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We are fully booked for Sue Roddis' workshop for Saturday Jan 16th, however a second date has been added,

Sunday Jan 17th..............book here

Snow birds............

How beautiful and delicate is this final card for this year from Rachel............
Using once again Delicate Branches from Inkadinkado she has perched one of the single birds on the branch, this set is so versatile that the branches can be used vertical or horizontal and the birds added afterwards............thank you Rachel and Happy Christmas.

Well, we are getting close to the 'day' and we are all I am sure rushing about buying last minute gifts and food but I would like you to all stop a moment and think about those who are out there this Christmas alone, apart from loved ones or down on their luck, stuck in the snow or still suffering the effects of the floods in Cumbria and most of all the armed forces.

I wish you all a very very Happy Christmas wherever you are and thank you all for visiting the blog and the shop over the last 12 months.
The shop will be closed from 1pm on Christmas Eve and reopen on January 2nd when we will have a bunch of great reductions in store. Online shopping is available throughout.

Delicate Wreath.........

Rachel Jackson sent me this beautiful DT piece today...........still using the Inkadinkado Delicate Branches set, this time to create a delicate wreath, this is so pretty. She has used the small branch to create the wreath itself and added the tiny leaf stamp. The berries have been hand done using a gel pen and tiny pearl buttons to add a 3D finish...........just lovely.
Rachel's attention to detail is amazing, look at the little band she made for the bottom of the card with the same leaf stamp and as Rachel points out, the same stamps can be used to make a nest for the bird in the set too, just make the centre space smaller...........
Thank you Rachel............your art always makes me want to reach for my stamps too...............

All gone..............

Tims Grab Bags are now SOLD OUT................sorry if you missed the great deal and congrats if you didn't ..................it was a real bargain.

The Stamp Attic...........

We have a brilliant offer for you........ten sets only of 5 wood mounted Tim Holtz stamps, value is in excess of £50, pot luck but they are all brilliant stamps ofcourse as they are Tim's...........and for £15.99 a set...............yep thats just £15.99 per set of 5 stamps............and if you order them before December 18th you get free postage too..........what a deal!!

Online Now!!!

Faux Metal Workshop

How about some after Christmas therapy? Sue has agreed to come to us again and teach a fabulous Faux Metal workshop with some added Stazon techniques to make it fun (and messy).
You can book online now........so come on over and join us.

Special Offer

We have two offers online for you this weekend..........

Offer One - Free Post and Packing until December 18th, so a good chance to get some Christmas shopping done from the comfort of your armchair.......... and don't worry about the post added at the checkout.......it does not get added in I promise.

Offer Two - 10% off all Tim Holtz stamp sets that are currently in stock, now there is a bargain, we have all the Christmas stamps currently in stock so treat yourself aswell as a friend for Christmas........

Also, two new stamp ranges coming online soon.........watch this space...............

Two 4 One..........

or Catch Up..........here is Tag 10, followed fast by Tag 11.........phew, how that man keeps this speed up I will never know........so here it is, and its so colourful, what you can do with an Alcohol Ink Pen and some aluminium foil eh.........

Shopping list for Tag 10............Alcohol Ink Pens, Alcohol Inks, Dabber Paints, Glossy Accents, Grungeboard Mini's, Tiny Attacher, Mini Misters.

Day 11..........and I just love that reindeer, be it stamp or grungeboard element.

Tim has used a special tool to make his own brads here but its easy to make these little flower characters without using a brad tool. Brad your flower centres in the usual way and then simply adhere your 'brad tops' to the top of the brad with glossy accents, and if you don't want to use brads then build your flower characters using glossy accents and then use that too also adhere them to the tag.......simples!

Shopping for today........Fabulous Flourish/Reindeer Flight Stamps, Glossy Accents, Plain Grungeboard, Rock Candy Distress Stickles, Blending Tool, Distress Inks, Distress Embossing Powders..........

We have Distress Rock Candy Stickles and Crackle in stock now.........

For Goodness Sake...........

Day 9 and Tag 9.........I love this film ribbon, its not online til later tonight but if you want some and you are ordering just make a note in the 'message' box when you checkout....it is in stock.

so, what do we need Mr Tim?..........Fabulous Flourishes/Captured Moments Stamps, Film Strip Ribbon, Tiny Attacher, Hinge Clips, Foliage, Long Fasteners, Mini Pins, Type Charms, Design Ruler, Texture Hammer, Glossy Accents, Distress Ink Pads, Tonic Scissors, Paper Distresser, Dabber Paints, Ink Blending Tool.............

