A Sneaky Peek at my last guest designer project over at The Artistic Stamper

The Artistic Stamper
So it's my last time over on the Creative Team Blog and here's a sneak peek at what I've been up to ... do pop over for a proper look see :o) ... see you there !
Thanks to Jennie & Hels for making so welcome, It's been a blast :D x

Another Circus Post ....

As promised another circus themed post, this time I've been using them on an art journal page, I created a pocket on this page & had fun inking up some tags ... here's what I made

You can find these stamps Here

Thanks for stopping by :D x

Using my Circus Stamps ...

So, I decided it was time I had another play with my own brand of stamps "Stamps for the Creative Journey" This time I chose to use the Circus set. There are some fab stamps on here, I think the elephant & the uni-cyclist are my fav's though the dogs pretty cute too !

I decided to make a Tag book (a la Tim Holtz style) I love these little books, they have so many uses.
I made my books from Graphic 45 papers Le Cirque Flying High and Magnifique

I also created lot's of tags to go in the pockets, all ready for photo's or journaling or maybe both ...

I finished off the front with stamped images of the tickets, one behind a Facet
and one stamped on to a tag cut out with a Sizzix die I added a Washer over the hole and attached both pieces to some bead chain using jump rings.

Hope you like it, there's another circus stamp project coming very soon !
Thanks for calling by, see you soon :D x

Another sneaky peek ...

Yep, it's time again for my 2nd Guest Designer spot over on The Artistic Stamper Here's a quick sneaky peek at what I've been up to this time ....

See you there !

Back from my Holidays ....

I have returned from 12 very sunny days in S'agaro Spain, with more journal pages completed after spending most days lazing round the pool or on the beach (it's a hard life ...)
So here's some of the pages that I played with whilst I was there

Off to have a quick tidy up of the studio so Saskia my daughter can come play with her art journal (school project) & then I really need to be getting on with some more projects I have lined up ... see you soon, thanks for stopping by :D x

A sneaky peek ...

I've been invited to be a guest designer over on the Artistic Stampers Blog Here, I get 3 visits there in the month of August so make sure you stop by & say Hi :o)
Here's a sneaky peek at what's over there

See you over there :D x

Been playing in my art journal ...

Yep, I've actually found some me time & have been playing, these pages were totally inspired by Christy Tomlinson's blog Here, the post is about 1/2 way down, but it's a beautiful blog well worth a look, so go enjoy !
I couldn't resist having a go, then Saskia my daughter came up into the studio & has started a canvas so that she too can have a go with this very effective technique.
Here's the pictures, no journaling has yet touched the page, but I'm not sure that it will either. The Live life was done using Rangers Adirondack dimensional pearls, it wrote really well, can see me using this again too ! You can get these from
Artist Trading Post
anyways.. enough talk, here's the pictures :

thanks for stopping by :o) x

New workshops up online now ...

So after a busy couple of weeks of school productions, scenery painting & stage building, Workshop preparation and workshop and sample making I've found 5 minutes to get a card made for my younger brother Kris & his girlfriend Becky who are moving house today (that's something else I shall be doing in 1/2 an hour, off to help them move) Kris & Becky are the brains behind :LittleBigTree

& this is the quick card I made them ...
& here is a picture of the lovely girls all ready to start the ABC book of me workshop last Thursday ... there was some fabulous work produced there !!

And then as it said at the beginning of the post there are new workshops up online at : Creative Journey Workshops
Here are a few sneak peeks at what's coming up ....

How long has it been ?

It seems like a very long time since I was last on here, so without further ado I will blog :D
I've just been playing with my London Stamps which you can find here :here at Creative Journey Workshops
( I was excited to see them in print in July's Craft Stamper magazine !)
I've wanted to do something Dr Who'ish with the old police telephone box, so I've just inked up this tag, added the words with some mini letter stamps I have and there we have an ideal Dr Who party invite !

I will go & write up the instructions for making the tag on the online workshops here on this blog (tab at the top)
Thanks for stopping by x

A fine time was had by all ....

So, the mini Holtz Holiday has been & gone, we spent all day Saturday & Sunday playing with a bountiful stash of Ranger & Tim Holtz Products, we made a book housing 9 tags and also a mini Holtz Tag book ... so we were busy busy busy, but everyone kept up admirably & produced some beautiful works of artfulness !
So Thank you to Sharon, Sarah, Matt, Halina, Alex, Linda, Sandy, Bernice, Pam & June for making the weekend so much fun x

There's going to be Gazillions of photo's (just warning you) Hope you enjoy :o)
This is the finished project :

The calm before the storm. Saturday 9:30am

1st tag underway :
1

Taking shape:

A special visitor:

Day 2 : back to work ...

Alex (age 13 !) Mini Tag book

Matt: taking me taking him ...

Sandy & Linda :

Halina & Alex :

Pam & Bernice :

Sarah & Matt :

Sharon, June & Pam :

End of Day 2 ... has anyone seen the ... Arrgghhhh !!!!!!!!!! :o)

A quick snoop round the table :

Think you'll agree that they made some beautiful tags & pages ...
Thanks for stopping by x