What time is it Mr Wolf?

Good evening lovely people.....well today was our workshop day in Hazel Grove and we made clocks ....inspired by the clock lady herself....Karen Clare....do check out her blog..... 

http://karenslittlegiftsandcards.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/november-workshop-samples.html 

We all had a kit and used a variety of Stamps, Techniques, colours and accessories to make individual projects.....

Here are some that the lovely ladies made...

And here are some more...

I'm so proud of you all,,,such fabulous makes....

I was a very lucky bunny yesterday and went to a workshop run by the extremely talented and very lovely lady....Eileen Godwin....another blog for you to check out...

http://eileenscraftyzone.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/imagination-crafts-stencils-distress_25.html

And here is one of the projects that I made.....lots of new ideas and techniques and the best bit is that Eileen is happy for me to share them at my workshops ...so as they say....the future is looking good crafters...

That's all from me for today.....

Time for a cuddle with Tess and some R & R.....

Night all.....hugs....Jo. X oh, and Tess.....X 

Another day....Another blog post...

Oh happy days....

I have another very busy craft week ahead so I may be a bit quiet....in readiness, I thought I would get ahead and write another post ....

Today, I thought I would share some more published work with you.....

These are Christmas gift ideas made using Alcohol inks...

They are featured in the recent publication of Creative Cardmaking....and yes, if you look closely they have called me Jo Kill.......do they know something that I don't??

I really enjoyed making these gift ideas and the best bit is that I get to keep them....

This gorgeous Victorian bottle is now living on my dressing table.....

It was really quick and easy to make....check out the instructions in the magazine....

Also, check out the brilliant colouring guide from my lovely friend and Team Mate...Maria Simms....

Have a good week and stay safe in the storms....

Looking forward to meeting Eileen Godwin and Pauline Butcher on Tuesday and my crafty ladies on Wednesday.....hugs all.....Jo. X X X 

Clarity comes to Stockport...

Good evening ladies and gents....hope you've had a good day.

I have had a lovely time at C.J.CardCraft in Edgeley where I ran two Clarity Workshops.

We used PanPastels and Versafine ink-Vintage Sepia to create this card...

I do love these stamps and they stamp so well that we all stamped our sentiments straight onto the card.....no matting and layering...

It was lovely to see you all and always great to have a male crafter in attendance John....

Bookings are now being taken for the next ones...

Saturday 30th November...

Phone Glynis on.....0161-477-7027

Right....I am off now....time to catch up with Karl....lets hope that United won and he will be a happy bunny...

Oh and look at my pressie from Glynis....

Now ....where shall I put them?????

Answers on a postcard please......lol...

Remember to put your clocks back an hour....and enjoy....

Take care....Jo...x x 

Love/ Wedding.....

Morning all and Happy Friday....

Today, I'm going to share a piece of Pyrography with you.....the new theme over at the Sweet Lilac Blog Challenge is Love/ Wedding....so I have made a Wedding Horseshoe....

I started by using the new shape tiles and Letter box kit from Clarity Stamps, I stamped these onto the wooden horseshoe and then used my Pyrography tool to burn them ....

I then set about arranging some lovely flowers from Sweet Lilac paper flowers .....

Added some hat pins and ribbon.....and job done...

I just need a lovely wedding to go to now......any offers........

I'm at C.J. CardCrafts tomorrow where we are having a Clarity Day with workshops...I am really looking forward to it....and Glynis is always such a great host.....

Whatever you are doing ...hope you have a great day....

Hugs....Jo. X 

Another lovely craft group....

Good evening all and how is your week going? 

I'm busy as usual, but I am getting lots done and ticking the jobs off the list...

The only thing is....the list seems to get longer...

Yesterday, I went to meet crafters at a Craft Group in Lowton....and what a lovely group of Crafters they were too.

I did some Clarity demonstrations for them, then had coffee and chocolate biscuits whilst the crafters had a play....

I really enjoyed myself and Thank you Jackie and Sue for making me feel so welcome.....

Oh and look at the gorgeous card and flowers that they gave me...

I would love to go back and see everyone....maybe some of my ladies could come too and have a Craft Party? 

I'm off as I have some brilliant new Clarity stash to play with....whoops, sorry to work with...

Enjoy your evening....Crafty hugs...

Jo. X 

The Next Classroom Kit

Happy Sunday to all, thank goodness the weather is better today.

