Simon Says Stamp and Show ... Anything Goes!

Wow! Who knew the week was going to fly like that! One minute it was Monday ... then as if by magic ... it was Monday again! They say life goes faster as you get older ... I must be getting reeeeeeally old!
Anyways! Monday it is and time for a new theme at Simon Says Stamp and Show! This week ... it's anything goes ... so if you make anything this week ... lierally anything ... you can join in for a chance to win a $50 Shopping Spree at the magnificant online store that is ... Simon Says Stamp.
My tag is lots and lots of layers of Lord Tim of Holtz goodies! You know Tim ... the man that paints colour into people's dreams while walking across the channel in bare feet with just a jumbo ring and a paper piercing tool!
My layers started with spritzing Picket Fence and Faded Jeans stains with water on my craft sheet and then just playing from there really. Some Vintage Photo Distress Ink; Olive Archival ... Gold Dabber and then Black Archival to finish before adding my Steampunk men ... gotta LOVE those men!
Righty Ho ... I must away ... I have a gazillion forms to fill in for the house sale ... I just love filling out forms ... NOT! Any one out there like a good form??? I will supply the coffee ... and ... erm ... cake ... not home made obviously!
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Men Only!

What a wonderful weekend I had demoing at the Big Stamping Show at Ally Pally! Great to see so many friendly faces over the weekend ... some old and some new ... and I got to spritz, spray and generally play all weekend ... What could be better than that!
I ache like an achey thing though ... all that standing and bending and blending and chatting sure does make you ache!
Oooh Oooh ... Get this ... The month is over and I still have n't smoked  ... so right now I am feeling mighty chuffed with meself! I won't lie ... I could still kill for a smoke ... but I won't ... I would n't dream of putting myself through all this withdrawal again!!!
Now all I need to do is get back to blogging regularly and we will be sorted :0)

Anyways ... back to the job in hand ... it is Monday and that means a new theme over at Simon Says Stamp and Show and this week it is Men Only!
I made a humungus tag ... coloured with Shabby Shutters stain ... Peeled Paint and Vintage Photo Distress Ink ... spritzed with Herloom Gold Perfect Pearls mist and my men are Lord Tim of Holtz! You know Tim ... the man that could demo for an entire year without taking a break while water skiing without skis with just an Ornate Frame and a Paper Piercing tool!
Simon Says Stamp is the site sponsor and a $50 Shopping Spree is once again up for grabs ... so do join in if you get chance!
I must away ... we have people coming to view the house later today ... a Doctor know less and his lady wife ... so I need to sparkle the family silver in time for their arrival!
Have a great week everyone and if blogger is playing nicely pray tell what exciting things you have planned this week ... and if no excitement is awaits you ... well make summink up ... who would know anyways!
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Simon Says ...

Happy August everyone! At least I hope it is going to be a happier August than the June and July I have just had! Many of you now know that John has gone and I find myself doing the unheard of ... cooking! Yikes! I am happy to say that I have actually cooked a roast and eaten it ... and I am still here to tell the tale! So is the house ... and I did n't set off any alarms or anything! A good start me thinks!
Okay then ... down to business ... Simon Says Stamp and Show a Tag this week! So here is my tag in all of it's glory ... or not as the case may be!

I used Colourwashes through some Grungeboard Alpha waste ... like a stencil ... to create the background. I distressed all the edges within an inch of their lives and then decided to layer the tags on top of each other for a change.
The gorgeous Mannekin is an Art Part from THE Wendy Vecchi which has been painted and then stamped! The stamps and the butterfly are indeed from Lord Tim of Holtz ... you know Tim ... the man that can solve the American Debt Crisis in his sleep while playing Beethoven's fifth on one blade of grass with just a jump ring and the top off a Distress Stain!
As is usual with the challnege ... our ever generous sponsor Simon Says Stamp has donated a $50 shopping spree and to be in with a chance of winning it ... all you need do is enter!
I must away ... I have things like food shopping and stuff to do now too ... I may be some time :0)
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Simon Says ...

I know ... I know ... it has been ages since I have posted ... well exactly a week anyway ... I am not quite sure what is happening ... but I just sem to have no time left in the day to blog ... I have always managed it before ... so I am not quite sure what is going on! I must try harder.
Anyways ... it is Monday and that means it is time for Simon Says Stamp and Show and this week the theme is Samp and Show your Distressed/Torn edges. The wonderfully generous site sponsor ... Simon Says Stamp is once again giving away a $50 Shopping Voucher to a randomly drawn entry ... so if you manage to find a spare five minutes ... do join us!

I decided to make some tags this week ... the stamps used are all Lord Tim of Holtz ... you know Tim ... the man that can win the Canadian Grand Prix while appearing with the Royal Ballet at the O2 Arena in London with just a Timy Attacher and a Long Legged Brad.
You would think that after a whole week away I would have some exciting gossip or tales of far flung places ... but the truth is ... I have n't really! I have just spent the last two days teaching in Olney ... which is always great fun ... Thank you for a fab time to all my lovely ladies ... oooo ... oooo .... I did manage to squeeze in a day at the seaside too ... it was lovely ...
That's me for now ... don't forget to join in with the challenge ...
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So Sorry!

I kind of think it would be really bad form not to start this post without an apology ... I am sorry ... I know lots of you pop in daily and I have been nowhere to be seen! I could tell you that I was whisked away by my very own Mr Darcy to a far off tropical Island ... but that would be completely untrue ... the real truth is ... the week was gone before I even noticed!
I spent two lovely days in Olney teaching workshops to lots of lovely ladies ... whatever happened to the other five ... I have no clue!
Anyways ... I am here now ... hopefully you did n't miss me toooooo much ... although a little bit would be nice :0) This week's offering to the new theme at Simon Says Stamp and Show ... is ... Simon Says Stamp and Show a Tag! My tag was coloured using Rusty Hinge; Forest Moss and Vintage Photo Distress Inks. I also stamped with Adirondack Snow Cap Dabber and Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink.

All of the stamps are Lord Tim of Holtz ... you know Tim ... the man that can get Olympic tickets for every event while snow boarding in the dessert with just an Ornate Frame and a 1" square of Claudine Hellmuth's Sticky Backed Canvas.
The butterflies are indeed said Stick Backed canvas die cut with a Movers and Shapers die.
Ooooo Blimey ... I nearly forgot ... if you fancy joining in with the challenge then all you need do is make a tag and then link up to the Simon Says Stamp and Show blog ... here! There is a $50 Shopping voucher up for grabs again ... donated by the wonderful site sponsor Simon Says Stamp! You have gotta be in it to win it!
I am off to get some beauty sleep ... hopefully there won't be the repeat shambles of last week ... when Mr Blogger posted my post as scheduled ... but not the challenge site post! That caused a bit of confusion I can tell you!
Have a good week everyone ...
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Crackling Up!

I am really indulging myself this week ... playing with all manner of things ... and not worrying too much about what I make either ... of course that does mean I have n't actually done any of the things I should have done ... but hey ho ... it has definitely felt like a few days off which is what I was trying to achieve!

Today's play was all about the PaperArtsy Crackle Glaze ... I have had it ages ... and never tried it before! I discovered that it does work with other paints ... someone asked us that in the shop on class release day ... so on this tag I have used both Kaiser and Eco paints ... the product specialist at LB Crafts ... that will be the wonderful Lin Brown ... thinks I may have held my heat gun too close which is why I have bubbles as well as crackles ... which is Okay ... as long as you have no plans to stamp on that bit! And she was so right too ... to be fair she aint often wrong ... because when I did it again ... holding the gun further away ... I just got crackles without bubbles!

This has to be THE BEST crackle product I have ever used ... no waiting time ... instant gratification ... which is the kind of crafting I like best!

Changing the subjects completely ... Is anyone else finding the whole placement of photos thing in Blogger very annoying ... or is it just me ... because ... to be perfectly honest ... it is driving me bonkers! It took about 3 weeks to get these pictures where I wanted them in the post! Grrrr!

