Booked!

I am such a slow coach.. it takes me days to catch up on blogging, and this morning I remembered that I mentioned I would show you my workshop from last Saturday a few days ago!  It was brilliant day as always.. I do so love teaching technique, and if I get time I also do a little....lol Rosemary, Donna, Lizzie, Sandra and Suzie made me proud! We did lots of techniques including this one of gesso and paint and Perfect Pearls mists using stencils....

The girls were very kind, and let me take photos of their gorgeous work to show you...

I am teaching this workshop again at It's Crafting Time on the 30th June if you fancy coming along and getting down and dirty! LOL
Happy Father's Day to all Dad's out there....
Have a creative day
Hugs

Summertime, and the living is easy......

I love the summer, and especially the sun! I am a sun baby.. lots of heat, the sea, and the feel of newly mown grass on my feet! Not much chance of that here in the UK this week! More of a "get out your wellies, an umbrella, and a raincoat!"sort of week.  But never fear, this week Mr Holtz  and Ranger brought out the Summer Distress inks, and oh they are luscious...and very very bright! They arrived this afternoon and I had to have a play, so I whipped up this ATC to show the colours :))

We have them in the shop here, and the stamp I used are Tim's, for a change with the dots which are The Artistic Stamper's.
I am off to play some more... see you soon
Hugs

WOYWW...neat and still tidy

It's the middle of the week again, and time for What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday, and I am here actually taking pictures at silly o'clock, 'cos I didn't get time yesterday! Wonder what the neighbours would think if they saw me taking pictures of my desk? It is still neat and tidy, and I was very good and tidied away what I used instead of dumping on the desk when I had finished! There is a lovely very apt ATC sent to me by Julia, our Queen of Desks...love it as she used The Artistic Stamper bunting too! Thank you Julia...it even came in a teeny tiny envelope...amazed it didn't get lost in the postal system!

I do hope you have a brilliant day... I am off to wander around the wonderful world of desks....
Happy WOYWW

Winner of my "right royal giveaway"!

Hi, I almost, but not quite forgot to pick a winner of my "right royal giveaway"!
Thank you to everyone who joined  in, I loved reading all your comments :)
Now Mr Random.org picked a winner... and I am royally waving to

My Name is Wynneth!!

Congratulations, and please email me your snail mail address, so I can send your goodies to you...
I will be back tomorrow with pictures of my altered book class that was on Saturday... what a fun and inspiring day!
Have a creative day
Hugs

Popping up!

It has been such a lovely short week, just Wednesday, Thursday and Friday!! I have been working on new techniques for an altered book workshop today at Pickleberry Papercrafts. I love the fact that anything goes.... you can mess up and just tear it out! I have 4 books on the go at the moment and one day, one will be finished! Do I like all the bits in them? ..the answer is no! But I treat them a bit like a journal, teaching myself new ideas and trying out new products and *stuff*! My dream job would be to test new product to the nth degree! But I digress, and here are a couple of sneak peeks of the book I was working on yesterday....

Don't forget today is the last day for my Jubilee candy, and if you are a Facebook member, we have random giveaways on our page too... join us!
Have a very creative day
hugs

WOYWW 157 ...

I am sitting here writing this blog post very early Wednesday morning, the day after the Queen's Diamond Jubilee four day celebrations, thinking that another 4 day holiday would be nice!   My desk is as excited as I am , still tidy and neat ready for WOYWW hosted by the now tanned Julia!
I managed to get up to London for the celebrations on Monday, and got to stand amongst the crowds in The Mall cheering and waving my proverbial flag ( I forgot to take one! along with my camera! doh! used my phone which ran out of battery!  ) and watching the concert! It was a fantastic day! Never mind the aching feet or sore throat from cheering, we bopped and danced amongst the best of them to the sounds of Tom Jones, Kylie, Madness, and Paul McCartney! Perfect! Back to reality the rest of the week :((  A big thank you to The Queen for giving us a glorious 4 days!

My desk is still perfectly tidy, ( evidence of no work done at all! and I got my gorgeous hand drawn ATC from Rachel, absolutely gorgeous, thank you :))).

I am continuing the celebrations from the weekend here with a little regal blog candy, join in and enjoy it a little more....
I hope to get round to a few desks later today, but work will be beckoning....time for another holiday? next week perhaps... am liking these long public holidays!!
Have a great WOYWW day
Hugs

A Right Royal giveaway!... and winner of my blog candy

This weekend is the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, and I am proud to be celebrating it! As most of you know who regularly read my blog (when i post..lol) I LOVE to giveaway to one unsuspecting blogger- gifts! Today is no exception! But first, the winner of the black Ranger apron is

GLENNIS!

Congratulations, and please email me with your snail mail address.
Now onto the celebrations for the weekend.. bunting, street party, cupcakes (of course, or here in the UK fairy cakes..lol) and lots of giveaways! We have a brilliant one of the website all weekend, just click here for details, there is the chance to win 60% off your order!
Here is my royal giveaway for this week, and all you have to do is comment, and if fancy a second chance, then post it somewhere on your blog :)) It ends next Saturday.

I am off to London for the day, and a wander round Portobello Market, which apparently has a 50's theme?  and am hoping to make it up there tomorrow for the river pageant... will have my camera with me, so hoping I get some good photos!

Have a great weekend, enjoy the fun, and keep creative
Hugs

Creative Team Challenge- Red , White and Blue

Welcome to flaming June, and of course in this part of the world, it is grey, with a slight breeze, and not a hope of the sun peeping through the clouds today! We have a wonderful weekend coming up with FOUR days of holiday, and the Queen's Jubilee, and in our case a possible street party ( apparently it depends on the weather!!), but who cares?  I have been happily making bunting and adding it to my Red White and blue card for The Creative Team's take on our new challenge.

Check out the wonderful creations the girls have done here!
We would love you to join in.
Have a creative day and watch this space tomorrow for news of our Jubilee celebrations at The Artistic Stamper, or if you would like to know sooner, join our mailing list :))
Hugs

What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday...Happy 3rd Anniversary!

Alarmingly Wednesdays seeming to appear more regularly than most days of the week... worrying really when we have exactly the same days of the week every week. Maybe it is because every Wednesday I show you my workdesk or my space , wherever I may be.... Well this week is a Happy Anniversary to all WOYWWers! 3 years to be precise since Mrs Dunnit, of Stamping Ground deemed Wednesdays to be the day of the desk! To celebrate some of us are giving away an atc...., so if you follow me on the list don't forget to email me with your address so I can send it to you, and in keeping with the celebrations of WOYWW, I have decorated my desk..AND... wait for it... ADDED A MEZZANINE Shelf!!!!

The idea was a brainwave borne out of last week's post, and as all ideas come to be ( when lying in the bath!! LOL) I asked my long suffering hubby to build me a mezzanine floor on my desk! I am loving it....a place to put all the stamp holders, and bottles, and of course to get it really messy!! Perfect for hanging the bunting for the Diamond Jubilee!
I have made this ATC for a woywwer, and if you would like to see how, pop over to The Creative Team blog :))

Happy Anniversary to Julia, thank you for cheering up my weeks,  and to all the WOYWWERS! Have a splendid day...
Hugs

Smashing it up! with giveaway!

I am such a bad blogger....it has been an age since I did a proper post! I guess that work often gets in the way, and this week, we have been getting deliveries everyday, and they needed to be checked and priced, and touched, and in the case of the Smash books, squirrelled away for me...that's one for you , and one for me...LOL I am loving these and to be honest it is going to be really hard to add stuff to the books, they are well thought out, and the accessories are super! If you are a stamper, but love to journal or keep bits for yourself, then these are brilliant for just keeping by your side, and you even get a pen ( like the pen!) and a glue stick in one!  Did I just do a review? mmmm I think I did! LOL .

As I said we have had deliveries all week, and we have restocks of lots of products, and in one of the parcels, lots more Distress Markers including the Picket Fence.. and in the same parcel there were some of these!!

A BLACK Ranger apron! Perfect for making a mess... you know me.. paint paint everywhere...but not on my apron now!!
I am giving one of these away this week...all you have to do is comment on this post to be in with a chance :)))
I am off to help DH make me a mezzanine in my studio....pop back on Wednesday to see the finished result... I am getting very excited about it!! hehehe
leaving you with a quickie Tag using new journaling stamps, and Spring Distress inks!

Have a very creative weekend....and good luck in the blog candy
Hugs

What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 155

Here I am again on a Wednesday showing you my sort of tidyish space! Actually looking at the pictures it is a pile it high, push it back, scenario!! Now to coin a phrase ...my mojo is a'missing! I haven't done much over the past few weeks. Admittedly I have been busy, but as for a piece of ART! nada, nothing, zilch... but I am sure that the sun will bring out my mojo... he was just waiting for it to appear! My desk is relatively clear, for me,  apart from a new acquirement in the shape of an antique stamp holder from fleabay, which was a bargain at 99p!!! Think I have a collection now! LOL Just need more space for them! Maybe a mezzanine floor is needed?!!!

Now if you think that I am a complete nutcase showing you my very unloved desk... then pop over to our esteemed leader - Mrs Dunnit, and have a peek at the several hundred desks that show up on a Wednesday!
I am looking forward to next week's 3rd anniversary, and now just have to get the mojo in gear to make an ATC!
Have a splendid woyww!

Welcome to our new Creative Team Members

Happy Saturday to you, and I am here with the fabulous news of our new

Creative Team members! We had the most amazing response to our callout last month, and this made it the most difficult task of choosing our new members! We hummed and haaed over creative artwork, and wonderful blogs, and finally after much deliberating made our choices. A BIG thank you to everyone who applied, we are just sorry we couldn't include you all :(

We would love you to welcome to the rubbery world of The Artistic Stamper, our THREE new members of the Creative Team, complementing all the fanatstic work created by Emma, Sioux, Alison, and Kat. Please put your hands together for

Louise Crosbie

Tit Belsoeur

Astrid Maclean

We know that they will bring the most gorgeous artwork , and make our samples for you even more exciting.

