Spookyplastic!

Just a quickie post today as over on Gingersnap Creations , it is my time of the month again! lol I have gone all spooky and Halloweeny over there!



 I am teaching today at Pickleberry, and cannot wait to show you what I have made for today's class, but you will have to be patient and watch the blog tomorrow! I am looking forward to playing with the girls today, it should be very messy and fun!!!
Have a very Creative day!

Have you seen?

I am so bad as I certainly do not acknowledge the absolutely gorgeous work being shown on The Creative Team blog, and today is no exception. We have had the absolute pleasure of having Lynn Stevens guesting on our Creative Team blog this month. Today's piece is stunning and I urge you to go and take a better look :))



My thoughts are with Lynn who is recovering from a major operation, and now taking things easy for a while.
Hugs to you Lynn, and to anyone else is feeling poorly.
Have a Creative Day

woyww..I have cheated!!

Hi, This week for WOYWW, I have absolutely without any guilt feelings... CHEATED!! I know I have gone against the rules, ( aren't they made for breaking? I always was a rebel!! lol) not photographed my desk either today or yesterday , but on Saturday! I hear that deep intake of breath from you.. I have ears in the back of my head!! rofl!! Thing is I wanted to show you that even my desk while I demo gets messy and I end up using an inch of space! So without further ado... here it is ..my cheat!



I have to say in defence that these photos do follow on from my other photos in woyww over the past 3 weeks, of shows and setting up. Am hating the pursing of my lips as I concentrate! luckily I don't have my tongue out.. rofl!
If you follow my blog you may have noticed the little Warrior Woman logo at the top. I am part of a month's long blog hop here, and you can even win blog candy from me, and if you take part win even more blog candy!! Please check out the other bloggers who have created on behalf of the Pink Ribbon Warriors!
Have a very good Woyww day, and I will be round to yours soon:))
Hugs

Warrior Women Blog Hop!

Welcome !!
We are celebrating the healing journey of our dear friend, Sherry Goodloe  who's recovering from her recent surgery, and has just learned that she won't have to endure chemo or radiation! Sherry is our official Warrior Woman Muse for this hop, and is someone we all love and admire. Of course, so many of our friends and loved ones-- if not we ourselves-- have faced breast cancer, and our art is intended to honour each and every woman who has, is, or ever will fight this battle.
I made this Warrior Woman in honour of my friends who fought the battle, and are still fighting the battle. Ironically the tissue tape that I used for the spool, happened to say "admit one". I couldn't decide whether to leave it like this or alter it to another word, but decided to leave it, just because it is so true, yet not so true....





Please join in by visiting our blogs and finding some inspiration for your own art. In many cases, there's blog candy to be had for those who leave comments! If you leave a comment on here , I will pick a winner for £15.00 worth of stamps from The Artistic Stamper range :))) . I will send it all over the world. All you have to do is leave a comment.

The Pink Ribbon Warrior Women Blog Team is:
Ellen Vargo
Hels Sheridan
Jennie:  that's me! lol
Judy Wood
 Linda Ledbetter
Nancy Crissinger
Sharon Sutton
Tracy Jacobs
And our fabulous sponsor is eclectic Paperie!
After visiting each blog on the hop, please create your own work of art in celebration of the Pink Ribbon Warriors, and upload your masterpiece at the Warrior Women Blog Hop Flickr Gallery:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/warriorwomen/
You're welcome to dedicate your art to someone specific (or any number of special someone's), and please use the "Add a Description" field in the gallery to tell us about them. Please make sure that you mark the photo as public otherwise no-one will be able to see it!
Submissions will be accepted until October 30, and on October 31, our Warrior Woman muse, Sherry, will choose a winner who will receive an amazing prize package, courtesy of Daisy at Eclectic Paperie

I look forward to seeing what you create, and may the Warrior Women fight on!

In a mist!

