CHA-revisited

It seems like months ago that I was in California! It is almost two weeks since I returned!! Time has flown since I got back, and I realised that I hadn't shown you any of the artwork I found amongst the booths, nor have I shown you any of the projects I made at the workshops. Nor, have I even got together my giveaway for you!! Tut tut!! I am sure that you might have seen some of these on other blogs, but they are such lovely pieces, that I am sure you will look again! There were even pieces from two home grown girls....Kaz Hall and Kate Crane. I have to admit I am not sure who some of the artwork is by , so if you recognise a piece please do let me know.



Idea-ology Booth

Idea-ology

Loved this clock

Amazing book!



whose is this?



Prima



Prima



Kaz Hall & Kate Crane (Ranger)

Idea-ology



Ice Resin Necklace by Susan Lenart Kazmer



More Prima

I will be back with more pictures soon.
Have a creative day
Hugs

New Pop-up Workshops!

Now if you are wondering what a "pop up" workshop is, then I will explain. Often I plan my workshops quite a long way ahead, but at the moment, I am rather liking the idea of using the free Saturdays we have in the classroom to do pop up workshops, i.e. ones that I plan a couple of weeks ahead, so that they are fresh, and new, and use current products! This in mind I decided to teach a workshop using products that I used at CHA, and I just loved the class I took with Graphic 45 and Laura Dennison using the Place in Time 12 x 12 papers.  I wanted to teach it while it was fresh in my mind,  although I am sure I will learn more from my pupils!! Here is a sneaky peek of one of the pages.

 

You can book this class, and my other pop up (or as Mal calls it my pop in!!) class here. You will get ALL the products plus more, and the chance to use all the inks and sprays etc that we have in the classroom. If you fancy travelling to see us, then we can always recommend a good bed and breakfast or hotel to stay. Just give us a ring or email.
 Hoping the snow has disappeared by then, Keep warm and have a creative evening Hugs

Winner of my Birthday Candy... at last!!

Finally, I have drawn breath, and remembered that I had to pick a winner of my Birthday Blog candy! Thank you to everyone who joined in, and of course I couldn't pick by myself , so I used Mr Random.org to do it, and he came up with number 63 who was.... drum roll please....

SONYA

Congratulations, and please email me, so I can send off your candy to you. I hope to be back later with more news from CHA AND a special pop up workshop for Saturday 2nd February! Have a creative day
Hugs

CHA....the post!

I am back from a not so warm California (ok the sun shone, but not as brightly or as hot as I would have liked!) and the CHA ( Craft & Hobby Association) show! I had fully intended to blog while there, but the Internet connection in the hotel would not let me load pictures, so after several futile attempts I gave up! The show was as always, great for seeing new product, and lots of meeting and greeting! I bumped into lots of UK people I know, and lots of US people I know!! Did I drink a cocktail courtesy of my wonderful friend Wendy? Yes I did! Thank you, in fact I had several!! LOL
I also took several workshops with Donna ( who came with me) learning new product and technique, and am very geared up to teach it all!! Well, ok not quite, but almost! :) Did I buy? yes! Do I have samples ? Yes!! Do I have for you? Yes! But you will have to be patient, as I have to go through my bags, and get it all ready for you... think it calls for a giveaway!
I even remembered my camera, although some of my photos are on my phone, so I still have to download those!
If you are coming over to the shop, then I will have all my samples and workshop pieces there, so come and see! Here are a few pictures of mine, with more to come later next week...this was just a few of my highlights :)

 

Suze Weinberg-fabulous as always!

 

 

Linda Ledbetter.. a gorgeous girl!

Sue Pickering Rothamel.. love this girl!

Mr Distress!

Cheers to Disney! Kristin and Donna-we spent most of the time laughing!

Off now to catch up with my jet lag, which appears to be non existent....
Have a creative day
Hugs

Birthday Blog Candy!

Hi! I love celebrating as you probably know if you read my blog and today is the start of a new year for me, as it is my birthday!! I also love the fact that I also share my birthday with TIm Holtz!! Capricorn babies unite!! No extra prizes for guessing my age, suffice it to say, I am marginally nearer retirement age than last year!! LOL
What better way to celebrate than to give you my readers a present! I have put together a little bit of candy with some of my favourite products to give one of you a Happy Birthday from me! All you have to do is leave me a comment, and if you fancy it share it with your friends too for an extra entry! I will leave this here for a week or so, and will pick the winner on my return.

 

Have a very creative day
Hugs

Popping Up!

I love it when a plan comes together, and about a week ago or so, I decided that this year, in the shop, I would do the occasional "pop up" workshop. Meaning that if we had a free day in the classroom, I would hold a mini workshop. Yesterday we had eight lovely ladies making alcohol ink induced ATC's for their pleasure. Thank you girls for joining me , it was a fun morning!

 

Of course I forgot to take any photos of their creations, but here are a few of mine. All done with alcohol inks , and using various techniques.

  I am busy getting ready for my trip to CHA ( Craft & Hobby Association )Winter Trade Show , held in Anaheim , home of Mr Mickey Mouse! It seems that time always runs away with me, and this year has started off, the way it obviously means to go on.. with very little of it ( time that is!!), but hey ho, Sundays in my world are days of work... sad I know! Do pop by for a special blog post tomorrow, it will be a celebration one!
Have a very creative Sunday
Hugs

Celebrating the New Year with my mojo kickers!!

I love the start to a new year and this one will be no exception. 2012 has been a year to remember, and one that has been filled with challenges, love, happiness, and sadness too. But, 2013 will be a year for me to commemorate as it will be 20 years ago that I first started making rubber stamps, and started to explore this crafty world! Ups, downs, new adventures, old memories, and lots of friends have passed through my life! I have always created something, whether it be jewellery or papercrafts, and it is rare for me not to create a little piece of me every so often. I have found this past six months with the opening of our shop, and still making rubberstamps, while trying to create a little bit of art here and there, a BIG challenge.
I am sure that 2013 will be no exception, so I decided that I needed a big kick up the proverbial to keep me on my toes. I am sure this is nothing new , but I decided to make a jar of mojo kickers... little sticks with a prompt on them. Take 2 a month, and make something using the words on them... that is my new year resolution.... care to join me? I am going to make a fun for all challenge every month here on this blog.

All I can do now is wish you the very best for 2013, may your year be filled with joy and happiness and lots and lots of creativity!!!
See you next year!!
Hugs

Poignant Poinsettia

  Ever since I discovered the fact that Tim Holtz's Alterations dies of the Tattered Poinsettia and Tattered Leaves match the embossing folders, I have been making lots of leaves and poinsettias! I have some that were plain, some embossed, and some that were made into faux porcelain using the meltpot. Take a wreath that was plain and quite large, add some green tape to cover the wreath, a hot glue gun, and lots and lots of poinsettias!

 

I wish you a very Merry and Happy Christmas.
Hugs

An early Christmas Greeting...just in case!

Today is predicted to be the end of the world, according to the  Mayans, and in normal Jennie style, I haven't done my Christmas cards (although the thought is there!), so before we are all swept up in an apocalypse, I thought I would show you my Christmas cards that I did make!  These are the easiest cards to make. Take one melting pot, some clear UTEE, a small Christmas cookie cutter, some printed or photocopied Christmas patterns (I used patterns from the net printed on my laser colour printer), a Christmas greeting stamp, some inks, and some cards , of course!
Melt clear UTEE in the meltpot. Smear a little embossing ink around the edge of the cookie cutter to avoid the UTEE sticking.

 Place your cookie cutter onto the printed paper. Pour the melted UTEE slowly ( to avoid bubbles) into the cookie cutter. Allow to cool.

 When cool, lift off the cutter, and peel the paper away from the UTEE. The pattern will stick to the cooled UTEE.

Add a greeting to the card, and glue the snowman ( or tree!) to the card. Simple! I started taking photos of the tree cutter, and then switched to the snowman!! Hence the photos are a bit odd! Must be the cold I developed over yesterdday, which I am taking with me when the world ends!!!

 

 

Now it is a wonder that I didn't make more, and get them in the post!! mmmm....well as the world is ending today, it won't matter. However for those friends of mine who read this post, and usually get a card... I will be sending them next year! LOL that is if we are still here!
Hugs

Lightbulb Moment!

 I have been in the shop all week, as Mal has other things to do, and it always delights me when one of my customers, or in this case, a friend, points out something that makes me go...of course! Doh! In this case, she asked me if the Textured Poinsettia embossing folder matched the Tattered Poinsettia die. Do you know I hadn't even thought about it! let's try it , and we did, and boy I am in love with it! Fits perfectly. It does mean you have to position it perfectly or of course you could cut round them after embossing it. Either way, thank you Mr Holtz, the light bulb this Christmas is now switched on! Check out the leaves , and the wings folder too...( can't vouch for the wings as I haven't got that die, but am guessing  it will!)

I used Core'dinations paper in red and green, cut them out , embossed them , and added some Distress ink to highlight the veins. I added one of The Artistic Stamper Christmas stamps to the tag. It is now hanging on our Christmas tree in the entrance.

If you haven't seen our website this week, we are having a Christmas extravaganza every day on the website, and today all orders, whether it be stamps or not will receive a FREE sheet of our Brand New much more Klingable Kling-On, our own brand repositionable cushioning. You can check it out here 

I am busy today manning the shop, and preparing for my last workshop of the year- Altered Book  IV. There are a couple of spaces left if you fancy a pre-Christmas get away from it all day!

Have very creative day.

Hugs

12th 12th 12th

Today is the 12th day of the 12th month of the 12th year of the century and hopefully this will have posted at 12.12pm... a day that will never be repeated in my lifetime, and what better way to celebrate than making a Christmas tag , and giving you a 12% discount in my shop! Any order qualifies, and we have done the hard work for you , so all you have to do is order:)

 I also have a little tag for you too.. since this is the first day of my advent event. lots of Christmas Distress inks, a few pine cones from Tim's Pine cone die, and a Merry Christmas from The Artistic Stamper.

As it is still a little cold out there, keep warm, and have a creative day

Hugs

It's a Snow thing!

Over at UKS, I was asked to do a Christmas project, and I have made a tag using one of Tim's Sizzix dies, and an embossing folder. The whole concept can be created using different dies and folders, and could be used for any occasion! I have done a step by step project here, and if you have a look you will find lots more projects over on the website.

Have a very creative day
Hugs