I am doing a class tomorrow ... Woo Hoo! I get to do a Lin Brown class in Olney ... I am soooo looking forward to it ... then after the class ... and after our usual Fish and Chip supper ... we will be making the ArtsyCrafts samples ... so I get to make what all you lovely people booked on ArtsyCrafts will be doing! Cool Huh! I am ... of course sworn to secrecy ... but you won't have to wait much longer now anyways ... so that is alright then! If you are not booked ... I think there are a few places left ... you just need to go to the LB Crafts Website and download a form!

Stamps I used on the tag are indeed PaperArtsy ... and the token is Lord Tim of Holtz ... you know Tim ... the man that can Hippo Whisper in South Africa while single handedly repairing the Ozone with just a jump ring and an Edge Distresser!

Don't forget to share your plans for the weekend ...

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Waiting Around!

Don't you just hate waiting around for stuff! I know I do ... my car is at the car doctors this morning ... has been since 8am and I kind of know that the longer it takes for them to ring me ... the more sick my car is ... and the more expensive the bill is going to be!
Yikes ... I simply hate paying out vast sums on non craft purchases!
Another tag today ... to be more precise ... another demo tag ... I promise I have been making stuff this week ... none of it is quite finished yet ... so I am not ready to share! So muchos apologies if you are getting bored with the whole tag fest!

I love how the letters from Lord Tim of Holtz's Adage tickets are the perfect size for the Charm clips. You know Tim ... the man that can design a wedding dress for Kate Middleton in five minutes flat while outfitting the entire guest list for the royal wedding including the Queen with just an Edge Distresser and a classic adornment!

The tag is coloured using only Broken China Distress Stains and some Lettuce Colour Wah and all the stamps are indeed The Wendy Vecchi Studio 490.
I am getting a bit concerned now ... apparently rehearsals for the big day are going ahead and I still have n't seen ... or been fitted for my bridesmaid dress ... what with Wills and Kate spending the next week out of the public eye ... well to be frank ... they are nigh on impossible to get hold of! And if I ring Charles ... well ... I will be on the phone for forever and I really can't spare the time! I guess I am just going to have to turn up on the day and hope I have n't added one too many frills to my cerise pink silk number ... and that the off one shoulder look was indeed the right choice!
Right ... I must away ... I have more waiting to do ... I may as well make the most of the time and make something!
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My Knight in Shining Armour!

Who Knew! I spent my life expecting my knight in shining armour to be on a horse wih ... erm ... shining armour and pretty much being a ringer for a certain Mr Darcy!
Well ... when my car broke down last night ... in the dark ... an hour from home ... lo and behold Green Flag sent me a knight! Can you imagine my surprise when he arrived with a recovery lorry for a horse ... the only thing shining was indeed a piercing ... and he had swapped his shining knight head gear for a knitted bobble hat! He was about a foot shorter than he should have been and aprroximately a decade older! To be fair ... he could n't have looked less like Mr Darcy if he had tried ... but I was still oh so pleased to see him! And he got me and my car home safely ... so I should n't complain!

So ... yes people ... after spending a very lovely day in the wonderful Lin's shop and then a very lovely evening with the lovely Karen, the wonderful Lin and Mrs Paperartsy ... gets in my car to go home ... get a few miles up the road and then the blooming car died! And boy was it cold!
Right ... well that is that ... here are a few more demo samples from the weekend ... first up we have a THE Wendy Vecchi Art Part ... my favourite Art Part to be precise ... I adore these little watches!
Second up we have a tag using my favourite Lord Tim of Holtz stamps ... love those gentlemen! You know Tim ... the man that can walk across the Atlantic Ocean while playing Beethoven's fifth on a harmonica with just a Townscape die cut and a memo pin.
That is me for now ... I had to walk to the nail bar today ... fair wore me out I can tell you ... sooooo disappointed when I left the building and remembered I had to walk home as well! So a quiet night with a stack of invoices for me!
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Simon Says ...

