Tatty Teddy helps Craft & Chat at the Glasgow Hospice

Brick by Brick is the Appeal to raise funds to build a new Hospice in Glasgow

As you may know we take voluntary crafting to the Day Centre at The Glasgow Hospice. Asking the patients beforehand if there are any specific cards they would like, we gather together all that is needed to make a complete card, in a cellophane pocket. Then on the day each patient chooses which one they would like to make up. Last time, since it is so close to Easter, we chose Tatty Teddy as the theme, but we use a variety of different styles month by month.

Fold this to make a Collection Box

Collection boxes for the Brick by Brick Appeal come flat-packed ready to assemble, complete with double-sided tape, so any crafter will have no problem putting one together - it's just like origami!

Any card packs that are unused are made up and added to others to sell at Deaf Focus in East Kilbride, to raise funds for a ramp at the Atholl Centre Pitlochry. Deaf Focus is a great place to practice BSL signing.

Atholl Centre Pitlochry

We made a short video to show this.
With Video Captions for the Deaf Community when turned on in Settings.

These are examples of the cards.

Tatty Teddy Looks in on us Crafting

When we made our Easter Cards Tatty Teddy video, afterwards Tatty Teddy looked in on us to see how our crafting was going. As you know if you have watched the video, it wasn't one of my better days, having forgotten to check the remote control battery and then discovering a spare...in my video camera case of course! I had also made a purchase on eBay which hadn't yet arrived - so it will be seen in another video, coming up soon, we hope.

Anyway, TT joined in our Craft & Chat outtake video, as we dissolved in giggles as usual. Hope it gives you a wee laugh.

Tatty Teddy Family

Tatty Teddy Easter

We got on with our filming yesterday, having prepared all week with waterfall, stepper cards, and digital cards from Spring Chic CD-rom. Now to film the introduction and ending...
Guess what? I forgot to check the battery for the remote control! However, that only required one of us to get off our seat and manually start/stop the video camera. Giggling together as usual, afterwards my brain suddenly kicked into gear and remembered I had a spare battery, where? In the camera case, of course. So we just filmed a little extra bit for the end of the video. We hope you enjoy Tatty Teddy Easter and look forward to your comments. What will we film next?

Here are some of the cards we made:

Tatty Teddy Easter sample card for Hospice

Tatty Teddy Easter card packs for assembling at Hospice

Tatty Teddy Baby Dedication card

Tatty Teddy Easter Waterfall cards

Tatty Teddy Spring Chic Digital cards

Tatty Teddy Easter mini Gatefold card

Tatty Teddy Engagement card

Tatty Teddy Ruby 40th Anniversary Stepper card

Tatty Teddy Birthday card for a crafter

Going with the Flow

Hi,

We are finally getting organised and back into crafting demos and blog posts plus a quick tip on YouTube for removing dies from card. There may be other tips that we can add as we go along as I am always eager to find an "easier way", especially regarding measuring!

In the very near future we plan to have some cards on display giving different ideas and we will talk through how they were made. The theme is Tatty Teddy. Alice and I have both been busy with ideas so that we can have different cards to show you plus quick and easy for new crafters. 

Packaging Tatty Teddy

When we got products like our Tatty Teddy card kits, I used the packaging pictures for other cards by running them through the Big Shot or Cuttlebug with the likes of a Spellbinders die circle, oval, square or rectangle, depending on the shape. To release the die easily you can use greaseproof paper between the die and the card. But Ruth has another little Tip which you can see on our one minute video on YouTube.

Tatty Teddy With Love A5 Decoupage Card Kit

Tatty Teddy packaging shapes

Nails R Ruth

Hi everyone,

It has been a long time since we have done anything for you but our  little Grandsons have distracted us don't know why. Months ago we were talking about making another video so now we plan to be back on track and babies will just need to understand that Grannie is busy.

We debated whether or not we should go to the craft fair this year as we really didn't need anything. Now, there is a difference between need and want ...so tickets  were purchased . We cleverly left the car parking fee of six pounds in a safe place so that at least we could get home.

We were very organised about the order we were going to do things at the SECC but that went out the window when we arrived.! It was good to see Ann at Decopatch. This is something I have never tried so we sat down to have a play. I thought I was finished, when a voice said "do I still see some wood without paper round the edges" What!  I have to do there as well. Lady Ann said "well I thought a woman like you would never leave the edges not done" So I finished it and Ann then unstrapped me from the chair.

On we went shopping having a  rest when we could. We have stopped kidding ourselves that we can do......as much as we thought we could do.

As you will see from the photos we bought a number of items that we absolutely needed. I am still trying to put them beside similar craft items but one has to  actually be in the house to do this.!! 

We have some really nice toppers as well as practical items.  I also bought a table tote bag so that I can remove craft items from the side of my table for safety. I don't think it would be a good idea for an eight month old baby to play with glue and craft knives.

We ended the day exhausted but happy ready to save up for the October fair (did I say that) I might hire a stand and make tea in paper cups for £2.00 that might help pay for my purchases.

Ruth's Dies on magnets in the new case

Now time get our heads working. We have some lovely Tatty Teddy items that will make pretty cards - perhaps Easter. Well, Alice has decided it will be for Easter  I might do something else who knows.

Debra (New Zealand) and Mary NSC (America) It is too far for you to travel just to get glittery nails. Now, I wonder if they will be safe with a heat gun ...

It is good to be in touch with you all again. Since I have become a Grannie I am much more serious ...and if you believe that you will believe anything.

Leo 8 months

Leo's Grannie

Craft Fair SECC March 2013

Craft & Chat back to videoing

We made our visit to the Craft Fair again to stock up on our supplies, and as well as our usual breaks to rest our legs, we spent a long time sitting whilst trying out Decopatch for the first time. Demonstrator Ann, whom we have met before at the Craft fairs, guided our sticky hands, without damaging Ruth's craftyglittery nails. Using mdf hearts and gluing torn pieces of fabulous French-designed greaseproof-like decorated papers, that don't fall apart when glued, gave us a chance to snatch a quick video for YouTube which you can now watch.

Decopatch Ann

Our decopatch hearts completed

Other side

I bought the beginners decopatch kit as it looks like something that will work well in the future with Grandsons; they definitely have to be introduced to crafting! Evan's Mummy is very creative herself so I gave her a wee rubber-stamped and Copic-coloured picture to mark her 1st Mother's Day this weekend.

1st Mother's Day

Here's a couple of photos of our loot, and Ruth has even gone so far as to film hers to give you a good look!

Alice's supplies

Ruth's purchases

We're still very keen on ink dusting and bought some more Inkylicious rubber-stamp verses and images, to make our pictures when we get a chance to have a play.

Ruth at the stall

Next in our video pipeline is Tatty Teddy; we're going to make some simple Easter cards to use with the patients in the Day Centre at the Glasgow Hospice at the end of the month. We have various Carte Blanche From Me to You cardmaking paper and rubber stamp products which we are looking forward to using.

Evan 11 months

Evan's Granny