I know why the caged bird sings....

I've got another article in August's Craftstamper which hits the stalls this Friday.  I don't know how I came across the poem that inspired it but I must have heard it at some point and it's stayed with me.  Tim Holt's bird cage die was an obvious element to use.

I've also been making lots of hand made fabric flowers recently.  They're very easy and the instructions are included in the article.

Craftstamper Feb 2010

Must admit, I'm really excited about my most recent article in Craftstamper. It's the most complex article I've written so far so I hope you enjoy it and find it useful! Let me know what you think.

There are four different techniques to try out, so hopefully one or two will appeal. The one above is using Lazertran

This is the acrylic paint transfer - lots of finger rubbing here!


...and finally, the smelliest, using essential oils. So get out your oils and give it a go LOL.

Craft Stamper December

I was asked to provide a couple of the samples with the fascinating Character Constructions stamps this month. You can also see more work by Sue Roddis, Gail Milburn and Rachel Jackson. As you probably know, CS only allow a sneak peak of the work so here we go......

This is a paper creation..

and this is a fabric creation...

Craftstamper August

Phew - it's all go at the moment! Several of our forum members took part in an inchie cube challenge a few months ago and you can see the results in this month's magazine. It's always fascinating how one item can be interpreted so differently. Here's a sneak peak of mine......

Craft Stamper July - Canvas Sampler

The new issue of Craft Stamper is out and this month's Craft Stamper is just full of inspiration and creativity again.

This month, I've made a canvas sampler which is just a fun way of recording different techniques and ideas in a decorative way on a canvas board. There are lots of different things to try. Hope you find it easy to understand and enjoy having a go at some of the techniques. Here's just a sneak peak at one part of the board as the magazine doesn't like us to show the whole item.

Craftstamper June 09

Woo hoo - I've got some things in Craftstamper this month -

Items made with cover stamps from the fab Crafty Individuals

And two cards as part of the Art Journey Stamping Contrasts article using their Smile plate

The magazine looks really good again this month, packed with all sorts of different articles - go take a look!!

I pressed the send button too soon earlier so apologies to anyone who follows the blog if you got an empty post!

Craft Stamper November

I've got an article about gothic arches in this month's Craft Stamper. The new format magazine seems to be going from strength to strength and there are some great contributors this month, not least my two forum buddies Jo and Penny. I'm only allowed to show a sneak peek as magazine policy doesn't allow the full pics for three months but you could always buy the magazine LOL!

Tales of a Blogger (or blowing my own trumpet again!)

Sometime back, I thought I would submit an article on blogging and challenge blogs to Craftstamper Magazine and this month it's been published! If you click on the second picture, you can see some of the challenge sites that I mentioned.

Published! (bind-it-all box)

Wow - I knew I was going to have a few pages in Craftstamper this month but I was a bit stunned to see my project on the front of the magazine!

and this is the original....

Published!

Coo, it's been a while since I posted. Life's been busy and I can see it being busy for the next couple of weeks too. Anyway, I was very pleased to have some of my puzzle pieces published in Craftstamper just before Christmas so thought I'd show which they were.



Hope you like them!