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

Been playing yet again.....

.....I do love a good playabout LOL.

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

My apologies for not blogging yesterday, I had to go for my annual eye photograph session. The good news is that I don't need new glasses this year, and that my cataract has not progressed at all in a whole year, and even better, my eyes are not showing any signs of high blood pressure this year :o)

By the time I got home I made the mistake of turning the TV on to see how Chris Froome was doing in the Tour de France and that was it, I was glued there until the end of the stage and Froome was still in possesion of the Yellow Jersey,  go Froome go Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

I will do my best to catch up!

In the meantime, what did I come on here to do???

Oh yes, of course, I have a card to show you LOL. 

Among other things while I was playing with SCAL, I created this cloudbank and cut it out with my old Cricut, which meant I just had to make a card using it LOL.

Base card is white linencard folded and cut to nearly 6x6.

Image stamped with SU, then coloured with Caran D'Ache watercolour pencils and Copic markers. Although you can't see it here, the sky and the sand really are lightly coloured.

I attached the image to the basecard, then framed it with the offcut from a previous card to which I had stuck my cloudbank on the underside first.

I used a pale grey Copic pen to add a bit of definition to the clouds.

Sentiment will be added if and when required.

Not the best I've ever made but I did enjoy the playing :o)

Jackie xx

 

New baby card

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

Last week, I got home from work at 10.30pm on Tuesday evening, went to one of my two little freezers to get meat out for Wednesday, and the lid came away in my hands!!!!! One of the hinges had snapped. Now I have to say this particular freezer was about 25 years old, so it really didn't owe me anything. 

Next day, off I trotted to buy a new larder type freezer. It arrived yesterday and of course I had to wait several hours for it to settle down before plugging it in, then another several hours while it got cold enough for me to transfer all my meat to it!

So what was I doing at 10 o'clock last night, I was filling up the new freezer. Thank goodness that is done with LOL.

Anyhow, I digress, so here is my card for today!

All white card used is my usual linencard, and the red is a piece from one of my scrap boxes.

I folded and cut the card to fit into a 6x6 envelope, then cut the large circle burst with Memory box die, and attached the red card behind it before layering it onto the base card.

The stamp is one I did at a friend's house many years ago so I can't say who it was made by cuz I don't know! I coloured him with Caran D'Ache watercolours pencils. I cut him out with SU punch.

Banner is my own, created in SCAL and cut on my ancient Cricut.

Space at the top left is for the sentiment when I know where it is going :o)

Jackie xx

Christmas 18

Good morning everyone, what a lovely start to the day here after a night of rain, it is very windy and more rain is promised, but it is April still LOL.

I hope all is well with you and yours, wherever you are...hugs.

I have a simple Christmas card to share with you this morning.

Card used is my usual white linencard from The Range, folded and cut to 7x5 for the basecard.

Elzybells image stamped onto the same card and coloured with Caran D'Ache watercolour pencils, then cut with Spellbinders pierced rectangle die.

Sentiment stamp is from an old Stamps and Smiles set.

Memory Box die used for the mirri card border.

Not much else I can say about it :o)
Jackie xx

Every cloud...

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

The fog is gradually clearing here but it's still a bit grey out there!

I came across the old stamp set while I was searching for something else, as we do LOL. I think it's a Woodware set but not certain on that!

Another very simple card, as these are my favourite style!

All card used is my usual white linencard from The Range.

Image coloured with Caran D'Ache watercolour pencils, then cut with Die-namics stitched round dies.  sentiment is from the same stamp set.

Clear gems from stash.

I am running late this morning so may be a bit late in commenting on you projects :o)

Jackie xx

Back to my bits boxes

Good morning one and all, I hope your are warm and well...hugs

My new sofa arrived yesterday, I reclined at 2pm and the next thing I knew was my friend ringing me at 4.15pm LOL.  I am so happy to report that I did the right thing in buying it :o)

For my card today, I raided the bits boxes again!

Everything on this card (apart from the basecard) is from the bits boxes.

I stamped the image many years ago at a friend's hous so I have no idea who made it.

Marianne diecut foliage.

Embossalicious folder.

Red mirri card.

Image coloured with Caran D'Ache watercolour pens and matted onto a scrap of DCWV card :o)

Jackie xx

I've been at the bits boxes again...

... and found this lovely image which I stamped at a friend's house some years ago and coloured at home, then for some unknown reason I consigned it to obscurity!

