Last flower cards for at least a little while LOL

Good morning Bloggers, I hope you are all comfortable in this horrible weather. Yes I did say horrible, I am on my knees begging for some COOL weather!

Finally, 8 months after being made redundant, my son starts a new job on Monday morning. At 51 years old he has had great difficulty getting a job so I hope this one goes well for him, I have everything crossed that can be crossed!

I am sharing these cards today instead of tomorrow, because I will be at our get together all day Sunday Yippeeeeee. There will be 7 of us gathering at the lovely Pauline's house for bacon butties, then off to the new Hobbycraft in Derby to have a browse. Back to Pauline's for a light lunch then it's crafting all afternoon before we clear up and off we all go out for dinner before taking our weary but very happy selves off home, what a fabutastic day it is going to be :o)

Anyhow, onto my cards before you all nod off!

I took this photograph at Trent Lock recently, in fact this beautiful Canterbury Bell was in a pot next to the lilies on my little mini cards. The pots were all sitting in front of the Lock House Tearooms.

Of course I used my favourite Papermania textured card to print them onto, and the mat on the first card is from a scrap of Bazzill.

I hope you like them :o)

Jackie xx

Back from the colouring wilderness

Good morning Bloggers, and another gorgeous one it is too. I hope you all had a wonderful Bank Holiday while I was working. How come so many folks do their big weekly food shop on a glorious BH instead of getting out and enjoying the weather for the brief time it's here. Oh well, never mind eh, they must have their reasons and I'm not complaining as it keeps me in a job!

What do I mean by the title? Well, for about 9 months I have not done any colouring, I took an aversion to it for some unknown reason, but I seem to have recovered my enthusiasm at last and this is my first colouring in many months. I was afraid that my copics might have dried up but no, they are still okay, thank goodness :o)

Base card is white linen cut to 8x8. Panel embossed with Embossalicious, this being the third of my three for the price of two folders. Unfortunately you are seeing the debossed side as I used the wrong side, but it still works LOL.

The peony is a digi image and I am sorry to say I cannot remember where I got it. Had it from the days before I sorted them into named files! Coloured with said copics then handcut and attached with foam pads. Sentiment is Penny Black I think. 

The panel was then layered onto red Bazzill. I am happy to say that I really enjoyed colouring again and there will be more :o)

Jackie xx

8x8 lily card

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

It was so beautiful yesterday weatherwise that I went off to Calke Abbey with my cameras and had a lovely time. The pics are still in the cameras yet so can't show them this time :o)

Anyhow, here is my latest card.

This is another of the three for two 8x8 Embossalicious folders that I bought a couple of weeks ago. Such a good buy!

The backing is from J and P Pictures online sets (My own and PatEssex's, now defunct) and I printed it onto white linen card, then embossed and sanded it, a first for me! Own photograph printed onto Papermania textured card and cut with nesties. I even added ribbon now that I can see what I've got at a glance LOL. Corners are Memory Box cut from Bazzill card, as is the mat for the lily. All layered onto blue Bazzill card :o)

Jackie xx

A card and a storage problem solved

Good morning Bloggers, I hope all is well in your world :o)

It seems to me to be colder since the rain and wind arrived than it was when it snowed. Feels so damp!

First up this morning, I spotted a ribbon storage solution in the lovely Incy's gallery over on Docrafts. She had used an svg file so I decided to have a go at making my own in SCAL and here is the result cut on the Cricut. I think Incy's was a bit smaller. Mine is 4 1/2" by 2 7/8" but can be cut to any size. I have save the cutout bits to stamp sentiments on :o)

I am very pleased with it and have so far cut out 17 of them and filled them up with ribbons. Got a lot more to cut out. Maybe now I will use ribbon a bit more often because I can see what I've got at a glance :o)

I do love my new 8x8 Embossalicious folders, I got them 3 for the price of 2 at Strikes garden centre, Congleton, on my crafting day with friends last weekend. I cut the card blank to 8 1/4 inch square as I have some 8 1/2 inch envelopes from who knows where!

The image was stamped way back in the mists of time and then abandoned but I dug it out when I found all those others languishing in a box a few weeks ago. I cut it and it's backing out with Grand Nesties, the gold being from the gold linen card kindly donated to me by the lovely Christine thank you Christine.

Base card is Bazzill, cut to 8 1/4 x 8 1/4. I scored the back about 3/4" down before attaching the front with strong DS tape :o)

Jackie xx

Lots of diecuts card

OMG, this makes 3 days running that I have posted! Unheard of LOL.

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well in your world wherever that may be.

I really went to town on this one with all the diecuts, I was just having a play around and this is the result. 

Base card is Bazzill, with some of the dies cut from the same sheet. The rest are cut from a very pale peachy colour pearlised card. Dies used are Marianne anja corner, my new oval Nesties, Cheery Lynn foliage, Memory Box poppies and my new MB Chloe stem. Lots of card scraps were used :o)

Jackie xx

Combination of own photographs with Marianne cut and emboss folders

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

I have been out of the house for most of every day for the last 13 days straight including work and pleasure, so it's time to stay home and get some playtime in, I have a couple of card orders to do so that's my day mapped out for me! 

My cards today were a bit of an experiment in mixing my photographs with cut and emboss folder and I must say that I am quite pleased with the results, I hope you like them too :o)

 Sailing dinghy at Carsington Water

 Rose in the rain at Belper River Gardens

 Small copper flutterby at ? Old pic, can't remember where I took it!

Agapanthus in bud at Swarkestone garden centre.