I have set this blog post to arrive in cyberspace while I am away at a show! Here's hoping it posts!! Lots of new goodies arrived on Thursday afternoon from Ranger  ( they will be at Happy Stampers North West Port Sunlight Show, and on the website on Sunday- I have managed to find time to upload the Perfect Pearls Mists! ), and oh boy I have had a little play with them, and I am in lurve! Gorgeous colours, fine spray, and lots and lots of mica!! I distress inked this tag in greens and reds, and then added some of Tim's new stamps in Rust Adirondack dye ink. Spray with the Perfect Pearls Mists pearl colour, and allow to dry. Then stamp again on top of the pearls. I added a little piece of the Hobgoblin tissue tape at the bottom, and a smidgen of the new Rusty Hinge Distress stickles, also now in town, and available from Sunday) I made the tag in quite a hurry, and think I used a little too much mist! Practice will make perfect! lol
Unfortunately the scan does no justice whatsoever to the tag colours, and it really has come out pinkish!! :(((



I will be playing today with everything I can lay my hands on at the show, so if you are coming do come and say hello :))
By the way I will be part of a blog hop on Tuesday as October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and in honour of blogging diva Sherry Goodloe-- and ALL our loved ones who have, are or will ever fight this battle-- I'm taking part in a Warrior Woman Blog Hop!

Mark your calendar now to join in! All the details will be revealed here next Tuesday, October 12.

Have  a creative day

Layering it On!

Over on The Creative Team's Blog, I have done a little piece destined for the Layering it on Challenge.



If you would like to know more about how I created this piece then fly by Internet hotwire , and knock next door! We are always open!! lol
I will be  busy packing the last of the new products destined to arrive today ( fingers crossed) for Port Sunlight, and then it is off back up the motorway to The Wirral.
Hope to see you there...
Happy Creating!

woyww..not a mess in sight!

I almost didn't post this week,( but for some reason I was awake at 5am. I mean who gets up at 5am and types a blog post???!!)  but how could I not? It is tradition now on a Wednesday to post the mess, sorry perfection that is one's desk! My perfection, rofl is empty, de nada, just a pile of rubbish , same as last week and the week before, because if you are a regular reader of my blog , you will know I have been somewhat busy these past two weeks! So apologies, this photo is one of me setting up the stand at Artisan, and it is so neat and tidy, I am wondering if the tidy fairy had been there before me!! I have noticed the half eaten sandwich and the cup of tea.. lol and I am just wondering where are all the other boxes..??? For the eagle eyed of you, yes those are Wendy Vecchi stamps, and yes they will be online next week :))



Julia, thank you for allowing me to be self-indulgent and if you have absolutely no clue about what on earth I am waffling on about , fly through cyberspace to The Stamping Ground and join in all the nosiness!
Hugs
 

Tired, tired and more tired...

Oh Boy, could I be more tired than this?.. probably, and I suddenly realised I haven't posted on my blog since Friday last week!! What happened to the days in between? lol Well we were at Artisan at the weekend, Sunday was spent unloadng the van, and spending time with my darling daughter, and just trying to stay awake, and yesterday was also trying to stay awake while working!! lol Today I am still tired, but just had to share pics from the show with you. It was a fun show, and I got to talk to people, and demo, and did I look around.. not at all.. never bought a thing!! and all those beads winking at me too!!
Sarah Lawrence spent a happy hour while I had a workshop demoing her fabulous layered utee look to everyone, and I forgot to take any pictures of what she did!! Sarah thank you :))



 I had two brilliant workshops, thank you to everyone who came on it.. hope you enjoyed it :)



and on Friday night I test timed the workshop on Malcolm Mouse (lol) He is off on his holidays soon, so he made a suitcase to pack up his bits in!! This is what he made.. it was gorgeous )))

I demoed lots of meltpot, and the new Embossing folders from TIm, and I am now in love with  Halloween!

I have rattled on enough, and am off next door to choose the winner of our last challenge, so do pop along to see if it was you!

I am off to work and play with the new Idea-ology that has come in, and to upload all the new Ranger items that are expected today or tomorrow...yummy!

Have a creative day

We have a guest artist!

Well I am set up at Artisan, have settled into my hotel room, found the wi fi, and am writing this blog post from the comfort of my bed!! wonderful! If you are coming to Artisan on Saturday, we are honoured to have Sarah Lawrence demoing on the stand during lunchtime. She would love to see you , so if you aren't doing my workshop, come along to see her using stamps and utee and Crafty Notions sprays.



Hopefully I will be back tomorrow with pictures from my workshop, and the show if I remember to take them!

Have a creative day!





The Winner!!!

I firstly have to say a BIG thank you to all my followers and new readers of my blog for reading my interminable driveling and ramblings , but most of all for being there! Without you the blog just remains in hyperspace, lonely and unloved! lol. I had so many comments and I know you all wanted to the win the candy, but there can only be one winner! I threw all the comments and the followers into Mr Random .org, and generated a number, and then went through the followers and comments, and the fact that you had posted it on your sidebar, jumbled them up and here is the WINNER!!

CHARITYCRAFTER!!!

Congratulations!! . Please email me your snail mail addy , so I can get your candy to you! Commiserations to everyone who didn't win, but never fear I will be back with more candy soon!

Have a very creative day, I am off in my truck to Leamington Spa for another show- Artisan and if you are coming by please say hi!!

woyww...the tidy fairy has been!

Just joking.. the desk looks the same, as I have been away at Ally Pally, and am setting off for Artisan tomorrow at the crack of dawn! The tidy fairy waved her magic wand over my stash and came up with this!! rofl  Racks of goodies, and stash all waiting for you at Artisan if you are coming along?



 I am almost sure that I won't be visiting anyone's desk this week, so apologies, but I will be back next week, and plan to visit a few...:)))
Thank you Julia for the Woywwing! Always fun every week!
Have a more creative day than me....

Leaping into Autumn with a new technique-Dip & drip!!

Well I am back from Ally Pally in one piece, despite the truck breaking down halfway home, and us getting a lift in an AA low loader!! grrrr! We had a great show, and I saw and met lots of people, and had fun along the way! Hels did a magnificent make 'n take, Zoe worked her charm on our customers, and Mal worked his magic with the till! Thank you! Hels will kill me (please be gentle with me..lol) but here is a picture of her, and Zoe and me, and oh my, I think my Ranger apron needs a wash!!! lol. I am a bit afraid to wash it, as it might shrink :((





I did demo, and came up with a new technique  (I think?) . It came about because I had some of Wendy Vecchi's new Art Parts "Clearly for Art", ( and her stamps, which will be online soon) and because we only had a few of them,and didn't have alot to experiment with,  I knew I had something similar in stock that might work the same...Duralar. Now initially this is a product ,(that as far as I know I am the only person who stocks it in the UK), is a non acetate plastic, so is perfect for storing Kling-On stamps on. But I know that is used for other things, so I experimented with it in the meltpot, and this is what I came up with!



Because of its properties which are similar to Wendy's Clearly for Art, you can heat and mould it, and bend it without it shrinking. I have been asked if it will work with printable and non printable acetate, but I wouldn't recommend it as these products could be flammable, and toxic. (I did try them ,, and they just don't have the same properties.)



To make these and any other shape.. die cut or cut out your Duralar ( I used Tim's Tattered leaves) , stamp one side with Archival ink, and gently heat to dry. Then dip with tweezers  into a very light coloured utee mixture,( I used a lot of clear, a tad of gold, green, and yellow)  and let the utee drip off until it is just a thin coating.  Place onto a non stick sheet until cool. Because they are leaf shapes it doesn't matter if they curl up. In fact I found the more intricate the cut the more they curled up, so simpler shapes are better. The possibilities are huge!

I have called it Dip & Drip! and have no idea if it has been done...but I love it, and will be experimenting more ...

Thank you to everyone who stopped by on Saturday and Sunday, it was great to see you, next stop Artisan on Friday....

I am also going to be at a Macmillan evening hosted by Leonie Pujol tonight at Thanington Resource Centre

Thanington Rd
Canterbury, Kent CT1 3XE
01227 767 720
If you can get along it is from 7pm to 9pm. We would love to see you :))
Have a very Creative day 

Sponsoring... The Sunday Stamper

Hi, hello and goodly morning... yep, tis me, Hels.. I have sneaked on cos the boss is up to her armpits in UTEE LOL demo-ing at Ally Pally.




This week The Artistic Stamper is sponsoring The Sunday sTamper challenge... and if you would like to be in with a chance of winning a set of the brand spanking new SteamPunk stamps, click HERE for a trip across to my blog to see all about it :O))



Here is a little pic of part of the entry I made for the challenge.. tis a really easy theme this week too. And... if you are going to be at Ally Pally today, please do pop on over to see us... I know Jennie will love to meet you and I will be the one sitting yakking and doing Make & Takes... and I too would love to see you :O)) Thanks for looking... have a fabby day...

Hels x

New Stamps are in the House!

Finally the new stamps are available, and I do so hope you like them. We love them!! Designed to go with our other Tick Tock stamps, there are flowers, and butterflies, and some gorgeous Christmas baubles! For those of you who love the nostalgic nature of Mabel Lucie Attwell, we have 3 new ones of hers too!! Here is a taster of a couple of them, and to see them all just jump into hyperspace, and pop over to The Artistic Stamper website!



I have to say that I am running on nervous energy at the moment, and am writing this just before I go to bed! If I am lucky I will get a few hours sleep before we set off for Ally Pally and the Big Stamp and Scrapbooking show! For those of you who are coming along, we have a great offer for you...spend £25 or more on anything you like, and get one of these- a gorgeous grungepaper rose pin!



Hels and I have been making them for weeks now, and there are 25 grungepaper roses every day, with a special GOLD one for a lucky recipient on both days! If you are lucky enough to receive it, you will get a brilliant bag jam packed with lots of goodies!
Hels will doing make and take all day both days, Mal will be overseeing it all, and Zoe will be on the till! I shall be demoing the meltpot and a new technique which I know you will love!
I will be back on Monday to show you what I was doing...but if you would like to see up to the minute pictures, I shall be tweeting from my phone in those quiet moments you get!! I think I must be dreaming lol......you can follow me by clicking on the link down the left hand side of the page.
if you are coming please say hi, I love putting blog names to faces, and if you are not, have a very Creative weekend
Hugs

Sneaky peeks!

I do think that you loved yesterday's post with my extremely messy desk.. well it isn't much better this morning. Just wishing I had time to tidy it up!! lol I am doing last minute bits and pieces for the show at Ally Pally, and then the packing of the van will begin.. We have doubled our size , so that means more goodies, and we have some great ones! All of Tim's new stamps,and his new dies and folders, and new to us Wendy Vecchi's and some Art Parts too!! This is alongside our new stamps too! I am so excited about these.. and all will be revealed tomorrow.. don't forget to come back and see! Here is a couple of sneak peeks for you



Have a Creative Day!

woyww.. and who pinched the Tidy fairy?

OK own up! who pinched her? I had been relying on the Tidy fairy for this week's WOYWW to come along and magically wave her wand, and tidy up for me! From the state of my desk I reckon it was another woywwer! You can see I have just dumped everything on it, and hidden in there are the new stamps:)))).. do you want a sneak peek? here you are then!



 I have been busy doing fab things for Ally Pally, making LOTS of new stamps, and emptying boxes of goodies for the show, pricing them and trying to pack them up again!! Here is my desk, and I certainly wouldn't show the state of the rest of the room.. even I am having a problem getting from floor to desk!!



For those of you new to my blog, What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday is a day every week where you show your desk in whatever state it is in! I am not ashamed... much!! Normal service will be resumed soon...lol.. does that mean I will have to tidy up? rofl
I will be back tomorrow with more sneak peeks of the new stamps , all being released on Friday, and all available at Ally Pally!
I am off to tidy up.. and hope to get round to a few desks this week.
Have a Creative Day!

Bewitching!

Over on The Artistic Stamper Creative Team blog, I have shown a very small piece using the new Witchy die from Mr Holtz. I am entering it into this month's Rainbow challenge which I set!! lol What do you mean I am not allowed?...oh ok! Well if I can't maybe you can? We give away £15.00 worth of stamps evcery month... so always worth entering and so easy.. just add colour!



I have a very busy day today, and hope to be back tomorrow with my woyww....
Don't forget to get creative!

From Summer into Autumn

Every month, I do a mini tutorial over on Gingersnap Creations, and today I used one of the new Alterations embossing folders: Cattails, which I have to say may well feature in more artwork soon :)) To see how I have used it pop yourselves  over to Gingersnap and have a look :))

Have a very creative day!