tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15032731377318532412024-03-18T03:03:55.237+00:00Ink on My FingersMy inky antics along with a whole lot of messyness...Home of the Sunday Stamper challenge.Hels Sheridanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15229135987464456057noreply@blogger.comBlogger1980125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503273137731853241.post-77429139507027286672017-03-17T12:00:00.000+00:002017-03-17T12:00:32.522+00:00At The Hop! Greetings! Welcome to my blog and my leg of the<b> Tattered Lace Blog Hop</b>. As you probably will have gathered by now, we are showcasing our favourite products from Tattered Lace and mine just happens to be.... the Screen Sensation! I am so excited to be sharing this project I made using the new Screen Sensation tool... so I won't waffle on alarmingly, I will just dive right in and share photo's and wordage with you:<br />
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I had a 12" square canvas lurking in my Room of Stash that I wanted to make into some wall art. Along came the Screen Sensation and this project popped into my head as soon as I saw the Butterflies screen. I started by printing the Butterflies using a mixture of White and Harbour Blue ink onto Prepared for Print cardstock. Once the butterflies had dried, I then used the Antique Script screen, printing in Black ink right over the top of the butterflies. I love this overlaying technique!<br />
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I then used the same mix of inks I had used for the original print of the butterflies but added some Copper and Black inks in dots along to the top of the screen. As the inks pull over the screen, they give the most amazing marbled effect... almost like a faux verdigris... <i>lush</i>!!<br />
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Once the butterflies had dried, I cut them all out and edged them with Rare Earth Pitch Black ink so the wings had definition and I also flipped them over and popped black into onto the backs of their wings.<br />
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I painted the edge of the canvas in black and smudged more of the Pitch Black ink around the edges of the canvas just to add a dusty effect... I wanted a more grungy look to the overall finish of the piece, by adding smudges of ink, this is the perfect way to achieve this effect. I then glued each butterfly over its counterpart on the base print, adding a little black pearl to the body to finish.<br />
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By now you should have visited each leg of the hop... here's a list to make sure you haven't missed anyone out <u>- you will need to visit everyone as there will be questions and a prize of a £50 crafty voucher on the final leg.</u> You should have started <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tatteredlaceuk" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>HERE</b></span></a> on the Tattered Lace Facebook Page, just click on each name and you will be whisked off to each leg of the hop: <br />
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<a href="http://www.loucollins.blog/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Lou Collins </b></span></a><br />
<span style="color: #660000;"><a href="http://stamp-pad.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><b>Gwen Fletcher</b></a></span><br />
<span style="color: #660000;"><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009147296823&fref=ts" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;">Debbie Bradley </span></a> </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #660000;"><b><a href="http://www.corrinespapercrafts.com/" target="_blank">Corrine Robinson</a> </b></span><br />
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Thanks for taking part, your final hop leg can be found by clicking <a href="http://bit.ly/TL-BlogHop-March" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>HERE</b></span></a>.... good luck, thanks for looking and have fun! <br />
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Hels x Hels Sheridanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15229135987464456057noreply@blogger.com74tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503273137731853241.post-24100138423591603122017-03-17T00:00:00.000+00:002017-03-17T00:00:33.722+00:00A Magical Day! Helloooo! Greetings! Did you feel the warmth in that sunshine on Wednesday? I tell you what, I actually went and laid down in the garden and soaked up the rays... it was so good to feel the heat in my old bones again... it feels like it has been the longest winter ever<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> *I think as I get older, I find I hate the cold more and more* </span> Anyways, speaking of sunshine and summer and all things warm... today I have a card to show you that I actually managed to demo on the tellybox shows on Tuesday. Meet Audrey, one of the Art Nouveau Ladies, she is, IMO, the Goddess of Summer... or Aestas to give her her proper name. And before you think <i>"oh she's going all clever" </i> I'm not, I actually know about the Roman Gods/Goddesses of the seasons from my most very favourite and beloved book from when I was a kid... it's called the Winter of Enchantment by Victoria Walker and if you ever get chance to get a copy, do it! It is the most charming book and I read it frequently still... anyways, in the book the main character has an adventure and meets the Four Seasons... and they are all called by their Roman names... so I am not clever really... <span style="font-size: xx-small;">just well read</span> 😉<br />
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So, back to the card... I stamped Audrey in clear ink and then embossed with Glass embossing powder so I immediately created a resist on the stamping card. Next, I smooshed Avocado and Khaki Rare Earth Blending Inks<i> (herein known as BI's) </i>onto my craft sheet and spritzed with water, smooshed the card through the inkiness and voila, lovely resist image! I carefully dried the ink with a heat tool - carefully because we have embossing powders here and they love to re~melt and sink into the card... so gently does it. I then picked up more of the inkiness and dried again, then used a Dusting Brush <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(be still my heart, I have found new love... Dusting Brushes... what did I do before I met these little fellas?) </span></i>where was I... ah, yes, Dusting Brush with Khaki ink, blend around the edge of the card to give it a nice frame. Next I used my waterbrush to remove some of the ink from the card, let it soak a little while and then blot with kitchen roll to remove the ink. I added Lavendar Mist ink using a waterbrush to the flowers on Audrey's image and extra Avacado ink to highlight the image.<br />
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I made a dinky little envelope from vellum using the cool Tattered Lace Envelope templates... and made a little sentiment to pop inside the diddy envelope. Finally, I used the Peony die set from the Fleurs range and made a rose... you know how I loves my roses... and the Peony die set is more than perfect... it has loads of different size dies so loads of different size roses can be made... hurrah!<br />
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P.S... Happy St Patrick's Day to all my lovely Irish followers xHels Sheridanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15229135987464456057noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503273137731853241.post-46635240968008975922017-03-16T12:41:00.000+00:002017-03-16T12:41:28.309+00:00Strike A Pose! Goooodly afternoon! Corrrr, I have been busy having fun with the brand new Rare Earth Strike A Pose stamps and I have a couple of cards to show you that I had made for the tellybox shows on Tuesday.<br />
