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Delighted you enjoyed it - thank you so much for taking the time to let me know.

There already is a video with the glass pebbles - Tag Time from about ten days ago... hang on, I'll grab the link for you: ua-cam.com/video/dgD-JT27kFo/v-deo.html Hope you enjoy it! Very happy you enjoyed today's episode, and yes, I'm guessing there might be a run on little wooden houses worldwide 😉🤣Thank you so much for watching and for your lovely comment, which put a big smile on my face.

So happy to hear you are inspired - I hope you'll have a few minutes of creative fun of your very own soon. Thank you so much for watching and for your lovely comment.

Thank you very much - happy you like them.

I far prefer playing in daylight if at all possible... It's funny - when I first started crafting, I did a lot of middle-of-the-night playing, when an idea would hit me and I would just have to try it RIGHT AWAY! These days I don't really enjoy working by artificial light - which makes the crafting day pretty short at this time of year! So have a lovely playtime tomorrow... happy Sunday to you.

Yes, the wintry pearls won today. On another day, I might have gone with the screwheads, but they'll get to come out and play another time! Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment.

So happy that you do - I really had a lovely time with them, as you can probably tell.

The houses look so good with the enamelled effect - a proper transformation! Well worth getting the embossing powders out for! Very happy you enjoyed today's playtime. Thank you, as always, for your company and comments.

Oh, great... then you are ready to play! Hope you have fun combining them in your very own way. Thank you so much for watching and commenting.

Thanks so much, Kathy!

Yes, the white pearls were the right thing for me on these on this particular day. The screwheads will get to play another day! Dive into the crackle paste... you'll find joy there, I'm sure! Thank you so much for watching and commenting.

Thank you so much - that's lovely to hear. This particular tissue is pre-printed (it's listed in the description below the video), but you could also print or stamp your own. Make sure to use waterproof ink though, otherwise the moisture of the glue will make it run. Hope you'll be inspired to have your own few minutes of fun very soon.

I'm so happy to hear you have been enjoying the creative journey here on the channel, and delighted that it has inspired you to play and explore new techniques. Thank you so much for your company and for this lovely comment, which has made my heart sing.

Ooh, that sounds really cool - and a little bit eerie! I also enjoy gluing them to book page backgrounds, so that the book text shows through (and on the Tag Time trio from nine days ago I had a lovely time positioning them so that the background stamping got highlighted - highlit?). Thank you so much for watching and for your lovely comment - and for accepting my embellishment-chatter!

@@w0rdsandp1ctures also as lenses for magnifying glasses etc. a really useful bit of kit x

Oh, thank you for another lovely comment, Ellie. I think you should go and spread some crackle paste on something right now! It'll take time to crackle, but then you'll have it ready to play with whenever you have some time. Otherwise, there's always a hold up when inspiration strikes! I was so happy to have that other ATC ready-crackled this morning when I had an idea for it (the one I did at the beginning as an example before moving on to the two that were already crackled and dry). Have a lovely weekend, whether you crackle or not!

Thank you very much for taking the time to let me know you enjoyed it all so much!

Oh, thank you so much for that lovely feedback - I'm so happy you enjoy the words as well as the pictures! Have a great weekend.

Thank you very much for watching and taking the time to comment.

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For once, I can see how the red could have looked great... but it would have made the ATCs rather festive, and I'm trying to move on! Though it's definitely still winter here, of course... Some days are quicker than others on the decision front. Sometimes, I'll stop and go away for an hour, or a day, or a week, before working out what I want to do next! Happy you enjoyed today's episode, thank you. I'm off to check out the link I can see you've added below. Have a great weekend.

Ah yes, I've dipped in and saved it to watch later... I do love those hints of red amidst the neutrals - good work on the recommendation!!

Oh, I wonder where you heard that?! Not that I'm saying it's not so... I'm lucky with beautiful landscapes, much more joined-up thinking as far as health and transport services go, and a proper community spirit in the small town/village where I live. There are still areas that are in recovery from the Communist occupation, where money is scarce so buildings are in disrepair, but people really invest (time and effort) in their gardens and orchards and smallholdings, so there is a sense of real hard work and commitment on that front. But there are also many many places where the restoration of the buildings to their pre-Communist glory is beautifully done. And some where it's a bit of both from street to street or even from house to house. We do now live in a scary shadow of Russian expansionism... with Trump in the White House, it's probably all over for Ukraine as a sovereign country - they're going to have to give up vast amounts of land in any peace accord, by the look of things. And Putin will keep looking greedily towards the other remnants of the USSR. But overall, I'm very happy I made the move back to where my maternal grandparents were originally from (they fled to the UK in the 1930s from another kind of terror). Though the language is fiendishly difficult. I have good German, decent French, smatterings of Dutch, Italian and various Scandinavian languages, and Czech is by far the hardest I've ever had to work on... it's a work in progress! I also enjoy being about half an hour from the German border, and half an hour from the Austrian border - proper central Europe. So yes, do visit - it is a beautiful place. Prague is great, but there's more than just Prague - I cannot overstate the wonders of Cesky Krumlov, for instance. So happy you enjoyed today's episode and thank you so much for your company and comments.

