My Mechanical Valentine...

You know that saying when the cat is away the mice will play? Well leave a man alone in a shop full of creative goodies, and eventually the bug rubs off! Look what he has made for me for Valentines day!!! The pictures do not do it justice at all, but there are Tim Holtz bits and bobs, The Artistic Stamper stamps, old watches pieces ( snaffled away from my stash..lol) lots and lots of UTEE! Do you think he has been to one of my classes? lol

 

 

 

 

 

A BIG thank you to my dear loving husband Mal...love you lots on this Valentine day xxx

A Happy time had by al!

Twice a year, we hot foot it up to the North, past Watford, to Happy Stampers North West Stamping Festival at Port Sunlight. It is probably time for me to stop driving so far in 2 days, as I am absolutely exhausted and these days it takes me so much longer to recover, but I love seeing everyone up there, and I would miss out on my pickles from Annie P!!! Thank you Annie.. yummy as always!!In defence, though we do have a great time, and I love everyone I meet :)) Hi to all the UKStampers who popped by to say hello :))  I demoed as always, my meltpot, no surprise there then? lol. I used the new Glassine papers to make roses, and covered them in clear UTEE, stunning! Here are a few of the samples that I gave away, and yes I managed to photograph them... always do that: make, give away, have no record of what I made!!



I have a very busy day catching up on Friday's work, and sorting out stock, and uploading new products to the website ( please be patient..there are a lot!) ...we have a delivery due in today of new Sizzix Alterations, and some more steampunk charms too!, oh and Wendy Vecchi Art Parts too!
Off now to return the truck... love being a white Van Man!! rofl
Have a creative day!

Sneaky peek!

I love sneaky peeks, and in Creative Cardmaking issue 19 , Hels and I have designed a couple of cards and a tag for you. For obvious reasons I cannot show you a full picture of them, but suffice it to say run down to your local newsagent and buy a copy!!

I do hope you are having a good Bank Holiday weekend, our last till Christmas.. eek who mentioned the word.. Christmas!! oooh I did twice!! *sneeks away into a corner, muttering..lol)
I have so much news, and we have some new stamps, (steampunk orientated).  I had a request for them , so have re-released them!

Also new in the shop are those gorgeous wire hangers that are now back in stock!

Sid has done a gorgeous piece on The Creative Team blog, and you can win an ATC from Minxy, and my Bank Holiday gift to you is 10% off all orders over £30! just pop the code bankholiday into the discount voucher box after you have shopped (£30.00 minimum) to get your discount!
I am off to a wedding today, so have to get my hair done, nails painted, dress ironed ( I wish! lol) and keeping my fingers crossed the sun stays out!
Have a creative day!

So little time....

Over on Gothic Arches, this week's theme is steampunk. I have had so little time to create this week, that my early morning forays have been blog hopping and doing emails before starting my "proper job"! lol. But I thought I would love to do this, so gathered a very random set of stamps, including one of the new Tim Holtz's ( don't tell Mal , cos they are really for sale in the shop, and he will kill me for taking stock! ) . The clock and bicycle came from Purely Random, and the cogs are PaperArtsy. I have to say when I started this I wasn't going to use the bicycle, but it all came together by accident. Is this steampunk I ask myself? The other bits are idea-ology., and a couple of new bits from Vintaj, which wil be available soon. I made the background by spraying colour sprays from Crafty Notions, and then while wet putting a bit of bubble wrap on it, and allowing it to dry. I am so wanting to create, but time is limited this week :(

We will be at Stamperama this coming Sunday, so if you are thinking of coming , do drop by and say hello...I will be the one getting hot with a meltpot, and Mal will be the one with shiny shoes!lol
Have a great day!