Mushroom Lanterns

Hi everyone, 

thanks so much for popping in today

I do hope you had a lovely weekend 

We had more snow, ice and yes it was freezing. 

Good excuse for hot chocolate 

These were for the boys when we got back from school on Friday. 

I love how my garden looks in winter…

I made sure that there was plenty of food for the birds too.

They are so hungry at this time of year 

This was the sky this morning when I was walking Eric 

I don’t know where today has gone, so many jobs to do,,.

I have a long list 

Do you have days like this ? 

Never mind…it will all be better with coffee and cake 

As it is Monday 

I have our Monday catch up video to share with you 

Today I am going to be stamping using a variety of Blue inks. 

Here is a closer look .

I do hope you can join me here 

https://youtu.be/QbHRgQmjLPw?si=rQC8DqnH8rLcC9xg

Another great idea for the Lavinia Challenge 

That’s it from me…

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxxx

It had to be Poppies

Hi everyone, 

Warm hugs

Thanks so much for popping in today. 

I walked the boys to school today in a snow blizzard….thank goodness it has stopped now.

I have just been in the garden to give the birds some food and fresh water 

This is the front of our house…our little camper van is covered in snow. 

So I decided to have a lovely warm cup of coffee and a play with the new 

Mica Minerals. 

They are fabulous on black card 

Here is a closer look 

Simple stamping in VersaMark ink…the sticky one 

Then gently add the mica minerals.

Remember a dabbing motion and small amounts at a time. 

I added them one colour at a time.

To clean off the bloom (excess powder around the image ) and buff up the mica I always use 

a cotton pad…as it is nice and gentle 

I added some mica mineral splatters, 

Some posca pen 

Wow look at that shine

It really doesn’t show up 

I do hope you will have a play…

Enjoy 

Take care 

Keep safe and warm 

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx

Magical Mica Minerals

Hi everyone, 

Thanks for popping in today. 

How are you keeping ? January can be a difficult month 

Big hugs to all. 

Warm ones…it is freezing here. 

Today I wanted to pop in with a little design using a stencil and a couple of the new 

Lavinia Mica Minerals. 

Fabulous new Colours. 

This is such a fun technique.

First of all I masked off my panel.

Then dabbed the Versamark ink through the stencil…

A dab is better than a rub as you don’t want to smudge the edges of the design.

No rush as the ink stays sticky for quite a while 

Once I removed the stencil and put it straight into warm soapy water , 

I then added the mica minerals 

Again this is a dabbing motion…not a rubbing one 

I use a small soft brush which I keep just for mica minerals.

You don’t need a lot of powder on the brush

Remember you can always add more 

When I looked under the tape , I felt the edges of the design were too white..

So I added a little bit of Lime Punch ink with a number 3 stencil brush 

To tidy up any loose mica powder I gently brushed the design with a cotton pad 

I find kitchen towel to rough 

I stamped the sentiment and some butterflies 

Added some gold splats using the powder and water.

These have such a shine to them 

Once I had addd colour to the butterflies , cut them out and added them the design was complete.

Here is a closer look 

This is a great way to add the mica minerals to a design…

If you haven’t tried it , I would love you to have a go 

Enjoy your day 

Big hugs 

Jo xxxx

Wonderful Wet Wings

Hi everyone, 

Thanks so much for popping in again. 

I do hope your day is going well. 

It is very cold here…

Eric woke us up early today as he was excited that we had more snow overnight 

Bless him 

As it is Tuesday , I have our usual catch up video to share with you. 

Today some ink blending and the Wet Wings stamp 

Have you got this stamp ? It is one of our older ones 

Here is a closer look 

You can join me here 

https://youtu.be/BtPj3fOeqbI?si=L-o3DT8W_8Uafu9n

I hope you enjoy it.

Have a lovely evening 

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx

Blue Hues and Slender Mushrooms

Hi everyone, 

I hope your week has started well. 

We woke up to snow this morning…Eric really enjoyed his early walk. 

I hope you had a lovely weekend, and that this week will be kind. 

The New Year has been challenging for us so far…fingers crossed 

It will start to improve. 

As it is Monday 

I have our usual Catch Up video to share with you 

Here is a close up of

Some more inspiration for our Lavinia Challenge..

You can join me here. 

https://youtu.be/Zs0eM8Z-5m8?si=MXkbq7T-Fsc-zkDf

I do hope you enjoy it. 

Take care all. 

Much love and hugs

Jo xxx

Out Of The Blue

Hi everyone, 

Thanks so much for popping in today.

I do hope your day is going well. 

It was very icy here this morning, 

Poor Danielle was involved in an accident heading to work this morning , 

Thank goodness she is ok and the boys weren’t in the car with her as the car has been written off. 

Please take care everyone. 

I promised yesterday that I would pop back today with a free design

An extra , created from cleaning my stencil. 

This was the stencil that I used yesterday 

After adding water , I got this print. 

I do love to do this 

Next I used the circle mask and some ink to create a large orb

Inside I stamped one of the Lilliums , along with the 

orchard grass 

I added some depth using pastel pencils 

Next some items to decoupage…let’s add some drama 

To make the blue hues pink I added some bright yellow pen , 

A sentiment sticker , some posca splats and 3d glue gel…

Look at that depth.

I love this especially as it all started by cleaning the  stencil…

Remember all the information about the challenge is on the 

Lavinia website 

Also do check out the gallery with samples from me and the rest of the

Full Time Creative Producers.

New Year and a New Title and Role 

I love it 🩵

Enjoy the rest of your day.

Costa for me , Elliot and Jenson 

Take care all

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx

January and Blue Hues

Hi everyone, 

Happy New Year’s Day 

I do hope your day has started well.

As it is the first of January we have a new 

Lavinia Challenge 

Our new theme is 

Blue Hues 

Here is some inspiration 

Remember all the information is on the Lavinia website, and most importantly the winner is chosen at random and 

Wins £40 Lavinia stamps voucher. 

I used the mini hill masks to create my panel

I love panel cards but just fancied mixing it up a bit with the shape.

You know me,,,I like to be different 

I added a stencil some ink, and then some water splats 

After removing the mini hill masks , I added some shade using pastel pencils 

A sentiment stamp and some 

Butterfly stickers to finish off the design.

I spritzed my stencil to clean it and took a print.

Pop back tomorrow to see what I made with the print 

Have a lovely day 

Relax, and enjoy 

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxxx