The journey so far!!!!!

So after all the excitement of the wedding...Yes I know I haven't blogged yet, but I will....it was time to head of back to the States.

Only this time I have a travelling companion for some of the time. Yes Mr Babe of Deliciousness (Mr BOD) is accompanying me.

He has never been Stateside so it will be a first for him.

First port of call was to The Collins rep show in Orlando. Here's my classroom all set up and ready to go.

Look what I found in concierge!!!! You can take the girl out of Yorkshire, but you can't take Yorkshire out of the girl.

 I flew in after the lovely Wendy Vecchi had gone, but here's two of my other partners in crime, Tim and Dina.

I had a fabulous treat on the Monday as I got to sit in on Tim's class and I made this for the store. Don't know why its upside down, but its not for shifting lol !!

Then it was on to Texas to stay with the fabulous Jim and Cesar.

Oooh my new luggage was awaiting me...

Jim and I decided to break Andy in gently with a visit to Spirit of Halloween, lol.

treated him to a small brunch!!!

and found him a record shop...happy days!!

Later in the week we left him doing the gardening...

whilst Jim and I popped out for a few essential errands...ahem!!!

Oooh not sure how these came home with me...

but they seem to go with every outfit, so might as well keep them, lol

Friday sees us on our way to The Crafty Scrapper in Waxahachie. Of course we had to stop off at the famous Kolache Bakery And as they say 'when in Rome!'

As you can see great fun and shenanigans were had by all. I will be blogging my adventures at Then Crafty Scrapper tomorrow, but here's where you can catch me next weekend.


Fri/Sat/Sun 25/26/27th Sept
The Scrapbooking Studio, Moline, Illinois

To book any of the above classes go HERE

Enjoy xx

My Sept/Oct teaching schedule

I am Stateside for the next two months so if you fancy catching up with me this is where I will be.

Sat/Sun 19/20th Sept
The Crafty Scrapper, Waxahachie, Texas

Fri/Sat/Sun 25/26/27th Sept
The Scrapbooking Studio, Moline, Illinois

Sat/Sun 3/4th Oct
Scrapbook-n-memories, Harrisonville, MO

Sat/Sun 10/11th Oct
Scrappy Chic, Livonia, Michigan

Sat/Sun 17/18th Oct
Angela Happy Stamper, Reston, Virginia

Fri/Sat 23rd/24th Oct
Dorothys Stamps and Scraps, Shelby, NC

Hope to see lots of you on my travels. If you are coming leave me a comment as to where I will see you.

Enjoy xx

OOOH HOW EXCITING....!!!!!!

I have been so busy travelling, teaching, being Mother of the Bride etc, that I completely ran out of time to tell you about a fabulous online class that I have been asked to participate in. Now, as you know, I don't join in many as my schedule is too hectic, but this one really spoke to me and I couldn't say no. That tells you how good it is. doesn't it.

Yes indeedy, I'm a guest tutor on Radiant II

How frikkin exciting is that???

Rather than tell you all about it, you might as well hear it from Effy herself, as she tells it better than anyone, (well it is her baby, lol)

I am so excited to announce that I have put together an amazing collaborative experience for you in which you will get to sit down (virtually, of course) with me, Effy, and a dream team of FIFTEEN of my favourite mixed media art teachers. Together, we are going to immerse ourselves in the whys and hows of mixed media art journaling through thirteen full lessons, two bonus lessons and FIFTEEN ADDITIONAL LESSONS by yours truly!

Check out this list of names:

Tamara LaPorte, Tangie Baxter, Dyan Reaveley, Sarah Trumpp, France Papillon, Micki Wilde, Juna Biagioni, Iris Fritschi-Cussens, Marieke Blokland, Nolwenn Petibois, Jeanette Montero, Kelly Hoernig, Felicia Borges, with bonus lessons by Andrea Schroeder & Chelle Stein!

What makes this class really special for me (and maybe for you, too) is that along with the lessons and musings from your teachers, you will also get a full length video walk through of my own personal take on each teacher's lesson! In other words, I'll be right there with you, in the
learning trenches, making mistakes, working out substitutions, and figuring out how to apply each lesson to my own style of art!

BONUS: I will be teaching my much loved Ultimate Class as well, bringing our total up to 31 lessons!


*31 in depth lessons for $99.00! (15 by our guest artists and 16 by your hostess, Effy Wild) Class begins October 1, 2015*

To join go HERE

Need More Details?

*Here's how it works:*

All guest artist lessons + all bonus lessons will be live and available for you to enjoy on October 1 2015! It's an ART JOURNAL BUFFET, Y'ALL!

Each guest teacher's lesson will include in depth video tutorials, a supplies list, and a PDF walk through with musings. All videos and PDFs will be down loadable and are yours to keep. Do them in order or skip around and do the ones that call to you on any given day! You have total freedom here!

*I will also demonstrating my own take on each guest teacher's lesson, including the bonus lessons.* Every second week I will release a new lesson that is, essentially, my 'take on' a guest artist's lesson. All of the additional lessons provided by me will also include in depth video
tutorials, a supplies list that includes my suggested substitutions, and a full colour PDF walk-through.

The class will remain open indefinitely. What does this mean? As long as I'm still teaching, and Vimeo still serves video, you will have access to all the content.
 Fifteen Teachers! Thirty-One Lessons!
At least thirty hours of video instruction!

All for $99.00!

To register go HERE

To find out more about each of the fabulous tutors, there is info at each of the links

France Papillon 
http://effywild.ning.com/france-papillon
Micki Wilde 
http://effywild.ning.com/micki-wilde
Iris Fritschi-Cussens
http://effywild.ning.com/iris
Marieke Blokland 
http://effywild.ning.com/marieke
Felicia borges 
http://effywild.ning.com/felicia-borges
Andrea Schroeder
http://effywild.ning.com/andrea-schroeder
Tangie Baxter 
http://effywild.ning.com/tangie-baxter
Tamara Laporte
http://effywild.ning.com/tamara-laporte
Dyan Reavely 
http://effywild.ning.com/dyan-reaveley
Jeanette Montero 
http://effywild.ning.com/jeanette-montero
Kelly Hoernig 
http://effywild.ning.com/kelly-hoernig
Sarah Trumpp 
http://effywild.ning.com/sarah-trumpp
Nolwenn Petitbois 
http://effywild.ning.com/nolwenn-petitbois
Juna Biagioni 
http://effywild.ning.com/juna-biagioni
Chelle Stein 
http://effywild.ning.com/chelle-stein

In my portion of the class, I have recorded videos where I walk you back through some of my very first art journals from years ago, showing and explaining how and why my style has developed. You also get to find out what art journaling means to me, and how and why it is like oxygen to me.
Then there are step by step videos where I journal a page from start to finish. I cover hidden journaling, masking techniques, collage, doodling, writing and finishing. You too can follow and journal along with me.

To celebrate we are doing a giveaway. Yes thats right we are giving away a place for this course. Leave me a blog comment telling me why you would like it and I will pick a winner.

In the meantime for more details, go check it out HERE

I do hope I have got you excited enough to join me on this fabulous journey with an array of fabulous teachers, all reigned upon by the Queen, Effy herself. Treat yourself and inhale your own oxygen along with us.

Mwah xx

Art from the Heart Tutors, Number 4, Karen Hayselden

Continuing with our showcasing of the fabulous tutors we have for you at Art from the Heart.

This week it is the very talented Kassa

Hi there lovely friends

My name is Kassa Hayselden

(I'll jump straight in and try not to turn you all green hahaha! - I live 15 mins away from Art from the Heart, how lucky am I! living on the doorstep and regularly visiting Dyan's fabulous studio eeeek!) - hope you don't hold it against me <3 font="">

So coming from an 'arty' family background, I've created since forever and I love it, art excites me, makes me happy, so I create what I call 'Happy Art!'  I can't get enough of tiny detail and colour and my daily inspiration well its got to be nature, fashion, my Mother and daughter (not necessarily in that order :-)))

Mwah xoxo

One of Kassa's fortes is colouring. She loves to colour and will spend hours doing it, especially when housework is beckoning!!!

Here's a project she did using the Dylusions range. The main image is from the stamp plate Love Struck Lucy

Here are coloured images from one of her favourite stamp companies Stampotique

If you would like to take a class with Kassa at Art from the Heart, the next one is on Sun 20th Sept and is called Crazy Collage, where you can do a combination of the following two collages. To book a place go HERE

Kassa also runs a monthly club called Stampotique Boutique, the next one is on Sat 26th Sept.

To see more of Kassa's work, here are her contact details

Blog address           =   http://kassadh.blogspot.co.uk/

Facebook address  =   https://www.facebook.com/Kassa.dh

Facebook address  =   https://www.facebook.com/karen.hayselden

Instagram address  =   https://instagram.com/karen.hayselden/

Pintrest address      =   https://uk.pinterest.com/kxoxoh/

Flickr address          =   https://www.flickr.com/photos/kassaxoxo/

Go give her some love

Enjoy xx