Dearie Me

I should just start every post with "Long time no see..." lol
There's no point in apologising, I'm sure you all realise that life gets so busy at times that you run out of time to blog, or even craft.
Since we last spoke I've moved house again, back out to the country, so it's meant a bit of upheaval for everyone, especially the kids who have all had to start at new schools. But kids are resilient creatures and they've taken it all in their stride and settled in really well - although they have had the odd wobble, and miss their old friends, they have been amazing. Even Scott has commented on what an improvement his new school is.
So we've also had a few birthdays, Faith was 9 in the summer, Scott turned 16 (I know, how the hell did that happen!!) last month and Willow was 11 just the other week and oh boy those hormones are running riot there! Graham's birthday was today, but as he's offshore we celebrated it last week when I had my day off.
We've been incredibly busy at work too, we had our Winter Craft Retreat in September, which was a huge success - so much so that we're almost fully booked for the Spring Retreat, then we had Scraptacular, which was a new venture for us and something we're hoping to develop further for next year, and various classes and wedding exhibitions too.
I have to say, I really enjoy the wedding exhibitions. Its so nice to talk to couples who are all excited about their wedding and hearing about their plans.
Anyway, now that we're pretty much caught up on all my news, I'd love to hear how all of you are in blogland.
So because it's been an age since I shared any crafting I'm going to schedule in some posts featuring the projects I created for the Winter Craft Retreat.

This was one of the first classes I taught at this year's winter retreat - back to using one of my favourite media... alcohol inks.
I used a selection of Adirondack alcohol inks and Letraset inks on a variety of surfaces including glossy card and heat resistant acetate. 
Here's a list of the supplies I used: 

Oyster Contour Card*

Kraft Card*

Black Card*

Diamond White Card*

Heat Resistant Acetate

Glossy White Card

Tim Holtz "Words For Thought" stamps

Tim Holtz "Mini Holidays 5" stamps

Tim Holtz "Paris Memoirs" stamps

Embossing folder

Buttons

Alcohol Inks

Blending Solution

Stickles

Sanding Block

Archival Inkpad

Tim Holtz Tattered Poinsettia Die

*all produced at Stoneywood Mill and sold at Papeterie Crafts

Designed by Debbi Glennie for the Papeterie Winter Craft Retreat 2015. Copyright of all designs belongs to the designer and therefore may not be replicated for class purposes without written permission.

Thanks for visiting, I appreciate any comments Debz x

Live the life you've imagined

Hi there,
thanks to everyone who commented here and on the Letraset blog about my last post featuring white embossing and promarkers.
This time I'm sticking with the grungy theme but using completely different products - this time I'm using Letraset Inks and Aquamarkers.
Here's a sneaky peek...

I'm also giving away some goodies
I have two sets of Aquamarkers to give away - so we'll have 2 winners this time.

All you have to do is leave a comment on my post on the Letraset Blog here and then leave your details on the inlinkz below. The draw closes at midnight (GMT) on Friday 8th August

Debz x

Altered Wine Box and a Giveaway

Thank you to everyone who took the time to enter my candy, I really appreciate it.
I'm giving away some more goodies, but more about that later.
First I'm going to show you about the second project I taught at the September Retreat at The Papeterie. I decided to alter a wine box using Letraset Alcohol Inks.
The thing I like the most about alcohol inks is the fact that they dry almost instantly - no waiting for paints to dry! I have no patience lol
So we started off with a blank wine box and various surfaces - see materials list below.
And this is what we made...

 Materials List:
*#Letraset Alcohol Inks: various blues, greens, yellows and pinks
*Sizzix Fence die
*Tim Holtz Fringe die
*Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die
*Tim Holtz Tattered Leaves die
*Canvas
*Acetate
*Glossy card
*Tim Holtz Tissue wrap
*Aspen White paper
*Buttons
* available at The Papeterie
# available from Letraset

This week I'm giving away a Promarker Skin Tones 1 pack.
All you have to do this time is leave a comment here and add your details to the inlinkz - if you want to spread the word on facebook/twitter/blogland then please do but its not a necessity.

ciao for now, Debbi x

Done & Dusted

Well it's all over - after months of organising, weeks of prep and loads of sweat and one or two tears, but thankfully no blood, the Craft Retreat seems to have been a huge success.
Thank you to all the ladies who attended, we hope you had fun.
Charlotte took a fantastic paint techniques class on Saturday morning, all the ladies made stunning painted wooden storage boxes shaped like books, see Joyce, Tina and Meg paying close attention...

My first and probably the most controversial project of the weekend was my alcohol ink owl project. 

We used Letraset inks to colour some glossy card and canvas, then stamped loads of circles and ovals from the Build a Flower/Marion Emberson set of PI stamps onto the coloured surfaces and cut them all out to layer up. We made the wings and face separately to give him more dimension.

Will be back tomorrow with more pics
Debz x

Another Flexmarker Giveaway

I'm flying down to Birmingham tomorrow as I'm demonstrating on the Letraset stand at the CHSI Trade Show (Stitches) this weekend so I thought I'd give away some markers...
That's right, I'm giving away some more Flexmarkers this weekend, courtesy of Letraset.
I have the Flexmarker RICH tones 6 pack up for grabs...

So all you have to do is add your name to the inlinkz below AND leave a comment on my Alcohol Ink Doily post on the Letraset blog where I show you how to make this pretty tag...

The giveaway ends at 12 noon GMT on Monday 18th Feb, and I will use random.org to select a winner once I'm home from Birmingham.

Debz x

Tick Tock

Good afternoon folks, that's the weekend almost over already - where does the time go eh?

 And I think my body clock is all to pot at the moment, I keep being struck by inspiration late at night. Which is great, BUT I end up crafting til silly o'clock.

Anyway, talking of time, I thought I'd share another of the samples I made for The Papeterie - this is a super quick project using the clock kits that The Papeterie have in stock, it contains all the clock workings, the clock face and frame - you just need to decorate it.

Image: "Amelia" Simply Sassy from Sugar Nellie
coloured with promarkers/flexmarkers: Burnt Orange, Coral, Cinnamon, Blush, Walnut, Cocoa, Cinnamon, Tan, Antique White, Cool Aqua, Powder blue
Letraset metallic markers in blue and green to colour the cogs (Tim Holtz mini gears Movers & Shapers dies)
Clock kit from The Papeterie
Letraset Alcohol inks in Cobalt Blue, Sky Blue, Meadow Green and Adirondack Pearl Mixative to colour the clock
Card Candi


I'd like to enter her into:
The Stamp Man - Time


Thanks for visiting, 
I appreciate any comments 
Debz x

Altered Notebook

Hi again,
I just thought I'd share a supply list for the altered notebook project I taught at GJWTHF for all those of you who want to give it a go and/or were interested in what I used.

• Ivory leather effect 250gsm card from The Papeterie
• Blank A5 Notebook from The Papeterie
• Bakers Twine
• 1" circle punch - letters were printed using Papyrus font in Word on PC onto Ivory Leather effect card
• Tim Holtz Alterations "Hardware Findings" Bigz die (hinges)
• Tim Holtz Alterations "Tag & Tie" die (tag/bookmark)
• Hero Arts/Sizzix Stamp & Diecut "Antique Flowers & Butterflies" (butterflies)
• Hero Arts CL407 "Feathers" stamp set
• Hero Arts CL106 "Fantastic Flourishes" stamp Set
• Hero Arts CG421 "Watch Gears" stamp
• La Blanche "Flourish Fine" stamp
• Kanban "Time" stamp set
• Inkadinkado "Thoughts for the Day"
• Memento inkpads: Bamboo Leaves, Summer Sky, New Sprout, Tuxedo Black, Desert Sand, Potter's Clay and Rich Cocoa
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads: Faded Jeans, Broken China, Brushed Corduroy, Crushed Olive, Peeled Paint, Pumice Stone, Frayed Burlap, Peacock Feathers
• Letraset Alcohol Inks: Caramel, Raw Sienna, Vanilla, Walnut, Sky Blue, Cobalt Blue, Meadow Green
• Adirondack Mixatives: Pearl
• Glamour Dust

Thanks for visiting, 
I appreciate any comments 
Debz x

Altered Art Night

Well I'm only just recovering from our fab Altered Art Night at The Papeterie on Thursday. What a great night! 
Charlotte, Kath and I would just like to thank all the enthusiastic ladies of all ages who joined us.
The idea of the altered art night is to give crafters a wee taster of altered art techniques and products. I chose to use Letraset alcohol inks, so at my table, each group of crafters decorated gift boxes in different themes, using a variety of different surfaces.
There was a butterfly theme using Tim Holtz "on the edge" and "movers & shapers" dies...

There was also a sewing theme, again using Tim Holtz "on the edge", "movers & shapers" and bigz dies

And lastly, a floral theme using the Tim Holtz tattered florals die...

And here's some pics of the crafters in action...

We're going to be holding another altered art event on Sunday 15th July from 10am - 3pm. Just call 01224 802337 for more details and to book your place.


I'm hoping to schedule a few posts for this week as I'm away for a few days with the family, and I'll be back tomorrow with my SOS post which may or may not include the obligatory hottie lol


Thanks for visiting, 
I appreciate any comments 
Debz x

Letraset Alcohol Inks

Ugh, it's Monday again and busy busy - can't believe it's a week since we were rubbing shoulders with the King of Craft :)
I just want to thank all the ladies who came to see my demo at The Papeterie on Saturday morning - a couple of ladies took along images of their own that they had stamped out so I could have a go at showing them how I would colour them and I think they were quite pleased with what I showed them. So in future, if you come to my demonstrations feel free to stamp out any images you're struggling with and I'll see what I can do to help out. It also made the demo more interesting for me - it's always fun to be put on the spot :)
I'd also like to thanks all the ladies on my class in the afternoon. We all decorated a papier mache box with the new Letraset Alcohol Inks, and the ladies all seemed to have great fun die-cutting, embossing and colouring their own embellishments with the inks, we used various different surfaces including recycling the acetate packaging from some of my sizzix and spellbinders dies.

So today I'm off to see my consultant - oh joy. And the rest of the week's going to be pretty busy too, with a hospital appt for Faith, the kids school photo's, Willow's class assembly to attend, Craft Night on Thursday evening at The Papeterie... no rest for the wicked eh? ;)


Have you seen what that naughty Kath has posted on her blog today? She's posted a very sneaky not-so-much-as-a-peek-but-a-whole-cat-out-of-the-bag pic of her project at the next GJWTHF day - so if you fancy joining us don't hang around or you could miss out. To reserve your place just email me.


Thanks for visiting, 
I appreciate any comments 
Debz x

Hump Day Again

Good afternoon, well it's the middle of the week again and this is the first chance I've had to blog since the weekend.
Sunday went incredibly well at the new Hobbycraft store in Dundee, it is always a pleasure to demonstrate Letraset products and meet new people. I spoke to all ages from wee lassies of 7 years old, to retired ladies and gentlemen, the thing I like best about demoing is to show just how easy it is to get beautiful effects with the promarkers, flexmarkers and aquamarkers.  And I just want to say that the manageress, Stephanie and all her staff are top-notch. A quick wee toot for Paula, one of the associates who is also a design student .
So here are a few pics of the store, as I'm sure you're aware, Hobbycraft have rebranded and all the new stores have new signage and layouts....

and this on the inside of the toilet door really tickled me...

I'll be showing you my samples over the rest of the week.
I used this one to illustrate that you can use promarkers for other things besides colouring stamped images...

Image: Little Red, Gorjuss from PI, coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers - cloak is Aubergine, Plum and Mulberry, dress is Wild Orchid (f), Orchid and Soft Mauve (f)
The wooden door hanger is coloured with the new Letraset alcohol inks in Plum as it is an exact match with the Plum promarker (you could also colour the wood with your promarker, but the alcohol ink does it much quicker)
All the different ribbons and clear adhesive stones are coloured with promarkers too.
the greeting is from Inkadinkado and white embossed.


I'd like to enter her into: 
Stamp With Fun - Gift
Fashionable Stamping - Anything but a card
Stamptacular Sunday - you choose
The Squirrel & the Fox - One for the girls