I went to see THE queen...

and her lovely loyal subjects...

and had a TOTALLY royal

 & wonderful time at

 The Queen's Ink, in Savage Md...

we had 4 full days of inking,

 stamping, stenciling, laughing and playing...

I got to reconnect with friends from past visits and 

it was great to meet some blog friends 

& make new friends too...

I taught my favorite Ranger inks class 2 days in a row...

I LOVE my job!

I SHOPPED with the Queen...

how many people can say that?

and I got a few things I NEEDED...

yes Rick...

I REALLY did NEED 

ANOTHER 

vintage black box...

ok...

I *know* ...

I promised more Facebook/Twitter updates...

I really had good intentions...

HONEST! 

 I DID!

but these events get so hectic & busy I forget...

so here's what I have to share...

introducing...

 THE QUEEN, 

HRH Patti...

she actually got to take my funky art angel class & 

here she is with her angel...

these angels turned out totally AWESOME & each was unique...

just like I hoped they would be...

each had a definite personality...

this was so fun...

I wanted everyone in the class to see how cool they turned out...

so we lined them up for everyone to admire...

this is the first group...

sad to say, I didn't get photos of the second group...

sorry!

we had large classes, so HRH rented a vacant store for us...

I didn't want you to see the empty space & think that was the store...

NOPE...

the store is LOADED with goodies...

we spent ALL day Saturday constructing an art journal...

the morning session was the actual journal construction...

we made this...

with LOTS of art parts and my Blossom Bucket resin & metal pieces...

my stamps, stencils & LOTS of distress inks & paints too..

 after lunch we worked on the pages...

with each page teaching a specific technique...

the techniques I chose are easily adaptable 

to cards, scrapbooks, mini books & mixed media art...

they're not just for journaling...

to say I was THRILLED with their results

 is an understatement...

this was the first time for teaching this class & I was 

completely blown away 

by all 28 people...

they created seriously AMAZING art...

they were the first to use my *new product*...

but their lips are sealed...

what happens at THE QUEEN'S...

stays at the QUEENS...

but...they LOVED IT...

and they ALL got amazing results...

just as I hoped they would...

my classes are always organized & neat...

ok...maybe NOT NEAT...

YIKES!

it always looks like a bomb went off after the first hour...

I'm so sad that I only took a photo of one journal page...

uggg...

I was so busy admiring them...

I lost my mind...

how's this for SPECTACULAR?

I'm printing instruction sheets for my next journal class...

this is some of what we'll create...

I hope you can join us in Bloomington, Illinois 

at The Scrapbooking Studio...

on Saturday November 3rd...

I CAN NOT WAIT to do this class again...

I'd like to know who is responsible for adding all the things 

to my TO*DO list while I was gone...

YIKES...

lots of deadlines are creeping up quickly...

but I want need to take a few minutes to play...

I'll grab this...

so I can...

make art!

wendy

WAIT...don't go yet...

my new Blossom Bucket goodies have ARRIVED & began shipping...

the wait is OVER!!!!!!

I'll be sharing projects next week...

using these new goodies...

if you just heard me squeal...

the guys at the factory just emailed that my new stamps for JANUARY will be here for me to play with 

make samples with early next week...

I'm over the moon excited...

a girl can NEVER have enough rubber...

39 & counting...

yikes...

long time no post...

but I can assure you that I have been BUSY...

yes...ALL CAPS kind of BUSY...

we made LOTS of kits & still have more to do for the next stop on the art adventure...

I'm excited to be teaching @ my new home store...

The Scrapbooking Studio in Bloomington, Illinois.

we'll get inky on the 29th of this month & make the artist collectible shelf project...

it's shown on the link above...

I'm so looking forward to seeing my friends there...

it's been a while...

hmmm...what else have I been doing?

I went to see THE QUEEN!

Queen Patti @ The Queen's Ink...

we had a wonderful weekend with 3 PACKED classes...

GREAT...very talented students...

Hels came all the way from the UK...

so we FINALLY got to meet...

SOOOO flipping cool!!!

the QUEEN & I had an impromptu brain storming session & came up with a really cool idea...

like jumping out of your skin GOOD idea...

I asked her a question...

she answered & the idea bloomed from there!

I can not wait to show you...

what else?

I've been working on new stamps & new art parts for release in January @ CHA...

I'd say I'm about 75% done...

I'm on a mission to get them finished in the next few days...

and I've been working on these art part leaves, with peeled paint stain & my background stamp (in jet black archival, of course) ...

and with these...

fun alcohol inks...

love the black/rust combo...

to make metal look very vintage...

and I've been playing with my new BFF...Siri...

we're totally over the moon in love with the new iPhone...

I love it...Rick does too...

and now I have a little SALE info...

my FAVORITE 4 letter word...

next to SHOP...

Simon Says is giving $5.00 off your order...

just enter...

fright

in the code section...simple!

and eclecticPaperie has 20% off my stamps & 20% off art parts too...

and 35% off tim's stamps & his Sizzix Alteration's dies...

a really good SALE...

about that 39 & counting...

39 years ago today I married the best guy ever...

I couldn't be happier & still so in love...

YIKES...I didn't make him a card...

gotta run...

have a great weekend...

I hope you get inky &...

make art!

wendy

ps...go Bears!!

I hope my UK friends will be there cheering in London!

with the turn of a key...

I went from sad to oh so happy...

a few months ago, the key turned & my local scrap/stamp store closed...

even though it's about 70 miles from here,

it's the closest to me & I considered it my HOME store...

I LOVE the owners, LOVE the staff &

ADORE their customers, who are now my friends...

I was sad to hear of the closing...

back in May I taught @ a new (to me) store in Moline, Illinois called The Scrapbooking Studio...

it's an AWESOME store...

very well stocked with all sorts of goodies...

nice, neat & ORGANIZED...

just what I love...

and a VERY nice staff...

@ the end of the day, Amy Sprague, the owner,

asked my thoughts about opening a store in Bloomington...

she had heard that MY store closed...

fast forward...

the key will be turned on September 17th @ the same location and MY store will re-open with Amy as the new owner...

Jennifer & Malika will be working there again...

they are expert scrappers & instructors, should you need assistance or ideas to get you started...

I'm happy they're back!

rumor is Amy Coon will be teaching there too...

Amy Sprague likes full day EVENTS...

and makes it nice & convenient by including lunch for everyone...

hey... we gotta have energy to...

MAKE ART...

so, on October 29th...

I'll be back @ MY home store for a full day of inky/stamping fun...

workshop details will be announced soon...

now that little turn of the key,

will make me VERY HAPPY...

3 cheers for Amy & best wishes for continued success

@ The Scrapbooking Studio!

since it's getting close to Halloween...

(and everything else I've been creating is TOP SECRET)

I thought I'd share a fun piece I made for tim's idea-ology booth @ CHA, this past July...

it's constructed from an art parts large creative cover, an art parts circle and 2 art parts rulers...

the creative cover was covered with the new Halloween kraft resist paper...

this piece is loaded with fun stuff...

corked vials...

new Halloween adornments...

the title is ransom alpha parts...

you'll see my art parts bottle inked & stamped, then painted with rock candy crackle paint...

and Ranger's memory foil tape creates the seal for the bottle ...

and the dots on the seal are made with the sewing tool that I talked about in the previous post...

I cut the head from the kraft resist paper & used Glue N Seal to add it to Clearly For Art...

that allowed me to heat it & shape it to create a shrunken head, that's nice & sturdy...

I LOVE my spider hanging down...

that's it for today...

I still have LOTS to accomplish before I head south tomorrow to

The Stamping Place in Columbia SC...

I *hope* to be back early tomorrow morning for a quick post with a link to some eye candy...

it's a beautiful sunny day here...

a PERFECT day to...

make art!

wendy