Think I might finally be up to date.....

with all the news after this post....

Last weekend was our second of the back to back Ranger U's, and I seem to be missing tons of my photos.!!!! Not quite sure where they are on my laptop, but sure they will turn up eventually.

I was quite excited as Kaz and Kate from my design team were attending. Not because they are on my design team but because they are both proficient in their respective fields of blogging, teaching and Stampington magazine fame.

I had told themselves to behave in New York and not to look too touristy.!!!

Of course we had to pose with our signature mustaches. See who's sneaking in on the picture..??

Kaz and I gave an impromptu display of Malteser blowing. Strangely enough this was a first at Ranger U. I feel that mebbes it should be integrated into the curriculum. That would soon sort the men from the boys wouldn't it??

Not sure what was going on here but it looks as though he caught me out doing something I shouldn't, lol.

Here's the Dylusions techniques tags, made by Kaz

I bet shes got this framed in her shed now.!! lmao

 The gorgeous Mr Stampers anonymous sporting a metal tash.

Also modeled by Kate

Ooh you can't beat a good old pout.

And here's the motley crew, all newly certified.

So we came to the end of another successful Ranger U. Although absolutely shattered we high tailed it into the warehouse to shoot an impromptu video that literally had us rolling on the floor in stitches. Can't wait to share with you. And then it was home to pack for my early morning flight to Texas.

6am flight equals 3am pick up....frikkin hilarious...

at the moment I am teaching at The Crafty Scrapper in Waxahachie, Texas.

Only in America, lol.

I managed to squeeze in a trip to Hobby Lobby, where I had to sell a kidney and donate my retinas due to the mahoosive amount of gorgeous goodness there is for sale in there.Just love this wall hanging.

many of you will know of my obsession with deer heads and skulls. How frikkin excited was I when Carolyn's hubby gave me a set. Yee hah, hop skippety. Yup that excited. They will take pride of place in my Penthouse suite back home in Reaveley Towers.

Carolyn's store is a fabulous space, and she has two classrooms, so we set up in one, taught the class and then switched straight to the other classroom and so on. Very cool way of organising it. This is one of the classrooms at the start of the day.

I had some fabulous students, many of whom had travelled far and wide. Some driving for over 5 hours to rake the class. How honoured I was that they had taken all that time and effort, Fair warms the cockles of your heart.

I also had a visit from the local reporter. Apparently it was big news all round the town that a Brit had flown in to teach, so we had to do an interview and photo session. How cool.

 Here's the gorgeous Carolyn groveling around on the floor. It's a glamorous life...

And how about this for devotion. This is quite possibly my oldest student, at 85 years of age. Affectionately known as Grandma, she kept up with the pace and is returning for round 2 tomorrow. You go girl...

After driving over 6 hours to get to me, the least |I could do was crouch and pretend I wasn't very tall lol.

After a long day, tired but happy.

I am back at the hotel, repacking my cases. Tomorrow sees me teaching 3 more workshops and then heading over to Plano to teach at The Stamp Asylum with the lovely Monica.

Back in England it seems as if someone is missing me.

Myself and the gorgeous Dina Wakley appear to have had a very busy day indeed.

First we were taken out for a cooked breakfast by Bezzie Su and pretty parcel wrapper Ali.

Taken for a lovely cup of tea.

Strapped in tightly for a trip to the Supermarket.

A quick nap before the evening activities commence.

Here we are at King James school production of Guys and Dolls.

Which featured my gorgeous Saturday girl Bekah.... Bravo Bekah...more...more..!!

And then back home for a quick nightcap.. Phew no wonder I feel shattered, working my little ass off over here in the States and partying my little ass off back home in England. Think I need to lie down in a darkened room with a glass of sherry.!!

Enjoy xx

More escapades....

One of my favourite memories from the first time I went to Ranger U was Tim and Mario taking me to Carvels (fabulous ice cream parlour) and making me ask for Muffin crumbs...which don't exist, lol. Every trip back there since we have to go visit. We didn't seem to be having much luck with opening times this visit, but third time lucky we struck gold. They still don't have Muffin crumbs tho.!

I know many of you think we spend our time playing and not much work, but in fact it is the opposite way round. Mostly work and very little play. This picture was taken at 10.45pm as we were just finishing up for the day !

Not that I am complaining, it was an absolute pleasure to spend time with the boys, Mario is such a sweetheart and it was a privilege to work alongside Tim and benefit from all his help and nuggets of useful information!
Not to mention the constant ribbing and taking the mick. No chance of getting too big for my boots with those two around, lol.

Thursday, it was back to Scrappers cove for another full day of teaching.

Thought you might like to see this cool pic of Tim, it looks like we hire him out on a night, as a gnome, lmao

Now this could be dangerous, standing outside the Apple store

I'll report more tomorrow, lol.

Enjoy xx

Week 2

Ooops sorry for the long delay in  blogging, but I do have a good excuse. i have been working my little socks off. Have managed to get a bit of a breather this morning, which started with a lie in until 9am (absolute heaven, I can tell you) so after a long soak in the bath, here I am.

I am in the fabby hospitality of the Texans...I have been cowboy hunting but not managed to snag one just yet, will need to practise my lassoing a little bit more methinks.!!

Anyhow back to 10 days ago.

Second day of Ranger U saw the lovely Claudine teaching what she does best, Mixed Media techniques. Fabby, no need for a microphone for her. She is absolutely petite and doll like with the most amazing voice, I don't know where it comes from lol.

Sunday it was my turn, and believe it or not, I gor really really nervous. How funny. But look what my Mum and Dad sent me from Heaven to keep me on track...

Yup a heart in my Dylusions spray ink.!!!

The lovely Suze popped in to see what was happening.

And before we knew it, it was all over. Here's the happy students after receiving their certification.

I am house sharing with Tim and Mario, and we are spending all day working together , so things had the capacity to get a little fraught. but no way, we were one happy little bunch, just laughing and joking all the way. I had so much fun as they introduced me to lots of new things. My favourite was when they taught me how to eat crab. Coming from England I was expecting it to be dressed ready to eat. Err obviously I was wrong...

Mind you I soon got the hang of it and didn't take any ones eye out.

This is where we were and I highly recommend it.

When you are working the long hours we do food is extremely important, both for energy and as a way to wind down. One of our favourite places to eat was at the local Chinese. All these meals were $5 each. We never once finished them, lol.

And then it was on to teaching at a Jersey store, Scrappers Cove. Here are the lovely owners, Sue, Pat and Chris.

I taught two classes, the accordion inky book and the Artful Journal. They were a lovely bunch of customers and their work was fabby. The lovely Michael had taken time out from his packing to come to my workshops. Very impressive as he was emigrating to Brazil the next morning to start a new life with his partner. Best of luck to you babe. xx

I will talk about more teaching and the second Ranger U in my blog tomorrow. 

I am just getting my things together to go prep the classroom for tomorrows classes at The Crafty Scrappy. If you are near please try come and join us, I will do my best to squeeze you in, as I don't want you to miss out, lol.

Enjoy xx