Woohoo...

Look what Brianna and Gordon got me for my birthday.. Defo no stopping me now.. Lol

Xxxx

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Flowers..

Flowers everywhere... And even a mad balloon that my daft mum brought me.. Lol.. Xxx

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Paperartsy Inspiration....

Morning all... apologies for yesterday but it was just one of those days.. lol.. hopefully today will go a lot smoother... so... on with the pictures and we have taken a step now onto paperartsy inspiration... and there are a few pictures to share with you yet again so I'll do them in group batches till you've seen them all... then I'll share pics of my goodies I brought home with me...

Don't you just love the use of colours and metals in these projects... how could you not find inspiration from them in so many different ways.

So that's your first three... have a good old nosey at them... enlarge them to see close up detail and then take their ideas.. adapt to your own liking and create some projects for yourself.. that's what I'm going to do.. lol..

Well.. without further ado.. I will bid farewell for the moment being but will be back again in a short while to share some more delights with you all. Toodles for now.

Love 'n' hugs

Lorraine xxx

Scottish Craft Extravaganza

Dear all.. In particular Bea.. (Couldn't find your email addy anywhere sorry..). For full details on the Scottish Craft Extravaganza, please visit the website at
www.yvonnejacksonagency.com

Xxxx

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Fw: Timmy play time..

Well folks.. Sorry I haven't gotten more of my pictures uploaded today.. Been getting the house all cleaned up before tomorrow and had a few visitors too..

Fortunately I still managed to get time to play with my delicious Tim goodies as I had a card I had to make for someone... And here is the finished project.

Well.. I'm off to organise some dinner now as I've got more friends calling round tonight.. Maybe if most of them appear today then I'll actually be able to sit back and put my feet up tomorrow.. Lol.

Right, I'm gone.. Toodles for now and catch you all again soon.

I'll recommence my Tim workshop tomorrow again.

Love 'n' hugs
Lorraine xxx


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A special card..

This is a card made for me by my friend's daughter Nicole.. How special do I feel :D xxx

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Kitty crafting

I'm doing a wee quick card just now and put bits and bobs on the floor to clean my table.. Very quickly my kitty decided that he would try his hand at crafting too.. Lol..

Soon as I finish this up I'll get some more pictures posted from my Timmy event.

Love 'n' hugs
Lorraine xxx

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Tims' configuration boxes

These are awesome.. and you really do need to click to enlarge in order to appreciate just how many elements there are included in each box... hope you enjoy looking at them.

Right folks... that's me done for the day... more to follow tomorrow again and I hope you'll join me again to see what else I have to share with you.

Love 'n' hugs

Lorraine

xxxx

Tims' creations....

Well folks.. I really have no right to make any statements on this posting at all... except for I hop you enjoy browsing some of the wonderful creations from the man himself... oh and I have left a little message on the 3rd and 4th pictures.. lol.... Enjoy!!!!!!

Can you see my reflection in the mirror... does this mean I'm part of the creation!

Sorry about this one folks... no matter what I do the stupid picture keeps uploading at the wrong angle.. obviously it's just silly Mr Blogger up to his old tricks again.. I apologise for any sore necks as you crank your head to the side... perhaps it will correct itself if you enlarge the image..

Well I hope you've enjoyed seeing some of the beauties we all got to see in the flesh... what's in the next scheduled posting... Tims' own configuration boxes... yummy..

Toodles for now and catch you all in a few hours again.

Love 'n' hugs

Lorraine

xxx

Our extra goody bag...

Now what can you say to this lot apart from WOW... after we returned from our morning tea break there was an additional hessian bag of goodies lying on our tables just crying out to be opened.. this however did have to be done careful due to the fact that it contained glass elements.. can you imagine.. all anyone wanted to do was tip the bag upside down and get the goodies out as quickly as possible... but no... it had to be done carefully.. lol... and yes there was a lot in it so below are some close up pics so you can see it all and don't miss anything.

Now here we have some top corners for our boxes... a pearl with chain, wings, key, manequin, ticket, flowers, metal number, cork number, metal sentiment, glass bottles and a small light..

Slight over lap of goodies here to ensure I didn't miss anything so here's the other part of the corners and numbers etc along with some pen nibs, locks, bird elements, clock dials, upside down buttons, frames and part of my vintage car... now the amazing thing about the car... Tim actually sourced all of these vehicles seperately... it is not something he manufactures or anything else.. they are infact all vintage... now how awesome is that...

Hope you're all still keeping up here.. lol... right this time we have.. some mesh, glass bottles, wire bird cage, flowers, twine, bottle cap, cork numbers, film negatives, measuring tape, thread spool, key, frame, button and a wee bit of my vintage car again..




Right.. last one of this lot folks.. here we go.. birdcage, twine, button, cork number tile, measuring tape, frame, key, glass bottles, buttons, tickets, flowers, measuring tape ribbon, photo negatives, metal hanger and bottle top.

Phew... sorry if that seemed a bit lengthy but wanted to give you a true feeling of what we all felt like when we got everything out of our bags and we were all rummaging around looking at and trying to take in all the deliciousness that was lying on the table in front of us... and as you can see.. there was a lot of it.

So.. I'll leave you to drool over these little babies for a few hours and then I'll post pictures of some gorgeous creations by the wonderful Tim Holtz himself.

Have fun!
Love 'n' hugs
Lorraine
xxx

Ready to go....

Morning all.. hope the day has found everyone in a good mood and feeling well... as for me.. well.. fell asleep on the sofa just after nine last night.. woke just before eleven.. closed all the house up and went to bed.. that was me then till about nine this morning... you would think I had been a wee tad tired or something.. lol...

Anyway.. onto important things.. yes that's right.. we're back to Tim again.. now the picture above shows you pretty much how our tables looked when we first entered the room before the workshop commenced..

Sweeties in the middle.. think these were more to keep up quiet than to keep the energy levels up.. lol... kitchen roll, baby wipes and the all important tissue tape. We also had our buckets of water and brushes to use with our multi medium and some ultra clear double sided tape.. so you all know the one I mean.. it's the red one.

Obviously the main items were our configuration boxes, along with a beautiful set of standing feet to make the finished project ultra elegant and an amazing pack of goodies from Ranger too. Oh and along with our configuration box we also got some delicious Tim Holtz papers to use, a piece of sanding paper and also some grunge elements..

Our amazing feet for our configuration box.. aren't they just divine.
Oh and can you see our amazing UK 2011 sticker too...

Awesome...

Awesome travel pack we received from Alain at Ranger (massive thank you) all so compact.. included in our kit was a distress ink pad, a blending tool, glossy accents, multi medium and perfect pearls and an ink dabber.

So folks.. that was how our day began when we first entered the workshop... I'll let you all drool over those bits for a while then I'll upload the next lot of pictures.. hhmmm now will that be the next lot of goodies we were given or will it be pictures of some masterpieces made by Tim's own fair hands.. guess you'll just have to wait and see.. lol.

Right.. off to get some more postings scheduled and I'll catch up with you again soon.

Have a wonderful Saturday.

Love 'n' hugs

Lorraine

xxx

TIM AND ME

Now this was obviously the only picture that truly had to be taken on the day... oh yes... me with the awe inspiring man of crafting... Mr Tim Holtz himself... wicked!!!!!!!

Thank you Tim for taking the time... best 40th birthday present a girl could have.

Our Timmy class of Feb 2011

This is basically the view around the room.. only thing missing is my table I think.. lol.

Timmy buddies

Cynthia and myself

Gill and Tim

Cynthia and Ali

What a wonderful time us four girls had throughout the duration of the day... lol. Thank you girls for all the fun and laughter and hope we get to do the same again one day in the future.

'Let the Journey Begin' pictures...

Caught off guard... lol

Okay folks.. I've just downloaded the pictures from the camera and now to start sharing with you... There are mixture of people who were there.. projects we created... goodies we received... goodies we bought... projects created by Tim Holtz himself and also projects created by the girls at Paperartsy... hand on tight folks.. I wouldn't like to lose any of you along the way... lol.

Now there are a lot of pics so I'm going to spread them out... some of the pics have so much detail in them.. if I bamboosled you with them all at the one time you'd forget half of what there is to see.

So.. seeing as this is the great Tim Holtz himself... this is going it alone for just now.

Check back later to see what's up next.

Love 'n' hugs

Lorraine xxx

Peek a boo..

There are some new goodies in my house today... Lol..

Just got a few wee things to do then I'll get picks downloaded.. Sorry for the delay..

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I'm back..

I'm shattered.. I've had loads of fun and loads of laughter along the way too...

Wee mummy is due to arrive shortly so soon as she leaves I'll get some pictures uploaded.. In the meantime.. Here's a wee piccy of my ticket just to tickle your taste buds.. Lol.

Love 'n' hugs
Lorraine xxx

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Home time...

Evening all.. Well what a journey I have been on today.. Awesome from start to finish.. Obviously had my picture taken with Tim and my ticket signed too... Lol.. Poor soul must have been glad to leave the building tonight.. I did get to say good morning as he was arriving this morning but sadly had my back to the door as he was leaving.. At least I seen him leave though.. Lol.

So.. I'm now in the taxi on route to the airport.. Then a wee short flight, followed by the car journey home.. Hopefully I'll be in my pj's by 11pm... Not sure I'll sleep much tonight right enough.. Not after the day that I've just had..

Well.. I'll sign off now and I'll get more pics upload to share with you all tomorrow again..

Love 'n' hugs
Lorraine xxxx

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Goody bag

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Let the journey begin...

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Bed time..

Nighty night folks..

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Bed for the night

Almost time to hit the sack for the night so I'm bright eyed and bushy tailed in the morning.. Up at 6am.. Need to check out etc before registration at 7.30am.. Then off to the workshop we go.. Roll on tomorrow morning..

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Hotel...

Woohoo... I've landed safe.. Been on a 30 min taxi ride and have now arrived safely at the venue..


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Again..

I'm feeling like this is a normal sight for me this week.. Lol.. Hopefully the weather's a bit better when I land at Luton..

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Airport again..

Yep it's that time.. As Tim would say.. 'Let the journey begin'.

So whilst I'm away having fun mummy dearest will be tending to the house, watching sky and will hopefully have the ironing pile greatly reduced for my return.. Well she does have all day today and tomorrow too.. Lol

So I'm off to head through security and hope I'll be able to keep you updated throughout.

Love 'n' hugs
Lorraine xxx

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All packed

And ready to go... Woohoo... Yes the day has finally arrived when I'm jetting off to do my wonderful Tim Holtz workshop.. Well I say jetting off but there's a possibility the plane will have propellers.. Lol..

The fun begins today.. Flying down.. Then a wee rest and nosey around the place before sitting down to an enjoyable evening meal with my wonderful friend Cynthia.. Wonder just how much conversation we can fit in before bedtime.. Lol.. A good nights rest then up early and off to see the wonderful Tim.

I'll keep you up to date as much as possible with pictures as and when I can..

Now, I'm off to sort the house, make sure dishes etc are all done before my departure.. Lol..

Hope you all have a wonderful time too.

Love 'n' hugs
Lorraine xxxx

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