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First up is Heidi - she's a gorgeous gal in her ballgown, awaiting the arrival of Prince Charming to swoosh her off for an amazing evening <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(yes, my vivid imagination is still here). </span><br />
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I stamped Heidi onto stamping card in clear ink and embossed her with Soot Embossing Powder. I then stamped her again twice, same method, onto vellum.. cutting out her dress so I could layer it up. I used Rare Earth Kuretake Clean Colour pens to colour her and her dress in - the turquoise I used is from the High Fashion set<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> (I think this is my fave colour at the mo)</span> I then used a waterbrush to get that lovely shaded washy effect... vellum always acts the goat when water is added to it, going all flippyfloppy and wrinkly but that actually helped as her dress is more contoured and looks more dimensional.<br />
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Whilst Heidi was off with her Prince Charming, Cindy and Elle got together for a night out on the tiles... actually Elle is here twice as I masked Cindy and stamped Elle twice onto the card so we have the three of them, all dressed up, ready for a boogie. Again I used Kuretake Clean Colour pens to colour in the images and added a touch of sparkle with a Sakura Shimmer pen.<br />
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I have been a busy bee this past few weeks and I am currently working on the next lot of shows for the Screen Sensation and I<i> CANNOT</i> wait for you to see all the new screen designs that are being released... you are going to <i>LOVE</i> them! All I will say is that if you like animals and you like colouring in.... bingo!!! That's all from me for today, must dash, I have left the Screen Sensation alone for 20 minutes and I think it is getting lonely ;O) Thanks for looking, have a grand day! TTFN<br />
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Hels xHels Sheridanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15229135987464456057noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503273137731853241.post-3659363987502229812017-03-03T00:00:00.000+00:002017-03-03T00:00:22.303+00:00A Kaliedoscope of Butterflies... ...did you know that a "kaliedoscope" is actually the collective noun for a group of butterflies? <span style="font-size: xx-small;">I am a mine of useful information you know ;O))</span> Anyways. I am back today with another project I have made using the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/screensensation/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Screen Sensation</b></span></a>. Actually, this is the very first thing I made and I am rather fond of it... I love the verdigris effect I achieved by simply mixing a few inks on the screen as the squeegee pulled them over.<br />
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This is a shadowbox that I had kicking around and decided to use my prints in it. I printed the Bespattered screen onto cardstock using a mixture of Harbour Blue and White ink combined with a smidge of Copper ink. Once dried, I then popped the Antique Script screen into the Screen Sensation and printed the script in black ink. It makes for a pretty cool background, doesn't it?<br />
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I then printed the Kaliedoscope screen using the same verdigris colours... dotting the different colours along the top of the screen before printing means a more random print so the butterflies all look sooo pretty.<br />
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The butterflies were cut out, edged with black ink to make them pop. I stamped a word and then assembled the whole thing together... oh and the shadowbox? Coloured with the Black ink I used for the script print... it is such a lovely smooth ink and permanent once dried, it seemed fitting to use the inks for everything I did.<br />
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Hels Sheridanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15229135987464456057noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503273137731853241.post-46258530980105944122017-03-01T12:30:00.000+00:002017-03-01T12:30:32.754+00:00Just Bloom!Ohlalaaaa! I am in a tizzy of excitement at the moment, what with the new Screen Sensation and... I am going to be demo-ing the fabulous Rare Earth brand from Gwen Fletcher and Stephanie Weightman. If you haven't seen Rare Earth before, I will tell you a bit about it: it is a collection of inks and stamps that simplify the myths of stamping and make it more accessible to both new crafters and us oldies who have been crafting for 271 years. I am so honoured to be asked to guest present the Rare Earth brand on Create & Craft and my first show will be tomorrow, March 2nd, at 9am and then another show at 1pm. <br />
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A new addition to the Rare Earth family is a set of brand new blending inks. Now, blending inks... most of us have inks that we blend with so why are these different? Well, firstly, these are totally permanent once stamped so they won't budge with water, on porous card, they air dry, on glossy surfaces, simply heat set. However, they blend perfectly and as they are water based you can colour with them, use them to make inky backgrounds, which unlike an oil or solvent based ink, makes a very interesting combination. Permanent but you can use them to watercolour? VERY clever! This is exactly the ink I have been waiting for for a yonk and a half! <br />
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I hope you can join me at 9am on Create & Craft - you can watch on Freeview channel 23, Sky 674 or Virgin 748 or online <a href="http://www.createandcraft.com/gb/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>HERE</b></span></a>. If you do get a chance to watch, please do send me an email in and if you have any questions, that will be your chance to ask... plus, I will be giving this card away at the end of the show! Thanks for looking... have a grand day! TTFN<br />
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P.S Happy St David's Day to all my lovely Welsh friends!Hels Sheridanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15229135987464456057noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503273137731853241.post-65956848935483914862017-02-28T08:09:00.002+00:002017-02-28T08:09:22.217+00:00Owl Be There For You....Goooodly Morning! I know, don't faint... tis I, <i>the Waffler</i>... the very naughty and most absent of Wafflers at that! Apologies, hoooge apologies for being absent... yet again! I know I promised that I would start to waffle more regularly but then "this" happened, then "that"happened, then it was Christmas, then it was January and of course, I had man flu <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(a most severe attack if ever there was one!)</span> and finally, I am more or less back on an even keel so I decided that I would get my feather duster out, sweep away the cobwebs that had grown over my blog and start as I mean to go on... I am<i> a-scheduling,</i> I am! So! <i>News! </i>You may have seen me pop up ont tellybox last week with a brand new and very innovative tool from the home of Tattered Lace, the Screen Sensation. If you missed it, fear not, I shall be back on <a href="http://www.createandcraft.com/gb/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Create & Craft</b></span></a> soon with more deliciousness using the Screen Sensation... but if you follow <a href="https://www.facebook.com/screensensation/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>this link</b></span></a>, you will be able to see more about this fabulous invention from Stephanie Weightman and her clever team on the Screen Sensation Facebook page. Seriously, it is not often that a product comes along that gets me pant-wettingly excited... but this? I love it <i>MORE</i> than I love my Melting Pot. Yup...<i> THAT</i> much!!! Very, very, <i>very </i>lots!!!<br />
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So, imagine screen printing. At home. <i>Messy</i>? <i>Cumbersome screen</i>? <i>Difficult to use</i>? NOPE! <i>Not any more</i>. The Screen Sensation allows you to change the screens! Yes!!!!! Hurrah!!! There are 19 different screens to chose from... <i>at the moment</i>... as there are new ones coming soon <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(teehee) </span> There are geometric patterns, designer style patterns which are perfect for printing onto fabric, nature, butterflies... and Wisdom the Owl. I know I should not have a favourite but I do. Although, that said, Kaliedoscope the Butterflies are also my favourite as are Silhouette Stems but we won't dwell on that right?<br />
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The top photo shows Wisdom printed with Raspberry and Peach Amber inks. Simple, pop the ink on, squeegee over, lift the lid, <i>et-voila!</i> A perfect print! I've printed Wisdom onto cardstock but this ink goes onto ANY surface, it's water based, drain safe, non toxic so cleaning the screen is a doddle, pop it into the sink, cold water to clean it and then let it air dry. Super simples! Once I had printed Wisdom a few times with the Raspberry and Peach Amber, I decided to add a smidge of Blue ink. The photo above is Wisdom after the first squeegee through with the blue. This next photo is the second run through, you can see that each print is going to be totally unique and if you click on the photo's you will be able to see the marbling of the ink as it passed over the screen. Did I tell you I LOVE THIS PRODUCT??? Hmmm, if there was a word bigger than LOVE... I would use it!!! Ok... I am being clever... <span style="font-size: x-large;">LOVE!!!</span><br />
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Anyways. I am so very honoured to be able to demonstrate the Screen Sensation alongside the wonderfully clever and talented <a href="http://www.sarahpayne.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Sarah Payne</b></span></a>, who will be demonstrating the way to use the screen on fabrics. I have even got over my inherant fear of all things material and printed directly onto a calico apron. Hey! It was<i> so</i> easy I actually did think about getting yonder sewing machine out from under the eons of dust and setting it up. Then I remembered I can't even thread the beast and that actually, I can use the Screen Sensation on any surface at all so I went and did some canvassy stuff instead. I shall share some more photo's of my makes in a few days.... in the meantime... thanks for looking... <i>sorry for being away for soooo long</i>... I am back, I am <i>promising</i> I will be more regular with my wafflings and hey... it's good to be waffling again! <br />
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Hels xHels Sheridanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15229135987464456057noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503273137731853241.post-73287301609783035802016-11-25T20:42:00.000+00:002016-11-25T20:42:32.178+00:00Exciting News... Really!?? I cannot believe that I haven't been and waffled at you for <i>FOUR</i> months!!! <i>YIKES!!!</i> I have no other excuse except for life got in the way! Such a lot has happened this year and not all of it has been very good or very pleasant, in fact, most of it has been pretty chuffing awful and, as a result, Mr Mojo did a bunk <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(who can blame him with the face I have had on me tho lol)</span> However, things have started to settle, look up, get better and so on and I have some very <i>goodly</i> and <i>exciting</i> news that I have been all of a dither about... a few weeks ago, the lovely folks at Tonic Studios asked me if I would like to join their presenting team! They have some wonderful new stamp releases coming up over the next few months and asked if I would like to come on board and help with the samples and guest presenting the shows on Create & Craft. What an amazing offer! <i>How could I refuse?</i> I am sure that all of you crafters out there know just how great Tonic products are... and I can confirm their stamps are just as fabulous as the rest of the goodies they bring to us. I am doing my very first shows tomorrow, <b>1pm and 5pm on Create & Craft</b>, bringing this little fella, <i>Marmalade</i>, to your screens along with his little pals and the various accessories they need to make their world complete. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">*please excuse the poor photo quality, I used my phone, I am a rubbish photographer, the original is away at the studio's and this was the only piccie I could find! Will try harder next time*</span><br />
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Marmalade is a rather cheeky looking bear who really enjoyed the Distress treatment I gave him. I have coloured him with lots of different colours just to see what suits him, I have paper pieced him, embossed him and also tried the fab Nuvo alcohol markers on him too... as you know, I have always been an inky girl at heart, so this is Marmalade looking very bear-like with his little puppy pal, coloured with Peeled Paint and Forest Moss Distress Ink and a waterbrush. The panel he is sitting on is a Tonic Essentials circle die set and the words are from the Miniature Moments die "best friends". <br />
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I hope you can join me tomorrow at 1pm and 5pm... I am so excited, nervous, excited, nervous and even a bit more exciteder to be joining the wonderful folks at Tonic Studios, it is an honour to be asked to be a part of their talented team. <span style="font-size: xx-small;"> Did I say I was excited???</span> I will also be on again on Tuesday, bright at early at 8am, 4pm and 6pm with a launch of a brand new Nuvo product which has me literally popping with ... um... more<i> excitement! </i> I shall away now, I need to lay down in a darkened room and do some breathing exercises to calm myself before I am overcome with a full on fit of the vapours! Thanks for looking and have a grand weekend.<br />
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The fuchsias were made by sticking the bookpages onto card, die cutting the shapes and inking with Picked Raspberry and Wilted Violet DI's to get the colours and then assembling the blooms. The stems of the flowers are thin strips of bookpage/cardstock inked with Peeled Paint and the branches were made <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(very fiddly-diddly)</span> by twisting bookpages around wire then inking with the green ink plus a smidge of Frayed Burlap. The base inside is more bookpages, collages, knocked back with Antique Linen and Bundled Sage Distress Paint, splattered with Peeled Paint and Bundled Sage Distress Spray and then gently inked with more Ground Espresso to bring the whole design together.<br />
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I decided against adding any embellies <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(I know, what???)</span> and wordage as I want the blooms to really stand out, it is simple but so pretty I didn't want to take away any limelight from those fuchsias. Anyways... that's it really... I spent <i>ages</i> making this... the blooms are pretty easy to put together but it was the placement of them and the wrapping of the wire and making sure that it looked exactly like it did in my head... Thanks for looking, have a grand weekend! TTFN<br />
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Hels xHels Sheridanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15229135987464456057noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503273137731853241.post-36520403473922633832016-07-05T00:00:00.000+01:002016-07-05T00:00:05.875+01:00It's Showtime!!!Hurrah and thrice!!! Today I shall be returning to the old tellybox on Create & Craft with <b><a href="http://scrapberrys.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;">ScrapBerry's</span></a></b>... show times are 2pm and 8pm and the channels details are Sky 674, Freeview 36, Virgin 748 and FreeSat 813 and you can also watch live online <a href="http://www.createandcraft.tv/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>HERE</b></span></a> on the Create & Craft website. Oooo and before I forget, did you know that ScrapBerry's have a blog? HERE it is... full of fabulous projects from the DT and also a monthly challenge too! Please do remember to take a cuppa and a packet of biscwits with you tho, you might be there a-while all a-gog at the beautiful creations! <br />
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Here are a couple of samples I made for the shows - the first one is using the ever so pretty and gorgeous Summer Joy papers and bunny stamp... there are three stamps in the collection... I love them all <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(obviously, cos they are bunnies and they are so cute!)</span> This one is made using the 6 x 6 papers, Bunny is stamped using Archival Ink and then I used a waterbrush and Distress Ink to colour her in. I added little flowery stamped bits - again watercoloured using DI's and shabbied up the edges with a distress tool and some Frayed Burlap DI. The bow is made using the shabby ribbon in the kit and the wordage is also in the kit... a bundle of pre-printed shapes, sentiments and more bunnies. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">Sir Alan Rabbit tells me he is rather smitten with this little bunny girl :O))</span><br />
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Next up is the Mechanical Illusion kit. Right up my street because it is all steampunkery and a little bit brown <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(you know me, I loves brown!)</span> I altered a little papiermache bookbox... I just covered it with papers, added some Distress Ink, cut out some of the "oddities" in the paperpack and popped them onto the box along with some of the resin stickers, which are totally fab and match prefectly to the papers.<br />
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I hope you can join me for the shows... oh <i>and!!!</i> My lovely American pals will be pleased to know that I am going to be on Create & Craft USA on Wednesday!!! <a href="http://www.createandcraft.com/where-to-watch" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>HERE</b></span></a> is the American website... all the channel details are listed on there: Direct TV is 85/222 and Dish Network is 221...<br />
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Right, bedtime!!! Thanks for looking and have a great day! TTFN<br />
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Hels xHels Sheridanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15229135987464456057noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503273137731853241.post-1627571764856749912016-07-01T18:00:00.000+01:002016-07-01T18:00:27.793+01:00Carte Blanche for a New Theme!!!Cor blimey!!! Who fastforwardeded June already? Happy July all... I am here today to let you know about a brand new theme over on the Creative Carte Blanche blog starting right now. And... I chose the theme<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> *sooo excited!* </span> You know how much I loves flowers... and I loves books just as muchly so bung the two together and a fab theme of Blossom & Bookpages is born! To see all the details on how to join in the creative fun, <a href="http://www.creativecarteblanche.com/2016/07/blossoms-bookpages-july-2016-theme.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>CLICK HERE</b></span></a>... I have arranged a First Edition Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone to whizz you across the cyberverse to get there toute-suite.<br />
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<br />In other news... I shall be back on't tellybox on Tuesday 5th July at 2pm and 8pm with glorious goodies from ScrapBerry's... more of that later... at the moment I am disappearing in a puff of dust and glitter whilst I try to get my Room of Stash in order as it... <span style="font-size: xx-small;">um</span>... really has got a little bit... <i>out of hand!</i><br />
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Hels xHels Sheridanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15229135987464456057noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503273137731853241.post-27969060626946315782016-06-17T18:00:00.000+01:002016-06-17T18:00:24.006+01:00Feathers & Flutters... Cor blimey and <i>thrice</i>! I can't believe how quickly this year is whizzing past, June already!! Which means it is time for me to show you my offering for this month's <a href="http://www.creativecarteblanche.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Creative Carte Blance</b></span></a> blog theme of "Winged Things". Now, it is no secret that I usually managed to bung a butterfly somewhere on my creations and I positively squealed with delight when I saw what <a href="http://paperskiesandhazeleyes.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Susan</b></span></a> had picked for the theme this month! Hurrah! Any old excuse eh? To see all the details on how to join <a href="http://www.creativecarteblanche.com/2016/06/winged-things.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>CLICK HERE</b></span></a> and you will be transported immediately on the back of a giant bumblebee to the Creative Carte Blanche blog.<br />
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I shall away now... I am busy with the Ink Buds this weekend... and I also have news of more TV shows so watch this space for times and dates etc. Thanks for looking, have a grand weekend! TTFN<br />
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Hels xHels Sheridanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15229135987464456057noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503273137731853241.post-69709421152752171112016-05-26T08:21:00.001+01:002016-05-26T08:21:09.882+01:00It's Showtime!!!<i>Ooohlalaa!!!</i> I have been all of a dither with the anticipation of today because... I will be on Create & Craft at 1pm and 8pm with <a href="http://scrapberrys.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>ScrapBerry's.</b></span></a> The channel details are: <b>Sky 674, Freeview 23, Freesat 813 and Virgin 748 </b>or you can watch live online<a href="http://www.createandcraft.tv/" target="_blank"><b> <span style="color: #660000;">HERE</span></b></a>. I've a few samples to show you... three of the collections that will be featuring on the shows - plus the ScrapBerry's DT have been working up a storm to make the most beautiful samples... to see the DT blogs, just click their names and I've arranged for you to be whisked across cyberspace on a huge ladybird :O))<br />
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Check out <a href="http://scrapydebby.blogspot.de/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Olga,</b></span></a> <a href="http://www.scrapkiart.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #990000;">Mariusz</span></b></a>, <a href="http://oliwiaen.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Maja</b></span></a> and <a href="http://www.scrapstuffandmore.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>Romy</b></span></a>.... the DT members who have been creating gorgeous samples for the shows today... seriously talented peeps they are. <br />
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You can also see more delightful things made using ScrapBerry's goodies <a href="http://blog.scrapberrys.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>HERE</b></span></a> on the blog<b> </b>and did you know there is a ScrapBerry's group on yonder Facebook? All you need to do is search ScrapBerry's and the option to join will pop up.... there are loads of members there sharing all their creations so it is well worth joining.<br />
