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

 

8x8 commissioned 50th birthday

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

Glad to know the forecast is for dry tomorrow, I am off to Mercia Marina to see my daughter and her partner singing in the last Bandstand Busk of the season!

I was asked by a work friend to make a large card for a fisherman, and it had to have bubbles. I think the bubbles were to represent booze as well as water LOL. Luckily I had some of my old photographs which I had taken some years ago! 

 

Basecard is 8x8 Papermania blank.

Own photograph taken on the Erewash Canal at Long Eaton around 6 years ago.

Framed by my very good friend PatEssex (Docrafts). 

Iprinted it onto my usual linencard from The Range.

"Bubble" words printed onto same card in MS Word, then cut with Die-namics stitched circle dies.

Fish stamped with SeeD's stamp for a very old SeeD's set with Memento London Fog.

Glossy Accents bubbles.

The inside is too personal so I am not showing it :o)

Jackie xx

Back to my photographs...

...which I have sadly neglected of late!

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well in your world, here's a few hugs {{{{{hugs}}}}} if you want or need them.

After cutting out some of my own mats, I had several of these squares left so what should I do, throw them in the recycle bin or use them? I had an idea to use two of them so I may have a go at playing  with more of them because I am quite pleased with this effect :o)

Anyhow, on to my card for today.

Basecard is 8x8 ready folded from a Papermania pack.

Striped glittercard layer is from my stash, found it in several colours at the bottom of my glittercard box. Had it so many years I have forgotten where from!

Own thistle photograph taken at Mercia Marine a few weeks ago. I have never seen such large thistles, they were about 10 foot tall and I am not exaggerating, the flowers were huge and perfectly formed. I feathered it in PSP7 then opened it in MS Word and added the sentiment, then printed onto my usual white linencard from The Range before cutting it with an Xcut large circle die.

I intertwined the squares and attached them to the circle before adding them to the card.

It's not very often I say it of my own work but I really like this one :o)

Jackie xx

 

My first Christmas order for this year

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

Another overcast morning so far, we will see what the day brings and act accordingly!

My friend Jean asked me to make these for her. She has had them before (a few years ago) and liked them enough to want them again. She doesn't like fussy, she loves CAS and one layer, so that's what she gets.

They are very good for batch cards, it only took me a couple of hours to make 6 of each, including inserts!

 Base cards are A4 ivory hammered card from Papermill Direct, folded and cut to 7x5.

SU trees and Stampendous Sentiment stamped Memento Rich Cocoa inkpad.

All the stamps are very old!

I forgot to take a pic of the inside, which reads "May the true spirit of Christmas shine in your heart and light your path". It's an SU sentiment that came with the scribble tree set, but was too small for inside so I typed it in MS Word.

Finished off with a sprinkling of gold Glamour Dust but it doesn't show up very well here :o)

Jackie xx

The last of my animal sunset cards

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well in your world, and if it isn't I hope it soon will be...hugs

We have wall to wall blue skies here at the moment, but it is deliciously chilly!

I have made 8 of these animal sunset cards and these are the last two to share with you. I have had enormous pleasure making them :o)

All my own photographs and artwork of course.

All of them are photographs taken some years ago, the horse being one of my favourites.

Both basecards are white linencard folded and cut to nearly 6x6.

Artwork printed onto Kodak Everyday photopaper, and matted with Papermania black textured card.

Group of horses cut from the same black card with my Cricut, using the 

Animal Kingdom cart.

Foliage cut with Memory Box die.

Sentiment printed in MS Word and punched with SU punch.

I really do not want to part with them :o)

Jackie xx

 

We're going to the zoo

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

I spent a lovely afternoon at Straw's Bridge, Ilkeston, with a Docrafts friend on Wednesday and it was glorious sunshine although biting cold! We both had our cameras with us so of course we took lots of pics. I will show you some later.

For today though, I have 2 cards to show you, both taken at Twycross Zoo, the baby elephant in 2009 and the snow leopard in 2010.

I did not want to detract from the images with embellishment.

All card used is white linencard from The Range.

Both photographs feathered in PSP7, printed in Word, then cut with Spellbinders pierced dies.

No sentiments yet until I know where I am sending them and even then maybe not :o)

Jackie xx

8x8 commissioned vows renewal card.....

.....for the same couple that I did the previous one (scroll down to see it).

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well in your world, hugs for those who need or want them {{{{{hugs}}}}}

I had a request by text for this one, my customer was so pleased with the first one I did for her :o)

I cut two pieces of plain white card to 8x8, scored one 1" in and attached to the other with DS tape. This forms the base card.

