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

Thomas the tank engine and a few friends...Christmas # 9

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

Haven't we had it all in the last few days? Snow, ice, rain, mild, can't make it's mind up!!!

My card for today features Thomas and several friends, another one for the hospital box. Each one is a seperate photograph tubed by PatEssex, my very good friend from DC. Thomas, the chimpanzee and the heron are my own photographs and the rest are Pat's.

Basecard is Papermill white hammered, folded and cut to 6x6.

Computer generated sentiment using Smarty Pants font. 

I will have to pop back later to comment on your blogs :o)

Jackie xx

 

...and another one from my bit boxes

Good morning everyone, I see it has been raining heavily overnight, I hope you are all warm and dry...hugs.

I cannot believe that it is only 4 week to Christmas day, where did the time go?

Once again I turned to my bit boxes for my card share today, and found these lovely leaves. I took me a couple of days deep thought (in betweet chapters of the gripping book I am reading) before I came up with the wreath idea for them LOL.

Card used is Papermill Direct ivory linencard and PDA brown card.

Card size is 6x6, or more correctly, it will fit into a 6x6 envelope.

I can't remember whether I punched or diecut the leaves, it's years I did them and I can't find a punch or a die in my stash that fits them , must have used one of my friend's or I have sold them or given them away LOL.

While I was looking I came across the wonderful old Stampendous sentiment stamp :o)

Jackie xx

Button tree

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

I am limited for time as I have to go for my 'flu jab at 8.24am, so I will have to come back later to check out your blogs.

I first saw a button tree by a very talented lady who no longer blogs, and this is my version, but I originally made a flutterby tree instead as I had no buttons.

Card used is ivory linencard from Papermill Direct, and plain brown card from PDA.

Dies used are Memory Box Tree and Spellbinder nesties. 

Sentiment stamped with My Creative Time.

This it the flutterby tree I did and posted back in March, just for comparison :o)

Jackie xx

Ivory and brown

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

I am very happy to report that my car is now M.O.Td and taxed for another year,  and had it's Winter check so that's the biggest item out of the way :o)

I went to the Doc yesterday and he confirmed what I already thought, I have arthritis in my left hand, but it's early days yet so the pain is bearable, certainly not as bad as the shoulder and back pains. HeyHo, that's the price of getting old LOL! Isn't it strange that until I was 70, I hardly ever needed to visit the Doctor's, but now everyting is going to pot!!!!! Thank goodness for cardmaking :o)

Anyhow, enough of my rambling, I know there are lots of peeps out there far worse off than me so I'd better stop grumbling!

Onto my card for today!

 I do love sepia whether it's old photographs or cards, and although this is Memento Cocoa, it is near enough!

Base card is ivory linencard from Papermill Direct, folded and cut to 7x5.

I stamped Woodware grasses onto it twice, then the Stampendous agapanthus cluster onto a small scrap of the same card. I inked the edge of the panel and attached it with foam pads to lift it. 

Sentiment is an old stamp from Stamps and Smiles and Bob's yer Uncle, the card is finished. Didn't take very long to make :o)

Jackie xx

Number two of my "finds"

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

I am on holiday from work this week, getting my second breath before the Christmas rush, so I am hoping to spend a fair bit of it in the craftroom!

This is the second of three from the Papermania sentiment stamps that I "found" whilst looking for something else. Did I find what I was originally looking for? No, cuz I forgot what it was LOL.

Once again, basecard is ivory linencard from Papermill Direct, folded and cut to 7x5.

Image stamped onto a scrap of the same card then coloured with red copic and an ordinary gold pen which I bought aeons ago for writing Christmas cards out and never used LOL.

Dies used are Memory Box and Spellbinders, and Woodware punches.

Tiny pearls from stash coloured with copic pen.

Gold card is Kanban from before they closed down :o)

Jackie xx

Best wishes

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all warm and dry, oh boy did we have some rain yesterday and yes, I got caught in it...hugs

I was ferreting in my craft room, as you do, and came across three stamps bought many moons ago and never inked, so I had to rectify that immediately. This is the first one!

A very simple card, I used Papermill Direct ivory linen card, folded and cut to 7x5. You may have noticed that this is my favourite size card LOL.

I stamped the sentiment onto a scrap of the same card and coloured it with Copics, then cut it with Spellbinders.

Corner cut with Memory Box die, tiny pearls coloured with Copic pen.

Brown textured and green card from scrap box :o)

Jackie xx

Another giraffe

Good morning everyone, what a lovely crisp Autumn start to the day, maybe now we will start getting the gorgeous colours we normally expect at this time of the year.

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

My card today is about as simple as they get. I was ferreting in a drawer and found this wonderful Stampendous stamp which I had forgotten about, so it seems I haven't yet finished with giraffes LOL.

I used Copics to colour the little fellow in.

Base card is ivory linen from Papermill Direct, folded and cut to 7x5.

Sentiment stamped with  Stamps and Smiles.

The image was just right to use a the scrap from cutting the card to size :o)

Jackie xx

The rest of my cousin's order

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

After the last mammoth commission from my cousin I was so pleased to have this simple set of 6 to make. She loves browns, as do I,  so  I set too with gusto. The only colouring on this set is a tiny bit of shading with a Copic pen :o)

 Three kings is an image from my very old (1990s) CorelDraw 7. I had to convert it to a png in PSP7 then changed colour to brown. I printed it straight onto the ivory linen card...from Papermill Direct...then added the text using Papyrus font before folding and cutting to 7x5.

Bethlehem image is a little stamp from Art Impressions, which I stamped with Memento inkpad, then cut with Spellbinders.

Brown textured card was from PDA aeons ago :o)

Jackie xx

Set of 6

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well in your  world...hugs for anyone who wants or needs them :o)

I am back at work now after a week off doing my own thing, and I had only been there an hour before I felt as though the holiday was in the distant past... got to wait about 7 weeks for another week off!

My offering today is a set of 6 small cards, I don't often make A6 cards but the image is very small!!! They were to be my last Christmas cards for my own use this year, but I have a few more up my sleeve, can't get out of Christmas mode LOL.

Base cards are Ivory linen from Papermill Direct, folded and cut to A6.

A rt Impressions image stamped onto same ivory card then cut with Spellbinders, as is the brown mat. 

The only colouring is the shadow which was done with Copic warm grey 001.

Sentiment stamp is un-named.

Very quick and easy for batch making, it took me 40 minutes to make these 6 from start to finish not counting  the inserts :o)

Jackie xx

Another old stamp

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

I have used another old stamp, from the same era as the other one, for today's card, I hope you like it :o)

Another DL card, another Stampendous stamp.

Image coloured with Sakura Gelly Roll Stardust pens.

Memory Box corner die cut from a scrap of red glitter card.

White card is my usual linen from Papermill Direct. 

Red card is from the scrap box.

I really am loving using these old stamps :o)

Jackie xx

Been digging out old stamps

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well in your world, hugs. What a lovely sunny morning it is here in the Midlands, unlike the dark grey of yesterday :o)

On the spur of the moment, I had a "digging out" session of old rubber stamps, from more than 7 years ago. I know it's that long because I have been working at Morrison's for 7 1/4 years and they predate that!

Anyway, this is the first card made using one of those stamps, and I am happy to say that it doesn't look old fashioned :o) It is also a long time since I made DL size cards and this stamp lends itself well to this style methinks.

Base card is white linen from Papermill Direct, folded and cut to DL size. 

I used the offcut to stamp on with this fabulous Stampendous image and then coloured with Caran D'Ache watercolour pencils and Sakura Gelly Roll Stardust pens, also from the same era as the stamp and still going strong after years of neglect. 

Sentiment is another old Stampendous offering :o)

Jackie xx

Two more with the large circle burst die

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

 W ell I, for one, am so pleased that the temperature is dropping, yesterday I was so much more comfortable :o)

I have two more cards here to show you made using my favourite die of the moment, I have yet to use the small circle burst die but I am working on it!

These are Christmas 38 and 39 so I am getting on with them now, I also have a few left from last year, taking me up to a total of around 50 ish.

As before, all white card used is linen from Papermill Direct. Silver and green mirri card from stash.

Sentiment stamped with Stamps and Smiles.

Dies used are Memory Box.

Jackie xx

Two with my new die

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

It's not often that I buy new dies etc whilst they are still all the rage, I usually wait until all the hype has died down, but I couldn't resist the circle burst dies from Memory Box. I bought both the large and the small but haven't used the small one yet.

White card used is linen from Papermill Direct, folded and cut to 6x6 for the base card.  

I diecut the white squares with the large circle bust die, then layers onto gold textured and red mirri card respectively, from stash.

All dies used are Memory Box. 

Sentiments are from an ancient set with no name :o)

Jackie xx

Birthday commission and a few pics

Good morning everyone, I hope you are not melting in the heat like I am!  Hugs.

My card for today is for a young man who has recently taking up playing golf, I hope he appreciates it (the card, that is)  :o)

Base card is, as usual, white linen from Papermill Direct, folded and cut to 7x5.

I open my photograph, taken a few years ago at Allestree Golf Course, Derby, in PSP then merged the digi image from Karen's Doodles and added the sentiment using Papyrus font.

I printed it, along with a second image, onto the same linen card.

This is what it looked like before I cut the main image to size and coloured them with Caran D'Ache watercolour pencils. 

I then fussy cut the golfer and attached him to the main image and then layered it onto blue card from my scrap box.

Some of my Docrafts buddies and I have been discussing the lack of flutterbies this year but on Tuesday they were here and I managed to get a few photographs.

The first pic is a peacock flutterby, and the others are small tortoiseshell. The little beauties move so fast it was difficult to get decent pics but i managed these few :o)

Jackie xx

Daisy birthday

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

I know that most of you are probably enjoying the current weather, but I'm afraid it is wiping me out, I feel so lifeless in all this heat. Bring back cool weather I say!

Onto my card for today. I have made one similar (but not quite the same) before, it is a style that I am quite partial too :o)

 Base card is white linen from Papermill Direct, folded and cut to 7x5, then the edge punched with EK Success punch.

Flowers and leaves cut from scrap with Memory Box die (leaves) and Woodware punch (daisies).

Flower centres are jewelled brads bought years ago.

Sentiment stamped with My Creative Time :o)

Jackie xx

Sunrise, sunset, take your pick, and a few photographs

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

Did you get the thunderstorms? I have never in my life seen rain like we had here yesterday, it was bouncing up off the road at least a foot!!!!! Only trouble is it didn't cool it down any.

I warn you now that this post is picture heavy so get yourself  settled down with a cuppa :o)

I actually made this card a few weeks ago, but forgot to post it.

Base card is hammered white from Papermill Direct, folded and cut to 6x6.

Mat is black card from stash.

I inked up a square of white smooth card, then stamped with various stamps from Lavinia and Art Impressions. The tree stamp has no name on it, but I bought it second hand many years ago. All stamped with Memento inkpad.

There is any more I can say about it really, except that I hope you like it :o)

An now a few photographs, not my best but I was so happy to finally have the opportunity to take my cameras for a stroll after all the trials and tribulations of the last 18 months. I still can't walk far but at least my blue badge now gets me nearer to where I want to be. 

I spent literall just about 3/4 of an hour at Trent Lock the other day and OMG did I enjoy it.

 

Are you still awake? I hope I didn't bore you :o) 

 Jackie xx

The last of my cousin's commission.....

.....hopefully I will be delivering them to her on Friday and we will go out for a pub lunch :o)

I hope all is well in your world this lovely morning, although the sun hasn't managed to peep through just yet, hugs.

On to my cards for today, two more very simple ones to share with you, and although they look a bit black and white, they are actually ivory and brown!

Base cards are ivory linen from Papermill Direct, folded and cut to 6x6 and 7x5, and the images are stamped onto the same. Mats are brown card from stash.

Both images stamped with Hero Arts using Memento inkpad, then cut with Spellbinders.

Sentiments are from SU and My Creative Time.

Nothing else I can say about them really :o)

Jackie xx

Commission part 3, thinking of you

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

I am now off work for a whole week Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Going to get my hair cut today all being well (my village hairdresser opens for a few hours on Sundays) so that will set me up for the week LOL. I will be hopefully visiting a dear friend on Wednesday, and my cousin to deliver her cards and have a late pub lunch with her on Friday, other than that I intend taking each day as it comes :o)

Onto my cards for today,  there will be a couple more in the week then that will be the commission finished.

All base cards are white linen from Papermill Direct, folded and cut to 6x6 and 7x5.

All coloured card is from my scrap box.

Background on the first card  stamped with an old Hero Arts woodblock set.

Dies used are Memory Box, card one being the Chloe Stem and on card three is the negative from a leaf die.

Embossed dandelion is from a Darice folder on Pearlised white card from Stash.

Sentiments stamps from My Creative Time (cards 1 and 2) and SU ( card 3).

Jackie xx

Part 2 of my cousin's commission.....

.....this time it's sympathy cards.

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all well on this lovely sunny Thursday, hugs

On to my cards for today, as before, my cousin likes to CAS and flat for posting, and as far as I am concerned all sympathy cards should be no frills!

All three cards are white linen card from Papermill Direct, folded and cut to 7x5.

Crosses are Spellbinder dies, the first one is the negative from the larger cross on the third card.

Embossing folders are both Craft Concepts.

All coloured card is from my scrap box.

All white panels are pearlised card from?

Sentiment is from a stamp set by My Creative Time.

Jackie xx