8x8 Lupin digi card

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all keeping warm and well. Brrrrrrrrrr, it was -7c when I got up at 6.30am! Not that I am complaining, we need it to kill off the bugs that are currently doing the rounds.

My card for today features a lovely lupin digi from Delicious Doodle and it is similar to, but not the same as, my delphinium card from a few days ago.

Basecard is 8x8 Papermania card blank. 

This is probably my favourite Delicious Doodles digi image, coloured with Copics, and cut with Spellbinders Grand Nestie, as is the pink mat. 

White panel is pearlised card from PDA, embossed with 8x8 Crafters Companion Distressed folder. 

Leaves cut with Marianne dies that I have had forever and never used before. 

Another very simple card :o) 

Jackie xx

Pansy card

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well in your world...hugs

I am welcoming this cold weather, not so much the rain but at least the cold will hopefully kill off the bugs.

For my card today, I have used an image which I found in one of those seethrough plastic envelope thingies. It's amazing what you find when you are looking for something else LOL. The envelope is filled with images that I stamped at one of my friend's when we had a get together years ago and then forgot about!

 Basecard is my usual white linen, folded and cut to approx. 6x6.

I had coloured the image in when I stamped it, so I think I would have used my Caran D'Ache watercolour pencils cuz it's the wrong card for using Copics on.

Image layered onto purple Papermania textured card then onto the basecard.

Ribbon from stash.

I must have another search and see what else is in that envelope :o)

Jackie xx

8x8 delphinium digi

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well in your world, and that you are warm and dry...hugs

Thank goodness it is cooloing down a bit, hopefully it will kill off the bugs that seem to be doing the rounds at the moment, almost everyone seems to be coughing and sneezing and downright miserable. I hope you are all soon feeling much better...hugs

My week and a half off work is coming to an end and I have not had one chance so far of taking my camera walkies :(  but I have had lots of time in the craftroom, and been out to lunch 3 times, so it wasn't such a bad holiday after all. I have today and tomorrow left so I hope the sun finally comes out!

Onto my card for today. I have had this digi image forever and only used it once before so I decided it was time to show it the light of day again LOL.

I used a Papermania 8x8 card base.

Bluish white pearlised card from PDA, embossed with Crafter's Companion Leaf Vein folder.

Delphinium digi image from Delicious Doodles, coloured with Copics then cut with Spellbinders Grand Nesties die, as is the frame.

Blue card from scrapbox.

Corners cut with my very old Provocraft dies.

Not much else I can say about this one :o)

Jackie xx

 

First January birthday

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well in your world...hugs

I don't know about you, but I am not at all comfortable with these unseasonable temperatures, it was 13c when I went to work yesterday afternoon, and they have promised 14c today!!!

My card for today is for a friend whose birthday is at the beginning of January, I cannot believe it is so nearly 2016!

Quite a simple card. 

8x8 basecard from Papermania.

White pearlised card embossed with 8x8 Embosslicious Distressed folder.

Sentiment cut with Die'sire dies.

Flower cut with Sue Wilson dies.

Foliage cut with Memory Box dies.

Red pearlised card from PDA

Pins and pearl flower centre from stash and coloured with Copic marker.

I think this is my favourite embossing folder ever, and it is suitable for many occasions :o)

Jackie xx

Christmas 63 and 64

Good morning everyone, I do hope you are not affected by the severe weather conditions at the moment, my thoughts are with those of you who are...big hugs

I have made many more Christmas card than my title hints at, but these number are just mine. I finally managed to get them posted yesterday! I have got a few spare "just in case" LOL.

Both base cards are my usual white linencard from The Range.

All red card used is pearlised and from PDA.

White pearlised card is also from PDA.

Gold linencard was given by a lovely crafting friend.

Embossing folder used on the first card is 8x8 Crafter's Companion leaf veins.

Embossing folder  on the second card is A6 size and it's so old I can't remember who it's by, maybe Cuttlebug!

Marianne diecut poinsettias on both cards.

All leaves diecut with Memory Box.

Tiny flowers punched with Woodware.

White pearls coloured with Copic marker

Sentiments are computer generated and cut with SU :o)

Jackie xx

Christmas x 5

Good morning Bloggers, I hope all is well in your world...hugs for all of you.

I am very late this morning so I will get on with it!

I have 5 cards for you today, all digi images merged onto my own photographs.

My photographs taken at Elvaston Castle about 5 years ago. All printed onto white linencard. Photographs and digi images merged in PSP7.

All digi images from Karen's Doodles and coloured with Copics and Sakura Pens.

All cards started off as A4 sheets of white linencard from The Range, which I folded and cut to 7x5 and just under 6x6.

Various card colours/types from stash used for layers, mostly from PDA.

A mix of sentiments, some computer generated and some stamped. Computer generated ones punched with SU.

Not really much else that I can say about them :o)

Jackie xx

Robins x 4

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all well or getting there, and that you are warm and dry...hugs

OMG how the temperature plummeted last night, down to 1c when I left my friend's at about 10pm! Since then the heavens have opened and the rain is practically horizontal, the wind has gone to gale force again!!!

My title? Well I am uploading 4 robin cards but they are 4 different robins too, taken at various times at Attenborough Nature Reserve and St. Chad's Water. 

Basecards are 7x5 and 6x6 ish.

 All basecards are white linencard from The Range, folded and cut to size.

All images feathered in PSP7, but starburst created in PSE5, then printed in MS Word onto same linencard and three of the sentiments printed at the same time using various fonts. One sentiment printed in Word then punched with SU.

Panelled layer on third card is pearlised card, embossed with Embossalicious folder.

Diecut on last card cut with Memory Box die.

Pearls coloured with Copic marker pen :o)

Jackie xx

 

Carolling giraffes, Christmas 43

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well in your world...hugs

Judging by the puddles outside it must have been raining all night, but it has stopped now. It has been unseasonably warm though!

My week off work is nearly over, and I have had no chance to go out with my cameras cuz it has been so dark, wet and dreary :o( I had hoped for at least one sunny day so I could go out and get some Autumn scenes! The good news is that I have made lots of cards instead :o)

It's my turn for our Friday workshop tomorrow so I still have to make two sample cards and then make the kits up! So I plan on making them today and the kits tomorrow morning.

On to my card for today. I'm sure that most of you will remember my singing giraffes from last year. I loved them so much I have brought them out again for this year :o)

Very simple card to make.

My usual white linencard folded and cut to 7x5.

I merged my Elvaston Castle photograph with Karen's Doodles image and printed onto the same linencard, then layered it onto pewter textured card from PDA.

Image coloured with Copics.

Raised it on sticky foam pads for  a bit of dimension.
Ooooooooooooops! Nearly forgot to mention the Glamour Dust on the fluffy bits, but you can't really see it here!

Not sure of stamped greeting, it might be Papermania :o)

Jackie xx

Cow Parsley seedhead and some photographs

Good morning everyone, I do hope all is well in your world...hugs

I had a wonderful day at Mercia Marina Sunday and the weather was very kind although fairly cold. I was there for their last Bandstand Busk of the season, and my daughter was singing so that was an added bonus. They have these sessions once a month during the summer and they are great. They put a bucket out for donation and were able to present a cheque for £400 to The Uttoxeter Lions for their Prostrate Cancer Screening programme.

On to my card for today. 

I took this photograph at Attenborough Nature Reserve a about month ago and yes, the sky really was that colourless at the time. If you look closely you can even see a few seed falling!

Matted onto a scrap of brown paper from the bits box.

Basecard is my usual white linencard from The Range, folded and cut to 7x5, then stamped with Penny Black Queen Anne's Lace which I thought morrored my photograph very well.

Sentiment stamped with Woodware.

Flatbacked pearls coloured with Copic marker pen.

Here's a photograph or three from Sunday Afternoon. The sun was very strong and from the wrong angle so these are the best I could do!

 A few of the musicians, including my daughter Susan ( in the middle), had a jam session at the end of the day. Here they are singing Mustang Sally.

 

 Moore and Moore Beer, the Bandstand Busk event organisers

Susan accompanied by John Beer playing the bones.

If you love live music from local bands/soloists, checkout Mercia Marina's FB page watch out for the Bandstand Busks next year, they are great fun :o)

Jackie xx

Christmas 32

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

It's Thursday once again, food shopping day! I just cannot believe how fast the weeks are flying by, it seems like yesterday that I did the food shopping last week. We would all be better off if we didn't have to eat LOL. But then, would we? I suppose if we didn't have to eat we wouldn't get paid as much!!!

For my card today,  I use another of those Woodware stamps that jumped into my basket recently, the only trouble was, I had no pearls big enough for the large bubbles so I had to go out and buy card candi.  Oooops! I went to The Range and bought a few packets of different colours, then a few day later I went to Byrkley Park and saw more packets with different colours in so I had to buy them, what have I started?

Anyhow, before you all nod off, here is my card.

My usual white linencard from The Range, folded and cut to just under 6x6.

Image stamped onto smooth white160gsm card from Staples then I lightly chalked.

I added a mixture of card candi and pearls, some of the said pearls I coloured with 

Copic marker pens.

Layered onto green holographic card.

Corners rounded with Cropodile corner chomper.

Sentiment stamped with unknown stamp and Bob's yer Uncle, job done :o)

Jackie xx

 

Christmas 31

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well in your world...hugs

I haven't bought any stamps for about 5 years or more, and suddenly I have been confronted with ones that fell into my basket. I have bought several Woodware stamps in the last few weeks and this is one of them LOL. I am quite enjoying renewing my acquaintance with DL cards instead of my usual 6x6 and 7x5!

My usual white linencard folded and cut to DL size.

I stamped onto smooth white 160gsm card from Staples, then coloured with Copic markers.

Matted using red holographic card which I have hd in my stash forever!

Sentiment stamped with unkown stamp.

Corners rounded with my Cropodile corner chomper.

I think this is such a happy stamp, I hope it makes you smile  :o)

Jackie xx

Another of my own mats

Good morning Bloggers, I hope all is well in your world...hugs

The sun seems a tad weak at the moment but hopefully it will get better!

On my card for today, I have used another of my own creations, and I am going to have a go at cutting some others out this morning!  I'm afraid it's another blue one today LOL.

My usual nearly 6x6 from an A4 sheet of white linencard.

I have seen several cards recently which have been made using dies to cut corner features, so I decided to have a go in SCAL . You have seen my first one (scroll down if you haven't) which was a stitcheded square, and here is my hexagon corners one, cut from the same blue card with my trusty Cricut.

Matted onto silver mirri card, which I think goes rather well with blue.

Foliage cut with Memory box die.

TimHoltz/Sizzix Bigz diecut flower, sponged with blue gilding wax. 

Flatback pearl coloured with Copic marker pen.

Space at the bottom for sentiment when/if needed.

I must say that  really enjoyed making this one, although I take great pleasure in making them all :o)

Jackie xx

Variation on a theme

Good morning Bloggers, I hope all is well in your world...hugs for those who need or want them

Well, my week of work went so fast I couldn't believe it!!!

I was lucky with the weather considering what it has been like since, and I managed to get out and about with my cameras, had a pub lunch with my cousin, watch the Tour of Britain, and even got some retail therapy thrown in, but the best of all was Sunday when I went to see my daughter and her partner singing (they are both singer guitarists) in the Bandstand Busk at Mercia Marina.  I haven't been able to go to any of her gigs since I started working Saturday nights over 8 years ago, so it was a real bonus which I enjoyed very much :o)

After I made my previous card (scroll down) I decided to have a play with SCAL and came up with my own teardrop shaped tree so here is a card using it!

I also created the stiched square in SCAL, and cut it, and the trees on my ancient Cricut.

Basecard is my usual white linencard from The Range, folded and cut to nearly 6x6.

Blue card is Papermania textured card.

Silver mirri mat.

MME card for the trees.

Sentiment stamped with unknown stamp onto white pearlised scrap then cut with Die-namics stiched circle die.

All card used is from my stash.

White stickyback pearls coloured with Copic marker pen.

I created several different mats along with the stitched square and they will all be popping up over the next few weeks :o)

Jackie xx

 

New stamp and embossing folder

Good morning everyone,  wet and fairly windy here after a very dry and warm week. I hope all is well in your world...hugs

My week off work is coming to an end already, it's absolutely flown by!!! Still, I managed to get out with my camera a couple of days, had a lovely pub lunch with my cousin, and a lovely afternoon with a dear friend, as well as being able to watch the Tour of Britain each afternoon, and on top of that, I got to make some cards too. Here is one of them :o)

The basecard is my usual A4 white linencard folded and cut to just under 6x6.

Pearlised panel embossed with my new Embossalicious folder, then sponged with gilding wax.

I stamped my new Woodware image onto white 160gsm card, then coloured with Copic and Sakura pens before handcutting them.  I cut the sticklike trunks off then attached the trees with sticky foam pads.

I cut three pieces of bog standard string and frays the ends for the roots, then coloured with Copic pen before glueing them on as tree trunks!

Sentiment is an un-named stamp, the cut with Die-namics stitched die.

After I hadmade this card a sat thinking that I could surely cut trees like that on my Cricut so I set too and designed some in SCAL, I will show you the resulting card/s later :o)

Jackie xx

Friday night workshop card.....

.....this time by me!

Good morning everyone, another dull start to the day.

I hope all is well in your world, wherever you are ...hugs

It was my turn to host our Friday night workshop a couple of weeks ago. I did create 2 cards but you have already seen one of them earlier, it was the one with the two little blackbirds on, so  no need to upload it again!

This one is based on a card I made a few weeks ago but we each used a different stamp from an SU set.

Card base is a 7x7 ready folded from Papermania.

Image stamped onto 160gsm smooth white card from Staples, then coloured with Copics and the sky is chalked.

Offcut frame, the diecut panel was for another card a while ago, lifted with sticky foam pads.

Own clouds designed in SCAL and cut with my old Cricut.

