Good result, Nice news and a bit of tat!

Well if you read my blog a few days ago you would have seen that I was asked to hold a workshop with the Teachers and TA's at my sons school...... Mmmmm teaching teachers quite a challenge! Anyway it went brilliantly, so much so that they have asked me to do one each term for them, so I am chuffed. Was an interesting exercise, my pet hate with workshops is when you are expected to do the exact same project as the person holding the workshop. The very first workshop I went to I was actually told off for putting a peel off Happy Birthday sticker in a different place to the teacher! I believe techniques should be shared and then people can copy if they want to, or much better still to put their own stamp on it (no pun intended!) Anyway last night everybody's work was different and most interesting when things went a bit awry (not wrong) they all seemed able to adapt it and 'cover their mistake' -- is this the teacher in them being able to adapt to the situation?? --- Anyway that was the 'Good Result' bit

'Nice News' - I am so chuffed, an Art Student at a local school has to study an Artist as part of their coursework, it doesn't have to be a famous Artist, which is just as well, cos guess who they have asked...

And a bit of Tat, I was supposed to be doing some housework today ....

but after running about doing a few chores and cooking dinner for tonight I ran out of enthusiasm so had a play in my craft room... working on the principle that the dust will still be there when I have pegged it.
I haven't altered a Slide Mailer for ages and I wanted to make a RAK for someone so I killed two birds with one stone. As usual I had no idea what I was going to do when I sat down, it just kind of happened. The mailer was dabbed with a Rangers Dabber in butterscotch, which is my favourite alcohol ink colour, but in paint it looks like diarrhoea, so I sprayed it whilst still wet with Glimmer mist and dried with my heat gun then sprayed again with a gold GM. Lovely effect!
The slide is not a glass one but an acrylic slide. I find these much easier to stamp on. The background to the slide is the paper I used to protect my desk, whilst painting and spraying. I looks really effective. Other than that there are a couple of homemade split rings which the padlock goes through, some stamping/embossing/friendly plastic and micro beads. I hope the recipient likes it!