WORKSHOPS

There are still some spaces left for the workshops I am running soon.  In fact, the first couple are only a few weeks away!!  Eeek.

I am planning on using the brand new, and utterly stunning, Stamperia products.  We will use the lovely rice papers, paper pads, and more....lots more!!

The workshops will run from 10am until 4pm, and we will have a lunch break at 12.30.  We will provide refreshments throughout the day - and a light lunch.

The first weekend workshops will be on the 21st and 22nd October.  The workshop projects will be repeated, so we will be doing the same things on Sunday as we do on Saturday.
The address for the first workshop is:
Rottingdean Whiteway Centre
Whiteway Lane
Rottingdean
Brighton
BN2 7HB
There's parking and disability access, if required.

The workshop will then be repeated on the 11th and 12th November. This will be held at:
That Craft Place
2 Grand Parade
Polegate
East Sussex
BN26 5HG

Unfortunately there is a flight of stairs, so no disability access - sorry!  There is free street parking, but you may have to walk to the shop (not far!).

The price for the full day, including your crafty kit, refreshments, lunch and exclusive workshop goodies, will be £60.

In order to book a place we will require a £10 deposit, which will be refunded if you need to cancel your place within 2 weeks of the workshop.  However, after that, if we don't manage to fill your place, I'm afraid you will loose the deposit if you have to cancel.

To book your place, and for further details, please email me at:
leoniepujol@hotmail.co.uk

Or speak to me, or my lovely friend Mandy, on 07517047611.

We will require you to pay the deposit of £10 to book your place, and we can take card payments or paypal.

I am so pleased I have finally been able to arrange these, and can't wait to get cracking!
Just in case you are not familiar with Stamperia products, here's a few makes from my recent Let Leonie Loose show.

I look forward to having some crafty, messy, fun weekends with you :) xx

Let leonie loose...Carabelle and the wonderful Gelpress

Carabelle....how much do I love these stamps.  The designs, the quality.  The variety.  They're ace.  This weeks LLL show was made up of good worker stamps, you know, the sort that will be a good background for all your other stamps, dies, stencils...all your stash.  Use them with clay, angelina fibres, texture paste or lashings of paint.  Whatever...they will work.

I had my first proper play with the Gelpress.

Addicted.

Honestly, I'm having withdrawal symptoms...I had to do "other stuff" today, and quite frankly didn't want to.  Well, I say this, I wanted to combine it with the other stuff to be honest! Block printing on top of these backgrounds....that is definitely going to happen!






The joy of all the pieces is how easy they are.  I had to have a play to find my feet first of all, but when I got the hang of it, there was no stopping me.  The stamps are amazing, as you lift the paint off the Gelpress, and then take a print.  Layering, and adding more detail, colour and texture adds such depth to each piece.



It did help having a block of card stock at hand.  The Clarity card is perfect, it prints beautifully, and has been cut to the perfect size, so you can easily print in precisely the same place - making the ability to layer your images really simple.  I also used the paints from Barbara, these were the Viva Decor acrylic, and of course the Gel Press.













I used the stencil below, from Indigo Blu, quite a lot, as it's perfect for pulling out specific words, or using it for the full verse. 











Many of the layers were also using the bird stencil from Carabelle, which again is such a handy tool.  I also reached for my Mamma Makes stamps - always handy for journaling and art pieces.



Homework for myself.....who fancies a GelPress workshop next year?  :)

Last weeks Stamperia show...

Evening crafty folk.  This post was written ages ago...however, my stupid phone blogging app thingy deleted it for me.  Handy that.  So, I'm writing it now, a little late, but here all the same!

So, last week we had the marvellous Stamperia papers.  As you know, I love this brand.  Their designs are stunning.  Paper makes me happy!  Who knew I was that easily pleased.

The box I made for the show was decorated with papers.  I ripped them and crumpled them to add texture, and then stamped using the Stamperia stamps.  The white embossing powder looks lovely and really makes the images pop on the paper.

Layering the papers looks effective, but to emphasis the layers I added paint under the ripped edges of the paper.  Fade the paint out, so it looks like a shadow.  It's really easy - I used a dark brown rather than black, as this isn't as harsh. 






I also added crackle paste.  This adds more texture, and interest to the box.  I coloured the white crackle with pink paint, which I mixed with the dark brown paint until I was happy with the tone.  This was a brilliant suggestion....thank you Francoise :)

To finish the box I mixed a little of the brown Distress Oxide ink with a clear glaze.  This made a lovely glaze wash - which produced a lovely antique finish.  I added this over the crackle glaze, which also helped emphasis the crackle effect.



I had some really pretty Christmas papers on the show as well.  I started decorating this little book, and was going to continue to decorate the box for it....but ran out of time unfortunately.  I hope you like the Stamperia products, and if you do fancy having a play with them, then I would love it if you could join me on my workshops - we have some running in October and November.  The products are stunning.

I'll repost my workshop details so everyone knows what, where and when.

Sunny family days

Weekend!!  A real, live, weekend.  I'm not sure why it feels like it's been ages since I had a proper weekend - it probably hasn't!  I had a week of the other week....well, apart from working during the week and the weekend....maybe that doesn't count as a week off after all.

Anyhow, I've had a lovely couple of days.  My ma and (step) pa came down to visit me - and to celebrate Neil's big birthday. It was so lovely to see them, and the hairy kids of course.  My two boys received a fantastic greeting from Doc and Lora (Doc used to positively dislike mine....glad he seems to have chilled out).