Take a peek over on Hels blog, she is shadowing Tim with tags and doing a great job of keeping up I must say............better than me for sure.

Watch out for some blog candy coming up very soon.............

Quirky Birds

The workshop last weekend was fabulous fun, we made backgrounds using Distress Inks, lots of water and book paper. While we were busy doing as we had been told by Mrs Teacher (aka Sue Roddis) she was having a dabble with some of the papers and stamps. These birds are from a clear set called Birds and Branches by Hero Arts and they are just such fun images. Sue made a great job of turning what appears to be a penguin into a robin for the alternative Christmas card.

As for Mr Tim, what's he been at .......ah Festive Sounds, my favourite set of stamps, nice one Tim.

I love this tag, traditional Christmas in my opinion. Today's shopping list is as follows Festive Sounds/Fabulous Flourishes/Santa's Wish Stamps, Plain Grungeboard, Hitch Fasteners, Metal Corners, Jump Rings and Word Keys, Distress Embossing Powders, Distress Inks.

I promise to get some of the workshop photo's up this week, it's really hectic here in the shop which is great but it makes my blogging a bit slow..........

Morning Frost...........

Rachel has created the perfect frosty morning feel with her latest DT piece. The shimmer effect on her card is created using a wash of diluted perfect pearls and the Delicate Branches have been stamped in black over it. It makes me shivver just looking at it, perfectly captured Rachel, a truly beautiful piece of work.

As you may have noticed, I got behind with Tims Tags, we had a weekend of workshops with Sue Roddis here and well, there are only so many hours in a day........workshop will be blogged soon, the photo's are brilliant, wonderful work done by all, some really nice 'streets' were created. Sue and I also went to Steampunk in Oxford but guess what, we forgot the camera, sorry.
Determined to catch up, here is Day 5, a unique bauble effect using fragments.......full instructions over on Tims blog

and shopping list here........Fabulous Flourishes/Letters to Santa/Holiday Collections/Retro Holiday Stamps, Fragment Charms, Glossy Accents, Aluminium Metal Tape, Distress Embossing Powders,

Day Four..............

I love this tag..............that little birdhouse/clockcase (wherever your mind takes you with it) is just soooooooo, sooooooooo, well you know what I mean. Great Tag Tim.................
While this is a repeat technique from 2007 its great to see it again and be reminded of just how useful some of these products can be. I tend to chop a sheet of CutnDry into bits, mabe they need to be bigger bits.....
Here is todays shopping list.........hope you are finding this helpful.
Mini Holidays Stamps, CutnDry Felt, Distress Inks and Reinkers, Black Archival Ink Pad, Pearl Dabber Paint, Distress Stickles Rock Candy, Glossy Accents, Memory Glass/Memory Frames, Trinket Pins, Corners, Jump Rings, Swivel Clasps, Tonic Scissors.

Double trouble...........

Two for the price of one today, plaid backgrounds with alcohol ink, whatever will he think of next?
and for speed, here is the shopping list for today...........
Reindeer Flight, Urban Tapestry, Fabulous Flourishes and Letters to Santa Stamps, Snowcap Dabber Paint, Alcohol Inks, Blending Tool and Ink Applicator,Blending Solution, Trinket Pins etc,

Day Two................

sorry I am a bit late today, its been a busy day..........anyhow here you go, look what he's done today, traditional Christmas colours and take a closer look at the metal flower........full info over on Tim's blog.........
and shopping list is a follows
Distress Ink Pads, Distress Embossing Powders, Mini Misters, Ideaology Embellishments, Texture Hammer, Sanding Grip, Paper Distresser, Tonic Scissors, Tattered Elements Stamps, Fabulous Flourishes Stamps, Retro Holiday.
Plus, over on Hels Blog you can see her version of the tags, she is doing a fab job so go over and take a look.

Day One............

of Tims Tags...............these you must not miss. This is year 3 of these tags and how he keeps coming up with these fabulous ideas I do not know, but long may it last.

Full instructions are over on Tims Blog and here is the shopping list.............

Mini Misters, Distress Ink Pads, Reindeer Flight Stamps, Retro Holiday Stamps, Fabulous Flourish Stamps, Distress Crackle Paint, Plain Grungeboard, Elements Grungeboard, Dabber Paints, Tonic Scissors, Ink Blending Tool, Glossy Accents, Tiny Attacher, Distress Stickles.

As I say, if you did not already know, there is a tag a day for 12 days so lots of the products are used many times............

Leave Tim a comment, I think he deserves all the praise we can give him, great work every single time.