classes  . . .

Please click here for the class list!

demos . . .

Every Wednesday and Saturday from 11am - 3pm there will be a free demo with new and exciting products in-store!

meet the design team . . .

Stamping Caz . . .

Caz started stamping when she got a tiny foam stamp free on the front of a magazine. From there she attended a class and the rest as they say is history. Years and years later she is pleased to say that she is still stamping and it has made her many special friends from both UK and USA. Caz is currently designing for 3 UK magazines, Card Making and Papercraft and Quick Cards Made Easy and Beautiful Cards, as well as teaching for us.  

Jane Dean . . .

Jane discovered scrapbooking in 1999 and now works exclusively for Future Publishing on their ScrapBook Inspirations and Papercraft Inspirations magazines. She is also a design team member for Scrapgenie. She enjoys trying out new techniques and supplies but her  favourite parts of scrapping are the colour and patterns, mixing and matching papers to create layouts for her albums. Jane has helped transform many of our customers scrapbook pages while attending her famous scrapbook clinic here at Creative Pastimes.

Jane Gill . . .

Demonstrating and teaching craft classes takes Jane all around the UK . She has written many articles in craft magazines. Her passion is for flowers and loves Floral Punch Craft and any stamp with a flower on it! It was at Creative Pastimes that Jane first saw Rubber Stamp Tapestry and must have nearly every single set. She became a member of the Floral Punch Craft Teachers Guild in 2005 and can turn a simple punched flower into a work of art! A big cat lover, Jane loves to ‘cat chat’ with anybody attending her classes.

Jenny Jaye . . .

Jenny is a qualified teacher in art and crafts and for many years has been an art therapist for the local mental health authority. Jenny's passion is stained glass (yes the real thing), but she is also an avid card maker and now scrapbooker since the birth of her daughter Freya 3 years ago. She is now a regular demonstrator and tutor here at Creative Pastimes. There has hardly ever been a product or technique that has passed Jenny by - you should see her overflowing stash at home!!!

Paula Pascual . . .

Paula is a Spanish paper crafter and is passionate about card making and scrapbooking. She is married to Omar and mother to Wasabi (beautiful cat).  Paula demonstrates for companies such as Kars and Bramwells . She is a regular designer for many Uk magazines and has recently written her own book on papercrafting as well as teaching for Creative Pastimes. Paula is now also Dawn Bibbys assistant on QVC.

Gaynor White . . .

For many years Gaynor has designed and produced hand made cards for all occasions. Her cards are of unique design using stamps and patterned papers and the work is so stunning it has to be seen to be believed! Gaynor is an extremely skilled decoupage artist and takes decoupage to a new dimension. She demonstrates and teaches regularly for us at Creative Pastimes and now has quite a following.

Lousette Ashton . . .

Lousette is a qualified commercial interior designer and worked in an architectural office for several years. She stopped working in 1997 when her daughter was born and took up card making as a hobby. A few years later she also discovered scrapbooking, and now happily scraps and makes cards whenever she can. Lousette has been contributing to various card making and scrapbooking magazines for the last 3 years. Her style is modern and contemporary.