Multi media box workshop

Last Saturday I had the pleasure, and pain ( LOL) of teaching my last workshop at Pickleberry Papercrafts. Kate has closed the shop, and is heading back up to the Midlands. As the girls who come to my workshop like it to be messy and with lots of techniques, I designed a box with 7 different techniques on it. We had lots of fun with alcohol inks, colour sprays, UTEE, Gesso, Paint dabbers, Terra and of course, Distress.

Thank you to everyone who came, and played. It was a pleasure as always teaching you :)

WOYWW 163 ..friendships are made of this ....

When I first started doing What's On your workshop? Wednesday , never in my wildest dreams did I ever think that I would make friends, and not only that but even make stamps designed by those friends :)) Donna (known as Doone) has designed my newest set of stamps, and they may be totally different to anything you have seen before....but I am loving them :))) This is my desk yesterday during the morning, while I attempt to tidy up and get the old mojo back in gear. Lots of Donna's new stamps piled up ready to be put on foam ( I gave my set away at the weekend!) and then to be inked in my journal... will I do it? Yep! Notice the push it back , pile it up scenario? You do not want to look at the floor! that is a pile it up high scenario!!

Thank you to Julia who has made WOYWW into a friend making "thingy" and my Wednesdays a happy day!
Hope to get round to your desk today...
Hugs

New Stamps revealed!

I know that sometimes I will buck the trend and produce stamps that are far from the norm, and these Brand NEW stamps by Donna, and not your normal run of the mill face stamps! Transferred and altered from Donna's drawings, they will add a different perspective to your artwork, and journaling. You can see them all here, and they are all available now except one, which will be ready at the end of next week :))
here is a little piece by Donna that she made using the Happy Girl

Now, of course on to the winners of my blog candy from the past three days!
Congratulations to

Jane Stillman

who won this stamp from Day 1

 Tigs

won this stamp from the sneaky peek on Day 2 .

Congratulations!
And finally this is my favourite stamp from the collection, and

Claireliz

has won it! Congratulations!
Please can you all email me with your snail mail addresses, so I can get the stamps off to you this week:) Thank you to everyone who commented, and I am just sorry not everyone could win.
I am off to have play with my journal...
Have a creative day

Sneaky peek Day 3

I have enjoyed showing you sneaky peeks of Donna's new stamps , and yesterday I let the girls at my workshop have a little play with them. Both Sandra and Lesley used my next sneaky peek (albeit unintentionally) them on one of their altered tiles for the top of their boxes.... loved their take on this new stamp. And they both used the same bit of the stamp!! Thank you girls for letting me show them...

Don't forget to win this stamp, all you have to do is comment :)
I will be back tomorrow with the full reveal...
Have a creative day
Hugs

Sneaky Peek Day 2

I am loving the reaction, and you haven't even seen the full stamp! LOL Donna and I hope you will love these just completely different stamps that will be absolutely perfect for your journaling and altered art projects.... this is sneak peek no. 2 described by my husband as early Warholesque!? Not being an Andy Warhol expert, I just couldn't say, but it is definitely adonnathing!!

I used the new Summer Distress inks to colour this one....very pink!
To win this stamp, just leave me a comment..
I am almost ready for my very last workshop up at Pickleberry, and looking forward to seeing all my gorgeous girls, and making a HUGE mess with paints and inks, and UTEE!!
Have a fun and hopefully dry day!
Hugs

New stamps! - a sneaky peek Day 1

I have been a very bad blogger, with hardly any new posts for a while. Excuses? Absolutely! I have been collaborating with Donna Rodgers to bring you some new and innovative stamps, that are certainly not your normal Artistic Stamper stamps!!  Mind you , you might think differently :)
I am absolutely loving these new stamps, and of course in time honoured fashion, I will have a couple of days or perhaps more... who knows? of sneaky peeks for you to comment and win one of the new stamps! Here is sneak peek number 1....
All will be revealed in a couple of days....

To win this stamp, just comment ...lol
Off now to finish packing up my last workshop at Pickleberry Papercrafts , which is sadly closing down, as Kate is moving back up to the Midlands... sad face here:(
I will be back tomorrow
Have a creative day

UK Scrappers Blog Hop

Hi, and welcome to the UKS blog hop! If you are visiting from the UKScrappers Sponsor Blog Hop you may have come from  Art from The Heart, and landed here on my desk!.
I thought I would show you how one of my current loves of the moment using Gesso as a background medium in one of my journals.
I use Studio Gesso as it is just the right consistency for layering through stencils, and to stamp. I used a large 12 x12 Crafter's Workshop stencil and placed it onto the page,  putting a small amount of Gesso on top of it, and using an old credit card, swiped it gently across the top of the stencil smoothing it down till I was happy with the result. Make sure you wash the stencil or mask immediately as it dries hard and will ruin the stencil!

