Craft Designs

Another digi page + a welcome

2012-02-19T07:59:00.002Z

Good morning everyone, I hope you are looking out on the same lovely blue skies as I am and there is no wind for a change.
First up this morning is a welcome to new follower Brenda, lovely to see you :o)

My offering for today is another digi scrapbook page of my Greatgrandson Ryan
on his 2nd birthday. He was covered in chocolate!

I am quite getting into this digi page way of scrapbooking althought it will never replace the hands on kind. Methinks that when I have completed enough pages of Ryan I will print them out and make up a book for him to have as a keepsake of his early years :o)

I created the backing and text in PSP and the small inset in PSE5.

The grass is also from PSE5. The gingerbread border, palm tree and monkey were created by my very good friend Pat :o)

Jackie xx

My Easter collection

2012-02-15T09:21:00.000Z

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all warm and well. At the moment I have nice blue skies and fluffy white clouds but it's very windy. I haven't ventured outside yet so don't know if it's cold!

Get yourelf a cuppa and get comfy cuz there are several cards to look at. Sorry if they make you nod off :o)

I created the topper from 3 of my photographs, namely the duck, the daffodils and the grass. I put them together in PSP11 and added the bow from my good friend PatEssex from Docrafts.

All backing papers ar Kay and Co. Embellishments are from Martha Stewart (flutterby), Marianne (corner) and memory Box (leaf vine).

The sentiments are computer generated and cut out with SU and Nestie dies and two are handcut :o)

Jackie xx

Commissioned card

2012-02-14T07:59:00.000Z

Good morning everyone, let me first welcome new follower Markey, Hi there and thank you for joining my followers :o)

I hope you are all warm and well this morning, it's great to be getting up to no frost or fog.

On to my card for today.

The commission was a lighthouse on the right and the sentiment on the left. My cousin asked for one of my own photographs converted to pencil so I could colour it in, so here it is. This is the lighthouse at Southwold, Suffolk, taken on a crafting holiday with friends a couple of years or so ago. Coloured with copics, cut with nestie.

Sentiment is computer generated :o)

Jackie xx

Set of 6 commissioned notecards

2012-02-13T08:20:00.000Z

Good morning Bloggers, I hope all is well with you and that you are warming up now that the intense cold is gone.

On to my notecards, which had to be flat for posting. I had intended an animal theme so not too sure why I did the hang gliding one this time :o)

As you can see, they are all very simple. I cut and folded white linen card to 5x7 then added my own photographs matted onto various colours of card. The elephant, one of the swans, cattle and horse photographs are as they were taken. The other two were manipulated in PSE5 and PSP11. I hope you like them :o)

Jackie xx

Two sympathy cards made from negatives

2012-02-11T07:42:00.000Z

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well with you and you are managing to keep warm.

My cards for today were made using the scrap from a previous upload and although I have made them as sympathy cards, I have had an order for two of the first one for birthday!

Materials:

White linen card cut and folded to A6 and 5x7.

Deep red matt coated card.

SU sentiment stamp.

What could be more simple :o)

Jackie xx

Birthday card for a friend

2012-02-08T08:24:00.001Z

Good morning everyone, I hope the snow has cleared in your area and that you are all warm and well. I still have snow in my garden because I live on the shady side of the street!

On to my card, which is for my very good friend PatEssex on DC. I know she has received it so it's safe to show it LOL.

Of course, it's my own photograph which I took in Bonsall village, Derbyshire,

about 4 years ago.

I cut and folded brown Bazzil to 5x7, my favourite card size.

Photograph is matted onto ivory pearl card.

Flutterbies are SU Emboslits in the same ivory pearl card, as is the Memory Box corner.

Very simple card :o)

Jackie xx

Another digi scrapbook page

2012-02-06T07:24:00.000Z

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all warm and well after all the snow over the weekend!

This is my second attempt at digi scrapbooking, still haven't made up my mind about it but at least I am not wasting any papers while I am trying LOL.

This photograph of me was taken by my Granddaughter Sian (she was only 15 at the time) using my camera. I created the stamp image in PSE5. The dragonfly, flutterby and rose photograps were taken by me and tubed by my friend Pat. Page was created in PSP11 :o)

Jackie xx

I came out of work to this last night

2012-02-05T08:39:00.000Z

8.30 last night, came out of work to find this! Took me nearly 20 minutes to get it cleared, because the snow kept covering it as fast I was clearing it. I had to drive nearly 7 miles at 12 to 15 mph but at least I got home safely. There had been no gritting at all! Why?

My very first ever.....

2012-02-04T07:58:00.000Z

.....digital scrapbook pages!

Good morning everyone, I hope the snow hasn't reached you yet. It's not arrived here yet, but it's still very white with the thick frost overnight Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

On to my digi pages then, never tried them before but as so many folks are doing them I thought I would have a go :o)

Not too sure of them but as they are my first I am reasonably happy.

My Great Grandson Ryan during the summer of 2007.

I used my own sunflower photograph, tubed by my very good friend Pat, to build up a field of them fronted by Pat's fence, and added Pat's scroll. I opened the photographs in PSE5 to frame them and created the pages, including the text, in PSP11 :o)

Jackie xx

Two from Sunday

2012-02-01T08:48:00.000Z

Good morning Bloggers, I hope you are all well or nearly there :o)

These are the two cards I made on Sunday at out craft get together.

For the first one I cut and folded linen card to 6x6.

I used my new embossing folder with white pearl card for the backing then inked the edge with Brilliance inkpad.

Image is SU stamp coloured with copics and matted onto lavender card, both cut with Nesties.

Borrowed sentiment stamp and cut tiny flutterby from new Marianne set of dies.

For the second card I cut and folded linen card to 5x7.

Marianne cut and emboss folder on white pearl card for the main panel, matted onto a kind of mat mirri card, which I also used for the Marianne die cut foliage.

SU sentiment stamp to finish.

Jackie xx

Poppies and flutterbies + a wonderful day

2012-01-30T08:45:00.000Z

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well with you.

I had the most fabulous day yesterday. Seven of us got together and had a fabbytastic crafting day hosted by our lovely friend Pauline, who is a wonderful cook.

We started off with the usual bacon butties then off we all went to Breedon on the Hill for some retail therapy, where I bought a few Marianne dies and a couple of Big & Juicky inkpads, then it was back to Pauline's for a cuppa and Indian/Mexican snacks before we started making cards. I managed to make two, which I will upload when I have taken their pics later. We had a wonderful pork and apple casserole for dinner followed by lemon meringue and/or strawberry and rhubarb steamed pudding and custard ( I had both LOL, as did most of us)

For the time being the poppies are will have to suffice :o)

I cannot believe that I haven't used my copics since August, I nearly forgot how LOL.

Materials:

White linen card cut and folded to 7x5

Red pearlised card

Martha Stewart flutterby punches (two of them)

Memory Box corner die

Copics

Have a great day :o)

Jackie xx

Tulip card and a fab day to look forward to

2012-01-28T08:47:00.000Z

Good morning everyone. I hope you haven't got the dreaded snow yet. It seems hell bent on disrupting our crafting get together tomorrow, as two of our number have to travel from the Peak District, but I'm keeping everything crossed that can be crossed! There will be 7 of us all gathering at our friend Pauline's and there will hopefully be the obligatory bacon butties followed by some retail therapy before we settle down to an afternoon of crafting, much chinwagging and lots of laughter, followed by dinner (Pauline is a wonderful cook) before we all go our separate ways :o)

Anyhow, onto my card which is very simple indeed.

The tulip photograph is one I took many moons ago and I just happened to find, in my stash, the perfect colour pearlised paper to go with it. Tulip and mat cut with Nellie Snellen die, Foliage band is from a Memory Box die and the sentiment is from an SU set, Brilliance inkpad, finished off with three gems from stash.

I will be back in the week to let you know how our get together went :o)

Jackie xx

Snowdrops

2012-01-25T08:59:00.000Z

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all well and happy.

I have two cards to show you today, both made using my own snowdrop photographs. So appropriate at this time of year. Yes, I know that flutterbies and snowdrops would not be seen together IRL, but we can call it cardmaker's licence :o)

Materials;

White linen card cut and folded to 7x5

White pearlised card embossed with Creative Expressions and Marianne embossing folders

Flutterbies from Martha Stewart punch

Foliage from Marianne dies

Main image and mats cut with Nesties

Plain green card for mats

I hope you like them :o)

Jackie xx

A card and a welcome

2012-01-24T08:05:00.000Z

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all well or getting there. When I came out of work at 9.30 last night I had to scrape the car windscreen, but it has rained overnight and cleared the ice. I wish it would make up it's mind!

I see that I have a new follower. Welcome Manjula, can you please let me see your blog so I can say hello to you.

Onto my card for today, which is another brayered one.

For details see my previous card except that I used Stampendous agapanthus stamp, a different Big & Juicly inkpad (sorry, can't remember the name) and Papermania black embossing powder, plus Nesties :o)

Jackie xx

Get well card

2012-01-21T09:04:00.001Z

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all well. I must say I prefer the frost and sun of earlier in the week to the windy, rainy grey days at this end of the week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had to go back to work yesterday after a few days off, which I enjoyed very much indeed.

On to my card for today. A get well card for the box, I missed a chace to sell last week with not having any in there!

I made two but I will put the other one on later.

Materials;

White linen card cut and folded to 6x6 for the base card

Plain brown card for matting and layering

Plain white card brayered with Big & Juicy Spice

Hero Arts stamp

Martha Stewart

Papermania copper embossing powder

SU sentiment stamp

Scrap of ribbon from stash

Memento inkpad

I hope you like it :o)

Jackie xx

You've seen the photographs, here are the cards.....

2012-01-18T08:47:00.000Z

.....except for the swan, I haven't made that one yet!

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all well. When I went to bed last night the frost was very thick, when I got out of bed at 4am it was all gone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not that I am complaining, of course.

I had a great day yeaterday. Started these 4 cards, then went and had a wander round Long Eaton before going to George's tradition for my lunch, then came home and finished the cards off, then later I spent a couple of hours with CSI :o)

Anyway, I digress so on to my cards

The pine cone one is my first Christmas card this year.

Materials used are;

Own photographs played about with in PSE5 and PSP

White linen card

plain black card

A smidgeon of Glamour Dust (on the pine cone card)

A scrap of ribbon

Memory Box corner die

Marianne leafe die

Stampendous embossing powder

Hero Arta pine branch stamp

Have a wonderful day everyone :o)

Jackie xx

No cards, just a few pics

2012-01-17T07:59:00.000Z

Good morning bloggers, I hope you are all well.

I made the mistake of uploading the photographs first and now it won't let me type in at the beginning!!!!!

All photographs taken at St Chad's Water, Derbyshire, last week and then opened and shaped in PSE5 :o)

Jackie xx

I've been playing.....

2012-01-14T08:22:00.000Z

.....with the resist technique, at least I think it is LOL.

Hi everyone on this very frosty Saturday morning. Thank goodness I don't go to work until 2pm so hopefully won't have to scrape the car!

I folded linen card then cut with nesties labels 6 to make the basecard.

I used PB Queen Anne's Lace and stamped with Versamark then heat embossed with Papermania Seafoam white.

Next step was to brayer with Big & Juicy Spice inkpad then added the Marianne diecuts which I popped with 1mm foam pads and Bob's yer uncle, couldn't be much more simple :o)

Jackie xx

New home card

2012-01-11T07:53:00.000Z

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all well or getting there.

I had the most fantasic day out with my daughter yesterday. We shopped (she for quilting stuff and me for clothes, not a craft shop in sight), we picnicked and we marvelled at the aerobatics of a raven and a kestrel while we were picnicking at Monsal Head in the beautiful Peak District. I had never seen a real live raven and couldn't believe just how big they are!!!!!

On to my card for today, which is for friends who have moved to the coast.

Own photograph used, and quite a mix of dies and punches. Memory Box, Marianne, Papermania and SU. Sentiment printed in Word :o)

Jackie xx

Hold on to your dreams

2012-01-09T08:52:00.000Z

Good morning everyone, Monday again already. Don't the weeks fly by so fast!

Does it show that I love doing this style of card?

I just had to use my new Marianne bird die and teamed it up with others from the same stable. Background is brayered with Big and Juicy and then stamped with Papermania greeting and Srampendous stamps using Memento black/London fog inkpads :o)

Jackie xx

Monochrome card and a welcome

2012-01-07T09:03:00.000Z

Good morning bloggers, I hope you are all well or getting there :o)

I would like to say welcome to Rachael, my latest follower, Hi Rachael.

I see the wind is back and the morning is very grey and dull but at least it is dry so far, not holding my breath though!

Anyhow, on to my card for today, which I have to say I am very happy with :o)

I do love browns, earth colours. I cut and folded white card to 5x7. Brayered another piece of white card with Big and Juicy inkpad Spice then stamped it with Kanban dandelion stamps and SU greeting for the background using Memento inkpad.

The embossed panel was created with my new Craft Concepts dandelion folder and matted onto corrugated card from PDA. To finish off, I added a couple of Marianne diecuts which I cut from Bazzill. Hope you like it :o)

Jackie xx

Very simple mini notecards

2012-01-04T08:24:00.000Z

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well with you.

These are so simple, I just printed out the digi images and then cut and folded to 4x4. They make very handy little notecards

The mark you may see in the middle are on the camera, I have to take it in to be cleaned!

I have coloured them using Caran D'Ache watercolour pencils, not a copic to be seen anywhere. It's the first time in about 2 years that I have used them so I am a little rusty :o)

Jackie xx

Happy New Year + first card for 2012

2012-01-01T07:58:00.000Z

Good morning everyone, I hope 2012 is very kind to all of you :o)

I was ill all over the Christmas period, coughing so much I never went to bed for 10 nights! BUT, I have started 2012 feeling so much better. Anyway, onto my card, which is the second for 2012, can't show the first one yet because I know the recipient pops in here from

time to time!

This is for my cousin whose birthday is early in February. I cut and folded the basecard from Bazzill. The corrugated card is from PDA and the paper from Kay & Co. Flutterbies cut and embossed with SU embosslits folder, the rest cut with Marianne dies.

Now I am going to try and play catchup on your blogs :o)

Jackie xx

English country garden.....

2011-12-17T09:11:00.000Z

.....no, not my own garden, I only have a pocket handkerchief front and back!

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all well and snowfree.

I took this photograph way back in 2006 in Bonsall, near Matlock Bath. It was next door to the village hall where we used to have a monthly open mike day where anyone who could play an instrument or sing was welcome to come and join us :o)

It's another very simple card but I am pleased with it.

I cut and folded linen card to 5x7. The photograph is backed with gold paper, the same used for the gorgeous corner from Memory Box and the flutterbies from my lost but now found SU Embosslits cut and emboss folder.

The Memory Box die is one of three that I bought last week and I am delighted with them, I WILL be getting more :o)

Jackie xx

No cards, just a few pics

2011-12-15T07:55:00.000Z

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all well.

No cards from me today, too busy painting in the kitchen!

On Sunday I popped out to St Chad's Water for a breath of fresh air and was lucky enough to see these wonderful Great tits, Blue tits and chaffinches feeding.

I know they aren't everone's cup of tea but this wood pigeon looked so cuddly all huddled up against the icy wind!

I framed them all in PSE5 :o)

Jackie xx

Birthday card for a dear friend

2011-12-13T07:54:00.000Z

Good morning everyone, I hope that you have escaped those gales and lashing rain although I fear that not many have, and the forecast is not good for the rest of the week! At least it's a good reason to lock ourselves in craft areas.

This is my first card for 2012 and is for a friend who I know doesn't come on the blogs.

For once, I haven't cut and folded my own card, this is from an 8x8 Papermania pack of Kraft cards. The corrugated and plain card card is from PDA. Tools used are; Marianne dies, Go Kreate scalloped circle dies, SU stamp and punches, Martha Stewart flutterby punch. All punched and diecuts are pearlised card from stash. Paper inside card is from J&P Pictures.

I hope you like because I am delighted with it :o)

Jackie xx

Another simple card

2011-12-11T13:15:00.001Z

Good afternoon everyone. I'm a bit late today but I just had to get stuff done before turning the computer on! Then it was lunch time and I really enjoyed my stew and dumplings and I've got cheese and onion bread in the breadmaker so I will be having that for my tea :o)

Anyway, on to my card, for which I have used some of my new Marianne dies again, I love them.

I used nesties to frame the main image. I roughly brayered plain white paper with Big and Juicy inkpad Spice, andthere is just a hint of SU stamps :o)

Jackie xx

Simple card

2011-12-08T07:55:00.000Z

Good morning everyone. I hope you are all warm and well and not living in the areas that are set for gusts of up to 100 mph!

This is quite a simple card.

I cut and folded white hammered card to 6x6 and covered with J&P paperwhich has been punched with Martha Stewart trellis punch. The flower and grasses are from my brand new Marianne dies, and I used a tiny SU greeting stamp.

That's it, so simple :o)

Jackie xx

A brilliant day anda at last, I made something.....

2011-12-07T08:54:00.000Z

.....I feel as if I have been in a crafting wilderness this last two weeks, but I am hopefully back amonst friends now :o)

Sunday was a fantastic day when I hosted our crafting get together and we even had a friend and her hubby fly over from Spain to join us. We started the day with our usual bacon butties, then it was off to Byrkley Park for some ratail therapy where I managed to get some Marianne dies that I have been wanting. You will see some of them on my DLO below. When we got back we had the soup that I had made the previous evening. It was an "allsorts" soup, I just threw anything I had to hand in it and even if I do say so myself it was good ;-)

A great afternoon of crafting, in which I made precisely nothing, was followed with Chicken casserole and veggies and the lovely Pam had made bread and butter pudding and brought it with her.

Did I hear someone snoring there? I had better get the piccies on then :o)

My apologies for the quality of the photographs, I used the wrong camera in low light because I hadn't got time to change the lens on the other one!

All of the photographs were played with in PSE5 and PSP11 and they are matted onto gold paper. The 12x12 backing paper is from stash. For the title I used Calvin font in SCAL and cut it out on the Cricut. Marianne dies for the embellishments and the journalling was printed in Word, Harrinton font.

Have a wonderful day everyone :o)

Jackie xx

Good morning all.....

2011-12-03T08:13:00.000Z

..... I can't believe it's a whole week since I last posted, I've had a very busy week with no crafting :o( It is more than a week since I made a card and I am feeling deprived!

At the moment I am preparing for a craft day at my house tomorrow, there will only be 6 of us this time because two can't make it, they will be sorely missed. On a lighter note, one of our group has flown in from Spain to be with us tomorrow.

I will hopefully be able to catch up with commenting in the next couple of days or so.

Happy crafting everyone :o)

Jackie xx

Good morning all.....

2011-11-26T07:52:00.000Z

..... Grab a cuppa and put your feet up because it's a long post ;o)

Here are a few photographs I took on Thursday when my daughter and I went off to Barnsdale Gardens. Even at this time of the year there is plenty of colour :o)

There will be nothing else from me for a few days now although I will try and keep up with your posts. I have to get all my Christmas cards written and posted, and next weekend I am hosting a crafting get together so I have to prepare for that - I have to rearrange the furnitur e to get them all in. On top of that, I am in dispute with the taxman who tells me that I owe hime £704.65 so I am going through the last 4 1/2 years of payslips to see where he got that idea from! I think he just plucked that figure from the air.

Aint life great when you are having fun!

Of course that blue sky didn't last very long!

From Barnsdale we went to Hambleton Bakery where we were greeted with the wonderful smells of old fashined breadmaking. Of course we bought bread and teacakes and foccaccio and..... then we went and parked up at Rutland water for our picnic. By now the sun had gone and the wind was not only blowing very strongly, it had gone very cold, so we sat in the car with our picnic and guess what, we had forgotten the teabags grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Never mind, we had pop :o) I hope I haven't bored you all to tears

Jackie xx

A few from my Castleton photographs

2011-11-23T08:19:00.001Z

Good morning everyone on this very frosty start to the day!

At last, I have discovered a way to get true colours when taking pics of my cards in the bad winter light! I used my big camera - with the small lens - for these which is very good in poor light conditions and the colours are near perfect so you are seeing the cards as they really are :o)

All backings except the cow card are also own photographs, the first one being taken at Trent Lock on a beautful summer evening a couple of years ago, but the others taken at Castleton.

As with the previous cards, I have played with the photographs in PSE5 and PSP

Jackie xx

An apology and a few cards

2011-11-21T08:42:00.002Z

Good morning everyone. I am so sorry I have not been visiting your blogs for a few days, my mojo got lost while I had the frozen shoulder and I just couldn't get myself motivated at all! Anyway, I am back now and hopefully will catch up at least a little so here are a few cards I made with my recent swan photograph :o)

Although the first one looks cream it is actually white base card, the light was so bad all day yesterday as the fog never really lifted!

I opened the photograph in Photoshop Elements 5 to create a png image then opened the original image and the png in Paint Shop Pro to create the toppers.

Punches and dies used are SU, Martha Stewart and Spellbinder, swirl cut on the Cricut from the SCAL shape library, Cuttlebug embossing folder used on the mat for the third card and SU stamp for the greeting on the top card :o)

Jackie xx

Thank you so much.....

2011-11-17T08:08:00.000Z

.....for all of your kind wishes, my shoulder is so much better now, just a little twinge now and again as opposed to continuous pain.

I am off out today to lunch with an extended family/very distant cousin who is also a very dear friend, so no crafting for me today - sigh :o)

Jackie xx

Not a poinsettia in sight !

2011-11-16T07:00:00.001Z

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well with you :o)

I have not been able to make cards for a few days due to a frozen shoulder OUCH. If you have ever had one then you know how painful it is!

Anyhow, I finally managed to put a card together yesterday so here it is :o)

My apologies for the quality of the photograph but the light is not good for taking pics!

I cut the lattice on the Cricut using a Penny Duncan freebie svg. McGill punched leaves and Woodware punched flowers, SU punch and sentiment. I sprayed the flowers with a smidgin of CC gold spray. Flower centres is stickles :o)

Jackie xx

A different poinsettia

2011-11-12T07:59:00.000Z

Yes, I finally managed to get the Marianne large poinsettia die set thanks to the lovely Doreen who pointed me in the direction of Cuddly Buddly. Thank you Doreen :o)

Not too sure if I need to add a swirl or something, not one for embellishments myself!

I folded and cut linen card to 6x6 then added MME glittercard squares punched with Woodware punch and a bit of Glamour Dust around the edges.

Poinsettia cut from scraps :o)

Jackie xx

It's that poinsettia again.....

2011-11-09T08:03:00.000Z

..... I love it because I can cut it to any size I want :o)

Good morning everyone. After that glorious sunny day on Sunday I cannot believe the difference now, so dark and gloomy and very wet!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyhow, onto my card which is very simple

I used Penny Duncan's svg poinsettia file again for this one and she very kindly gave permission for me to design a corner with it, thank you Penny

I used the flower centre from Marianne's poinsettia die set, and the sentiment is a Stampendous stamp. All the flowers were sprayed with CC glitterspray :o)

Jackie xx

A photograph or three

2011-11-08T08:10:00.000Z

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all well or getting there.

No cards from me today but here are a few piccies from my trip to the Peak District on Sunday. Take note of the wonderful blue sky, because it's been dark and grey since then!

Oh how I would have loved to be up there with them, what a wonderful sense of freedom they must have when they are looking down on us mere mortals who like out feet firmly on the ground :o)

Jackie xx

Poinsettia trio + a wonderful day out

2011-11-07T08:03:00.001Z

Good morning Bloggers, I cannot believe it is a whole week since I posted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have been so busy this week that card making was not an option :o( I was out with my daughter all day yesterday and the weather was very kind indeed with sunshine all the way. We set off early for Castleton and the farmer's market there and then we had a lovely walk round, with a stop to watch fudge being made and of course we had to buy some, before heading for the Vale of Edale via Winnat's Pass where we stopped for a little while watching about 40 paragliders doing their thing. What a colourful spectacle that was too. We stopped in the Vale of Edale for our picnic then headed off to village hop our very roundabout way home.

Anyhow, onto my card, which is the only one I have made in more than a week! I am beginning to feel deprived now :o)

I cut and folded white card to 6x6 then added a layer of paper I found in my scrap box. The 4 panels are blue pearlised card, "cuttlebugged" then matted onto white pearlised card. The poinsettias were cut on the Cricut and the centre of the large one was punched with McGill punch, the tiny stars are what is left after I punched a border with a Dovecraft punch. Flowers were sprayed with Crafters Companion glitterspray :o)

Jackie xx

White and gold + updated Cricut snowflake card

2011-10-31T08:27:00.000Z

Good morning Bloggers, I hope you are all well or getting there :o)

It looks very grey and windy out there this morning but at least it isn't raining. It was a beautiful sunny day yesterday!

Any way, onto my card for today and an updated card.

I decided something had to be done with the sparkly Cricut card (see yesterday's post) as it was lacking, so I added a blue panel behind the snowflake cutout edge and I do believe it lifts it considerably :o)

And now for today's card. While I was in CJs craft shop in Edgely, Stockport, a few weeks ago I spotted a gorgeous white and gold card using this Marianne cut and emboss folder and had to make one myself. My layout and flower are not the same as the one in the shop, it was the white and gold that I wanted to recreate and I am quite pleased with the result. The flower is from an SVG file by Penny Duncan and I cut it on the Cricut, the largest layer being 2.5 inches across. All card used is pearlised white and mirri and I must say that I do like the effect :o)

Jackie xx

Cricut card

2011-10-30T15:43:00.000Z

Good afternoon everyone, I hope you are all well. The day here started off very wet but the we now have wall to wall sunshine :o)

I have been playing with the Cricut again and here is part of the result.

The card is from an SVG file from the svgBlog. I haven't done anything with the inside yet. I cut the card on the Cricut using white glittercard, and added the McGill and Woodware punched snowflakes and that's all there is to it :o)

Jackie xx

A very simple card.....

2011-10-29T08:52:00.000+01:00

.....with freebie paper!

Good morning Bloggers, I hope you are all well or getting there.

This card was soooooooooooo simple to make because all I used was a free paper from the lovely

Jak Heath and snowflake punches from McGill and Woodware, and an unkown origin sentiment stamp :o)

I will probably add a smidgin of Glamour dust later to lift it a bit

I am off to work this afternoon but I hope you all have a great weekend :o)

Jackie xx

More variations on a theme

2011-10-27T08:03:00.001+01:00

Good morning Bloggers. I haven't opened the curtains yet so don't know what it's like out there! I hope all is well with everyone, and if not then I hope it soon will be.

For my cards today I have used a photograph of a teazel that I took in my daughter's garden a few years ago.

All very simple cards. All are cut with Nesties and Xcut Nesties and matted onto either mirri or pearlised card. Border on the last one punched with Martha Stewart punch, a couple of ribbon and cord scraps from stash and Bob's yer Uncle, job done. Oooooooooooooooooops! Nearly forgot the greetings. Merry Christmas is from a Woodware word set and season's greetings is from a Peachy Keen set, I think :o)

Jackie xx

Not too sure about this one.....

2011-10-26T08:16:00.000+01:00

.....it's a bit loud for me!

Good morning everyone. It's been raining overnight but we have some pale blue sky so far this morning, fingers crossed it stays that way.

Right, onto my card which is a bit OTT for me LOL

I designed the doily in SCAL and cut it with the Cricut, then cut the middle out with a Nestie and replaced it with a Nestie cut sentiment from Papermania. Poinsettias are Marianne Designs diecuts and Nellie Snellen punched. Background is mirri card embossed with Cuttlebug folder. I can't remember what I cut the holly leaves with, I found them languishing in a box of bits :o)

Jackie xx

Just s few photographs.....

2011-10-24T09:03:00.001+01:00

.....yes, I took my cameras for a walk at St Chad's Water again yesterday afternoon. It is such a peaceful and tranquil place to spend an hour or so.

Before I show them to you, I seem to have acquired 2 new followers but haven't a clue who they are as there are no avatars. Whoever you are I would like to say hello and welcome, and maybe you can let me know who you are :o)

These are just a few of the 54 pics I took, I hope that you like them :o)

Jackie xx

Very simple card + I just had to share a comment with you

2011-10-23T08:58:00.000+01:00

Good morning everyone. It's a bit of a nondescript start to the day outside, not cold, not warm, pale grey sky and not a bird in sight!

I just had to share this comment on my blog with you, isn't it so beautiful, I was very touched by it. It is from a Spanish gentleman and I had to ask a friend who lives in Spain to translate it for me.

"It is a pleasure to walk through your work that is of an exquisite richness.
I leave all my affection a salutation"

What a beautiful use of words.

Anyhow, on to my card which couldn't be much more simple :o)

I think this is ideal if you need to make a lot of cards in a little time!

Another new embossing folder, embossed straight onto an pale lemon A6 pearlised card then added the Cricut cut bauble, snowflake cut with McGill punch, tiny one at the bottom is the centre from a Marianne poinsettia die set and covers a smudge! No name on sentiment stamp because I can't remember which set it's from :o)

Jackie xx

Scrapbook pages and a welcome

2011-10-20T07:51:00.000+01:00

Good morning everyone. So far it looks like a nice calm morning out there.

I would like to start the day by welcoming a new follower, hello Christine, thank you for joining me :o)

And now onto my 12x12 DLO. I decided it was time I got my scrapbooking head on as I have not done any since about January!

Of course I had wanted to load them left first then right so they are in sequence but Blogger decided otherwise! Never mind, I am sure that you can work out

which is which :o)

The backing paper was from stash and has no name on.

All brown and orange card is Bazzil, gold mirri also used. Titles created in Scal using Balloon font and cut on Cricut. Round mats were cut with Nesties and Go create. Swirl is from Sizzix long die and the bottom border is the negative from same :o)

Jackie xx

Sunflower card

2011-10-19T09:30:00.000+01:00

Good morning everyone. The sun has come out to play and we've got wall to wall blue skies. Cold but beautiful which is, for me, a perfect day. What a shame I have to spoil it by going to work this afternoon!
Any how, onto my card. Isn't it amazing what yo find when you are looking for something else. I printed and cut out these sunflowers from Corel Draw 7 many moons ago, probably more than two years, and then 'lost' them. They came to light the other day, as did the previously brayered background, when I was looking for some not related so I thought HeyHo, I'll make a card then :o)

I printed the sunflowers on photo card. The sentiment stamp has no name on it.

Base card is white linen card :o)

Jackie xx

Clock card + a welcome

2011-10-18T08:12:00.000+01:00

Good morning everyone, I hope you have survived the storms intact!

I would like to welcome new follower Alison this morning, Hi Alison, I will be round to checkout your blog later :o)

My card this morning is another fairly simple flat card for posting.

I cut and folded plain white card to 6x6 then covered it with paper from stash, sorry I can't remeber whether it is HOTP or Kay&Co. I cut the clock and cogs with the Cricut from copper pearlised card and the sentiment stamp has no name on it! It is truly a card created from old stash :o)

Jackie xx

Very simple card

2011-10-17T09:03:00.000+01:00

Good morning everyone, methinks Autumn really has arrived this morning. I had a wonderful day out with my daughter yesterday, with a smidgin' of retail therapy thrown in for good measure. We had intended going to the Branston Water Park but somehow missed the turning so we picnicked at Blithfield Reservoir, which we found by accident, instead. It was so peaceful and tranquil there watching the sailing dinghies and the fishermen in their boats while we ate. All in all it was a happy accident missing the turning for our intended destination, and we can go there another time.

By the way, those "geese" in my last post were actually swans :o)

Anyway, onto my card which I think could possibly be suitable for a male.

Nothing very exciting about this card, but I am very happy with the way it turned out. I cut and folded the basecard from some beige card I had in my stash. I bought it at PDA many moons ago. I also used it for the moon, lightly inked, and for the mat. The corrugated card is also from PDA but I bought that last week. I used bronze pearlised card for the Tom Holtz trees inside and outside and a Papermania greeting stamp.

I hope you like it :o)

Jackie xx

A few photographs

2011-10-15T09:04:00.002+01:00

On Wednesday morning I took my car in for it's service and then strolled down to the old overgrown canal with my cameras. These are just a few of the photographs I took. After a very wet and miserable day Tuesday, as you can see, it was a glorious morning with a mediterranean blue sky :o)

As I don't walk too well, by the time I got back to the garage I was struggling so they gave me a lift home and then brought my car home for me when it was done, great service with a smile :o)

Jackie xx

Stop Press! Thank you for your lovely comments everyone, but the "geese" are actually swans :o)

New embossing and cut and emboss folders.....

2011-10-14T11:54:00.000+01:00

.....three of them!

Two Crafts Too folders and one Marianne designs cut and emboss folder and I did enjoy playing with them :o)

I made the roses made using a borrowed Marianne die, used Leone Em punch for the leaves, and a mixture of Xcut, Leone Em and ? punches for the flowers. All the flutterbies are from Martha Stewart punches and the tiny dragonflies from a Xcut punch. Romantic sentiment is a PB stamp heat embossed, and the sentiment on the easel card is SU cut with SU punches :o)

Jackie xx

A wonderful day.....

2011-10-12T12:47:00.000+01:00

.....was had by all :o)

We set off at 8am yesterday in the rain, it's rained all the way to Macclesfield, all day while we were there, and all the way home until we got back to Derby where the ground was dry. We had a wonderful day of laughter, chinwagging and retail therapy with a little bit of crafting thrown in for good measure. Despite all that I only made 1 4x4 minicard but we were all busy making flowers for future use :o)

Here is the little card I made

I cut the card shape with an Xcut nestie then embossed it with an FF folder. I borrowed our hostess's punches (sorry, don't know the make) to cut and emboss the poisettias and another friend's Marianne leaf dies, and a tiny star punch for the centres. Sorry I can't remember what stamp set the sentiment came from. it really was very simple to make :o)

Jackie xx

Back to cards using own photographs

2011-10-10T14:02:00.001+01:00

I am much later than normal today but they do say "better late than never". I won't be here in the morning to upload because I am off to Macclesfield to have a wonderful crafting day with friends WooHooooooooo :o)

Anyway, on to my cards for today. The photographs were taken at St Chad's Water last week and I have only just had time to use them!

Sorry to say I cannot remember the maker of the embossing folder, it may be Craft Concepts but I'm not sure! Other equipment used is MS punch, Leone Em punch

and Nesties :o)

Jackie xx

PS. Thank you to Elizabeth (Silver Scrapper) for reminding me that the embossing folder is from SU :o)

Variations on a theme

2011-10-09T07:52:00.000+01:00

Good morning Bloggers, I hope you are all well. I am cock-a-hoop because this is the first day of a whole week off work WeyHeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

On to my cards for today. They are just variations and colours of one I posted the other day so I hope they don't bore you too much LOL.

I could have kicked myself when I realised that on the purple one I had stuck the DS tape on the embossed side, but I think it still works debossed, just not so clearly defined had it been on the right side!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As on the first one I made, the same Marianne Designables I call them Marianne Creatables in the last one and I woz wrong) cut and emboss folders were used, and the McGill, Woodware and Leone Em punches :o)

Jackie xx

Back to own photographs and a welcome.....

2011-10-08T08:00:00.002+01:00

.....to a new follower Cheryl, thank you for joining me Cheryl :o)
Okay it was only a short break from my photographs LOL. These two photographs are from the ones I took at St Chad's Lake and I didn't get around to making the cards until now.

As you can see, they are extremely simple. I am not one for lots of embellishments as you may well have noticed, but I did add a Cricut cut swirl to the top one LOL. Sentiments are SU stamps and the mat for the honesty is mirri card cut with an Xcut die :o)

Jackie xx

A change from Christmas and own photographs

2011-10-05T08:21:00.001+01:00

Good morning everyone. I know it won't suit all of you but for me it's thank goodness the weather has cooled down, I was just about on my last legs!

Anyway, onto my card which is a big change from my recent ones :o)

All the card used is pearlised. I used a Marianne cut and emboss folder for the main panel and punches used were McGill, Woodware and Martha Stewart, and little pearls for the flower centres. Unfortunately the glue was still wet when I stood the card up to take it's pic and the leaves slipped a bit, but I was able to rectify it, thank goodness. I didn't want to have to bin it :o)

Jackie xx

Very simple charity cards + a big thank you

2011-10-02T08:04:00.000+01:00

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well with you :o)

Believe it or not, last week a frozen shoulder, this week a horrible cough and cold. I hope it's all done with soon as I break up next weekend for a week off work and don't want to be coughing the week away!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now for the thank you for all your wonderful comments on my previous card which I had thought was too dull and dismal for a Christmas card but it seems it has the thumbs up all round, so I won't bin it after all :o)

Now onto today's cards which I have kept so simple it only took me 45 minutes to make them including the inserts!

All except the top one are digi toppers I created with my own photographs. The odd one out is a Corel Draw 7 image with added greeting. I have made then for the League of Friends at Ilkeston Hospital and theya re all printed directly onto the card. I stamped the greetings onto the Southern belle and penguin cards :o)

Jackie xx

A bit of an experiment playing with images and my photogrpahs

2011-10-01T08:43:00.000+01:00

Good morning everyone, I know you are probably all enjoing this very unseasonal weather but I am suffering with all this heat and I want Autumn to come back pleeeeeeeeeeeeease!

Anyway, onto my card. What can I say about it? I was ready to bin it but a couple of friends told me they love it!

The background is my own photograph taken through my sitting room window. The sleigh is an svg from Scrapping Table to which I have added a scroll. The "reindeer" - antelope really but heyho, it's cardmakers licence - is an image from CorelDraw7 which, in computer years, is ancient LOL. I have converted it to an svg then strung them together, but the small one is too small as it's legs are so thin they broke as I pulled them of the cutting

mat :o( The sentiment is my own Scal image and it, and the swirl, is covered with Glamour Dust. I drew the star with gluepen and dusted it too. Personally I am still not too sure that it's worth saving but I will be guided by all of you :o)

Jackie xx

Fairy cards + my own wheat

2011-09-28T08:51:00.000+01:00

Good morning Bloggers, I hope you are all well, my arm is virtually back to normal now :o)

I must say welcome to a new follower Freyja, thank you for joining me.

Onto my cards and particularly my wheat LOL. I am so chuffed that I managed to create the wheat from an old CorelDraw 7 image. I bought this version way back about 1997 but I never installed it on this machine. I suddenly thought of an image that I used to make some cards years ago, before I really got started in crafting and would you believe it, I have browsed it for hours and cannot find it. Still, I have found some other cracking images that I can make SCAL files from so I am a happy bunny :o)

The mushrooms are an svg file I found on the internet and I am sorry I cannot remember where. If you know please tell me so I can give credit where it's due.

I brayered some thin card for the background and used the offcuts to stamp the

main image. It's the first time these Lindsay Mason stamps have seen ink apart from the sentiment. Main images cut with Nesties :o)

Jackie xx

A couple more simple cards + a big thank you

2011-09-27T07:30:00.000+01:00

Good morning everyone. Thank you so much for all of your kind comments about my arm. Your good wishes have worked, my arm is nearly back to normal and I had a reasonable

night's sleep.

Now onto my cards, again very simple embossed cards but with a poinsettia added.

Embossing folders used are the ever faithful Cuttlebug Winter Scene and Craft concepts Candles, and the poinsettia was cut with a Marianne Designables die :o)

Jackie xx

One I made earlier

2011-09-26T07:19:00.000+01:00

Good morning bloggers. I hope you had a better Sunday than I did! My right shoulder decided to freeze and I was nearly crying with the pain. I got very little sleep on Saturday night and spent most of yesterday afternoon and evening nodding on the settee and yelling when I accidentally moved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Still, it has eased quite a bit now and I got a bit more sleep last night!

Anyhow, here is my card, another one using a photograph I took at Elvaston Castle last December

This time I added a Marianne poinsettia and I used an MS punch on the mirri card mat. Yet another very simple card :o)

Jackie xx

Not a Christmas card in sight.....

2011-09-24T08:09:00.000+01:00

.....but I do still have some to show you yet LOL.

Good morning everyone, what a lovely Autumn morning it is too with hazy sunshine and that tiny nip in the air. I am finally comfortable with the temperature and I hope fervently that we do not get the temperatures promised for next week!

Anyhow, onto my cards which I have made using some of my Autumn photographs.

For the leaves card I created the leaf border in SCAL and cut it, and the single leaves, out on the Cricut. I opened all of the photographs in PSP and added borders, and in the case of the leaves card I also added the caption. For the other three cards I printed out larger photographs on plain paper for the backgrounds. The two stamps used are Hero Arts and the embossing powder is Papermania copper.

I am quite pleased with the end results but there is always room for improvement :o)

Jackie xx

The last 5 of my 100

2011-09-22T07:41:00.000+01:00

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all as well as you can be.

These were the last of my 100 target that I made on Tuesday morning WOOHOOOOOO

Apart from the snow family, which was a digi image I won last year from FFF, they are all old stamps that I resurrected from the bottom of the box! Coloured with a mixture of copics and stardust pens, and all cut out with nesties.

Today is the day for my weekly lunch at George's Tradition in Long Eaton so I am really looking forward to it :o)

Jackie xx

A quartet of robin cards + I finally finished my 100

2011-09-21T08:22:00.000+01:00

Yes, you read that right, I finally finished my 100 cards yesterday with 10 days to spare WeyHeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. Now I can get on to making my specials for friends and family. Methinks I may have trouble getting out of Christmas mode by the time I have finished them all LOL

The sun is shining and it's wall to wall blue here after such a dull grey day yesterday. I hope the sun is shining for you.

I have used 1 Woodware and various MS punches

Have a lovely day everyone :o)

Jackie xx

Autumn photographs

2011-09-20T07:46:00.001+01:00

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well as it can be with you.

I took my cameras for a stroll around St Chad's Water on Sunday, it's only about 3 miles from here so it's one of my favourite haunts :o)

Once again, Blogger has loaded them in the wrong order but heyho, at least the are all there :o)

Jackie xx

Very simple trio

2011-09-19T08:14:00.000+01:00

Good morning Bloggers, Monday morning soon comes around doesn't it! Well I made a few more cards so I only have 9 to go then my 100 will be done Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

These are very simple indeed

The stamp is from Elzybells and I bought it just before they closed. I have added a bit of gold glamour dust to the stars and palm trees, a bit of chalking and a bit of inking and that's all there is to them :o)

Jackie xx

Only 1 simple card this morning

2011-09-18T08:02:00.000+01:00

Good morning Bloggers. In total contrast to yesterday, the sun is shining and it's wall to wall blue sky :o) I only have 1 card to share today but hopefully I will be whittling away at those remaining 15 today.

As you can see, it is a very simple card with my own photograph, taken at Elvaston Castle a couple of years or so ago. I added a frame and caption to it in PSP, matted it onto black card, added a scrap of ribbon and there you have it :o)

Oh by the way, some of you got it right about my "deliberate" mistake yesterday, the first card I debossed forgetting the mirri card is single sided :o)

Jackie xx

85 down, 15 to go!

2011-09-17T08:26:00.000+01:00

Good morning Bloggers, I hope all is well with everyone :o)

When I got up at 6.50 this morning the sun was streaming through the window, then id gradually got darker and darker and the rain arrived. Now the sun is trying it's best to show it's face again so it looks like a day of changeable weather! As I will be at work this afternoon and evening I'm not really bothered LOL.

Anyway, on to my cards. I have now completed 85 of my 100 so I have another 15 to do before the 30th!

Once again, Blogger has chosen to upload them in a different order than the way I loaded them! Sorry they are all the same boring card but I love the way they all look so different in other colours.They were all made using the same Cuttlebug folder. I have to do simple to get them all made in time for my target date!

By the way, did you spot the deliberate mistake? If you didn't I will tell you what it is in my next post :o)

Jackie xx

Gold and silver

2011-09-14T07:59:00.000+01:00

Good morning Bloggers, I hope you have all survived the ravages of the tail end of

hurricane Katia!

I had a gold and silver day yesterday and made 6 cards, which brings my total to 80 of the 100 target I set myself by the end of this month. Here are 4 of the 6 that I made.

How come that it always loads them up in a different order to what a selected them in?????

Oh well, never mind eh!

As you can see, the couldn't be much more simple, but I quite like them. Once again I have used my wonderful Tim Holtz trees - my favourite embossing folder of all time - and just added a Sizzix reindeer, and the Papermania stockings for the other 2 cards :o)

Jackie xx

Autumn floral

2011-09-12T08:09:00.000+01:00

Good morning everyone. I can see from the puddles outside that it rained a lot overnight, did you get any? I can see a few blue bits though the cloud so hopefully it will clear away and be a nice day. Why can't it always rain when we are in bed and be nice in the daytime?

Anyhow, here is my card, the only one I managed to make yesterday as I am still sorting my craftroom out yet again!!!!!!!

The card, mat and leaves were all cut on the Cricut and the flower is from a McGill punch. Card used is plain brown, plain buff and pearlised copper all from stash, with a large bronze brad for the flower centre :o)

Jackie xx

Two very simple cards

2011-09-10T08:14:00.000+01:00

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well with you :o)

Not the best I've ever made but I decided I would show them to you anyway LOL.

The card above may not be the best ever, but I was chuffed that I managed to design the 'let it snow' caption and the snowman border. The HOTP paper is an offcut from years ago

This is my fave of the two. The buff coloured card is from PDA, the reindeer is, I think, a Sizzix diecut from a friend, and of course the TH tree embossing folder. Sentiment stamp has no name on it but I punched it with SU :o)

Jackie xx

Not bauble cards for a change.....

2011-09-08T07:43:00.000+01:00

.....but if you look closely you may see a few here and there :o)

They are all my own photographs.

This one is made up from 3 photographs, a scene in the snow at Elvaston Castle, a Christmas tree and a santa bauble. I put them all together in PSP. Holly punch (sorry it has no name on it) and I used a Marvey for the berries.

More jiggery pokery in PSP. I took the Southern Belle photograph in Florida in 1989, same Christmas tree as previous card and the marble staircase I took in Stockport Register Office when my brother got married there some years ago. The base card and mat were cut with a Nestie.

Another photograph taken at Elvasto Castle and a robin taken at Attenborough Nature Reserve. Trees are just elongated triangle tha I hand cut and embossed with Cuttlebug folder then added a smidgin of glamour dust.

The same tree again with a swirl cut on the Cricut and a Nestie mat :o)

Jackie xx

Storage solutions

2011-09-07T11:15:00.000+01:00

Good morning everyone, I hope the weather is being kind to you today :o)

On a friend's card to another friend, I noticed there was a cotton bobbin and it occured to me that I may be able to adapt it for all my loose bits of ribbon, which I mostly buy in 2m lengths. Anyway, I had a little play in SCAL, as you do, and here is the result.

I am quite chuffed with myself so I can go off to work with a smile on myself, or maybe that's going a bit too far LOL.

These are cut at 3" from top to bottom but you can cut them any size you like. You could group colours together, or types, but do wind the ribbon loosely or it will crease :o)

Jackie xx

Oh dear, what a load of baubles

2011-09-06T07:59:00.000+01:00

Good morning Bloggers, or maybe just 'morning' as it's far from good! It is blowing a gale and lashing rain this morning, not that I am complaining because we do desperately need it (the rain, not the wind). It's a great reason to shut myself in the craftroom :o)

I am sorry to say it is yet more Christmas cards and yes, even more baubles. My aim is 100 Christmas cards by the end of this month :o)

I have got 68 so far so only 32 to go, or is that 62 with 38 to go LOL.

All bauble except the blue were cut on the Cricut, the blue one cut with Sizzix die :o)

Jackie xx

Methinks that these work better

2011-09-05T07:11:00.000+01:00

Thank you so much for your opinions on my previous uploads. I am inclined to agree so I did these two on some HOTP papers from an old (about 5 years or so) wedding pad. I think they work much better :o)

Once again the white shows up better on here, but IRL the silver shows up more than it does in the picture. Must search through my stash now to find some different colours :o)

Jackie xx

Not too sure that these work.....

2011-09-04T06:29:00.000+01:00

.....I would love your opinions. Do they work on patterned paper, or is it just that this paper is a bit too bold, maybe a more subtle paper would be better! I would love your opinions

I really cannot make up my mind :o)

Jackie xx

Two cards from another new toy

2011-09-03T08:16:00.000+01:00

Good morning everyone, I hope that September is treating you well so far. I can't believe it is the weekend again already!

These are cards made with another new toy, namely a Papermania 5x7 embossing folder. It's perfect for making very simple cards in a hurry. You can also get a matching stamp set but I didn't buy that!

I embossed each twice then cut out some of the elements then popped them on sticky foam pads. I added a couple of snowflakes to the first one too. Gave them both a coloured mat and 'Voila' that's all there is to it :o)

Jackie xx

Two more Cricut cards

2011-09-01T06:58:00.000+01:00

Good morning Bloggers, I hope you are all well or nearly there.

I have been playing with the Cricut and SCAL again. I have so many files to explore and yesterday I found this card to cut out. Not too sure if it works as a Christmas card but heyho, I'll try anything once as long as it legal and not harmful, that's my motto :o)

The baubles are also an SVG file. Sorry to say that I can't say whose they are because I forgot to name them when I saved them :o( The snowflakes are from a Mcgill punch and I "cuttlebugged" them and the nestie shape on the white card. The gold card is from stash and is embossed. That's it, so simple :o)

Jackie xx

Two cards from new toy

2011-08-30T07:12:00.000+01:00

Good morning Bloggers, I hope all is well with everyone.

I had a lazy day on Sunday and went out hither and thither and of course I happened upon a craft shop ;o)

One of my new toys was a pair of Tim Holtz tree embossing folders and I love them! Here are two very simple cards made using them.

I used Papermania card blanks, yes, shock horror, you did read that right, I actually bought a set ofcard blanks and envelopes instead of folding my own and they are kraftcard and they are fab! The only other materials/tools I have used are SU stamps and a scrap of copper mirri card from stash. I will upload cards made using another of my new toys another day.

I hope you have all had a fabulous BH weekend :o)

Jackie xx

Christmas conveyor belt

2011-08-27T08:04:00.000+01:00

Good morning Bloggers. Bank holiday weekend or not I have to work today and Monday, but I hope you all have a great weekend and that it's not too wet for you :o)

I have been steadily making Christmas cards since January but I realised that all of a sudden it's just around the corner and I have nowhere near enough cards ready. For that reason I settled on one stamp heat embossed in different colours to make several simple cards, all 7x5 - 6 complete so far but another 10 to put together!

I am doing 2 of each colour, the other one I completed is the same colour as one I uploaded some time ago. This stamp is just perfect to make lots of simple cards in a hurry :o)

Jackie xx

More playing on the Cricut

2011-08-25T08:17:00.000+01:00

Good morning Bloggers, I hope you're all well or getting there :o)

I've been playing with SCAL again and designed the fat snowman and his hat, and the snow family and I am quite happy with them. Sorry about the shadows, the sun was quite strong.

I am not so sure about the cards but I just wanted to use the snowmen! Hopefully I'll do better next time LOL.

I used Peachy Keen face stamps on them coloured with copics. I found this ancient HOTP paper from stash :o)

Jackie xx

One I made earlier and forgot to post

2011-08-24T08:34:00.000+01:00

Good morning everyone, the sun is shining and it's wall to wall blue skies at the moment, but thankfully not hot. I don't know what happened to the downpour we were supposed to get yesterday!

Anyway, on to my card, which I made a couple of weeks ago and promptly forgot about it (another senior moment)!

It's another basically quite simple card.

Cut and folded white card to 6x6

Green card from old HOTP Christmas stack

Stamped at a friend's house so don't know the make. Coloured with copics then cut with Xcut nestie, then sponged edges.

Ribbon scrap from stash

Woodware sentiment, bent onto the block, with tiny hand drawn flower, and that's all there is to it apart from the copic coloured string of pearls :o)

Jackie xx

Another garden visitor

2011-08-23T07:48:00.000+01:00

Good morning everyone, I hope the day is treating you well and continues to do so.

No card from me today so far, I just wanted to share my little garden visitor with you, isn't he gorgeous :o)

He obligingly posed long enough for me to take about 16 pics :o)

Jackie xx

Flutterbies

2011-08-20T07:24:00.000+01:00

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well with you.

I bought this gorgeous rusty coloured pearlised card from Byrkley Park a couple of weeks ago - sadly there will be no more :o( - and wanted to do something with it. Here is the result which I am quite pleased with :o)

Quite a simple card, I cut and folded the base card to 5x7 which seems to be my favourite size lately. Martha Stewart flutterbies, Leone Em leaves and Marianne Designables cut & emboss folder. That's all there is to it No stamps, no inky mess :o)

Jackie xx

Trying again - SCAL Christmas

2011-08-18T10:11:00.000+01:00

Good morning bloggers, here I go trying to upload again. Let's see what Blogger does now!!!!!

YAYYYYYYYYYYYY, it worked :o)

It's amazing what you can find in your forgotten files isn't it! I found this sleigh and reindeer files so I just had to have a play didn't I, LOL

They were cut on the Cricut of course and I cut the tree by hand then put it through an embossing folder to give it some texture. I coated the sleigh and reindeer with glamour dust but should have waited until the card was finished because some has rubbed off but never mind, I can add some more nearer to Christmas. I cut a few small squares from scraps for the parcels :o)

Jackie xx

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

2011-08-18T09:44:00.000+01:00

Just been trying to upload and blogger won't co-operate so I will have to pop back later if I get the chance :o(

Jackie xx

A bit of an experiment

2011-08-17T07:54:00.000+01:00

Good morning Bloggers and what a lovely calm, sunny day it is so far :o)

I was spending time punching flutterbies and leaves out of scrap bits of silver mirri and white pearlised card using Martha Stewart and Leone Em punches and then decided I should use some of them to make up a card. Not too sure about this one as it was an experiment, but I thought I would show you anyway :o)

I had meant to do a gatefold card for a change but silly me, I folded it wrong so it ended up being a tall slimline one and didn't want to waste the card! I still have to do something with the inside. I cut the background on the Cricut :o)

Jackie xx

Violets

2011-08-16T07:39:00.001+01:00

Good morning Bloggers, I hope all is well with you.

It's looking a bit dull here so far but still very warm!

I stamped this beatiful image up at a friend's house so I don't know where it's from.

Such a beautiful, delicate looking stamp.

I coloured it with copics, of course, cut it out with Xcut nestie then sponged the edges with Brilliance inkpad.

Punched flowers with Woodware punches from pearlised paper, same as the mat.

Leaves are from McGill or Leone Em punch, sorry can't remember which! I cut and folded linen card to 5x7 :o)

Jackie xx
Thank you very much to Viv who tells me that this is a Hampton Arts stamp,
thank you Viv :o)

Morning Glory

2011-08-15T08:17:00.000+01:00

What an appropriate name for a flower on this beautiful sunny morning. I hope you are all well :o)

It is basically a very simple card. I cut and folded plain white card to 7x5. It's an old PSX stamp I found hiding in the bottom of a box so I thought it was time to ink it up as it it really is beautiful. Coloured with copics of course, with a smidgin of glamour dust added. I cut the frame on the Cricut and matted onto lime green card. Sentment is SU. :o)

Jackie xx

Another silhouette card

2011-08-13T07:34:00.001+01:00

Good morning Bloggers, I hope all is well with you :o)

I am not too sure about this one. I've been playing with SCAL again and this is what I came up with.

I cut and folded the 7x5 basecard then brayered with a Big & Juicy inkpad. The nativity scene is from Scrapping Table,sorry I can't rememeber where the star is from. I converted the palm tree into an svg file from a silhouette by my good friend PatEssex on DC. All elements were cut on the Cricut.

I have to go to work this afternoon but I hope you all have a great weekend :o)

Jackie xx

Garden visitor

2011-08-10T09:42:00.000+01:00

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all well or getting there :o)

We have the much needed rain here at the moment but it's not much more than drizzle!

I was lucky enough to have the camera handy yesterday when this little beauty decided to visit one my buddliea bushes, isn't it just so gorgeous?

It's not hard to see why they are called peacock flutterbies :o)

Jackie xx

Brilliant Sunday and a couple of cards

2011-08-09T12:06:00.002+01:00

Good morning everyone. We've got gorgeous sunshine and white fluffy clouds at the moment but thank goodness it's not hot and sticky.

I've got to try and play catchup today now that the gas safety chappie has declared me safe for another year and gone.

Now I have to say that Sunday was a very special day as I played hostess to our little crafting group this time and we had a wonderful time. We even had an unexpected visitor join us from Spain. Yes she came over specially for our get together.

We always start the day with bacon butties, then it was off to Byrkley Park for some retail therapy and back home again for philly and crackers with a bit of salad followed by fresh fruit salad.

Then came the chatting and laughing with a bit of crafting thrown in.

For dinner I made a humongous meat and potato pie which we had with veggies followed by a huge birthday cake because one of our group has a birthday coming up.
We even had some drama next door as they decided to have a drunken fight and she ended up being carted off to the cells for the night while he was taken to the hospital bleeding badly and in a daze. I believe the deadly weapon was a flying can of catfood!

Anyway, before you nod off, I had better put my cards on :o)

Two very simple cards. The baubles are SU stamp and punch layered onto SU topnote diecut. Sponged with Brilliance inkpads :o)

Jackie xx

In the pink and blue

2011-08-03T08:18:00.000+01:00

Good morning everyone.

I know most of you are sun worshippers but I am soooooooooooo wishing for cooler weather. I have had enough of all this sticky stuff, it's purgatory for me :o(

Okay, moan over.

Surprise Surprise, I have been playing with SCAL again and made these 2 cards for the box.

Base cards are Bazzill. With the exception of the Xcut nestie squares, all the elements were cut on the Cricut. I created the words from the SCAL font library using Balloon font and the others are from the SCAL shapes library :o)

Jackie xx

Playing with SCAL

2011-07-30T08:04:00.002+01:00

Good morning everyone on this lovely sunny start to the day.

Although I have now had SCAL for some time I haven't had much chance to play with it, so I played while I was off work last week! both of the frames on these two cards are SVG files from Penny Duncan

I used this first one to frame a parhment Sizzix Daisy and the sentiment is from SU. I used an FF embossing folder on the edge of the card base but it soesn't show up very well here.

I used this one to frame my own flutterby photograph, and the little creatures are from a set of 40 tiny stamps that rarely sees the light of day. I have played some more since then but haven't made the cards to show you yet :o)

Jackie xx

2 for the box

2011-07-25T07:11:00.000+01:00

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all well :o)

These 2 cards are my last fling before going back to work this afternoon. I have been playing with SCAL again, it makes a big different when you put a new blade in the

Cricut :o)

For this one I used 2 svg files, cut with the Cricut. The hearts from Penny Duncan and I am not sure where the heart tree one is from. Maybe you know and can tell me! I also used my new Marianne cut and emboss folder plus an FF sentiment and that is all there is to it, not much really.

For this one I used the scrap from the svg file used on the thanks cards I uploaded yesterday. I cut the swirl on the Cricut using the SCAL shape library. This is very simple and I thought it would be suitable for a sympathy card :o)

Jackie xx

Playing with fonts

2011-07-24T08:44:00.000+01:00

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all well on this lovely sunny Sunday.

I was playing with fonts yesterday resulting in the cards that you see here today. All cut on my Cricut.

I don't know why blogger has uploaded them in this order when I did the thanks ones all together, but so be it for today!

I created the word in Scal using the Cityscape font, the leaves are and SVG file and I am sorry to say that I cannot remember where I got them from, if you know please rell me so that I can give them the proper acknowlegement. The same applies to the mushroom SVG file below

The spider and web are from the webdings font (b and c) with a smidgin of glamour dust added.

I really enjoyed the chicken casserole I made in my new oven yesterday.

Unfortunately my week off has come to an end BooHoo, I have to go back to work tomorrow. Still, I have enjoyed a wonderful day in Macclesfield crafting with friends, two sessions of retail therapy, painting my kitchen, or part of it, I have to do it in small doses as it is painful, and finally my new cooker. What more could a person want? :o)

Jackie xx

My new cooker arrived.....

2011-07-23T08:58:00.000+01:00

..... and would you believe it, I had forgotten to take the chicken breast (for casserole) out of the freezer, so what was the first thing I did? I opened a tin of Baxters Italian tomato and Basil soup to keep me going because by that time - 3pm - I was starving!!!!!

Later I had cheese on toast because I was going out and didn't have time to cook anyway. Now I am sat sitting typing in to the delicious aroma of my chicken casserole cooking in my top oven. Yes, I think you all know by now that cooking and I do NOT mix so I went and bought a cooker with not one, but TWO ovens :o)

Anyhow, on to my card.

Yes, I am sorry it is yet another brayered card but I can't help it, I love them. At least I have 2 new Big & Juicy inkpads so there will be some different colours :o)

This time I used my Queen Anne's Lace stamp for both background and topper and the only embelishments are Sizzix leaves and Martha Stewart flutterbies.

Well it's nearing the end of my week off work so I am going to Byrkley Park after lunch for a last bit of retail therapy. Then it's back to work on Monday grooooooooooooooooan. :o)

Jackie xx

Brayering + a few charity cards

2011-07-22T06:53:00.000+01:00

Good morning everyone, lovely blue sky and fluffy clouds here at the moment, but as I type it is going a tad less bright!

Before I show you my cards I would like to cover a misconception about my brayering. I love to read your lovely comments about my brayering abilities, but I must 'fess up and tell you all that I am no good at what might be termed doing it 'properly' I use a large brayer that is as wide as my Big & Juicy inkpads, (which are of course multi colours) and only go in a straight line across the card, which I have cut to the same width, and back again, then the same aagain at right angles, a big brayering no no! I have watched videos on the subject and can never get the wonderful effects that they do and they always end up in the bin!

Okay, time to show you some cards before you all nod off :o)

These are all very simple 4x4 mini cards, the bottom 2 being recycled robins from last year's cards. Not much else I can say about them really, but I hope that the League of Friends of Ilkeston Hospital can make a few pennies from them :o)

Jackie xx

A trio of silhouette cards

2011-07-21T09:35:00.001+01:00

Good morning everyone. I hope you are all well or as near well as you can be.

I had a wonderfull day in Macclesfield on Tuesday but it was not good weather so we didn't get to the reservoir, instead we went out to Edgehill for some retail therapy. What a shame...NOT, LOL. I only bought 3 items, 2 Big and Juicy inkpads and a Martha Stewart goo edge punch. I used one of the inkpads for my first card and the other two were brayered using an old one.

Methinks I may become addicted to this type of card!

I used various stamps and various nested cutting dies and a smidgin of glamour dust.
Oh well, thats the enjoyable bit of my holiday done for now, I had better get back to painting the kitchen!!!!! My new cooker is being delivered tomorrow so that's another new toy to play with. What a shame that I detest cooking :o)
Jackie xx