Brushing up on Re-Inkers

Good evening all, I do hope that you have had a good day.

It is lovely and sunny here now, thank goodness that we don’t have the rain that they forcast earlier. 

The sky did go a little black but it blew over and now it is beautiful outside. 

Yesterday it was our regular Hazel Grove workshops, 

and we had a bit of a session using Re-Inkers. 

The bottled inks by Tim Holtz. 

Now these were designed to be used to add ink to your Distress Ink pad when it was running out, 

but we have so many other ways of using them . 

As they are water based you can do all those lovely background techniques with them , 

Rock salt, cling film , shaving foam .

So we had a bit of a messy play with shaving foam, mind you 

the room did smell rather lovely. 

We then added some Lavinia stamps. 

Look what some of the ladies made 

Sorry, but I didn’t manage to take photographs of all your fabulous cards...

The Re-Inkers can also be used with cut n dry felt to make your own ink pad. 

For our second card we made a simple background, by just painting with the ink, let it dry 

Then added a Fresh Cut Die from Clarity 

Some white highlights and charcoal shading finished off the design .

We were very lucky in the morning as Julie had made me a Birthday cake. 

Oh my, 

It was Divine ...and had a hint of rose water.

It certainly went down very well. 

Thank you so much Julie. 

I have another busy day tomorrow as I will be getting the car packed 

ready for our workshop in Anglesey on Saturday.

See you soon ladies 

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx 

Fun time in Carnforth

Good evening all, 

I hope you are having a good week so far.

Thank you for joining me, I am always so 

thrilled that you lovely Crafters read my little blog. 

Today I thought I would share some photographs with you.

They are from our workshop last Saturday in Carnforth. 

The class is organised by Sharon from Rowan Tree Crafts. 

It was held in the ballroom at the Station hotel. 

I was so thrilled to be asked to teach here,,,,,

Some of our ladies even found a piano to display their cards 

There is always a naughty table, or two!!!! lol ) 

We used stamps and stencils from AALL & Create 

These are our projects. 

Look, even  I couldn’t resist using the piano.

We used inks, gesso, grunge paste and had a good messy play. 

It was such a delightful day, some of the ladies ordered lunch and oh my 

those chips did smell good. 

It was such a great day that I am going back , so watch out for the date. 

It will be early in September, and I will be using some of the products from next weeks new releases. 

It is our Hazel Grove classes tomorrow, 

So my bags are packed, 

See you soon ladies. 

Take care all 

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx

A Sprinkle of Fairy Dust.

Good afternoon all, hope your Sunday 

is going well. 

Yesterday saw a new Challenge over on the Lavinia page. 

https://laviniastamps.com/lavinia-stamps-monthly-creative-challenge/

Our new theme is 

A sprinkle of Fairy Dust.

The winner each month is picked at random and will get £40 to spend with Lavinia stamps. 

This is what I created. 

I started by making a background using ColorBox inks, Brusho powders and my Gel press plate. 

Then I used black VersaFine Clare ink to add the stamping 

Followed by Distress Oxide inks to create the background. 

See how it is all taking shape.

Some blending around the edges, followed by 

A spritz of water and some Brusho, Sprinkleit - iridescent gold. 

Such a shame that the sparkle doesn’t show up well on the photographs. 

All the stamps are from Lavinia stamps. 

The bubbles is a stamp that I have snipped at a little ( whoops , sorry Tracey ) 

I do hope that you can create a design and enter our challenge. 

I will pop back tomorrow with some photos from our workshop in 

Carnforth yesterday.

Take care all 

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx

Catch up time

Good afternoon all, 

I hope you are keeping well and that you had a wonderful Bank holiday weekend. 

It was a rare weeeknd for me, as I took a few days off work. 

It was so good to just spend time at home, relaxing, walking the dogs and playing in the garden with a certain little man. 

It was also my Birthday a few days ago , 

another year older. 

I must say I was blown away by all the messages, gifts and lovely cards .

Thank you all so much. 

So today I thought I would share some of them with you 

How wonderful are these 

And this one made me smile, 

So much like Tess and Eric. 

I have been busy today working with some new release stamps from 

AALL & Create, 

Wow they are so wonderful...

(You will love them as much as I do ) 

But sorry you will have to wait until 13th June.

Speaking of AALL & Create , I am teaching a workshop in 

Carnforth on Saturday. 

I am really looking forwards to seeing some wonderful friends (I made sure I didn’t say old !!!) and meeting some new crafters. 

Take care all , 

and enjoy the weekend when it arrives 

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx

Wednesday in Hazel Grove

Good afternoon all, 

Hope your week is going well.

I just wanted to pop in today and have a chat with you 

about our Hazel Grove workshops yesterday. 

We had a play with the gel press plates (or Gelli plates as I keep calling them ) 

We used ink, Billy Brayer, Brusho powders and basically had a real good time. 

Val came up with an idea, which I will share with you soon. 

This was our first card using the petite gel press plates. 

I love the white space on these type of cards. 

This was our second, 

I love adding layers, and layers to a card , 

Building up the design.

Here is a closer look 

Just a piece of card, 

I still find it so amazing 

I did have to add some of my favourite bubbles too..

All the stamps are from Lavinia Stamps. 

Thanks for your company ladies. 

Today it is hairdressers, shopping and then some gardening. 

Enjoy your day all..

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx

Cumbria Crafters.

Good afternoon all, 

thanks for joining me on this lovely Tuesday afternoon. 

Welcome to our new blog follower, good to have you join us Heather.

I am just packing my bags ready for our Hazel Grove workshops tomorrow , 

and I realised that I haven’t shared the photos from Saturday with you. 

It was another full class, even though a couple of our regular Crafters were in hospital. 

Get better soon ladies. 

It was great to have Maggie join us  again, glad she arrived safely from Spain. 

We started by some scene building, and using a fabulous border stamp from Lavinia to create the fields.

Look at these beauties. 

Then it was out with Billy Brayer and the Gelli plate. 

I love using the smaller shaped plates 

Plus the larger 6x6 plate to make backgrounds 

The ladies really made me so proud with their fantastic cards 

These two were slow to the piano...!!! lol...

But you can see why, with all the decoupage flowers. 

Such beautiful cards. 

After tea and cakes, thanks Freda and Sheila, we made something a bit different. 

A book mark . 

Now some ladies took this home to finish, 

I will be checking up on you...

I still find it amazing that we can make such wonderful things from just a piece of white card. 

Just another reason why I love what I do. 

Karl is on his way home, so hopefully we can have a cup of tea in the garden before walking the dogs .

Take care all 

Much love and hugs 

Jo Xxx

You make me so happy

Good afternoon everyone. 

Hope you are enjoying your Sunday. 

We have a family gathering this afternoon , so 

I am just nipping in for a quick catch up, before they all arrive. 

Jenson is out of hospital and doing well, 

So I am really thankful for that, it was such a 

worrying time. 

Yesterday it was our monthly Cumbria workshop , 

another wonderful day.

I will pop back soon to tell you all about it. 

Today I want to share a very special card with you .

You see I get so much pleasure teaching , 

and it is fabulous when I get to see the cards that you wonderful friends make. 

The other month Jane asked me to demonstrate the wreath card. 

Now you know they are my favourite type of cards , so I jumped at the chance. 

Imagine my delight when this beauty arrived on my door mat. 

Thank you so much Jane. 

It is beautiful, and you have created it just perfectly, even down to the spiders web. 

It really did make my day. 

I am so proud of my talented friends. 

Group hug 

Take care all.

Must dash 

Lots of love 

Jo xxx