Jofy Jug

Hello there! How are you? I hope you are feeling good! We are fine...still enjoying the holidays. It was a bouncing day yesterday - a visit to the trampoline park - and then we went pottery painting and I managed to pick up my jug that I have been working on with JOFY stamps ....finally finished and fired!

It took a lot of work this piece and I am mostly pleased...I wish the red wasn't quite so streaky but other that I am chuffed with the way things worked out!!!

What do you think?

Hugs

Rachel xx

positivity

hello there! how are you? I hope you are well. We are all good. My lovely Lucy finished at primary school on friday so there are mixed emotions going on right now....

this is lucy and her bestie with the cups they both won! They are both going on to different high schools so its a bit sad really.

We need to stay positive. I made this card with that in mind.....

I used some of the new distress oxides and jofy sets 53 and 54 that i got at the workshop last week. accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative. sounds good to me!

Have a great day!

hugs rachel x

Easter/AG at That Craft Place

Hello Lovelies! How are you today? I hope you are fine and well. We're all good - we had a fabulous day in the Lakes yesterday - we took a ferry from Glenridding across Ullswater to Howtown and then walked back - it was 6 miles - and the girls both managed it really well - its the first time we've taken them on a proper walk so we were really pleased. I hope we'll be able to do it again soon!

 This picture was taken right at the start before we got on the boat - spirits were high.



Still in good spirits a few miles in.



Having a rest on the homeward straight - tired but very happy! They did so very well!

Okay - my card today - its to remind you of the new challenge that started yesterday at thatcraftplaceblog - its anything goes/Easter. Here's what I did - the JOFY stamps I used I got from thatcraftplace.

I made the background using a gelli plate and a stencil from imagination Crafts - I also used acrylic paints and applied them to the plate using splodges rather than brayering the whole thing.

I stamped the JOFY flowers and grasses directly onto the background and paper pieced the flower heads. The birds were stamped separately and fussy cut - I used my brayer to reverse the bird image - they were coloured with spectrum noirs.

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

AGOACpinkgemchallengeblog: Spring is in the air

Allsorts CBallsortschallenge: Spring Blossoms

A creative romanceacreativeromance: Easter/Spring

Jellyparkjellyparkchallenges: Easter

MAWTT:movingalongwiththetimes Easter/spring

Simon says stampsimonsaysstampblog: Easter

Divasdivasbydesignchallenge: Easter/Spring

Thanks for dropping by today - its the first day of our holibobs so I should be busy - but the girls are off to science camp today so I have a normal day - nose to the grindstone come tomorrow - lol!!!!

Big Hugs to you and hope to see you again soon!

Rachel xx

Ribbons at Creative Inspirations

Good morning lovelies - how are you today? I hope you are well and happy. Big hugs going out to you if you're not! My visit to my mum and dads was a short one yesterday - I ended up taking my mum off to a new exercise class so that curtailed the visit. My dad is getting increasingly confused which is a worry - I take him up to the memory clinic in Lancaster tomorrow so hopefully we'll get some answers soon. Chin up mum - we'll be alright! xx

Today there is a new challenge starting at Creative Inspirations - the theme this week is ribbons.

All you need to do is include Ribbons on your creations!

This week's prize is from CRAFTY RIBBONS and they are giving the winner this gorgeous bundle of cake themed ribbons!

Here's what I did following the Ribbon_Technique from the lovely Sue Wilson:

Sue tends to use a ribbon that is differently coloured on either side and \i think the effect is much better like that - but you have to use what you've got and this was what I had. The technique was very simple - you'll find it on tomorrows card too - very therapeutic!!!
The stamps I used are from paperartsy - Jofy set 10 - I bought them at thatcraftplace. I've coloured them with speccies.

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Incy Wincy:incywincydesigns Floral Frenzy
MAWTTmovingalongwiththetimes: Card for a female

I'd also like to enter this into the craftyribbonschallenge dt-call

Hope you have a great day and thanks for dropping by - I think I've solved my commenting problem so if I've been absent for a few days I should be returning again very soon!

Big Hugs

Rachel xx