 I cut white pearlised card to size and embossed with A4 Embossalicious Hessian folder, then layered onto the base card.

I printed out Mo Manning's image of Jack and Ginger, and coloured them with copics.

I cut the image and mat with Spellbinders Grand Nesities. The mat is a scrap of textured pewter card from PDA.

Flower cut from a scrap of yellow textured card with Tim Holtz Tattered floral die, and the leaves cut with Memory Box die.

Computer generated sentiment punched with SU.

Border inside punched with Martha Stewart.

same digi image ant text printed inside with MS Word :o)

Jackie xx

60th anniversay commission

Good afternoon everyone, I am very late today, been doing a little bit of Spring cl*****g ugh!

I hope you are all well or at least better than you were {{{{{hugs}}}}}

What a glorious morning it has been here in the Midlands, then the sun went in and suddenly it was hailing!!!!! Now, the sun can't make up it's mind.

For my card today, I was sent very dark and dismal photograph so the first thing was to get it cleaned up and relieved of the background which was too dark to lighten up enough. The criteria were it must be plain and simple and it had to look like a photograph in a frame, I think I achieved that, and the customer was very happy with it :o)

Photograph and words printed in MS Word onto Papermania textured card, then layered onto black PM card then pewter textured card from PDA and on to the base card which is also PM textured card folded and cut to 7x5.

Jackie xx

15 the same, commission for friend's daughter, own photograph

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

I took this photograph at my friend's house last year, she was dog sitting for her daughter. Daughter loved the photograph and asked for me to make her some mini notecards, so here they are :o)

I feathered the photograph in Paint Shop Pro 7 then printed it onto Papermania textured card, along with the sentiment in MS Word.

I printed two to each A4 sheet (landscape) the folded and cut to 4x4 :o)

Jackie xx 

Two more Easter cards using my own photographs

Good morning everyone, I hope the weather is being kind to you, here's a few  {{{{{hugs}}}}} for those who want or need them.

The mild few days we have had have certainly been king to my shoulders, but the cold this morning has made them hurt a tad more, not as bad as previously though!

Here are my cards for today. 

Both are printed onto Papermania textured card, greeting added in MS Word, then folded and cut to 7x5. Spellbinder crosses raised on foam sticky pads.
The church is Attenborough parish church, where a long line of my ancestors were baptised, married and buried. I took the photograph looking across one of the gravel pits at Attenborough Nature Reserve :o)
Jackie xx

Commissioned pair, own photographs

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well in your world. Here's some hugs if you need or want them {{{{{hugs}}}}}

My cousin has asked for some birthday cards using my flowers so here are the first two. There's no hurry as she wants them in a few weeks.

This is the first time that I have printed my photographs onto Papermill Direct linen card and I must say that I am impressed at the quality of the card. Printed in MS Word, sentiment added using Viner Hand font, folded and cut to 7x5 and there they are! The same photographs are reduced on the inside on the bottom corners :o)

Jackie xx

Easter duck, own photograph

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all warm, dry and well...hugs

Here is my first Eater card, I fetch this little fellow out every Easter, he is one of my favourites :o) They don't come much more simple than this!

I took this photograph a few years ago and my good friend PatEssex (Docrafts) tubed him for me. I added the bow in Paint Shop Pro, and the sentiment in MS Word.  He is printed straight onto Papermania textured card then folded and cut to 7x5.

Jackie xx

The rest of my cousin's commission

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all warm, dry and well. Hugs for those who need or want them.

I am wasting away here waiting for my blood test appointment at 9.45am, I hate these fasting blood tests with a passion. I will no doubt fall upon my very late breakfast ravenously when I get home!!!!!

My cousin wanted 10 'Just a little note' cards along with the two birthday ones you have seen. I made about 17 so that she has choices. She tells me what she wants then leaves it to me but this time she did ask specifically for a couple with her own vase of roses on (the one on the left of the first picture). I am off to deliver all 12 cards to her as soon as I have given Stephen his lunch today, then my cousin and I will be having a pub lunch together :o)

As usual, I printed my photographs onto white Papermania textured card and added the text in MS Word, then folded and cut to 7x5. The inserts each contain a smaller image to match the front. There's not much else I can say about them really, hopefully they speak for themselves :o)

Jackie xx

An apple a day.....

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well in your world on this lovely morning. "They" do say that it's going to be a nice day...hugs

I have two very simple cards for you this morning, both for the box so without more ado, here they are.

I took the photograph of the apple many moons ago, along with other fruits, for a CD of jam/fruit labels, but only ever sold one to the lady who had commissioned the CD LOL.

A couple or more years ago I created templates in Word and promptly forgot about them LOL.  Having rediscovered them, methinks I may have a go at using them! This square is one of them!

I printed them onto my favourite Papermania textured card then folded and cut to size.

Sentiment added and printed in Word using Dauphin font :o)

Jackie xx

One foxglove photograph, four cards

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

A very warm welcome to new follower Sallysbitz2

Methinks I will just skip over the changeable weather today except to say that I can at least function more comfortably now the intense heat has gone for the time being :o)

My cards for today all use the same image, but in different ways.

The first two are A5 and the other two are DL, a size that I have not made for several years, but of course the flower spike lends itself very well to this shape of card.

I took the photograph at Elvaston Castle a couple of weeks ago. 

I feathered it in PSP and printed it onto my favourite Papermania textured card. I love the canvas effect that it creates. For the first two I made them into toppers, and then straight onto the card for the other two.

The words are my own, created in Word using Papyrus font for the top two and Vinerhand font for the others. The leaf vine is a Memory Box die cut.

Jackie xx

Two sympathy cards for the box

Good morning everyone, and what a lovely sunny one it is too. I hope all is well in your world...hugs

I went to work yesterday afternoon for the first time in 3 1/2 months and boy did it feel good. I only did two hours as part of a phased return but I really enjoyed being there and no ill effects this morning so far!

Like most folks, I don't enjoy making sympathy cards so I have made a couple for the box and here they are.

Both are my own photographs, feathered in PSP and printed in Word onto Papermania textured card then folded and cut to 5x7. Nothing else to say really, just two very simple cards. For me, sympathy cards have to be CAS :o)

Jackie xx

One of those cards nobody enjoys making

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

This is my card for Sandra, a lovely lady over on Docrafts who passed away a few days ago. She was always ready to help anyone who needed it and will be sadly missed but happily remembered. R.I.P. Sandra

I wanted to keep it simple. I titled this rose 'Tears in Heaven' 

Jackie xx

Shaped anniversary

Good morning Bloggers, I hope all is well in your world and you had a lovely Easter :o)

OMG, I just looked out of the window and it's snowing big flakes and settling. It wasn't snowing when I sat down here half an hour ago. Oh well, perhaps a day to stay in and play then!

On to my card for today. I wanted to keep it very simple and flat for posting.

I cut white linen card twice to 5x7 with Grand Nesties, scored one of them about 3/4" down then using DS tape I attached it to the front piece.

I opened my own swan photograph in PSP and feathered it, then mirrored it and put the two together.  I then opened it in Word and added the sentiment, Viner hand or Vivaldi font (sorry, can't remember which) the printed onto Papermania textured card. I think the rest is self explanatory :o)

Jackie xx

Canada geese anniversary

Good morning Bloggers, I hope all is well in your world and you are all warm and safe...hugs.

I am a bit excited because I had my first little drive for weeks yesterday, just a short journey  to the post office, about 1.5 miles round trip, and there doesn't seem to be any damage done to my shoulder so today I will try just a little bit further. I am taking it just one step at a time as I don't want to end up back to square one! 

Back to an anniversary card with my own photograph for the moment, I am still making up cards from the stuff I found so watch this space :o)

I took this photograph at Darley Abbey Mills last summer. The geese were perched on a log stuck at the top of the weir. As usual, the photograph was feathered in PSP and then printed onto Papermania textured card from the Capsule collection, the sentiment added using Viner Hand font, then cut out with Go Kreate dies and attached to the white lined base card which was folded and cut to 7x5. Foliage was cut with a Sizzix die that hadn't seen the light of day for a long while!  :o)

Jackie xx

21st birthday card

Good afternoon Bloggers, a bit late in the day for me to post, seems strange uploading at teatime LOL.

It's my Granddaughter's 21st birthday in January but I had to make it so she can take it back to York Uni with her before the day! She doesn't like fussy so I hope she appreciates this 8x8 unfussy card!

It's safe to post because she doesn't blog, but I made a second 21st card this morning too which I can't show yet because the young lady it is for may see it if I do!

I used a white 8x8 blank. The main diecuts are from my latest Marianne set and I cut the 21 out on the Cricut using the Vivaldi font in SCAL.

Sentiment is computer generated using the same font in Word, and cut with Nestabilities. 

All are mounted with foam pads to give a bit of depth. 

The pins I bought at Donington Hall in the Summer.

Jackie xx