40 card commission

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well in your world...here's a few hugs for anyone who wants or needs them {{{{{hugs}}}}}

When I went out to work at about 3pm yesterday, the temperature was a chilly 4c. When I came out of work I expected to have to scrape my car but it was still 4c and it was raining!

I finally finished my 40 card order, took me 5 days to make them and here they are.

They are smaller than my usual 5x7 or 6x6 ish because the size of image demanded that they should be A6.

Luckily, when looking for somthing else, I discovered a long forgotten box chocful of A5 ivory hammered card which I bought when The Papermill Shops were still open, so I didn't have to cut, just folded them in half!

I laid them out in fours, stamping the SU church first, then the Stamps and Smiles sentiment, all stamping done with Memento rich brown inkpad.

I then printed and fitted the inserts, again in fours, and attached them.

Once more, I laid them out in fours and added a smidgin of gold Glamour Dust and 'Bob's yer Uncle', they were finished. Just got to deliver them on Friday and have a pub lunch with my cousin (customer).

I can't say that I am sorry they are finished :o)

Jackie xx

 

10 card commission

Good morning everyone, I hope all is as well as it can be with you...hugs

The wind is still blowing here but at least it is drying up again, and it isn't really cold yet, although the forecast says it soon will be!

My cousin asked me for 10 of these cards in brown and Ivory, she does so love her browns, and I do too so it was a real pleasure making them for her. Having said that, it is always a real pleasure making cards :o)

Basecard is ivory linencard from the PaperMill shop before they all closed a few years ago, folded and cut to 7x5

Brown textured card is from PDA.

Own photograph of course, you have seen the original when I posted my white version of this card.

Photograph feathered in PSP7 onto same ivory card, an cut with Spellbinders pierced oval die, then raised with sticky foam strips.

White pearlised card used for the panel which is embossed with Darice then lightly chalked.

I added a smidgeon of golf Glamour Dust which isn't very noticeable here, but is very twinkly IRL.

Sentiment stamped with Stamps and Smiles.

I had a little play with paperpiecing, long time since I last did any, and this little card is the result. I dug out an old Stampendous, Retro Trees, stamp for this one.

This is just a little A6 card, a size I rarely make. While I was looking for something else, I came across an A5 box full of hammered card which I had folded into A6 cards years ago and forgotten about, so it looks like I will be making lots more this size for a while LOL.

Green paper background is from my scrapbox, and I stamped the trees onto white linencard scrap, then onto the same green paper. I fussy cut them and stuck them on, then stamped the sentiment with the same stamp as on the set of cards.

I quite like the effect and will possibly do it again :o)

Jackie xx

 

 

Christmas 46 and 47

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

My heart goes out to the people of Paris, especially to the families of those killed or injured.

I think I told you that my cousin wants 40 Christmas cards, all the same onelayer cards thank goodness! Well, I had a wonderful pub lunch with her yesterday and guess what, she wants another 10, all the same but different from the 40!!! I have made a start LOL.

On to my cards for today.

 Both basecards are 7x5, folded and cut from A4 sheets of white linencard from The Range.

Both mats are gold fluted card from PDA.

The first image of the Magi is a silhouette from my very old CorelDraw Software but I changed it to brown, added the words using papyrus font in MS Word and printed onto the same white card.

Hand drawn star and random stars done with gold pen and a smidgin of gold Glamour Dust.

For this image I googled public domain Christmas images last year and changed it to sepia.

Cut image and mat with Grand Nesties and added gold Glamour Dust.

Sentiment stamped with Stamps and Smiles (I think) 

Both are very simple cards :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

Christmas 34

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

I got soaked coming out of work just before 10 o'clock last night, but the temperature was still 15C. The rain came heavier later but at least it has stopped now!

Back to Christmas for my offering today, I can't believe how close it is now and I am nowhere near ready, I have usually just about finished my cards by this time of the year and started on my cousin's 4o or so!

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

My own stitched square, cut on my old Cricut from red linencard, then layered onto gold mirri card, as is the (unkown) stamped sentiment but that was cut with Die-namics round stitched dies.

Marianne Poinsettia cut from plain red/green card and foliage punched with McGill and Leone Em punches.

A smidgin of Glamour Dust to finish.

Methinks I had better get crackin' and get the rest made :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

 

Snowman's playmate

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

Looks like another grey day here, 'twas very wet and dark yesterday but I was at work so it didn't bother me! It did make it very busy at work though cuz folks were shopping instead of going out anywhere, but that make my shift go very quickly LOL.

My card for today features Rudolph, my snowman's tall friend! I handcut him but I won't be doing that again anytime soon, it took forever!!!

Another of those DL basecards I "found".

Woodware image stamped onto white 160gsm smooth card and coloured with Copics, although the bright sun (well it was when I took the photograph) has bleached the colour quite a bit!

As previously said, I handcut him but it was a very slow process so I probably won't do that again in a hurry!

He is raised with sticky foam pads.

Woodware sentiment stamped with Versamark then heat embossed with Stampendous Detail White powder.

I "lost" my white pen so couldn't do the faux stitching that I had intended, so I used narrow DS tape and Glamour Dust for the frame instead. Of course I found my white pen after I had finished the card LOL.

I think he and his mate the snowman make fabulous fun cards, especially for children :o)

Jackie xx

 

It's that hat again

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

It's blue skies and fluffy white clouds here at the moment, how long for? Anybody's guess!

After our Friday night workshop involving this image, I decided I needed the stamp so I bought it and his friend Rudloph LOL and here he is in blue, I will show Rudolph another day!

I "found" a box of ready folded pearlised cards lurking amongst my stash from before I started working at Morrison's nearly 9 years ago so that is how old they are LOL.

I stamped my Woodware snowman onto white smooth 160gsm card from Staples and coloured him with Copics, then handcut him before attaching him with sticky foam pads to the DL card.

I added Glamour Dust to give a bit of sparkle.

Woodware greeting stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with Stampendous Detail White powder.

Faux stitching done with a white pen (no name on it).

I tried to make his hat look like it was brushed fabric :o)

Jackie xx

 

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

Here they are, all 40 of them

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

After 3+ weeks of colouring, then folding, cutting, printing inserts and fitting them, here they are at last! Thank goodness that after all that, I do like them a lot, not often that I say that about my own work LOL.

Images are all from Karen's Doodles, printed straight onto white linen card, the coloured with Copics and Sakura Gelly Roll Stardust pens, then folded and cut to 7x5.

Font used for the text is Smarty Pants.

Glamour Dust adds a bit of sparkle but is not easily seen here!

Now I get to start on the remaining 6 card order, no colouring involved :o)

Jackie xx

Christmas 72.....

.....and finally, this is my last Christmas card of the year for my own use!

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

Not too impressed with the dark wet days at the moment, but then, it is Autimn now!

Onto my card for today. You've seen these snowfolk before but this time they are printed straight onto the white linen card. 

Coloured with Copics and Sakura pens, with a dash of Glamour Dust to finish them off. Sentiment is computer generated using the Smarty Pants font. I now have to make 21 for my cousin, that is 7 each of the singing snowfolk, the singing giraffes and the joy snowman. Many thanks for all the lovely comments on my previous cards, and for any that you leave on this one :o) 

Jackie xx

Christmas 71...

...the penultimate Christmas card for my own use.

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

My card for today is another one with an image you have seen before merged into my own photograph, but this time I have printed it straight onto the card.

Yes, it's those giraffes again, the ones that everyone seemed to love so much LOL.

Base card is white linen from The Range, folded and cut to my favourite 7x5.

Image from Karen's Doodles and  coloured with Copics.

Sentiment is computer generated using Smarty Pants font.

A smidgin of Glamour Dust to finish.

Ideal for batch making :o)

Jackie xx

1 image, 2 cards

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

Been playing with that snowman digi from Karen's Doodles again, he is such a happy fellow you just have to smile :o)

 This one is similar, but not the same, as another one I made, scroll down to see it.

Base card is white linen from The Range, and I printed the image onto the same.

Image coloured with Sakura Gelly Roll Stardust pend and Copics.

Added a smidgin of Glamour Dust to give a bit of sparkle.

For this one I decided to have a go at printing him straight onto the linen card, then coloured him with the same Sakura pens as above. 

Sentiment ic computer generated using Smarty Pants font :o)

Jackie xx

Christmas 55 and 56, penguins

Not been able to blog for a few days, Blogger didn't want me to!!!!!

One of my friends on DC challenged me to do a penguin merged card and I didn't have any digis, but I did have photographs, my own of course. So, I made the first card, then I found some penguins on Karen's Doodles and although they are not Christmas ones, I think they fit in quite well LOL.

Here are both cards, I hope you like :o)

First card is two photographs merged and the second one is, of course, photograph and digi image merged, then coloured with copics and a smidgin of Glamour Dust added.

Sentiments are computer generated.

Both cards are plain white card folded and cut to 7x5.

First one has a textured pewter mat and the second one a plain black mat.

Diecut corner on second one is Memory Box :o)

Jackie xx

Oooooooooooooops, I missed a day.....

.....don't know where it went!!!

Good morning everyone on this wall to wall blue sunshiny day...so far... I hope all is well in your world...hugs

This morning I have the last of my cards made using that wonderful SU Work of Art  set of stamps, or at least it's the last for now.

I really don't think it needs any explaining because it is so simple. This style is great for batch cards when time is limited. I chose to make mine 7x5, but you cab adapt the design for any size card.
I used TH ditress ink Pine Needles for this one, and the trees are from an old SU set called, I think, Lovely as a tree. Sorry to say I can't remember where the sentiment stamp set is from. I finished of with a smidgin of Glamour Dust on the trees :o)
Jackie xx

Moose Christmas card Nos. 48 and 49

Good morning everyone, It's feeling a tad Autumnal this morning and I am loving it. I hope all is well in your world, hugs.

I have two cards to share with you today both featuring a digi image merged with one of my photographs. I do so enjoy making this kind of card because it combines my two favourite pastimes, cardmaking and photography :o)

Unfortunately I hade to attache the greeting to cover up the fact I had stamped it upside down straight onto the card LOL.

Both photographs are ones I took in 2009 at Elvaston Castle Country Park.

I opened the pics up in Paint Shop Pro and then added the Moose digi from Karen's Doodles.

I merge them then printed onto white linen card from Papermill Direct.

Coloured with Copics and Sakura pens.

Base card is the same linen card folded and cut to 7x5.

Gold mat is textured card from ?

Red mat is Papermania textured card.

Un-named sentiments stampd on and a smidgin' of Glamour Dust added and Bob's yer Uncle, job done :o)

Jackie xx

Yet another old stamp

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

I am off to my cousin's today to deliver the golfing card shown earlier, and to go for a pub lunch with her :o)

Still on the theme of using old stamps, here is my card for today.

Base card is my usual white linen, folded and cut to 6x6.

I used a scrap of the same card to stamp this cute snow couple from Panny Black, then coloured them with Copics and Sakura Gelly Roll Stardust pens, then cut with Spellbinders and matted onto a scrap of textured silver card. I added a smidgeoun of Glamour Dust for the snow. Star cut with Memory Box die :o)

Jackie xx

Sentiment is from and old Woodware set.

Jackie xx

More from that Darice folder

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all well, or getting there, and have the beautiful weather we are having in the East Midlands at the moment...hugs

Great news, they have allowed me a blue badge, just waiting impatiently for it to arrive now LOL.

I've been playing with that Darice folder again, I love it so much I have now bought 3 others, so watch this space :o)

All card used for these is from stash.

This one is 6x6 and I have added Memory Box Chloe stem as well as highlighting the dots with gold pen.

One of my DC buddies suggested debossing the image, and highlighting with glitter, and here is the result. I used a glue pen and Glamour Dust.

Sentiment is SU stamp and punches.

I hope you like them as much as I do :o)

Jackie xx

It's that Teddy again

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all well or getting there {{{{{hugs}}}}} for those who need or want them.

I didn't get to see the northern light Sob! We have too much light pollution here and there was a bit of cloud cover too :o(
I am currently on holiday from work so hopefully I will get lots of playtime in. Tomorrow my crafting friends will be here with me to celebrate my birthday in grand style.
We will start off the day with the obligatory bacon butties, then get some crafting in, with lots of chinwagging and laughing, until lunch after which we will be off to Byrkley Park to spend, spend, spend in the craft shop. I haven't been craft shopping for many months so I mean to make up for it LOL. Then after another crafty session we will be off to Cosmos' in Derby for dinner, what more could any crafter want? 

Now that I've found him I just had to use that Ted again and as I haven't made an easel card for several years I thought it time to try my hand again, so here it is.

Very simple really, I do like white space!

Elzybells image stamped onto Papermill Direct linen card, coloured with copics and a smidgin of Glamour Dust added to the snowy bits although you can't see them very well here.

Cut with Spellbinders nestie and layered onto a red mirri Grand nestie cut.

Sentiment is from an ancient SeeDs stamp set punched with SU, Ivy is Memory Box :o)

Jackie xx

Late again, this is my first card made this year

Good afternoon everyone, I have suddenly developed an awful cold and sneezes, if you would care to take it away from me I would be so grateful!

I made this card and another one yesterday so it is truly the first of the year :o)

I am uploading this afternoon because I will be out early in the morning at the doctor's then the hairdresser's.

Base card is PMS mauve hammered card that I have had forever....... folded and cut to 7x5.

Image is a digi from Delicious Doodles which I have also had for a long time! Coloured with copics (I am really getting back into using my poor neglected copic again), cut with Grand Nestie then lightly chalked and a smidgin of Glamour Dust added to the petal edges.

Mat, also cut with G. Nestie, is Papermania textured card.

Sentiment is from an old Stamps and Smiles stamp set. 

That's all there is to it.

Nothing new was used in the making of this card :o)

Jackie xx