Poppies At Sunset

Good morning everyone, 

It is another beautiful morning here, and I have just been out for a walk with Eric. 

I wanted to be home before it got too hot for him. 

Mind you we have got thunderstorms on the cards for tomorrow, so 

It may be extra coffee in the garden today. 

We have had the most beautiful sunsets recently and they gave me inspiration for this card. 

Blended inks in the background and a mixture of old and new Lavinia stamps. 

Here is a closer look 

If you fancy grabbing a brew and joining me, 

I have made a little video here 

https://youtu.be/QlYLxLT_sD8

Take care everyone

Hope you have a lovely day 

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx

Home , Sweet, Home.

Good morning everyone, 

I hope your day has started well. 

It is beautiful weather here in Cheshire, and I feel more gardening coming  on. 

I certainly aim to have my morning coffee in the garden. 

What are you up to today ? 

I have lots on my craft list , but I may just get the important things done and leave the rest until tomorrow. 

Seems a shame to be inside when it is so beautiful outside. 

This is one of my recent Aall & Create samples, 

I just adore the richness of the Prize Ribbon ink. 

It started life as a clean up piece of card. 

I do love to actually use these and not just collect them .

Do you collect…or do you use them ? 

Here is a closer look

The fabulous background stamp is #495, ‘ + or x ‘ by Janet Klein.

Reminds me of my school days. 

Speaking of which, it was our Elliots first day at school yesterday. 

Such an emotional day for us all. 

He had a fabulous time. 

I just don’t know where the years have gone. 

Thanks so much for joining me today. 

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxxxx

Feather Christmas Tree card

Good morning all, 

Yay

It is Friday. 

I do hope you have a lovely weekend to look forward too. 

I am just popping in to let you know that I have another 

little catch up video to share with you. 

This one was made after one of our lovely Lavinia friends got in touch and asked about a card 

design that I had made. 

Thanks so much Vi Wilkinson for messaging me. 

Here is your video to hopefully answer some of your questions. 

https://youtu.be/ZK28bH0G5IM

A starting point and I am really looking forward to seeing where you take the ideas. 

Thanks for popping in 

Take care 

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx

Full of Hope

Good morning all, 

How are you today ? 

I don’t know about you but it is definitely cooler here today. 

We are nudging into Autumn.

Fancy that , my favourite colours. 

I couldn’t resist using them on one of my recent Aall & Create samples. 

I started with a white board tag from That’s Crafty. As you know I am a big fan of these. 

I started by adding the ink, direct to the tag. 

Next I stamped in black ink and added clear embossing powder. 

This is a wonderful new stamp from Tracy Evan’s, and it works so well here. 

Next I added some doodles with a white gel pen, plus this wonderful Janet Klein heart, 

I just loved playing around and deciding where I was going to place  my embellishments. 

Some posca splats and some coordinating wool and my design was complete. 

Here is a closer look 

I just adore the details, 

I am off now to the post office. 

I hope you have a lovely day, whatever you are doing. 

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx

Falling Leaves.

Good morning everyone, 

Wow, September already. 

 

As it is a new month , 

We have a new Lavinia Challenge. 

Our new theme is 

Falling Leaves.

Here is my inspiration for you 

I do hope you like it.  

I started by cutting my card to size and doing my stamping.

My favourite ‘Shady Lady ‘ ink pad. 

Next I added some colour using Elements ink and water. 

Followed by the stencil work, 

As always I stencilled across all the layers at the same time. 

I added some extra detail using my chalk pastel pencils. 

Followed by some ink and water splats. 

A sentiment , some sparkle with my signo pens , some shadows and my art work is finished. 

Here is a closer look. 

This is such a fun challenge I do hope you join in. 

Remember you could win £40 to spend at Lavinia , and the winner is chosen at random, 

You can find all the details on the website. 

I hope you have a lovely day. 

Thanks for joining me today. 

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx

Small Dwellings in a Hanging Garland

Good evening everyone, 

I thought I would pop back with another little video to share with you. 

It is another festive design. 

I really am getting my Christmas cards made early this year. 

I am keeping with the blue theme. 

You can find the video here. 

https://youtu.be/pXIs8Xl_nbg

I do hope you enjoy it 

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx

A lovely gift

Good afternoon everyone, 

I do hope you have had a lovely weekend.

We had a couple of visits to the park with Elliot and Jenson  and luckily we had some sunny weather too. 

I must say though, it is so cold today. 

Definitely feeling a bit more like Autumn. 

I had a lovely surprise in the post 

Look what I received. 

Thank you so much Sheena, you made my day. 

So thoughtful of you. 

Today I am busy creating more samples for the tv. 

So I thought I would share a recent Aall & Create sample with you. 

A nice clean and simple design. 

I started with my layers of card, and as you know I like to add my sharpie line at this point. 

I then stamped  my main image in black ink. 

Next I added some stencil work, 

Across all 3 layers. 

I added colour to my image and some glossy accents to the heart. 

It really makes it pop. 

Some shadows and a little thread ribbon, 

Nothing too heavy as I didn’t want to distract from the beautiful stamped image. 

Some posca splats and the design was complete. 

Here is a closer look 

Thanks so much for popping in. 

Take care everyone 

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx