Third time lucky !!!!

Damm blogger keeps losing my post from today - so one more go then the computer is flying out of the window !!! So apologies in advance if the pictures and words don't correspond, I'm going with whatever comes up LOL !!



I actually escaped to my new craft room this weekend and had a little play with some of the new products - Tim's new paper stacks are amazing - you know what I mean, far too nice to cut into to, but I forced myself - it's just a bit of paper right ? I love the rabbit from Tim's Spring Sprung set and added some of the papers from the Vintage Shabby stack and of course some Ideo-ology metal bits.............the clock was cut from the Lost & Found stack and rock candied !

This one below was using lots of fab Wendy Vecchi Studio 490 stamps on grungepaper, the vintage photo is from Tim's paper stack Lost & Found

Tim's Lost & Found stacks sold out very quickly over the weekend, we have ordered lots more, so fingers crossed they arrive soon - if you didn't catch them first time, they it may be an idea to use the product notification button (next to each product image) this way you will get an automated email just as soon it they go back in stock.

Ok let's see if this works, for some reason nothing will save to draft, so it may just disappear again LOL

Lyn x

Woo Hoo - unexpected delivery !!!

Look at what's just arrived !!!!!
























Ooops BIG piccy lol !
I wasn't expecting these beauties for a couple of weeks, but they have just turned up today YAY !!!!!!

You will also find lots of other new products on the website too - Shabby Green Door, Pink Paislee, cool hangy things from Zutter and lots more in the what's new section here

Sorry just a quickie - back later !
Lyn

So who wants to win £100 worth of stash !!!!

Exciting things happening overnight on UK Scrappers, yeah, you can be in with a chance to win a whopping £100 worth of stash !!! How cool is that ? All you need to do is hop along to UK Scrappers, register for the cyber crop and enter the additional Mystery Kit Mega Prize. This is a totally new prize that we Mystery Kit sponsors have put together, and the great thing is......all you have to do is make a layout ! Now don't get me wrong, I love the wonderful creations that some talented people put together for the Mystery Kit prize, but heck - I couldn't do that if I tried - I don't have the time for starters, or the talent LOL !! But we can all do layouts can't we ! So depending on which team you are allocated to - you buy your Mystery Kit from one of the following sponsors:

Top Hats team - Indigo Mill

Cars team - Craft Emporium

Ships team - Sarahs Cards

Thimbles team - Mod Scraps

The great thing is we four sponsors get to judge it !!!! So get your entries in, and you could end up with the fab Mega prize. Can't wait to see all the lovely layouts.

Lyn x

Woo Hoo - new October Afternoon is here !!

Yes folks, we have two gorgeous new collections from October Afternoon "Fly A Kite" and "The Thrift Shop" This time there are nine papers in each range and the 8 x 8 Pads allow for this by becoming thicker with a whopping 34 sheets in 17 different designs !!! Fab stickers and Journaling Cards, Stamps and Flash Card Books. There are still Rub-ons to follow and a couple of items that are subject to manufacturing delays - these should be here shortly to complete the full range. We have also stocked up on as much of the previous lines that were available, but sadly some items are not being re-printed including the very popular Cherry Hill 8 x 8 Paper Pad :(

Check it all out here in the new products section

OMG... where has March gone ??!?!?

........I seem to have missed this month somewhere along the way ??
It has been manically busy on the website with loads and loads of new goodies arriving, which of course, means loads and loads of orders to pack !!!
Tim's Alterations dies have now been in stock twice (AND.. out of stock twice lol ) I never even got a chance to stroke them !! Not only has it been frantic workwise, I have also had computer problems, particulary with Blogger - when I did get a few minutes to update I lost the post completely and gave up, I also have issues with reading everyone elses blogs - even Facebook is freezing up on me every time I spend more that 3 seconds on it !! So I'm not ignoring you all - promise ! Hopefully my internet problems are now getting resolved and this post will manage to appear and I can catch up with everyone again.

I have some super fabby wonderfully scrumptious news as well......................guess what is clearing through customs at Stanstead as we speak ?? YAY !!!!!! I don't even have to say the name do I ?..... 'cos you're all waiting patiently (and emailing me LOL !) Answers on a postcard.......... it's time to get stalking.

OK, I'm going to keep this short and not upload any photo's in the hope that it will publish before getting lost in cyberspace again..........will hopefully confirm the arrival very soon :)

Lyn

Fab, fab week ! Part Two !!

Now then, where are we up to ?

Thursday saw me hitting the shops in Harrogate for a lovely mooch and a bit of retail therapy, then it was back to the studio on Friday where I was lucky enough to take one of Dyan's workshops. We made this cute little mini book which was fronted with a fab box frame...........

We painted and inked the frame and used Tim's Stamps to decorate it, the book and tags. Lots of yummy Idea-ology metal bits were used inside the box frame. Great fun to do ! The great thing about Dyan's workshops are that you can take away all the fab techniques to apply them to other projects - you watch, every book I make now will have some sort of frame as the front LOL !!
No sooner that workshop was over it was time to clear the decks ready for a kid's party - wow they had a great time making gorgeous mirrors ! Straight after the party it was clear the decks again ready for the start of the Art Journaling weekend - I don't know how Dyan does it, she is on the go non-stop !!! Everyone started to arrive and get aprons on ready............

Here's Emma and Ann...

Maria, Diane and Mandy............

Joy and Jane..........

Liz and Anne-Marie........

Trish, Michelle and Gill.........

We all started out the weekend as strangers and we laughed till we cried, and cried till we laughed and more importantly made some friends along the way. What a great bunch of fellow Art Journalers !! Another "must go to" if you get the chance - you even get fed and watered LOL !!

I can't believe I didn't take any piccies of my Art Journalling !?!?!? I was obviously far too engrossed LOL !

The week flew by and soon it was time to leave.......ahhhhhh, but not before I grabbed some piccies of the new place - wow look at all that space !!! Very posh !

Can't wait to go back for more..........but yes you guessed it, I am now so far behind with work, that I'm practically in last year LOL ! So, a very busy and hectic week followed, just to ease me back in gently - of course !!

And talking of work, or shop goodies more importantly - the Greetings Farm stamps are now finally on the website - after sitting here for nearly two weeks !!!! There is still another massive box of stamps sitting here too - will try and get them on-line in the next couple of days.

Lyn x

Fab, fab week ! Part One !!

Phew....finally managed to find time to get the piccies off the camera and blog about the wonderful week at Art from the Heart. But where do I start, so many brilliant techniques, workshops, inking, painting, getting as messy as can be. Lots of lovely new friends, good food and Dyan's fab hospitality - even thought she did get me hooked into Prison Break LOL !!



























First workshop of the week was with the amazingly talented and lovely Dina Wakley - wow..... what can I say, Dina shared all sorts of techniques and tips with us....... we gessoed, painted, textured, inked, splatted and collaged for two glorious days.

Dina was such a fab tutor and such a lovely, lovely person - we were indeed in "messy heaven". What a fab way to spend my first two days, I truly felt like I'd had a "one to one" workshop with Dina - what a perfect venue with just the right amount of people.

The first layer of paint was laid down..............

Then we started playing around with masks...............

























Even Dyan got time to play..........





















Dina in full "splatter mode" LOL..................

We even got fed !!!! Yummy food courtesy of Pam (who is an absolute diamond)

Work in progress..........

At the end of day 2 we descended on the local Mexican restaurant for a fab meal and drinkies.........all trying desperately to hide our inky and painty hands LOL !

If you ever, ever get the chance to take one of Dina's workshops you must........you will have the most amazing time !! Specially at Art from the Heart, then you can do Dyan's too - double whammy !!!

