Advanced Crafting techniques

Advance Crafting techniques

COMPUTER CRAFTING:

Digital Crafting 1 – Understanding your graphics package

Have you ever wanted to show someone how much they mean to you, but couldn’t find a way of doing so? This level 2 course will teach you how to make beautiful and classy keepsakes for your loved ones that will become treasured possessions.

You will learn about:

digital layout and design
digital templates
to set up and use your printer to get the images you require
to insert text boxes and pictures
to locate files, input pictures, size, re-size and colouring
to creating your designer card on-screen
to print your designs and make your gift(s): either 2 x designer cards, personalised bookmarks, a word book, a calendar or stationery set in a matching wallet.

Digital Crafting 2 - Learn to make Digital ‘Designer’ Gifts

You will learn about:

Getting the most from your software – adapting images, etc.
Multi-Layering (Building Scenes)
Editing Images and Text
Produce Quality Gifts, including Stationery/Invitations/Place Settings/Gift Boxes/Envelopes.

Advanced Card Making: Challenging Multi-fold and Pop-Up Cards, Heirloom Keepsakes and Gifts.

If you are confident in all of the skills outlined in our beginners and intermediate courses, why not sign up for our advanced paper crafting course where you will move your crafting up onto a professional level.

This course is designed to build your skills from good to excellent and your projects from nice to stunning. You will learn to use many of your basic crafting materials in very different ways to produce unique and exciting cards and keepsakes.

You will learn how to create stunning designs using…

acetate
vellum
chalks
assorted inks
felt tip pens
paints
watercolours.

Advanced Scrapbooking Techniques:

Learn to finish your pages with panache
In true tradition – using Medieval, Elizabethan, Victorian and Edwardian styles to grace your scrapbooking
Eau Naturelle, or Oh, that’s Natural –adorning your pages with nature

Advanced Paper Crafting – For that special occasion, when a one off won’t do:

You will learn techniques to enable you to make professional quality gifts and stationery for that special occasion or person in your life…

Hand Made Wedding Invitations/Place Settings, etc.
Special Cards
Wordbooks
Hand Made Special Occasion Stationery for Christenings/Retirement/”Special” Birthday Party Invitations, etc.
Calendars
Learn how to design and Create your own Templates.
Personalised Bookmarks

Digital Crafting – Advanced

Making Digital Cards
Digital Scrapbooking
Digital Wordbooks
Stationery (Wedding and Special Occasion Stationery)
Calendars
Keepsakes
Designing and Creating Templates

CRAFTING WITH YARNS & FABRICS:

Knitting for beginners
Advanced Knitting Techniques
Crochet for beginners

Home Décor, Soft Furnishings & Gifts

Design and make your own:
Cushions
Curtains
Throws
Machine made Patchwork Quilts
Oven Gloves/Apron/Tea towel
Gardening Apron
DIY Apron

Rug & Throw Making:

Traditional Pegged Yarn Rugs
Hand Knotted Rag Rugs
Quilted Rugs and Throws
Cross Stitching for beginners

Traditional Handcrafted Heirlooms:

American Style Hand Quilting
Basic Embroidery
Tapestry Weaving
Appliqué

BEAD AND JEWELLERY MAKING:

Basic Beading Techniques
Making Your Own Beads
Bead Decoration
Stringing and Finding

ASSORTED ART PROJECTS:

Glass & Tile Painting
Decoupage Art (Making Framed Pictures)

UNDERSTANDING AND BLENDING FRAGRANCES:

You can also learn how to make your own Bath/beauty products and gifts in our course on understanding and blending fragrances.

Perfume Notes putting them together to make a happy melody
Blending Scents
Aromatherapy and the home; keeping the place smelling sweet without the use of chemical cleaners.
Body Scrubs, hand lotion, perfumed bath soak, etc.
Keeping unwanted visitors at bay; essential treatments to – combat dandruff, smelly feet, head lice, etc.
Cures for insomnia, hiccough, and other minor conditions