Christmas 5

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

I'm running late this morning so here is my card for today

8x8 card Papermania blank.

Woodware Teazel stamp set stamped with Versamark then heat embossed with Stampendous Detail Gold emb. powder onto black marbled card from PDA but had it for years.

Stamps and Smiles sentiment.

Image and mat cut with Spellbinders Grand Nesties.

Corner pieces cut with flower centre from my new Memory Box poinsettia dies.

Gold textured card from stash.

Gingham ribbon from stash.

I will have to pop back later to visit your lovely blogs :o)

Jackie xx

 

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

Christmas 2, 3 and 4

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

I was late up this morning so in a bit of a hurry, so here is my card share for today!

I found a pack of Papermania Kraftcard 5x5 blanks and envelopes when I was searching for something else, isn't that always the case? I must have had them for around 5 years!

I have userd all very old stamps and embossed with Stampendous Detail White powder.

On the last one, I coloured the hearts with Sakura Gelly Roll Stardust pen.

Very short and sweet :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

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

More vellum flowers

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

I cannot believe it is Thursday again already! I do my food shopping on a Thursday and it seems like only a couple of days since I last did it, and yet here I am with bare fridge and cupboards. No wonder I will never be rich, I will just have to settle for being brainy instead, and if you believe that you will believe anything LOL.

Any how, I digress. Here is my card for today.

8x8 card blank from Papermania.

Embossed with embossalicious folder.

This is the second of three sets of Honey Doo flower stamps I bought.

Stamped onto pink vellum with Brilliance Cromson Copper inkpad, then heat embossed with SU white pearls translucent powder.

Handcut then made up the flowers and added pearl coloured with Copic marker to the centres.

All foliage cut with Memory Box dies.

I used Die-namics stitched round dies for the sentiment, which I stamped with My Creative Time, then added more pearls from stash, also coloured with Copic pen. 

Martha Stewart punched flutterbies added, I may add a smidgeon of Glamour Dust to them, not made up my mind yet :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

 

A couple more of my merged sunsets

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

I have two more sunset cards to share with you today, only two more to go LOL.

The sunset and owl photographs were taken by me some years ago, but the giraffes photograph was taken by my good friend PatEssex (Docrafts). 

Merged in the same way as my previous ones and printed onto Kodak Everyday photocard 160gsm (ideal for decoupage).

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

Artwork cropped to size and layered onto black mat.

Owl and giraffe silhouettes cut with the Cricut using Animal Kingdom cart and Papermania black textured card.

I have really enjoyed making this set :o)

Jackie xx

Been playing again

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

Sorry to be a party pooper, but I am not enjoying all this heat, bring back lower temperatures say I.....

I've been playing with some of my sunset photographs from a while ago and my cards for today are the result. I am in the process of making a set of 6, these are the first 2. I realise they may not be to everyone's taste, but I am pleased with them :o)

If I remember correctly, the cat and the elephant are from my very old CorelDraw software (bought about 20 years ago) and I converted them in PSP7 (also bought around 20 years ago) to png then in SCAL so I could cut them out on my very old little Cricut.

I opened my sunset photographs in PSP7, then added the animal images and 

shadowed them.

I printed the pics onto Kodak Everyday Picture Paper which is 160 gsm and semigloss.

Black mats are Papermania textured card and the silhouetts are cut from the same card.

Computer generated sentiments cut with SU punches.

I hope you enjoy them as I really enjoyed playing :o)

Jackie xx

Pink on Pink

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

We are back to a sunny start to the day here near Derby, I hope it isn't as humid as the last two days! I know, some folks are never satisfied, but heat is not kind to me and humidity is even worse!!!

Today I am sharing my 6th and final one colour card, I have enjoyed making them :o)

The colour is a bit in your face, never thought to try seeing if it glows in the dark LOL.

All card is Papermania textured from stash.

Basecard is A4 sheet folded and cut to fit 6x6 envelope.

Panel embossed with Embossalicious 6x6 folder.

Foliage cut with Memory Box dies.

Flowers punched with Woodware punch from scraps of pearlised paper.

White pearls coloured with Copic pen.

Sentiment stamped with Stamps and Smiles.

Really very quick and simple to make :o)

Jackie xx

Commissioned 8x8 50th anniversary

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

What a wild, wet and miserable day we had yesterday, started off sunny then degenerated rapidly with horizontal rain and gales!  :o(  At least it seems to have calmed down this morning so far.

 On to my card for today. I was asked to make a large Golden wedding anniversary card and it was left to me what I did, the only brief being it must be simple, so here it is, and I am pleased to say my customer was delighted with it, thank goodness :o)

 I used a Papermania 8x8 card blank for this one.

I was given and old wedding photograph of the couple, and it was do faded and had lots of marks all over it, so I had a go at cleaning it up in PSP7 then feathering what I had left to get rid of everyone else!

I cut the photograph and gold mat with Spellbinders dies.

The rose (same rose used twice) is my own photograph beautifully tubed by my very good friend Pat (PatEssex on DC) And the sentiment is computer generated.

Inside, I used the same layout with the roses, and the verse is computer generated. 

Not mush else can be said about it really, simple was what they wanted and simple was what they got :o)

Jackie xx

8x8 commissioned baby card

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well in your world and the sun is shining for you as it is here, albeit and tad hazy...hugs

A work colleague asked me to make her two 8x8 cards, one a golden wedding anniversary and the other a baby card as her daughter is expecting a little girl within a month. This will be her first grandchild and she is sooooooooooooo excited :o)

Anyhow, here is the baby card to be going on with!

I used a Papermania 8x8 card blank.

White pearlised panel embossed with Embossalicious A4 emb. folder  which I think is perfect for baby cards.

All elements inside and out (except the sentiment which was cut with Spellbinder oval and pierced oval dies) were created by me in SCAL, and cut on my ancient Cricut.

All pink card used it Coredinations. 

Babygrow banner and sentiment are raised on foam sticky pads to give a bit of dimension.

It has been quite a while since I used my Cricut, and I really enjoyed re-acquainting myself with it.  It is the original version which I bought before we were able to connect them to the PC way back in 2007,  so it has done me proud.

I coloured the safety pins with Copic marker pen.

I filched the verse from a DC  member and I think it is perfect for a little girl, printed using Bauhaus 93 font :o)

Jackie xx

Last of my swans for a while

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

A warm welcome to new follower VeeCassidy, thank you for joining my followers Vee :o)

It started raining on my way home from work last night, and boy oh boy it was beating against my windows all night. It's stopped now and calm as a millpond. Wouldn't it be great if it always rained at night and was nice during the day!

On to my cards for today.

 The first one is 8x8. I used a Papermania base card for this one.

Blue card is DCWV, embossed with Embossalicious 8x8 folder then sanded and layered onto the basecard.

I printed my swan photograph and the border onto my usual white linencard before cutting 

with square die (sorry, can't remember where from) and attaching with foam strips to give dimension. Sentiment stamped with Stamps and Smiles then cut with Die-namics horizontal strip die.

For my second card, I used white linencard, folded and cut to 7x5.

My sygnet photograph was printed ont the same white card.

The hessian strip, from my bits box, was covered with Creative Expressions gilding wax .

Diecut is Memory Box. Tiny buttons from stash.

I added the original photograph so you can see the hessian backing reflects the "cage" 

in the water :o)

Jackie xx