Mirror In The Garden

Doesn't this weather just bring out the best in a spring garden - especially those lovely sunny yellow flowers, my garden is packed to the brim. Oh did someone say they are dandelions - oh well!

This is a melt pot mirror I made a while back with some of those delectable
Graphic 45 steampunk papers,faux porcelain flowers and wax seals.



The real story behind the photograph is reflected in the mirror. As soon as the camera came out the dog made its way to it's top posing point in the garden, bathed herself in the morning sunshine and gave a single 'woof' to say 'I'm ready' so the shot had to be taken. Gorgeous or what. I can't bring myself to tell her that she has an appointment at the grooming parlour next week!!




Enjoy you day

Annette

Playing Catch Up...

Life can sometimes catch you unawares and I was surprised when looking in my diary that May will soon be upon us - not wishing the days away I managed to clear the diary and have a whole week to myself to play with some new stash. I'm also eagerly awaiting a new workshop which is to be sited in the garden, so Ive been told that I must be brave and enter the current den - however, like Indianna Jones, you may only enter with a rope tied around the waist. I'll let you know how I get on. Meanwhile I have some new paints from Art From The Heart that have been shouting and screaming at me for a couple of weeks.

I spent a lovely Easter Saturday demonstrating at Rubber Stamp World in Lancaster. We had a busy old day playing with the Grand Calibre and spellbinder dies. Thankyou for your hospitality. As promised - some of the photos have been posted. The stamps are from Dark Room Door - all available from Rubber Stamp World in Lancaster.

For those ladies who are interested I have a Cricut Class @ The Art Shop in Darlington on Tues May 3rd 6-8pm and a second Cricut Class @ The Scrapbook Shop, Langley Moor on Friday 6th May 10 -12. All are welcome. Hope to see you soon
Off to find the cramp ons and enter the den!!

Annette x

New Addition To The Family

Well those words certainly grabbed my family's attention on Sunday afternoon when we arrived home with two new fish for the tank. It would appear that they have been christened 'Fish and Chips' and that they have settled in well to their new abode.
To answer your question Jill the lady is from a Graphic 45 paper and she is about 9" tall and has been transfered onto sticky canvas and then attached to the caanvas board.

As promised I have a few spellbinder samples from a demo I did at Crafts 4 U 2 Do, St Helens last week. Greetings ladies - it was absolutely lovely to meet you all and get to know ALL about you and your crafting habits. I hope to get to meet you all again.







I used American Crafts card and Dark Room Door Stamps - these are a bit yummy as they are presented in a silver tin shouting to altered.

TFL

Annette

A Grand Day Out

Well it was lovely to meet so many lovely customers @ The Art Shop in Darlington on Saturday - sorry if you arrived and it was a wee bit busy, hopefully you all found the stash you were looking for. I had a lovely day and came home with inky fingers and sporting glitter in all manor of places.

On Monday I had an opportunity to play with the Grand Calibre and put it through it's paces prior to a demo in St Helens @ Crafts 4 U 2 Do on Thursday. I have to say I have been suitably impressed with the sturdiness of the machine and it's large platform is a dream to work with. Some ladies got to play with Grand Calibre at a workshop on Tuesday in Darlington - some liked others preferred the cuttlebug. I shall upload the samples after Thursday's demo.

So this morning I have prepped Saturday's Sticky Canvas workshop @ The Scrapbook Shop. This is a repeat of a previous class I held there in November but I have prepped another canvas as they are so addictive and I just had some new 'stash' looking for a place to be viewed on my little display shelf.I think there are only a couple of spaces avaiable - looking forward to seeing you there.

TFL

Annette

Where's Wally?

You know you spend hours with your kids in Waterstone's looking at the 'Where's Wally' books - the guy in the red and white stripy top. You know the intention is to look for him but you become distracted by the goings on in the crowd. Life has been somewhat distracting this month - new products and stash to play with that I can't show you 'yet' and meeting up with friends again at a recent cricut class was great. Seeing familiar faces at demos and catching up with some work colleagues at Birmingham this week combined with school half term has added to the crowded chaos of life. Saying that I would not have it any other way.
I have a melt pot class this weekend @ The Scrapbook Shop, Langley Moor, Durham and on Sunday I shall be popping over to Nissan - and for those who want to find me I won't be wearing a red and white stripy top!!!! Instead I'll leave you with a parrot.

You wouldn't Adam and Eve it.....

if I was to say that I've been trying to access this blog for weeks would you believe it - no me neither but I've been locked out, the laptop has been shouted at and the ability to upload a photo - well just don't go there.
Anyway we'll press on and see how far we get......
Happy New Year
Did you have a good Christmas??????
January was a busy month for me with some sample work, demonstrations and workshops and then I spent a very happy birthday at The Black Sheep Brewery in Masham - a lovely day out if your in the area.

I'm now going to try and post a few things I've been playing with this month



well it let me upload one - I will not be beaten

I'll be back

There and Back Again To see How Far It Was !!!

A bit of a short post as life has been rather hectic in our household. I have driven over 1000 miles in the past couple of weeks doing workshops and demonstrations. All of which has been great fun and I have met some genuinely interesting people. I have also had a request to go to Barcelona - but we will have to think about that one!!
I'm looking forward to spending some time in my own craft space doing something for myself. Till then I'll leave you with some 'beginner's cards' from a recent christmas demo

TFL
Annette

SORRRY NO PHOTOS YET BLOGGER IS NOT PLAYING BALL gggrrrrrr