We’re back home safe and sound after a long day. Up at 5.30 to travel down to Peterborough to film “Glenda’s Colourful Collage Stamping” for Create and Craft. I even have it’s official launch date – Tuesday Feb 10th at 1.00pm! You probably want to set the video for this one as, there’s more (presenter free) tutorial time than ever. There are four tutorial sections covering various things (come on, I’m not going to give it all away in advance) and when we filmed the main part of the show, we hardly had any time left – I literally had 30 seconds to put together the last card of the show!
You are all asking me for a DVD, but to be honest, if you tape these shows, it’s almost as good as a DVD because they really are giving me a lot of freedom to show you techniques. Obviously they have to do a sales pitch too – at the end of the day they are a shopping channel, not an educational one, but I hope we have got the balance right.
To answer a couple of questions left in recent comments:
Jenny – I don’t have a show on TV in January other than the shows I have already recorded such as Winter Glimmer with Glenda. I may have confused you by saying I was filming in January, but the show isn’t going out til February – we need time to make sure we have enough stock of everything featured in the show.
Jane – I don’t have a team preparing demonstrations for me. I have a wonderful design team who make finished samples, but I do all the demo preparation myself. For this show, I ended up with about ten prepared cards and had to narrow the selection down to what was going to show off the techniques best. So sometimes I may reject a card that I actually like better, but it duplicates a technique or stamp and another one fits the bill better. I usually prep way more than I use, so end up with a drawer full of stamped bits and pieces which come in very handy when I need a card in a hurry!
Joyce – an alchohol ink tutorial is already on the You Tube list. I know I was disappointed the very first time I tried them, but I persevered and like everything, you learn how the materials behave the more you play with them. I have a definite project in mind for the alchohol video. Something I made a couple of years ago and gave to a charity auction, so I’ve been wanting to make another one …. sorry, if that isn’t teasing, I don’t know what is!
Something else that has cropped up in comments is mention of my “talent”. Thank you to those who have said something along those lines, I do try to accept all compliments gracefully, but I have a personal belief that talent is actually a mixture of practice, drive and passion, with a generous dollop of time, patience and tuition thrown in. Yes I’m sure we have a certain amount of inclination in some direction, whether it’s music, art, sport or something else. But I think that with the right nurturing, everyone can develop their talent and I guess it comes down to the passion and drive part of the equation as to how far you take it.
I also think that if you nurture and develop and grow the talents you have got, you get better and find it easier to pick up other things in the same sort of area. Take Adrian, for example. He spent years playing the organ and keyboards, but ten years ago he bought a guitar and taught himself to play. About five years ago, he had some tuition and now he has four guitars and I think he’s pretty darned good. He has a drive to play music and without the keyboard background, would he have picked up the guitar as well?
The nice thing about stamping is that you are working with great images to start with, so you’re half way to being talented already! I’m interested to know if you agree – what was it someone once said, talent is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration!
Ooooooooohhhhhhh can’t wait for the new show Glenda, will have to remember to set up the recorder for it. Love the cards too especially the butterfly and poppy seed heads one.
I agree, I think that it is passion and practice that drives you to develop the talent that is lurking within you, Plus of course great stamps to work with
What a brilliant post Glenda. Lots of food for thought in this one and fabulous cards. I love those swirls and flourishes – new stamps maybe? Oh I do hope so!
I do agree that you start with a talent and work on it to improve but if you haven’t got a talent to start with no amount of work and practice is going to turn you into a top artist, musician, dancer, athlete or anything else so I still say you are one very talented lady who has perfected her ‘art’ through hard work and enthusiasm and luckily for us seem to take pleasure in passing on your discoveries.
And I’d still like to own a DVD that was all Glenda or possibly Lynn as well, showing as many techniques as possible without having to keep fast forwarding through the sales pitches.
I can’t wait to see (and record for posterity) the new show. My goody parcel arrived this morning and I’ve been cutting rubber all evening. Can’t wait to have a play with the Harlequin Rose.
I think you’re very talented! The discussion about talent is interesting – I believe in innate talent, which can be improved and expanded through practice, tuition, encouragement and the time to do it. What is sad is when there are people with innate talents or ‘gifts’ who don’t use them, either because they don’t have the opportunity, or because they don’t want to, or don’t believe they can. People who have a talent for encouraging others to use their talents are so important! That’s you too!
Thanks Glenda for sorting me out with respect to your programs, its definitely appreciated he he
With respect to talent I believe that some people have a predisposition towards certain things, e.g. art or sport but its their determination and application of that talent that makes some people shine and not others. You have the talent and work hard at improving it constantly and as a bonus for us you share that knowledge with us he he Thank you kindly
The Harlequin Rose themeplate is lush, I love using the stamps on there
Jenny M xx
Oh God, I had better start saving!!!!!!!! I knew I spotted those new stamps in earlier posts
As for talent, well I always see my stamping as me being able to borrow the talent of those who CAN draw and then I just mess about with inks and paints and anything that lets me colour in and add sparkle…. oh yep sparkle…. don’t start me on sparkle
My name is Phree, and I am addicted to glitter… Oh stuff the other 11 steps, just hand me some Stickles!
OH bother I meant to add about DVD’s – you can’t accidentally delete a DVD so if you ever have the time I would still love if you could make some Artylicious DVD’s – haha I gues for now they are “Elusive DVDs”
Hi Glenda
Those cards are lovely, one of my first purchases when I have some crafty pennies will be the damask hearts and your damask dvd, I’ve always loved those designs.
I’m looking forward to seeing your next show on C&C it is great to see you in action. I understand entirely that the shows have to have a selling angle – after all that’s why you go on to C&C, both you and C&C are in business to sell things. I just think that we are more likely to buy things and keep returning to buy more things if we keep improving our skills with the products – that’s where your ideas come in.
And I think you’re right about the balance between inspiration and perspiration – when I was young I learnt to play the violin (played and practiced regularly for about 20 years). When I got to be quite good at it, people used to say things about having a natural musical ability, but other than being able to carry a tune, I’m no more musically talented than 99% of the rest of the population. It was simply that I was determined to be good at it, so really it was nothing more than a mixture of determination and hard work. My sister was good at art but says that most of it was technique – even though I think she underestimates her own talent, I can understand about learning technique. Believe me it takes many years of practicing scales to be able to play a tune!
Okay, better leave some room for others to comment!
I am really looking forward to this new show Glenda and I totally agree with your thoughts on talent. I think there has to be a passion there to bring out what is inside all of us and seeing other peoples ideas and creations feeds that passion for me! Long live ‘blogging’ – it’s like one huge, ever lasting brain storming session!!
What a lively discussion for a crafting site , great insights here to be had.
I’ve sat here now for the past half an hour expounding on talent and inspiration, then read it through and thought to myself what a load of old tosh!
It takes intellects greater than mine to reply to your musings Glenda.
I do agree with you that 90% perspiration and 10%inspiration is what the percentages are but I think you will find the expression was originally used to describe genius. Not that it matters one jot and I think that the analogy is appropriate here also!
All that I am sure of is that a bit of persistence and being able to share, makes the effort that I make, to improve, valid.
So please keep sharing with us!
I’m really looking forward to the shows and loving the beautiful samples. Your colour choices are great.
I recently got myself a colour wheel and it seems to confuse rather than help. Triads, split
complimentary…………tetrads, diads……… Oh! dear!! shade, tone, tint……………………………………….amazing how something that I’ve always just done instinctively has a science all of it’s own but I won’t give up yet!!!!
Fantastic cards Glenda, like everyone else i am really looking forward to your February show. As for the talent debate, I think there are two sides to it. There is natural talent where not much effort is needed to produce or perform something excellant and then there is something that you really want to do but are not able to get the results you want straight away but with practice and persistance you can then produce or perform something excellent. Therefore if anyone wants to do something badly enough and achieve a high standard they can.
Oooh forgot to say in my last note, my prize arrived today (thank you Glenda) so I have been playing with my new Harliquin stamp set. I will post the results on my blog asap.
I’ve so enjoyed reading this post Glenda and admiring your lovely artwork. I will be looking forward to the new show with bated breath.
I still think that you are an exceptionally talented lady whose willingness to share her expertise was the reason I learned most of the rudiments of stamping and techniques when I first started six or so years ago. I bought the Craft Stamper mag. (I still have all those old copies) and I remember trying out the techniques you taught there. There weren’t the plethora of card making/ craft magazines available when I started and so it was try or don’t progress at all.
Years later I taught those same techniques to the ladies in my class and no doubt they will pass on their knowledge to other beginners.
You are not only an amazing artist but a gifted teacher and I can only say thank you very much.
Edna x
Hi Glenda
I recon the best way to learn is to PLAY, try not to be too hard on yourself and just have fun. Some of my best stuff has come from just sloshing things on and see what comes out. If I TRY to do something carefully then it seems much harder and less fun too.
Sadly I have no access to C&C as no satalite and a terrible internet connection. I shall keep an eye out for more of your You Tube videos instead
I really appreciate the tutorials you do, its too easy to collect products and then have no clue how to use them.
Thanks for all your hard work and enthusiasm
Billie
have just caught up with the lovely samples and comments – agree that you do need to put some work into it, but you also need the inspiration,to start you off- and that is where you and the team come in Glenda! Obviously the more you do something, the better you become – have to admit I cringe when I occasionally find some ancient cards I made, and wonder how on earth I thought they were quite good at the time – but when you start with great stamps and materials, you have a head start.
maybe C+C could put a dvd together from their recordings of your tutorial bits?
forgot to say my new year order has arrived, with the rose plate and glimmer mists – also the stamp grab bag, which has some lovely bits in it, glad i gave in to the temptation!
I can’t wait for the new programme – and those butterfly stamps look scrumptious. I really do feel your wonderful designs inspire me to have a go at things I might otherwise have ignored. To be honest I used to think rubber stamping was all a bit twee until I saw your designs and got tempted in – the rest is history, although I still have masses to learn along the way, but that is a huge part of the journey and the pleasure and your tutorials are so helpful. I love the damask hearts by the way – another set that come out of the drawer over and over with me. They look fantastic embossed too.
Evening Glenda
Thank you so much for answering my question for me, how you described it to us, sounds pretty much as I imagined
Excellent cards and samples again and I have started to save the pennies for a harlequin set, I really do have to have them and try out some of this inspiration whizzing around in the dark depths of my brain LOL
I too will be watching on the 10th Feb
Jx
Ooohh, Glenda, these are stunning cards…. can’t wait for this show to air!
Big thanks to you and C&C for bringing us these ‘tutorial’ based shows – they really are the ‘bees-knees’ for showing both the basics of how to, and for stretching us to try something new. They are, without doubt, the best format of any of the craft presentations out there.
Being shown how to use our products to their full potential inspires all of us to develop whatever degree of talent we have
xx
Evening Glenda
I agree with most comments ,I was just thinking what more I could say other than thank you yet again
but I do totally agree with Julies comment’s.
Thank you again for every thing you do
Lin
Hi Glenda,
Lovely stamp designs and great samples. I’d love a DVD in fairness, only because I work 14 hour days and miss the majority of your programmes. I don’t have Sky+ and a tape doesn’t last that long. I’ve really enjoyed the short YouTube clips, and have been able to experiment a bit more with techniques.
Cracking designs yet again! Thank you for bringing them to us – it makes a big difference to all the projects to have good quality stamps.
Hi Glenda
Will the cancelled show ever be shown? I still feel deprived.
DVD recorders are getting cheaper and are great for editing out presenters and saving the few minutes on some shows that are worth keeping.
Looking forward to the new show and adding the stamps to my stash. Inspiration certainly helps make the most of whatever talent we have.
I thought I’d never use the words on “let your heart sing” until I was stuck for a new job card for my nephew who has just joined the Halle after freelancing for them for a while. I stuck a violin peelof over the heart, which was still readable and I was chuffed with the result. Thanks.
Love those two cards and look forward to the show next month. Unfortunately if one only has Freeview the C & C shows have to be watched on the computer with no chance to record them.
A very interesting slant on the talent thing and something I’d not really thought about but so true.
It looks as if you are tempting us with new stamps as well so must save up and try not to be influenced by my resolution not to buy any more stamps – as if I could keep to that anyway!!
Val W
Hi Glenda – these two cards are beautiful (as usual) and I look forward with baited breath for the programme in February. You mention about the DVD’s everyone’s been asking for but that we can just set our recorders for your programmes on C&C. Unfortunately we only have a digibox and can’t get C&C on that so I have to watch via the computer and no chance of recording. So please, please, think again about the DVD’s – they would be sold out within a blink of an eye!!!!! LOL.
Thanks for all the inspiration – I will try to add my 90% perspiration………………
Love the cards, especially the second one, and I am so pleased that there will be a new show- I have all of your previous ones saved, as they do inspire when I need an injection of ideas. I love my damask heart stamps, and can see I need the Harlequin Rose to complement them! I agree with your comments about talent, and especially with your story about Adrian’s guitar- I know my own background was fashion and textiles, and it took me a roundabout route to get into stamping, but now I’m here I know I’m doing what I was meant to, at least in terms of artistic satisfaction. So thank you for your excellent tuition (through C and C and Youtube) as it definitely inspires me to try harder!
You are so right about ‘talent’. It is largely down to hard work and the drive to do something well. I mistakenly thought that rubber stamping was dead easy, which in a way it is. But to get the perfect results I always hope for it takes quite a bit more effort than slapping an inked stamp onto a piece of paper. As for choosing coloured card stock and background papers – well that’s a whole new minefield! Fortunately I don’t have to earn my living at it and can just indulge myself and have fun learning how to get it right, or what I think is right! Having said all that – you do have talent, so there!!