Summer Time

Good morning and how is life treating you this Thursday morning?

Today, is the first Challenge over at the Sweet Lilac Challenge Blog...and the theme is Summer Time...

This is my DT card....I do hope you like it....

I have used Distress inks for the background and a bit of water spritzing...Vintage Photo, Spiced Marmalade and Mustard Seed...

The main image is a really lovely new stamp from Hobby Art.....it is called ...

A Gaggle of Geese....

I stamped it using Vetsafine ink...Vintage Sepia and took the colour away with water...(I do love to do this technique...thanks to Sheena Douglass)

White highlights were added with a gel pen, some ribbon, hat pins and of course the flowers....Sweet Lilac really do supply the most gorgeous flowers.

I needed some white leaves ......and I had one of those moments of inspiration...(I wondered what it was at first .....I am not used to them!!!!) 

I cut one of the flat white flowers into pieces and hey presto....white leaves.

I would love it if you could join in and enter this Challenge....why not pop along and check it out and the other fabulous DT samples....

Click HERE.....

That is all for today....ttfn....Jo. X 

Hello

Well, here we are another Monday and the start of another week. My day started at 5am with Karl getting up to drive to London....and me being me couldn't get back to sleep so it was up, walk Tess and get on with the Craft List....first on the list, two cards that have been on order for a while....I can now say they are done, been collected and ticked off the list. 

Next was a magazine piece to finish,... tick, bank to go to....tick, then post office.....tick ....coffee was next not on the list but needed....

Oh, I do love my lists....

Anyway, today is a quick card ....you know the ones...that you need to make and get in the post.....5 minutes ago...

I simply masked off the middle section, blended Distress inks and stamped using one of my favourite Clarity Stamps...

Thanks for visiting today....hugs. Jo. X 

Bingo Board...

Hi everyone and welcome to another new challenge over at the Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge Blog...

This one is all about the Bingo Board.... 

I have chosen the top line....Flower, Pearls and Blue.....for my inspiration...

Here is my DT card....

I have used a lovely foam mounted stamp from Hobby Art for my main image..

I have also used this to make my background ...this time using second generation stamping and Faded Jeans Distress ink.

I do love a bit of water spritzing too.

The flowers are from Sweet Lilac flowers .....a few hat pins and some glossy accents and the card was finished...

This Challenge is hosted by the lovely and very talented Sazzle, I do hope you will enter....go on....have a go....

Have a great weekend....I am back in St Helens tomorrow for another all day workshop.....they must be mad ...asking me back!!!!!

Whatever you are doing, I do hope you enjoy it and stay safe.....

See you soon.

Jo. X 

A Gaggle of Geese

As promised yesterday, I'm going to share with you the two cards that I made for the lovely Jenny Mayes over at Hobby Art stamps...

I used one of her new stamps ...A Gaggle of Geese ..this is a foam mounted stamp and it just fab.....so ...fab...I had to use it as soon as I got it.... Just couldn't wait....

I made two cards using the same technique and products ...the only thing that I changed was the colour of Distress Inks that I used...

Here is Summer....

Using...Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade and Vintage photo Distress Inks...

And here is Winter..

Using Tumbled Glass, Faded Jeans and Shaded Lilac Distress inks...

I do love the contrasts...

I would love to know what you think....

Tomorrow, is a new challenge over at the Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge Blog..so pop back to see what it is.....wow ...that will be three days in a row!!!!

Take care.....Jo. X 

Biscuit Blindness....

The last couple of days have been really busy with more magazine stuff, secret stuff and workshop planning...I even managed to get a couple of sample cards posted to Jenny at Hobby Art.....I will show you those tomorrow....

Today, was workshops in Hazel Grove and as usual we all had a great time and a big Thank you to the three Musketeers who bought Karl and I a gorgeous bunch of flowers....

This morning, we even had an episode of Biscuit Blindness.....yes, it's not just the craft stash that hides but biscuits also......(even though it was right in front of Rachel....lol...) 

This is the first card ...

We used Distress inks, water spritzing and the In Stitches stamp set from IndigoBlu...

Our second card as contrast was a much simpler and crisper card...

We stamped using Gray Flannel Versafine ink, did some masking and then added a little decoupage.

Thanks for looking in and pop back tomorrow.....two posts in a row....what ever next...

Jo. X 

Time for Gelli

Good afternoon, I am writing this whilst Karl is driving us home. We have been with Tess and some friends for a night at a lovely campsite in North Wales...and Sue, I am checking if you read this!!!!

Yesterday was workshops at C.J. CardCrafts in Edgeley, Stockport, where I always have a great time and meet lovely crafters..Glynis is always so helpful and her shop is really well stocked ....so if you haven't been yet, Do go and pay her a visit.

Whilst I was there Barbara Gray was on Create and Craft with her Classroom show.....I had to record it and will be watching it later.

I'd sent her two cards that I had made with Gelli plate and Clarity stencil backgrounds, plus the birdhouse stamp set.

I do hope you like them

A very good friend of mine Sam Crowe has joined The Clarity Design Team and her work with the Gelli Plate is really inspiring. Sam is a very talented lady and her blog is brilliant.... http://homecookedcards.blogspot.co.uk/

Congratulations....Sam.....x 

Right as we are nearly home, I will sign off for now....

Another busy week ahead, more workshops, more samples for a magazine and a very exciting, secret project to work on.....

Crafty hugs, Jo. X 

Summer Weddings

Oh, I do love a lovely Summer Wedding.....

If you are looking for the perfect embellishment for your wedding stationery then have a look at Sweet Lilac flowers ....

http://www.sweetlilac.co.uk

Here is a quick wedding card that I made using a topper. Patterned paper and ofcourse flowers from Sweet Lilac....

It's Friday and the sun is shinning, so Karl and myself are off to walk Tess, then I am packing my crafty bag ready for tomorrow's workshops at C.J.CardCrafts in Edgeley....

Enjoy your Friday all. 

Jo. X