1 down...

...and still loads of unfinished projects to go!!!
This morning in between serving customers and chatting to Inga who popped in to mull over a project she is currently working on, I managed to finish one of my own projects. Sorry, Lin its not the mica powder one - that is next on my to-do list. In November I saw a case for sending CD's Tanya had decorated. We tried to buy some of these cases but they were discontinued so when I got home I altered the sizing and made a template to fit a 12 x 12 piece of cardstock.

I used Delish designs papers and Tim Holtz stamps, a bit of inking here and a bit of stamping there and am really pleased with the way it has turned out.
I made a conscious decision not to bring Tanya's home so mine would not just be a copy of hers and I added pockets, tags, tickets and flowers.




Hope you like this as much as I do. It will be a workshop in the near future. Let me know what you think - I just love comments - the more the merrier.
Bye for now
Sue

I have added some writing to my Dina page... her course isn't until the 22nd of March so I am itching for it to start. I'm told it is all about layers so I am doing that bit right - I keep going back and adding another layer. Oh well, only 11 more sleeps until I can find out whether I am doing the rest right or not - impatient - who me? - yes haha!
This was the page before I added the writing...it had gone through 4 layers at this stage


I made a card this morning for my Mum for Sunday and thought it would be a good card for them to make tonight as we haven't made a card in class since before Christmas as we have been too busy with other projects. As ever the mica powders I had planned to paint the flowers with were at home so I had a mooch and came up with the Wet look markers - they worked just fine and the kids always love them.

Tonight came...

Well, you know the saying when you wish a big hole would swallow you up. I fell into that proverbial hole tonight. Celine brought along her sibling and I asked after her sister - goof!!! its her brother. Shoulder length white blonde hair and a dimple - well I thought a girl! but then what do I know!!! take a look at the photo below and hopefully you will see what I saw. Anyway, Benny was delightful and after the initial confusion we got on just fine. Here's Benny, Celine and Melissa showing off the cards they made for their Mums.


On Monday three of the girls finished their Spring albums which are full of things like knots and bows and paper weaving. Complicated stuff when you are 6 years old but they learned it and should be very proud of themselves. The three others have still to complete theirs.
Dayana 9, Mina 6 and Sarah 6


It's getting late so I'll hop off to make my hot choccy and take it to bed.
Bye for now
Sue

Hi Melva,

...when you were in the shop this morning you said how you followed my blog and loved my 365 Challenge - I couldn't get you to join us in the challenge but I have immortalised you in mine.

You also saw Blaithin and Rosangela start to make their mirrors -
here they are stippling over Tim's mask...

and here they are with them finished. Are they not just brilliant - the girls not the mirrors!! - well the mirrors are pretty good too. Painted, triple embossed, stippled, stamped and cropadiled and distressed flowers. Well done girls.


Right, I am off to do some blog hopping and send a few catch up e-mails to friends and then an early night. Day off tomorrow Yay!!
Bye for now
Sue
ps Q - can you see the new Q tray. Look at the photo of the girls stippling.(for those not in the know we used to use an old apple polytray for rubbish but it took up too much table space) so sorry Dyan but copied your idea for rubbish bin. Hope you don't mind.

A bag, a box and happy ladies...

I decided to do a class making alcohol inked boxes with roses and got everything prepared and ready but the ladies had other ideas.



They decided they would like to make a gift bag with tag instead so that was what I showed them and then when only an hour into the class they were finished we moved onto my original plan...so they went home very happy with two projects today...
Here's Monica, Margaret, me and Q


I was blog hopping and read on Dylan's blog that she had Dina Wakley to do a couple of classes at her studio. Envious me...flings hair back Miss Piggy style - Moi!! No - of course I am!!! Lol!
So yesterday afternoon I decided to have a try at Dina style (I have actually signed up to do one of her online classes starting soon) and here is the result - so far pretty pleased even though I say so myself but whether I will be once I have taken her class who knows - but I am at the moment!!!



Right, that's it for today - now off to have some much-needed lunch and a collapse in front of the TV for a bit.
Bye for now
Sue

Thought I would show you what I transformed the dull, boring black front cover of my 365 challenge journal into.



I used my two favourite colours - purple and lime green with just a hint of muted gold - and just had fun Dabbering, inking and stickling the grungeboard bits and pieces.

Tonight, the older girls class made the mirror. They painted, triple embossed and stamped into, stippled over masks, more stamping, distressed and cropadiled flowers and generally enjoyed themselves. We put my i-pod in the dock and sang along...Pink. Lady Gaga, Keane, Crowded House, Boyzone - you name it, its on there!

Here's Melissa...



and here are the rest of the girls...Maria, Celine, Yaa and Melissa -

The green mirror on the table saying hope is mine... every time I look in the mirror I hope that the reflection will say that I look better than I do - "hope"less I know but a girls gotta try.....!! Lol!

Anyway, another night when I am tired but happy so I'm off to make my hot choccy and take it to bed so
Bye for now
Sue

Just deal with IT!!!

Been doodling and journalling today.



Haven't done any for a few days and so between customers I had out my pens and trusty moleskine and happily added colour and words to some pre-prepared pages. I prefer to start from scratch and I find I don't really like to do it this way and so it was quite challenging but I am happy with the results.

My good friend Lorraine popped into the shop for a cuppa and I showed her this page and said I couldn't think what had inspired me to add such a raunchy image - she said think naughty thoughts so that is exactly what I did.


The image on this page summed me up yesterday evening as 6 little girls arrived for class


and unfortunately they all know my name..... Sue, Sue, Sue was all I could hear and they are not the most patient people on earth bless them - they are all sweeties the lot of them and I am very happy to teach them but...whew! was I tired by 7 oclock! Just look at the concentration - they work so hard but have fun.



Right, think its time for bed.
Bye for now
Sue

Well it's the end of February already

so here's my 365 challenge. Quite calm after the hectic January one.

This morning I had great fun making the March page and starting the April one. I had intended to make the March page gold and heat embossed but talking to my grandchildren over the weekend they were tie-dyeing t-shirts so I took that as inspiration and splatted my March page instead. Grief!! this technique is messy but so much fun...


and so the gold heat embossed one has now become April. The shimmer on here is lovely - the heat embossing was done with pearlescent green and red powders - such a beautiful patina-ed effect.



Must get on as loads to do - as ever!!!
Bye for now
Sue