Artful blogging from Glenda Waterworth

Some are born slobs,  some achieve slobbiness, and some have slobbiness thrust upon them…  Last week we definitely had it thrust upon us! Our lack of boiler has only been bearable because we have an Aga that heats the water.  Without it we would have been rather stinky by now.  So imagine our consternation last [...]

Sometimes it’s great to be a tourist in your own area.  Today we drove to Stanhope then up over the moors and into the tiny village of Blanchland for lunch. We made it a photo safari, stopping numerous times along the way to take pictures.  Miles from the sea on the top of the Pennine [...]

Remember the other day I showed you this: Well here’s the assembled book.  The front is done with English Ivy and Summer Skies, then the embossed tree has been rubbed over with black archival ink, as have the edges. The heavy duty acetate gates on the front come with a protective film on them which [...]

Have you ever heard a faint noise and had a slow dawning realisation that it is completely out of context?  Well Adrian and I were watching TV this evening and slowly and gradually one of those ‘wrong’ noises got insistent enough that I muted the sound and we both turned to each other and said [...]

Thank you to Joyce for reminding me about this one.  It’s the same Tattered Angels stamps as in the tree card I showed you a couple of days ago, but a totally different approach.  This one was stamped with Versamagic chalk ink (Tea Leaves) and Ranger pigment ink for the trunk (Espresso).  Soft greens were [...]

Another one from the open days, this is the sentiment on the Curly Birds themeplate. The soft colour in the background of the tag was done with a stylus tool, gently swirling ink from a Kaleidacolour inkpad (Melon Melody). The tails of the birds have been used as flourishes around the edges with Versamagic chalk [...]

Here’s a card that I made at the open days this weekend. It features the Tattered Angels Blossom Screen Print stamps.  I used the tree top as a background stamp too, with Pumpkin Spice Versamagic ink on a white pearlescent card.  I love the way it works as a general flourish as well as a [...]

Just a reminder that my new TV show is on at 6pm tonight, 6th May on Create and Craft, Sky channel 671 or online at www.createandcraft.tv. Thanks to Lesley for the gorgeous card! Enjoy!

I’m already hard at work on the next Glimmer Mist Album.  This one is the Garden album which has a gorgeous embossed tree on the front, little glimmer glass (acetate) gates and a mix of gatefold and plain pages inside. I have actually finished all the pages and assembled the album back together, but I [...]