Christmas 34

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

I got soaked coming out of work just before 10 o'clock last night, but the temperature was still 15C. The rain came heavier later but at least it has stopped now!

Back to Christmas for my offering today, I can't believe how close it is now and I am nowhere near ready, I have usually just about finished my cards by this time of the year and started on my cousin's 4o or so!

Basecard is my usual white linencard, folded and cut to just under 6x6.

My own stitched square, cut on my old Cricut from red linencard, then layered onto gold mirri card, as is the (unkown) stamped sentiment but that was cut with Die-namics round stitched dies.

Marianne Poinsettia cut from plain red/green card and foliage punched with McGill and Leone Em punches.

A smidgin of Glamour Dust to finish.

Methinks I had better get crackin' and get the rest made :o)

Jackie xx

 

Another bits and pieces card

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well in your world...hugs.  For myself, I don't much like these unseaonable temperatures!

Can you believe that it is December already? 

I had a wonderful day on Sunday with my crafting friends, (yes Christine, I did remember Viv's hug) it was our last get together of the year so we did our Secret Santa, and a wonderful day ended with us having dinner at Cosmo's in Derby. What could be more perfect?  :o)

Anyhow, here is my card for today. 

Base card is my usual white linendcard from The Range, folded and cut to 7x5. That is the only new thing on this card.

Sentiment stamp is an old one from Penny Black, found it sitting in a box and it hadn't seen ink for some years.

The hexagon shapes were cut at a friend's house years ago, before I bought my own hexagon die set.

Flower was punched with EK Success,  centre punched with  McGill, also years ago.

I am determined to use all the bits from my boxes up, but it could take a long time LOL. I had forgotten how many there are!!!!!

Jackie xx

8x8 Commissioned vows renewal

Good morning everyone, I am so sorry that I have not been commenting, I am guilty of taking time out to play with my new car and yes, I am loving it :o) I will endeavor to catch up with your posts in the next few days!

Believe it or not, 7 months after applying for P.I.P. for Stephen, the DWP representatives finally came to see him on Friday. So now we wait yet again to see if he will be allowed to have this extra money to give him independence!

I hope all is well with everyone, hugs.

On to my card for today. If you think it looks familiar, it's because I have used the front of a round card I made previously as I thought the image was perfect for the occasion. Please ignore the coaster on the inside, that is just to cover the private message :o)

For once I didn't make my own card blank, this is from a pack of Papermania 8x8 blanks. I embossed the front with an 8x8 Embossalicious folder then attached the front from another card and added the flower, sentiment  and bling.

The digi image is from Mo Manning, printed onto plain white smooth card then coloured with Caran D'Ache watercolour pencils.

All coloured card is Bazzill Basics.

Daisy cut with Sizzix Bigz dies from plain white card, then the petal tips inked with an ancient Colour Box pad which was just the right colour.

Foliage cut with Memory Box and McGill.

Inside border cut with Spellbinder.

Image and inside panels also cut with Spellbinder.

Sentiment is computer generated the cut with SU punches.

Pins unknown.

Jackie xx

Belated birthday present.....

.....from a dear friend.

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

Not a card for today, but a wonderful gift. 

I loved the concertina wallet so much that I decided to have a go myself. I measured all the bits on this one and here is the result!

Everything used in the making of it was from stash.

The red card was a 12x12 sheet from who knows where!

The striped card is MME from a 12x12 pad I bought about 4 years ago in a sale at PDA.

Flower and leaves made using McGill and Xcut punches.

Fastener from small round punches. I am quite pleased with the result :o)
Jackie xx

Another of my flower cards

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

I am loving all this Springlike weather we are getting at the moment, long may it continue!

I took this photograph in 2007 and believe it or not this is the first time I have used it! So, without more ado, here it is :o)

Nothing new was used in the making of this card!

Own photograph of the cosmos flower of course, feathered in Paint Shop Pro, then printed onto Linen card from Papermill Direct, in fact all the white card is the same. The pink is Papermania textured card, as is the green.

Cut with Spellbinders Nesties, then mounted onto a circle of  McGill punched leaves.

I found the Provocraft metal corner die lurking in the bottom of a drawer when looking for something else, I have had it aeons :o)

Jackie xx

Spotty flower card

Good morning everyone on this very frosty start to Sunday. I hope you are all well or getting there...hugs.

I hope that 2014 brings everyone good health and happiness.

Stephen had a lovely surprise from the taxman, a nice fat refund of several hundred pounds, what a wonderful Christmas present for him. Had to chuckle though, he received the refund one day then the next day a letter saying he would be getting it! :o)

Right, onto my card for today!

White PMS hammered card folded and cut to 7x5 then layered with green card and white pearlised card embossed with Embossalicious A4 folder.

Cheery Lynn lattice also cut from the same pearlised card.

Leaves cut with my new Memory Box die.

Flower punched with McGill from MME paper and finished off with brad from stash topped with a tiny dragonfly punched with Xcut :o)

Jackie xx

8x8 Christmas wreath card

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

At our Friday evening crafty get together I saw one of my friends making a Christmas wreath and decided that it was time I had a try. This is the result, I hope you like it :o)

It took forever to make the wreath but I am happy with it. It is 6" across and seems to sit nicely within the embossed frame!

The card is from a Papermania pack . 8x8 is the only size that I buy pre-scored, I usually make my own!

For the wreath, I cut a circle from plain white card using the two largest of my nestie circles.

Then comes the tedious bit, punching all the leaves! Pine type leaves cut with McGill punch and holly leave with a Personal Impressions punch. Berries are whit pearls coloured with copic pen :o)

Jackie xx

Purple bits and bobs, nothing new

Good morning Bloggers, no doubt most of you are basking in the sun but for me it is too much. Anything over 20 and I am like a limp rag! 

I, for one will be glued to the TV screen this afternoon watching our boys in the Tour de France. Did anyone see how Froome and Porte completely took over yesterday? Not a tennis fan but hope that Murray will do well.

Here is another card made before my shoulder decided not to play. Thank goodness I am finally managing to get some crafting in now and will hopefully soon have new ones to show you LOL.

Anyhow, without more ado, here is my card made with bits from the scrap box apart from the base card.

Base card is hammered card from PMS way before the Mansfield shop closed. I found a matching piece in my scrap box just big enough for the Marianne cut and emboss folder, then  layered it onto a piece of mirri card which was just big enough too, then onto the base card.  Flower punched with EK Success and Xcut, spiky leaves punched with McGill and the other leaves are Memory Box die cuts. That's all there is to it, very cheap and very simple :o)

Jackie xx 

Vintage 8x8

Good morning Bloggers, and what a beautiful sunny one it is too after a few very dull days. I hope all is well in your world...hugs.

I have been enjoying seeing lots of vintage cards lately and it set me to thinking, it wasn't too painful LOL. I went through my old family photographs and found this photograph of my paternal Grandma. On 26th December this photograph will be 100 years old, it was taken on my Grandparent's wedding day, and although I could be accused of being a tad biased, I think she looks beautiful!

I cut two 8x8 squares of plain white card for the base then ran the front one through the  Embossalicious  folder. I scored the back one about an inch in then attached with the strong red DS tape. Frame is the negative from a Nestie cut.

Punches used are Leone Em, McGill, Martha Stewart and Woodware with a dob of liquid pearls for the flower centers, and a scrap of ribbon from stash completes it :o)

Jackie xx

An open card and a welcome

Good morning Bloggers. I hope you are warmer where you are than I am here, it looks very dull outside!

Today I welcome Myrna, a new follower. Hi there Myrna, thank you for visiting and joining my followers :o)

On to my card for today which is an 8x8 that I made just for the pleasure of making it.

For once, I didn't cut and fold my own basecard. It is from a pack I bought yonks ago because I didn't fancy buying and cutting into A3!

The backing paper is from an 8x8 Kay&Co pad that I bought way back in my early crafting days. I thought it was time I started using it at last. The pearl paper that I cut the flowers/foliage from is also from the dim and distant past!

Dies used are Grand Nesties and Cheery Lyn. Punches used are McGill and Woodware, Gems were from my stash :o)

Jackie xx

Not a poinsettia in sight !

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

Poinsettia trio + a wonderful day out

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

Cricut card

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.....

.....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

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

 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 

Variations on a theme

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

A change from Christmas and own photographs

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

Autumn floral

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 more Cricut cards

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

Violets

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)