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

I can't believe the frozen snow is still with us after two days of sun. I live on the shady side of the street, so even though I don't go to work until the afternoon I still have to scrape the ice from the windscreen!

Wishing you all a Happy and healthy New Year...hugs

Here is my card for today, and I only used 1 bit from the boxes this time LOL.

What 'bit' did I use? The rose/script, sorry I don't know the make!

I used my Caran D'Ache watercolour pencils to colour it.

Matted with a scrap of Papermania textured card.

Basecard is Ivory textured card from PDA.

Pearlised card also from PDA, embossed with Couture Creations folder Giant Chain Wire.

Foliage dies from Memory Box.

Sentiment stamped and punched with SU :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

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

Jack and Ginger

Good morning everyone, it's not often that I post on a Monday but for some reason I forgot to post yesterday! Call it another senior moment LOL. I hope you are all well or getting there, and that you are flood free, hugs

This is a card for the box and a sentiment will be added if and when required. I think it's suitable for anniversary or renewal of vows

I used the same embossing folder as my previous card.

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

Embossed panel inked round the edges with an old Versafine inkpad.

Jack and Ginger digi imafe from Mo Manning, coloured with Caran D'Ache watercolour pencils, then cut with Marianne die and layered onto pewter textured card mat.

No embellishments, I didn't want to detract from the image :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

Anniversary in the round

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

It's too early to tell what it's going to be like out there but it is raining at the moment!

I have now been off the statins for a month, and it hasn't made one iota of difference to my aches and pains, so I am going back on them on Friday. At least I have proved that it's not them that's making it worse!

 

I have a few friend's anniversaries to make cards for this year and here is one of them, I decided on a shaped one for a change, this one is 7" 

Base card cut from Bazzill Basics (which I have had forever)  and the back is plain white, with a score 1" down to allow for opening.

Image is an old one from Mo's Digital images, coloured with Caran D'Ache watercolour pencils, then cut with Xcut large die, as is the larger white mat. I used Spellbinder's Grand Nesties for the rest. Foliage is Memory Box die cut.

I hope you like it :o)

Jackie xx

Another watercoloured image

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

For those who didn't see the stop press bit on my previous card, I am a happy bunny cuz my little car passed it's M.O.T with flying colours :o)

The blue badge people rung and asked me some questions so now it's a waiting game to see if I get one!

I found this sunflower image in my digi folder, had it for years but sorry, I can't remember where from!

 

I folded an A4 sheet of PMS hammered white card in half for the A5 base card.

Pearlised white card embossed with A4 Embosslicious folder .

Sunflower printed onto white linen card from Papermill Direct, coloured with Caran D'Ache watercolour pencils and cut with Spellbinder's Grand Nesties. Mat cut from a scrap of gold textured card.

SU sentiment and punches :o)

Jackie xx

Re-acquainted myself with watercolouring

Good morning everyone I hope you are all well, or getting there, on this beautiful sunshiny morning after two very dull wet days!

It's car M.O.T. time again, got to take it in this morning so please wish me luck, I've got everything crossed that can be crossed LOL.

Stop Press, my car has passed it's M.O.T. Not bad for an old banger :o) 
 

Whilst looking for something else, as you do, I came across my sadly neclected watercolour pencils, so I decided to play with them. Must practice my blending with them, it is so easy with Copics! Anyhow, this is the first one for many moons!

8x8 card base made using plain white card.

Embossalicious 8x8 folder used on pearlised white card for the backing. 

DZ Doodles image printed onto white linen card from Papermill Direct, then watercoloured with Caran D'Ache pencils before being cut out with Spellbinder's Grand Nesties. Orange card is Bazzill.  I hope you like it :o)

Jackie xx

Very simple mini notecards

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well with you.

These are so simple, I just printed out the digi images and then cut and folded to 4x4. They make very handy little notecards

The mark you may see in the middle are on the camera, I have to take it in to be cleaned!

I have coloured them using Caran D'Ache watercolour pencils, not a copic to be seen anywhere. It's the first time in about 2 years that I have used them so I am a little rusty :o)

Jackie xx

Stamps and Smiles challenge card 5

Finally managed it! This is my offering for the blog challenge SASSC5 over on http://stampsandsmiles.blogspot.com/2009/03/stamps-and-smiles-sketch-challenge.html Get on over there to see some really awesome cards :o) Sorry I can't remember what make the stamp is, I did it at a very good friend's house and forgot to look!

Jackie xx