Dancing my way....

to Heaven! I have a sneaky love for ballet, and often used to go when I was a nipper with my Mum to the ballet in London..Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, and even Modern Ballet. I hung up my ballet shoes when I discovered horse riding.. much better and no-one could see my two left feet! So when one of my illustrious Creative Team- Sue Jenneys-ArtyJen suggested that she had some stamp designs I might like, I was thrilled to find Ballet dancers with a twist! This is a huge A5 plate of stamps full of images and words, and there is even a background to go with! All will be revealed on Monday for those of you not able to go to Ally Pally. But  I am giving away a FULL set of these gorgeous images and the background too! (now that is a prize!) to one of the lucky people who comment! Love Ballet , love to dance when no-one is looking..lol! Thank you Sue for being our guest stamp designer!



Have a Creative Day!
 

Woyww.. travelling the world....

oh how I wish I was.. travelling the world... how nice it would be to hop on an aeroplane,or in this case a balloon lol and be whisked off to the other side of the world! But then I would miss Wednesdays, and everyone who visits , and makes me smile:))). In honour of this and of Mrs Dunnit's ( she who is the Queen of desks!) world of the crafter's workdesk.. I have another giveaway today! On my desk are two stamps which are new and not available till Monday on the website. One lucky person will win these, .. all you have to do is leave a comment... and there will be giveaways every day till Saturday! My desk is busy ( oooh such a good word.. messy more like!)





I am hoping the quality of the pictures are ok, as clumsy me dropped my camera and managed to break the lead, so have had to take the pictures with my phone, and then Photoshop played up, so no editing !! grrrr!
Have a very Happy What's On Your Workdesk Day!
P.S. All the winners will be announced next week!
 

Sneaky Peeks....

As you know I love a sneaky peek once in a while....I am a very nosy person..lol
I have been busy designing some new stamps, alongside a very special guest designer ... and this week I will be showcasing some of them :)))
They will be available on Monday from the shop, and at Ally Pally Big Stamp and Scrapbooking Show all weekend! I know you say it isn't fair, I won't be at Ally Pally.... but there will be a chance to win some on this 'ere blog :)) You know, next to my love of stamping, I love to give away!! All you have to do is comment.. and I will give away a stamp a day! Did you know that this is the surefire way to keep the doctor at bay?
So today here is the first of the sneak peeks...



Have a very Creative and lucky day..

Grungy Monday on a Sunday!

I love that Linda celebrates the King of Grunge with a new challenge, and I have managed to enter it by the skin of my teeth ( isn't that always the way with me?..lol), and here is my offering for the first week. As always follow Tim's instructions here (never to the letter , at least in my case), and then link it back to Linda's blog, if you would like to take part!

I will back this week with lots of new stuff!, and thank you to everyone who took the joke on April 1st so well.. it was the best bit of fun I have had in ages!
Hugs to you

New product !

I cannot tell you how excited I am about our new product! It has been almost a whole year in production, and today we are finally launching it!
Welcome to



It will solve all your stamping problems, and your mistakes will never be seen!  Perfect stamping and positioning is guaranteed! We are even launching a new range of Invizee™ inks , which co-ordinate perfectly with the new range of stamps. There are 10 gorgeous images available from April 31st. In order to guarantee that you don't miss out on this wonderful new concept, place your order now here!
Have a very Creatively Invizee™ day!

woyww...missing in action!

whoops, seem to have been missing in action this past few days! I have an excuse, and next week you will find out why!! love to keep everyone guessing! In the meantime , here is my desk, which hasn't changed much, still fairly messy, with a few new bits on it... am loving the new Tim Tape dispensers, and his new tape, especially the ones with the butterflies :)) . Time to create anything.. no! , hopefully might find a minute or two one early morning, except my body clock now wakes me up at 5.45am instead of 4.45 am, so guess that is a good thing.. isn't it? Love that the night's are lighter too....

Have a great What's on Your Workdesk day.. hoping to find a minute to get round to yours :))
and for those of you who haven't a clue what on earth I am blabbering on about have a look at the Queen of desks blog to find out
Happy Woywwing!

The sun has got his hat on...

hip, hip, hooray! Finally, it seems like the earth has warmed up, and the days are longer and lighter, and I can make art in daylight and not artificial light! This is a sneak peek of what I made early this morning before starting proper work! All the details of how I made it are on the Creative Team blog here!



Have a great Saturday and may the sun shine!

Random!

Last night while it was still light ( at six o'clock! !!) I grabbed a stamp and then another one, then another, then another... are you getting the picture? lol. I wanted to try out the new Glassine paper envelopes from Mr Holtz, and just grabbed a few stamps that were lying about on my desk. I used my trusty Black Archival inkpad and just randomly stamped them on the front of the envelope! Stamps are The Artistic Stamper ball bottle and Travel, Butterfliy and Head from Karantha, eye from Wendy Vecchi, Leaves from Claudine, and words and label from Tim Holtz. The pen nib is from the new Idea-ology..love these as they have flt backs, so you can glue them. The tag was cut from the new Idea-ology Crowded Attic paper stash, and the ribbon is from some gorgeous vintage French ribbon that will be at Ally Pally :)).
It is a very random set of stampings, and probably needs more added, but for now here it is!



