * - All shows on Create & Craft. (* = Paper Crafting With Bibby Shows)
Wednesday 21st September -
11am, 1pm, 3pm & 5pm - All shows on Ideal World

Adios mi amigo's
Dawn x

10th September 2011 - Message From Dawn

Hello everyone.

Just a very quick note to let you know that I will not now be on air today or tomorrow.

I am sorry but I'm having to take some time out for personal reasons.

Dawn xx

Well! It's Been Quite A Week! by Dawn

Hello Everyone,

Well! It's been quite a week!

First let me apologise for not being on air last Tuesday(5th September) at 5pm or 7pm . As you might already know, the reason for this was that my partner was rushed into hospital with chest pains and obviously I was distraught and needed to go to him. Fortunately he was strong enough to be discharged that evening - he is now at home resting and thankfully is feeling much better.

Whilst I offer my sincere apologises for you having to watch repeats at 5 & 7 on Tuesday, both my partner and I also offer our sincere thanks for all the support and get well messages you have generously sent. We are extremely touched by your kindness and we are both very grateful.

I would just like to clarify that my shop is not closing down! While it is up for sale we are trading as normal. In fact I am just re-stocking it with lots of new "goodies!" These will be available in the shop and on-line next week after the in-store sale finishes.

In the shop the 20% off regular lines offer and other sale offers will finish at 5pm on Sunday 11th September so don't miss out! This is your last chance to bag a bargain! There are lots of other offers in store too so pop along and don't forget, as always, we are serving complimentary tea and coffee and have a nice cosy room with Sky TV for accompanying hubbies!

We have been busy on-line with a lot of new lines and offers being added this week. Cosmic Shimmer Watercolour Paints, Cosmic Shimmers Spray & Mica Pigment Sets, new Kanban Christmas Collections and stunning Duo Textured Metallic Cardstock, new Andy Skinner Clear Stamps, new Stampendous Christmas Jumbo Cling Stamps (from beautiful detailed Snowflakes to chunky fun Christmas Trees!) Stampendous Christmas cling and everyday clear stamps. The new Stampendous Fran-tage Embossing Enamel, Fran-tage Glass Glitter and I absolutely am in love with the Frant-tage Shaved Ice! It is perfect for snow effects!

There are pretty Mini Bells and multi-coloured Christmas Light Bulbs embellishments - which look great on cards and scrap booking pages! There's new Tim Holtz items as well as a lot of your favourite Tim Holtz/Ranger items that are back in stock. We have started to stock a range of self adhesive stones from America by Mark Richards which include some beautiful clusters with matching lines of stones! There are also additions to the ever growing range of ink pad colours available on line as well as some more of our "Special Hand Selected Packs" - the card packs are proving extremely popular as are the Penguin Kit and the Christmas Tree Die Cuts!

To visit our website please go to: http://www.topazcrafts.tv

I will be back on Television this Friday for 3 days so here are the dates and times for your diary:-

Friday 9th September - 10am, 12.00 ,2pm and 3pm

Saturday 10th September - 9am 12.00 2pm and 4pm

Sunday 11th September - 11am 2pm 4pm and 5pm

Hope you can join me!

I am hoping to grab a few days away next week so I'll see you back on Monday 19th September... my goodness, 19th! That will mean we are half way through this month already! WOW! Where has this year gone?!

Take care of yourselves, thank you as always for your support. Means a lot to me, it really does.

Love
Dawn
xx

I Am Thrilled To Announce...

Extra Shows On Create & Craft And Ideal World Next Week!

Hello everyone,

Just a quick note to let you know that extra "Papercrafting With Dawn Bibby" shows have been added to the schedule this week on Create & Craft and Ideal World.

The powers that be have asked me to do extra shows on Sunday 14th August at 3pm. Then on Wednesday 17th August(Craft Day)I have been asked to do a couple more hour long shows at 11am and 7pm.

A busy week ahead folks but all good fun!

Love
Dawn
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News From Dawn :- 22nd May 2011

Hello everyone!

Well! What a crazy week I have had! It seems I've hardly had
time to catch my breath and things are moving so fast now that it really is
literally making my head spin!

Time is really precious at the moment as I am still being kept
busy clearing out my prep rooms at the Design Studio. I am beginning to believe
that someone is coming into the studio after we've gone home and dumping more
craft things into the rooms because every morning there seems to be even more
things to sort out then there were when we left the night before!!

Seriously, there is still a lot of work to be done and it's
going to take a good few weeks to sort out properly. The job is a big one, and I
am very grateful to my team who have not only been helping me but have, as
always, been extremely supportive. They have all been wonderful, they really
have. So thank you gang!

We are managing to add daily, sometimes hourly, to the Clearance
Section in the store. These include special "Goody Bags" which are, I'm pleased
to say, proving to be extremely popular with our customers. I have been asked it
these could also be sold on-line but I'm afraid the answer is no. This is
because the proceeds from sale of these go to The East Lancashire Hospice so are
cash sales only. But we do have a new offer for our on-line shoppers, but more
of that later.

We are also being kept very busy with the task of re-building
the on-line shop and again, we are adding things to it daily. Thank you for your
patience and for your kind comments on the changes we have been making. We are
glad you like the improvements!

The "hot items" are now all back in stock on-line. The Superior
Stamping Card, Stampendous Jumbo Stamps, the Artemio range of stamps along with
cardstock and toppers from Kanban and Craftwork Cards.

In the next day or so we will be adding stamps from Crafty
Individuals, Lindsay Mason and Andy Skinner as these are proving to be extremely
popular with personal callers into the store and we want to give our mail order
customers the chance to purchase them too!

It has taken a while, but finally, we have most of my own range now up on the website! These included some of the collections I have designed; Woodland Tweet, Amore, Watercolour Garden, Prism Delights, and Fairyland to name a few! We now have a large section of my acrylic
and rubber stamps on-line with many at half price.

We are hoping to add my card stock and vellums this week so do
please check back regularly and let me know what you think of them. We really do
appreciate your feed back.

This month's SPECIAL OFFER for our Internet customers is buy any
2 wooden Dawn Bibby designed stamps and choose another from the DB Designs range
of equal value or less for free - please select your choice and write "MY FREE
STAMP CHOICE" followed by it's code in the special instructions box when you
place your order.

Please remember to keep your eye on our "On Sale" section as
we are constantly adding new products.

On the workshop front we have a few spaces left on Sheena
Douglass' workshops next weekend - There is a place now available on Saturday
afternoon and also a place for the Paint Fusion workshop on Sunday afternoon. A
few spaces remaining for "A Little Bit Sketchy" on Sunday morning so if you
would like to attend any of these, please call 01254 356501 to book your
place.

I know you are all waiting for an update on when I will be back
on your screens and I promise I will update you all very soon!

Once again thank you so much for your support and good wishes,
both really mean a lot to me.

Until next week - Happy crafting
Love,
Dawn
x