We ate...a lot.  Walked.  Shopped. And enjoyed some lovely Brighton sunshine.

Marvellous.

Mum and Neil are back up north tomorrow, so I can get back to work...not to much rest for the wicked xx





Kinda like this "soft focus" look.  It was actually a dirty lens....but, hey, if that works don't knock it...right






I felt it was customary to buy socks....but went for oddsocks.  It's the way forward.



My mum and me :)

Carabelle Let Leonie Loose - zinouk

Hi crafters. I'm sitting in our little presenters room here at hochanda head quarters. I've got a nice short this week as my mum and step dad are visiting me in Brighton for neil's birthday. We are going to have a few days exploring with the pack of hairy kids when I get back.

I did manage to come in for my Let Leonie Loose show however...had to, one can't miss a couple of hours and the wonderful stamps that are Carabelle. I love the art work Azoline produces, they are really quirky and unique images, great to work with. I created a whole host of backgrounds, and then had fun decorating them with Zinouk.

I thought I'd share some of my makes.

Thank you for those who have already booked to join me on one of my workshops, I think there are still spaces, so if you haven't booked yet, have a look at th previous post for further details.



I created a stamped background, which I embossed with white embossing powder. I then used a stencil (in the show I actually used my In A Spin die cut) to paint through and add a paint layer onto the stamped image.  Really chuffed with the way it turned out.









Art journals are brilliant for experimenting and keeping a visual record of your makes.








I love this little image, he's so cute. The background is made with acrylic paints, which have been layered and then gesso to create a highlighted area.







This background was actually paint directly applied to the stamp, so the image isn't a solid stamped image, which I really liked.














I think my flower dies go really well with the funky flowers from azoline





Finally, zinouk becomes a mermaid....and why wouldn't you. Just for the holidays

WORKSHOPS........bookings now being taken

Finally, I can confirm I have two dates for workshops "down south"....and I promise I won't change them this time (so sorry for my mix up if you booked the one on the 4th November!).

I am planning on using the brand new, and utterly stunning, Stamperia products.  We will use the lovely rice papers, paper pads, and more....lots more!!

The workshops will run from 10am until 4pm, and we will have a lunch break at 12.30.  We will provide refreshments throughout the day - and a light lunch.

The first weekend workshops will be on the 21st and 22nd October.  The workshop projects will be repeated, so we will be doing the same things on Sunday as we do on Saturday.
The address for the first workshop is:
Rottingdean Whiteway Centre
Whiteway Lane
Rottingdean
Brighton
BN2 7HB
There's parking and disability access, if required.

The workshop will then be repeated on the 11th and 12th November. This will be held at:
That Craft Place
2 Grand Parade
Polegate
East Sussex
BN26 5HG

Unfortunately there is a flight of stairs, so no disability access - sorry!  There is free street parking, but you may have to walk to the shop (not far!).

The price for the full day, including your crafty kit, refreshments, lunch and exclusive workshop goodies, will be £60.

In order to book a place we will require a £10 deposit, which will be refunded if you need to cancel your place within 2 weeks of the workshop.  However, after that, if we don't manage to fill your place, I'm afraid you will loose the deposit if you have to cancel.

To book your place, and for further details, please email me at:
leoniepujol@hotmail.co.uk

Or speak to me, or my lovely friend Mandy, on 07517047611.

We will require you to pay the deposit of £10 to book your place, and we can take card payments or paypal.

I am so pleased I have finally been able to arrange these, and can't wait to get cracking!
Just in case you are not familiar with Stamperia products, here's a few makes from my recent Let Leonie Loose show.

I look forward to having some crafty, messy, fun weekends with you :) xx

     


   


   

Ally Pally

Good evening crafters.

That was a looonnnngggg drive home.  Shattered, but now home with my two happy dogs, who were just a little bit happy to see me.

What a smashing weekend we've had at Ally Pally.  I was lucky enough to demo all weekend with paints and stamps - obviously covered in a multitude of colours at the end of each day.  I shared my delight in watching what paint does when splattered onto wet card.....seriously, it never gets boring!  Thankfully, other people agree, and were just as keen to see the results as I was (i'm not out of a job yet then).

I was demoing with another selection of cool stamps from Carabelle - who were actually at the show!  It's the first time they have brought their products to a UK show, so I was thrilled when they actually reconised me.  Their designers are amazing, and it's so good to see all the finished samples and stamps in real life.

A usual Ally Pally is the best place to catch up with crafty pals.  There are always so many familiar faces.  Thank you to everyone who came to visit, who said lovely things, and brought us lovely things!  I always come away worn out, but happy.






Dave!  If you saw the wonderful poem I shared on facebook (all the colours of the distress pads)....this is the very gent who penned it for me.




I love theses ladies!!!!  Always laughing, always bringing us a ray of sunshine....and also THE BEST vegan food xxxx



Ahem!!......





Awww, so pleased that Carol and Mum came to visit

saw

Carabelle!!!!!  All the squeals



The wonderfully talented (and just lovely) Tracey from Lavinia Stamps




It was great to see some of my design team members as well, the very talented Anne and Jane.  Thank you for all your inspirational work ladies :)








Aww, crafty buddies.  Our Lisa, Julia and Phil :) xxx


And the Hochanda gang!!  We cracked it team



The weekend was topped off with the best greeting and big hug from the lovely Katie, and seeing my lovely mate Barbara.