Wow! What a fab weekend ... but boy did it fly! It was the Ally Pally Stamping and Scrapbooking show and I spent all day Saturday and Sunday demoing alongside the wonderful Lin Brown ... it is always great fun and we get to see so many friendly faces too ... some bloggers ... some non bloggers ... so  Hi to all of you that popped by ... too many to mention individually ... but it was great to see you all! As well as  being great fun ... it is exhausting ... everything aches ... from the top of my head to the tips of my toes! And I don't even help with set-up or breakdown ... I did n't get my camera out once ... really sorry about that ... I did intend to ... note to self ... must try harder!

Anyways ... back to the tag in hand ... well not in hand ... but you knew what I meant ... right???

The tag is stamped using The Wendy Vecchi's stamps ... coloured with Lord Tim of Holtz's Distress Stains and Colour washes. You know Tim ... the man that can swim in the Arctic Ocean while making ice carvings out of icebergs representative of every countries landmarks with just the lid from a Distress Stain and an inch long piece of tissue tape.

It is indeed Monday again so this is my design piece for the Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge ... the theme this week is to show some ditressing! As always our very generous sponsors, Simon Says Stamp are providing a $50 shopping voucher to one lucky entry ... so ... if you have n't joined in before ... why not make your first entry this week! And if you have n't got time to join in ... well pop over and check out the rest of the Design Team's work ... it really is very lovely!

I have news too ... this week Mathew I shall be playing the lovely Karen ...not for the whole week you understand ... but I am indeed playing shop in Olney ... on Wednesday ... I am not sure 'playing' is the right word ... but I am rather excited! It will be my first time ... and quite possibly my last if the wonderful Lin and the lovely Karen come back to a complete shambles!

Okay ... so now I am rambling ... it is getting very late and I am getting very tired ...

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A Right Muppet!

I have done some stoopid things in my time ... but this one takes the biscuit ... literally!

We accommodate foreign language students  from time to time ... and a few weeks ago we had a lovely Japanese lady staying. Quite often when they arrive they bring gifts ... which she did! The gifts are usually a small insight into Japanese culture ... which is lovely! Anyways ... she handed me a green box ... about the size of a box of tea bags and said "Green Tea". I placed the box by the Tea Bags and told her to help herself! Well ... the two weeks went by and she appeared to prefer English Tea so the box remained unopened and then she went home!

On Sunday ... just gone ... I had a new Japanese student arrive ... this time a young man ... only 17 ... he bought a letter with him from his parents. They stated that things were difficult in Japan and they had considered not sending him ... but thought Cambridge would be a rest away from the troubles and would I take good care of him! Well ... at that point ... every maternal instinct in my being took over ... and when he got up for breakfast the next day ... I thought I would make him feel right at home! He sits down at the table and I ask him what he would like to accompany his breakfast by way of liquid refreshment! The moment I asked ... I got all excited because I was in a position to offer him Japanese Green Tea! He looked delighted ... so I showed him the box and asked him how I make it ... he is very shy ... so he shrugged his shoulders!

I then opened said box ... thinking ... it can't be that difficult ... and instead of finding Tea Bags ... there was flat papery looking wafer jobbies ... green ... and I thought ... oh ... you must just add hot water. So that is what I did! To be honest ... it did n't look very appetising ... so I made him a cup of English tea as well... the cup of Japanese Green Tea remained untouched!!

After breakfast ... I showed him the box and said ... perhaps you could translate the words and next time I will make it properly! He turned to me and said ... "This is not a drink ... this is a snack!" Oh My Giddy Aunt ... I had only gone and given the poor boy a cup of hot water with the equivalent of a potato chip floating in it! Whatever will his mother say!

As for the tag ... well this is my entry for the new Studio L3 challenge ... Grungy Mondays! I did use all the techniques that Lord Tim of Holtz used ... you just can't see the masking very well! You know Tim ... the man that can read every packet in every language while on life saving missions to rescue small kitty's from precarious positions in trees and the like with just a star charm and a stamped letter "T". LOVE my new Dyan Reaveley wing stamp by the way!

Hopefully you have now stopped laughing ... erm ... at me ... I might add ... tell me the daftest thing you have dome all week ... go on ... you know you want too!

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Just a Quickie!

Nothing very exciting to show you today I am afraid! But I don't like to post without pictures of summink so ... this is just a ten minute tag that I made in class a few weeks ago while showing my lovely ladies how quick it was to make a background with Lord Tim of Holtz's Bitty Grunge set. You know Tim ... the man that can polish the moon to make it appear clearer and shinier while balancing on a high wire over the Tate Modern with just an inch long piece of tissue tape and a 2" square of Grunge paper!

Talking of Lord Tim ... have you seen him? Have ya? Huh? Oh yes lovely people ... Lord Tim now appears every ten seconds or so ... on this here blog ... sporting a crown ... just stay here for another ten seconds and he may pop in. Rumour has it that I am indeed a genius for making it happen ... but sadly ... they are indeed just rumours ... he was in fact an early Birthday present from my uber talented friend Dan.

Righty-ho ... on to my big Thank you ... Thank you to everyone that left a comment on my last post ... Between 6.40pm ish and midnight on Friday ... you left 60 comments which made 12 pounds ... I decided to round it up to 25 quid ... so between us we bought 5 life saving mosquito nets ... not bad huh?

Okay ... that is me for today ... I am smack bang in the middle of creating ... erm ... a mess mainly ... but just creating sounded better!

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Cash for Comments!

You have all heard about the cash for questions scandal ... well I am about to offer cash for comments!

I have been wracking my tiny brain all day in an attempt to work out what I could do to support Comic Relief ... and this is what I came up with!

Firstly I made a tag ... I just love playing with Lord Tim of Holtz's Distress Stains and the new Adirondack Colorwash sprays ... I say playing ... I just kind of slapped them all on a tag and this is what I ended up with! You know Tim ... the man that can turn Nobby's Nuts into solid Gold while painting a light covering of frost on every blade of grass around the world in one night with just a craft sheet and a glass vial.

All the stamps you can see are THE Wendy Vecchi and the red nose ... Do ya like it??? Huh??? Do ya??? Well I made that ... when I say made ... I did of course just colour in a hole from a standard hole punch ... obviously it is not a hole ... it is the waste from the hole ... they must have a name ... I just don't know what it is! Oh and I added a touch of white Sharpie Marker to make it look dimensional!

Anyways ... For every blog comment you guys make between now and Midnight today ... I will donate 0.20p to www.comicrelief.co.uk ... Now I am sadly not a millionaire ... so just one comment per person please!

I am off ... to slap a few more tags with some colour ... all you need to do is get commenting :0)

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Just Sometimes ...

... the words on a text stamp speak to me! Not out loud you understand ... I am not completely barking ... and this was one of those occasions.

The theme over at Simon Says Stamp and Show this week is Stripes. So I started out armed with three very conservative looking men ... a handmade mask and The Wendy Vecchi's fabulous Pin Stripes! Then ... I used the text and the whole Art Part ... well ... it changed direction! Hopefully I managed to capture the limits of reality and the boundlessness of imagination ... hopefully!

Yes ... the words and the three very handsome chappies are indeed Lord Tim of Holtz's new stamps ... I used them again on this here tag ... I Loooooooooooooove them! You know Tim ... the man that can make time stand still while redesigning the world's landscape with just a game spinner and a sprocket!

The prize for the challenge is indeed another whacking great Simon Says Stamp $50 shopping voucher!

Saw the Lord Tim yesterday ... just got to work out how to get the photos from my IPhone on to this here computer and then I shall share!

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Two More Sleeps!

It's a good day! Firstly ... it's Friday ... which is a great day in itself! Secondly ... I have been playing all day ... mainly with Tags ... Lord Tim's new stamps ... Colour washes and a bit of this and a bit of that! Thirdly ... in just two more sleeps I will get to see Lord Tim of Holtz demoing at Stitches on Sunday ... and I cannot wait!

