WOYWW 180 & NEC

Last weekend my crafty buddy Francesca and I went to the NEC, it was a pretty exhausting weekend mainly due to lack of sleep: firstly from the excitement the night before we left, then the very early start on Saturday morning to get there in time. Saturday was MANIC in the NEC so much so that they stopped people entering on two occasions during the day. Sunday was a much calmer day; people didn't seem so frantic and a fair nights sleep helped.

Oh my goodness me, as I was looking at top photo before uploading I realised that I hadn't included the pieces from the mini workshops plus a few more purchases:
Saturday using Pan Pastels, Graph-it pens, a shimmery medium (sorry I can't remember the name of it)
Sunday we managed to get onto two workshops firstly with Graphic 45 and lastly WOW. I'm looking forward to the weekend when I'll hopefully get a chance to play ;-)

If you want to join in or know more about WOYWW please hop over to see the lovely Julia's blog where you can find all the details. 

Crumpled Kraft Suede

Crumpled Kraft Suede technique taken from 

Tim Holtz: A Compendium of Curiosities, Vol. 2, page 40

This is the theme for this weeks challenge over on Linda's blog Studio L3

Which is Sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique

I've been having a great time this afternoon making crumple Kraft Suede in all different colours, of course by the time I've got around to making this topper the light had faded so the background stamping isn't showing up. I love the effect of this technique, you just have to see it in real life to see the full beauty of it.

WOYWW 178 and Book Bound without Thread!

It's that snooping time of the week. If you want to know what it's all about go check out the details at Julia's blog the Stamping Ground.
This is the front of the book that I made at a Craft Barn class with the talented Neil Walker last Sunday. The book has a base colour of yellow and I've blended Peacock Feathers into each paper then incorporated at least one other colour into each, with different stamping on each spread. Now I had intended to completely embellishing it before blogging it but someone mentioned Christmas, I'm not saying who and I decided that I ought to put this to one side and start to make some Christmas cards. It's the thought that counts....right ;-)

Here's the spine I love the finish. 

Did I mention what I clever man Neil is? 

and one of the inner pages. 

The image was printed out onto Transfer Artist Paper which is a great product to try.

The image that I've used was from a play session, around at the lovely Francesca's house.

Spooktacular Journal

As the witching hour gets closer I thought I really must update my blog with this Journal that is going to embrace my darker side Mwahahaha. 

The theme was set by the lovely people at Inspiration Journal Blog. Go and have a look at the fabulous examples the design team have created.

I used plenty of distress inks and markers; Dylusions stamps - Bits of This and Doodle Parts; Inkessentials white pen to decorate the central panel for my journal. I finished off with some orange and red ribbon

Happy Hallowe'en

I've just spotted that this also fits the theme for Crazy Amigo Challenge too!

National card making day

I made this card this morning for my darling hubby,who loves to go fishing.
I had fun playing with my distress markers and ink.

Crafty Cards and Tag

I had a wonderful day out at the Craft Barn yesterday. Francesca kindly drove and we had a class with the lovely Jo Firth-Young, using the new Crafty Individual dies and masks. 

Close up: Bird die and mask

Green and blue Glimmer mists (sorry I can't remember the actual names) plus gold encore ink.

Close up: Bird die and corner masks (I've just realised that this card is upside-down)

Peacock Feather

Bird Die. Salty ocean and walnut stain

Birdcage die and mask - Black soot and tumble glass

Birdcage and bird dies and flower mask. Dusty Concord and black soot. Eggplant alcohol ink to colour the pearl in the flower.

We also used other dies to cut out the apertures in some of the cards; the border and also the heart shape. Plenty of distress inks and a few squirts of glimmer mist. 

I was nicely surprised with how well these dies cut the intricate detail, I'll certainly be buying some to add to my collection.

WOYWW

A parcel arrived for me today at work just before I left. When I got home I cleared a space and unpacked the box. Woohoooooo it's my new to me Big Shot plus a few accessories that I won on ebay. Guess what I'll be doing for the rest of the day. ;-)

Sorry I couldn't take part last week as my internet connection went down. The previous week I showed a  tag that wasn't finished, a few of you asked to see the completed tag so here it is.

If you want to join in the fun of WOYWW go over to Julia's blog to find out all the details on how to take part in visiting fabulous blogs all around the world.

Have a happy Wednesday everyone.