I used linen card cut and folded to 5x7 for each of the cards. My photographs are printed straight on to Papermania textured card and cut out with nesties. All cut and emboss panels are pearl card layered onto Bazzill. :o)

Jackie xx

Brilliant day and a few CAS cards

Good morning everyone, what a difference the sun makes. Grab a cuppa and try not to nod off at the back please LOL. I had the most perfect day yesterday. It was my turn to host our get together and what a wonderful day it was too. As always we started the day off with bacon butties, these are obligatory to get us into the mood. Then the next obligatory thing we do is craft shopping, you cannot have a craft get together without a bit of retail therapy so off we went to Breedon on the Hill and I bought about 5 new dies so lots of playing to be done this week. We did confuse the poor girl, who was standing in for her Mum, and I think she was glad to see the back of us hehehehehe. Unlike her Mum, she is not used to us lot when we are together! Arriving back home of course the kettle went on and the home made scones, provided by Sandra, were lathered in clotted cream and topped with fresh strawberries (I am drooling just thinking about them). 

Have you nodded off yet?

Crafting time had finally arrived and there was lots of laughing  but not many cards made :o)

I made a ginormous cottage pie for dinner and this was followed with Pauline's gorgeous home made black sticky gingerbread and more cream. Methinks it will take more than this week to work of those calories.....

Anyhow, time to show you my cards before you forget why you are here :o)

As usual, I have feather my photographs in PSP then printed onto Bazzill and linen card, then cut and folded to A6 apart from the peacock which is 6x6. I have shown the peacock inside to illustrate that I put the image on the insert too.

Okay, you can wake up now, I've finished :o)

Jackie xx

Christmas card + a welcome

Good morning Bloggers, and welcome to new follower Caroline :o)

Time to get back to making Christmas cards so here is a set of 4, each using 2 of my own photographs.

The background on the second card is a photograph I took at Darley Park, near Derby,  3 years ago. The others were taken at Elvaston Castle Country Park, also near Derby,  18 months ago. The robins were taken at St. Chad's Water, just about 3 miles from me, in January this year. I feathered the robins in PSP and added them and the text to the background photographs at the same time. Christmas tree die is Marianne and the rest are Memory box, all cut from Bazzill which is a good match for the robins breast. All cardstock is white linencard, cut and folded to 5x7 :o)

Jackie xx

A couple more from the Norfolk broads

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well with you. I've given up discussing the weather!!!!!

Onto my cards which are part of the Norfolk Broads set I did with the beach huts and lighthouse which can be seen here

Base cards are white linen cut and folded to 5x7, images are, of course, my own photographs printed onto and backed with Bazzill, cut with Grand Nesties on the GC. Foliage is from Cheery Lynn and Marianne dies and sorry, not too sure of the stamps, possibly Hampton Arts inked with Memento London fog :o)

Jackie xx

A change from my photographs.....

I like to give you a rest now and again LOL. Good morning everyone, not that it is here, it's cold, wet and grey yet again! I hope all is well in your world :o)

I'm off out soon so I will get straight onto my card for today!

Quite a simple card, all dies from Cheery Lyn (lattice), Marianne (tree and poinsettia) and Memory Box (leaves. Stamp is unknown but may be Woodware. Tree and lattice cut from white glittercard, poinsettia and leaves cut from Bazzill. Base card is my favourite white linen card cut and folded to 5x7. I hope you like it :o)

Jackie xx

Pink and ivory

Good morning Bloggers, I hope it is drier and brighter where you are than it is here!

My card for today is yet another using a different one of my three Marianne cut and emboss folders , I love them, they are so versatile.

Materials and equipment used are;

Ivory linen card

Bazzill card

Memory Box corner die

Marianne cut and emboss folder

SU sentiment and punches

I hope the sun shines in your part of the world today :o)

Jackie xx

GC card for the box.....

.....and I sold it almost immediately :o)

Good morning Bloggers, I hope you are all well and happy, and if not then I hope you soon will be.....hugs

This is another one of those 'just becaue I wanted to' cards and I really enjoyed making it. We have just received our bonus from work, and I am breaking up tonight for a week, so I will be off to Byrkley Park to buy some more Grand Nesties, then I can make more shaped cards. Anyhow, on to my card for today :o)

It is A5 size, cut on the GC.

Basecard is Bazzill, backing paper is from stash, sorry no name on it. Same with the paper used for the flutterby and flowers!

Dies and punches used are Grand Nesties, Cheery Lyn, Marianne, Woodware and Xcut. It really is a very simple card :o)

Jackie xx

A birthday card and a welcome

Good morning Bloggers.  First a welcome to Elaine, my latest follower :o)

Well the morning couldn't be more different from yesterday if it tried. Yesterday was blue skies and sunshine all the way and I was out walking round St Chad's Water in my cardi. This morning it is dull and grey, windy and quite cool!

Anyway, on to my card for today. It is a card for my favourite waitress at George's where I go for my lunch every Thursday.

The basecard is Bazzill, folded and cut on the Grand Calibur  to 6x6. Paper is from stash and I have had it so long I can't remember wher it was from. The sentiment and 50 were cut from Bazzill on the Cricut. Leaves were punched with Leone Em and flowers with Woodware punches, and tiny pearls from stash for the flower centres. Ooops! I nearly forgot to say that the flowers were punched from a scrap of paper which I used on another card!  :o)

Jackie xx

In the pink and blue

Good morning everyone. 

I know most of you are sun worshippers but I am soooooooooooo wishing for cooler weather. I have had enough of all this sticky stuff, it's purgatory for me :o(  

Okay, moan over. 

Surprise Surprise, I have been playing with SCAL again and made these 2 cards for the box.

 Base cards are Bazzill. With the exception of the Xcut nestie squares, all the elements were cut on the Cricut. I created the words from the SCAL font library using Balloon font and the others are from the SCAL shapes library :o)

Jackie xx