Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Fabulous time in Ankeny...


where I was teaching at Memory Bound





This is the lovely Dawn, one of the owners.


 Saturday was one of my favourites, the all day painty journal.




Sunday saw the other owner, Kellie, get back from her hols. Not sure what that face is lol 



Sunday we had two 4 hr classes and we had a blast.







Ha ha I think I will really miss Dawn 


These two lovelies drove over 7 hours to spend the weekend with me.


 And I swapped style tips with the lovely Julie.
I am so coveting her cowboy dress.







Aww thanks for spending your birthday weekend with me.




The staff at Memory Bound were fabulous, but a special thank you to Gloria, for providing me with a teapot of tea, cup and saucer and Baileys lol. Unfortunately I don't seem to have a photo of her :_(

Ankeny, I had a blast. I ate steak and broccoli, drank slippery nipples, laughed and laughed and had a jolly good time. Thank you for having me I will be back lol.


So now I am in Wisconsin, and this weekend I will be teaching four workshops at The Scrapbook Store and More, Greenfield.

If you fancy joining us, give them a ring on 414-427-9819             to see if there are any spots left.

I'll leave you with one of my journal pages 


Enjoy xx

Thursday, July 16, 2015

Art from the Heart Tutors...Pt 1

Although I am not at AFTH as often as I like, I leave it in the trusty hands of our fabulous in house tutors. They teach some fabulous stuff for us, just check out the workshops HERE
A couple of days before I left for this tour we had one of our tutor play days. We play with products, have a good old chinwag and eat cake !!
I suggested the idea of spotlighting them on the blog, and luckily they were all game for it.
So once a week you will get to see one of them and their fabulous work.

Kicking off we have the gorgeous Tracy Scott



My name is Tracy Scott and I am a proud mummy and nanny to 2 beautiful grand babies who bring immense amounts of joy and inspiration into my life, when not at the day job as a finance officer I spend all of my spare waking moments creating and teaching mixed media art !!

Here is a spread I created in Dyan's style using Dylusions paints, sprays stencils and masks



And here are some pages created with Dylusions but in my own style of art




To see some of the classes I am teaching at AFTH this term go HERE

and if you would like to see more of my work please visit HERE and HERE



How gorgeous is Tracy's work?

If you like what you see go visit her on her blog and give her some Dylusions love

Enjoy xx

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Over the pond to Carson

It was a long long day traveling , with three changes of plane..



and 24 hours later, at 3am I was in the bath, enjoying a beer, lol.


The first part of my tour is to the Stamp Convention in Carson, California, with the fabulous Stampers Anonymous team.

Here's some of my sample boards.



The lovely Gail and the fabulous Trevor


Do you think I have enough stamps with me?


Tim doing his Periscope..!!! Yup I haven't a clue either. Social media and me don't really mix, lol.


Whilst he's busy I will take advantage of his throne...he he.



Met up with friends old... Christine and Vicki


and new...Fran







Thank you to everyone who came to see me, I had a blast.

Yesterday was recovery day and what better than lunch with a view like this one.


This weekend I am teaching at Memory Bound Scrapbook Store in Ankeny IA. Not sure if there are any spaces left, but I always try and squeeze you in, lol. Give them a call and come and see me.

Heres a few pages I finished on the flights.




Enjoy xx

Saturday, July 4, 2015

New dates for teaching and appearances in the USA

These are my dates for July and August in the USA.

I will be teaching at four stores and demoing for Stampers Anonymous at two shows. 

I really hope to see as many of you as I can, please come say hello.


Sat/Sun 11/12th July…demoing at The Carson Stamp Show with Stampers Anonymous

Sat/Sun 18/19th July…teaching at Memory Bound Scrapbook Store, Ankeny, Iowa
Sat…All Day Art Journal Painty Extravaganza
Sun…Silhouette and shape stencils
          Couture Journaling


Sat/Sun 25/26th July… teaching at Scrapbook Store and More, Greenfield WI
Sat…Journaling with Inks and Stencils
          Incorporating Rubber Stamps into your journal pages
Sun…Ooodles of Painted Backgrounds
          101 of Silhouette and Shape Stencils



Sat/Sun 1/2nd August…Betty's Creative Studio. Greensboro, NC
Sat…All Day Art Journal Painty Extravaganza
Sun…Silhouette and shape stencils
          Couture Journaling


Fri/Sat 7/8th August…demoing at Cincinnatti Stamp Show, Ohio with Stampers Anonymous

Sat/Sun August 22nd/23rd…teaching at Scraps Galore, Alberquerque NM

Sat…Journaling with inks and stencils
          Writing in your Journal
Sun…All Day Art Journal Painty Extravaganza

Enjoy xx


Quote of the Century


"You are an extraordinary woman.


How can you expect anything ordinary to happen to you"


Louisa May Alcott