Spotlight on Christmas

Good evening all, 

Thanks so much for popping in. 

Today I have another little catch up video to share with you. 

It is another Christmas card, I am so pleased. 

My box is vey nearly full. 

This is a spotlight design. 

Spotlighting is an old, old, technique but as always I have put my own spin on it. 

You can join me here 

https://youtu.be/39zgUdjZm5U

So grab a brew and a cheeky biscuit. 

Here is a closer look 

Take care all

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx

Farmyard Friends.

Hi everyone, 

I hope your week has started well. 

It was a very cold start here today when I walked Eric. 

I said morning to the sheep and then the calves came to say hello

When we were walking back down the lane I heard a noise in the hedge. 

If you look close you can see

One of the calves was trying to look through the hedge and say hello..

It really did make me smile. 

The really funny thing is that today I have farmyard sample to share with you. 

This one features new stamps for Aall & Create designed by Bipasha BK

Recently Bipasha asked if any of us had any ideas for new stamps.

I must admit that I asked her for highland cattle and a Rooster with attitude.

So thank you lovely lady. 

I started by stamping in black ink and adding some ink and water…

I love the cow but I decided to make her a bit Christmassy and more like a highland cattle. 

I did add some of my little fir cones too. 

Oh and a couple of hanging baubles. 

This image really makes me smile. 

I hope it makes you smile too. 

Have a lovely day 

Thanks as always for joining me. 

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx

Let It Snow

Hi everyone, 

Thanks for popping in this Friday .

I do hope that you have a lovely weekend planned. 

I have lots of jobs to catch up with, but I am hoping to have time to rest a bit too. 

Today I have a recent Aall & Create sample to share with you .

It is using the new stamps from Janet Klein. 

They are featuring as a Weekend Wow on The Craft Store this weekend. 

These characters are great to stamp out and add colour.

Also you can use coloured card. 

Once I had stamped and coloured my images, I then created a background. 

Then it was just adding the characters, and some finishing touches. 

As always I used my chalk pastel pencils to add the shadows. 

Here is a closer look 

Just look at his face. 

Oh that expression. 

Do take care all. 

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx

Time for another Tag

Good afternoon everyone, 

I hope your Wednesday is going well. 

I am still making samples, so I was up early, walked Eric and I was crafting  before 8-30 this morning. 

I must admit I am shattered now though. 

Today I have another recent Lavinia sample to share with you 

I couldn’t resist making a Christmas tag with our beautiful Rue. 

You know how I have a bit of a thing for these white board tags. 

I started by adding some distress oxide ink to the tag. 

Next I added some stamping, I thought this beautiful Monarch colour went so well. 

I added some more stamping with my £1 Holly stamp. 

Next I added some sparkle using my Bronze Signo pen 

This gives such a fabulous effect. 

To frame my tag I added some more ink. 

Then I got some embellishments out and had a good old play.

I just had to use some of my latest collection of fir cones. 

As always my white posca pen was used to finish off the design. 

It makes fabulous snow. 

Here is a closer look. 

I do hope you like it. 

Thanks so much for joining me today. 

I am off now to feed and walk Eric. 

I hope you have a lovely evening , 

Please take care 

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx

Tia and the North Star.

Good evening all, 

I do hope you are now sat with your feet up and a nice cup of tea. 

I am just off for a shower and then I will be joining you. 

Today I have another little catch up video to share with you. 

Here is a closer look 

You can find the video here 

https://youtu.be/Gi2FQQ2gJTs

I do hope you enjoy it. 

Enjoy your evening 

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx

Monday catch up

Good evening everyone, 

Sorry that I am late catching up with you today, but 

I have been busy all day making samples. 

I hope you have had a good start to your week. 

I thought I would just pop in for a quick catch up and share one of my recent Lavinia tv samples with you. 

You know how much I love this technique, and how I am trying to convert you all into playing 

with your Brusho powders more .

I used some Lavinia watercolour card as I find it is perfect for this technique. 

For this design I just started off with some simple stamping. 

Then added the foliage on the tree by spritzing with water and adding some Brusho powder. 

I drew a simple landscape with a black fine liner pen and then just painted in some 

Brusho and water mixture. 

I used white my pastel pencil to add some highlights 

Here is a closer look at the tree. 

I do hope you like it. 

Thanks so much. 

Much love and hug, 

Jo xxxx

Happy Friday everyone.

Good morning everyone, 

I hope your Friday has started well. 

I am a bit fragile this morning but then I did have a busy day yesterday , 

and I think it may take a while before I am 100% again. 

Today I am sharing another Lavinia sample with you. 

I am using some of the new stamps that have launched today. 

I started as usual with some stamping 

I have used my favourite green ink, aka Shady Lady 

Next I added some more detail and colour 

And then some stencil and ink work in the background .

I have used the Fabulous Elements ink pad , Bermuda . 

To add extra texture I have used some chunky white embossing powder..

This is such a fabulous product to use. 

Remember to heat from underneath. 

After matting and layering , in complementing colours, this is what we have. 

Here is a closer look 

I hope you like it. 

Thanks so much for popping in today. 

I always love spending time with you. 

Have a lovely weekend all 

Much love and hugs

Jo xxx