At the weekend I was browsing other blogs and I came across a challenge to use yellow, kraft and white or ivory. As yellow is so out of my comfort zone - I do not look good in yellow and have ne...
In class on Friday I demonstrated the Ranger Distress Stains and showed how versatile they were and how they worked with the Distress inks and reinkers. &nb sp; ...
Gosh this new Blogger is taking some getting used to especially for a boring old stick in the mud like me...anyways here goes.....A week or so back I had a morning spraying inks through templates and...
I made this mini flap album with templates and spray inks and have been teaching it during April... the flower was from the kitchen roll - no waste here - true crafter me!!!a view of the in...
OMG I have been away and Blogger has changed AGAIN!!! I now need to find out how to load my photos to update you all. Oh well watch this space...
Im feeling really gutted as my lovely new Graphic 45 Staples album has gone missing from the shop. It has loads of pockets and tags and flaps and sewing and shrink plastic and a crocheted fastener. I...
Well, I have got a whole month to cover as youll see my last post was 1st March. I could have done with cloning myself or at the very least borrowing some time from someone with some to spare as I se...
I think at long last I may have turned the corner with this virus thingy that has laid me low for most of this year so far. To say I am fed up with it is a huge understatement. My thanks must go to m...
I apologise for my tardiness in updating the blog but the virus I have had since December keeps rearing its ugly head and one day I am feeling so much better and the next day - wham! I am left wonder...
I have been asked to put the projects on here that I teach in class so here are three canvases that I made with Valentines Day in mind. Ladies, you will be able to make one of these this Friday the 3...
For the last four weeks I have been teaching the younger girls drawing and painting techniques. They experimented by dropping alcohol into various paints to see/get a reaction and learnt the proporti...
Long post today so settle with a cuppa and a biccie and enjoy...When the Sizzix friendly plastic dies first came into the shop last year I made all these samples and havent had a chance to demo them ...
This is my random number generator. She is a Lhasa Apso called Kyipo who can sniff out a stray piece of paper at 10 metres....she had just had a bath a few days ago I laid the pieces of paper on the ...
Firstly, thank you to the 4 new followers - I didnt reach 50 but 46 is a lot nearer than 42. Very happy.Can I suggest to those folks who have been following me a while that you take a look at the new...
.......and a GIVE-AWAY.Its hard to believe that when I started this blog in October 2008 we would now be celebrating 300 postings...and 42 lovely followers. Perhaps I can persuade a few others to fol...
As you can see from the title I have reached post number 299 - tada! and a drumroll!! and to celebrate post 300 you will have to read to the bottom and find out about it...I have been making projects...
Having looked forward to a break from work over the Christmas and New Year period and then finding myself ill for just about the whole holiday it has taken me a while to feel well enough to even thin...
Well, Kate I managed it. Here is the January page of my 366 page journal. I was determined to join in again this year - for those who dont know Kate Crane has run the 365 day challenge - see The Kath...
Taking a few days off from the shop to spend time at home re-acquainting myself with my patient husband and lovely dogs and cat.I made this JOY on grungeboard in the summer when Christmas seemed so f...
Has anybody else been having trouble getting photos to load on their blog. I have spent the last few days trying to get in but no good - blogger won...BUT..... just now when I tried I managed so here...
The trouble with this time of year is that everyone is making Christmas cards and I made mine way back in July and August ready for the Christmas market I staged in the shop in September.I am still t...
Just a quick post. Here is the Advent box that was a joint effort between my lovely friend Tanya and myself back in the summer. It has had so many lovely comments - and sold a box or three to other c...
Ive been working hard making up for the down-time when I was so empty.Yesterday morning as well as teaching a class of children and serving in the shop - with help from the lovely Yaa - I made four C...
Woohoo - it seems that painting the wooden boxes worked as my mojo is back - the ideas are now tumbling fast as ever - faster than I can make the samples.With teaching classes and working in the shop...
I have been going through a complete brain melt down since my holiday. I havent been able to rouse any ideas or inspiration which is so unlike me - my brain normally travels faster than my hands can ...
I promised a few snapshots of the wedding so here they are...Here come the girls..... daughter Victoria is 3rd from left in the frilly pink number and Granddaughter Abigail is in front...and the boys...
Yay! Im back - well my body is here but my brain and eyes are having serious trouble functioning. Walking round Las Vegas on Friday catching the last minute sights plays havoc with your feet and and ...
Woohoo! and tra la lala la - we are off tomorrow for our first holiday together in over seven years. Living just seven minutes from the beach and in a sunny climate, holidays for us normally consist ...
Not really but he had the cold first!!!I made this jigsaw piece to teach lots of techniques to the ladies. It involves using three different types of inkpad, some stamping both with ink and paint, tr...
Thursday and Friday we had some rain - in fact it positively tipped it down - along with flashes of lightning and rumbles of thunder - having said that it was much needed as this summer has been long...
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