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

Purple birthday

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

Are you ready for the big day? I have now done all my shopping and anything that hasn't been got will just have to be left LOL.

My card for today is another one using bits, those boxes are bottomless :o)

 

 

Unfortunately I had to use flash as the day was so dull, hence the glare!

The only thing new on this card is the SU greeting, cut with Spellbinders, even the base card was folded and cut a while ago LOL.

Pearlised paper flowers punched with Woodware, Xcut and EK Success.

Leaves cut with my one and only  Sue Wilson die set a while ago.

MME card backing cut With Cricut.

Pearls from stash and coloured with Copic pen.

The very pink gragonfly has been removed since I took the pic, the colour was too far out of place :o)

Jackie xx

 

Lupin birthday

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

Are you all ready for Santa? I only have the perishables to get now, thank goodness!

On to todays offering. I've used this lupin before, and I will use it again because I love it.

White linencard from The Range, folded and cut to 7x5.

Lupin image printed out aeons ago an now coloured with copics this week.

Digi image is from Delicious Doodles (I think).

Cut with Spellbinders.

Green card from scrapbox.

Sentiment stamp is an old one from Staps and smiles.

Gems from stash :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

Last of my three "finds"

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

I went to PDA at Langley Mill yesterday afternoon to get some brown textured card that I love and I only had 1 sheet left. They are in the middle of moving things around and enlarging the shop area so they have lots more stamps and dies etc. than the last time I went around November last year. 

Of course I bought more than the brown card I went for LOL. I also got some white double sided pearlised card, and a couple of embossing folders including the chicken wire one that I have long wanted, and my first jar of gilding wax to play with. Add the 200 envelopes and my proposed £10 spend became £40+ LOL.

Here is the last of my three finds in my craftroom, no doubt there will be many others that haven't seen ink!

I used the same ivory linencard, from Papermill Direct, that I used on the other two, but this time I folded and cut it to 6x6.

Brown card is the same as the one I bought at PDA yesterday.

Pink pearlised card is only one sided, which I had forgotten, and I put it into the Embossalicious folder the wrong way so what you see is the debossed side!

Staped the Papermania sentiment onto an offcut of the ivory linencard and coloured with Copics. I added Glossy accents to the pink lettering but you can't see it here!

Dies used are Spellbinders and Provocraft :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

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

Very simple poppy card

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

Well, it may have cooled down a tad, but for me it is not enough, I am still melting!

My card for today is a very simple one indeed, doesn't take much explaining. I made it several weeks ago and never got around to uploading it!

Base card is white linen from The Range, folded and cut to 5x5.

Pearlised white card embossed with Embossalicious A4 Quilt folder.

SU poppy stamped onto smooth white paper and coloured with copics, then cut with Spellbinders. Pearls from stash, coloured with copic to match the flower :o)

Jackie xx

One of my old photographs

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

Welcome to new follower Natalia Smith, thank you for following me. Lovely to see you in blogland :o)

I had to come back to my photographs, can't stay away from them for very long LOL.

Quite a simple card.

8x8 card base is from a Papermania pack.

Orange card is from stash.

Pearlised white card embossed with Embossalicious.

Crown Imperialis photograph taken at Wollaton Park in the Spring of 2011,  printed onto white linen card then cut with Spellbinder Nesties. Memory Box corner, ribbon from stash :o)

Jackie xx

P.S. I seem to have lost my reading list, I will have to come back later to comment!

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

Shaped anniversary

And the day dawns.....

Today has finally arrived, I am picking up my new car today Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

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

Welcome to new follower AussieAnnie, thank you for joining :o)

I am not too sure about my card for today but I do love the image!

SU Image stamped onto plain white card then watercoloured with Caran D'Ache watercolour pencils. Cut with Spellbinder die and matted onto black Papermania textured card, also cut with Spellbinder.

Base card is white hammered card from Papermill Direct, cut with Spellbinder Grand Nestie.

Foliage is Memory Box and sentiment is from Woodware set.

Jackie xx

Remember that gardenia?.....

.....here is another one, same plant, different bloom. I took the photograph at Elvaston Castle in August 2007.

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

For my card today, I have used another of my gardenia photographs. Very simple design. 

 

Base card is white linen, folded and cut to 7x5.

Photograph printed onto the same linen card, then cut with Spellbinder Nesties.

Green card used for the foliage is from some I bought way back in 2009 at the Edinburgh Woollen Mill Shop in Cheddar Gorge, my stock is dwindling now!

Foliage cut with Cheery Lynn dies.

Sentiment stamped and punched with SU.

I hope you like :o)

Jackie xx

You've seen the blue set, now here is the red set

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

I opened the curtains this morning and what did I see? Yes, rain, rain and more rain :o(

Oh well, there's nothing we can do about it so we may as well make the best of it!