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I hope you will be able to join me at 1pm and 8pm.... I am ever so slightly nervous because it has been nearly two years since I was last on the tellybox! I have no idea where that time went!!! I shall away now... thanks for looking and have a great day! TTFN<br />
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Hels xHels Sheridanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15229135987464456057noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503273137731853241.post-32609163705826638022016-05-17T18:00:00.000+01:002016-05-17T18:00:31.188+01:00WWWow! Carte Blanche!!!Cor blimey, you know I loves a good old challenge theme and this month, over at the <a href="http://www.creativecarteblanche.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Creative Carte Blanche</b></span></a> blog, <a href="http://cherylspaperartz.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Cheryl</b></span></a> has set a grand prompt for us all.... to use something Wild, a Word and some Wood! This one certainly got me all of a dither and I decided immediately to not go down the usual route of a wooden thing to alter but instead to decorate a wooden thing.... and then I completely got sidetracked after rummaging in the Room of Stash and remembering this old wooden spool that a friend gave to me yonks ago. It has, to be honest, been sitting folornly gathering dust on a shelf, so I took it down, blew on it <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(rids the fruzzins and dusty bits, that does)</span> and set about scavenging in the garden for something wild.<br />
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I have <strike>some</strike> ok, <i>lots</i> of hardy fuchsias and they needed a tidy up so I gathered together some of the twiggy bits and the idea formed to bung them into the spool. A passing pigeon obligingly dropped a few feathers on the lawn so I nabbed those up too and popped those into the middle of the spool too. <br />
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I shall away now... busy, busy, busy this week... <i>I have news</i>, <i>verrrrry exciting news</i>... all will be revealed <i>very </i>soon... watch this space ;o)) Thanks for looking... TTFN!<br />
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Hels xHels Sheridanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15229135987464456057noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503273137731853241.post-51350236900803162282016-04-22T18:00:00.000+01:002016-04-22T18:00:39.439+01:00Carte Blanche to Box Clever......Cor blimey and thrice!!! Two blog posts in a week!!! I know, I know, whatever next eh? I have been playing again for the <a href="http://www.creativecarteblanche.com/2016/04/april-adventure-think-outside-box.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Creative Carte Blanche</b></span></a> theme for April, which is Cigar Boxes. However, I have had a lot of feedback telling me that us poor UK peeps are struggling to get hold of cigar boxes. So, I had a little think and decided that whilst a cigar box is preferable<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> (it is the theme after all)</span> I would bend the rules slightly and alter a papier mache box instead. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">*that also means if I bend the rules, so can you ;O)*</span><br />
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That's all from me for today... afore I go I will just let you know that I will be in Preston tomorrow, demoing and Inspirations, with my old mate Pauline -the pair of us, under one roof, demoing... <i>what have they let themselves in for!!!</i> So, if you are at a loose end, fancy a natter and a watch of me getting down and dirty with some Gelatos, please do pop by... entry is free and doors open at 10am. Thanks for looking and have a grand weekend! TTFN<br />
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Hels xHels Sheridanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15229135987464456057noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503273137731853241.post-67563792293650358292016-04-15T18:00:00.000+01:002016-04-15T18:54:51.126+01:00Carte Blanche in a Box!Evening! Tis that time of the month again when it is my turn to share on the Creative Carte Blanche blog. This month the theme is "Alter a Cigar Box". Ooh, did someone say <i>alter</i>? Whooothooot! <i> I loves altering stuff! </i> To see more details on the challenge and where to upload, <a href="http://www.creativecarteblanche.com/2016/04/aprils-art-adventure-altered-cigar-box.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>CLICK HERE</b></span></a> and you will be transported on the back of a giant umbrella to the Carte Blanche blog.<br />
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Apologies for not blogging for the last four weeks. Things have been, well, how can I say this, pretty chuffing awful here at home since I last blogged... Grim's life has, yet again, sadly been turned upside down in the course of his duties at work... so real life has taken priority. However, thanks for all your lovely comments and messages and apologies for being absent... normal service will resume sometime soon hopefully but in the meantime, both of us do really appreciate all your kind thoughts that you have sent our way. Thanks for looking and have a grand weekend.<br />
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Hels xHels Sheridanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15229135987464456057noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503273137731853241.post-77725353523293994402016-03-18T17:30:00.000+00:002016-03-18T17:30:08.808+00:00A Carte Blanche Recipe!Ooohlalaaaa.. I loves a recipe I do!! This month on the Creative Carte Blanche blog, Candy has set us a delicious recipe to use lace, metal and corrugated paper together on our projects. I had the best fun playing, getting covered in ink, paint, glue, texture paste and generally making a mess of my nice tidy desk! To see more details and upload your own entry, please <a href="http://www.creativecarteblanche.com/2016/03/creative-adventure-2-triple-trouble.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>CLICK HERE</b></span></a> for the main CCB page... and please do pop on over <a href="http://www.creativecarteblanche.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>HERE</b></span></a> to see what the rest of the girlies have been up to this month.<br />
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My creation is a 16" x 12" canvas oil board that I have had my eye on for a while now... just waiting for the project to arrive in my head... which it did, the other night, in the middle of the night! I love it when I dream my projects! Starting off with some lush papers from <a href="http://www.kensworldinprogress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Ken Oliver</b></span></a>, I cut into them <span style="font-size: xx-small;">*they didn't squeal... <i>much</i>*</span> and layered them onto the canvas board. <span style="font-size: xx-small;"> (as usual I forgot to take step by step pics during the making of this... oopsies) </span> Once I had the papers layered on, I added my lacy bits... I have a massive bag full of vintage lace, so I used a few snippets of that, along with some lacy trims, overlapping them as I glued them down. I grabbed a stencil and some Ranger Texture Paste and added dimension around the edges of the canvas board.<br />