Have a very creative day!
Hugs

Woyww....change of scenery

This week, I thought it would be fun, and different to show one of my workshops from the weekend, actually both of them! I mean technically they are my desks, in a different place, and at a different time, but still a workdesk! So here are rather a lot of pictures of a very large desk with lots of busy creative artists! We made a alcohol ink book the first day, and a configurations box the next, and it was great fun with lots of chocolate, copious amounts of tea, and biscuits!

so neat and tidy, then this happened...lol

and then this...

and then the end results were stunning



 How fabulous is this splatter alcohol ink work :)), and how creative are these boxes?

Here is my box...



I had a great weekend at It's Crafting Time, and a big thank you goes out to all the girls who came and were creative! Gorgeous work!
If you haven't the foggiest what on earth I am waffling on about, pop over to the lucsious Julia, Queen of desks, and find out! It is great to be nosy!!
Happy Woywwing!!

A fond farewell

Today is my last post for Gingersnap Creations, and in my travels, I found some wonderful elements just perfect for adding to a piece of art!.
For my last post for the wonderful, creative Gingersnap Creations have a little hop, skip and jump over to here, and have a look at what I created for them!



I am off to Cambridge this weekend for a weekend of workshops, so will be back Monday with photos, if I remember my camera and the batteries don't run out!!
Have a creative weekend!

woyww...before and after

As you can see, I have tidied up, a bit! I did it in honour of What's on your Workdesk hosted by the Queen of Desks- Julia :)))) In reality all I did was throw it all in a box so you can see how tidy I can be!  Now I can't find anything! Actually sometimes I do need to tidy up, and get rid of the scrappy bits of paper, and empty bottles, half chewed chocolate bars ( who can craft without them?) and create a bigger space to work in than 6"!! So you have a before the tidy up, taken before it is dark...



and then after ...lol does it look any different? new mug.. acquired at Stitches, WIP, still lots of mini bottles! and a clean workmat!



Today's post is short and sharp, and please forgive me if I don't visit you as I have rather a heavy week, workwise. I did manage a few last week, and am very guilty of not having time to visit:(( but I love joining in woyww, so if you have never been on this travelator of crafty desks, then it is a must! Pop over to Julia's for a look see.
Have a creatively arty day!

Combination Technique-Colorwash, Archival & Perfect Pearls

Don't you love it when you get to discover something that in theory shouldn't work, but in practice turns out fantastic! This happened on Saturday while playing with stuff in my workshop. I always get to play! lol One of the fun things while taking a class...
I really don't remember how it happened, but most probably was a mistake, and I have tried this several ways, and it comes out beautifully. Now in theory, working with a permanent, waterproof ink like Black Archival, that dries fast, you shouldn't be able to add anything like Perfect Pearls to the surface after it has dried. That's exactly what I thought, but I had sprayed the surface with Ranger's Color Wash first, and there's the rub, or in this case, Perfect Pearls! I have discovered that if you can dust Perfect pearls powder , onto a stamped image even after it has dried!! Now I know you can do this with other wet type inks, don't get me wrong, but I almost always use Black Archival in everything I stamp ( old habits die hard!).



The trick is to have the Color Wash underneath your stamped image, so will it work with other permanent inks? yes it does! This tag is with the new butterfly from Crafty Notions, Color Wash, Black Archival and the saying which comes from one of Tim's new stamp sets.



 If you are careful you can colour up each letter, and it doesn't stick to the Colorwash! Please excuse the photos as the Perfect Pearls is very hard to photograph, as it reflects the light. I have lots of ideas for this technique, and my mind is spinning with them....off to try them.....
Be Creative!

It's the Last call! Compendium of Curiosities...

or is it? Over on Linda's blog Studio L3, it is the final day and final call for her wonderful challenge, Compendium of Curiosities, and page 67 is the page for those of you who have the book, and I spent most of the afternoon creating another sewing piece... seems to be the theme this week! lol
This piece is in honour of Linda, who I openly admire for keeping the challenge going, and for arranging such wonderful prizes each week!
Thank you Linda for a great challenge... here is my piece for the final curtain!



I will be looking forward to what comes next :))
Have a creative day!

Come sewing with me!

Yesterday I did an very intimate workshop with Kate, Rosemary and Caroline, and everybody worked very hard using lots of great products and learning to sew!! lol

Actually this workshop involved no sewing, just threading, and over on The Artistic Stamper Creative Team, I given a few of the techniques of the workshop. Thank you girls for a fab day, I was thoroughly exhausted when I got home! Next month we have a wax class which will be just as fun, and if you would like to come along click here to be transported for all the details.

Have a Great Sunday and don't forget to pop over to The Creative Team too!

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...

 

woyww..nothing much changes!

It's the middle of the week again, and very early in the morning, and this time the birds are singing, there is a nip in the air, and it is almost LIGHT! yea! Spring is almost here! Today is Wednesday, if you didn't know, and What's On Your Desk day, hosted by Mrs Dunnit, Queen of desks round the world! Here is my desk with the normal 1" space to work in, and a few new goodies on there to give me inspiration ( not that it always works!),



and for those of you who wonder, the space underneath is just as messy! Time for a Spring clean, I think!



I am of for a nosy round everyone's tidier desks
Have a Happy Wednesday!

Patchwork Mania

This is just a sneak peek of my workshop on Saturday which has places still on it. If you have never used Ranger's Color Wash, then this is your opportunity to have a play, and for those of you who don't sew, never fear this is a no sewing involved workshop!! 

To book call Kate on 01795 597757 or book online here.