A Weekend with Finnabair!

Time hasn't allowed for much blogging lately so a bit of an update now.
On Friday I travelled to Middlesborough to meet up with some lovely crafty friends for a weekend of craftiness taught by the most lovely Finnabair (Anna Dabrowska)  and organised by the equally lovely
Sue Tucker, Art Workshops .
I've been inspired by Finn for so long now and have such admiration of her work so to actually take part in this weekend was an enormous highlight in my crafting journey and will stay with me always.
Apart from her talent I simply love her unintimidated approach to her art, it's so refreshing.
We stayed in the nearby Premier Inn and enjoyed evening meals in the pub next door, catching up on all our crafty chat and socialising.
Sat and Sun were two long days crafting, creating 3 projects in total, a 12 x 12 scrapbook page, mixed media canvas and a canvas journal cover with inside page layouts..
I loved all the projects and learnt a lot and would recommend the workshops to anyone interested if you get the opportunity.
I'll leave you with pictures from the weekend and I'll be back tomorrow with my usual Thursday spot with Lisa B Designs .
I am so thrilled to have had the opportunity to have the photo taken with Anna, for me it just sums everything up, Happy Days!
Have a good evening, I'm so looking forward to The Great British Bake Off Final!
Crafty Hugs xKx

New Lisa B Designs Blog Post

Good Morning,
Today I'm sharing my first Thursday Blog Post over at
Lisa B Designs I hope you like it...xKx

A Crafty Weekend in Bristol and Warwickshire

The weekend was full of fun and laughter amongst friends old and new with a lot of crafting activity thrown into the mix.
I have to thank my lovely buddy Jane Barber for organising the Bristol hall and the equally lovely Sheila and Angela from Pink Tulip Creations and Roy from Candy Box Crafts for their help and support at the Pink Tulip location.
I know I took a lot of people way out of their comfort zone with this project and I don't think they'll be looking back now. The results were just superb and I'm so proud of everyone's achievements.
I'll leave you with the results and a couple of pictures of a little visitor who popped in "Winston"
I'll be back again tomorrow with a link to my first Thursday post for Lisa B Designs xKx

Lavinia Stamps September Challenge "Add Some Ribbon"

Morning all,
I can't believe it's Sept already!
Today is the start of the new Lavinia Stamps Challenge over on the Blog, here's the direct link -
September, Challenge 9 "Add Some Ribbon".
Congratulations to last month's randomly chosen lucky winner, £40 to spend with the bonus of new stamps that Tracey has designed and just released to choose from, lucky winner!
There's such a great mix of versatile stamps and if you check out the rest of the DT's work you'll see some fantastic inspiration as always.
We received fabulous entries again last month so many thanks to everyone who joined us for the challenge.
Anyway on to my inspiration, I decided to make some shaped cards from nesting die sets, keeping the  stamping simple. I layered up the nesting shapes on my base cards with complimenting colours.
The backgrounds and wording were created from stencils, including a couple from Sweet Poppy.
Then the images, group poppies, thistles and roses stamped in black versafine.
Finishing off with my ribbon and a few gems.
As always we look forward to seeing your entries which can now be by email too, so why not have a go, good luck!
Thanks for stopping by today...xKx

Another book cover sample...

Afternoon bloggers and crafters,
I've been busy prepping and getting organised for my Bristol and Warwickshire workshops which are fast approaching now!
This is the last sample cover I have to share with you before the workshops arrive.
After a couple of extremely wet days we've had a nice cheery day today.
Hope you're having a good day, I'm off to crack on with my crafty jobs list.
Thanks so much for stopping by...xKx

Happy News!

I'm very pleased and honoured to announce that I'll be starting a term with Lisa B Designs DT in September.
Thanks so much to Lisa for asking me, I'm looking forward to getting started and sharing these new makes with you all.
Have a wonderful bank holiday weekend whatever you have planned...xKx

Workshop 7th Sept being held at Pink Tulip Creations

I am sending this sample off to the lovely Sheila at Pink Tulip Creations for the workshop I'm holding there on the 7th Sept.
There are a couple of spaces left if you are interested please email me directly craftyk@hotmail.co.uk
Those that have been following this project of mine will know I've done a few versions now, this being the latest.
I have one more to do for The Artistic Stamper this workshop is being held on the 20th Sept.
Bookings taken directly through Jennie at the shop.
My inspiration for these books comes from a lovely lady Sanda Reynolds who's workshop I was fortunate enough to attend earlier this year and the ever inspiring Finnabair, I might have mentioned I'm booked on her Oct workshops, I'm just a tad excited!!!

On the note of being inspired I do think it's a shame that credit is not always given when we are inspired by someone's work. We alter and adapt to our own individual style but please remember the hours of hard work and effort that crafters and artists put in to their creations and remember to give credit out of courtesy if nothing else, it costs nothing.
This happened recently to me and to be honest I feel extremely flattered that my work gave inspiration, it's why I do it and what what makes me so happy! but, sad that the standard and courtesy of giving credit slipped.

Anyhow back to what's important and what makes me tick, sharing craft! So here's my offering today...have a wonderful day xxKx
R.I.P. Robin Williams - a life too short but a talent shared worldwide...x