Moving home…..

I’ve made the decision to roll the shop blog into my personal blog as there are only so many hours and so many things I can fit in during the day.  As you’ll notice I haven’t updated this one for a wee while *a-hem*

If you follow this blog but not my personal blog, you can find it here. I’d love you to follow us there as well. I’ll still be posting about the latest offers and sharing my excitement about new arrivals (next up should be the Stampotique Originals which have now cleared UK customs!), but you’ll see more projects that I’ll be working on.  Not forgetting of course that we post all the latest news on our Facebook page.   I just figure it will all be a little easier to manage in one place.  We’ll be taking part in a blog hop soon, and we’re planning some candy soon.

 

For the last post though, it is my great pleasure to announce that we now have gift vouchers!  yay!  You can find all the info and how to buy and spend them here.  All I’m going to mention is that you don’t have to spend them in one go either, we’ll keep track of the balance for you until you’ve used them all up.

Ok, for now I need to be getting on with life and family stuff, then a huge pile of creative books to read, and a project or two to be getting on with. 

Have a fabulous weekend where ever you are!

Back to School Offers!

I am looking forward to this week such as lot as the kids return to school.  Peace may once again be felt. Well that’s the theory anyway.

 

So, to celebrate, starting today – Sunday 4th September, we’re going to have a month of Buy 2 get 1 Free  Special Offers.  Each Sunday throughout September will see a new offer, with two of them over lapping!

 

From Sunday 4th – Sunday 11th  - Rangers Adirondack Dabber. (excludes Metallic Dabbers unless you have purchased two).

 

Sunday 11th – Sunday 18th – Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads!

Sunday 18th – 25th Claudine Hellmuth Studio Paints

Sunday 25th – Tim Holtz Distress Stains (hopefully we’ll have all the new colours in by then!)

 

I hope that little lot will help to build up your collections!

Love punches? Love flowers?

As you know we’re off on our holidays, literally any minute now, but I just quickly wanted to share these new quilling punches with you from EK Success. Not only will they make stunning strips for your layouts but rolled they make beautiful flowers.  Expect to see these making an appearance on my layouts, that’s when I get chance to scrap!  They’re on order and due in store towards the end of October.

You can watch the video here if you want to see them in action.

Fancy a freebie in your parcel??

We're off on our holidays soon, but the shop will remain open while we are away. Any orders placed between 09:00 Friday 12th August & 21:00 Sunday 28th August will get an extra something in your parcel if you spend over £25.00.
Orders placed after 09:00 on Friday will be posted out from Tuesday 30th August.

I just want to try…

I make no bones about how much I love the Claudine Hellmuth Studio Line, the mediums, creamy paints with a semi gloss finish – great for those of you that hate the chalky finish that you tend to get with most acrylic paints, and the brushes are fabulous quality making them an absolute bargain – take it from me..someone who will spend £25 on a paint brush.  But I also get that £5.25 may seem a lot on a pot of paint just to try it out, which is why I am thrilled to bits to see that Ranger have now introduced a mini range in the line.

 

 

As you probably know already there are 15 colours in the line and Ranger have produced three mini sets, Urban, Contemporary and Metropolitan.  I have a full set of these paints, but this hasn’t stop me wanting my own set of mini’s, it would save me carrying all my pots to the crop when I go, or even popping them in my case when we go away (don’t tell Chris that though – LOL)

 

Personally I think that it’s a great way to give these paints a try.  If you’re not sure about the finish, drop me a line at sales@asprinkleofimagination.com and I’ll happy create a paint chip for you to see them for yourself.

Another great addition to the line is black gesso and in addition to the paints there is also a set of mini mediums.  You can find the mini matte multi-medium in store at the moment if you don’t want a set.

 

 

All the new lines, along with the new colours of Distress Stains, Perfect Pearl Mists and new Jenni Bowlin colours are due in store mid September.   Keep your eyes peeled for them, or “Like” us on Facebook and sign up for the newsletter to be amongst the first to hear when they are in.

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the waaaaayyyyy….

Nope, the snow isn’t falling, nor have I started my Christmas shopping, but we do now have 7mm budgie bells in stock!  Add a little jingle to your projects, add them to your jewellery, personally I think they’ll make a great addition to your Christmas Cards, mini books or JYC projects this year!  You can find them in the Beads & Charms section.

 

 

Oh what fun it is to have…..

Special Offer!!!

Until 10:00pm on Sunday 24th July you can find our special offers section open! 

Claudine Hellmuth Studio Paints reduced from our normal price of £5.25 to £4.90!

To go with them, Sticky-Back Canvas 8.5x11 in Natural as shown and white, reduced from £9.95 to £8.99.  

So what are you still doing here?! 

How do you spend your evenings..?

Glass of wine, a nice meal, a film?  Crafting? 

Last night my evening was spent uploading some new lines to the website.  I have to admit I love getting deliveries, and going through them to check them off, but boy does it feel like forever to get them live on the site.  I did also spend some time looking for more new products and have a list as long as my arm.

So what have we got for you then?

   

First up Prima Lace – by the bucket full.  11 cream laces, all sold by the yard so you’ll get a decent length to use on your projects.   If a yard is too much for you, then give us a shout (suggest by email or I may not hear you) and we can do you a special order item for 12 or 24 inches instead.

 

Next up in our Inks & Sprays section – Tattered Angels Chalkboard Sprays.  I was blown away by the colours when I opened the box.  I love my sprays, and these have a chalk-like finish to them once dry.  What’s more they can be used on just about any surface, from paper, to wood, fabric and acrylic.  

   

And how about some shimmery paint? More Tattered Angels, this time Glimmer Glaze.   I thought I was blown away when I opened up the box of Chalkboard Sprays, but all I could say when I laid my eyes on these beauties was “wowzer”.  The bottles each come with a little brush so that you can easily apply them, but if you’re using a smaller paint brush the neck of wide enough to dip into it.  I feel another doodle page coming on with a touch of glimmer glaze added to it.

Both the Chalkboard sprays and Glimmer Glaze paints have new colours coming out and will be available soon.  Rest assured we’ll be getting them in!

Did someone say freebie?

 

 
Yes, me, on the first newsletter we sent out late last night.  If you didn’t get the newsletter it’s because you’re not signed up.  You can do this by heading over to the shop website, or email me at sales@asprinkleofimagination,com and I can add you to the list.
 
Back to that freebie.  If you visit the website you will see a new tab across the top “Interesting Stuff”.  From time to time we’ll be adding articles, links and video’s to this section of the site – stuff, you might find interesting. That’s the hope anyway.  The first article went on last night, courtesy of those marvellous people at Stampington, the people who print the wonderful Somerset Studio range of magazines.  The article is from Somerset Apprentice.  Download it, read it at your leisure, and feel free to pass the link on to others so that they can enjoy it to.  If you’ve never held a Somerset Studio magazine in your sticky mitts then this will give you a good idea as to what they are like – Somerset Apprentice anyway.  
Enjoy!  Hope you have a good day and thanks for popping by.

Brand New Darkroom Door

   

If you are anything like me you love your background stamps! These new designs have got so much mileage in them and they have just arrived so you can grab yours here.

Now stocking……

Dylusions cling mounted stamps.  

 

Dylusions stamps are manufactured by Stampers Anonymous, so you already know what high quality they are.  I love these quirky versatile images designed by Dyan Reaveley, and the are now available in the shop!

We're live!!!!

Come and take a look around the shop and let us know what you think! 

We have lots of goodies to tempt you, including Molekines in all shapes, colours and sizes, Liquitex heavy body acrylics, mediums and acrylic inks.  A full range of Derwent Inktense and Graphitint pencils in singles. Waxed threads, charms, pearls, pigma micron pens and heaps of Tim Holtz goodies. 

What are you still doing here then?  

a sprinkle of imagination

almost, very nearly…..

 

Ahhh, this last week has been manic here at a sprinkle.  We’re on the last push to get all the products on the website and double checking our stock levels. I can’t believe we now at the “any moment now” stage! Keep an eye on the blog, or sign up for the newletter here to make sure you  don’t miss the launch.

We’re getting there….

 

We’re keeping our finger and toes crossed as the last couple of deliveries should be with us by the end of the week.  Then it’s lots of checking off and uploading to the site.  See, I told you, we’re getting there.

In amongst those deliveries should be a whole bunch of Derwent Inktense pencils.  We’ll be selling them as singles so if you’ve never tried them you can just pick up one or two in colours that take your fancy, or if you already have a set you can build on it.

Welcome, hello, pull up a chair and join me…

Finally, here we are, “a sprinkle of imagination”.  The blog at least.  We’re getting closer and closer to opening the online store.  I’m drowning under a sea of cardboard boxes at the moment!

Who is a sprinkle of imagination?  We’ll, it’s me, Vicki, along with help from my family, some hard work and a few packets of chocolate digestives. Some of you will know me as a scrapbooker, others as an art journaller.  I love both and quite simply have a passion for being inky, painty and creative whilst recording my thoughts, feelings and family life.   If you live around York you can also find me as resident class tutor at Scrap ‘n’ Chat, the Pocklington Crop.  Not forgetting my other creative home, my personal blog “The Biskit Barrel”. 

Over the last few months, and numerous packets of the afore mentioned chocolate digestives, hubby and I have sat quietly making plans to take over the world…Pinky & The Brain style, but then we decided that we would take just one of my passions, of which there are many, and make a business out of it. Hundreds of products later and here we are.  The hardest part wasn’t choosing the products to stock, but choosing a name, but with so many products sat on my desk sometimes all I need is a little imagination.  Tadahhh – light bulb moment and the name was chosen.

What will be happening on the blog then?

I knew you’d ask that.   We’ll be having giveaways, telling you details of any special offers, from time to time asking you to share your projects.  There will also be some freebies in the form of downloads to use in your project.  When I stop being so camera shy there will be video’s as well.  

The store isn’t just yet, but if you visit us at a sprinkle of imagination, you’ll be able to sign up to the newsletter and be one of the first to hear when we launch which will be any day now.  Excited?  I know I am!