that’s me that is !!!

 

This is not normal behaviour for me but WHOOP WHOOP!!

That’s me! “Designer Vicki Abrathat….”

I cannot tell you how absolutely thrilled I am to be in the October edition of Scrap365.  I bolted to the front door when the postie came this morning and I heard the thud of something heavier than the phone bill landing.

Not just one page either….

Not even two pages – a whopping four page feature!! I did not expect that I can tell you. I won’t share all four pages just in case you’ve not got your hands on a copy yet. But I can highly recommend this edition!  I can’t say enough how thrilled I am to see my project and how it’s been presented. I really do hope you all love it too.

What’s more in the Scrappers Bazaar on pages 18 & 19 there’s a fabulous giveaway from a great little shop I know.

I’m now going to spend the day with a huge smile on my face while I bake pies and cupcakes.

incoming....

I thought once the kids went back to school I'd get more chance to get back to creating something other than large piles of ironing in my spare time, but no such luck ...yet. In the meantime I thought I'd share with your the latest piece of mail art I received from Sarah via the Collabor-ART Mail Trail. 

I love the colour combinations she's used. Sarah's work is always so colourful and nicely balanced.

Ah well - back to creating a nice big pile of ironing I guess, then I can go play with the Gelli Plates impatiently sitting on my desk screaming to be played with. I have lots of idea's for them.

an old favourite…

 

A couple of years ago I took part in a 365 challenge, needless to say I didn’t get very far. I think a daily commitment is something I struggle with. Having said that I’ve been revisiting some of the photo’s I took and this is one of my favourites. Another reminder of why I should use the camera more often!

what would you do with £5.00?

Back to School Offer!!

To celebrate the removal of noise & chaos 

we're going to give you £5.00!! 

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What do you need to do? 

We'll give you £5.00 for every £30.00 you spend with us, 

excluding P&P when you add BTS2012 to the comments box.

Orders must be placed between 

Monday 3rd September 2012

& 

Monday 17th September 2012

Then What? 

Once we've processed your order we'll send you a discount code for your each £5.00 you claim. 

You'll have six months to claim your discount. 

Redeeming your Back to School Discount will work in the same way our Gift Vouchers do. 

Happy Shopping!! 

swoon….

Ah, lampwork beads. Oh how I adore you.

These are my latest beads, not made by me you understand, but from Mangobeads. I’ve always wanted to create my own and I’m lucky enough to have a tutor with a fantastic reputation less than half an hour away, but I resist. Why? Because I know I will be addicted to it. I know myself well enough to know I’ll want all the gear and we have nowhere for me to set up shop. I know I’ll want to spend hours perfecting my idea’s and learning techniques. I love working with silver art clay, but don’t have the time to do that, especially when the kiddiewinks are about, so what chance to I have with molten glass?! None. So for now I will resign myself to swooning and supporting some of the amazingly talented lampwork artists there are out there, and when I have finished ooohing and ahhhhing I’ll even string them so I can wear them.

at last!

Friday evening I got an hour to myself as everyone went out. Just an hour? Yep, just an hour, but it was enough to get another overdue circle journal done and an overdue piece of Mail Art done. It must have sparked something in me as I sat and did the next circle journal as well.  Painterly love at last, and what’s more it’s all winging it way to the recipients courtesy of Royal Mail with one CJ homeward bound early. I’m feeling quite pleased with myself for finally catching up, although not so please for falling behind in the first place. 

just wishing for more time...

I cannot really express how much I love these new stencils from Donna Downey & Prima. More frustrating though is that I have plans for a page, maybe even a canvas using these two designs but it might have to wait until September before I get chance. 

remember...

New stamps from Donna Downey & Unity Stamp Co.

We're back, have been for a few days. I've had enough Disney to last me until I'm 70 now...and no, I'm not 69...far from it.  However adjusting to a Newcastle accent after we landed and stopped for dinner on the way home, after listening to a French one took some doing. I swear the guy in the restaurant thought I was a bit simple LOL. Still got to see the Angel of the North again, if only passing by. 

