Another YouTube

Good morning all, 

I hope you have something nice planned for today. 

I am off to the vets later with Eric. 

He has been so good, the pads , wires etc from the ECG haven’t bothered him at all. 

We were able to let him off the lead today , 

first time since his episode. 

Fingers crossed for good news later. 

As you know on Friday there are some fabulous new stamps being released from the Lavinia Castle. 

Now these are gorgeous on their own but will fit in with many of the existing Lavinia family.

I have had a play mixing , old and new. 

I do hope you like it. 

I made a YouTube, so that you can follow along if you would like. 

 https://youtu.be/xi0qbRm33MY

Maybe make a brew first...

As as always, it is one take, 

No editing, 

All live, just me in my craft room. 

Have a lovely day all

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx

All Hallows’ Eve.

Good afternoon everyone. 

I do hope that today is going well. 

I am afraid that I have some sad news, as one of our lovely Crafters

Elaine Porter passed away on Sunday. 

Elaine has been crafting with us in Hazel Grove for many years and we will miss her so much. 

My thoughts are with her husband Graham and their family. 

I have found it hard to write this blog post. 

I have started so many times, but struggled with what to say. 

Then I just thought of Elaine, and how she loved crafting, such a wonderful creative lady. 

She loved Lavinia stamps and spoke to Tracy quite often. 

So Elaine this one is just for you...

It is the first of October ,

So it is a new Challenge over at the Lavinia HQ

Our new theme is 

All Hallows’ Eve. 

This is my offering

And here is how I created it 

ColorBox inks on the Gel Press, using Billy Brayer, and cleaning him on scrap card. 

Adding some Brusho powders and making a print. 

Next some stamping using black VersaFine ink. 

More stamping and then blending some ColorBox ink around the edges. 

Some white Posca splats , and some glossy Accents to add detail. 

My aim was to make a sort of eye creation...can you see it ????

And this is the Billy clean up 

Which I stamped and used to make a trick or treat bag.

Thanks so much for joining me today, 

I am off to pick Eric up. 

His heart scan has gone well and is all clear. 

He is wearing his 24hr ECG so has a rather fancy coat on. 

Bless him, the vet said he has been so good, and just let them do all the tests. 

Looks like the sun is just popping out too

Take care all,

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxxx

Friday 4th October = New releases

Good afternoon everyone, 

I hope you had a lovely weekend. 

I have been playing with some fabulous new stamps from Lavinia stamps. 

Wow, 

These are amazing. 

The hand drawn detail is just awesome.

Tracey really has done a great job...

(Once again)

Just look, 

And this one was made using the clean up card from Billy Brayer for the design in my previous blogpost. 

The detail is second to none.

They are so versatile, but also are perfect companions for so many other stamps 

that we already have in our Lavinia family. 

They are going to be released on the Lavinia website on Friday 4th October...

So, Not long now.

I am off now, back into my craft room...

Take care all

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx

Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble.

Good afternoon all, 

from a very wet Holmes Chapel. 

It has rained here all day so far..

Today I am sharing a Halloween design with you .

I do hope you like it.

I have made a little video to show you how I created it. 

https://youtu.be/ivrO4QFtNso

I do hope you find five minutes to take a peek. 

Have a lovely weekend all. 

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx

More Christmas cards.

Good afternoon everyone, 

I hope you are keeping well. 

Wow, we had lots of rain today, my water butts  are full.

All 4 of them.

I guess we have seen the last of summer.

Boo hoo.

Yesterday it was our regular Hazel Grove workshops, and we had a new lady join us in the afternoon. 

It is always so good to meet new Crafters. 

We made a couple of Christmas cards, 

Using some fabulous Lavinia stamps. 

You may be surprised , 

No wreath cards.

Time for something a little different. 

I really loved making these designs, 

and they are perfect for batch card making. 

Especially the second one. 

I am certainly going to be making more of them . 

Today I was very excited when Ian my postman

brought me some secret new stamps...

Wow. That is all I can say...

So I’m back off into my craft room.

Take care everyone

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx

Saturday in Cumbria

Good afternoon everyone, 

thanks for popping in today. 

I do hope that you had a good weekend. 

We had a wonderful day yesterday, Adam and Danielle came round.

So we had an afternoon full of playing with trains, cars, and singing the baby shark song.

Eric loves it when the boys come round , so he really enjoyed it too. 

Thanks for all your lovely messages about him, 

He seems so much better in himself, although we still can’t walk him far or let him off his lead. 

He has his tests on his heart on 1st October, so we should get some answers then. 

On Saturday it was our monthly workshop in Cumbria. 

We had a couple of ladies missing due to ill health and a couple on holiday, 

So we all had to work extra hard !!! lol 

We missed Maggie too, who has gone back to Spain...

See you next year,,,,

We had a play with Stencils. 

I do think these are an underrated product. 

They are such great value for money and so versatile. 

We used stencils from AALL & Create, many of these have been designed by Abs, 

the man himself.

Just adding ink through the stencils give a great result. 

One of my favourite techniques is to use Brusho Powders, 

And you get 3 backgrounds for the price of 1. 

I have made a little YouTube video ladies, just to help you remember what to do,,

https://youtu.be/NSMxHuyAbOM

I do hope that you like it. 

It was such a lovely day, and I am so thrilled with all these cards. 

You really are such a talented group of Crafters. 

 Sheila made us some yummy cakes too.

Next month it is our Autumn Lavinia retreat. 

Sat 26th and Sun 27th October. 

I have two spaces left if anybody is interested in joining us. 

It is a wonderful weekend , only £80, and this includes lunch, all refreshments and a goody bag. 

Just drop me a message 

Jrcrafts28@gmail.com 

Today I am in my craft room, 

catching up with jobs. 

Then tomorrow it will be packing my bags again for our Hazel Grove classes on Wednesday. 

Thanks for joining  me today. 

Your support means so much to me 

Love and hugs 

Jo xxx

A stencil tutorial

Good afternoon all, 

I do hope the sun is shinning for you today. 

It has been a lovely morning here in Holmes Chapel and I 

do believe that we are in for a lovely weekend too.

I am off to Cumbria tomorrow for our monthly workshop so it will be lovely if the weather is nice for the drive there and back. 

Today I have some inky play to share with you. 

I have made a little YouTube video 

Showing how to create these three backgrounds 

From one application of ink on your Gel Press Plate. 

Here is one of the backgrounds made up into a card, using stamps and stencil from Aall & Create. 

Even Billy Brayer has come out to play once again.

Bless him, he doesn’t spend much time in his box these days . 

Here is the link 

https://youtu.be/FRzen0IWh20

I do hope you find it useful.

Heads up to any crafty friends in Belfast, 

We have a couple of places left (due to illness) for our next workshop.

It is on Saturday 12th October 

And we will be using stamps from Aall & Create 

Just email me for details 

Jrcrafts28@gmail.com 

Oh and thank you for all your lovely messages about Eric, 

He seems to be feeling a bit better at the moment.

Although we won’t know anything until his tests on the 1st October .

Better get on, 

Lots still to do, 

Take care everyone 

Love and hugs 

Jo xxx