Week 319 - Allsorts Challenge - Strawberries and Cream

Hello my fellow crafters,

Thankyou for joining me for another Saturday morning blog post and another week has flown by but how lovely has that sunshine been.

For all of you Wimbledon  lovers I hope that you have been enjoying it and what a shame that Andy Murray has been knocked out :(  bring on next year!

Anyway! lets get on with the job in hand today and  the team have been asked to make a project using the title -

 

Strawberries and Cream

Yummy!

We could have either chosen to use the colours or the image and this is what I have chosen to do -

 

So I went with the image of the gorgeous summer fruit and cream and this is a very pretty topper from a set from the Hobby House. The topper already comes die cut in that lovely shape.  The background has been made using a Create a Card die from Crafters Companion.  The bunting has been made using one of my favourite dies from Joanna Sheen's Signature range - I have cut them in the pink and the blue and then layered both strings with a lime green which I have picked out of the background card.

The team at Allsorts have done a lovely job this week showing off all of their different projects so please pop over to the blog. We have 2 very generous sponsors this week so why not post a design and be in with a chance to win.

All of these dies and the Hobby| House toppers, as well as many other Hobby House products that we love are available on our Let's Create website and all orders over £10 are all free p and P!

I hope that you all enjoy a lovely weekend and please find a couple of minutes to leave me a comment if you like the project today.

Thankyou for popping in and hope to see you again next Saturday.

Bye for now

Jo x

Day 5 - A little Pink and Pretty

Good Monday Morning Crafters

Todays little piece of inspiration for a dull January morning is, as the title says, pink and pretty.

This was a card that the workshop ladies did in the last get-together of 2014 and it was lovely to do something other than Christmas! 

Both of the dies used are from Tonic and they are so delicate and pretty and would look fabulous on all sorts of occasional cards. The fan is from the Rococo range and the edger die is from the Header die range.  The band of organza ribbon really sets the fan off with its additional flowers from the Hobby House and a feather to soften everything. 

This, again, is such as easy card to make and quite pretty for me!! lol.

I'm going to be a busy girl today preparing for some of the Pick of the Day shows that I am doing for Steph and the Team at Tattered Lace.  It's a little early to post any samples today but will pop a couple on on Wednesday to show you what I have been up to.  I have 3 shows on Wednesday afternoon if Nancy leaves any stock for us to sell!!

Please pop by again tomorrow again to have a look at what day 6 will bring.

Thankyou, as always, for popping in and please leave a comment if you have time to spare.

Bye for now

Jo xx 

Week 289 - White Christmas

Hello Everyone,

Well, the big day is getting closer and everyone is so busy getting all prepared.  

I have had a busy week with Create and Craft and the last 2 workshops of the year at the shop.

This week I am also hosting the Allsorts Challenge and I have chosen the title .........................

WHITE CHRISTMAS

and the way that the weather is going I think it might even happen this year!

This is the project that I have made which fits the title ~

I have used a real mix of dies on this design including~ 

Tattered Lace corners - the free die from issue 12 of their magazine,

and the bow is also one from the Tattered Lace range.

The poinsettia is one of my very favourite dies from Tim Holtz and the shadow box frame that the design has been made from is from Tonic!

I have used a mixture of pearl cardstock and glitter card.

Some pearls from Hobby House finish everything off a treat.

I hope that you like it and it inspires you to have a go at the Challenge this week.

Please pop over to the Allsorts Challenge blog to have a look at the other team members lovely projects.

Thankyou to our sponsors Flonz Craft and Scrappers Delight.

This week we have a Christmas meal get-together with some of our lovely shop friends and our evening and daytime Christmas get-togethers at the shop.  This has become quite a tradition and Mark and I love to host these to say thankyou to all of our customers and friends.

I have also got 2 shows on Tuesday demonstrating the Tattered Lace interchangeable embossing folders at 10am and 1pm on C and C.

Looks like a busy one ahead!! 

Thankyou for taking the time to read the blog and as always I would love to see comments from you if you have a few minutes to spare.

Oh nearly forgot we are going to see John Bishop in Nottingham tonight so I will let you know all about this next week too! 

Phew - I think that's it,

Have a lovely week and bye for now

Jo xx

Week 280 - Allsorts Challenge - Cream and Brown

Good Morning Everyone!

Thankyou so much for everyone who has taken the time to comment on my Christmas Inspiration blog posts again this week.  Keep checking them out for the following week - it wont be long now until we reach 30 days and then we can choose a winner of the blog Candy.

Today at Allsorts it is my turn to host the week's Challenge and I have chosen ~

CREAM AND BROWN

and this is what I have chosen to show you ~

as you can see I haven decorated a plaque with various crafty goodies including ~

A vintage picture (sorry but this was in my stash!)

Frantage embossing powder and glitter,

Flowers from the Hobby House,

Organza,

Pearls of strings and to finish string to hang it with.

I have distressed the edges of the pictures and around the edges to give it the vintage look overall.

I hope that you approve!

I love decorating plaques as I am sure you all know by now and especially in this collage way.

Please pop over to the Allsorts Challenge Blog to check out the other team members lovely work and please leave a comment to let us all know what your thoughts are.

Our amazing sponsors this week are:

and

Thankyou to both of them for their generosity.

Today is a busy day at the shop as we are having the last demonstration of this year and the fabulous Clare Rowlands is coming along to do Hobby House and Molly Bloom.

If you are in the area please pop in there will be lots of tea and cake as usual!

Thankyou for spending the time to look at my post and please check out the one following for some more Christmas Inspiration.

Bye for now

Jo xx

DAY 13 - Christmas Inspiration

Hello Crafters,

Welcome to day 13 of my 30 days of Christmas Inspiration.  I hope that you are enjoying following the posts.  I am really appreciating the comments that are being left!

Today I have another Hobby House project which we are doing in class today and it is a little change from a card ...........

It's a cracker!

I thought this would make a lovely project to use as a base for one of the Hobby House toppers.  I have used the Tonic square cracker die which cuts a treat and scores all the lines that you need to fold the cracker correctly.

I have used Hobby house christmas cardstock which matches a treat.

A circle of glitter card and a snowflake cut from a contrasting cardstock makes a lovely backdrop for the topper.  Ribbon and beads finish the project off.

This would make a lovely gift idea with something inside.  One of the ladies in the class also suggested using it as a place setting on the Christmas table - good idea Julie! 

This is a side view to show you the depth of the cracker ~

I hope that you like it and perhaps you will have a go at making one.

Please pop a comment in if you have a minute and be in with a chance of grabbing the blog candy!

Thankyou for popping in,

Bye for now

Jo xx

DAY 12 - Christmas Inspiration

Good Morning!

Well what do you think of this fabulous weather - in October we are being spoilt!

Enjoy it while we can!

the gardens are still looking healthy but Mark is worried that all this warm weather will mean he has to cut the grass again before the Winter sets in!! 

Today I would like to share a card project that we are doing in class this week - 

The theme for the workshops is Hobby House projects and this card has been made using one of Clare Rowlands fabulous designs that she has drawn for the Hobby House and they have been made into Art pads which contain a total of 30 images and it was a hard task trying to choose the one to use!

I have coloured this fabulous snowman in with pro-markers and distressed the edges with weathered wood distress ink and sprinkled with Ice Diamonds from Pinflair.  It is hard to pick up how lovely they look and how the light catches them.  All the backing papers are from the Nordic Christmas pack from the Hobby House.  Buttons, bakers twine and tag are also from this kit. 

I have used Kraft card to layer up the papers and the image.  

A spellbinder snowflake cut in pearl card finishes the design off a treat.

I love using Hobby House products and equally love coloring so this was a pleasure to make.

I hope that you have enjoyed checking it out as much and please leave a comment to let me know what you think.  Remember leaving a comment will give you a chance at winning the Blog Candy at the end of the 30 days of Inspiration.

Thankyou, as always, for popping by,

hope to see you again tomorrow,

Bye for now

Jo xx

Week 267 - Splish Splosh!!

Good Morning Crafters!

How are you all? what a lovely week for the sunshine, I hope this keeps up it does everyone the world of good.

I hope that you have all had chance to do a little crafting this week too - I have heard a little whisper that the Christmas crafty bits have been unpacked in some crafty dens - is that you I am talking about?

This week at Allsorts our lovely Tracey Mouse has asked us all to show you some inspiration to include

 

Splish Splash - to include water!

 

and this is a card that I have come up with -

 

 

 

I have used one of the Hobby House Art pads - I thought that this image was perfect for the challenge.

I have coloured in with pro-markers and popped some glossy accents onto the water bits!

 

The papers that I have used are the Heartfelt Creations Nursery collection and the baby buttons and ribbons are from my stash.

I hope that this and the Design Team at the Allsorts Blog inspires you to have a go - there are so many ideas you can use which include water - a great challenge and I am sure it is going to be a popular week.

Crafty Ribbons are our sponsors this week - thankyou to them for their support.

 

I have a week ahead of catching up with work jobs I need to clear up and also try to have some time out as Mark is bugging me about over doing it!!!!!!!

Many thanks as always for popping by and having a read. Please leave a comment if you have a few minutes - I love reading your thoughts.

Take care and enjoy a lovely week

Jo xx

 



Week 264 - Allsorts - How does your garden grow?

Good Morning Everyone,

I hope all is well with you all and you have enjoyed a lovely week. Mark and I are in Wales this weekend visiting our lovely friends at Dandie Crafts. Workshops all day Saturday and Sunday using an array of different crafty goodies. We always enjoy our visits here and I am sure this weekend will be no exception. 

Before we set off yesterday I had a fabulous show on Create and Craft playing with all of the wonderful Christmas range from the Hobby House.  We had so many sell outs you were really loving the kits, toppers, gorgeous embellishments, kraft bags and gorgeous ribbons.  I hope that if you were lucky to buy some of these that you will enjoy using them.

 

Today I have decided to use one of the Hobby House Art pad images for this weeks theme at Allsorts.

the Challenge this week is .................

 

How does your Garden Grow?

 

and I thought this cute image was just perfect.

 

I have kept the background quite simply done as the image is the main focus.  I am really pleased with the colouring, I have used pro-markers and I just play at trying to be good at it!!!  The art pads are really lovely to use as the cardstock that they are printed on takes so many different colour mediums. Let me know if you have had a go. 

 

As I mentioned in last Saturday's post is was our Daughter's 21st birthday celebrations last weekend and we all had a fabulous time.

The weather kept fine, albeit a little cloudy.

I really had to show you a picture of the stunning cake that my friend Natalie made. She makes cakes as a hobby!!

 

 

and a quick picture of the birthday girl and her guests

 

 

Thankyou for popping in and please take a minute to have a look at the Design Team ideas over on the Allsorts Challenge Blog.

Enjoy a lovely weekend and the longest day today!

Take care and bye for now

Jo xx

 

 



Week 260 - Happy Birthday Allsorts! and Blog Hop

Hello Everyone!

Well! another Bank Holiday weekend has rolled around and at the moment it looks as if the Sun may show itself.I hope that you all have planS afoot.

It is also a special week on the Allsorts Challenge Blog as it is our Birthday!!! 

It's been a fabulouS five years and it's wonderful to see all you lovely crafterS joining in each week, many who have been with us from the start and it's all of you who make AllsortS Such a Success. Plus of courSe our fabulous SponsorS and talented Design Team, a huge thank you to you all.

As you can See today is Allsorts Birthday and the Team are celebrating with a fabulouS Blog Hop and there are lots of crafty prizeS to be had.

You need to pop over to the Allsorts Challenge Blog to find out how to play the blog hop (it is really easy!)

The theme for the challenge thiS week is very appropriate

Happy Birthday!

and thiS is my project for you to have a peep at .................... 

ThiS is a card that I have put together for the Birthday Blog and alSo for a Sample to take onto TV on Tuesday.  I am So pleased to be going back to Create and Craft after a long enforced break due to health problemS.  I will be working for the Hobby House and, aS you all know, I love crafting with their gorgeous products.  The lovely image on the card is from EliSabeth Bell and it is from the brand new Ready to Colour Art bookS that I will be showcasing on the show. The paperS, flowers and greeting are alSo from Hobby House. I hope that you like the design. 

At the end of the challenge this week everyone that has commented on my card will be in a draw and I will pick a winner. There are some fabulous prizes up for grabs so it is really worth it.

There are lots of other prizes to be won from the Allsorts Challenge site and from the other members of the design team blogs. 

Enjoy a fabulous Bank Holiday and I hope that you have found my letter for our Birthday Blog Hop at Allsorts.

Thankyou so much for popping by,

Bye for now

Jo xx

Week 258 - Fancy folds - Allsorts Challenge

Hello my fellow Crafters,

Firstly welcome to my new couple of followers this week and thankyou for choosing to follow my ramblings each week (or if you are really lucky!! lol) maybe twice! I really appreciate all of my members.

It has been another great week in my crafty world with our usual workshops and chatting with our lovely customers. We are still laughing about our Melt pot workshop that we had last Saturday - thankyou for all of your lovely comments about the projects that I blogged on Sunday. What we need is a Tardis! so that all of you lovely crafters that live too far away can pop into it and transport yourselves to my shop so that we can all play together! If anyone has one stashed in their back room or garage please let me know!!!

Now onto this weeks Allsorts Challenge. It is the turn of our Wendy (L) to lead this week and she has chosen .......................................

FANCY FOLDS

for us to have a play and come up with an idea so that we can inspire all of you to have a go at the Challenge.

I couldn't choose between 2 projects this week so I hope that you don't mind me showing you both.

as you can see I have been one of many that has had a go at making a pop-up card and these are so easy but great fun. this one was for my Father in Law to give to his boss who owns a Bike shop! it is always a challenge to make a card with bikes on and get it totally different each year.  I hope he likes this one.

The Penny Farthing is a Marianne design and the cogs are from Rob Adams range of dies.  I have left the tag open at the front so that John can write his message on.

If you havent made one before the card folds flat and so fits in the chosen size envelope really well.

Papers are from my stash but they might be some old designs from Graphic 45.

My second project was one that we did in class today and it fitted the bill nicely.

  This is an easel card that I have made from another Marianne - this one is from the Creatables range.

I really love this set as it is so intricate if you want it to be or quite plain if you choose.

The flowers are from Pinflair and these are the dies and papers to match and cut out. They are really excellent quality and I would recommend them to you.

The edge has been finished off with Hobby House pearls on a roll.

Please pop over to the Allsorts Challenge blog and check out the other Teamies ideas. 

We have 2 sponsors this week and they are:-

Eureka Stamps

and 

Yours or Mine Papercrafts.

Thank you to both of these for their generosity.

Also I need to mention that it is Allsorts birthday on the 24th of this month and as usual we are having a blog hop. so keep your eyes open for this as there are prizes galore to be given away to lucky crafters.

We have a busy weekend coming up as it is our eldest Karl's birthday today he is 23! today and we are going out for a family meal this evening.

I hope that you all have a lovely weekend and try to fit a bit of crafting in.

Please leave a comment if you have time and let me know what you think about my projects this week.

Thankyou for taking the time to pop by and I hope to see you back really soon,

Bye for now

Jo xx

Week 246 Allsorts - Use Brads

Good Morning Everyone,

 

I hope that this finds you all well and enjoyed a little romance on Valentine's Day yesterday.

I sincerely hope that you are all safe and avoiding all of these awful storms that we keep having.

 

This week at Allsorts Helene is setting our Challenge and she is asking us to ................

 

'Use Brads' in our design.

This is my project

 

As you will see I have used the brads for the middle of the flowers and also the middle of the ribbon bow. The brads are pearl and silver and are from the Hobby House.

The rest of the card has been made up using Couture Creations Emboss, Stamp and Cut . It is a lovely set and combines all elements in this card.  The flourish is a Cheery Lynn design which I have cut once and separated it off. For the background stamped image I have used Adirondack Currant and then blended using Distress Ink  Aged Mahogany. The flowers have been glossed with a little Cosmic Shimmer twinkles.  The string of pearls are also from the Hobby House.

This week we have 2 excellent sponsors Digidarla and Craft Fairy. Thankyou to them both.

Please pop over to the Allsorts Challenge Blog to have a look at all of the other Design Team members lovely designs.

I hope that you enjoy a lovely weekend and that you find time for some crafting time.

Bye for now

Jo xx

 













Week 237 - Snowflakes

Good Saturday Morning Everyone,

No doubt this post finds you all really busy and getting ready for everything to do with Christmas. A question for you - why is it that the women of the house always have so much to do and organise at this time of year!!!!  it is a funtime though but it is getting scarily close now so I really must get down to some serious sorting out!

 

 

We have had 2 Christmas get togethers at Let's Create this week - on Wednesday evening and all day yesterday and I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone that came along.  We had such a lovely time on both occasions, a good laugh, a little mulled wine and a fabulous spread of all the naughty food that we are allowed to eat at this time of year! We also played a few daft games and had a Christmas quiz!  It is our way of finishing off another fabulous year at the shop and having all of our friends and customers popping in to celebrate.

 

Today is the start of a new Challenge and it is our lovely Helene's turn to host this week and she has chosen .......................................

 

 

SNOWFLAKES

 

for the title and I think that the following card is quite fitting what do you think?

 

 

This is a gorgeous image from the Hobby House - I really love working with their products.

The inner circular die is from the Tattered Lace range and is the Floral Interlocking Die set.

The inner plain circle in the middle is a Spellbinder and the outer circle is also a Spellbinder from the Grand Circle Set.

The snowflake die is a Cheery Lynn and I really like it for its delicate appearance. These were cut in Centura Pearl card.

The organza ribbon and the string with a gem finishes the card off.

I hope that you like the design and get some inspiration from it to have a go at the Challenge at Allsorts.  Pop over to the Challenge blog to have a look at all of the other Design team ideas.

 

Thankyou, as always, for popping by and please leave a comment - I love to receive them.

 

Enjoy a lovely weekend and if you do go Christmas shopping don't spend too much!!!!

Bye for now

Jo xxx



 



Week 233 - Allsorts Challenge - A gift

Good Morning Everybody,

Welcome to the start of the weekend again - I love to say that!

I hope everyone that went to the NEC had a fabulous time - I had a ball! it really was a busman's holiday for me but it was great to see so many fellow demonstrators, catching up and admiring their demo samples.  It seems like a lifetime since I worked at a show.  I had a lovely chat with Joanna (Sheen) and congratulated her on becoming a Granny! she was so pleased to show off her photographs of her cute grand-daughter.

 

It was also lovely to see so many crafters and having a chat in the aisles! We stayed at a gorgeous bed and breakfast with a very comfy, warm bed which was so well received after all the walking around the show and we were set up for another day with a super cooked breakfast. 

Thankyou to my dear friend Caroline and her mum Judy for taking me and looking after me! (as Mark instructed them to do!!)

Today's Allsorts challenge has been chosen by our lovely Sarah and she has asked us for ..................................

 

A Gift

 

and I have chosen to show you a box that I decorated for Caroline for her birthday earlier in the year.

 

 

The top of the box.

I have used black craft metal that I have embossed through a Spellbinders 3d embossing folder. It was then rubbed back using a sanding block.  The papers that I have used are from Heartfelt Creation and the embellishments are from the Hobby House.

This is a view from the side.

 

We have some very kind sponsors again this week:-

 

PASSION FOR STAMPS

AND

THE CRAFT BARN.

 

With 2 prizes up for grabs I have that you will have a go at the Challenge. Pop along to the Allsorts Challenge Blog where you will find lots more inspiration and ideas from our fabulous design team.

 

We have painting on parchment at the shop today with Maria Maidment so I am looking forward to that.

I hope that you all have a fabulous weekend, it speaks of being chilly so keep warm and wrap up if you have to go out.

 

Thankyou so much for popping in, please leave a comment and also pop in next week.

 

Bye for now

Jo xxx



Allsorts Challenge: Week No: 216 - Transport

Good Morning Crafters,

Here's hoping that this finds you all well and enjoying this fabulous Summer weather.  I know some of you are loving it more than others but it certainly puts smiles on everyone's face and everyone looks so healthy.

 

We are so busy at Let's Create as it is only 2 weeks today that we move into our new shop!!!!!  scarey what we have to do in this short space of time.  Today I had my last workshop in this shop and next week I can concentrate on getting the workshop area packed away - it sounds so much easier when you can't see what needs to be done!! Big thankyou to Denise (Box lady) for the fabulous chocolate cake to celebrate the last workshop (well any excuse for Denise's cake!)

We also purchased a new lap top this week - not by choice I might add - it died on us! we didn't have one for 4 days and you really don't realise how much you rely on your computer.

 

Anyway, back to the matter in hand.  Today's challenge is from our lovely Wendy and she has chosen

 

TRANSPORT

 

as our Challenge for this week and I have chosen something that we may not always look upon as falling under this category ........

 

A Pram!

 

I made this card for Pat and Geoff to celebrate the birth of their Granddaughter Lyla.  She is only a day old and proud Grandad has sent me some gorgeous photographs of his beautiful girl that he says he isn't going to spoil!!! whatever Geoff!!!