 I did let it dry overnight, but if you are impatient, then just use a heat tool to dry it.
I then sprayed graduating colours of Dylusions sprays..loving the brightness of these sprays, and again allowed it to dry naturally. You get much more intensity of colour than if you dried it with paper towel or a heat gun .

Taking a few word stamps from The Artistic Stamper, I sponged a layer of Gesso onto them and stamped randomly in the corner. I let this dry, and stamped again on top with on top with Archival inks.

I also randomly stamped the sequin waste stamp with Vermillion and Monarch Orange Archival to add more texture to the page.

I do hope you will try stamping and creating with gesso, it is a very satisfying technique :))

Please do comment and don't forget to leave your UKS name too, so that we can see that you have been...there are lots of prizes to be had, including £15.00 worth of stamps from The Artistic Stamper :))
I have also generated a 10% off voucher as a gift for you at The Artistic Stamper which will be valid for a week... just use the code UKS in the discount voucher box when you check out :))

Your next stop after commenting (and BE SURE TO MENTION YOUR UKS USER NAME in your comment) is Beautiful Impressions .  
If you lose your way, hop to the UKS post  to see the whole linked list. Be sure to reply in that thread when you complete the hop!
Happy Blog hopping!
Hugs

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Pan pastelling

Many months ago I bought a set of Pan Pastels, with the intention of using them when I got home! mmmm, well they have languished in the bag for quite a while, so when Nina of It's Crafting Time near Cambridge, ( where I am doing a workshop on Saturday) asked me to find time to do a small piece with them, I gaily said ,( not knowing if they would!) oh they will work beautifully on Gesso! And yes they do!! I do think there is a knack to using them, which I have yet to discover, but I thought I would show you my first attempt at using them.
Here is an altered book page I did very quickly with a Dylusions Stencil, some Studio Gesso, and a few colours of Pan Pastels.
I am hooked!

If you fancy a day with me altering books, there are still a couple of places left for Saturday's class. Just call Nina on 01763 262417
Have a creative day

WOYWW 160....not good for the soul

I almost didn't do a post for What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday this week. Here is my desk taken this morning at 07.20am!

Now would you show this? I thought well, it is my desk, it is obviously the state of my mind right now... a mush... definitely need a holiday (my mind and me , of course!) ... and why not bare my soul to the wonderful world of Mrs Dunnit's Whats on Your Workdesk Wednesday! Actually it is easily removable to show a clean desk, but most of it has been there since last week, with the added basket of new buttons needing bagging for the shop, which are gorgeous! I have lots to do today, so this lot isn't getting cleaned up today...maybe tomorrow!
Actually baring my soul on WOYWW is a good way to cleanse the mind and get movitated again!
Off to check out some desks.. most probably random ones.. never have time for all :(
Happy Woywwing
Hugs

gessoing your way ....

Today is my day for showing a technique over on The Artistic Stamper's Creative Team blog, and I thought I would show you one of my favourite "how to get messy" techniques using Gesso, color sprays, and inks.
Here is a sneaky peek, and do pop over and have a look...

Have a creative day
Hugs

What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday....a great big pile...

Hello, and welcome to the wonderful world of What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday, hosted by the Chatty Mrs Dunnit. Now, I almost always take part, but sadly, I don't always participate in getting around to other desks, mainly due to the fact that I don't ever seem to have enough time. But I am always grateful to those who do visit. Thank you! This week, my sad neglected desk is full!! there is a box of charms, yet to be unpacked and restocked, some gorgeous new Fabric Sheets from Jolees boutique along with charms and other artifacts just thrown carelessly on the desk, and my pan pastels which I acquired more than a year ago, which haven't even been used! :(( I am determined to use them this side of Christmas!! The Quality Street tin is full of beads, obviously all the chocolates got eaten :(( and given to me by a friend, who didn't want or need them anymore...people seem to give me stuff...I cannot for the life of me think why!!!?

I will be round to yours, but may not make it to all...
Have a great woyww day!
Hugs

Sticking to Simple

The urge to get out the inks and make a mess, always takes me when I am most busy, but the call of the new Summer Distress inks, and this simple glue technique from Kaz at the Little Shabby Shed, was too good an opportunity to pass. The technique is simple, and I changed it slightly to adding distress ink (dry it well), before using the glue and using a couple of background stamps from The Artistic Stamper, plus one of my favourite Willeez from USArtQuest... all ATC's should have a gecko on them by law!! LOL

Do try out the technique, Kaz has made a great  video to show you how :))
All the products I used are at the bottom of the blogpost...loving that I can now use Inlinkz to give you direct access to the webpages :))
Have a very creative day
Hugs

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