Well believe it or not, uploading these piccies has taken ages and ages, I think my Internet connection is playing up........again !!!

So I'm giving up for the night - more piccies tomorrow !

Lyn x

Just a quickie..............

........Will write a proper post when I have surfaced from underneath orders and deliveries LOL !!

Tim Holtz Alterations arrived yesterday and are now on-line, not all the products are ready for shipping yet and some didn't arrive but what we do have are here



























Sitting here still to go onto the website are the Greetings Farm stamps which arrived last week eeek !! Also some lovely new stamps from Donna Salazar, hopefully these will be on-line by tomorrow am.

Had a fabby week at the Art from the Heart Studio including two amazing days with Dina Wakely and Dyan's Art Journaling weekend - will post some piccies and updates later............or in a few days LOL !!!

Back soon !

Lyn x

Meltdown !!!

Not sure whether that means me or the website...........or both !!!

First of all an apology, I did say in the newsletter that although I was heading off for a short break next week, orders placed up until Friday midnight would be depatched before I left.......well, I sort of "over extended" myself - the sheer volume of orders over the last 48 hours have been phenomenal !! There was no possible way that we could have got them all despatched before leaving, so rather than disappoint anyone by having to wait, an executive decision was made and the cut off point was changed to Wednesday midnight. All orders placed up to that point will be despatched before leaving. So basically anyone who placed their order before the notices went up on the site can rest assured they will not have to wait until afterwards.



Tim's brand new book came and went in the blink of an eye - wow I have never seen anything like it, and we ordered loads !!!!! You'll be pleased to know that we have re-ordered it and it will be back in stock soon.



Another favourite amongst the new arrivals is The Crafty Chronicle by Donna Salazar.....





















The paper it is printed on was chosen for the way it reacts with paint and can be formed into flowers. You can create your own unique embellishments with dictionary, wanted ads, horoscopes and even the articles on the front page. More product info on the website !





So where am I going next week ? ........ I am so excited as I am heading up to Harrogate to the wonderful Art from the Heart Studios YAY !!!
2 days of workshops in Art Journaling with the very talented Dina Wakley and Dyan's own Art Journaling Weekend to follow - how cool is that - I am hoping that some of that amazing talent from both Dyan and Dina will rub off on me, my mojo seems to be sadly lacking at the moment LOL !!!

A rather yummy delivery (yes another one !) is taking a little while stuck in customs at the moment, but will hopefully arrive in a few days................here is a little hint.........and don't look too closely at the colouring in - it's my first time with this kind of thing, I don't normally "do" cute !!

The stamp is of course by The Greetings Farm and I have coloured her with Promarkers and used Shabby Green Door "Farmers Market" papers...........so more new goodies to look forward to when I get back ! We were also able to take advantage and buy the special edition "Cheeky" stamps which were only available to retailers who attended CHA.

Back soon

Lyn x

Just a quickie !!!

Lots and lots of new goodies have just arrived and are on-line, including the new Distress Inks and Tim's new Book.

Back later with a proper update on all the new products, as I am currently buried under boxes LOL !!

More new goodies and how NOT to cook leeks !!!

I have just unpacked some wonderful laser-cut chipboard all the way from Oz !!
Yes Scrap FX is joining our list of products !!! This superb quality laser-cut chipboard comes in a brilliant range of shapes, from cute little birds to the most fantastic Chipboard Filigree Gates which would make an amazing gate-fold album, or just brilliant book covers.



















Can you imagine how wonderful this Chandelier would look all blinged and glittered up......




















We have a busy few days coming up at the shop, our Cosmo Cricket delivery missed the boat this morning would you believe !!!
Hopefully it will be here tomorrow, but it's not going on the website until it's actually here - you can imagine what just one damaged box can do !!

Just heard today that Tim's books are on their way YAY !!!..... along with all the new colours of Distress Inks YAY !!!!..... just a couple more days to wait so keep checking the new products section of the site.

Well, I am not known for my cooking skills, but I surpassed myself totally today and burnt the leeks !! yes I did say that, I cannot even save face by saying there were in the oven, oh no.....they were just steaming away on the hob..........without any water in the pan EEEKKK !!! One black pan later, it was time to get out the Power Spray LOL !! Ha ha, with any luck that will be me barred from the kitchen again, last time I was in there I got Chilli all over my Saxaphone ..........I won't even go there !!

Think I'll stick to playing with ink and paper.

Lyn x

oooh pretty stuff !!

Woo hoo !! Just unpacked the three fab collections from Graphic 45........all in stock and on-line now :)

The gorgeous Le' Romantique.....

the very dashing A Proper Gentleman..........

and the fab On The Boardwalk.........

I just love these collections, they are so versatile, not only for Scrapbooking and Cardmaking, but there are so many fab images to cut out for all sorts of altered projects :)

Check them all out here in the new products section of the website !

Lyn

Stamping Heaven !!

Great excitement at the Craft Emporium this afternoon when a huge delivery from Stampers Anonymous arrived........yes, you guessed the brand new Tim Holtz Stamps are in the building !!!! Not only do we have them in their Cling Mounted Sets, we also have them in Wood Mounted too - YAY !! So you get the choice of the whole set on one sheet, or if you only want a couple from selected sheets you can get them on their own !!



We are also thrilled to be stocking the latest Studio 490 Stamps designed by the very talented Wendy Vecchi.
I was lucky enough to meet Wendy at CHA and to watch her amazing demo's....she totally blew me away....... such a lovely lady too :)


Restocks and a few more of the Classic Anonymous stamps too !


OK it's now 1am and I need to stop working and sleep - it's too late to start faffing around with uploading piccies.......you can see all the new goodies here LOL !

Lyn x

Want to win........

.........a brand new release 6 x 6 Paper Pad ?

If you haven't already done so, get yourself over to Tuesday Taggers














Craft Emporium are sponsoring the prize this week and the theme for the challenge is LOVE !!

Blog Candy Winners !!!

And finally we have our Blog Candy winners - sorry for the delay folks, it's been a bit manic here with the sale and catching up with everything after our trip !

Pink Paislee 6 x 6 Paper Pad goes to..... No. 22 - Bex

October Afternoon Paper Set...... No. 18 - Leo and No. 27 - Faerielore.

Prima Papers go to...... No. 18 - Karin

Cosmo 12 x 12 Papercrafting Kit..... No. 11 - Claire Williams

Graphic 45 8 x 8 Paper Pad.... No. 11 - Glittery Katie

So if you could all get in touch with your addresses to lyn@craft-emporium.co.uk I will get posting ! - thanks for everyone who took the time to post a comment and well done to the lucky winners.

I will leave you all with a sneaky peak of some delicious gorgeousness ...........................

We're back !!

........and raring to go !!! Well, maybe not "raring" - still a little jet-lagged and waking up at 3am for a walkabout lol !!
We left San Francisco around 9pm US time around an hour late and just had time to connect at Heathrow for the Manchester flight at around 4pm UK time, had a shock at Manchester checking in for the Island when they tried to charge us £112 excess baggage !!!! for just 8 kg !!!! thankfully the check-in agent was helpful and suggested we take as much out as possible to carry on as handbaggage, so the great unpacking started at the desk, holding up the queue lol. I am amazed that we got through security each carrying a laptop bag, a tote full of catalogues and books each and the camera bag !!!!! I though it was supposed to be one piece each, luckily the sun was shining on us and we arrived back to the freezing Isle of Man unscathed lol !!
So, the excitement of the trip is over for another year, and now the excitement of waiting for all the lovely goodies to arrive begins !


We still have lots of sneak peak of the goodies we have ordered to show you and I haven't forgotten about the Blog Candies...... will get the Random Generator out in a few days time for them all at once - we have another one tonight and you know the drill by now lol.
We are thrilled to bring Graphic 45 to the Craft Emporium, I have drooled over these collections for quite a while now, so it was time to add it to our stock-list. We are starting out with the three new collections "On The Boardwalk" "Le' Romantique" and "A Proper Gentleman" .... loads of gorgeous 12 x 12 papers and Paper Pads. I hope you like them as much as I do. They had a fab stand at CHA but the piccies have come out a little dark, think I had the camera on the wrong setting lol !
The kind folks on the stand have given us an 8 x 8 Paper Pad for our Blog Candy today - cool !







































































There has been a massive response to our Winter Sale, orders will start processing tomorrow in the order that they came in, so please bear with us whilst we catch up with the backlog.

Look out for more sneak peaks soon !
Bye for now
Lyn x

Winter Sale Now On !!

Just a quick short and sweet post - our Winter Sale starts now !!
Lots of bargains across the store - we need the room after all the new goodies we have been buying. Orders will start being despatched from Wednesday 3rd Feb.
Enjoy !
Lyn

Greetings from sunny San Francisco !!!

Well, CHA Winter 2010 is over, we left Anaheim after 3 very busy and fantastic days and took the train back to LA for just one night in time to catch the Coastal Starlight Express for an amazing 11 hour Californian Pacific Coastal Railroad journey to San Francisco for a few days "R & R" !!! The train journey was wonderful, business class type reclining seats with loads of room, a full service restaurant, cafe bar and glass topped observation lounge - the views were amazing. We arrived in San Francisco very late last night and have spent today riding Cable Cars, Trams and Streetcars !!


But the CHA news and blog candy is not over yet !! We still have loads of pictures of the show and all the goodies we have ordered, but we are keeping a few of our new suppliers "under our hat" for the time being, well, you need something new to look forward to as well as all the regular favourites lol ! Talking of favourites.... Cosmo Cricket have three new bright and fun collections which will be shipping to us shortly "Material Girl", "Joy Ride" and "Garden Variety"








I love the new Chipboard Letters and Tiny Alphas !! The good folks at Cosmo have been very generous and we have one of the new 12 x 12 Paper Crafting Kits up for grabs for Blog Candy today, I'm not sure which one it is, as all the paper and goodies have been safely packed and are at the bottom of a very large suitcase LOL !! Just leave a comment as usual !



To answer a few questions from the previous posts, not sure when OA will be ready to ship, but not too long to wait I don't think. Yes, we have ordered the Donna Downey Canvas Albums and Camera Bags etc. and no, sorry but the cupcakes and stands are for display only LOL !! OOh and yes we have ordered ALL the new Tim Holtz Stamps and the Inks....and the new Dies and the Book, and the new Enamel Accents, (they are not due for a while yet though) and everything else new with his name on as well LOL

That's all for now as we are heading off to a fab Blues Bar and Restaurant on Fishermans Wharf for dinner (how cool does that sound !)
Lyn x

CHA Day 3

.......and we are still shopping !!!!



Prima have a massive release..........MASSIVE !! 7 new paper lines, loads of bling, flowers, new stamps, Gorgeous canvas from Donna Downey and more E-Line flowers (everybody loves the E-Line range - it's so affordable)



Check out some of the fab new products and the beautiful displays - the cake stands are amazing !!!
Some of the gorgeous new papers...............

The new E-Line Flowers.......


Take a look at these gorgeous cake stands all decorated with flowers and bling....

Some fab Canvas from Donna Downey, the little bags are made from canvas refil pages !!

The kind folks at Prima have given us a lovely selection of new papers for our Blog Candy today, you know the drill, just leave a comment and if your number comes up some of them may be winging their way to you !!!

Ok back to the shopping !!

Apologies for the piccies being all over the place, for some reason they will not stay in the right place lol and I have given up trying to fix it !!!!

Lyn x