Bloom and Grow...

... is a phrase I like, and often use it on projects - it suits my JOFY flower designs.  I used it this past weekend in a workshop for Its Crafting Time.. They have lovely new venue for their creative weekends and pop-up shop - & its a perfect venue for workshops.

I taught 2 classes - cards in the morning (more about those tomorrow) - where we dipped our toes into christmas using the latest JOFY stamps that were released on Saturday.. and in the afternoon we created a hanging triptych...

I LOVE this project!! (its so pretty! lol)

Usually, I take a few photos of the group holding up their lovely projects but this time I forgot - sorry everyone - but I did take some 'work-in-progress' shots - people busy creating the triptychs in lovely colour variations:

I enjoy seeing the different colour variations people create of the same project - a really useful group experience.

l to r: Cathy (different coloured background - created a sort of night/dusk effect), Tanya (lovely bright red flowers (Prawn and London Bus, complete with caterpillar and butterfly) & Cheryl (coming out of her comfort zone and embracing yellow - nicely done!)

It was a day spent laughing, painting, stamping... bit more painting.. is there a nicer way to spend a day??  I don't think so :o)

Thanks to everyone who came along - and to Ann & Cheryl for the yummy snacks (ladies, you are not helping my waistline! lol)

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PaperArtsy: New Products: Day 7

Hi, another evening of JOFY stamps.. tonight its all about JOFY38 and you can pop over to the PaperArtsy blog (click the button) for some more fabulous samples from my 'wingmen'.... (and thanks to Leandra for her lovely projects too.)

Here are a couple more samples from the recent demo day I mentioned yesterday.  I LOVE the dandelion/seedhead on this plate - I can see me using this image A LOT!

These last two cards are coloured using the Fibralo pens, and have a nice watercolour look to them. I stamped the images in Watering Can Archival Ink - this is a different colour for me to stamp main images in - its softer than black (obviously) and I really like it!

Thanks for stopping by - head on over to the PA blog to see more...

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PaperArtsy: New Products: Day 6

Tonight on the PaperArtsy blog is day 1 of new JOFY releases. Its so exciting - I've been so looking forward to showing you these new stamps....
Tonight its all about JOFY37.  You know the drill by now- click the badge to go to the blog post and tonight's video....

The original plan was that Leandra & I would be in the video together to talk you through the new stamps but unfortunately I haven't been very well and so Leandra will do her usual excellent job of taking you through the new stamps and fabulous samples made by my wingmen.

Speaking of wingmen - a big shout out and even bigger 'thank you' to (in no particular order) Kay Carley, Clare Charvill, Lauren Hatwell and Sue Carrington who created the gorgeous samples... 

I haven't been able to create much recently due to ill-health, but here are a couple of samples I made at a recent(ish) demo-day (tonight using JOFY37, JOFY 38 samples will follow tomorrow).... along with Clarence (the name I've given to the caterpillar on JOFY37, Cerys if you colour it in 'girly' colours lol) who was made for me by the talented Terri at The Craft Den, where the demo-day took place. 

How cool is he/she!! Thank you Terri :o)

This card makes me smile - I imagine the caterpillar is looking up at the butterfly and thinking "sigh, one day that will be me" lol    (The quote is from ELB06)

Here's a card I made using new stamps and an image from JOFY36, one of the 'French plates' which Leandra mentions in the video.  I designed these sketched stems to fit into the flowers on the stencil PS009,  but they also fit really well onto the flowers on Lin Brown's stencil PS013

Here's the card - 2 colour blended stenciling, stamping and a the sentiment from JOFY37..  a lovely combination and a nice way to show how the collections can be used together.

I have enjoyed using the new sets and can't wait to use them more when I'm back to full art/crafting capabilities. :o)

I hope you enjoy the new stamp sets - see you back here (and at the PA blog) tomorrow for the JOFY38 and more lovely samples. 

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