I am off to Long Eaton this morning to take Stephen for his speech therapy.

I took him for his neuro therapy on Tuesday and he is doing so well that they asked him to make his own way there next week to see if he can plan a journey okay.  He goes out every day and uses his bus pass a lot, but he just gets on the bus to anywhere without planning, so they are really testing him now. No doubt I will be on tenterhooks while he is gone but I am sure that he will be alright (says she biting on her knuckles, LOL)

Anyhow, time to get onto my cards for today. I said when I posted the blue set that I was thinking of making a red set too, and here they are, or at least some of them!

All base cards are white hammered from the Papermill shop years ago, folded and cut to 6x6, then apertures cut with Spellbinder's Nesties.
Papers are from stash, also from years ago. They are HOTP except for the spotty one, which is Basic Grey.
Dies used are Memory Box,  flower punches are Woodware, and poinsettia is an SVG file from Penny Duncan and cut on the Cricut.
Various stamps used with Memento inkpad.
I hope you like them :o)
Jackie xx

Peony digi watercoloured

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all well, or heading in the right direction...hugs

For my card today, I used a peony digi image from Imag-e-nation. I have had it for a long time so I thought it was about time I used it!

For the base card I used white linen card from Papermill Direct, folded and cut to 7x5.

Peony image printed onto the same card, coloured with Caran D'Ache watercolour pencils, then cut with Spellbinders Nestie. Mat and Memory Box leaf vine cut from Bazzill. Sentiment stamped with My Creative Time. Very simple card :o)

Jackie xx

Last of my aperture cards for the time being

Good morning all, I hope you have a wonderful Easter Day, hugs.

Sorry it's sucha  short post, it hurts to sit here for too long!

 

Today's offering is #4 of 4 so no more aperture cards for at least a little while :o)

The materials and method are the same for this one as for the others so I won't go over them again. Please scroll down if you haven't seen the others :o)

CAS easel card

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well in your world, isn't all this sunshine wonderful.

I hope you all have a lovely Easter :o)

Today's offering is deliberately CAS and I am quite pleased with it.

Papermill Direct white linen card folded and cut to 6x6.

Own dahlia photograph, taken a couple of years ago at Calke Abbey.

Red card is Papermania textured card. 

Image cut and matted with Spellbinders Nesties.

Provocraft corner die cuts.

Flutterbies punched with Martha Stewart.

Sentiment from an old Stamps and Smiles set :o)

Jackie xx

8x8 rocker card for a friend who is leaving to go back to America.....

.....because the Border Agency, in their wisdom (not), decreed that after 12 years of being legal here, working and paying her taxes, she has suddenly become an illegal alien!!!!! Our crafting group will miss her very much :o(  Bon Voyage Brenda.

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

Strangely enough, I didn't make this card specially for my friend, but when she saw it she loved it so much that I decided that would be the one to give to her, even the lily is weeping for her :o)

All card used is Papermania textured.

Own photograph of course.

Spellbinder Grand Nesties used for nearly all the card cutting, plus Cheery Lynn foliage die.

Nothing else I can say about it really so I hope you like it :o)

Jackie xx

Another aperture card.....

.....this time in colour.

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well in your world. Hugs for anyone who wants or needs them {{{{{hugs}}}}}

This is the second of my aperture cards, and once again my own photograph is inside, I hope you like it :o)

Once again the base card is white linen from Papermill Direct, folded and cut to 7x5.

Aperture cut with Spellbinder's Nestie.

Cheery Lynn lattice die cut from pearlised card bought at Donington a couple of years ago (I bought 130 sheets for £13).

Foliage cut with Memory Box die and flowers punched with Woodware. 

Sentiment is part of a stamp set from My Creative Time.

White pearls from stash.

I took the lily photograph way back in 2007.

Nothing new was used in the creation pf this card :o)
Jackie xx

Aquilegia (columbine)

Good morning everyone, and it IS good because I am now on holiday from work for a whole week :o)

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

For my card today, I have used a photograph that I took way back in May 2006. As I can't just go off for the day on a photo shoot like I used to before Stephen had his stroke, I am digging deep into my stock of approx. 20,000 photographs on one of my external hard drives and I am coming across lots that I had totally forgotten about!

This one was taken in the garden belonging to a friend's mother at Little Eaton and this is it's very first showing after all these years.

I wanted it to be CAS and I do love white space on cards, so I didn't add any leaves this time.

Photograph feathered in PSP then printed onto the card, then cut with Xcut dies. 

Corners cut with old Provocraft die. I am loving that I have found so many things I had forgotten about during my craftroom move.

All white card used is Papermill Direct Linen and the pink is Papermania textured.

I am quite please with how it turned out and I am still raiding my photograph stock for more forgotten pics, both flowers and animals/things with wings :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