And the winner is ...............!

Hello Everyone,

Thankyou so much for all of your support and comments over the last month. I have thoroughly enjoyed blogging everyday and think it is a definate way to spend every January - it makes it flash by and now we are in February and lets hope this month is kind to us and welcomes spring nicely.

As promised I will be announcing the winner of a lovely bag of crafty goodies but firstly I would like to share the project that our lovely workshop ladies were doing yesterday ~

We had a fabulous day and everyone enjoyed it and booked to come again for another MDF Saturday project so that is very good.

The actual project started from a Candy Box mdf clock - which I would like to add is an excellent kit and fitted so well together.  I am so pleased that we stock their products in the shop.

I used napkins to cover the main walls of the clock and the majority of the class had not used napkins to decoupage before so I was really pleased to introduce this to them.  I feel that this wont be the first time! I chose quite a victorian soft pattern for my clock but I gave everyone a choice of napkins to use and they all looked amazing with all their own stamp on their projects.

I used embossed paper on the roof and slanted them to look like a shed roof. One side of the roof was left unstuck so that the battery for the clock can be replaced when necessary.

The bird was coloured with a copper buff it and then covered in Tim Holtz crackle paint to give texture.

I hope that you like the project. Let me know what you think if you have time x

and now for the winner of the Blog Candy for January Inspirations.

Before I announce the winner who has been picked at random I would like to say a HUGE thankyou to everyone, I love to blog, and, also read other people's posts and really appreciate when you give up your time to leave a comment - I can't express how much it means.

Now ...................................  less of the waffle!! .................

Thankyou to .............................

KATE FAIRBURN !!!!!!

Well done Kate!! please get in touch with me on lets.create@btinternet.com and leave me your details so that I can send you your Blog Candy goodies.

Thankyou to everyone for joining in and please keep an eye on the blog as I have decided to blog more often in the week (not just on a Saturday) it may not be everyday - some days are more challenging than others!! 

I hope that you have all enjoyed a lovely weekend and hope to hear from you all soon

Bye for now

Jo xx

 

 

Day 31 - Allsorts Challenge post

Good Morning Everyone!

Saturday morning and it is time for this week's Allsorts challenge and also the final day of my January inspiration and so tomorrow will be the draw for the blog candy so I hope that you have made a comment on my posts at least once in this month.

But, back to today our lovely Team member Wendy has chosen a very popular subject for this weeks Challenge -

FLOWER POWER

and this is my project for the Challenge -

This is a 7" square card and all the dies are from the Creative Expression's Sue Wilson collection. 

The flowers are from the Camellia range - there is an open and closed flower.

The leaves are also from this collection.

The border is from the Gemini collection - Lyra and it is very versatile.

The cardstock that I have used is centura pearl and it embosses and cuts so well.

The class made this card in the workshop yesterday and they really enjoyed it.

Today we are having an MDF workshop and we are using the Candy Box birdhouse clock and if you pop in again tomorrow I will put a photograph of it on tomorrow's post.

If you pop over to the Allsorts blog you will be able to see some lovely projects featuring flowers from the design team.

Thankyou to our fabulous sponsors who are ~

Whimsy Stamps and Scrapper's Delight.

Don't forget that it is your last opportunity to be in with a chance of winning some craft goodies if you leave a comment for me.

Thankyou so much for popping in and I hope to see you tomorrow.

Enjoy your Saturday and the rest of the weekend.

Bye for now

Jo xx

Day 30 - Out of the box

Welcome back my crafy friends,

Today is the penultimate day for my blogging every day in January and I really hope that you have enjoyed it as much as I have enjoyed reading all of your lovely comments.

I thought I would show you this today ~

 

A black and white little number which I did sometime ago but it is one of my favourite projects - although very simple it is so striking with it being just in black and white.  The stamp is a Kaiser craft stamp and I have stamped it and then cut around it using a classic square from the Spellbinder range and have used the out of the box technique so that the stamped design is cut out of the square framework but without cutting off the rose! 

It is such an easy but effective technique but it looks so clever! 

The background paper suits the design a treat with the monochromatic look going through the whole project.  I stamped the image in archival black and then shaded various area using black soot distress ink with a damp brush.

Simple matting a layering with alternate white and black is all that it needs to highlight the main focal point which is the stamped image.

Don't miss out on being in with a chance to win some blog candy. Leave a comment for me and this will get you instant entry for when a name is pulled out on Sunday! 

Thankyou so much for popping in and hope that you enjoy a lovely Friday whatever you are planning on doing.

Take care if the weather is awful where you are,

Bye for now

Jo xx

Day 24 - Allsorts Challenge

Good Morning,

Saturday again and welcome to todays post which is also the Allsorts challenge for this week.
Our lovely Team member Tracey Mouse has had the pleasure of choosing our theme for this week and it is ~


LACE and PEARLS

and she has asked us for any project which includes lace and pearls on it and I suspect that it will be a really popular theme and this is the card that I have chosen to show you that fits the criteria -

This is a combination of all the mediums that I love to work with - stamping, masking, inks and paperstash!
The stamp that I have used is a Visible images and I have just used the actual flower head and as you can see it has great dimension as I stamped it 3 times and cut it into layers and decoupaged it up using Pinflair gel. I cloured it with pro-markers using different shades of pink and edges each petal with black soot distress ink to give it even more depth. I have also added some glossy accents on some areas of the rose.  The background has been created using stencils and Pinflair Buff-it and a foliage die cut. I have also used a mask to add a harlequin pattern in the corner.  The actual lace and pearls are featured on the border and attached to a piece of script paper.
I really love this design with the layers of different products and the pearls and lace giving it a bit of femininity.
Please pop over to the Allsorts Challenge blog to have a look at the creations from the lovely Design Team. We have 2 fabulous sponsors this week

PPR Papercrafts 

and

Deedee's Digis OFFERS

so a huge thankyou to them for their generosity.

I have my parchment class today at the shop - the first one of this year and I am really looking forward to it. I will pop the project on tomorrow's post so that you can see what we have been up to today.

Thankyou so much for popping in and checking out todays post and please don't forget that the Blog candy is still running until the end of the month if you leave a comment you will be in for a chance to win it.

Our offer on the Let's Create Website is also still running - Just! and if you order within the first 50 orders in January you will receive a 10% discount on your entire order and remember p and p is free over £10 so that is always a plus!! 

Must dash now and get the room ready for our lovely ladies,

Hope to see you hear tomorrow,

Bye for now

Jo xx

 

Day 19 -

Good morning everybody,

Welcome to another week and hope that everything has started really well for you all.

Today Nancy is launching some new interchangeable embossing folders on C and C and this is one of the samples that I made for the show.

I had 2 different folders to make samples with and this one as you can see is lovely.

The interchangeables are really clever in that you can change the sentiment to go with the background and this suits whichever occasion you would like it to be.

I have used a few more Tattered Lace dies, butterflies from the Starlight square and Daisies from the Panorama collection, to embellish the design a little.

the shows are a 4 day deal and our lovely Liz will be doing Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday shows so you may want to catch some of these.

Please pop a comment in if you have time, the blog candy is still up for grabs until the end of the month, not long to be in with a chance to win.

Thankyou as always,

Bye for now

Jo 

Allsorts Challenge - Spring Flowers

Good Morning,

Hope this finds you all well and possibly staying in the warm today as it is so cold! 

Apologies for no post yesterday it really was a daft busy day and it got to the evening and thought I may as well pop today's on and make my apologies!  I will pop an extra one on the end of the month to compensate! :)

Anyway, on to today, and as it is Saturday again it must be time for the Allsorts Challenge and this week it is our very lovely Susan who has set the Challenge and it is ........................

Spring Flowers!

and this is perfect for this Challenge.

what more could you ask for on a dull and cold January day but lots of colour and a sentiment sending Special Wishes for a bright and beautiful day!

I started with an A5 card blank and then chose my papers to go with the different coloured flowers.  I didn't pick a highly patterned paper as this would have hidden the flowers and that would have been a shame.

The flowers were really lovely to do as they are made of a soft pastic. They are called 3D shape forming flowers from Studio light.  They come on an A4 sheet and you need to cut them out.  You then need to heat them using a heat gun (or a candle as it says on the instructions!) and you can mould them whilst the flowers are warm.  It also makes them really shiny too and they look as if they have been glazed.  The sheets of flowers are really affordable under £3 per sheet and there is approx 35 with leaves on each sheet.  If you are interested in having a go at this different embellishment technique we do sell them on our website - and remember that we still have an offer as we havent reached 50 people to place an order - please use code JAN50 and this will automatically take the discount off for you and also P and P is free after spending £10.00.

The team have made some fabulous samples as usual so please pop over to the Challenge blog to have a look at their creations.  Thankyou to our lovely sponsors Passion for Stamps and Marianne Designs)

I hope that you will find time to drop me a comment and let me know if you have had a go at these unusual flowers.

Must dash as I have a busy day getting samples done for a show Nancy is doing on Monday at C and C using some new interchangeable embossing folders.

Enjoy a lovely weekend,

keep safe if we get snow

and 

Bye for now

Jo xx

Week 293 - Allsorts Challenge - New and Cute

Good Saturday Morning,

Welcome to another Allsorts Challenge card and this week we have had a fabulous title to 

work with ~

New and Cute!

and this is the project that I would like to show you ~

 This is cute and would be perfect for a new baby so it covers the title nicely.

It is a really clean and simple card with the base measuring 6" x 6".  The main topper has been made using a number of dies  - the 2 plain circles are from my Tonic circle set and the pink circle was a shape out of a paper kit and I thought it was perfect to use for Spirelli, winding pink and white bakers twine around the shape. The duck is the gorgeous little die from Tattered Lace - so cute! I cut this in pink glitter card.

The background lattice was also out of a paper kit and I ran it through an embossing folder to give some interest to it.  A tag with the new baby sentiment on it finishes it off.

I hope you like it and it inspires you to have a go at the Allsorts Challenge this week.  Pop over to the Allsorts blog and have a look at the other design team ideas which are really lovely.

  

Today I am busy getting my samples and demonstrations ready for the CHA shows on Create and Craft my first show is Sunday at 1pm and I have a fabulous paper kit from Tattered Lace to play with it really is so pretty and you can get so many projects from it.

Liz will be on at 10am on Sunday with some amazing dies that are being launched at CHA!

Lots of lovely things to show you! 

I hope that you enjoy a lovely weekend and if you have a few minutes please pop a comment for me and remember that I am blogging every day in January and there will be a draw for some blog candy at the end of the month if you leave a comment. 

Thankyou for popping in 

Bye for now

Jo xx 

Day 9 - A little black number.

Hello!

Good morning everyone - Friday already and today we have play day at the shop! 

A great day ahead but first my inspiration for today.

As the title suggests it is a classy black and white design.  The main focal point is the flower die and then the strips of embossed detail on the bands of matted card stock leads the eye into the middle of the design. The background paper is quite busy I think the mix of the plain colours it works quite well. 

Let me know what your thoughts are on this idea by leaving me a comment.

Don't forget that at the end of the month I will be popping all comments into the hat for a Blog Candy draw.

Hope to see you again,

Until then,

Bye for now

Jo

Day 7 - A little bit of Embossing

Good Afternoon Everyone,

What a busy day! have you catching up with a little bit of Pick of the Day - the embossing folders are amazing! the detail is so fabulous and loving the corners and borders.

I thought I ought to show you one of the samples that I made for the show.  If you have other embossing folders then use these, hopefully it will inspire you in some way.

This one is very simple and quick.  I have used one of the templates that are also on the show - the elegant easel card.  I used the Butterfly Flourish folder and simply used Pan Pastels to colour it in rainbow colours. This really picks up the detail.  The border from the same set adds interest to the stopper - again colouring it with the pan pastels.  The base is a floral print card.

Pearls and glitter glue finishes the card off.

Again, simple but pretty.

Hope that you like today's offering and hope to hear what you think.

Please pop in tomorrow,

Until then - 

Bye for now

Jo xx

Day 6 - Florals it is.

Good Afternoon Crafty friends,

Apologies for the delay in posting today I have been head down preparing for tomorrows shows on C and C and forgot the time!! 

Today is a floral card that is quite easy to do and also change with the relevant stamps and papers that you have.

The stamp is from one of our Let's Create floral range and it has been simply paper peiced using the paper used in the background. The leaves were coloured with distress ink. I did some blending with distress ink around the endges of the square and also a bit of doodling around the edge to give it a bit more interest. The paper used is from the Bazzill range. I matted the pieces at the back with brown - I think the teal and brown go really well.

The leaves that I have embellished with are from Cheery Lynn and they come in so handy for so many projects. A few pearl strings and individual bronze pearls finish the project off.

I am making a similar card for a demo tomorrow (if the embossing folders are still in stock!!) using the border folders they really suit this design.

Thankyou for popping in and tune in to see Nancy Watt launch the Pick of the Day tonight on Ideal World at 9pm.  I will be picking up shows from 1pm tomorrow afternoon with the lovely Liz.

Please leave a comment to be in with a chance to win some Blog candy at the end of the month.

