NEW workshops online now !

Hurrah, finally found a new venue nearby and it's a really quirky little building, hopefully you'll all love it as much as me ! So there are now some new workshops up online, There is a limited amount of spaces per workshop now though, but if one proves particulalry popular I'll re-run it :D You can find them all Here Here's a sneaky peek at some of the workshops on offer :

Thanks for stopping by x

Anyone going to thr NEC next week ?

Busy getting ready for the NEC next week .. is anyone going ? Do come and see me if you are, I shall be demonstrating on the Artist Trading post stand B41 at the NEC From Thursday 3rd November until Sunday 6th November. I can't wait ..and always I shall be taking some ATC's with me to trade, so if you make ATC's and fancy making a swap come on over :o) Make sure you tell me who you are if you follow this blog ... you don't all look like your avatars lol :D I shall be demo'ing lot's of lovely Ranger products and of course I will be showcasing my own Creative Journey Stamps too ! Better go and make a list of what I need to take ! See you there x

Hah ... finally it's coming together ..

Ok here it is, ok it's still in it's infancy but I've actually got around to doing it .... My own shop on folksy, there's only a couple of bits on there but there's more to come ... it's definately a watch this space kind of a thing (if you like this kind of a thing lol) you can find it Here

Hope you like what you see & will call back to see the studio again thanks for stopping by x

Hello .... so much happening again behind the scenes ...

... I don't seem to have much time to tell you about it all ! Well I've finally made it on so I can give you a few sneak peeks & bits of news. Hmmm, where to start, well there's new workshops in the pipeline, there's a sneaky peek below of just one of them, they should ( should !) be on the website

by the end of this month ... so I'm busy arranging venues and dates at the moment !

What can I say ... this pictures clue is Ranger ..lot's of it & over a weekend !

Then we've got the NEC Hobbycraft show, November 3rd to the 6th. I shall be on the Artist Trading Post stand (B41) demo'ing for the 4 days ... can't wait ! Visit the show site here :HobbyCrafts or the shop here Artist Trading Post make sure you call by & say hello ! would love to meet you :o)

& I'm still working on the new "secret" section of the website ..... I'm getting there honest (Sarah !) lol :o) Not to mention the NEW STAMPS being worked on right now as I type ... Soooo exciting ! and then there's the new gadget I have for the blog which will be a slideshow technique spot as soon as I get 5 minutes ! So just a little catch up, stay tuned ...lot's coming up !

See what you think ...

So, I've just changed the look of my website, question is do you prefer it ? or if you've not visited before do you like it ? Is it easy to navigate ? Let me know what you think ...Click here for Creative Journey Workshops

Oh my goodness .... I'm back !

Yep, it seems I'm finally getting better, I've made it back to blogland ! For those who don't know why I've been AWOL, An unexpected 10 day stint in the hospital with Kidney stones, Kidney drain, Ruptured kidney, urosepsis etc etc has had me in it's grasp, fortunately I've been home recovering for the last 2 weeks and am finally starting to feel like myself again, it's not all over yet, I still have the drain & the stones and will be having a few more visits to the hospital to sort it all out ! .. But that I can live with now that I am feeling so much better.
So, I managed (with a lot of help from my wonderful family) to keep the Art Journaling weekend on course, it's just taken me a couple of weeks to get it on here.
so without further ado here's what we got up to :

As you can see it was another busy weekend, everyone was just fab, I wasn't allowed to do a thing apart from teach, so thank you to everyone for your understanding & fun ... it made me feel soooo much better just being there with you all :D x

I have another place to recommend you go have a look ... Crafting Ireland It's a beautiful online magazine with some fantastic tutorials and idea's ...Timi one of the editors came to the art journaling workshop and introduced me to this brilliant site, so please do go & have a look, you wont be disapointed ! :D x

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 ....