Mindful Monday time again.

Hi everyone, 

Thanks so much for popping in again. 

It is time for some more Mindful Monday time together. 

Today we are going to create a home for our Acorn Dwelling. 

I am even going to get my needle out and do some sewing in my journal…!!!!

I know …

You can find the video here 

https://youtu.be/DK65HzoGB-8

I do hope you enjoy it.

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx

In My Heart.

Morning all. 

I hope you had a lovely weekend and that your new week has started well.

Today I have a very special piece of art to share with you. 

You see today would have been my Dads 81st Birthday. 

As you know he sadly passed away at the end of May. 

I know today will be a hard day for all my family but especially my Mum.

So please join with me and send her an extra big Hug. 

It is the first time I haven’t made his Birthday card. 

So Dad , this is for you..

It is my alcohol inks background, 

My Dads favourite colour was orange ( I know where I get my love of that colour from ) 

He loved to watch the sunrise, especially from his allotment or flight pond. 

The feather is special too, 

As children we spent many hours watching baby pheasants hatch in incubators, and then see them free into the wild when they were old enough.   

This particular feather was part of the family floral tribute , that rested on his coffin, 

For his final sunset. 

So as you can see a very special piece of art indeed. 

I will go and sit in my garden later, 

Have my coffee, 

and think of all those happy times. 

Take care everyone.

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx🧡

Make and Takes.

Hi everyone, 

I hope your day is going well. 

Mine started with walking Eric and then coffee in M&S with Elliot. 

He is such good company and really makes me smile. 

We did some shopping whilst we were there too. 

It has been a lovely sunny afternoon here, but I think we are going to have some rain tomorrow.

Mind you my garden really needs it. 

Are any of you lovely crafters going to Harrogate next weekend. ?

I hope so, it would be so good to see you. 

I will be there with James, Lisa and Kate, on the 

Stampers Grove stand. 

If you fancy joining me for a Make & Take you can book via the stampers grove website. 

Have a lovely weekend all 

Take care 

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx

Enchanted Forest

Good morning , 

Welcome to September, and welcome 

to our 2 new followers. 

I am so thrilled to have you here , pull up a chair and makes yourselves at home. 

As it is the first of September it means that we have a new Lavinia Challenge.

Our new theme is 

Enchanted Forest. 

Here is my inspiration for you.

I started with some stamping   

I used the Lavinia Masking sheets, these are fabulous to use. 

Next I added som ink blending. 

It is wonderful how you can create atmosphere this way. 

This was followed by more stamping to build up the scene. 

Next I removed the masking sheets and added some colour. 

As you know I love the finishing touches, so out with the posca pens, PanPastel and gel pens 

Wow, what a difference these make. 

I do hope you will join in with the challenge, we have so many stamps that will fit perfectly with this theme. 

Also, remember the winner gets £40 to spend on Lavinia stamps and is chosen at random..

Good luck everyone .

Enjoy your day.

More YouTube recordings for me.

Love and hugs 

Jo xxx

The amazing Acorn Dwelling

Hi everyone, 

I hope today is going well. 

It has been a busy day here,  food shopping, gardening, walking Eric and 

ticking some jobs of my to do craft list. 

I also have a Tuesday Crafty catch up video to share with you. 

Today we are going to be using The beautiful Acorn Dwelling stamp with some mischievous bunnies too. 

I do hope you can join me. 

You can find the  video here 

https://youtu.be/r9g5FyPFxgQ

Have a lovely evening 

Take care 

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx

Mindful Monday, relaxing in a Beautiful Meadow

Hi everyone, 

I do hope your day is going well. 

Here in England we have a Bank Holiday, so we are having a lovely relaxing day. 

We took Eric for a long walk in the park this morning.

He is now fast asleep, snoring away. 

As it is Monday, I have another Journalling project to share with you. 

This week we are looking at ways of introducing some fun writing into out pages. 

Here is my smaller journal 

I do hope you enjoy it 

You can find the video here 

https://youtu.be/dLtdFm51S3I

Take care everyone.

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx

Weekend off.

Hi everyone, thanks so much for popping in. 

I do hope that your week has gone well 

I have had another busy week, 

but a very productive week. 

Lots of plans have been made and there are so many exciting  things happening. 

It is so good to be back at the stage of planning live events, creating with new and interesting products 

and finding time to catch up with so many of you lovely crafters and friends. 

I have been working on my project for my 

Make and Take 

I will be at the Harrogate show September 10th and 11th.

I will be demonstrating on the Sunday also running 

Make and Takes on the Saturday. 

I will be with James on the 

Stampers Grove stand 

So keep an eye on their website you may be able to book before the show, 

I am really looking forwards to spending time with everyone. 

I have also been working on a special project, 

Something very close to my heart.

This is still work in progress.

As it is bank holiday weekend here in some parts of the UK. 

I am having the weekend off.

Fingers crossed Karl is also going to be taking a few days off. 

So some gardening, a little bit of ironing, but mostly just drinking coffee, eating cake and relaxing. 

I hope you have lovely plans for your weekend too.

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx