Foiled by the time!

I have failed miserably in trying to post on my blog...time is just running away with me, and if I was honest with you, the fact that I am surrounded by beautiful stash, and gorgeous stamps makes it harder. At the weekend, I got to play with gilding flakes, and glue and Dylusions Sprays, and stamps.. demoing at The Big Stamp & Scrapbooking Show! We had a blast, even though the floor was more than exceptionally hard, (feet were sore), but I love the shows, and I even went shopping! LOL.. Here are my wonderful helpers...Kat and the man with the till! sorry board!!

I thought I would show you one of my tags which I started, but needs finishing ( or what do you think?!). Sprayed with Dylusions, gilded within an inch of it life, stamped with Journaling words, and check out the size. it is a GIANT tag..they are the new love of my life! LOL

Gilding Flake Giant Tag

Hoping you have a creative day
Hugs

Saturday Morning stamping!

I am always up early every morning, and now the mornings are coming into Spring, I love it! I can work without artificial light, and my desk is getting tidier each day ( now don't hold your breath!..it isn't THAT tidy! lol)  This morning before I set off for my class , I thought I would just have a little play with a new set of stamps from Crafty Notions now online in the shop. 
I took a Ranger ATC, distress inked it , splattered it with sprinkles of water, stamped it in Black Archival, and added mini chain with Claudine's multi medium matte. ...try before you buy with a mini bottle of it :)) made a mess gluing it ( serves me right for trying to make ART before I am fully awake!) , and it doesn't show! Love it!

Have a peek at these new stamps.. think you will love them! I do!

Have a creative Saturday..off now to get ready for my class...

 

Stitches round up!

Over the weekend, I went to the Birmingham Trade show Craft, Hobby and Stitch International, commonly known as Stitches. I went on Saturday with some friends to a retailer workshop hosted by Personal Impressions and taught by Mr Holtz, and Dyan Reaveley. It was so much fun, and we laughed our way through, while making 3  gorgeous canvases using lots of techniques and stamps, and the new Distress Stains, (oh be still my beating heart... the possibilities of these are just wonderful!) and Perfect Pearls, and Claudine's paints, and more... 

Sunday was trade show day, and I  bumped into lots of people I knew, walked miles, saw lots of new product, and spent an hour watching Tim Holtz demo, and chat to us. I even had a try out of the new drill punch, due in soon... easy peasy to use, and drills through Tim's metal idea-ology like butter! He has even improved the tissue tape which is now translucent , and not so yellow, and yes all of it will be like this too!! A good number of the idea-ology, (alongside Tim's stamps) is due into me at the end of this week, beginning of next :)) yea!

I also spotted one of Hel's pieces on the Craft Stamper stand!

You will also love the new products from Crafty Notions, and the moulds are just fab.. there are lots of new ones, and new stamps ( due on the website very soon).

I am off to soak my feet in a bowl of hot water, and get my aching bones into bed!

Happy Creating!

it was a long and winding....

day! Finally I can feel my feet again! Stamperama has been and gone, and we had a lovely day and met lots of stampers, and demoed, and as usual I gave away almost all of my samples. I had great fun using the new Crafty Notions Gilding flakes, and their new moulds, and UTEE! This mould of the face will be in stock very soon, as we sold out at the show!



 Sarah Lawrence even popped by and spent a little while demoing :)) Thank you Sarah!
Hels did a fabulous job demoing wax, so the stand was very hot with meltpots galore!
The camera didn't quite play ball with the photos Mal took, (Hels will be very pleased!!!lol)  but I did manage a panoramic view of the stand before we opened!



I am off to soak my feet ....
have a creative evening!