Hooked on Flowers!

At the weekend at Artisan, I spent most of the time demonstrating how to make grungepaper flowers! I had a lot of flowers and during the day I glued them onto a Frame which sat on my worktop. This is the final Frame.

 I am busy getting ready for HSNW Stamp Festival this weekend, and if you are coming stop by and say hi to myself, Mal and Amanda Bateman who will be there demonstrating. We will have all the Mabel stamps, all the new backgrounds, and hopefully the new metal colours from Ten Seconds Studio!
Happy Creating!

How many!

Yesterday was prepping day for the workshop at Artisan in Leamington Spa. I am doing a workshop there both days, and everything has to be ready! We packed bags and stamps, and inks, and frames, and of course the infamous Grungepaper Flowers..oh and the smell, old leather, paper, not sure what it is.. but it isn't unpleasant! The whole office smells of grungepaper even today! We cut hundreds!  lol So if you are coming or even thinking of coming.. here is a taster..

Oh, and here is a little taster of the frame...

such a tease I know...tomorrow I shall post the whole Frame!

A quickie note to everyone who sent me emails about joining the Creative Team... I have been so busy that I haven't had time to choose you yet.. so hang in there please...

Have a grungy day!

A Bucket full of Roses!

I finally feel a bit more human, and have recovered from Ally Pally. It was a fab show , as always, with lots of friendly familiar faces, and great fun!
Hels and I demoed , the new Mabel stamps, and made lots of grungepaper roses and flowers using the Flower Power stamps and backgrounds. It is always hard work getting ready for a show, loading the van, unloading the van, setting up a mini shop, making sure we have everything. I always forget something, and this time was no exception...£1 coins and the rolls for the credit card machine! Hels rescued us with her stash of £1 coins and my friends from Craftynotions with the credit card rolls. Thank you :)
Here are a few of the flowers we made using alcohol inks, Claudine's studio paints , and of course grungepaper!

Now all I have to do is get ready for Artisan this coming weekend, and if you are thinking of being there, I am taking a workshop making a grungepaper flower picture frame. It should be great fun!
Off now to take a rest in front of the telly....
Have a great evening

Mini Art

It seems a while since I made anything creative... is my mojo on holiday? I made some time yesterday to create, and as I often need a kick start, wandered around a few challenge blogs, and on Lots to Do challenge blog, you could use stamping! That was it, no colour , no card, just stamping. I had so wanted to make another grungepaper flower, so grabbed a little canvas, (this one is 2" x 2") some grungepaper, my favourite product of all time, Alcohol Inks, and some gold embossing powder, oh and of course the stamp! I made the flower in a similar way to the last time , but coloured it with alcohol inks, Purple Twilight, Raspberry, and Shell Pink. No blender! I did the same with the canvas. The grungepaper soaks up a lot of alcohol ink, but carries it beautifully.
I then used the Karantha Swirl stamp and heat embossed it in gold on top of the flower petals before gluing together. I did the same on the mini canvas. A shiny jewel in the middle of the flower, and the flower Glossy Accented onto the canvas and voila, an entry into the challenge.
Seems that pink seems be to be my favourite colour, not sure why as I would never wear it! Maybe I should call this blog the pink zone!