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I was surprised to not see your name for Build a Kit. It really got me out of my fear box and got me to try new things. Especially supplies I dont use, like alphas, ribbons/bows, fasteners etc. Under the guise of making these supplies I'm learning to be more comfortable with the tools in PSP, and what can go wrong and how to troubleshoot the setting - which is usually something I've done wrong or in the wrong order, or a box is or isnt checked in the settings etc. Also I've learned about using tools I've never used and what setting to use. I hope my memory can keep it all in past the workshop. It really helps direct you to the right tutorials (all availalbe in the Diamond membership-tutorials, master classes, notebook labs etc) and having it around building a kit really helps you focus on creating a cohesive body of work one step at a time. Hoepfully it will be a yearly workshop.

I've done a good bit of crafting through the years. Cross stitch, embroidery, woodworking, gag gifts, stenciling...and the list goes on. When my church was doing craft bazaars I enjoyed the projects where several people worked on the same project. One would cut, one would sand, one would base coat, and one would decorate...then usually, someone sealed the project. I must have build 40 or 50 butterfly houses...then someone else completed the other steps.

I don't do much crafting. But when the time comes (mostly near the end of october) I do craft my own christmas cards. I have a lot of stuff to do so. It costs me two hours to craft two christmas cards (because I''ve to cut very small pieces for my cards) but I love it and it's worth it. I'll look for one of my christmas card to post here. Have a lovely and pleasant day!

I have also love to craft. sewing, knitting, crochet, bobbin lace, tatting, cutting and sticking, cards etc. Not enough time in the day for many but I do make mini scrapbooks and other 3d card/paper projects. I make all the books from scratch, including the flowers. i have attached a photo of some I had done mainly during lock down which really helped with the isolation period.

I created my own egg shaped offset cutout to be in keeping with the Easter theme of the card. Before the rainbow font: "HOP INTO A"

We can certainly make it a new cohort every year if the demand is there!

That one is kind of ongoing. The only thing you would sign up for is the email reminders. But check in the DIAMOND only section and all the links are there! You can still join in!

H = happy, especially if you drink Michele's Guinness!

I signed up for this one too, I regret I didn't get signed up for the Build a Kit one. I think I would have learned a lot.

Very cute card!

Between all the work on the Alphamaking for the Build a Kit, I needed another eastercard and was already planning to use the cutout freebie and just added the font and colored it in the same colors as the rings of the cutout. I kept it as a double card for printing and here is a single for email.

D = Diatonic button-accordion, an instrument often used by The Dubliners an Irish folkband and one of the oldest and longstanding bands in the world, 1962 - 2012

I have always loved crafting and in my younger years I did lots of craft shows selling mostly Christmas ornaments, small gifts, etc. made with just about anything from painting wood to sewing. As I got older and unable to do the shows any longer, I switched to digital crafting. I had a friend that had a small business making cookie mixes in quart jars and she ask if I could design some labels and tags for her jars.....so that was my start into digital crafting. Now I design and sell these jar kits, candy bar wrappers, cards and lots more. But it is more about "creating" rather than making money. I started out designing with PSP 7 and had many other versions over the past 10-15 years up to PSP 2023. I recently joined Diamond and am learning so many new ways to do things that I never knew existed.....I wish I had joined sooner but thought the classes were more about scrapbooking but there is so much more!

B = Breakfast as in Full Irish Breakfast. (from wanderzestblog.com) "A traditional full Irish breakfast comprises bacon, sausage, eggs, potatoes, beans, soda bread or toast, tomatoes, mushrooms, and white or black pudding. For those wondering, black pudding coagulates the pig's blood into a sausage form. The white pudding is simply a pork sausage, usually flat." Then sit back and listen to your arteries harden.

I've done many different crafts over the years. From embroidery to counted cross stitch to plastic canvas creations and latch hook rugs. I was a very good customer of Herrschner's craft catalog back in the 80's. I did paint-by-number kits and those makit and bakit kits of ornaments and suncatchers. Always had something I was working on in the evenings while watching TV. Then there is the scrapbooking, both traditional (paper) and digital. The 2 crafts I did the most of was the counted cross stitch and scrapbooking. Here are 2 layouts I did in January for a challenge elsewhere that were about hobbies over the years. And, I made my own little plastic canvas element from the tutorial here for the first layout.

I don't do much crafting any more because the ones I used to do hurt my hands now. I have done many crafts over the years from Tatting and Crocheting, to Leather Tooling. I do still pick up my Tatting shuttle now and then and make something small.