Wall Art

Good evening everyone, 

Hope your week has started well. 

I am suffering with my back again, it is all this furniture moving, 

and more tomorrow. 

We are hiring a van to take the last load from Nottingham to Didsbury. 

Mikey and Frans new apartment is fabulous and they are so excited about moving in. 

So I decided to make a piece of art for their hall way. 

We have framed some photographs for them ,as a surprise , 

but I wanted to make something  special. 

This is what I made 

Hope you like it 

Really hope Mikey and Fran like it too 

I found this frame in the reduced box in my local shop 

I cut three pieces of card 

Then I added some paint using Mr Billy Brayer ( he needed to come out and play ) 

Next I added some blue paint splatters. 

When dry , I added some stamping using this 

fabulous border stamp from AALL & Create.

Next came some grunge paste through a stencil. 

Again this is from AALL & Create. 

On separate card I stamped , added some colour and cut out my designs. 

I matted and layered my backgrounds , 

and then added the focal pieces, using some twine, and mess to add texture. 

To finish off, I added some white highlights with my Sharpie pen, and then assembled the frame. 

I am so pleased with the way this has turned out, 

Here is a closer look 

At each piece 

Such beautiful stamp designs. 

I am looking forwards to seeing this hanging on the wall. 

Have you mounted any of your work? 

It is such a rewarding thing to do.

 

Must go, still lots to do this evening, and an early start tomorrow. 

Take care all 

Much love and hugs 

Jo. xxx

Creative Stamping in Hazel Grove

Good afternoon everyone, 

I hope your day is going well. 

Yesterday it was our workshops in Hazel Grove.

We had a play with the fabulous Stamps from this months Creative Stamping Magazine. 

We used pixie powders , available here.     http://tidd.ly/da777372. for the background , and to add colour 

to the butterfly 

Look Tracy , that thread has appeared again. 

This was our second card, using distress inks . 

I used Crushed Olive, distress Oxide ink pad ,

Available here.   http://tidd.ly/d93d8879

Another great stamp from the set. 

If you haven’t got this edition of Creative Stamping you can get it here 

http://tidd.ly/14610115

From Craft Stash, and as a Valentines treat you can earn triple points today 

Right, I had better go and cook some food for Karl, 

We are going to try and both finish a bit early today , 

Have our meal and watch a film with a chilled bottle of bubbles. 

Take care all

Much love and hugs 

Jo. xxx

Brothers

Good morning all, 

How are you today ? 

I have been busy already, Karl left early so I walked the dogs , 

then when I got home, well I sort of got sidetracked and spent an hour 

pottering in the garden, 

It is lovely to see the bulbe coming up and how the garden is growing. 

What a busy weekend , 

Elliot went to meet his new baby brother , 

Then on Saturday we went to have cuddles with Jenson 

After we left the hospital , 

Adam was able to take Danielle and Jenson home. 

So it wasn’t long before both boys were fast asleep

Oh, so cute. 

Yesterday , was another busy day.

Mikey and Fran got the keys to their new apartment in Didsbury.

As Mikey is still in Manchester on Jury Service , I went to pick Fran up 

from the station and take her to the estate agents. 

The apartment is fabulous, it has two bedrooms, and is perfect for them. 

We did buy them a soup maker as a surprise, well , I just think 

every home , needs one. 

Hopefully we can get all their belongings moved over from Nottingham next weekend ready for them 

both to start new jobs in Didsbury next week. 

It is ceratianly all go...

So nothing crafty from me today , sorry 

I am off now to get my bags packed for tomorrow’s workshops in Hazel Grove. 

See you soon ladies. 

Take care all

Much love and hugs 

Jo. xxx

Update

Good afternoon everyone , 

hope Friday is treating you well 

and that you have something nice planned for your weekend.

We are hopefully going to see our latest addition tomorrow. 

Jenson Rice was born at 9-55pm yesterday 

(Check out his initials !!! ❤️) 

By c section , he weighed in at 8lb 2oz and is doing really well. 

This was him at 5minutes old,

Bless him .

Today’s photo. 

I can’t wait to see what Elliot thinks about him, 

I know he is going to make a fabulous big brother .

Just has Adam has been to Mikey. 

It fills my heart with pride when I see how well they get on 

and they have each other’s backs...

Loyalty is so important , don’t you think ? 

I can see I am going to need more granny naps. lol.

Although , not as many as Tess and Eric have ..

Take care everyone, and see you next week .

Much love and hugs 

Jo. xxx

Will it be today ?

Good afternoon , 

thank you for popping in. 

I do hope your Thursday is going well.

We are awaiting news today , 

as Adam and Danielle are now in Hospital and Danielle is 

in labour. They went in at 5am , so will the little one arrive today , 

or will he make us wait until tomorrow? 

So I am keeping busy , 

Trying to get ahead with lots of jobs ticked off my to do list.

                         Yesterday afternoon I went for coffee with a couple of lovely ladies..

                         It was wonderful to chat and find out we had so much in common

      Before I went I made a little card. 

I started off with a background from my stash, 

I think this one uses pixie powders 

I then added some background stamping 

Then more stamping 

And some splatters. 

You know how I love the splatters. 

I added some colour using my Inktense pencils. 

Oh I do love these , 

Finally I assembled  the card , and added some sequins and splats using my white Posca pen 

The stamps are fab and are from a wonderful stamp set which we will be using in our next workshops..

Tease....tease..

I hope you like them 

Take care all 

Much love and hugs 

Jo. xxx

Groovi Saturday

Good afternoon all, 

I hope you had a lovely weekend, and that Monday is 

treating you well. 

On Saturday we had our monthly Groovi workshop. 

The weather was much improved and we all made the journey safely. 

We had an extra pair of hands to make our morning coffee as Mikey 

had a lift into Heald Green . 

You see he is still on Jury Service , but he is loosing money on his wage. 

So he is working at Gusto in Didsbury on Saturday and Sunday to try and make up the difference. 

Unfortunately the trains are on strike on a Saturday so it makes the journey very difficult .

He even helped with the church coffee morning, bless him . 

We used the fabulous Queen plates,

and the ladies loved them . 

They are so versatile. 

You can go full on frame, 

Or just a simple border 

Or maybe something in between 

I did love creating this card. 

As you know I love to come up with something just a bit different. 

It was such a great day , we had such a laugh, 

What a fabulous group of ladies 

(We did miss you though Freda and Christine hope you are enjoying your holidays ) 

It is so good to see everyone so pleased with what they are creating..

When I got home, we had visitors...

and a certain little man had a sleep over. 

I just adore this little man, and he makes us smile so much.

It is great to see him interact with the dogs too...

We all went for a long walk on Sunday morning , 

and Eric had great fun chasing bubbles from Elliot’s bubble machine 

His brother is due this week, although I feel he may be a late arrival. 

I will keep you posted. 

Grandma has been shopping already .

Must go out now and fill up the bird feeders. 

They have been really hungry this weekend 

and all the feeders are empty. 

The nuthatch was knocking on the window before, 

I think he was trying to tell me something ...

Take care all 

Much love and hugs 

Jo. xxx

 

First of February

Good afternoon all, 

thanks for popping in. 

Do grab a brew and come and sit near the stove and keep warm. 

I hope the snow is melting for you and that you can get out and about. 

Have you seen the recent box kit from Joanna Sheen ? 

It is fabulous and has over £50 of goodies inside. 

I was very pleased when I was asked to design a couple of cards for this edition. 

Especially when the brief was about introducing texture. 

If you are a dog or a cat lover, this really is an edition for you. 

You can get your copy from craft stash.

Just follow this link 

http://tidd.ly/694bf47a.

Yesterday I went out for the day with a friend. 

We went to the craft show and it was so lovely to see so many Crafters. 

I even got to meet Tracy Evans.

As you know I am a big fan of her work, her stamp designs and she is just such a lovely lady .

To be honest there are not many about in the craft industry, 

She did a fab demo , and I got to keep the card 

Here it is look. 

Stunning 

And I love the mix of orange and pink..

And look , her tell tale black thread..

It really was a wonderful day , and the drive on the motorway was ok too, 

I am all ready for tomorrow’s Groovi workshop 

And I spent Wednesday wisely...

Hope the rest of you ladies did.

I snipped all day...!!!!

It made a change from slipping on that ice. 

Karl is on his way home from Aberdeen and I have a casserole in the oven for him . 

Mikey is still here , his Jury Service could be another couple of weeks,

so it is all go...

Hope you have a lovely weekend all

Much love and hugs 

Jo. xxx