Horsing around.

Good afternoon and what another lovely day...I am just popping in to write a quick post as I am in the middle of getting sorted for tomorrow's workshop at Crafts4U2do in St. Helens.

So I thought I would share with you a Birthday Card that I made for a relative and yes she has horses...

The background was made using inks on my Gelli plate then I stamped the gorgeous Clarity wooden horse stamp using Archival ink.

Next a Drew one of those squiggly borders....

Then added some colour with Distress markers, if you haven't tried these they really are great and you can buy small sets....( http://www.claritystamp.co.uk )

Then I used some torn appear and adirondack ink to make some gentle hills.

Plus some shadow underneath the horse.

 

Then I created some embellishments.....

Some matting and layering and job done...

All the stamps are from Clarity and can be found on the website....

Must dash, still lots to do...

Enjoy your Friday all

Much love,

Jo. X

 

Bleach Blocking.

Good evening, what a lovely day it has been, it is so good to see some sun.

Karl and me have just walked Tess and in one of the farmers fields was a horse and foal, she was only born on Monday morning....it is so good to see new life don't you think?

Today I have been working on a technique which is new to me. It is bleach blocking and Hels Sheridan has written a brilliant article on it in this months Craft Stamper Magazine....( do check it out )

Here is my take on the technique...I do hope that you like it...

I started with distress inks and a piece of card.. Just random, then gentle blending.

Next I took a clean foam pad ....spritzed some water onto my mat and wet the pad.

Then I began stamping onto the card...holding the pad for about 10seconds each time...( remember to dab the pad on kitchen roll after each stamp to remove any colour)

Then a quick dry with the heat gun.

Next I used some Clarity stamps from the Journalling set and did some organic stamping...( no block...just using my hand.)

What a great way to build up a background...

I do love the Clarity word chain stamps...here I used the word Inspire...

I love to add these borders too.

The next stage was to distress the edges of the card...

On a separate piece of card I stamped this lovely Clarity butterfly, then cut it out and added a little colour.

Some matting and layering, then I added some Sweet Lilac Flowers....the large white one was stamped before I used it..

Just the butterfly to add ,

And my card was complete...

Here is a closer look.

I really enjoyed making this and would like to enter it into the Craft Stamper ....Take it Make it Challenge...

Thank you for visiting today....and do pop back soon....

Crafty hugs...Jo. X

 

 

Monday already.

Good morning ..oh ..only just...better get a wriggle on...

How was your weekend? I had a lovely time yesterday with the Clarity family in Doncaster.

Check us out, great new aprons too...thanks Barbara and Dave...

Whilst I was there, I spotted a new stencil on the stand...so within minutes I had bought it, unwrapped it and it had ink on it....here is one of the cards that I made with it , I also used the oval aperture stencil...plus my three favourite colours....Adirondack inks, Sail Boat Blue, Butterscotch and Raspberry.....all of which can be bought from Clarity....

http://www.claritystamp.co.uk

Here is another make from my day.....it is my twist on pattern building, which I am really into at the moment...this time using stencils not stamps...

To begin use one of the new Art Deco Stencils and apply the blue ink with one of the fantastic Stencil brushes....( and by the way they now come in a fab box!!)

Take the stencil away and this is what you have....

Now clean the stencil and then rotate it through 90 degrees and repeat using Butterscoth ink.

This is what you now have.

Quick clean of the stencil and 90 degree twist then Raspberry ink.

How cool is this....

Just needs a stamped image in the centre ...

So many possibilities...I need to try this with other stencils...oh watch this space...

Just time for one more example from yesterday and then I must get on....

Thank you to all the lovely crafters who came to say hello...right must get on....as I have another busy week ahead....but all good fun.....

Thanks for your support it really is important to me...

Love and hugs,

Jo. X

 

Wooden horses.

Good evening all, Thursday already ..oh it is nearly the weekend....

Today I thought I would share a card made with one of the new wooden horse stamps....I do love these stamps...

This card started off with me just stamping, moving the card and stamping again.

I used a piece of card from the 6x6 Gelli card pack....I do use this for most of my projects.

I also used Vintage Sepia VersaFine ink.

 

What a magnificent image...

I just kept on stamping...

I really enjoy to build up patterns this way..

Next I started to add some colour with my Spectrum Noir pencils...

It is so therapeutic to just sit and colour. Reminds me off when I was little me and my sister used to sit and colour for hours...

Do remember to leave some white area, it is just as important as the area that you colour.

Once the horses were done, I then started on the background.

I just built up the colour slowly, these pencils give such a lovely waxy coverage ...

Some matting and layering and my card was finished. I love the horses so much I did not want to add anything else and distract from their beauty.

Both the stamp and the pencils can be found on the Clarity website ..... http://www.claritystamp.co.uk.

That's all from me for tonight , thank you for looking in and as always I really appreciate your comments...

Take care and see you soon.

Jo. X

 

 

 

 

Home Sweet Home...

Good afternoon all and welcome to our new follower. I do hope you like it here....

I hope you had a good weekend and that this week is treating you well. As I mentioned on Sunday Karl, Tess and me spent the afternoon in the garden...I do love my garden but it is amazing how fast those weeds grow....here is part of it..shame the sun had gone in .

Notice Tess.....no show without punch!!!!!

Back to Sunday ..hope you managed to catch Barbara on tv. Another great show with fantastic new products.

Here is one of my cards from the show....I do hope you like it....

I used one of the new cottage stamps...with Distress ink ...Black Soot ,

Then did some watercolour painting.

This is a really quick and effective technique...

Next I put some Mustard Seed D.I. Onto my craft mat and added some yellow to my house.

The line writing sentiment stamps are brilliant and make a great border or frame.

I added the blackbird from the Morning has broken stamp set and joined it all together with my black fine liner pen. Then some matting and layering.

A quick but effective card and suitable for many occasions too.

I am having a catch up week this week, trying to get ahead for once....I really need to get to the bottom of the ironing basket, .....

Plus get some jobs ticked off that craft jobs to do list....

All the new products from Clarity can be found on the web site...http://www.claritystamp.co.uk

I am off to walk Tess now...have a good evening....

Hugs...Jo. X