Normal stamping with Honey Doo

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

I wanted a card which is flat for posting but I wanted to use my lovely Honey Doo flowers, so I placed them with the leaves onto a large block to give a stencilled effect. 

I think I managed it LOL.

A4 white linencard folded to make A5 card.

Stamped image onto 16 gsm smooth card with Memento inkpad.

Coloured with Copics, raindrops created with Glossy Accents.

The leaves look grey here but they really are green!

Corners punched with Martha Stewart punch which hasn't seen the light of day for years! 

All card from my stash.

Sentiment stamped and punched with SU.

Very simple indeed :o)

Jackie x :o)

Purple vellum flowers

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

Well, once again the day had started sunny, but again it is starting to cloud over!!!

I found this lovely purple vellum in my stash so thought I would see what it looked like on a card, I must say that I do like it lots.

This is my 3rd set of Honey Doo stamps and I do love them.

Stamped with Brilliance Pearlescent Lavender and heat embossed with SU White Pearl Translucent powder, then handcut.

Crealies and Elizabeth Crafts leaf dies used to cut the foliage from Bazzill card.

Flutterbies punched with Martha Stewart punch.

Glossy Accents raindrops and tiny purple brads for the flower centres.

Grey Bazzil circle cut with Di-namics stitched die.

Single pearl coloured with Copic marker pen.

Sentiment stamped with Stamps and Smiles.

Ooooooooops! Nearly forgot to say the basecard is A4 white linencardfolded and cut to 

nearly 6x6 :o)

Jackie xx

Workshop card

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

It's a beautiful sunny morning here so far, but very windy, don't know how long it will last. Hopefully the wind will stop it being too humid, it was awful yesterday!

Anyhow, on to my card share for today.

I get together with Pauline and Sandra, two of my crafting friends on Friday evenings, and although we used to craft we lost the way and were having lots of cuppas and cake and chat, so we decided to get back to crafting and now we do little workshops instead. Whichever one is hosting designs and cuts a couple of card kits so we are back to crafty evenings, and very enjoyable they are too. We do still have the cuppas and the cake LOL.

This is one of the cards we made a couple of weeks or so ago, not my design!

It is 7x7, and I can't give any details as it was already cut for us. I believe Sandra saw something similar on Pinterest and this is her version. I love the 3D effect. 

The only things I change are the Flutterby (Martha Stewart punch) and the sentiment (My Creative Time stamp, cut with Die-namics stitched die), the other two did a bow and a different sentiment :o)

Jackie xx

 

Christmas 19.....

..... a card to make you think cool.....

Good morning everyone, I have given up on trying to sleep, it's 5.45am and I have been up more than an hour now. I hope the heat isn't affecting you as badly as it is me! Anything over 20c is way too much for me, and it was 35c when I went to work at teatime yesterday. Thank goodness it is cooling down for the weekend

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

I made this one simply to give me a reason to use my new Memory Box die set. Both the fence and  trees die come from the set of 4.

Basecard is my usual white linencard, folded and cut to fit 6x6 envelope.

I then cut and aperture with Spellbinders die. Paper inside the card is from HOTP and I have had it for at least 8 years. I know that because I haven't bought any papers for about that long!

All diecuts are cut from a slightly off white glittercard.

Leaping deer also cut with Memory box die and the tree inside the card punched with Woodware punch. "Icicles" punched with Martha Stewart.

I will add sentiment if and when required :o)

Jackie xx

Foxglove

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

My offering for today is a card I made a few weeks ago, but forgot all about while I've been playing with merged images and photographs LOL. By the way, I am playing about with different kinds of images at the moment so maybe there will be some more merged stuff later ;o)

On to my card for the day!

Base card is plain white A4 folded to A5.

The foxglove is from a photograph pic I took at Elvaston Castle a few summers ago, printed onto 160gsm white smooth card. Added the sentiment using Papyrus font, one of my favourites.

Flutterbies punched with Martha Stewart punch, and leaf vine cut with Memory Box.

Green card used is textured, bought from PDA some years ago. I have just about run out of it so need to have a trip there sometime soon.

Tiny sticky backed pearls from stash :o)

Jackie xx

Another flutterby

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

I am on holiday from work this week and I've got the Virgin man coming this morning to bring me an updated, faster hub and  a Tivo box. I'm only having the basic package cuz I don't watch enough TV to pay for more channels to not watch LOL. I fancy being able to  watch the stuff I do like at a time convenient for me for a change!

Anyhow, back to the reason I am here. I have another flutterby card to show you today :o) 

This is a Speckled Wood flutterby, I took the photograph on the Nutbrook Trail close by Osbourne Pond, near Ilkeston, a couple of years ago when I was still able to walk instead of hobbling along LOL.

Plain white card folded and cut to my favourite 7x5.

Photograph printed onto same plain card then cut with Spellbinders, as is the buff 

coloured mat.

Same buff coloured card (from PDA) used for the memory Box leaves, and a scrap of dark brown for the Martha Stewart punched flutterbies.

Jackie xx

 

Red Admiral

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

I have a very simple card for you today, but then, most of my cards are simple LOL. This will go into my box for use later.

Base card is white line folded and cut to my favourite 7x5.

Own photograph, taken at one of the NT places I visited a couple of years ago, it may have been Calke Abbey but not sure. Feathered in Paint Shop Pro then printed onto linen card and cut with Spellbinder's Nestie, as is the orange mat.  Martha Stewart punched flutterbies. Orange and browncard from scrap box :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

Another commission, this time for a happier occasion

Good morning everyone, here's a few hugs for those who need or  want them {{{{{hugs}}}}}.

I drove over to Macclesfield yesterday afternoon, a round trip of 100 miles, to visit a very dear friend. It is the furthest I have driven since my shoulder and back pains started/came back, and Stephen's stroke. I did suffer last night for the long drive, but it was worth every minute of it. Thank you Viv for your wonderful curry. At least now I know that I can do it Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy :o)

It's been a while since I updated you all on Stephen's progress. On the 26th of this month it will be 11 months since he suffered a massive stroke, and whilst he still has difficulty communicating and his arm is still paralysed, his walking is phenomenal.  He uses his bus pass a lot and gets on and off buses regularly to get himself out and about. For those of you who do not know, Stephen is my son.

Anyhow, onto my card for today :o)

I was asked to make an 8x8 card and the only stipulation was that it must have the Sizzix Daisy on it.

8x8 card blank, I think it might be Papermania.

Pearlised card was embossed with my new A4 Embossalicious folder.

Sizzix Bigz daisy, one of my all time favourites and recently recued from languishing in the bottom of a box.  The daisy was cut from the same pearlised card, and lightly inked with silver Brilliance inkpad, although it doesn't show up on here.

Memory Box leaves and sentment mat cut from silver mirri card.

Sentiment is computer generated and cut with Spellbinders, as is the mat. 

Leftover scraps were used to punch the flutterbies with Martha Stewart punch.

Inside panel cut with Spellbinders Grand Nesties.

I hope that I haven't put you all to sleep, this is a lot of writing for me :o)

Jackie xx

3 new Darice folders

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

For the first time this week, we have woken up to wall to wall blue skies and sunshine :o)

Over the past few weeks I have bought 3 more Darice embossing folders and these are the cards made using them for the first time, I hope you like.

I love these Darice folders despite their small size, they are so clearly defined and well suited to being the main subject of the card.

All card used is from stash, folded and cut to 7x5.

It is fairly self explanatory how they were made so I won't go into detail.

Punches used are from SU, Martha Stewart, Woodware and Leone Em and Xcut.

Sentiment stamps used are from Stamps and Smiles, My Creative Time and ?

Jackie xx

7 cards inspired by Docrafter junescraftybits

Good morning everyone, still raining here. They do say it will be fine for the weekend though!

I hope all is well in your world, hugs.

A few weeks ago, DCer junescraftybits uploaded two cards that took my fancy and these are my interpretation of those cards. This is my blue set, I am just starting on a red set which I will show later if they are worth sharing LOL.

They are all 6x6 and the paper inside is from HOTP which I bought whilst on half price sale about 6 years ago. I bought so much of it and I still have some left!
Apertures cut with Spellbinders except for the hexagon which was cut with Xcut.
Dies used are Marianne,  Memory Box and a set od green dies which I have lost the name too! Martha Stewart grass punch used for icicles, Poinsettia cut with Cricut from an SVG by Pamela Duncan. Sentiments stamped with various stamp sets :o)
Jackie xx

Back to my photographs.....

Sorry, I can't leave them alone for long :o)

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well in your world. Here's a few hugs if you need or want them {{{{{hugs}}}}}

I am off to see the Doc early so I will have to pop back later to catch up with commenting. My shoulder problem, and looking after Stephen after his stroke, has stopped me going out on whole day photo shoots like I used to, but with around 20,000 photographs on my ext. hard drive, I have been digging deep and playing with ones I took years ago and forgot about. This Bottlebrush (Callistemon) plant is one of them. I think I took it at Barnsdale Gardens, Near Rutland Water, a few years ago.

I make no apologies for the photograph being crooked, I do that deliberately to get the best angle for the light to show the embossing.

The pearlised card that I used for the base card I bought at a show at Donnington Hall a couple of years or so ago. I folded and cut it to 6x6 then embossed with Ebosser A4 Honeycomb folder. You are seeing the debossed side because I forgot that the card was single sided and did it the wrong side LOL.

Photograph printed on white linen card from Papermill Direct, then cut with Spellbinders dies. Red card backing is from my scrap box.

Flutterbies punched with Martha Stewart punch.

Foliage cut with Memory Box die.

I hope you like it :o)

Jackie xx

Another Christmas card

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

I seem to be in Christmas mode at the moment so here's another CAS one.

Papermill Direct linen card folded and cut to 7x5.

Cuttlebug folder used on glittercard then punched with Martha Stewart before layering onto silver mirri card.

Sentiment stamped with Stamps and Smiles from an old set, then cut with Spellbinders and lifted with foam squares.

A very simple card, I hope you like it :o)

Jackie xx

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

Made in the old fashioned way

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all well. Here's a few hugs if you want or need them {{{{{hugs}}}}}

I have had several enquiries about how Stephen is getting on, thank you for asking, it's lovely to know that people care :o)

Stephen is now walking without his stick and goes out every day for a couple of hours, sometimes longer. I would love to know where he goes but he can't tell me as he still cannot talk very well. He has lots of words now but is still not able to put them together to make sentences. His arm is still paralysed but he does now get tiny flutterings in his hand and he can move one finger just a tiny little bit. This is such a great step for him :o)

Meantime, what does my title mean? Well, whilst I was looking for something else, I found my box of brass stencils and light box so I decided to have a play with them and here is the result :o)

My own photograph of course, taken at a farm in Spondon in September 2007.

I used brass stencil, ball tool and light box for the embossing. It doesn't show up too well on here but it looks fine IRL.

All white card used is linen from Papermill Direct and brown card is from PDA cardcraft.

Martha Stewart edge punch used on brown mat.

Sentiment is from a Stamps and Smiles set. 

Did you know that in South America, Llamas are trained so that they can be taken into hospitals to visit patients? They are said to be very therapeutic :o)

Jackie xx

Birthday card for a friend

Good morning everyone, here I am at stoopid o'clock. Can't sleep cuz I'm coughing fit to bust! I hope all is well with everyone, and that the floods didn't get any worse {{{{{hugs}}}}}

My card for today was for my very good friend PatEssex (Docrafts), whose birthday was last week.

