Have you seen the wonderful Summer Collection stamps that come with the current issue of Creative Stamping yet? When I first saw these stamps I was immediately transported to summer holidays and bright colours. I don't know if I am allowed to have favourites from the set but I really love the flamingo stamp (flamingos are SO hot right now!) and the…
Hey guys, Just popping in for a bit of a heads-up. You all know that I LOVE writing for magazines and it keeps me pretty busy, well I have already got some favourite articles coming out this year and here is a heads-up about one of them. [Photo credit: Practical Publishing International Ltd] It is a masterclass that I did for Simply…
Oh yeah it is Sharing Friday. Yep, you know it is Friday so it must be *Sharing Time*! What will you be up to this weekend? Ok, let's ignore what I will be up to as it will be mostly cleaning *boo*. But what about you? Got any crafty or arty plans for the weekend? You know I love looking at blogs…
Happy Monday guys. Did you have a good weekend? Are you ready for the week ahead? What arty / crafty things have you got on your to-do list this week? My to-do list is full of articles and blog things but my wish list for the week just has one thing on it - to exchange this week, oh that would be…
It is magazine time and some new mags have hit the shelves! Yay! That's tea breaks this week sorted then. First up is the Creative Titles, there is a new issue of Creative Stamping (issue 17)... And Creative Cardmaking (issue 68). And would you believe it, I made the main cover girl on both! Ooooo! Big smiles from me, lovely way to…
Time for a quick shout-out with the Papercraft Essentials issue 107, which hit the shelves last week. I've not seen the magazine yet, but there should be a bit of an interactive card making article from me (you can see it at the bottom of the cover) and a fun embossed jigsaw card too. But if you are a Lavina Stamps fan…
I've been in an all-absorbed frenzy of making this week to meet some deadlines, so much so that I am starting to question my sanity a bit. I've been so work-focussed that on Wednesday I mistook my door bell for the telephone ringing. Erm? Eeek! Yeah, ok so might not be that big a deal, they both ring and everything so I…
New Mag Monday! That sounds quite catchy doesn't it? There are some new magazines in the shops so I thought I would do my shout out for them. I haven't seen them yet so I've got something to look forward too! Tee Hee! That is my tea breaks sorted when I get my crafty hands on them. First up is the new…
Friday again and some treats for the weekend. It is magazine heads-up time! Two reads for the weekend, issue 16 of Creative Stamping is out... Would you adam and eve it, I made the main card on the cover *squeal* ! I do love it when that happens and I always seem to have to do a weird double-take to convince myself…
Ok, so I confess, I've dropped a bit behind with my magazine shout outs, so some of these mags have been out for a few weeks now so you might need to move fast if you haven't got them already and you want them. The first shout out is for Simply Cards and Papercraft 121 which has been out since the beginning…
It's my favourite post of the week, time for a bit of Art Journal Sharing Thursday. My Art Journal Share this week is all about another habit that I'm trying to turn into a regular thing and that is sketching. I've shared a couple of sketches here on my blog in the past, but I would say that I'm not a confident sketcher,…