Bad Blogger

Well, I really am terrible at blogging....
No real excuses, just a busy girl who forgets to blog... I really will have to try harder...
Anyway, a little update:
My flights to New Zealand are booked and the Scrappin' Patch retreat plans are all going ahead wonderfully...
I have to thank Rachel Greig from Darkroom Door for her generous sponsorship of my classes in New Zealand.  Watch out NZ we are going to have some fun with Aussie stamps and some great Viva products...
xC

Look Out New Zealand.....

I am glad to finally be able to share with you all some very exciting news that I have been keeping secret....
I will be teaching for Adrienne at her Scrappin' Patch spring retreat in New Zealand in September...
and the most exciting part.... we will be using all my favourite stuff, and getting nice and inky learning lots of fun techniques....   As Adrienne has no doubt already mentioned I don't sleep much, so demoing and sharing can be expected at all hours of the day and night....
I must confess I am really looking forward to meeting everyone and getting messy....

x C

Canvas....

Just thought I'd share a canvas I made recently....
The photo is one of my favourites..... it was taken a few years ago by my mum and at the time she thought she was taking a candid pic of us from some distance away, but we are smirking cause we caught her taking it....  anyway here it is...

I coloured the canvas with Lindy's stamp gang products and forced dried it with multiple layers to get all the colour variation in the background, used lots of Prima products and a few other bits and pieces and held it all together with gel medium...

till next time
xC

Aaarrgh, Me Matey......Fun Times

This past weekend I had our 24hr birthday sale at the shop.... 9 years now.... boy it's gone by quick....
We had a whole lot of fun at the Pirate party crop, and several ladies managed to last the whole evening through till the finish at 10am!!
I thought I'd share a couple of pics from the evening...

Julia and Amanda

Belinda, the tiny peg leg pirate

Tricia and Cloe in a battle to the death....

Pirate zone!!

Aaarrgghh, me treasure!!

A smashing good time...

someone stole all me treasure

looking for the scallywag who stole me treasure...

Till next time
x Cindy

Time to share...

Thought I'd share some of my work with you today....
they are a few of my layouts that have been published....
hope you like them...
x C

Tiled title page

I love working with acrylic pages

I just love interactive pages, you can fit a total of eight 4x6" photo's on this one page layout... see below

another favorite.... interactive with loads of photo's

Finally back into it!

Got home a week ago.... it's taken me this long to get over the trip... I swear the older I get the harder it is to get over the jet lag... but life is now back into routine and back in full swing...
I thought I might share a few more images from CHA with you...

DCVW paper tree...

DCVW paper peacock- just amazing!

DCVW paper tree- these were fantastic!

CHA is over!!

I was so tired last night, I didn't have the energy to get on line and blog.... but today was the final day of the show and I will fly home tomorrow....
It's been an interesting show without Bill here with me... but happily I achieved all I needed too... and I am looking forward to getting home....
thought I'd share some pics from the show!!

this is the layout I made at Anna's class!!

enjoy, see you back home soon!!
xC

Show Floor day 2

Busy day placing orders... thought I would just share some of the nice works I found around the show today... enjoy!!

xC

Recognize this?  done by Linda Baldock!!

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CHA Day 1 of the Show Floor...

Wow, crazy busy, and feeling really tired already.... Have caught up with so many people, it's fantastic... you just don't realize how many people you get to know well after 9 years....

It was great to catch up with Adam from Prima, he always makes me laugh... I have caught up with Sharon from Prima as well, (you all remember Sharon who came a taught for us last year)..... then I went over to Graphic 45 and caught up with Denise, Charee and Aimee.... Next off to My Minds Eye to catch up with Sean... And Bill they all asked where you were!!!

Shows been good so far... only a couple of hours left for the first day...Some great new products.... off to Ranger next I think.... better get back to it...

Till next time

xC

Anna teaching class last night!!

Anna teaching Prima class

More pics later....