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

Happy and Healthy New Year

Good afternoon everyone, 

Hope today finds you well. 

We have had lots of snow over the past few days 

Our village looks so beautiful 

Like a Christmas card 

We have even managed to go or sledging with the boys (in our bubble ) 

Even Eric had a little play 

And look, 

This photo is so cute 

They were having a cuddle to keep warm. 

I must thank all the lovely crafters who send me Christmas cards, I will be taking photos and putting them on here next week. 

I just want to wish you all , 

A very Happy and Healthy New Year. 

I know this year hasn’t been easy, 

but together we have got through it. 

Thanks for your friendship, support and love this year, 

Take care 

Enjoy this evening 

and see you tomorrow.

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxxx

Happy Christmas

Good morning everyone, 

and welcome to another new follower. 

Please pull up a chair and make yourself at home. 

It is Christmas Eve and I just wanted to pop in and wish you 

the very best, 

I hope you have a lovely day tomorrow, 

It won’t be the usual Christmas Day, 

but let’s hope we can all make the most of it. 

I am going to tidy my craft desk this morning and then close the door for a few days 

I am really looking forwards to having coffee, catching up with Christmas movies and spending some time with Karl.

Oh and finding  out what my craft gift is this year....

I must thank everyone who send me a Christmas card, 

and I will take photos of them all and post them on here between Christmas and New Year.

I have recorded a little you tube for today 

https://youtu.be/LIwrWz_7uCg

Keep safe everyone. 

Much love and hugs 

God bless 

Jo xxx

Just for fun

Good afternoon all, 

Hope you are feeling well 

How are your preparations going ? 

It is slow going here, but the beauty of it just being Karl and myself for Christmas Day, we don’t need much. 

We will just eat what we have, 

No panic buying here. 

To be honest we are both looking forwards to having a couple of days off work, 

Karl has worked all through lockdown , and many off his days involve leaving before 6am 

We just need some time together, and to recharge our batteries. 

I must try and find some time to tidy my craft room too,

Maybe Boxing Day when the footie is on. 

Today I have a couple of makes to share with you. 

These are using a lovely little die cut, for the first one I used watercolour card and painted it 

This one is simply cut out in black card. 

An inky background and some water splats. 

The sentiment is from HobbyArt .

I had such a lovely time creating these, 

and just making them because I wanted too.

I hope you have a lovely evening, 

We have just put our bin out, bin day tomorrow. 

Oh we know how to live !!!

Take care 

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx

Creating little gifts

Good morning all, 

I hope you had a lovely weekend and that today is going well.

I know we have had bad news about lockdowns etc, but let’s just all stay safe , 

keep well, and hug each other at a distance. 

A big group hug 

Let us stay positive, it will soon be spring, 

We can do this...xxxx

Today I thought I would share some pyrography with you. 

As you all know I do love doing this, I just haven’t felt well enough to do any for the last 6 months. 

So it was so lovely to be able to do some the other week. 

These were a bit of a challenge as Tracy has drawn so much background detail 

But I was so happy with them in the end. 

These little mice always make me smile. 

It was so lovely to have a day off on Saturday, and just catch up with some housework..

I know,

Housework...lol

I did so much washing, but now I have so much ironing,,.not so good. 

Please take care everyone. 

Have a lovely Monday 

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx