I left my heart in San Fran...

OOPS...


and Mt. Pleasant too!!

What a PERFECT weekend...

THANKS to Elise, her staff & friends for an absolutely wonderful event filled weekend. I had a blast.

We did 3 classes and........Y'all made some great art and got VERY inky fingers.

Let me tell you...these gals REALLY know how to shop! They cleaned out the store and got all kinds of fun studio490/Stampers Anonymous stamps, Maya Road chipboard, grungeboard & fragments to ENJOY!

I got a guided tour of Charleston...some walking around time & some shopping too. What a picturesque place. WOW!
THANKS Elise!

On time flights....YIPPEE and my bags arrived too...another HUGE plus!

The southern hospitality was...GREAT!

THANKS too for the gifts. I'll cherish them...

And you've heard this before...again...I took ZERO photos. If anyone has some to share, send them my way PLEASE! I wonder why I even pack that thing........

Next stop on this art adventure...

Oct. 11 & 12 The Crafty Scrapper,Waxahachie Texas.

4 classes...and an extra bonus...some of my friends from the Maya Road design team will be there for the weekend too.

AND...I get to tour Maya Road's warehouse. I think that will be cool. I hope I don't faint seeing all that product.

I'm counting the days!

Happy Monday!
Make art!
wendy

Just in time...

My copies of "studios" arrived yesterday. Just in time...I'll read it cover to cover on my flight to South Carolina this morning. It's absolutely loaded with eye candy.

The folks @ Cloth Paper Scissors did an excellent job. I was thrilled to see 4 full pages of photos. I had no clue what would be included on the inside...YIPPEE!

THANK YOU...Cate, John, Pokey & Larissa. It was a pleasure to work with you.

Special thanks to Jake Krancic...the photographer. This guy is totally amazing. He's responsible for the cover photo.

Here's a little look...inside...






A few inks...........



A simple floor plan......


And...the cover again...



Ok...time to shower & head to O'Hare.

South Carolina or bust...

SC Girls ...I hope you're ready for a fun inky weekend!
Get ready to...
MAKE ART!
wendy

Don't forget tim... and a Maya Road contest

Ok...just a reminder...

Get ready for the QVC shopping. Tim is on @ 3pm eastern TODAY!

I don't normally have the TV on during the day, so I had to set the oven timer to remind me. POOR OLD BRAIN of mine!

And...coming soon.........

A REALLY COOL MAYA ROAD contest. The DT just got the details today, but our lips are sealed. I'll post the info here as soon as it's OK.

BUT...let me just tell tell you...

REALLY GREAT PRIZES. You'll want to enter for sure.

Back to packing for the next adventure. I leave Thursday morning for A Scrapbook Store, in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. The class kits are scheduled to arrive today. THANK YOU Mr. Fed-EX.....one less worry.

We're doing the Ranger distress ink technique class, the fragments "use your scraps journal" class and the holiday hanging. So...there will be plenty of inking, chipboarding and grunging too. Should be a very FUN weekend!

Oh...one more thing...
Think we'll use some studio490 stamps???
YOU BET!!

HAPPY SHOPPING!
wendy

tim + QVC = FUN SHOPPING!... and "studios" update

Enabler warning...

Just incase you missed tim's blog update...he'll be on QVC tomorrow @ 3pm eastern time. It's a special segment called...PAPERCRAFTING WITH THE PROS.

Did I read something about a new limited grungeboard book? I wonder how many I'll NEED........


I'm wondering what surprises he has instore for us...

While you're on his blog, leave a comment & get a chance to win one of his very cool T SHIRTS. Lucky me...he gave me one @ CHA!



And...on the home front...

I guess some stores already have the new issue of "studios" from CLOTH PAPER SCISSORS.



I stole this photo from Candi's blog...I'll be out by the mailbox waiting for my copies to arrive. The suspense is killing me!

So...start looking for this issue in your stores...

Ok...I got my seat reserved...and my credit card is within reach.
Who says you have to buy groceries every week??

PRIORITIES!!

Tuesday...3pm EASTERN... QVC...
Be there!
Happy shopping!!
wendy

I don't think I've showed you this before...

I was looking for a certain photo & happened upon this.



One of my CHA Maya Road assignments was the "butterfly" book. It's 8 huge chipboard pages to alter...but I used just 2 to make this basket tie-on. Remember...look @ the potential...sorry for the lecture!

Here's a side shot to show how it's dimensional.




I wired 2 pages together to make it nice & sturdy. I made the body from a portion of Maya Road's "borders" sheet. HEY... it looked like a body to me...

The "scroll corners" were a good fit for wing accents.

First they were inked with vintage photo distress ink,
then stamped with this cool stamp from
Stampers Anonymous ( #V1-929),




using Ranger's jet black archival ink.

The black buttons are also from Maya Road. A few black rhinestones were the finishing touch.

In order to bend the wings, I stuffed (there's a real technical term!) tissue paper between the wings to gradually bend them. I left the paper in place overnight & when I removed it...they MAGICALLY stayed up.


A little ribbon on the back & it seemed to have found a home on this basket.

SO................ the moral of the story???

Try something different...challenge yourself!! It's FUN!

Happy weekend!
MAKE ART!
wendy

Yikes...it's Thursday already!

Where did Tuesday & Wednesday go????????

I have NOT been laying on the couch eating bon-bons. Believe me...BUSY is the word here...with a capital B. I'm up to my ears in kits, packing & shipping.

Now this is cooool.........

Debby Lewis got published and used some studio490 stamps.
Check it out!!



I'd say this is quite an honor...being on the Scrapbook retailers site.

CONGRATS DEBBY!!! Take a bow!!! It looks wonderful!

Thanks so much for sharing your art. Check out the site for all the ingredients Debby used on her layout.

Gotta run!
Have a great day!
wendy

THANK YOU LINDA BROWN...and a peek

Thank you so much Linda!

I met Linda @ CHA in July. She came all the way from the UK, just to attend CHA & SHOP! We visited & talked about my stamps.

Look what she sent me...




A stamping magazine from the UK...

It was a THRILL to see this...



An ad with.................

studio 490 stamps!! YIPPEE! This arrived on Friday, so I got to take it with me to show Mr & Mrs Stampers Anonymous on Saturday.

In the article it says...
"Linda feels that these stamps are one of the most innovative products she saw @ the show".

As you can imagine...that TOTALLY made my day...make that the whole WEEK!!

Thanks again Linda for sending this!! Linda will have these instock @ her store.


On to some art...

On Friday I told you that I was "on a roll". I finally completed this Maya Road mini tab book. It's called "notes & quotes" & it will be a fun new class offering.

It's so loaded with chipboard, grungeboard, metal & "stuff" that it won't even come close to closing. Just what I like...loaded with goodies.

Here's a peek.


What I LOVE about this book, (in addition to the cute size) is that we'll make all the backgrounds using inks & stamps. There's only a tiny bit of kraft colored paper used for a few of the sayings.

That's the Monday update.
Time to make more kits.......
Enjoy your day!
wendy