sugar and spice

Having just returned (yesterday) from 4 days away in Portugal teaching at a fabulous event held by Patricia Villas-Boas (yes she is the sister of football manager Andre) but I don't think she plays football :) !!! I got to spend a little time with the lovely Michelle Johnson who works her magic for Stix 2 and she showed me some tricks with their glue gun... So what did I do ??? I made a necklace, of course !!! It was so quick and simple, it looks gorgeous and it's now packed in my case... Tell you about that in a mo. I have to say Patricia's hosting skills were amazing she took us to some fab restaurants, and fed us till we could eat no more, but I'm not complaining... Here's just a few snippets of the food sampled.  What can I say...strawberry purée, ice cream and chocolate !!!  Manoli and Michelle eyeing up each other's desserts  The lovely Monica with Portugese cookies on our arrival !! We did do some work whilst we were there... ...

The WOW way.... So we all know scribble flowers have been popular for a while now, thanks to the likes of MFT and other great Companies.  Now, I didn't have any of the stamps or dies, so I decided to make my own.....  So, without further ado, here's a little video I did for WOW Embossing Powders showing you how easy it is. Hugs Marion xxx

Here's a quick little make.... Go create .... :) :) xxx

Yesterday I was playing   ahem....working with some of the NEW WOW stamps coming out in September. So I thought I'd share this really quick and easy project with you. Here's what you'll need:- Three of you're favourite WOW Embossing Glitters (I used Daytona Sands, Long Island Teal and Florida Sunset) I love these colours together !!! 3 vellum butterflies I used the Martha Stewart large butterfly punch and embossed them with WOW Coconut Ice Embossing Glitter. Maya's NEW stamp set..but you can't get your hands on it till September Mwhahahahahaha !!!! Versamark Ink Pad Piece of Cut N Dry foam Versafine Onyx Blaxk Ink Pad Acrylic Block Card Blank Sequins Glossy Accents Here's' what you'll do:- Pick up some Versamark ink on your Cut N Dry and rub on to card, start in centre, sprinkle on one of the WOW colours, heat set, repeat on either side with with other colours, heat set. Cover vellum butterflies in Versamark Ink and sprinkle on WOW C...

I'd love to say I'm all organised and cooking on gas....but I hang my head in shame...I'm so not organised. I've been sooooo busy since I closed the shop, don't get me wrong I'm not moaning, and I can honestly say it was the BEST thing I ever did. I'm so incredibly happy and relaxed and I LOVE my commute to work...LOL !!! It's my little piece of heaven, I'll take some internal photos soon. One of the nicest things is I get to spend time with my lovely Tyson (my chocolate Labrador) admittedly he just sleeps nearly all day, but I'm there with him, he's getting on a bit, like us all. Everyday I seem to be up to my eyes in it, designing, teaching, creating, working, cleaning (love me a bit of cleaning) I even managed to take mum to lunch a couple of times...not enough I know !! Then yesterday I actually had a bit of free time, I'd done a video for WOW Embossing Powders the day before and thought 'hey, I'm going to do one for me...

Well, it's the LAST week of trading from our Barleylands shop, after 12 years we're closing our lovely wooden doors.....but new ones are opening...more deets will follow in time, nudge, nudge, wink, wink !!! If you can join us on Sunday 21st June we're having a leaving party...Prosecco and cupcakes all round...and a few sausage rolls to make my mum happy !!! We'll be there from 10am - 4pm, but don't worry you can still get our gorgeous goodies from HERE http://sugarandspicecrafts.co.uk/collections/new-in . Including the brand NEW WOW! Embossing Powder colours, stamps and moulds...they're gorgeous....here's a little sneak of the Flights of Fancy Stamps and a couple of the colours...SWOOOOOON !!!! I'm so aware that working from home will be sooooooo different, and I know I'm going to have to be so organised....tips on a postcard please. But I'm working on it. My first thing is to get the website upto date with product...so many have been comin...

Scrap !!! Here's a layout I taught to my lovely Year Course ladies last Saturday. It's so simple and best of all it uses up your scraps, we adding some gorgeous new WOW! Embossing  Powder colours along with one of their new background stamps, designed by lil ole me :) :) added a bit of stitching and there you have it. Simple but effective. Hugs Marion xxx