Spellbinders frame and clouds cut from Papermania textured card.

Penny Black dragonflies stamped with Brilliance pearlescent ink.

Memory Box diecut foliage.

Computer generated sentiment punched with SU :o)

Jackie xx

 

One stamp, two cards

Good morning fellow Bloggers, I hope all is well with you and your families...hugs

It's dull and overcast here in the Derby area, but still quite warm and the evenings seem to be very sticky this week!

I was looking for something in my craftroom, as you do, and came across this 2006 Penny Black stamp which hasn't seen ink for quite a while so I thought it was time to resurrect it. I love it because it is such a happy image :o)

It was very strong sunlight when I took the pic of the second one (last week, not seen the sun since!) so it looks a bit bleached!

Both basecards are my usual white linencard from The Range, folded and cut to just undar 6x6 and 7x5 respectively.

I stamped the image with Memento ink onto 160gsm smooth white card from Staples, coloured with Copics then cut with Spellbinders dies (first card) and Die-namics dies (second card)

Blue card is a pearlised bit from the scrap box. Grey card is Papermania textured card

Both sentiments are cling stamps with no name.

I added a dash of Glamour Dust to the white images but it doesn't show up here!

Tiny stars are wast from a border die.

Both cards intentionally CAS :o)

Jackie xx

 

Snowman's playmate

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well in your world...hugs

Looks like another grey day here, 'twas very wet and dark yesterday but I was at work so it didn't bother me! It did make it very busy at work though cuz folks were shopping instead of going out anywhere, but that make my shift go very quickly LOL.

My card for today features Rudolph, my snowman's tall friend! I handcut him but I won't be doing that again anytime soon, it took forever!!!

Another of those DL basecards I "found".

Woodware image stamped onto white 160gsm smooth card and coloured with Copics, although the bright sun (well it was when I took the photograph) has bleached the colour quite a bit!

As previously said, I handcut him but it was a very slow process so I probably won't do that again in a hurry!

He is raised with sticky foam pads.

Woodware sentiment stamped with Versamark then heat embossed with Stampendous Detail White powder.

I "lost" my white pen so couldn't do the faux stitching that I had intended, so I used narrow DS tape and Glamour Dust for the frame instead. Of course I found my white pen after I had finished the card LOL.

I think he and his mate the snowman make fabulous fun cards, especially for children :o)

Jackie xx

 

It's that hat again

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well in your world...hugs

It's blue skies and fluffy white clouds here at the moment, how long for? Anybody's guess!

After our Friday night workshop involving this image, I decided I needed the stamp so I bought it and his friend Rudloph LOL and here he is in blue, I will show Rudolph another day!

I "found" a box of ready folded pearlised cards lurking amongst my stash from before I started working at Morrison's nearly 9 years ago so that is how old they are LOL.

I stamped my Woodware snowman onto white smooth 160gsm card from Staples and coloured him with Copics, then handcut him before attaching him with sticky foam pads to the DL card.

I added Glamour Dust to give a bit of sparkle.

Woodware greeting stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with Stampendous Detail White powder.

Faux stitching done with a white pen (no name on it).

I tried to make his hat look like it was brushed fabric :o)

Jackie xx

 

Normal stamping with Honey Doo

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well in your world...hugs

I wanted a card which is flat for posting but I wanted to use my lovely Honey Doo flowers, so I placed them with the leaves onto a large block to give a stencilled effect. 

I think I managed it LOL.

A4 white linencard folded to make A5 card.

Stamped image onto 16 gsm smooth card with Memento inkpad.

Coloured with Copics, raindrops created with Glossy Accents.

The leaves look grey here but they really are green!

Corners punched with Martha Stewart punch which hasn't seen the light of day for years! 

All card from my stash.

Sentiment stamped and punched with SU.

Very simple indeed :o)

Jackie x :o)

Purple vellum flowers

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well in your world...hugs

Well, once again the day had started sunny, but again it is starting to cloud over!!!

I found this lovely purple vellum in my stash so thought I would see what it looked like on a card, I must say that I do like it lots.

This is my 3rd set of Honey Doo stamps and I do love them.

Stamped with Brilliance Pearlescent Lavender and heat embossed with SU White Pearl Translucent powder, then handcut.

Crealies and Elizabeth Crafts leaf dies used to cut the foliage from Bazzill card.

Flutterbies punched with Martha Stewart punch.

Glossy Accents raindrops and tiny purple brads for the flower centres.

Grey Bazzil circle cut with Di-namics stitched die.

Single pearl coloured with Copic marker pen.

Sentiment stamped with Stamps and Smiles.

Ooooooooops! Nearly forgot to say the basecard is A4 white linencardfolded and cut to 

nearly 6x6 :o)

Jackie xx