Stamp-it's and Inky's Trade Night

I was at Stamp-it tonight teaching some lovely girls the Collections range, making samples and the like. It was great to teach a very creative and hard working group. I always crack the whip and make them work really fast - well to get a lot done!

And they did some beautiful pieces. It's not easy teaching 6 different things at once, but what the heck I have done it enough times now! Here is a small portion of one girls work. I just think the colours are so boho chic! Thanks to Susan for giving me some of the paper and the scraps! It was great to have in the group a longtime friend, Lexie! Always good to see her. Talk about get down and get the job done tonight! All the girls were fab since they had worked hard all day long and then do trade till 10pm. Well done! And we were joined by the sweetheart girls Lana and Becky from Frendz, who have a great store in Clarkson. Thanks girls for trekking all the way in peak hour to come to the trade night.

Here's a pick of the gals that were in the class....please don't ask me to name names! I am not good with names and I am the sort of person who needs name badges on everyone and yike no-one had them on! LOL!

Oops! I think I cut one of the girls off in this photo, sorry.....

Another sample of the flowers one of the inky crew made (so sorry, didn't get any names!) I know I am a shocker....

Well better get to bed, I have been up over 19.5 hours today, gosh where has the day gone.

Nite!

A Long Time Ago

I was cleaning out my garage a few weeks back and found some artboards that I had in "The Rubber Gazette" days and found this little tag I made. It was dated the 6th October 1999. I remember where I made it because it was a special trip I had made to the USA and I was spending time with a friend, Sue Giduck in Kemp (Dallas). Wow how time flies! Sue happens to be a very talented girl and has been published many times in Somerset Studio and also has her own book with Design Originals. The rusty paper in the tag is made by Sue under a big sheet (and I mean BIG) of rusty iron in her back yard. She dampens the paper or what ever she likes and leaves it there for 3 weeks and hey presto rusted paper! And that's where I made this little tag, on the floor of Sue's stamp room! I still have some of it left and have used it for various things, like the rust stamp, back ground for the "Rusty Tiles" and in many other projects. It's funny how we look back at our work from the past and how we change so much over the years and take on different styles, grow to like different media and follow the latest craze. Back in 1999 tags were all the rage, we even gave it a name and called it tag art! I bet if you look through Somerset Studio issues in early 2000 you'll find what I am talking about.

And another piece I found see below - dated 1997 (yikes) was about "Faux Postage" another mad craze, which I still happen to love. I am still a member of the Artistamp Group which is a worldwide group that have a fantastic annual swapping of artistamps. The image of Marilyn is hand carved rubber, again another craze way back then! Geez I nearly forgot about that one. So that what I was doing nearly 10 years ago!

Anyway, hi to all the girls from SAJ's tonight, well it was a buzz of girls wasn't it?
Looks like everyone was having a great time. Hopefully see you all soon at the next meet and I will try to arrange the next ATC day at the end of August or early September.

A Beautiful Graphic

I found this beautiful drawing Danielle my daughter drew, and then the twin sister Lauren coloured it in Photoshop CS, clever little pumkins! It would make wonderful logo for a teen company or something like that, or possibly a stamp??

thanks for looking, Julie

Slide Show

Wow, just got this off a site, very cool......
Just love these "Paper Tiles".
And if you're looking Crozza, thanks for the great comments! If you want to send me a pick of Aurggee, go ahead and I will put her up!

Been at a terrific store tonight, teaching and making trade samples, all the girls were a lot of fun. I can't find their website so here are their details below, just incase you are in the area. The shop is beautiful and it's in an old post office!
Tomorrows Memories Cnr James St & Old Perth Rd Bassendean WA 6934
Phone: (08) 9279 2183 Fax: (08) 9279 2183
Julie
PS I am sure everyone wants to see her!!! LOL