Must dash and press on!

Bye for now

Jo xx

Day 4 - A little Rock and Roll!

Good Sunday Morning to you all!

Welcome back to all of my lovely followers.  I have a little bit of Rock and Roll mixed into todays  bite of inspiration ~

This is a card I made for our lovely friend Jayne and she is a rock and roll chick through and through so this really did fit the bill. 

 The main piece of the project was made using one of the Create a Card die-sires from Crafters Companion and this is a great all rounder and can be used for so many different birthdays depending on the age of the Birthday girl or boy. I have cut and embossed it onto silver pearl card and then backed it onto black glitter card to give it a bit of pizzazz.

In the very background the music paper that I have used is from Woodware which again is so useful.

The faux record ( the youngsters reading this won't recognise this!!) was made using a circle die and marking graduating circles on it in pencil. The image of the rock and roll pair (Jayne and Steve!!)

comes from a stamp from Creative Expressions. I didn't colour this as I wanted the same tones to show throughout the project.

Jayne loved it and I hope that you do too and that it might give you another idea if you need something along these lines.

A massive thankyou to you all for having a little look at the website - we really appreciate your positive comments.

Will sign off now and hope that you can leave a comment - the saying is you need to be "In it to win it" so leave a comment to be in with the draw for candy at the end of the month.

and I love to hear from you all too!!

Hope that you can pop in tomorrow to see what I can inspire you with.

Bye for now

Jo xx

Week 282 - Allsorts Challenge - Simply Christmas

Good Morning Everybody,

Well it is Saturday and that means another Allsorts Challenge and we have a great Challenge from our lovely Brenda who has asked for projects with the title ~

Simply Christmas

and this is the card that I would like to share with you all today ~

 I have used a combination of embossing folders, dies and stamps.

The background is one of the Christmas Die-sire Create and Card and I have inked in all over with Vintage photo distress ink and then used Treasure Gold over to top to give it the lustre and shine.

The postbox stamp is a Molly Bloom and I have used pro-markers to colour with and then covered the snowy areas in ice diamonds from Pinflair to give it a real Christmas look.

The poinsettias have been cut using a Sue Wilson die from Creative Expressions and the holly die is a Marianne design.

The size of the card is 7" square.

I hope that you can find the time to pop over to the Allsorts Challenge blog to check out all of the design ideas from the Design Team.

Thankyou to our fabulous sponsors this week ~

  Cuddly Buddly

so thank you to them for their generosity.

 I also need to add a little apology as I didnt realise that whilst I was putting projects on my 30 days of Inspiration I repeated a design! whoops and things were going so well!!

So to compensate this is another Christmas project ~

This is another of Sheena's Christmas stamp range.  I made this for a customer who wanted a card making for some very close friends who are keen walkers in the countryside so I thought this fitted the bill nicely.

So, we are straight now! definately 30! and Jean was thrilled to bits to win the blog candy.

Mark and myself are meeting friends and going for the day to London today to have a look at the Poppies at the Tower so I will let you know all about it next week.

Thankyou for popping in and please leave a comment if you have a few minutes.

Enjoy a fabulous weekend and hope to see you next week.

Many thanks

Bye for now

Jo xx

 P.S dont forget to put the clocks back tonight! an extra hour in bed! 

xx

 

 

DAY 30 - Christmas Inspiration - Last Day!

Welcome Everyone!

I feel a little sad today as this is the last day of my 30 days of Christmas Inspiration.

I cannot thankyou all enough for all of the fabulous comments and the feedback.

I have loved to read these everyday and I am going to miss them.

Thankyou also for all of my new followers, welcome the my crazy world and I hope the you enjoy following me.

Today had to be a design that I love (I have enjoyed them all but this one is one of my favs!)

There seems to be a little too much light on the picture but hope that you can still see what is going on with the design.  I have used the Rustic Wreath embossing folder from Spellbinders to emboss the design for the background.  I have then spent quite some time colouring with distress inks - vintage photo and walnut stain.  Then I covered the image in different colours of guilding waxes.  I have scuffed up the edges on both layers to keep the rustic effect.

The reindeer is also a Spellbinder design and I have used guilding flakes on double sided sheets and then cut the design.  It really works well with the intricate cut on the reindeers antlers.

Some organza bronze ribbon and hat pins finished this off a treat.

Well, this is it :( the final blog of my 30 days of inspiration. As I said before I hope that you have enjoyed it and please leave your final comment and I will be back tomorrow to announce the winner of some lovely stuff.

Thankyou a million times for your participation - without your lovely feedback it would be so boring!

I will be back on Saturday with the Allsorts Challenge but, for now, 

Bye for now

Jo xx

DAY 29 - Christmas Inspiration

Hello Everyone,

Firstly, apologies for the lateness of today's post.  We have had a problem with charging the lap top but all sorted now! 

This is the penultimate day! of our Christmas Inspiration and I hope that you are still enjoying it.

Today I would like to share a black and white little number.

This is a  stencil from the Sweet Poppy Range and I have used white matt paste through it to give this fabulous raised effect.  Whilst the paste is still wet I sprinkled white glitter over the design to bling it

up. I also popped some red pearls onto the design which adds that little extra.

Simple matting and layering with a little cord wrapped around the corners finishes the design.

Oh! mustn't forget the bow! 

This would make a quick card to make if you have a lot of cards to make this Christmas.

Thankyou for popping in, I really appreciate you coming to visit and hope that you leave a comment to be in with the almost last chance to win the blog candy.

Hope to see you for the last day tomorrow.

Bye for now

Jo xx

DAY 28 - Christmas Inspiration

Hello Again!

Well its day 28 (where has those dissappeared to !!)

Only 2 more days to inspire you and really trying to get to the 30 days without a blip!!!

Today I would like to share this with you ~

This is the Holly embossing set and I have used the corner part of the set - I have embossed it 4 times and matted it onto some cream card.  I have also highlighted the embossed area with Treasure gold.

I also embossed some craft metal for the centre square and I used the main 8" x 8" folder.

The Poinsettia is the Sue Wilson design and I have cut it in pearl red card stock and pinched the petals together using my tweezers to give it some shape.  I also sprayed them with some mica spray to give them more interest.

We have got the embossing folders in the shop to sell now so I will be making lots more samples to display, I love using them they give such a great embossed image.

A little ribbon and a flourish finishes the design off.

Please leave a comment to be in with a chance to win the Blog Candy at the end of the 30 days.

Thankyou for popping in,

Enjoy a lovely weekend and hope to see you again tomorrow.

Bye for now

Jo xx

DAY 27 - Christmas Inspiration

Good Friday morning to you all,

Well, day 28 and still going strong!! I really hope that you are not fed up with me! If you are getting that way not long to go now!!

Todays post is still following the theme with Molly Bloom but it isn't a card again.

It is a hanging plaque which could be attached to the front of a card (would need to be 8 x 8).

I started off with a ring of cardstock with a piece of acetate sandwiched in the middle of it.

I then stamped the cottage and the trees, coloured them with promarkers and twinkled with glossy accents and glitter.

The holly leaves have been cut on my Cricut using the Winter Wonderland cartridge.

They were glittered too, it was quite a glittery affair!  the berries are card candy.

the drift wood sign is another Molly Bloom stand, I added a little organza bow and some bakers twine to this.

The twine was also used to hang it up.

This was a great fun project and we all enjoyed making it in the workshop.

Thank you for popping in again,

Have you left a comment yet? time is running out to grab that blog candy so please leave a comment to be in with the running.

Must dash I am at the studio again today for a 9am and 7pm show.  Might even hit the shops in between shows!! or maybe just chill in the green room!

Bye for now

Jo xx

DAY 26 - Christmas Inspiration

Welcome to Day 26!

Good morning everyone and welcome to the last stretch of my Christmas Inspiration.

today I have a little project that the class will be doing tomorrow! 

This weeks subject is Molly Bloom and anything to do with these lovely stamps are just fabulous in my mind.

This is quite a quick little project using one of my favourite stamps for Christmas.

I have stamped Molly and then coloured in with pro-markers, used Vintage photo distress ink around the edges of a scalloped circle Tonic die.  I have sprinkled chunky white embossing powder, from Stampendous, onto the picture for snow flurries.

the base card has a 6 x 6" card and folded back for a one sided gatefold.

The background paper is a Kaiser and I have used an inverted corner punch to add interest.

Some ribbon and wooden embellishments finish off the design.

I hope that you like it and want to leave me a comment so that I can put you in the Blog Candy draw at the end of 30 days.

Don't forget that even if you dont have a google account or a blog you can still comment by making your comment and choose anonymous - but leave your name in the comment box.

Thankyou for popping in,

hope to see you tomorrow,

Bye for now

Jo xx

DAY 23 - Christmas Inspiration

Good Monday Morning to you all,

Well, I don't know! just where did that weekend go again!! but at long last I am able to tell you my fabulous news!!

I will be returning to your TV screens this week Tuesday and Wednesday to be precise!

I have been asked by the lovely Steph to join the Tattered Lace team to demonstrate on C and C and I am delighted to be asked! 

As you know one of my many passions in craft is die cutting and I am chuffed to bits to be asked to demonstrate for such a very popular company.

My first outing will be on Tuesday at 6pm (unfortunately for those of you that don't have Sky it will need to be watched on your computer) this will be demonstrating the brand new dies from the Starlights collection which is the Craftinator being launched by Nancy tomorrow.

I am back on Wednesday with a 1pm and 4pm show.

I hope that you will be able to watch and are as pleased for me as I am!

Well, back to the matter in hand today.

It is Day 23 of my Christmas Inspiration and my offering today is ~
A little Black and White number!

This is another project made using the Sue Wilson dies and this time it is the Noel Christmas die which is the main focus of this design.  I have cut the die in black and kept the black and white theme throughout.  The icicles are a Spellbinder die and I cut this in both glitter card and black cardstock and offset them to look like a shadow.  The background is a Crafters Companion embossing folder from the vintage range.  I have also used Tattered Lace poinsettia collection to make a little flourish at the bottom right and added a little organza ribbon.  A few little gems and some glossy accents finished the project off.  I love a black and white Christmas card and really enjoyed making this one.

I hope that you have enjoyed looking at it and if you have please leave me a comment.

I have had a few enquiries as to how to leave a comment.  If you are not registered to Google and dont have a blog you can still comment.  Go to the end of the comments list and simply make your comment in the box and after that use Anonymous to post your comment but please make sure you put your name in the comment box after your comment to make sure I know who to get in touch with if you are the lucky winner of the Blog Candy!

I hope that makes sense!!
Hope to see you tomorrow,
Thankyou so much for popping in,
Bye for now
Jo xx 

DAY 22 -Christmas Inspiration

Hello Again Everyone!

Good Morning to you all and thankyou for popping in again.

I would like to firstly say a huge thankyou to everyone that came to Clare Rowlands fabulous demonstration yesterday - as always it was an amazing day with so many popping in to enjoy Clare's unending crafting magic (and the cake and coffee went down well too!)

The inspiration that she gave us all was fabulous and the samples that she displayed were brilliant.

These are just a few of the projects that we so enjoyed looking at ~

I am sure you will agree that all of these are incredible such a clever lady.

We have persuaded her to come back and run a workshop in the New Year so keep an eye out for more details on this.

Now for my Day 22 of Christmas Inspiration for you.

My apologies for the photograph for this one.  The flash has caught the pearl linen cardstock that we have used so it is a little bright but hopefully you can get the idea.

This is the christmas tree die from Sue Wilson's collection and this is one that we did in this weeks workshop so you will recognise this one is you were there.

The halo above the tree is simply embossed and then the tree has been cut and adhered flat onto the cardstock. this was then matted onto some blue glitter card and embellished with blue gems.

The side panel was lovely to make and everyone went home very sparkly after playtime!

We used a new product in the Frantage collection and it is a mix of Mica pieces , glass glitter and very fine gems and the finish was stunning and quite tactile too.

This was matted again onto blue glitter card and then we finished off using the holly Sue Wilson die to add dimension in the corner and a bow on the opposite corner to balance.

I hope you have enjoyed today's inspiration and also Clare's amazing work too.

Thankyou as always for popping in and hope that you enjoy your Sunday - a much needed day off for me with a little parchment sneeked in I think!

Dont forget to leave a comment to be in with a chance to win the blog candy.

Hope to see you tomorrow,

Bye for now

Jo xx

DAY 20 - Christmas Inspiration

Good Friday Morning Everyone!

Thankyou for joining me for some more Inspiration and today I have another little number using Sheena's fabulous stamp range.

The stamps used are from the Little Bit Festive range - City Christmas.

Such gorgeous stamps to use and especially when you stamp with Distress Inks ( Faded Jeans) and drag the colour out using a damp paint brush.  I am sure you have all seen Sheena doing this technique. 

I also tried out embossing acetate with the snow embossing folder and painting white gesso all over the acetate.  It worked so well.

I have domed the acetate over the stamped design to give it more interest.

Thankyou for popping in again,

Hope to see you again tomorrow,

Bye for now

Jo xx