 

I have used the Tattered Lace Pram as the main image and layered it onto a Marianne die. We are stocking Tattered Lace now at Let's Create and I am loving using them. The background has been embossed using the Crafters Companion Patchwork A4 embossing folder.  Pat chose the colours.  The flowers and the beads are from Hobby House and the punch for the border at the bottom is an EK Success punch.
The card is an 8" x 8" size and I made a box for it too.

Please pop over to the Allsorts Challenge blog to check out the other Team members ideas for this Challenge. 
Thankyou for popping by and hope that you can make a comment and also take part in the Challenge.
Thankyou also to our Sponsors for this weeks Challenge prizes.

Must dash I have lots of packing to do.
See you all next week,
Bye for now
Jo xx

 



Week 215 - Allsorts Challenge Feather and Fur

Hello Crafters!

Well, we wanted Summer and now we have jolly well got it!! Phew isn't it hot!! We have a demo day at the shop today with the lovely Chris Scott using Hobby House goodies and I hope that some of you will be able to peel yourself out of your sunbeds to come along!!

This weeks Challenge has been set by our lovely Tracey Mouse and she has chosen Feather and Fur which is a fab title I am sure you will agree.

I couldn't chose between two projects so I am going to show you both.

This is a plaque that I made using Joanna Sheen's fabulous House Mouse Collection cd rom and I thought the image was perfect for Moving Home.  I love the way that the Mouse has piled his furniture on top of the snail.  I have crackled the plaque using Acrylic paints and pva glue and then mat and layered up the decoupage.  I have also used Clarity Tiled Alphabet for the words and finished it off with a little embellishment with flowers from the Hobby House. 

This second project is a basic scrapbook page which features my Mum and Dad's cat - Monica!  as soon as I read the title of this Challenge I thought of her.  She is a really fluffy cat and tends to leave fur all over the place.  Mum cant stop her from going up stairs at the moment (she isnt normally allowed) but she is constantly wanting to go and visit Dad in the bedroom.  He has agreed that she can lay on her cushion and keep him company!  By the way she only has 3 legs and no tail so she is a little unusual.

I hope that you like my take on the Challenge.  Must dash now I must get down to the shop to get the cakes out ready for the demo day!!

Please pop over to the Allsorts Challenge blog and check out the other Design Team Members projects and read all about our Sponsors this week Crimson Cloud.

Take care and enjoy the sun safely,
Bye for now,
Jo xx



Week 209 - Here Comes the Girls!

Hello Everyone,

I hope this finds you all really well and happy to see that fabulous sunshine at last (or until it lasts anyway!)

May I first of all say a HUGE welcome to all of my new blog followers I have tipped over 500 followers and  I am so grateful that you all spend your time to pop in and leave all of your lovely comments each week.

This week, of course, has been very exciting as it has been the Allsorts 4th Birthday and the Blog Hop has been really great.  As you all know individually all of the design team have been giving away individual prizes and I have chosen a winner from all of you that kindly left a message and the winner of a set of Let's Create stamps of their choice is ............................................

***MAY***

and you can find May's fabulous blog here

Congratulations May and thankyou for taking part.  Please e mail me at lets.create@btinternet.com

Now onto this weeks challenge from Tracey

Here Comes the Girls

and I immediately thought about showing you a little project that I completed for my Crafty Notions show on Tuesday on Create and Craft 

This is a Twiddlybitz floating frame and was fabulous to work with.  The Twiddlybitz are so solid and very durable when assembling and painting.  I have decorated it with the main focus being a beautiful topper from The Secret Garden collection from Graphic 45.  I am loving these papers at the moment and have to stop myself using them!!! The corner pieces on the frame are also Twiddlybitz and the flowers are from The Hobby House collection along with the pearls. Lace around the topper really sets it off.

This is a closer shot of the topper ...................

isn't she adorable!

I hope you like my take on the theme this week and don't forget to pop over to the Allsorts Challenge Blog to check out the other Design team members ideas.

Today I am popping over to Sir Stampalot in Peterborough with my friend Caroline and I am taking part in a workshop designing a canvas.  If it turns out ok I will show you what I have been up to!  It is such a pleasure to go to a workshop myself instead of teaching in one.  I am quite excited about being a student!

I hope that you all have a great weekend and that you have a chance to enjoy some of the sunshine.

Pop a comment in if you like my project let me know what you think.

Thankyou, as ever, for popping in.

Bye for now

Jo xxxx