This and That

Finally Spring has sprung! The garden beyond and around the greenhouse is a riot of cowslips and the birds seem to be making up for lost time with a wonderful dawn chorus this morning. Its the first of May and silly as it might be I always wash my face in the morning dew on this day every year (normal face cleansing will resume later!) because this is guaranteed to keep you young! Hmmmm it seems to be working I think!!

So, on to matters creative. I spent a fab weekend crafting with friends old and new and am now bursting with ideas. Thank you Monica for your inspiration. The ladies at one of my regular classes have asked if I can teach them some of the different techniques for stamping and using ink pads so I am busy working on projects to show two part stamping, stippling, spritzing and heat embossing. We may also have time to use masks to make positive and negative sponged backgrounds. Everyone is getting an Elements of Style stampset to use in class and keep afterwards. Its such a classic I cant wait to show the vesatility of this lovely 5 stamp set. The class is on Monday 20th May , 10.30 - 1.00 in Bicknacre Village hall. Want to be part of it? Give me a ring!

 I will post some pictures when I have completed my samples.

The other "breaking news" is that the This and That smashbook bundle is available from TODAY.

This gorgeous bundle of journal, papers, date and event stamp, stickers and Washi tape is ideal for virtually instant scrapbooking of a holiday or special event. Lovely for kids to keep a great record of a holiday, wonderful for friends with a wedding or anniversary celebration coming up but mostly just a fab present to yourself! Check out the bundle by clicking this link.

http://www2.stampinup.com/home/en-GB/promotions_gb

Now give me a call or email and I can order you one with the 15% discount on the bundle.

I hope you are feeling as inspired as I am - so its off to the studio now to prepare for my two events this week and make those samples.

Looking forward to hearing from you.
Irene