Since getting back I've been stupid busy catching up with post holiday trauma (aka dirty washing and chores) store orders, admin, arranging deliveries, uploading new stock to the store, and working on some creative projects to be shared at a later date. I'm almost up to date now so fingers crossed I'll get some me play time soon as long as the kids allow it. Not that I'm counting down to when the kids go back to school, or trying to get the Grandparents to have them for a few days during the week..... but really...September.  Wonder how quickly we could move up to Scotland...?

be back shortly...

Raspberry pudding anyone…?

Raspberry Pudding 12x12 double sided paper.

The new Domestic Goddess collection from 7 Dots Studio.  I can honestly say I adore this collection, and we hope to have it in store early – mid August!

Proudly Handcrafted 12x12 double sided paper

 

12 x12 Collage Sheet

and the winner is...

A big thank you to all of you who visited and left a comment here as part of yesterdays blog hop. 

The randomly drawn winner of the £10.00 voucher to spend in my store, a sprinkle of imagination, is...

Lynne said...

This has really inspired me to have a go at messy play once more,Thank you so much for those instructions UKS name Retired nana

UKScrappers Blog Hop

Welcome to the UKScrappers Sponsors Blog Hop!

I’m Vicki, owner of a sprinkle of imagination.  If you’re here because of the blog hop you may have come from here 3D Jean.  After commenting (and BE SURE TO MENTION YOUR UKS USER NAME in your comment) hop on to a trip down memory lane .  If you lose your way, hop to the UKS post  to see the whole linked list. Be sure to reply in that thread when you complete the hop!

If you’re not here from the blog hop, or a member of UKScrappers, please feel free to leave a comment anyway as I’m giving away a £10.00 gift voucher to one of the commentators here!

OK, down to business then. This time around I have a layout for you. I know, it’s been a while, and I know we sell a lot of art supplies and goodies that are great for your mixed media projects and art journals, but we also have a fabulous range of scrapbook papers.  This is a really straight forward and inexpensive layout as I’m betting you’ll have most of the bits, or things you could substitute sitting in your stash. Nothing fancy, and yes, there is paint involved.

I’ve taken just two sheets of 12x12 paper.

 

From 7 Dots Studio’s Dreamer collection – City Lights using the “b” side which looks like this….

Next up – from Graphic 45’s Olde Curiosity Shoppe… Butterfly Specifics

The photo’s I’m using on this layout are of The Angel Of The North, so to help create a more industrial feel to the page I’ve grunged up the 7 Dots paper and the photo’s by taking a paint dabber (Jenni Bowlin Fountain Pen) and using it fairly dry and cross hatching around the edges. Test your dabber on some scrap paper first to get rid of any excess paint.  You do need it fairly dry for this effect.

Next I’ve taken a Prima mask (fence 2), and have used it with Violet Archival Ink on some some cut ‘n dry foam.

Background done! How easy was that?! I know very, right, and I’ll bet you still have clean fingers and haven’t decorated half your desk with ink and paint. Bonus!

I’ve used three photo’s, all different sizes, put them in place and then added strips of Tim Holtz Tissue tape (from the Traveller set in this case), layering them up.

For the final touch I’ve cut six butterflies from the Graphic 45 paper and added a date stamp using the SMASH Date stamp.

Don’t forget to leave a comment, both here and on the UKS post.  I’ll do a random draw here for a commentator to win a £10.00 gift voucher to spend at a sprinkle of imagination!

Happy Hopping, I hope you’ve enjoyed my project  and enjoy the next project at a trip down memory lane!

Thanks for stopping by!

couldn’t agree more…

Donna Downey stamps from Unity now available in store.

animal shots…

I’ve just started to sort through some of the shots taken while we were in Florida last summer, and these are some of my favourite animal shots.

 

10% off today...

Just for today, as it's Englands next match , we're giving you 10% off all Stampotique Originals. 

Ends Midnight!