Hello Alison - I had no idea you were well-spoken (no doubt) in several languages...such a bonus when visiting across the border! I am a German living in the US (moved here because of the wonderful man I married), and so I have a 1st-row seat to all the sickening things that have already started to happen. I am in such dread of the coming years and if 'moving back' was an easy option, we'd be doing it right now. It isn't, and my friends in Berlin have their own reasons to be nervous about, as you have already hinted at. Anyway, your videos, that I found a few short months ago, have given me some happy respite (kleine Fluchten, as we say in German) and I have started using them for inspiration when I sit down to craft. And I better order some of your stamp sets... I cannot tell you what it means to have found your channel. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart!@@w0rdsandp1ctures

@claudiahensel2086 Thank you so much for that wonderful comment. I'm so happy that the videos have been offering some moments of peace and delight, and especially that you have found extra inspiration for your own crafting time too. Yes, the world is turning very dark very quickly at the moment, and it seems to be happening almost everywhere you look. Here's wishing us all luck and love and light in 2025.

On another day, I might have done that too... and on another another day, I might have gone full screwhead!! It's a moment to moment thing of asking "what works for me right now?" But I agree, it's lovely to hear how others would approach a similar journey... and when people share creations inspired by these videos and tag me in, I'm always thrilled to see where their own creative imaginations have taken different journeys. Thank you so much for your company and lovely comment.

Thank you so much!

Thank you very much - happy you enjoyed the episode.

I'm so pleased to hear that my musings-out-loud are of interest... There's something about a little wooden cottage in the woods, isn't there? The urge to hide out from the busy-ness of urban life and reconnect with nature. Hope you soon get a chance to revisit wherever you've been lately. Thank you so much for watching and commenting.

Oh good... I'm glad your creative urges coincided with mine this time around! Very happy you enjoyed today's episode - thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment.

Very happy you're inspired - I hope you'll have your own few minutes of creative fun very soon. Thank you so much for watching and commenting.

I used to make them a lot (in fact, I was on an ATC challenge design team for a number of years, so at the very least once a week - I'd almost forgotten that!), and now whenever I do, I wonder why I don't do it more often! Hope you'll have some tiny playtime soon. Thanks so much for your company and your always lovely comments.

I'm so happy to hear you are getting plenty of use out of the Curator stamps... it's definitely joined my short list of top favourite Tim Holtz sets. How funny that you are answering me as you listen - that made me smile. Very glad you continue to enjoy the creative journey - thank you so much for your company and comments.

@@w0rdsandp1cturesok that made me smile as well. Sometimes I will help the creator too, blow the debris off of the work surface after they have sanded it 🤣🤣🙄🙄. That’s the reality of how immersed we are while creating with you Alison 🤍🤍🤍

Hello Alison! I love how each small detail works together to create a stunning overall finished piece - if you took away any one element it would feel like something was missing. Those little houses are adorable - I don’t remember seeing anything like them in my shopping escapades but then again I haven’t really looked at embellishments in quite some time. Thanks for sharing your creativity and inspiration. Have a wonderful weekend! 🙂

@cherylmacedo5521 Oh, that's hilarious!! Thank you for the help!!!

@suebouch4074 Thank you so much, Sue. I don't think they were officially "craft" embellishments... I think they were part of the seasonal decor in a sort of decor home cheapy shop here (Kik - slightly similar to what Woolworths used to be), and that was maybe a couple of Easters ago, I think. Stationery shops, do-it-yourself stores and garden centres can also be treasure troves for non-crafting crafty finds!

Merci beaucoup!!

Thank you so much - happy you enjoyed it!

I know what you mean... as an agent of decay, saltwater is up there with the best, so I think there is definitely an association between the sea and rustiness and worn, decayed effects. Thank you so much for watching and for your thoughtful comment.

Oh, how lovely - I'm delighted you're inspired to have some ATC playtime! Thank you so much for watching and commenting.

Very happy you enjoyed it and are inspired to play. These are made of MDF - you can replay and listen again if you miss something, you know - it's right at the beginning! 😉Also they are listed in the description below the video. I have now added a link to the Calico Craft Parts website too, but it won't be of much use to you unless you live in the UK. You don't have to have MDF or wooden ones. As I mention in the video, I also often create on paper/card and mount it on waste cardboard to create a more solid ATC. Hope you'll have fun with your bits and bobs. Thank you so much for watching and commenting.

Thank you so much, Sheila - happy you enjoyed a little bit of extra light today!

Very happy to hear that - thank you so much for taking the time to let me know.

Thank you so much for that lovely comment, which put a big smile on my face! Happy you enjoy the meanderings of my creative mind 😃

It's great stuff, but other versions of Quinacridone Gold (different brands, different mediums) will also do good things if you love creating rust effects. Definitely worth exploring. Delighted you enjoyed today's video - thanks so much for watching and commenting.

Happy you enjoyed it, thank you.

It's not available any longer as a wood-mounted stamp. That is why it says this in the description below the video where I put all the product information: "Tim Holtz meadow grasses available on CMS049 Nature's Discovery". That is the exact name and the reference number of the rubber stamp set on which you can now get it, so the information is already there. It is the same size in that set as on the wood mount. I know because I have both. I'm not sure what else I can give you. This is what it looks like on the Stampers Anonymous website, but it will be available at other craft retailers online too. stampersanonymous.com/tim-holtz-cling-mount-stamps-natures-discovery-cms049.html

You’re the best! Thank you for that information. For some reason, maybe because I’m on an iPad, I can’t always see what people are referring to below the video. So thank you so much for responding!

@@peggyalbertson4897 Ah yes, the joys of trying to access full screen information on a tablet/iPad/phone. It's why I stick to my laptop whenever I can. Also much faster to type my replies!! Glad to help!

Oh, great! I'm so happy that your gel plates will get to come out and play. Have fun with them, and thanks for your lovely comment.

So happy to hear you like the stamps - thank you. I agree, nature and poetry will always lift the heart - whether in a craft project or just as themselves.

Oh, what a magical family memory bound up in the branches of that pine tree. Thank you for sharing that.

So happy to hear that - thank you so much for taking the time to let me know.