Flying your way soon....

Hello ! I love it when I create new stamps, and the designs are made into rubber! Finally flat drawings are 3D and these little beauties from Neil Walker and Katy Leitch are no exception!
There are 6 new designs from Katy and 8 from Neil, all very versatile.
Just to tease you here is a little tag I made with 2 of the designs, using the new Archival inkpads from Wendy Vecchi, and Dylusions sprays on Dyan's very versatile blank inkpad.

The new stamps will be available from Friday 2nd May, and if you are popping by the shop, then you can see them in the flesh!
Pop back tomorrow for another sneak peek :)
Have a creative day
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Keeping Calm...

For those of you who know me well, I don't panic ..often...not!! lol, and we are just packing everything ready for Stamperama on Sunday, and we have lots of new stamps, and a brand new product, which will be revealed on Saturday alongside the stamps... I would so like to show you it.. but I can't, and oh it is so hard to keep quiet about it.... never was very good at secrets!! lolAnyways, thank you all so much for commenting the past few days.. I LOVE comments, and I equally like to ramble on, and yep I am rambling, so here is today's tag with the perfect saying for the troubled times we are living in... It is most probably my favourite stamp of the whole August collection!



 I stamped it in Vermilion Archival, and added some new stamp flourishes and the like, over a Mustard Seed distress stained tag . Lots of glossy accents to make it shine!
the bubbly effect was just bad stamping on a brand new unused stamp, but I kind of liked it , so it stayed!



To win this and the stamp, just comment away!!!
More reveals tomorrow :))
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Journey into my world....

The past few weeks have been busy in my world of rubber, and this weekend coming we are launching a complete new group of stamps, that we think are gorgeous! The first set are large and wordy, and absolutely perfect for Journaling or cards, or altered art, and of course, tags!! ( just in case you wondered the splat is also a stamp in another set to be shown later in the week :))

I have been playing with some of the new Ranger Distress stains, and this tag has Tumbled Glass on it, with a very tiny smidgen of Crushed Olive down the edges. The stamps are NEW, and this is the first set....all stamped in Archival :))

I will be randomly giving away the tags and the set of stamps today All you have to do is leave me a comment, and I will choose a winner next week :))......I LOVE giving away blog candy!
All the stamps will be available on Saturday from the website
Have a very Creative Day

I have been awol!

I am really not sure where I have been the past week or so....think I am still in holiday mood ( although I have been working!) , but I cannot get back to blogging, or making ART, so I thought what better time than this to give away some blog candy!! I know you like blog candy!
So here it is an ATC made by me, using alcohol inks, the new luscious Archival inks, and the Alterations Mini Butterflies Sets, and The Artistic Stamper stamps!
What am I giving away? well you can get all of it, the ATC, the die set, a set of stamps, and one of the new Archival inks!



All you have to do is add a comment to this post, and for an extra entry add the giveaway to your blog ( if you have one!)
I shall draw the winner this time next week :))
In the meantime, if you fancy free postage we have it until Sunday on the website!
Have a much more creative day than me!
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My Perfect weekend

Several weeks ago, when I was doing a shrink plastic workshop, I started a canvas and never finished it.. not unusual for me.. teaching and working on artwork never go hand in hand! I always make as I am teaching but always get waylaid, of course, and rightly so! This canvas has cut outs from a newspaper, some printable shrink plastic (made for those gorgeous new Archival inks from Ranger, and is totally covered in Distress stains!The little "shells" are shrink plastic beads which I coloured , and then wrapped around a knitting needle , which I first covered in embossing ink ( to make sure the beads came off the needle) and then carefully shrunk . It is very much a hit and miss affair, and you do need gloves or asbestos fingers to do it! Love how they came out, and they were perfect for shells!



As the grey clouds are appearing over the horizon what better way than to think sun, sea and sand!
Have a creative Friday!
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Handle with care!

I was so excited when the new Archival inkpads arrived yesterday, I just had to have a quick play with them! Love, love the new colours, and I made this card with lots of distress inks, stamping the Inspiration jar with Vermilion, adding the tag from the Travel set with Coffee, and adding one of the sayings from one of  Mrs Vecchi's sets! The numbers are from Mr Holtz's "Stuff to say" ! Add a little raffia, and handle it with care!



Have a creative Day!

I've Just seen a Face

Over on Hel's blog there is another Sunday Stamper Challenge, and this week it is faces. I have to admit I have lots of faces I could use, including the Gibson Girls, the Children faces,and  a number of ones I have lurking in a box that I have collected over the years, but it has been one of those days today, and nothing spoke to me, so I grabbed a set of Mr Holtz's stamps, namely Mini Classics, an old plain postcard I found lurking near the stamps ( lots of stuff *lurks* in my room! lol), and some distress inks, and my trusty Black Archival ink. I covered the postcard in distress inks, and then spritzed what was left on the non stick sheet with water and smooshed the card in them as well. It gave it a very distressed look. I then inked up the Flourishes ( this is my favourite stamp at the moment , that is until the next favourite stamp!) , and used Distress Mahogany with it.
Then I stamped a number of stamps from the Mini Classics in the black ink on top. Finally I Sprayed (probably a bit too much) some Cosmic Shimmer mist (ancient copper) on top. I haven't tried this before, and was quite surpised by the pure amount of mica in it! Fabulous!

Finally as this is going to a friend ( she may or may not guess!), I added a little faux porcelain rose brooch to it.

Thank you Hels for the challenge.