Stitches Photos

We had a really busy day at Stitches yesterday. We spent the day visiting loads of stands, admiring the samples and products available and of course making a few orders.

Oh and we spent a little bit of time watching Tim Holtz work his inky magic and chatting to Karen Burniston about her amazing pop and interactive projects. Well ok, we spent A LOT of time on the last two things!

Here are a few photos from our day, spot some new products coming to ATDML in the shots along with lots of things that just made us go wow!


Ann was thrilled to finally get to see Tim Holtz "in the flesh" and we thoroughly enjoyed watching him create some amazing mini art works. We chatted to him about some of his new products including some very interesting sounding tissue paper tape. He was adamant that we must understand that it was tissue AND it was tape, no backing strip like DST but self adhesive tape on a roll just like masking tape. Because it is Tissue AND it is Tape!

Tims desk had some gorgeous bits and pieces on it, sadly we decided that he would notice if we "borrowed" them for a blog giveaway so you will have to make do with photos!




We loved these chipboard items on the stand selling Twiddlybitz, it is a company we have had an eye on for a while and we will be stocking some of their goodies verys oon so keep an eye out for them!

While we were wandering a familiar face appeared and we stopped to chat with Kirsty who was wearing a beautiful and very eye catching handmade necklace. It was great to catch up and have a chat as we haven't seen her for ages

We stopped to admire Tims new Alterations Dies on the Sizzix stand and then watched Karen Burniston demonstrating her amazing pop up dies and projects.

We have orders placed for various items that we didn't order through our contacts at CHA and they should begin shipping at the end of the week.

Talking of CHA keep an eye on the website as we received a big shipment today and uploading will be going on tonight and tomorrow :)

Be sure to visit the blog tomorrow for the next challenge. I hope you enjoyed the pictures from the show, I may find a few more to share in the next couple of days.

Winners & Stitches...

It is time to announce TWO winners...

First up the poll closed last night on the first instalment of the ingredients challenge and the winner was Ally Bright.

Thanks to all three ladies who took the plunge and went first in this challenge, it was great to see what you all did and how different they all were.

Ally will be receiving a £10 shopping voucher for ATDML.

Next we come to the January challenge to scrap a layout with a list on it. We had some really lovely entries with lists from Christmas, lists to record childrens favourites, wishes for a child and many more but our winner was this layout by Sue Beechey which lists the reasons her son got his new job.

Thanks to all the participants. Sue will be receiving a £25 shopping voucher for ATDML.

The next challenge will be posted on Tuesday so do come back to see what we are challenging you to do next month.

We have had a lovely day at Stitches today with Ann joining us to ooohhh and ahhh over new products and for us all to come up with ideas for classes, make and takes and other retreat fun!

Tomorrow I will post some photos of the show including us meeting some scrapping celebs and catching up with old friends (oh and a few photos of new stash too!)

Preparing For Stitches On Sunday

Stitches (Abbreviated name for Craft Hobby and Stitch International Trade Show) is the main UK trade show for much of the craft industry including the scrapbooking and paper crafts sectors.

We usually attend every year for a day trip, it is a chance to catch up and reconnect with suppliers, take advantage of good show offers and discounts and see the newer products in the flesh (especially important this year as we missed CHA)

We have been making plans for the main orders we want to place and highlighted stands we want to visit with a view to expanding the products we carry.

We are also planning on meeting up with a couple of the Design Team girls and it will be great to have their input into the lines we will carry and what new products catch their eye.

Sunday evening is when we will be announcing the challenge winner for the January Lists chalenge (there is still time to get your entry in before the 9pm Saturday deadline - see details in the linked post) but in addition I hope to have a little feedback from our day at Stitches and maybe even some photos :)