That Monday Feeling...

You know its going be a long week when...

• you already can't remember what day it is
• there is no food in the house because you went to two craft workshops at the weekend
• the cat is ignoring you because you forgot to feed him
• it is 7.15 and you still haven't organsied any dinner (see earlier note...)
• you know what lessons you are teaching tomorrow (given that today is Monday and tomorrow is Tuesday) but haven't brought anything home to plan them with
• the chocolate on the top shelf is looking like dinner
• you are absolutely sure that you have only had one small glass of wine, but the bottle is more than half empty...

Its the weekend!

So, its Friday night and I am shattered! I have far too much marking to do, moderation that needs to be done by Tuesday morning, and I am spending the weekend at two craft workshops...

Even the cat has found something better to do!

There went the Easter break!

As fast as it arrived, the Easter break is nearly over! Only one more day to finish all the marking, planning, cleaning and organising that I should have been doing over the last two weeks!
Never mind eh?! Lots of crafting has been done...

Made these two using new Kanban 'Peacock' stamps, courtesy of Nina at Crafting Time (nr. Cambridge).
The sorry card was very grovelly as I had a major apology to make...

Day 2 with Alcohol Inks...

So, day two has now finished and I have completely fallen in love with Ranger Inks and Tim Holtz bits! My hands are stained in purple and green and my t-shirt is sprinkled with mica powders...
The two sessions where run by Jennie from the Artistic Stamper at 'Its Crafting Time' outside Cambridge, run by Nina.
Day one, we created journals using shiny paper, metal, foils and inks.

Day two, we have created the most amazing collection boxes.

(This is Jennies example)

I have never seen so much stuff all on one table and each of us working in such a small space just because we were slowly hording stuff into (un)tidy piles all around us.

Thats Nina at the back!

 My mess...

After a very green day yesterday, I went purple today. The colours available are lovely and the different techniques brilliant. Even a Virgo like me coped with the mess and disorder (still can't quite cope with random stamping though!).

Any way, we got to play with some new products aswell. I liked the dabbers a lot as they are not so messy - but I did love the sprays because I could get great colour and effects.

A work in progress!

  

        The finished article!

I will definitely be playing with this again soon. Roll on the next crafting class...
Head over to Jennies blog for the techniques... http://www.theartisticstamper.blogspot.com/

A day out with alcohol inks

So, this is my first ever post on my first ever blog! I have built it after spending a lovely day making a journal with alcohol inks and shiny paper. Will add photos once I have learnt how to do it!