Round up of news from the studio...Pt 1...

Phew, doesn't time fly..? I am halfway through my latest trip to America and I am sooo behind with my blogging, so here is a picture heavy  precis of the proceedings.

First up we had a fabulous workshop preview and open day.

That evening one of my daughters, The Resident bit of Glamour, treated me to an evening of burlesque.

The lovely Ruth showing off her union jack dress

Sunday saw me teaching a canvas workshop to a group of round robin art journallers who were meeting for the first time to swap their journals.
We did a large canvas and the results were fabulous

Part 2 coming shortly

Enjoy xx

A heartfelt plea...

to all wonderful pushers of wheelchairs in airports. Although I am so grateful and can't thank you enough as I would never have made it without you....if you don't look and continue to repeatedly push my bad foot into doors, people, lifts and other peoples luggage, please don't look offended when I scream.!!
Just saying!!!

Enjoy xx

New Dylusions releases for Summer CHA

So, here I am sat in a hotel near Manchester airport, ready for my long flights tomorrow.

The idea was, relaxing drive down, early night., refreshed for the long days travel to Los Angeles.

The reality was running round like a blue arsed fly, grabbing samples, flinging dresses into suitcases, queueing for hours in the bank ( don't even go there), having my roots done...the brown was coming through..How ruuuude!!! Finishing off the brochure list, saying my goodbyes to my kiddywinks...hmmm...sorry young adults, Buying mens Ugg slippers cos nothing else will get over my broken toes without causing me to scream after 30 mins. Can you believe it £80 for a pair of slippers...wtf??? But you know what...worth every frikkin penny!!

Err what else.?? Oh yes spending the drive down editing photos and typing out the instructions for my CHA class, not easy when Mr Babe of Deliciousness is careering around bends on country lanes!!!

So we finally get here, gorgeous room, four poster bed, bottle of the best vimto and ready to relax, only to finally check my emails (those on O2 will know we have had no phone signal all day) to find my new Dylusions releases have already been leaked. !!! How very dare they?? What is the world coming to when your own sneek peeks get sneek peeked !!!!!

So instead of chilling and enjoying the ambience me thought I had better offer you all a blog post and pretty damn quick at that, lol. Unfortunately I can't show you many samples until I land at the other side of the pond, as they are all beautifully wrapped in bubble wrap and stuffed...err sorry positioned into my case. I do promise though as soon as I get to the other end, I will release there fabulousness on you all!!!

First up I am releasing 4 stencils large and small. All with a Christmas theme, but will co-ordinate perfectly with the ones you already have.

First up starry starry night...large and small stars...who could resist?


Ho Ho Holly.. a combination of words and holly...

Let it snow...an abundance of snowflakes with a candy stripe border.

And finaly...Oh Christmas Tree... need I say more

The stencils, of course are the same size as before...5 x 8 in and 9 x 12 in, comprising a border and an inner background.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh...it won't let me upload any photos tonight. Noooooooo don't do this to me!!!!

I will continue, but you will have to use your imagination, lmao!!!

Next I have 4 stamp sets being released. Again all Christmas themed

we kick off with a set of fabulous backgrounds...
2 lots of stars, holly and fabby forest of trees...

then onto Christmas borders...baubles, holly, and trees to name a few..

Christmas accessories, comprises hats, moustaches and beards amongst other things...

And finally Christmas words...but none of your simple Merry Christmas from me, of course, expect my usual dry sense of humour to rear it's head, lol

And how could we forget my how to book... heres the descriptionDylusions Book


The new “My Creative Journal Journey” book by Dyan Reaveley is just like having Dyan by your side, showing you how she creates her original art journal pages. The 8.5″ x 5.5″ book is chock-full of inspiration, step-by-step photos and instructions to walk crafters through inking, painting and journaling techniques.

And the one you have all been waiting for.....

drum roll please......

My perfect journal, oh yes you heard me correctly...MY perfect journal..!! |Heres the write up...

Back to Press Releases Press Release Summer 2012 Dylusions Journal Announcing Dyan’s “perfect” journal — a combination of manila cardstock and matte white heavy cardstock ideal for the application of Dylusions Ink Sprays, and techniques using water, inks, paints and mediums. The journal cover is made from sturdy chipboard and filled with 64 unlined pages for endless paper crafting creativity So there you go, the cat is well and truly out of the bag...albeit without photos, lol. As soon as I can I will get yu the images and also some pics of the things I have designed with them If you can't wait that long you can nip over HERE to see the press release Right need to do a few more of the frikkin 101 things left before I can have a kip, so I will love you and leave you You can see all of the products on our website as well - HERE Enjoy xx

Preview day

We are holding our next workshop preview day on Saturday 7th July 10-5pm. We will be previewing our latest workshops for July, August & September 2012. Workshop teachers include Dyan Reaveley, Kate Crane, Sandra Hall & Kaz Hall.

We will also be holding 4 taster workshops on the day taught by Dyan, Kate Crane, Sandra Hall & Kaz Hall. The workshops will run for one hour and will cost just £5. They were very popular last time, so make sure you get your place!!

You can see details and book your place - HERE    not sure if any left now!!

Any new workshops booked on the day will receive a 10% discount

We will also be having a massive clearance sale of workshop items and shop. These will include products by Ranger, Tim Holtz, Wendy Vecchi, 7gypsies, Graphic 45, Bisous and more. For any of you that have been to our sale days, you know it is not to be missed!

Happy Crafting


See you there xx

UKS sponsor Blog Hop

Hi there and welcome to my part in the blog hop.

Hopefully you have reached me through A Trip down Memory Lane

Here is my offering.

Materials

Manila tag

Dylusions ink sprays...

Dylusions stamp plates...Doodle Parts, Pondering Petunia, Say what you mean, Further around the edge.

Dylusions stencil 9 x 12 Dotted flowers

Jet Black Archival ink pad

http://shop.afth.co.uk/ranger---tim-holtz-water-brush---detail-tip-7388-p.aspTim Holtz water brushes filled with Dylusions spray inks

Inkssentials white pen

Method

Spray a manila tag with Dylusions Squeezed Orange and Pure Sunshine inks.

Lay the dotted flower stencil over the tag and spritz with water.

Blot with kitchen roll to reveal the ghosted image.

Ink up the Toadstool stamp with black archival ink and stamp onto tag.

Stamp the image onto scrap paper and carefully cut out. Place the scrap over the stamped image, this will act as a mask.

Ink the toadstool stamp back up and stamp again, leaving the paper in place.

Repeat stamping until happy.

Ink up the frog stamp and stamp over the paper.

Ink up the solid leaf stamp with black and stamp around top of tag.

Your tag should now look like this.

Take the water brushes filled with Dylusions spray inks and colour in all the images.

Take the white pen and doodle.

Stamp the frog and border onto card, colour and cut out.

and add to tag. Stamp quote and colour.

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial, to be in with a chance of winning, don't forget to leave me a comment, before you hop over to Jennie at Artistic Stamper

Enjoy xx