You know Tim ... the man that can snorkel for hours on end... without a snorkel ... rescuing ickle biddy plankton from big greedy fish while conversing with Tiger Sharks ... in a bid to save them from extinction ... with just a single jump ring and a smidge of Olive Archival Ink.

Of course ... Stitches is just the start of a wonderful Timmy filled week ... Sunday = Stitches ... Tuesday = QVC and Thursday and Friday = ArtsyCrafts ... Does life get any better? I don't think so :0)

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Not Just for Christmas!

Oh no people ... Lord Tim of Holtz's Christmas tags are not just for Christmas! They are also for when you need to make summink and have a bit of a crisis in the old Mojo department!

Thank you Lord Tim of Holtz ... you saved the day! You know Tim ... the man that can calm Thunder and sweet talk lightening while resting on a cloud, socialising with the Angels, with just a spritz of Stream Colorwash and a dab of a Cranberry Dabber!

The theme over on Simon Says Stamp and Show this week is Stamp and Show a tag ... pretty simple you would think ... but after one, second viewing, not showing and the second viewing which was only a first viewing turned up an hour late ... still with me? Well ... I had lost all manner of patience, time and indeed Mojo! So I have done a Valentine's version of Tim's Xmas 2010 Tag number 9.

Anyways ... the tag is made with a healthy array of Lord Tim of Holtz products and if you head over to the Simon Says Stamp and Show blog ... you will not only discover the fabulous $50 giveaway donated by Simon Says Stamp ... but you will also discover that we are on the look out for another Design Team Member ... Fancy it? Well ... What are you waiting for?

Oh ... Before you go ... Don't forget to say "Hi" ... there is no sign yet of the sack full of Valentines that I am expecting ... so, quite frankly, it will be good to have something else to read :0)

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Happy New Year!

I LOVE Christmas ... a lot ... and I LOVE each New Year nearly as much! It is that feeling of starting afresh ... with a clean slate ... and a whole year ahead of the unknown ... So Happy New Year everybody ... I hope 2011 is your best year yet.

It is also a time for reflection and to think that this time last year I had just finished designing my first season of classes and was a tad nervous ... to say the least ... about whether they would sell or not! How far I have come ... I have just finished designing my fourth season of classes and I am still a tad nervous ... to say the least ... about they whether they will sell or not :0)

I would like to Thank each and everyone of you that have stopped by just to visit or leave a message of encouragement ... you all make this whole blogging thing very very special for me ... and I am truly grateful.

I have been tidying rather than crafting today ... so here are a few peeks at the classes I have planned ... the others can be seen on the LB Crafts web site ... they are on preview until next Saturday.

I must away ... more tidying for me ...

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Falling Behind Already!

I know ... I know ... How bad is that ... it is only Day 3 ... very nearly Day 4 of Lord Tim of Holtz's 12 Christmas Tags and the Black Enamel Accents has literally just dried from Tag 2! Not because they take ages to dry you understand ... but because it was 10 pm tonight before I actually got chance to make the tag!

There should be a drum roll or a fanfare here or summink ... because after 100 years and ...erm ... a day ... I finally got around to making a customised ink pad ... well two actually  using the felt wotsit from Ranger! If you have no clue what I am on about ... pop over to Lord Tim's blog and take a look at yesterday's tutorial! You know Tim ... the man that could win a bid to host the world cup in his morning tea break while placing icicles in an artistic fashion the world over with just a small length of satin ribbon and a bird charm.

I did actually complete this tag ... I said before ... I plan to make a larger home decor piece with all the tag elements at the end ... but I kind of reckoned ... I could chop it up later if needs be ... and recreating the pine cone will be a doddle ... because I have my customised inkpad don't you know!

Righty-Ho ... I am off to bed ... I shall be teaching my Mixed Media Christmas Class tomorrow ... which means a very early start!

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Tomorrow ... Tomorrow ...

Oh Yes folks ... it is very nearly tomorrow ... Why so excited I hear you ask ... well ... Tomorrow ...I shall be setting off ... in the afternoon ... en route to Newport Pagnell ... for tomorrow is the day of set up for the ArtsyCrafts weekend event. I love every second of it and I cannot wait!

Best I tell you about the tag first though eh! I took Lord Tim of Holtz's fabulously clever advice and I slit carefully along the crease of my new Halloween Night Texture Fade ... You know Tim ... the man that could widen the A14 over night while  single handedly building an alternative and considerably cheaper tunnel than the now two quid to cross one at Dartford with just a texture fade and a spritz of Copper Perfect Pearls Mist. Talking of which ... Copper is definitely my favourite of all the colours ... and if I was better at photography ... well you would be able to see it on this tag. The reason for putting the slit in the texture fade is so that you can add texture right to the bottom of your tag ... told you it was fabulously clever advice!

The tag is coloured with Rusty Hinge ... Wild Honey and Walnut Stain. The stamps and ... erm ... well just about everything is Lord Tim of Holtz ... I totally love the new charm clips ... but if anyone has a neat trick for opening them ... well please share ... I struggled!

Okey Dokey ... I must away ... I still have wardrobe choices to make ... and I need to move Ruby to a place of safety ... she is still in the conservatory and John is talking of sticking her outside in the garage ... or worse still back in a skip!!!

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A Late One From Me!

I was n't going to blog tonight ... it was n't on the list ... you know that list ... then plans changed and I found myself with a bit of free time!

So I rustled up this tag ... made it as a little treat for meself ... not the tag you understand ... but the playing with Distress Inks; Dabbers; The Wendy Vecchi Stamps and a Lord Tim of Holtz Idea-ology token. You know Tim ... the man that can wing walk without an airplane or a safety harness while placing stars ready for the night sky with just a paperclip and a spot of Mustard Seed Re-inker!

I was going to enter it for the Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge ... this week's theme is metal ... then I realised I could n't anyways because I set the challenge :0) Actually ... that is all just a big fat lie ... I just wanted to shamelessly drum up some more entries for this week's challenge!

I am away ... think I may tidy my desk ready for tomorrow's show and tell ... but then again ... looking at it ... there really are n't enough hours between now and then ... so maybe I will just leave it!

Big day tomorrow ... I am off to see the Non Smoking Nurse ... Not sure when D-Day will be ... but please be ready for a lot of potentially grumpy posts :0)

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140 Sleeps!

It must be 110 years since I last entered the Theme Thursday Challenge ... I say 110 years ... it is at least that ... it could actually be longer ... I know it has been a while!

Anyways ... the theme last week was Dark,Gothic and/or Halloween! Now as you know ... I have to have all things Lord Tim of Holtz ... you know Tim ... the man that makes the sunshine and chases the clouds away ... with just a yard of Hobgoblin Tissue Tape and a solitary Charm Clip! Anyway Having to have all things Lord Tim of Holtz means I have an abundance of Halloween paraphernalia laying around ... so be warned ... this year I am going to get as much use out of it as I possibly can! I am even considering the inclusion of a few bats and the Scaredy Cats on my Christmas cards! That should reduce the list somewhat :0)

This was a Ranger White tag which I have spritzed with Dylusions Aubergine Ink Spray ... Yummy ... then coloured with a bit of Dusty Concord through sequin waste ... then stamped with a few cobwebs and a bit of barbed wire!

After doing all that ... I went back to link up my tag and discovered ... this was indeed last week's challenge ... What a numpty ... do you reckon I could sneak it in for this week's red and Black challenge ... Mmmmm Probably not eh?

For those of you that were in my class on Monday and were horrified that I did n't know the number of sleeps until the Timmy Fest ... well ... rest assured I rushed home and worked it out ... it is indeed 140!

Finally ... Thank you all so much for your concern re me standing on the spinney chair to take my aerial shot yesterday ... I just wondered where you were today when I decided to tidy up ... bent over under a shelf ... oh yes ... stood up and *Bump* ... nearly cried ... pulled myself together ... then only went and did it again!!!

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