Studio news, part 4

Good afternoon everyone. Before I share my latest exciting Studio News I have a new card challenge entry to show you today. It is actually great to get out the non Christmas themed stamps and card making stash again having spent since last September making my Christmas cards. Today I am showing you that lovely Gorjuss Girls stamp I used in this post. Amazingly I popped that card into my Etsy Shop last week and it sold in 6 hours! I think that is a record for me. She is on her way to the USA.

For today's card I used a totally red and white colour scheme.

I used the same Gorjuss girl stamp and hand coloured her with my trusty Promarker pens keeping to a red and white theme. Again I cut her out and then put her in front of a couple of gorgeous die cuts from my stash.

I used something new on my card, these lovely red pearl embellishments...I also bought them in white and blue.




Thanks for looking at my card.

I would like to enter this into the following card challenges;


Winter Wonderland Red and White challenge
Totally Gorjuss Happy challenge 112
Simon Says Stamp New something My new are my pearls.
Penny Black Allsorts January challenge Love and hearts
Paper Sundaes challenge 101  Something old, something new New are my pearls, old is my backing paper.
Party Time Tuesdays Challenge 49, something new New are my pearls
Papertake weekly challenge Anything goes with option of something new...my new red pearls!
Ladybug Crafts Ink Challenge 51, use new stash My new pearls and now in my stash!
Joanna Sheen January challenge, Celebrations. My card is a birthday celebration.

So now on to my Studio News...well my dear Hb was very busy on my behalf over the Christmas break. We bought some carpet which he fitted (he had to change the blade of his Stanley knife SO many times, he said it was really hard work).

On top of my wall to wall carpet I have put my heavy duty Ikea mat.

I also have my cupboards installed on
one side.

Together with a brilliant flap down table which he installed at waist height so that I can stand and work too.

How nifty and space saving (and back saving!) is that!

We also cut the 2nd blind to size which he put up.

I plan to get one more blind for the door in a deep raspberry/aubergine plain colour. 

He also put up the 2 beautiful prints which were sent to me from 2 of my dear American artist friends and I finally got round to framing.

This one from Shirley was my present from the "Pay it forward" which she and I were part of last year. Shirley does the most wonderful art and she knows how much I love pigs! How perfect is this!

My 2nd  print is from Michele who did a very special thing and just sent me this wonderful print of the gorgeous Sea Dragon she showed on her blog last year. I had commented how awesome it was and she just sent it out of sheer blogging friendship...how touching is that! Even the envelope was decorated when it arrived. 

So now I can sit at my workbench and be watched over by these 2 very specials prints. Thank you both Shirley and Michele...they are a constant source of inspiration and I treasure them. I also can gaze out to my sweet pig that my son bought and I thought you would all like to know that he has a name now...Percy the Pig.

It's my day off today so I am having a crafting day out in my studio...again the weather has decided to warm up and I can put on my heater and craft away to my heart's content. We have had some really heavy rain and strong winds here in the UK but I am snug in my Studio. I am also hoping to start  playing with some  ideas for my wedding necklace...this Mother of the Bride business is great fun but time is ticking away now...if you want a precise time...it's 205 days to go ;0) I can't wait! 

Enjoy your day too,

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x