Cards with Happy Stampers

Well, I had intended teaching two cards in my workshop of 1.5 hours yesterday but only my second group got around to actually starting the second one.  I had made four cards in all to give them some ideas of what they could use with the selection of stamps from Graphic 45 that I had used.

Gorgeous stamps from Ali-Crafts - and there are papers that match but I felt that was a bit too expensive to use in a workshop for 38 people so I had them making their own backgrounds.

The first (and in most cases the only) card they made was this one. Sorry about the view of it, it is a cream card with brown Distress Ink background on it and then the black mounted pictures on top.  I could not get my scanner to tie up with the MacBook, which I am slowly learning how to use, on Sunday morning (when I realised I had not scanned my cards) and so had to take hasty photographs.

I did promise some of the ladies I would upload pictures of my other cards (sorry, they too are photos done hastily) so here they are:

Tomorrow I will start to upload them with some instructions just in case someone has lost the sheet.  In the meantime a visit to Ali-Crafts will mean you can buy those gorgeous Graphic 45 Stamps.

Busy Weekend

Had a busy weekend working for Ali and Iain at Ali-Crafts but without having to travel to Lincoln as they travelled up north to Port Sunlight. Saturday saw me dem'ing for them at the show when it was Alcohol Inks all the way but with a bit of Distressing thrown in occasionally.

Here's a couple of my friends who came to see me although lots of friends called round at various times.  Carmel on the left and Lorraine on the right.

I had taken a few samples with me to show how you could ink up various things such as glass, plastic, metal, and the usual glossy card.

This is Ali, not sitting down but on her knees looking for something.

And here's Iain helping a lady find some papers

Graphic 45 - great selection here

A busy busy show as always but with a lull, which is not usual, at around 3.15 - did mean I could pack up at 3.30 though for a wander and spend.  Must say I only "gabbed" and didn't buy anything apart from buying from Ali because she has such fabulous stuff.  You really should pay a visit to her website.

Sunday saw us making our way back but this time to a Scout place where we were to do some workshops with Happy Stampers NW.  Ali had worked out that we were to do three workshops, Claire, Ali and I were to do them and Iain was running the shop and generally helping us with things we wanted.

That's Marie (forefront) and other ladies from my first group - she really went out of her way to look after me.  Always ready to make me a brew and even giving me a choccie biscuit for a sugar rush to help me along.  Everyone needs a friend like Marie.

For some reason my second group got more photographs taken and I am just sorry I did not know the names of any of them.

and three of them showing you one of the cards they made with me

For some reason I seemed to take photos of these ladies more than any others

This is my attempt at showing you a view across the room to group three (see what I meant above).

Helen and Sylvia (two friends from Katy's Corner) in my third workshop and below is Karen busy beavering away.

This is Ali teaching she'd moved to my second group here (you can see my lovely heat gun stand if you look carefully - glad to say it got back home safe and sound, made by someone special for me).

and this is Claire with the group that I had first

I was well tired when I got home, aching bones and all that so now have to sort my room out, empty my bags, and generally recover a bit more.  Did promise the ladies I would put photos of my other cards on my blog so they can see what the instructions I gave them lead to. Hope they bought the stamps from Ali Crafts, if not guess they can substitute them with some others.  

Will do that shortly, so watch this space.

Incidentally on the way home I took some snaps from the moving car of the flooded fields at Stanlow Oil Refinery.