April Showers!

not one in sight, at least here in the south east of England, it is just hot, hot sun pouring in through my window, and in my garden! Wonderful for the soul, but not for spring cleaning..( which I had planned to do!) way too warm! However over on The Artistic Stamper Creative Team, I have made a little tag for the Layers challenge, a perfect opportunity for me to join in, and if you have time over the holidays, why not join in too?



Pop over the team blog for more information...
Have a creative Day

Announcing the winner!

Thank you to everyone who joined in the blog candy, and using the ever faithful Mr Random.org, the winner of the backgrounds, and distress stains is.... drum roll please.... is...

Wearestampers!

Congratulations Pam, and please email me , so I can send you your goodies :))

Have a very Creative long weekend!

Hugs

woyww...my bottle bank!

Today is Wednesday and a significant day in the world of bloggers! It's time to see your desk!!! I took my picture yesterday and just clicked away with the camera, and then realised my desk looks like a bottle bank!! Time to clear up! spring clean time.. bank those half empty bottles... in fact I will publicly admit, it is a MESS! so this is the last time you will see this particular mess.. now close your eyes, and then open them.. sorry did I say I would clean it up?.. that's for next week! lol



If you have absolutely no idea why you are seeing a picture of my desk, then bottle it over to Julia, Queen of all desks, and join in the fun!
Don't forget I have candy on offer till tomorrow...
Happy Woywwing!

Waxing on.. waxing off..

Yesterday I took a workshop at Pickleberry Papercrafts using wax and The Meltpot, which if course is always the star of the show! What would I do without it? lol Thank you to everyone who came, it was a fun filled, chocolate and chat filled day, which produced some absolutely gorgeous artwork! We made a flip book, or in some cases a wall hanging.  I love working with wax, it is forgiving, and for altered art, just perfect!

Here are a few pictures from the day, and a few pictures of my piece too!



Don't forget I still have candy on offer, if you fancy a little flutter....

I am off to get hot and sweaty watching the London marathon (on tv of course!)

Have a Creative day!

Hugs

Do you Wax??!

Of course you do! Even I do, who wouldn't? lol Of course I am talking about waxing.. you know the type in a pot or in my case a meltpot! Later today I am taking a class at Pickleberry Papercrafts which involves wax.. lots of it, and I had the greatest fun making this ring book for it. I thought I would show you a sneak peek of it...



Have a Creative day!
Hugs

Little things in life!

I thought I would show you a couple of the pieces I made at Ally Pally over the weekend. Often when I am demoing , I make quick and easy pieces, and I do give a lot away, but I did keep these two pieces!! Simple and so so easy to make.. I used 2 different size mini canvases, and coloured them with Distress Stains. Love these, so easy and quick to use, and you can enhance them with other Stain colours, which incidentally do colour over and not muddy!, or you can use your normal distress inks to fill in patches or highlight.  I poured UTEE over the inked canvas and immediately stamps into it. Love it when it drips down the sides! Then I added Perfect Pearls, and a mould from Crafty Notions which I also coloured with Perfect Pearls . The Elegant woman has the minutest piece of Gold leaf in her hair ( a happy Accident!)



I do hope you like, and I am off now for a fun filled day of catching up from my day out yesterday!!
Have a Creative Day

woyww....in another world!

it's Wednesday again, and time for another episode of what's on your Workdesk, hosted by the delectable Mrs Dunnit over at The Stamping Ground. Now this week, not much has been happening in this world of mine.. err what a lie! We have been at Ally Pally, moulded hundreds of stamps, packed and unpacked a truck more than once!, set up a shop, taken it down, and not quite stock checked yet! Brain overload, methinks! My normal desk ( is it normal????) is full of bits and pieces getting ready for my waxy workshop this weekend, so seriously not showable, so here are some of my workdesk ( a little bit of poetic licence here :)) at Ally Pally!

Note that I slipped in a small picture of Hels wearing her hat... she has allowed me to show you this.. I feel very honoured :)) Actually it is a very nice picture of her and her altered hat! oh, and the awful picture of me that Mal took ...it sort of fell onto the blog too....lol
I hope that I will get some time to pop over to your blogs, but am off out to my baby sister's 50th birthday party today!! I cannot believe she  has hit the 50 mark, and no I am not telling you my age, as i am her big sister! Happy Birthday Ruthie! love ya!!
If you think I am mad, then pop over to Julia's for the biggest desk blog hop in the world!
P.S. I have mega blog candy in the post below if you fancy a chance to win it!
Happy Woywwing!

Over 700 followers!.. and the winners.....

Firstly, a big thank you to all my blog followers, and everyone who left comments on the past few blog posts , it has been great to know you like the new stamps, and of course who doesn't like a bit of candy?! I know that commenting on blogs takes time, especially when Blogger decides it doesn't like you and won't let you comment!! grrr, so I am always appreciative of any that are left.. at least I know that at least one person reads the inane waffle that I write!

So here are the winners of the blog candy for last week....for this stamp a new Mabel Lucie Attwell

Carolyn Phillips!

and for this stamp round the world!



Julia Dunnit!

and wait there are more...

for the ballet dancers full set

Craftimamma

and finally for the nature set

Joanne

Congratulations to everyone, please email me your snail mail addresses, so I can get your candy off to you :)) and thank you so much for joining in...
Now I sort of mentioned more candy.. didn't I?  well to celebrate my over 700 followers... here is some more candy... a set of the 3 new backgrounds from The Artistic Stamper!

I shall even pop into the package this little piece I made over the weekend!



oh, and to make it even better, I shall add 3 random colours of the new Distress Stains!!

All you have to do is comment, become a follower , if you aren't already ( go on make me 750 followers!! lol more followers.. more candy added!! and add it to your sidebar on your blog if you wish.. I shall pick the winner next week!

Have very Creative Day!

Hugs

new, new, new!

May I present to you The Artistic Stamper new range of stamps for April! Lots of new Mabel Lucie Attwell, new steampunk, new backgrounds, and  new style of stamp from Sioux Jenneys, one of our illustrious Creative Team. Sioux asked me if I would like her designs, and we of course said yes, and now they are available for you to buy! Gorgeous ballet dancers and more... Thank you to Hels for demoing this weekend at Ally Pally , and for her stamp suggestions too...check out the hot air balloon! and a big thank you to one of my blog readers who noticed a spelling mistake ( note toi self, must learn to read!) in one of my new plates which I have now rectified, and this will be available early next week..
Here is a little piece of artwork I did over the weekend, using Crafty Notions new moulds, our new wings in utee, and a Calligraphy mat stamped into utee.



I am so tired that it feels like I am writing and typing a load of gibberish (go on admit it is a load of gibberish!) so I am off to finish my day's work, and then crash out on the sofa! I will be back tomorrow  to announce the winners of the blog candies!

Artist's are like..

roses... they blossom with time...I have no idea if this is a quote, but it is now, and is on another new plate.. Botanical 3. This time I have combined a girl in a rose with the quote on an ATC just using distress inks, and Archivals..( almost always my favourite ink!) Today's giveaway is the full A5 plate of the Botanicals which include lots of roses....



To be in it to win it, leave a quote or even a comment!! lol
I shall pick all the winners next week. Judging from yesterday's comments, I am guessing you like ballet!!
Well, the truck is packed full to the brim, we have two fabulous offers at the show, Hels and I are taking turns to demo with the meltpot ( what else did you expect? lol, and please come by, tap us on the shoulder, interrupt us, shout in our ear.. I would love to put faces to names....
Have a very Creative Day

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!