Seasons Greetings - a Post Christmas blog

Did we all have a Merry Christmas? 

I'm glad to hear it. 

So did I....... 

And so did the Children......

We left Santa a mug of warm milk and a chocolate cake, because the kids reckoned he would have had enough mince pies by the time he reached our house.....

My LOVE of all things Tea related is well documented amongst my family and friends, so naturally I received Hot Beverage related items from Santa.

My Bestie in the whole wide world, re-upholstered a Chair in my 'Hand drawn Flowers' fabric. it now sits pride of place beside my desk. Too lovely to actually use.....

I just wish the Kitten would leave it alone.....

And my amazing Husband has this waiting for me under the Tree. My very own Rachael Taylor iPad2 case. 

Just Yummy isn't it?

I had a little bit of spare time to create myself a 2013 Diary amongst all the chaos of Christmas. I used the 'hand drawn flowers' swatch I had ordered from Spoonflower a while back. I used a basic £1 diary and gave it a nice new coat.............

 PERFECT!

And finally, Christmas is all about the family. And I got to spend some time with my Husband, Sister and Brother-in-law at a chinese buffet a couple of towns over. Me and Wayne rarely get the opportunity to have our photo's taken together, so I am happy to have forced my sister into taking one. 

Me and my eldest daughter Carla, and with her cousin Harvey 

After all that celebrating and enjoying time with Family and Special Friends. Im quite glad that I can now spend time concentrating on making my 2013 a memorable one. 

Tigerprint, Christmas Papers and ABSPD

Hi All,

its another one of them posts, where I share everything in one go, when really I should be sharing it bit by bit and making you all come back time after time.

Except.....

 I just don't have the time to blog constantly....

I have a house to run...

 3 children under my wings...

and I'm attempting (Slowly) to get my brand name off the ground.

So you'll just have to deal with one big blog post every other day.....

hope thats okay?

Heres what I've been up to:

TIGERPRINT TOP 25

This was an awesome achievement, I worked hard on this competition, and I cannot wait to get started on editing this design into a new collection. There were lots of amazing entries and the winner and runners up were very deserving of their titles. 

Free Scrapbook Papers:

My Mother-in-law shared some cards and gift boxes that she made using my latest collection of scrapbooking papers...

they are FREE...

Get them HERE

aren't they FAB? 

What else have i forgotten??? 

Oh I entered this weeks Spoonflower Competition...

The annual Tea Towel Calendar competition for 2013...

Don't forget to vote...

Here is my entry:

I Also have some other bits to share...

but I can't share them yet...

But I will...

Until next time. 

FREE GIVEAWAY - CHRISTMAS PAPERS

HELLO ALL.

I have amazing news. 

I have been working on a secret project. 

Except its no longer a secret.

Myself and a fellow ABSPD student have collaborated in a litle project to help me release my VERY FIRST collection of Scrapbooking papers. 

It's something I've dreamed of for years. I remember at University I had hoped to create a range for a project, but that particular project ended up going down a completely different route. But its always been stuck there... The niggle to create one. 

And so I got in touch with Sally Garner of Sarah Paris Style.

Sally is such a kind and thoughtful woman, offering advice and helping me adjust my collection to a standard high enough to put out there in the Digi-Scrapbooking world, and then offering me space on her very own AMAZING website, it was just the icing on the cake. I am forever grateful to Sally, and everything she has helped me with.

Here's the link, they are FREE to download, and available for personal use only (Please check T&C's before downloading).

Examples

All images are ©JLW Illustration 2012 

Getting that Christmas Feeling

Hello Everyone.

Today I share my Christmas Designs, which I have had printed onto A6 Greeting Cards, and soon to be printed on to square cards, just for a bit of variety.

I wont keep you waiting long to share my designs with you lovely lot, but I did just want to share with you all that you can now access this site by using www.jlwillustration.com as well as www.jlwillustration.blogspot.com

I'm far off having my own website, However I wanted to secure my domain name and here is as good a place as any to use it until that day comes when a website is up and running.

On that note:

           Square Card                                 A6 Layout 

I also have a Christmas Shopping List notebook for Sale, which is a perfect place to save all your idea's, budgets, and purchases in one place. 

They are available in 2 different covers, with either 10 pages (£2) or 20 pages (£3), to purchase directly from me, paypal accepted, £1 postage.