WOYWW - Happy mail

Whooop whooopppppp whoooopppp I got's spechul CHA Happy mail from my lovely friend and fellow WOYWW'er Donna!

First a beautiful card stamped with one of her rubber stamp design's, available at the Artistic Stamper.

Then and might I say OMG!!!!! A CHA Special Tim Holtz Bag EEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

And last but certainly not least, a hand made book full of other bits and bobs from CHA! How lucky am I to have such an AMAZING friend??? I wish we could meet up more often but alas we are just a tad too far away from each other!

Everything is calming down now after the Fire. We made it into the paper! Front page too! Normal service should resume shortly, everything is almost clean of soot now.

Recent Journaling and Campsite

A few people have asked me what the campsite I look after looks like, so here is a piccy!

The rubble on the right is a now grass and the beer garden has a lovely decorative fence around it, this picture was taken on a busy weekend for us!

On to the good stuffs, journalling. Today was Sunday Regulars at Art From the Heart, we got to play with Dyan's new Dylusions stamps eeeeeeeee!!! I want so many of them its not fair! Can't get them all. Here is what I made today

A couple of weeks ago I went to AFTH for a class with the lovely Kate Crane, and this is what I came away with

Fabulous days, both of them. I heartily recommend if you get the chance to go, you do, its well worth the visit. Keep an eye on the shop website as alittle birdie told me the CHA Dylusions stamps should be arriving tomorrow and will be uploaded to their shop website probably Tuesday if all goes well. Might also be Tim's new release and other goodies in the shipment too!

Enjoy!

Grungy Monday Challenge 4

Good morning folks, today I am so very pleased to announce that I have been given the great honour of being a guest designer for the very new Grungy Monday challenge!! How awesome is that! With me as a guest designer this week is the lovely Gerri who has an amazing blog.

Grungy Monday is a fabulous challenge created by the lovely and so very talented Linda, it was created to celebrate all thing Tim Holtz. Today is challenge 4 which is to incorporate Tim's texture fade distress technique into an artful project. For my project I decided to make a card.

To start: Cut from a Kraft file folder the Tim Sizzix Baroque Die. Follow the instructions in the technique video using Vintage Sepia Versafine ink and the Cuttlebug Clockworks embossing folder. Wipe off the folder straight away, if it is stubborn the use of stazon cleaner helped for me. Stamp onto the Kraft folder the Mini Cirque lettering from Stampers Anonymous and the dress form from the Graphic45 stamps and fussy cut them out. Take your Viva Decor Inka Gold and using your finger distress all edges of the Kraft card you have just cut out. Let dry then buff gently with a paper towel.

Take your A5 card blank and stamp off the edge in Versafine Vintage Sepia ink the butterfly and cog stamps from the Graphic45 Steampunk Debutante stamp set. Using your finger edge the card with Inka Gold by Viva Decor. Once dry buff to make it shine

To Finish: Arrange all elements on the card to make sure you are happy with the layout. Attach the cog with the brad to the baroque die cut  first then secure the die cut onto the card with suitable adhesive. Make sure the hand still spins. With Matte accents glue the two remaining cogs onto the card, I use Matte accents rather than glossy accents because it will not show if the glue seeps out of the edge like glossy accents will. With 3D glue/foam attach the lettering and dress form.

Items used:
Tim Holtz Gears from Art from the Heart
Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Mini Cirque Alpha stamps from Art from the Heart
Viva Decor inka gold from Craft Den, Sheffield
Kraft card file folders from Staples
Vintage Sepia Versafine ink pad from local craft shop
Card blank from local craft shop
Tim Holts Sizzix Die from local craft shop
Cuttlebug Clockworks Embossing folder from local craft shop
Graphic 45 Steampunk Debutante stamps a gift from a friend in the USA

Don't forget to check out the All things Tim Yahoo group for fabulous inspiration!

Tim Holtz Workshop Project

Mammoth Tim Holtz workshop post

So Thursday afternoon saw myself, my Mum and Gill heading to Art from the Heart all of us like giddy teenagers in anticipation of a fabulous class. I must admit I got alittle worried that I had hyped myself up too much and it wouldn't live up to my expectations but I was wrong, it exceeded my expectations!

As promised to the lovely Laurel I gave Tim her tag she had made for her 31 day featured artist challenge. Here's Tim with the tag, he loved it!

Now the project!

The project was a book made with Wendy Veechi art parts book covers, sticky back canvass by Claudine and lots of metal charms and fragments. The book is covered with the enamelled kraft paper and colour with the distress stains. Here is Tim's Book. I only took pictures of a couple of pages as they were the only ones decorated.

The time flew by and before we knew it 4 hours had gone! Tim is a fabulous teacher and quite eager to help anyone that was having a problem. He made lots of jokes and made the whole experience fun. I am very glad I went!