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Whilst that was drying, I knocked back the papers with a smidge of cream paint and then die cut them using the Tattered Florals die and made three blousy roses. I used corrugated craft card to die cut some Tattered Leaves and painted those with Forest Moss Distress Paint. Once the paste was dry, I liberally pounced cream paint all over the canvas board and used a babywipe to remove some of the paint from the papers to reveal the patterns on them. A quick zap with a heat tool and then I used the scraped paint technique to layer on some paint that I wanted to be perfectly co-ordinated with the colour palette... so I popped a puff of Orchid Color Burst powder into a dollop of cream paint, mixed them together and then scraped the paint over the canvas. I wanted a slightly darker shade of paint, so I repeated the process of colouring the paint but added a bigger puff of powder. I love that the Color Bursts are so vibrant and will mix so easily into any medium. Once I had added a few smidges of black paint to bring the whole design together, I slapped a layer of Glue & Seal over the top of it all the seal it. WOW! That proved a big surprise because the Color Burst in the paint reactivated and really came to life... <i>a happy accident indeedily.</i><br />
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I used a Stabilo All pencil to add shading around the papers and lace and then used a splatter brush to flick droplets of black and cream paint onto the canvas board. The beauty of using the Glue & Seal means that if I goofed up this bit, I could just wipe it away <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(tis my safety net!)</span> Finally I got cracking with the embellishing. Of course, I love to pile embellies on and Candy's recipe gave me the perfect excuse to raid my embellie boxes and go totally over the top! Finishing touches were smidges of Treasure Gold on the stencilled areas and voila, a completed project that made me so happy to make!<br />
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Don't forget you have until the end of the month to play along with the Creative Carte Blanche recipe... hope to see your entry! I shall away now... I have a messy desk that needs a lot of attention! Thanks for looking.. TTFN<br />
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Guess what I chose to be my "try something new"? Go on, <i>have a little guess</i>? If you follow me on Facebook you might have noticed that the past few days have been sooo good because I finally got to do a class with <a href="http://www.kensworldinprogress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Ken Oliver</b></span></a><b> </b>at <b><a href="http://www.daisysjewelsandcrafts.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;">Daisy's Jewel</span></a><span style="color: #660000;">s </span></b><span style="color: #660000;"></span>in Coventry and finally got to play with his fabulous Color Burst Powders.. which are absolutely brilliant! <i>WOW! </i> What a fab teacher Ken is but not only that, he also made me sit back, relax and realise that I do have freedom in what I make and his Color Bursts are just so easy to use, so colourful <i>and also extremely addictive!</i><br />
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Dotted through this post are a few of the things I made in class and a <i>very special</i> thank you to Ken for allowing me to use these samples to show you my "something new" and also a few bits and bobs I made just fiddling and playing and letting the relaxation of Color Bursts wash over me. I got to play with the new Caribbean colours which are absolutely gorgeous... you know me... I loves a bit of blue and green but mix in a smidge of purple.. cor.... <i>I am in lurves!!!!</i><br />
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Color Burst Powders aren't just for sprinkling onto card and spritzing with water though... oh ho no! <i> Guess what I also learnt to do!</i> Watercolour!!! Yes, armed with a paintbrush and an expert tutor guiding me through the process, I managed to create this beautiful card... just look at the colours of that poppy!! Wow! <span style="font-size: xx-small;">*I know, I keep saying WOW... and I also keep saying gorgeous... but that is cos it is true!*</span><br />
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Now... have you seen what my Creative Cohorts have also been up to this month? Please do pop over to the Creative Carte Blanche blog<a href="http://www.creativecarteblanche.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;"><b> HERE </b></span></a>and have a scroll down to see all the delightful creations they have made. Also, have you joined in yet? Have you tried something new and want to share it and join in with the Carte Blanche fun? <a href="http://www.creativecarteblanche.com/2016/02/welcome.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;"><b> CLICK HERE </b></span></a>and you can upload your creation and we can all come and visit and see what you have been up to.<br />
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It is no secret that I have been pretty unwell for a long time now and only just very recently have started to feel a smidge better. Alas, during those long unwell months, my Mojo had upped and left... run off with a much healthier model I do believe. The Creative Carte Blanche ethos is to have freedom in your art and creativity... and you know what? I have had my Mojo re-awakened... my creative sparkle is returning... and all because I tried something new! Thank you Ken for relighting the old creative fire in me... <i>I shall be sure to keep it burning now!</i> Thanks for looking everyone... have fun! TTFN<br />
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Hels xHels Sheridanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15229135987464456057noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503273137731853241.post-51805915236706805102016-02-05T18:00:00.000+00:002016-02-05T18:00:09.341+00:00A Brand New Arty Adventure!... I am<i> SO</i> excited to be able to finally share with you all some news that has been getting me all of a tizzy for a few months now. <i>And what is this news?</i> Only a brand new challenge blog to tantalise your artyness and excite your inkiness! Firstly, I have to say I am so honoured to be a part of this new adventure and am most humbled to be amongst such talented girlies;<br />
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Hels Sheridanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15229135987464456057noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503273137731853241.post-62735743031642762162016-01-19T13:46:00.004+00:002016-01-19T13:46:39.292+00:00The Ink Buds!...Cor blimey! I am soooooo excited!!! All of a dither in fact!!! <a href="http://paulinescreativejourney.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Pauline</b></span></a> and I have just announced our next Ink Buds Weekender! The weekend is 12th & 13th March 2016 and the venue is at Inspirations in Preston, Lancashire. <br />
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Saturday's class will be a Perpetual Calendar... lots of gorgeous techniques to alter and decorate a perpetual calendar and Sunday will see us In The Frame... decorating, altering and making a beautiful arty frame.<br />
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Hels xHels Sheridanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15229135987464456057noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503273137731853241.post-65118439398578683052016-01-10T00:00:00.000+00:002016-01-10T00:00:02.371+00:00Sunday Stamper - Week 370 - Oh You Pretty ThingGoooodly Morning Stampers and a very happy sunny Sunday
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card, canvas, ATC, a piece of altered art... the
choice.. it be <i>yours!</i></span></span> Add in some stamping if you want to and then hop back here, leave me a comment<b> with a link </b>to
the place you are showing your entry and I can come see you. If you
haven't got a blog, you can join in via Facebook<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> (just tag me name) </span>or
by emailing a <i>small</i> res.pic to me or by leaving me a link to your Pinterest or any other photo hosting site. <b> <i>The challenge will remain open until 21:00 Saturday 23rd January 2016.</i></b><br />
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A card for my entry this week! Today I am teaching my first class of 2016 at Crafty Corner in South Shields and we are having a Distress Cardmaking bonanza... this is one of the cards I have created for the class. Bearing that in mind, I won't go into too much detail on how I made it... but.... I can tell you about it! I used those gorgeous Darkroom Door stamps that I so love... the sentiments and flowers go together so perfectly... and the little scroll frame is also a Darkroom Door stamp. The colours I used are Antique Linen and Seedless Preserves DI's... keeping it simple!<br />
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I am scheduling this post... hopefully I have remembered how to do it (it has been a long time, I have been neglecting my poor old blog I know!) so it is actually Saturday afternoon at the moment but by now it will be Sunday sometime.... uh! Confooosed... tis easily done with me tho! Right, time to get a wiggle on... as ever, thanks for looking and... have a goodly day! TTFN<br />
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<b><i><br /></i></b>Hels Sheridanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15229135987464456057noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503273137731853241.post-21852913692218729432016-01-09T13:34:00.001+00:002016-01-09T13:34:28.406+00:00Whoopsie-Daisy!!... ooopsies indeedily! Firstly <i>Happy New Year!!! </i> I know, a little late!!! Ooops again, I completely forgot that last weekend should have been a new Sunday Stamper challenge... am getting forgetful in my old age. What with the mirth and merriment of Christmas and New Year I clean forgot that two weeks had passed since the last challenge. <i>Where does the time whizz off to eh?</i> Anyways, there will be a new challenge tomorrow... I have already scheduled it and everything<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> *polishes halo*</span><br />
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Today I am showing a card I put together as a class sample for my Distress Cardmaking class tomorrow up at Crafty Corner in South Shields. This is one of my fave Darkroom Door stamps... I love collage stamps and especially those that have lots of details on them along with a decent sized main image. And what an image this one is! Tis no secret that I love trains and whilst I am a diesel girl, I do love to see <span style="font-size: xx-small;">*and smell and hear*</span> steam trains. Did you see on the news yesterday that the Flying Scotsman is finally restored and back in steam? It is lovely to see the old girl back running again... even if she should really be green and not black ;0))<br />
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So! Did you have a cracking festive season? Father Christmas was very generous this year... I got some lovely pressies and of course, it would have been rude not to stuff my face with chocolate... so I did! Just call me Spotty Sheridan now lol I shall away now... thanks for looking and have a goodly day! TTFN<br />
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to you all! Thanks for your entries into the last challenge... twas
great to see your lovely creations! This week the theme is a little different - a double theme of<b> CHRISTMAS and NO STAMPING NEEDED </b><span style="color: #660000;">(although you can use stamping if you want to, you don't have to this time!)</span><b><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: #783f04;"></span> </span></b><span style="color: #274e13;"> </span> To
join in with the challenge is simples: make a little something; <span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #4c1130;">a
card, canvas, ATC, a piece of altered art... the
choice.. it be <i>yours!</i></span></span> Add in some stamping if you want to and then hop back here, leave me a comment<b> with a link </b>to
the place you are showing your entry and I can come see you. If you
haven't got a blog, you can join in via Facebook<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> (just tag me name) </span>or
by emailing a <i>small</i> res.pic to me or by leaving me a link to your Pinterest or any other photo hosting site. <b> <i>The challenge will remain open until 21:00 Saturday 2nd January 2016.</i></b><br />
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So! The reason for the double theme this week is because yours truly here is a numpty (you knew that right?) and I completely forgot to add any stamping into my entry! But, I really love this make so decided to go with it anyway and free up the restrictions a wee bit too. Have you tried the new Distress Mosiac Kit<b><i> </i></b>yet? Oh my wordy <i>indeedily!</i> I am totes in lurve with this new kit.... and am thoroughly addicted to using it. It is simple to use and gives great results every time... this little Christmas tree hanging was made using a Studio 490 Art Part as a base - it is the inny bit from one of the Art Part frames which are really sturdy - that is the only thing you really need to remember with this kit - use a sturdy base otherwise the grout makes it go wibby-wobbly. The papers are from Tim's new Yuletide collection<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> (how cute is that Santa?) </span>and I used the Teensy Tattered Florals die to cut some little flowers for decoration and added a couple of Festive Chit Chat stickers to finish it off.<br />
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I have been on my <i>death bed</i> this past week! Oh yesh, I have been beating the Grim Reaper off with a snot filled hanky and a chesty cough... I am happy to report I made it through and am feeling muchly improved now. I hate having a cold... that awful cannot-breath-or-smell-or-taste feeling... yuk! It is completely my own fault tho. Grim had a cold last week and I was all "oh it is yonks since I got a cold, I rarely get them...." Haha, famous last words! We went to see Simply Red last Sunday <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(they were amazing)</span> and I fear that the nice bloke behind me who was hacking and sneezing onto the back of my head may well have shared his germ with me. <i>How kind! NOT!</i><br />
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Are you all set and ready for Christmas? I am happy to report that for the first time ever, I am! No rushing around like a complete loon trying to post cards and wrap pressies.. oh ho! I am all prepared, all I need to do is buy veggies on Christmas Eve and ta-dah... <i>done! </i> As this Sunday Stamper spans the Christmas and New Year period, I will just take this opportunity to say a <i>mahoosive</i> thank you to all of you who have joined in with my little challenge during 2015 and I hope that Christmas is all you wish for and that you have a marvellous 2016. That's all for now... thanks for looking... TTFN!<br />
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Hels xHels Sheridanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15229135987464456057noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503273137731853241.post-34257483302218923342015-12-06T00:00:00.000+00:002015-12-06T00:00:06.115+00:00Sunday Stamper - Week 368 - Pipes of PeaceGoooodly Morning Stampers and a very happy blustery Sunday
to you all! Thanks for your entries into the last challenge... twas great to see your lovely vintage makes! This week the theme is ... <b><span style="color: #660000;">PEACE</span><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: #783f04;">.</span> </span></b><span style="color: #274e13;"> </span> To
join in with the challenge is simples: make a little something; <span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #4c1130;">a
card, canvas, ATC, a piece of altered art... the
choice.. it be <i>yours!</i></span></span> Add in some stamping and then hop back here, leave me a comment<b> with a link </b>to
the place you are showing your entry and I can come see you. If you
haven't got a blog, you can join in via Facebook<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> (just tag me name) </span>or
by emailing a <i>small</i> res.pic to me or by leaving me a link to your Pinterest or any other photo hosting site. <b> <i>The challenge will remain open until 21:00 Saturday 19th December 2015.</i></b><br />
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I have made a tag for my entry this week - it is a size 8 manila and covered with Tim's gorgeous new Christmas papers - these colours are right up my street for Christmas and the patterns are so vintage and nostalgic looking. Once the tag was covered, I knocked back the print on the paper a little bit rubbing a bit of Antique Linen Distress Paint over and smudging with my fingers... then blending Fired Brick and Ground Espresso DI's around the edge.<br />
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As usual I am rushing around so a short and sweet post from me today... please do check back soon tho as I have been playing with the new Distress Mosaic kit and having a right old ball! Thanks for looking, have a grand Sunday! TTFN<br />
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Hels xHels Sheridanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15229135987464456057noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503273137731853241.post-73897707721239516372015-11-23T00:00:00.000+00:002015-11-23T00:00:05.393+00:00Indroducing.... The Ink Buds...Cor blimey and thrice!!! I am so excited to be able to share with you some grand news!!! My very dear friend, <a href="http://paulinescreativejourney.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;"><i><b>Pauline Wheeler</b></i></span></a>, and I have joined together to form The Ink Buds. Our aim is to travel around the UK teaching Weekender Workshops, bringing our love of all things inky, messy, arty, painty and crafty to venues local to you.<br />
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Our very first Weekender is to be held at Daisy's Jewels and Crafts, Exhall, Coventry on 23rd and 24th January 2016. There will be two classes over the weekend - we have decided that you
can book the classes separately if you cannot make the whole weekend -
that way you don't have to miss out. If you are interested in joining us for our very first event, please pop me an email <i>(my email address is in my profile on the left hand side)</i> and I can send all the details over to you. Spaces are filling up fast so if you are looking for something to banish those January blues, please do let me know.<br />
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I do hope that you will be able to join us - and if you are interested in us visiting your neck of the woods, please do drop me a line to let me know... and we can add your area to our list of places to visit!<br />
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Thanks for looking... ooooh I am so excited I could squeak.. ok, I did squeak... several times....<i> loudly!!! </i>I even did a little jig too!! TTFN<br />
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Hels xHels Sheridanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15229135987464456057noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503273137731853241.post-60640722530486342092015-11-22T15:24:00.002+00:002015-11-22T15:24:46.879+00:00Sunday Stamper - Week 367 - Just An Old Fashioned GirlGoooodly Afternoon Stampers and a very happy Sunday
to you all! Thanks for your entries into the last challenge... I loved seeing all your gorgeous entries! This week the theme is ... <b><span style="color: #660000;">VINTAGE</span><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: #783f04;">.</span> </span></b><span style="color: #274e13;"> </span> To
join in with the challenge is simples: make a little something; <span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #4c1130;">a
card, canvas, ATC, a piece of altered art... the
choice.. it be <i>yours!</i></span></span> Add in some stamping and then hop back here, leave me a comment<b> with a link </b>to
the place you are showing your entry and I can come see you. If you
haven't got a blog, you can join in via Facebook<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> (just tag me name) </span>or
by emailing a <i>small</i> res.pic to me or by leaving me a link to your Pinterest or any other photo hosting site. <b> <i>The challenge will remain open until 21:00 Saturday 5th December 2015.</i></b><br />
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My entry is a whoppping mahooooosive canvas (12" x 16") I decorated... it was my class sample from my Melt Pot class yesterday for Ali-Craft in South Hykeham... we had a glorious day getting all hot with the Melting Pots... you all know how much I love anything with a smidge of beeswax slapped on it and this canvas sure is covered in it!<br />
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The papers are from Prima's Archivers collection - they are beautiful... the colours are right in my comfort zone... and I just edged them with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink to give them a bit of oomph. The flowers are made from Tim's Tattered Florals die... they are my fave flowers to make - you'd never have guessed that right? I just edged these with Aged Mahogany to give them a bit of a pinky tone and then dipped them right into beeswax to coat them... I did the same with the leaves which are Tim's Tattered Leaves... and then I added a butterfly - stamped onto the same card and also dipped into the wax and pearls added for his body. The birdy is my Carabelle Studio<i> FAVE</i> bird stamp <i>EVER</i> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">*and I have a lot of birdy stamps!*</span> ... he was stamped onto the same papers and cut out, inked and then glued down before I waxed so he looks part of the design. The little embellies are moulds of UTEE poured from the Melt Pot and then generously coloured with Treasure Gold - I am loving the flower... the different metallic colours look so pretty IRL.<br />
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Thanks for looking and have a great rest-of-the-day... I am about to bung a leg of lamb into the oven <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(yes, the Domestic Goddess in me is alive and kicking today)</span> and I shall be serving it with cauliflower cheese <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(nomnomnom)</span></i>, swede and carrot mash, roastie spuds and sweetheart cabbage. A few Yorkshire Puds will also put in appearance along with my special mint gravy too... ohalalaaaa... and wait til I tell you what is for pud!!! Mmmm, I am positively drooling and having to sit on my hands so I don't go and nibble at it already... my favest raspberry cheesecake and.....<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> double cream!!! </span></i> I can hear my hips saying <i>"please no"</i> but today I shall be listening to my mouth which is saying <i>"give me something tasty!"</i> Well, it is a well known fact that raspberry cheesecake and double cream is actually completely free of calories if eaten after lamb... they cancel each other out you see...<i> *ahem* </i> Right, I shall love you and leave you and say.... TTFN!<br />
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Hels x<br />
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P.S. Now... I have some<i> verrrry exciting </i>news to share but I will keep you in suspenders for a
few more hours... check back tomorrow when I will be letting you know
about a grand new adventure! Hels Sheridanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15229135987464456057noreply@blogger.com7