Another great day in Cumbria

Good afternoon all, 

I do hope that you had a lovely weekend. 

It was our regular Cumbria workshop on Saturday 

and what a great day it was. 

Lots of lovely Crafters, 

We laughed, crafted , ate cake 

and  generally had a brilliant day.

A couple of ladies were on holiday , 

But don’t worry , 

We ate your cake too. 

It was a bit of a Christmas party really

as we made a start  on our Christmas cards...

Well, it really isn’t far away ,

In fact   I even bought a lovely, but very large Christmas decoration yesterday 

For the hall of our new home,,,

We used a wonderful stamp set.

Lisa’s Collection - Snowy Wishes 

I do love your designs.  Lisa B...keep them coming 

Our first card, was a nice quick and easy warm up card. 

Just look at these beauties 

S

Next we did some heat embossing and the resist technique 

Once again, 

Great cards ladies and gent 

After lunch 

We used some of the smaller Stamps 

To make toppers for 6x6 cards 

Billy Brayer even came out to play...

And one of the foliage Stamps makes a great wreath...

It was Surprise Birthday cake for Debbie...

Happy Birthday for today Mrs,,,

And then we used Kraft card to finish off the day 

I kept this design very simple so that it could be used for someone who 

doesn’t like a lot of fuss, or might be having a bit of a hard time at Christmas.

After all it isn't everyone’s favourite time of year...

Sorry , I didn’t get to photograph all of the last cards..

But we do pack a lot into our day...

Don’t we ????

 I must admit , I was shattered when I got home. 

But , 

Shattered in a good way .

Karl is away tonight , so I am going to try and catch up with some jobs on my craft a list 

Blog post done , that’s one tick 

I did add, 

Walk the dogs , so that got an early tick...lol..

Must put some washing in too. 

 I have a magazine piece to write up and email. 

Plus some prepping to do for Wednesday’s class in Hazel Grove..

So I had better get on...

Take care all

Much love and hugs 

Jo. xxx

Happy Birthday Dad

Good evening all, hope your week is going well. 

It has been another hectic day here 

You know what it is like when you come  back from holiday 

The washing, catching up with the post, shopping and then all the jobs you haven’t done 

whilst being away 

So today I am sharing a special Birthday card with you...

Recently it was my Dads Birthday and this is the card that I made for him..

I started by blending a couple of distress Oxide inks onto four small 

pieces of card and then added some water droplets 

I then used some Hobby Art Stamps to add some design 

These are perfect for my Dad as he keeps hens...

And I must say they lay really yummy eggs 

Next I stamped a couple of words so that I could cut out the letters that I needed 

Also some images that I coloured and cut out , 

I love these Wellington boots 

I also added some dots with coordinating inks...another favourite stamp 

Of mine from Hobby Art 

Then some assembling 

And this is what I had 

This is the inside...

It is good to add some detail to the inside too. 

Right I must go...

Just been for a little walk with Elliot...

Adam and Danielle have taken him to Chester Zoo today...

Then he came to show us his new shoes...

He is such a little star...

Take care all

Much love and hugs 

Jo. xxx

Shaped cards

Good morning all, 

First of all welcome to a new Challenge over at the 

Fussy and Fancy Challenge blog 

And secondly Ola from Spain....

We are currently have a few days away playing in the sun with the little man...

Our new theme today is 

Different shape or folded cards 

And our hostess is my lovely friend 

Annie...

Now I don’t   normally make many shaped cards so this was a bit of a challenge for me 

But so much fun...

I had no idea where I was going 

I just started playing....

And this is what I ended up with...

I hope you like it 

If you would like to see what the other dt have created 

Just pop over here 

http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.com/

To create mine I started with a new die that I had recently bought...

And just cut out a few shapes...

I think I will be using this again and again..

I then got two 6x6 card blanks 

And cut some corners off

Until I liked the shape, and glued them together . 

Then I cut some matts and layers 

And started to add some colour, 

So out came my distress Oxide inks 

I added some ink to my mat, spritzed with water and then dipped the card in, 

I added one colour at a time and dried with a heat tool , before adding the next colour 

And then some splats off ink , and more drying with the heat tool 

Look what a difference it makes to add some ink around the edges of the card .

On separate card I stamped the sentiment and some butterflies, added some colour and then cut them out. 

To add some interest in the card blank itself , I just randomly added some splat stamping 

I did this on both sides 

Then attached the toppers...

I was really pleased with how this base was looking

Then I added some of the die cut shapes....

Followed by the butterflies, 

And some liquid pearls....

This is the view of the back , 

The front , 

And finally when dry , I added some bakers twine , 

A totally unique and made up card shape...

And all done by eye....

( so don’t look to close ..!!!!) 

I hope you have a lovely weekend planned ...

I had better go...

More walks on the beach planned....

and more splashing in the pool 

And more cocktails...

Don’t worry Elliot only had a banana milk shake 

Take care all..

Much love and hugs 

Jo. xxx

A sunny Sunday

Good morning everyone, 

Hope your Sunday is going well, 

We are having lovely weather this weekend, 

I think we may need to make the most of it, as I am sure 

It will be Autumn before we know it. 

Today I am sharing a card with you that I made using a fabulous die, 

That I was given by my lovely friend Jane .

Now I have to confess that I forgot to take a photo once the liquid glass was dry..

In fact as soon as it was dry I wrote and sent the card. 

But I am sure you can get the idea of the finished card. 

This is the die set, and I love it. 

I started with two pieces of white card, one I used for the die cut and the other I added some ink 

Roughly where the flowers were situated 

With some green ink for the leaves .

I added some water splats with my fan brush 

And look how good it looks when one piece of card is placed on top of the other..

The sentiment and butterflies are from a Hobby Art Stamp set 

A black sharpie line finished off the design 

Then the butterflies and water droplets,,

A really nice quick and easy but effective card design . 

A thank you card for someone special. 

Take care all 

Much love and hugs 

Jo. xxx