Suzi Blu I love you !!!

Hi everyone I just thought id do a little post on here to show you a card I made this morning using one of my Suzi Blu stamps, I also used prima papers and the paper rose I made using my tattered floral die,all in stock from Artful Splodger the dies should arrive sometime next week, fingers crossed.

I have also posted this on my new blog which you can find here if you havent already please pop over a follow my new blog and dont forget to enter in my shop opening giveaway xxxx

Artful Splodger Now Open !!!!

Hey everyone just to let you all know that my new shop Artful Splodger is now open !!!! Pop over and check out all the gorgeous stash I have for sale and dont forget I'm giving everyone 10% off there 1st order !!!!

Im also giving away a shop opening candy, check out my new blog for all the details.

Exciting News

Finally !!!!!! I can share my super exciting news with you all :)

I am opening up my own online craft shop called Artful Splodger. You can find us here ...

www.artfulsplodger.co.uk

To celebrate i'm giving everyone 10% off there first order. All going well the shop will be going live next week on the 28th March however you can register for your 10% off now using the link above.

I will no longer be using this blog as I have a new blog for the shop www.artfulsplodger.blogspot.com so please make sure you pop over and follow me to see all my latest creations and to find out what offers we have going on.

I hope you are all as excited as I am and I hope you will love the shop too.

Art Journal Calender Challenge

Opps im a little late with this post being that its now the 9th !!!!! where on earth is the time going ??? answers on the back of a postcard please hahaha You'll noticed that ive put white squares over a couple of the dates as I didnt want you seeing exciting stuff too early hehehehe I promise all will be releaved very soon !!!!

Crafty Calender Challenge - Spring

I cant believe its the first Saturday of the month again, where is time flying too ???? Im so busy lately and have so much exciting stuff going on it seems like the clock is set to forward !!!! Ill will be sharing all my exciting new with you all soon.
Anyway onto my DT card for crafty calender. This month the theme is spring, although I think my card looks a bit more autumny, opps hehehe Make sure you pop over to see all the gorgeous DT creations.

One of my Day of the Dead sketches

I thought I would share something a little different with you today, I very rarely show people my sketches as I dont think I am very good at drawing but I thought for a change I would show you one. I think her head is too fat but hey practice makes perfect and all that.

Dragonfly Cards

I made these cards using Alcohol Inks, Glossy Card, Crafty Individual dragonfly stamp and a tim holtz stamp. It seems like ages since I have made a card !!!! The Alcohol ink backgrounds I made a while back and decided today to make them into something. Im really pleased with how they turned out, I love vibrant bold colours.

Fabbo Weekend

Ive had such a brilliant weekend at Art from the Heart, it was the ranger u mini weekend. I met 5 other lovely crafters and of course Dyan was her usual lovely self, thanks Dyan for such a great weekend, I had such a great time. Here is what I made over the weekend, I was so pleased with how everything turned out. On Saturday we played with alcohol inks learning all the different techniques you can do with them, then we bound them into a folder which you could decorate anyway you wanted. We also used alcohol inks to alter a small tin and a ranger case. Sunday was a bit more of a free to play day we started off my using dyans ghosting technigue and making mini books, which I much say I absolutely love !!!! we then used the new destress stains with dylusion srays to make backgrounds. In the afternoon we made a canvas book which is absolutely FAB !!!! I really loved making this, I finished sewing my tags into the book this morning but I still need to complete it so I will show this in more detail once its done.

You Are Original !!!!

Wow live seems to have going into full gear lately !!!! I'm so busy that I dont even know what day it is hahahaha but its busy in a good way, a lot of exciting stuff is happening in my life at the moment and I cant wait to share it all with you, watch this space, all will be releaved soon !!!!

I thought I would share with you a journal page I have done recently. The boarders are hand drawn and background I made using yumming dylusions, talking of Dyan im soooo excited im going to art from the heart this weekend for the mini ranger u weekend woohoo should be great fun and im looking forward to learning some new techniques. Also its always lovely to see dyan and have a good catch up.

Rollin with my Gnomie !!!!!

Hope your all well just a quickie today, this is a page from my A5 journal I definately think this is my favourite size for journalling. I dont know about you but I can never think what to write in my journals some peoples journals are so deep and meaningful and most of mine is a little bit random, oh well I suppose it suits my rather random personality hehehehehe xxx

The Altered Alice

As soon as I saw The Altered Alice Challenge blog, I knew I wanted to join in. This month the challenge is changing form they want to either see a dress form on your piece or something changing form from what it originally was, I hope my button flowers count in the changing form category. I made this page in my A4 journal, the background I made by layering up loads of ripped dictonary pages the covering them with gesso then sparying using some scrummy dylusions, I just love the shimmer that Dyans mica sprays give. The images are from the Octopode Factory which I just love.



I hope everyone had a lovely Valentines day yesterday. My lovely hubby came home from work early with a card that has the most beautiful words in it and a dozen gorgeous red roses :) Ill add at this point that he cycles to work and they were sticking out of his backpack bless him hehehehe we had a lovely romantic evening at home, a lovely hot bubble bath with tons of candles and music followed by a delish M&S dinner hmmmmmm we also polished off a bottle of rose cava, well more like I polished it off and managed to get the hubster to have a glass hahahahaha