White hammered card from The Paper Mill Shop was folded and cut to 7x5 for the base card. For the main panel, I swiped dewdrop inkpads over a piece of plain white card, a technique I have copied from The lovely Elizabeth (Silver Scrapper).

Then I stamped with a mixture of stamps in Memento Tuxedo Black and London Fog.

Flutterbies were punched with Martha Stewart and the foliage is from a Cheery Lynn die, and mounted onto a dull silver mat :o)

Jackie xx

One extreme to the other

Good morning everyone, I do so hope that none of you are caught up in all the dreadful flooding in Somerset, or anywhere else {{{{{hugs}}}}}

I seem to have lost 3 followers and gained 1! Thank you for joining me Carol.

My title for today refers to the fact that my card has far more on it than my duck card and without more ado, here it is. 

Base card is white leather look (I believe I bought it from the Paper Mill Shop some years ago) Folded and cut to 7x5.

For the main panel I used pearlised card and cut/embossed with Marianne cut and emboss folder, then mounted it onto gold mirri card, edge cut with Martha Stewart punch.

Crosses are Spellbinder and the greeting, printed in MS Word, was punched with SU.

Still not too sure if it is suitable for Easter!

Jackie xx

Last card of 2013

Good evening everyone, I hope you are all going to have a wonderful time seeing in the New Year. For myself, I have no doubt that by the time the bells start ringing and the fireworks start banging, I will be zonked out on the settee, I can never stay awake long enough LOL.

It's not like me to post anything in the evening, but as this is my last card for 2013, I didn't want post it in 2014!

I was asked by someone to recreate this card, I made the original in 2010 for my friend's anniversary and blogged it then. The only difference this time is the papers, after all that time I hadn't got any of the originals left! I hope the person who requested it pops in so they can see if it is what they want :o) 

I folded and cut white linen card to approx. 6x6.

Papers are from J&P.

Image is a Karen's Doodles digi which I bought 3 years ago. Coloured with copics, (this is my first colouring for many months) then hand cut.

Trellis band punched with Martha Stewart.

Nesties used for the image backing. 

White pearls coloured with copics.

Sentiment is from an ancient Woodware word set :o)

Jackie xx

I've been playing again...

...this time it's Martha Stewart's turn :o)

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

Whilst looking for something else I came across my boxes of very neglected Martha Stewart punches. I have 14 single ones and I think 6 PATP sets so I thought it was about tome to use them :o)

Due to my penchant for CAS cards I can't make up my mind whether I like the result, but here it is anyway. Just in case anyone sees it as black and white, it is actually cream and brown :o)

All card used is from stash and is from the Paper Mill Shop before they all closed down. I used to love going up to the shop at McArthur Glen, Mansfield!

All punched with Martha Stewart apart from the Memory Box poppy, of course.

Inside I have used my photograph of the speckled wood flutterby I took a couple of weeks ago on the Nutbrook Trail, near Osbourne's Pond, Shipley Park. 

It is really a fair bit darker than it is here but I have lowered the opacity in a bid to make it look more ethereal (I hope). Sentiment is computer generated.

Vintage 8x8

Good morning Bloggers, and what a beautiful sunny one it is too after a few very dull days. I hope all is well in your world...hugs.

I have been enjoying seeing lots of vintage cards lately and it set me to thinking, it wasn't too painful LOL. I went through my old family photographs and found this photograph of my paternal Grandma. On 26th December this photograph will be 100 years old, it was taken on my Grandparent's wedding day, and although I could be accused of being a tad biased, I think she looks beautiful!

I cut two 8x8 squares of plain white card for the base then ran the front one through the  Embossalicious  folder. I scored the back one about an inch in then attached with the strong red DS tape. Frame is the negative from a Nestie cut.

Punches used are Leone Em, McGill, Martha Stewart and Woodware with a dob of liquid pearls for the flower centers, and a scrap of ribbon from stash completes it :o)

Jackie xx