Welcome girls, and we look forward to seeing your ART very soon :))

Have a very creative day

Hugs

WOYWW 154...moving spaces

It's that time of the week again, and I am here showing off my desk...only this time I have cheated marginally..only marginally...and am showing  you my desk from last Saturday at Port Sunlight!!! I am sure it will count... I mean after all, I didn't take part last week due to other committments.. namely that thing called ....work!

Can you spot the headband with the wobbly flags... doing my bit for the Queen and country!I love working in my "pop-up" shop. I get to chatter incessantly about inks and dies and sprays and just generally make a nuisance of myself to anyone who will listen!!

Loads and loads of people I know dropped by.. Sue Roddis, Tracey Evans,

 my gorgeous talented friend Sarah Anderson ,

and lots of my customers whom I love! I even got a jar of pickles from my dear friend Annie... yum yum!!
All in all, it was very pleasant way to spend a Saturday!! Now i have been a very bad woywwer, and have so little time, that getting around to everyone's desks is quite a feat for me... so this week, I am aiming to make it to as many as I can get to....
If you haven't a clue what on earth I am wittering on about.. hop, skip and fly over the internet to Julia's blog , and check out the whopping amount of crafty desks!!
Have a very happy woyww
Hugs

Blog Candy Winner!

I have been such a bad blogger... it as been a whole week since I last blogged , but I have an excuse...LOL We have been to do a show, and oh my! I really am not as young as I was ( no surprise there then?!! ) and it takes me so much longer to recover than it used to! I think that driving 12+ hours in 2 days really knocks me out, plus of course setting up, pulling down, demoing, and chatting wears me out! The upside is I get to see old friends, and new friends, and Port Sunlight always makes me smile :)) I am spent yesterday unloading the van, and falling asleep on the sofa! I took a few pictures of Port Sunlight with my new camera, but haven't had time to load them yet, so watch this space later in the week :)) Meanwhile Jo took this one of me ( pinched off her blog ) ...look at the state of my hands!

Now down to business... and thank you to everyone who joined in my blog candy for the Craft Stamper giveaway, and Mr random.org has chosen the winner, so

TONI

Congratulations! Please email me to choose your stamp, and give me your address, so I can get your magazine and stamps off to you:))

Hope you have a very creative day
Hugs

Saturday's Workshop

I hope you are having a great long weekend.. I was being lazy yesterday, and a little bit lazy today!!, and Saturday was spent having a great deal of messy and inky fun with these ladies at It's Crafting Time!

 I was teaching altered book techniques for the day, and as always, am continually blown away by the magnificent creations that happen during class. Here are a couple of pictures, that I took with my new camera during class....

and this is the beginning of my niche, with the gorgeous colours provided by Dylusion's Sprays!

 Thank you to Nina for putting up with me, and oops!! sorry about your red wine jumper!! LOL .. clumsy fingers I have!! Thank you to Jess, Alison, Lucy, Helen, Jenny, Pat, Brenda, Laura, Cheryl, and Tracy, it was joy to teach you... see you at the next one!
P.S. if you haven't seen my blog candy it is here :))
Have a very inky day
Hugs

Hot off the Press!

Here I am again at silly o'clock in the morning, while the light is coming up, typing away .Do you ever get those flash in the pan moments when you think of a title for your blog post.  Well today's title sums up everything about May that I feel right now!
I am soooo excited as I have designed this month's free stamp in Craft Stamper (a UK publication) and my copy dropped through the postbox yesterday! Wooohooo!

I also made a couple of pieces for the magazine too, and I can show you a sneak peek of one of them.... this is the back of the book :)

This weekend is May Day holiday here in the UK, and to celebrate the magazine and the fact that there is a day off , I have got specials on the swirl stamps from The Artistic Stamper here with 25% off!
Now I know you love a giveaway, so I have one for you....a set of the Swirl stamp of your choice AND a copy of the magazine!! Double bubble!... can you tell I am excited? LOL I will choose the winner of the blog candy Monday 14th, which gives you lots of time to comment!
I am away today doing an altered book workshop on Saturday at It's Crafting Time ( there is one one space left if you fancy playing!), so must get on as have lots to do before we leave. Today I have a chauffeur in the handsome form of my hubbie.... means I can sleep on the way home!!
Good luck in the blog candy, and if you put it on your sidebar, and let me know you will get an extra go!
P.S. check out the new stamps on the website :))) bunting AND new Journaling words!! ... loving them!

Have a very Creative day
Hugs

WOYWW 152..it's tidy (sort of...)

It's that day again, and I for one am never sure what happened to the days in between! Time for What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday. I did sort of tidy my desk since last week, well okay I shifted a lot of stuff! But at least there is space! This is a short  sharp post as I have a few things to be getting on with today. I did get time to play yesterday ( not for long, mind you), and the Spring Distress inks have arrived..yea.. am loving these colours...mmmm, so I made an ATC very quickly.

Now if you think a picture of my desk is odd, jump over to Julia's for a view of lots more! By the way can you see how crisp and clear my pictures are.. new camera..hehe..loving it.. a Nikon D3100 for the camera buffs out there!
Have a woywwing day!