First workshop of the year

Good afternoon everyone, 

I hope you are having a lovely, relaxing Sunday. 

I had a wonderful surprise on Friday when these beautiful flowers arrived at my door.

Spring in a vase 

Thanks so much Mary, 

I love them. 

Yesterday it was our first workshop of the year,.

I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed our time crafting  together, chatting and laughing. 

It is so good to spend time with friends, 

This is the design that we created.

I used the new Elements ink pads as quite a few of the ladies had been asking about them 

I have saved the video and it is in its own workshop group, 

So if anybody else wanted to join in, and follow the class 

In their own time, 

Just drop me an email 

jrcrafts28@gmail.com 

The class is only £10

I m off now , 

The ironing is calling...lol.

Enjoy the rest of your day 

Love and hugs 

Jo xxx

A stitch in Time

Good morning everyone, 

Oh it was cold, frosty and Misty when I took Eric out earlier 

The visibility was quite poor down the lane. 

Thank goodness he has his little  lights on his harness. 

They are so useful, especially when we take him out at night.

I am so glad to be back home , with a brew. 

Today I am sharing a sample  with you that I have made for the ODS , 

later today on Hochanda. 

It features some new sewing themed stamps by our Birthday Girl

Tracy Evans

Happy Birthday Tracy, hope you are having a lovely day. 

I started by stamping the image and adding some colour 

Next I got out some old sewing patterns, 

I knew I had saved them for something 

I then had great fun stamping lots of embellishments, 

I especially love the button, 

Which I added glossy accents too, and actually got a needle and thread and did some sewing ..

A few splatters of blue ink and water onto my backing card just pulls the whole design together 

I added a safety pin over part of the sentiment, added glossy accents, 

These are the finishing touches that I really love 

So I hope you will join Leonie at 6pm tonight for the launch show. 

I am off now to record another prerecorded workshop.

Inky fingers time 

Have a lovely day 

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx

Where is Mr MoJo ?

Good afternoon everyone, 

Hope today is going well.

It is very cold here again, 

but luckily not as slippy when I took Eric for his walk.

I tidied up another shelf this morning, 

I am slowly getting my craft room into some sort of order. 

Is it too early to start spring cleaning ? 

I have also made a little YouTube video, 

A catch up really .

Just sharing ideas, 

Just in case mr MoJo has gone on holiday. 

Here is the link 

https://youtu.be/gK8IHU-wDq0

I hope you enjoy it.

Don’t forget your brew, and maybe a cheeky biscuit. 

Take care 

Love and hugs 

Jo xxx

Part 3

Good evening everyone, 

Hope your day has gone ok. 

I know it is going to be hard, 

More time in lockdown, 

but we can do this. 

I will just give you more homework to do .

Today I have more cards to share with you 

More fabulous Christmas cards 

Each and everyone is stunning 

Honestly , I just adore them all 

I still can’t believe how many I got 

Can you ? 

And finally 

Thank you for each and everyone 

I really feel so blessed 

Love and hugs 

Jo xxx

Part 2

Good afternoon all, 

and welcome to our  new follower. 

Please feel at home, pull up a chair and grab a brew. 

No Tier system here..

As promised I have more Christmas cards to share with you. 

How fabulous are these 

I adore each and every one 

and thank you for spending your time creating them 

I must dash,

Today I have samples to create, 

and they need to be in the post tomorrow .

Wish me luck 

Take care all 

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx

Such a talented bunch part 1

Good afternoon all, 

I hope you have had a lovely weekend and 

that the new year has started well for you. 

Every year I share with you some of the amazing Christmas cards that 

I have been sent. 

Well this year, 

Wow, 

I have been so spoilt 

With the most amazing collection of fabulous cards. 

This one is very special and was created by little Millie who lives next door, 

She is only 3 (but I have already had a chat about classes lol ) 

This one too, had the most beautiful message in it , 

It made me cry.

Thank you to all the amazing workshop ladies who contributed to the gift and cheque (£650 wow ) 

I am so humbled and grateful..

I have bought some new storage for my craft room with some of it and I think 

I will buy something nice for my garden with the rest .

Thank you once again. 

And here are some more 

Like I say, such a talented group of crafters. 

Pop back tomorrow to see some more photos. 

I am off now to walk Eric, 

He has just woken up.

Bless him 

He is going white, over his back , we don’t know why, 

He is only 6 

The vet doesn’t know either.

I blame lockdown 

Take care everyone 

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx

A Winters Night

Good morning everyone 

and Happy New Year 

Let’s hope it is a good one for us all 

As it is the first of the month it is a new Challenge over at the Lavinia Challenge. 

Our new theme is 

A Winters Night 

Here is some inspiration for you .

Remember the winner is chosen at random and wins a £40 Lavinia voucher .

Here is how I created it. 

I began by using Billy Brayer and one of the new Elements ink pads. 

This one is Sahara.

Next I added some Graphite ink around the edges. 

Next came the stamping , I do love the new Echo owl stamp 

I used my Inktense pencils to add colour to the berries 
I then added some more Graphite ink through one of the new stencils ,(Glory )  and around the moon, 

I love how the atmosphere is beginning to build in this scene 

I then used a combination of white paint and some mica minerals to create snow and frost 

Here is a closer look 

It is a bit like looking out of my window today 

We still have lots of snow and it was quite frosty when we walked Eric this morning 

I hope you all have a lovely, relaxing day 

Take care everyone 

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx