Christmas x 5

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

I am very late this morning so I will get on with it!

I have 5 cards for you today, all digi images merged onto my own photographs.

My photographs taken at Elvaston Castle about 5 years ago. All printed onto white linencard. Photographs and digi images merged in PSP7.

All digi images from Karen's Doodles and coloured with Copics and Sakura Pens.

All cards started off as A4 sheets of white linencard from The Range, which I folded and cut to 7x5 and just under 6x6.

Various card colours/types from stash used for layers, mostly from PDA.

A mix of sentiments, some computer generated and some stamped. Computer generated ones punched with SU.

Not really much else that I can say about them :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 #1 for 2015

Good morning everyone. Wishing you all a happy and Healthy New Year. Quite a few of us have had health problems in the past year,  so I hope these are all resolved for 2015...hugs

I finished work at 6.15 last night and not going back until next Monday Yayyyyyyy.

My card for today is as it says in the title, but the topper was rescued from the bin. You will probably remember all those hand coloured cards I made for my cousin's commission, well this one was a mess, I had gone way out of the lines with my copics and it looked dreadful so into the bin it went! 

Anyhow, I decided to fetch it out of the bin and cut the image out and here it is :o)

I do intend to add Glamour Dust to the fluffy bits later on, too soon to add now or it would be all over the place before Christmas LOL.

This time I put my photograph behind a frame which is the negative from a previous card.

I quite like them standing in front of the frame, I hope you do too! Image from Karen's Doodles.

Coloured with Copics, of course.

I still love these characters so much I may well use them a lot again LOL.

Sorry I cannot remember where the stamp came from, call it another 'senior moment' :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

Retirement card

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

I had to make this card in a hurry as I hadn't known in advance that this lady was retiring!

I cut an 8x8 card down to fit into a 7x7 envelope cuz I have lots of them that need to be used!

One again I have been visiting Karen's Doodles  and came up with this image, printed it onto smooth white card then coloured it with copics.

Backing is white pearlised card embossed with Emosslicious 8x8 folder.

Sentiment is computer generated using Dauphin font,  and is what I say to myself quite frequently LOL.

Corner cut with an ancient Provocraft die.

Paper inside designed by me using one of my old rose photographs :o)

Jackie xx

Desert Island birthday

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well in your world and you haven't got any storm/rain damage...hugs.

My card for today is the last of my digi image merges for now, I have run out of suitable images! Hopefully I will find some more before long LOL.

Not really much to say about it, couldn't be simpler!

White linen card folded and cut to my favourite 7x5.

The photograph is one I took at Caister 1n 2009, just at the end of the caravan park where 7 of us stayed for a 5 day crafting holiday!

Digi image is another one from Karen's Doodles, merged, with the photograph, then printed onto the same line card. 

Image coloured with Copics, sentiment is computer generated using Papyrus font.

Blue card is from the scrap box :o)

Jackie xx

Ollie and Olga

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

Yet another merged image from me this morning, meet Ollie and Olga from Karen's Doodles

I think they are just brilliant for  anniversary/engagement cards LOL.

As usual, base card is white linencard from The Range, folded and cut to 7x5.

Ollie and Olga are merged onto my own photograph, taken on the nature trail at Elvaston Castle years ago, then printed onto the same linencard. 

Image coloured with copics.

Green card is textured and from PDA.

Sentiment is computer generated using Harrington font :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 57 and 58

Good morning everyone, it's calm and dry out at the moment, not seen the forecast for today yet!

I hope all is well in your world...hugs.

Two quite different cards this morning, one is a digi image merged onto my own photograph, the other is stamped with an old stamp!

This one is another photograph I took at Elvaston Castle in 2009, with a digi image from Karen's Doodles merged into it, then Image coloured with Copics and Sakura pen.

Plain white card folded and cut to 6x6. Image matted with plain black card.

I bought this Elzybells stamp just before they closed down. You may have noticed by now that I don't usually do cute, but I do have the occasional cute stamps, not many though LOL.

Again, coloured with Copics then cut with Spellbinders as is the red mat.

Pearlised white card embossed with Embossalicious 6x6 folder, then edge inked with Memento inkpad :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

Two more merged images

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

This mornings cards are both the same winter photograph I took at Elvasto Castle in 2009, with two more Karen's Doodles images that I bought about 2010 and have just now ressurected :o)

The first is Emma Bear, but I cannot remember the name of the snow angel!

A s usual I opened my photograph in PSP and added the images then merged them.

Both are printed onto white linen card the layered onto Red and pewter card respectively and layered onto the base card, which is the same linen card folded and cut to 7x5.

Both are coloured with copic and Sakura pens.

Sentiment stamps are old ones with no name on them :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

Been playing with merging again

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

Another photograph, another digi image from Karen's Doodles

Add P.S.P. and this is the result :o)

I had great fun colouring this one in, and I am fairly happy with the result :o)

My usual white linen card folded and cut to 7x5.

Another of my winter photographs taken at Elvaston Castle, opened in Paint Shop Pro and a digi image merged into it.

Coloured with Copics and Sakura pens.

A smidgin of Glamour Dust added.

Red card is bit from the scrap box. 

Sentiment is from an ancient Stamps and Smiles set, and I think the snowflake is from an SU set.

I hope you like this fun card :o)

Jackie xx

Been playing with my photographs and digi image again.....

.....and this is the first one completed so far!

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

I am off to Macclesfield this afternoon to join my friends crafting, chinwagging, laughing, eating and generally having a wow of a time :o)

On to my card for today, I hope you like it :o) 

I opened one of my winter photographs in PSP and merged this wonderful image from Karen's Doodles with it. 

I printed the finished result onto white linen card and coloured the digi with Copics and Sakura Gelly Roll Stardust pens.

Basecard is the same white linen from Papermill Direct, folded and cut to 7x5.

I layered the image onto a scrap of pewter textured card from P.D.A., then onto the basecard.

Sentiment is from an old word set by Woodware, snowflake from a set by SU, stamped with Memento London Fog :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

Karen's Doodles - black and white Christmas

Good morning all, if you can call it that. It's black as night, raining stair rods again and blowing a gale sometimes gusting up to 80 mph! Oh well at least I don't have to go to work today but I am going to George's Traditional in Long Eaton for my usual Thursday lunch :o)

On to my entry for Karen's Doodles black & white Christmas

I have used Karen's Emma Bear coloured with grey promarkers then cut with and mounted onto Nellie Snellen die cuts. Paper is from J&P Pictures, punched with Martha Stewart PATP, McGill punched snowflake, base card is black Bazzill, greeting inked with Brilliance lightning black. Added glamour dust but unfortunately it doesn't show well here :o)

Jackie xx

Karen's Doodles + Scrappy Frogs + Saturday challenge

Good afternoon Bloggers. It's a bit later in the day than ususal for me but here goes. I am entering this for 3 challenges;

Karen's Doodles - 7 of something

Scrappy Frog - make your own flowers

Saturday Challenge - Purple and silver

Image is from Karen's Doodles and coloured with copics then cut out with nesties. Just did a quick tot up and I think I've used 9 different punches for the flowers and leaves plus the ever present MS grass punch for the border. All other punches are from McGill, Woodware, EK Success and Xcut. Flowers are punched from purple pearlised thick paper and finished of with a dab of stickles in the middle, leaves punched from silver textured paper, and it's all put together onto mauve hammered card :o)

Jackie xx