Yesterday, I had a lovely day at Clarity NW run by the amazing Maria Simms..but the journey home on the motorway in all that heavy rain and thunder was not that good...but we made it ....thanks to my co-pilot Jane...

Today, I'm going to show you two cards that I made with the new classroom set....oh I so love this woodpecker stamp.....and he stamps so well...

The kit comes with a stencil and I used this with Distress Inks, Frayed Burlap, Vintage Photo and Brushed Curduroy to create the tree trunk.

The woodpecker was stamped in Black Memento ink and coloured with Graph'It markers.. I used the cloud mask and Tumbled Distress ink to create the sky....I keep practicing my sky and one day I want to be able to create one like the fabulous Emma Williams....I bow to her sun and clouds....

The kit also has this brilliant floral stamp in it which I repeatedly stamped and coloured in to make this card.

I also decoupaged some of the flowers.

I used a white gel pen to add the finishing details.

I'm so looking forward to seeing how Barbara uses these stamps in her next show....which is Saturday November 2nd.

Before I go,  just a quick reminder about my ' give away' if you haven't left a comment on the post...please do ...you may win the crafty goodies...

That's all from me for today.....I have another busy crafty week ahead, I am going to Warrington on Wednesday to meet some lovely new crafters and it's  our first Clarity with Jo workshop at C.J.Cardcrafts in Edgeley on Saturday....so looking forward to it...

Have a good week and Happy Crafting,

Jo. X 

Stencillicious.....

That is my word for the fantastic stencils that Clarity are producing at the moment...I really do love to see what I can create with them....and they are all so different and so useful....

Here are two of my sample cards from last weekends TV shows...

This first one is using the Cherries stencil along with Distress inks, Dylusion sprays and Glossy Accents...oh and a cheeky little wooden embellishment that I found in my stash...

For this one I used the Apple stencil, with my Dylusion sprays...decoupage the apples and added some Card  Candi.

 I do hope that you like them, before I go I must just say Hello to my new followers....Thank you for joining me in my craft journey ....it does have many ups and downs....so I do hope you remember to wear your seat belt.....oh and a special 'Hello' to Eileen and Thanks for your help on Wednesday....

Right better go as food is being cooked, wine is being chilled and both boys are out so Friday night is date night for Karl and me...........

Have a good weekend all....

Hugs....Jo. X 

Good Evening....

How is your week going? It was workshops today in Hazel Grove, but before I tell you all about them...I'm going to share with you a card which I made for last months Clarity shows.

I used the Treescape stencil and the brilliant Treescape stamp...I do think that they go so well together..

The best bit is that the lovely Janet Pring who is also on the Clarity Design Team asked me if she could use my design as inspiration for one of her workshops...obviously, I said yes....I was delighted.

So this is the card that the crafters made at the Clarity Workshop in Norwich...

Thanks for the mention Janet....

Janet has a blog ....and I would love you to go and have a look...

http://cardscatsandcoffee.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/a-weekend-of-clarity.html

Now back to today's workshops we made Shaker  cards....and it was all going so well until I gave the crafters their acetate.....why is acetate so clear...so clear that it disappears even when right in front of you....!!!!! Eh Rachel.....

It was so funny.....

The background was made using Tumbled Glass Distress inks and the Clarity Carollers stamp....

Baby blue flowersoft and tiny beads were used inside...

A lovely flower from Sweet Lilac flowers added the finishing detail...

That's all for me....except to say have you commented on my last post for a chance to win some goodies? 

Pop back soon....

Lots of Clarity samples that I need to share with you....

Jo. X 

It is a Give Away......(yippee.......101 Followers......)

Good evening all ....just where has today gone??????

Well today, I'm going to have a 'Give Away' as a thank you for all you brilliant followers and to celebrate reaching over 100 followers....

I'm so grateful that you not only follow me,....read my updates but leave such lovely comments too....

So to be in with a chance to win the stash.......

Just leave a comment on this post and I will choose a winner at random....

I will choose a winner on the 1st November 2013.....

So go on....just leave a comment....any comment....(well within reason!!!!) 

That's it for today....

See you soon.

Crafty hugs...Jo.  X 

In the Shed....

Good afternoon all, how's your weekend been? 

Mine's  been busy .....but in a good way.....I had an all day Christmas workshop at C.J. CardCrafts in Edgeley, Stockport...there were 16 ladies ....whoops sorry.....16 crafters .....15 ladies and one gentleman....and what a brilliant time we had.....

Thanks to all the crafters who came.....see you all again in 2 weeks......for our Clarity workshop.....

Speaking of Clarity....have you seen any of the shows on Create and Craft this weekend? 

Poor Barbara must be shattered....

Here is one of my samples that was shown on Friday....

It is a door hanger, I have stamped then burnt the images into the wood with my Pyrography tool...I do love the Clarity Letter Box kit....

This is on the reverse.....

I am not surprised that the set sold out very quickly...

Thanks for looking in today....

Enjoy your Sunday evening....Jo. X 

Cracking up....

Well that is the title of my latest magazine article....and no, it doesn't mean me!!!!

It's beginners guide to Kroma Crackle.....although it did make Karl laugh...

So if you go and buy Issue 13 of Creative Stamping you will find my projects on pages 36, 37 and 38...

And keep looking, as there are others by crafters you will recognise ....with some brilliant Christmas decorations made by Maria Simms...

Here is a closer look at one of the cards...

The background was created by stamping in Distress inks...Spun Sugar and Tattered Rose...

The MDF bauble was first painted with black Gesso and then left to dry...

As Kroma Crackle dries clear, I mixed some with pink acrylic paint and 

applied it...this took two days to reach the cracking design I wanted...I then painted with a coat of 'Slap It On'....this does two jobs....it stops the Kroma cracking anymore and also stops it peeling off...

Next, I stamped the dove using Black Archival ink and coloured it using Distress markers....

Some matting and layering and liquid pearl dots and job done...

The free stamps with this magazine are really good value and perfect for all those Christmas cards and gifts...

Oh wow.....I have just noticed we have reached 100 followers....welcome to my new followers and thank you so much for joining me in my crafty journey...

I will get some stash together and we will have a give away......

Thanks for popping in today....and see you again soon....Jo. X 

19 degrees in October.....

Well what a lovely weekend it's been, Tess has made the most of lots of long walks in sunny weather.....

Yesterday's workshop day at 'Crafts4 u 2 do' went really well, as always the crafters were great company and Chris looked after us all really well.....

Oh and a big Thanks to Lisa who provided the cakes and some special biscuits .....just for me.....lucky me or what......

All my makes recently have been either for magazines or TV, so sorry but I can't share them yet.....so what I will show you is a little play that I have been having with my PanPastels...

This first one is a quick background and then a die cut tree added...

The die is from Dees Distinctivity....A cut above...and is called, Christmas Tree no.2

I have recently bought some metallic PanPastels...but not had much time to play with them ....

So this is a piece of card embossed with an embossing folder and then lightly coloured with Rich Gold and Bronze PanPastels....oh they are yummy....although not easy to photograph....I definitely need more time to play with these...

I am so excited to welcome another blog follower.....wow...98....just two more and it will be give away time.....

It was my Mums birthday yesterday and as she is an avid  blog reader..oh it does sound painful!!!!

Once again,,,,,,HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM

LOVE YOU LOTS.....X 

Better go...jobs to do ...and Downton Abby tonight.

Enjoy your evening all and let's hope we have a good week ahead...

Hugs....Jo. X 

Fussy and Fancy Friday...

Good morning, I really can't believe that it is the 4th of October all ready ....just where has September gone????

Anyway, it is a new Challenge day over at the Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge Blog.......and the theme is.....

..........One for the boys........

Here is what I came up with...

The clock was made using a kit which a bought from a lovely crafty friend of mine....Karen Clare....aka...'The Clock Lady'....

(check her blog out....  http://karenslittlegiftsandcards.blogspot.co.uk )

The stamps are all from Clarity stamps and were stamped using Memento ink...Tuxedo Black...

Stamps used....Remountable Gents set, sports balls set and the texture set. 

I added a little colour with ProMarkers and Distress inks.....Tumbled Glass and Vintage Photo..I also used a piece of sequin waste....

I decided not to add numbers but just put markers in there place with Cosmic Shimmer pva glue, the gorgeous embellishment is from Hobby House...

I really loved making this project and so glad that I can share it with you...the rest of the DT have made brilliant projects ....so why not pop over and have a look....

http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

That is all from me today....I am off to get ready for tomorrow's workshop at Crafts4u2do in St Helens....

Have a good weekend.....

Thanks for all your comments ...I do love to read them...

Oh, only 4 more followers and we reach the magic number of 100 and it will be give away time.....

Stay safe and be nice to each other...

Jo.  X