I left my heart in San Fr ...BUFFALO!

We had a WONDERFUL...BUSY...
FUN weekend @ Buffalo Stamps & Stuff...

THANK YOU to all who attended the make & take & to ALL who took the workshops.
I enjoyed meeting each & every one of you!!
The workshops were all full with GREAT people.

And speaking of GREAT people...

THANK YOU to Sharon, Mark and Jess for being THE BEST hosts...
I felt like family...I shall return!
Hey Mark...I GOTTA see those FALLS!

THANK YOU to all who liked, bought &
special ordered studio 490 stamps.

again...from the bottom of my heart....
THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH!

A little about the store...
2000+++ sq. feet LOADED and I mean LOADED with stamps, papers, samples & way cool STUFF.

Lucky for me that I don't live closer...
I'd be BROKE for sure.

Ever hear of a store with valet parking??
WHAT?
SERIOUSLY...

VALET PARKING!!!!!!!

They treat their customers like family too...

Sharon uses lots of wonderful vintage items for her displays...
Lucky for her my suitcases didn't have a spare inch...
we have the same taste in vintage finds...
I REALLY liked her stuff!

The highlight of the weekend for me was the "build a better bird class".

I brought a bunch of "finds" that I had been saving for just the right class...and this was it!

Add some studio 490 stamped grungepaper...Maya Road and tim's idea-ology trinkets...and Ranger's distress inks...
FUN!

I HOPED that everyone would SEE what I SAW...
and imagine the possibilities...
Let me tell you...
THEY DID...

Here's the proof...

I didn't get perfect photos of every bird...some were blurry & not usable.
So...please send me more bird photos...I'd Love to share more here...

Now...grab a cup of coffee & take your time looking @ these creations.

Click on the photo to see the details...
you don't want to miss a thing...

Here we go...

prepare to be AMAZED!

Was I right?? Can you see why I am impressed??

If you liked them...take a moment & leave a comment. I'm sure these gals would appreciate that!

THANKS AGAIN to everyone for an awesome weekend!!

I hope this inspires you to...

make art!

wendy

Buffalo or bust...

Looks like I have a little furry traveling companion...

Have a wonderful weekend...

I plan to...

Help others...

make art!

wendy

pigment and distress inks

When I was packing up class supplies for this weekend's art adventure...I spotted Ranger's snow cap white pigment ink...

hmmm...

TEMPTATION...

I couldn't resist...I NEEDED just a few minutes to play...

Here's the result... technique info below...




Using snow cap white PIGMENT ink, stamp your image...studio 490 of course...on a manilla tag.

HEAT DRY...it takes just a few seconds...

Then using the blending tool, with distress inks, rub over the entire image, until it pops.

At first it doesn't look like it will work...

TRUST ME...it does!

Keep adding ink & you'll see the magic happen right before your eyes!

For the sample above...
the heart is worn lipstick
the polka dot background is faded jeans
the gingham strip is peeled paint &
the small flower is mustard seed.

By adding just one more ink (white pigment)
you get another whole color pallette from the distress inks.
I love the possibilities!

Love that crochet trim?? I sure DO...I don't ever want to run out!
I bought enough to wrap around the whole house!

It's new from Maya Road.
You'll be seeing it on LOTS of my samples...COOL STUFF!

Back to packing...

glad I took a few minutes to...

make art!
wendy
ps...I just talked with Sharon from Buffalo Stamps & Stuff...wow! Full classes...lots of make & takes...
Sure sounds like a great weekend to me!

Timi, Emily & Samantha...

Phew...what happened to Tuesday??

It's gone...I was very BUSY here...and I accomplished a lot...
just NOT a blog update...YIKES!

Today I'm sharing art from friends...

Timi Taylor, co-owner of For Keeps Sake in St. Louis, brought her studio 490 acrylic storage cover to show me...

Sit down & take a look...WOW!
I LOVE it because it's full of grunge, studio 490 stamps and graphic 45 papers.
Just my colors too...
THANKS Timi...It's PERFECT!



Now if you're a blog friend, you have heard me talk about my new little friend Emily. She's 8 years old.

Emily sent me a photo of a fragments journal that she made for her teacher, who is retiring.

How CUTE is this??? I REALLY like all the embellishments.

My motto is...

If one is good...20 is better!
I see Emily agrees.
What a wonderful keepsake!
GREAT JOB Emily.



And this is from 12 year old Samantha. You must watch her video.

Her mom is co-owner of eclecticPaperie...a GREAT online store...

What a fun technique...it's actually a BLAST.
I HAD to say that...I KNOW it's corny...

This technique blasts canned air on alcohol inks...get it??

Daisy said that Samantha chose the music for the video...and did the demo.

You'll LOVE it...guaranteed.
I am TOTALLY impressed!
Keep up the good work Samantha!

Here's the You-Tube link.


That's it for today...

More packing, more kits and then I might get a little time to...
Make art!
wendy

Scrap St. Louis = FUN!!!

Now that was REALLY fun!!!

Here's what I liked the best...

1. teaching absolutely...WONDERFUL gals...
THANK YOU so much!

2. that everyone FINISHED their project.
That made me SO HAPPY! As each class heard...

I HATE unfinished class projects.

So...thanks for keeping up & getting the job done. I'm so proud of all of you!

Here's the project we made...


3. laughing...laughing & MORE laughing. We sure had fun!

4. meeting some fellow instructors...and making new friends...

thanks to Theresa, Margie, Stephanie, Cheryl, Joey, Rebecca for being so very nice & sweet.

5. Stacy Julian looked @ my art & bought MY STAMPS...

WHAT?????? REALLY???
It's TRUE!!
YIPPEE!

6. laughing with Margie...she's my new BFF...not sure she knows that! Guess I'll have to tell her...

7. shopping...shopping & MORE shopping....
mum's the word...let Rick be surprised...

You NEED to visit For Keep Sakes...Just a hint
...take $$$!

8. that I had THE BEST TA ...

THANK YOU NANCY WETHINGTON! LOVE YOU!

9. Timi Taylor & Nancy Norberg

THANK you for including me in this wonderful event.
You guys ROCK! Love you both!

10. and last, but certainly NOT least...
a HUGE THANK YOU to my sponsors who made our project possible...

tim holtz...idea-ology
Maya Road
Ranger Industries and
Stampers Anonymous!

it's a pleasure to work with you & your FINE products.

Now about photos...
YES...I took the camera & I actually took 12 photos...

But as you know...my photography skills suck & these are the only 2 that are worth viewing...

On Thursday evening after dinner, we did an artist trunk show & got to visit with all the participants...

Here's a shot of Linda's table ...full of metal art...




Here's my display...

Sue took lots of photos...so I expect to be seeing them up somewhere soon...

Did I tell her that I HATE to have my photo taken?

YES...

Here's me telling her to put the camera down or she had no chance of being my BFF...ever in this lifetime...

Did she take them anyway?

YES!

Do I still LOVE her?

YOU BET!

Oh well... tim once told me...

GET OVER IT...that's what I like about him...

No fluff...just get right to the point...men!

On the agenda for today...

getting ready for the next stop on this art adventure...
This weekend I'm @ Buffalo Stamps in Amherst, NY.

Sharon has a fun weekend planned.

Hope to see you there!

Stay tuned & come back tomorrow...

I got some cool things to show you...it's art made by other artists...

Until then, enjoy your day &

Make ART!

wendy

oops...I almost forgot...

That basket of goodies (with the tim tag) now lives with...

Melinda Kantz...she's one lucky chick...

flowers...more flowers...and stamps too

Remember this??

It's a photo of all the grungeboard/grungePAPER flowers that I made for tim's idea-ology booth @ CHA, this past winter.

I LOVED the look...the display was awesome...
if I say so myself!

I've been looking for something to display my flowers...
But I needed something a little more portable and it needed to be shippable...

Here's a Hobby Lobby find...

A mini dressform...

So...once again...

inspired by tim...

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Now the FINAL tease about that basket

for the gals @ SCRAP ST. LOUIS...

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There are 4 studio 490 sets in that basket...

and...

an autographed TIM TAG!

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That's just the beginning of all the goodies...

I'm excited to see what the lucky winner thinks...

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More stamp news...

studio 490 update...

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I got the "proofs" for the CHA -Summer release..

which will be in July...

It's not the actual rubber...but the images via email...YIPPEE!!

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So.....early next week I'll get them tweeked...

and then...

sent off to Zach for the finishing touches...

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I'M very excited!!!

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More flowers? YOU BET...

More giant backgrounds? YOU BET...

Some mini's?? YOU BET!

REALLY?

How small??

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That's all I'm saying...

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Rick is off to Fed-Ex this morning with 4 GIANT boxes of supplies & KITS for Buffal0 Stamps & Stuff...

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We have 4 classes there and also a make & take on Friday evening...

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We're planning a GREAT weekend...just for you!

If you're in the NY area...please stop by & say HI!

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And now...

I'm off...

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Meet me in St. Louie...it's a weekend FULL of...

Mak(ing) art!

wendy

more peeks for the Scrap St. Louis chicks...

I wanted to do a quickie post to tease the Scrap St. Louis gals a little more...

Hmmm...is this a giveaway basket????

One LUCKY...gal carries all these goodies away...



And what do we have here ???? Art by.....?




It pays to have CONNECTIONS!! ha!

Meet me in St. Louie & get a better look...

And...please scroll down to yesterday's post...
I don't want you to miss Samantha's art.

You'll be impressed...I GUARANTEE!

That's it for today...LOTS on the TO-DO list...

May you always be inspired to...

Make Art!
wendy