Happy Valentines Day Everyone

Hey everyone, hope you are all having a lovely valentines day and being spoilt rotten. Im waiting for my better half to come home from work so I can spoil him, we dont really buy valentines pressies anymore, however this morning ive been baking him some yummy cupcakes, mind you they are the size of muffins there really big, and very pink !!!! hahahaha I accidentally put far too much colouring in the icing oh well such is life as long as they taste good who cares what they look like !!!!! I thought id also share with you some journal pages ive made recently, I really loved making these pages, I did loads of collaging on these two using papers, paints, stickers, glitter, gesso, oil pastels you name it, I think its probably on there hahahaha

update ... YAY oh my friend Dawn has put some piccies on here blog of the photoshoot we did on friday. The theme, Little Red Riding Hood with a Grimmes twist. Pop over for a nose and let dawn know what you think. I think the photos came out fab, thanks darling xxxx





Ill leave you with a piccies of the far too pink cakes hehehehe

Playing with beeswax

Hey everyone, I had a brilliant day yesterday I went all the way to Harrogate to see the lovely Dyan at Art from the Heart and to play with beeswax !!! it was great fun and Dyan was as lovely as ever. We made 12 tags and a tin using 7 gypsies papers, dylusions sprays and stamps and stampotique stamps and of course beezwax. I really love the effect beeswax gives its really cool and will now definately be saving up for a melt pot hehehehe does the never ending craft wish list ever end ??? hahahahaha

Heres some piccies of my tags, i'm so pleased with how they turned out :)




I just want to say thanks Dy for a fab day and I cant wait to come up again in a couple of weeks for the mini ranger u weekend. xxx

Crafty Calender Challenge - LOVE

It's the first saturday of February which means its time for another crafty calender challenge. This month's challenge which has been set by the lovely Ruth is 'Love'. So you can make anything you like that is related to 'Love' ... Valentines, Hearts, Weddings etc.

This month we are sponsored by, Squiggle Stamps. They are a small UK based stamp company which launched in Summer 2009. They carry a unique range of cute and whimsical stamps designed by a talented team of illustrators.

The fab prize for one lucky winner is a £15 gift voucher!

Heres what I made for the challenge ...


I used some of my Octopode images from the Alan Poe sheet, love these octopode images so much. The background I made using Claudine Hellmuth's studio paints and oil pastels. The text and the scroll is hand drawn.

Stamps for Sale !!!!!

Hey everyone, ive had a little clearout in the stamp department and ive got a load for sale on ebay if you fancy a nose ...

my ebay shop

Theres loads of different types including all of my magnolia stamps. I never use these stamps anymore and thought hey if I can sell them i'd rather buy something I would use. So if you like Tilda stamps pop on over for a bargin.

Journal Calender Challenge

Opps im a little late posting this one, which is annoying as I had it made it plenty of time, oh well hahahahahaha Heres my February journal page for Katies calender challenge. I suppose with Valentines day just around the corner the use of red and hearts was a little obvious hehehehehe above the little houses I wrote the house that love built, if your a double clicker, which I know Katie is youll probably notice hehehehe also I put a little heart on one of the houses, its at a slant for a reason that way rather than having the No. 37 on it, it now has the No. 3 which is mine and the hubster house No. ewwwwwww now I wanna throw up hahahahaha

and here is my January Page all filled in ....

Stampotique Designers Challenge

I love Stampotique stamps !!!! and thought that it was about time I joined in with the Stampotique Designers Challenge and this week they want you to use the colours orange and turquoise in your creation. As we all know im a bit obsessed with art journalling at the moment so thought id make a journal page for the challenge. These werent colours I would usually think of using together but I loved the result and will definately be using this combo again. I used my yummy mica dylusion sprays for this page, love the shimmer to these sprays soooo much.



Also to celebrate there new design team they have a challenge to be there guest designer for March, closing date is the 31 Jan and hey if you dont try you dont know !!!! They want you to make a 'welcome' card for this challenge and heres what I came up with ...

New Techniques are FUN !!!!!

Hey peeps, thank you for your lovely wishes about my Nan, im sure she will be ok, shes a though old bird !!!! ive dropped her and mum of at the hospital today for her first injection, into her eyeball !!!! ekkkkk sounds horrendous and im just waiting for a call from them to go pick them up, so whats a girl to do in her spare time, get messy thats what hehehehehe and here is what ive made ....

Loved making this page, I used a technique that Dyan is showing a video off on her blog, LOVE IT, its so cool. The image is by one of my favourite artist, Victoria Francis and is cut from my old Calander, creative recycling or what hehehehe heres a couple of close ups so you can actually see the image and the details. Also Dyan gave me a lovely shout on her blog :) thanks hun xxxx

Valentines Card and the Last Holiday Journal Entries

Hope your all well, ive been pretty busy today I took my nan to the hospital ealier as her eye sight is getting so bad, she has this degeneration thing and they said she is most likely going to go blind in one eye :( she will have to have injections into the eye every 3 weeks, it sounds horrible :( poor nanny. Shes a fighter though and at 87 shes still going strong goes on holiday every year and is extremely independant so im sure she'll fight through it :)

Anyway on to nicer things ... I actually made a card yesterday !!!!!! it seems like such a long time since ive made one and i really enjoyed making this one. I made the hubster a valentines card, I hope he likes it. Im still completely in love with my bombshell images. I add 3D gloss to make the glass look more realistic, I also dusted off the nesties, it seems like such a long time since ive used these.


Also is this last from the holiday journal, thanks to everyone who has commented on it I really appreciate it and I hope it wasnt too much of a chore to read, that is if you did read it. I wish I was still in India it is such an amazing place and im sure me and Jay will go back there at some stage, we would love to visited the south next time. Nepal was also such a lovely place the people were so nice and the scenery was just stunning, the himalayas really are so beautiful in real life.

Holiday Journal

Hello my little chickadees I hope your all well and had a lovely weekend, heres the next part of my holiday journal. Tomorrow will be the last chapter, hope I havent bored you all too much with my journal pages xxx