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

 

8x8 commissioned 50th birthday

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all as well as you can be...hugs

Glad to know the forecast is for dry tomorrow, I am off to Mercia Marina to see my daughter and her partner singing in the last Bandstand Busk of the season!

I was asked by a work friend to make a large card for a fisherman, and it had to have bubbles. I think the bubbles were to represent booze as well as water LOL. Luckily I had some of my old photographs which I had taken some years ago! 

 

Basecard is 8x8 Papermania blank.

Own photograph taken on the Erewash Canal at Long Eaton around 6 years ago.

Framed by my very good friend PatEssex (Docrafts). 

Iprinted it onto my usual linencard from The Range.

"Bubble" words printed onto same card in MS Word, then cut with Die-namics stitched circle dies.

Fish stamped with SeeD's stamp for a very old SeeD's set with Memento London Fog.

Glossy Accents bubbles.

The inside is too personal so I am not showing it :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

 

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

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)

Easter # 1...new die

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well in your world and you haven't been too badly affected with snow. My Friend, who live in the Derbyshire Peak district, has been virtually snowed in!...hugs

My card for today is my first Easter card and I really enjoyed using my brand new die for it!

I merged two of my photographs, both taken many years ago, for this one. Many of you will have seen them both in other years. I just love using my duck photograph LOL.

I used my usual whote linen card for the base, folded and cut to 6x6.

My artwork, including the sentiment, was peinted onto the same card, then cut with my new Di-namics stitched die. I do so love this die and this is it's first airing, but it will be used many more times. I have 3 other sets on order, one set coming from the US, so I am waiting with bated breath for them to arrive LOL.

Daffodil stamp is from an old SU set, and I used a copic pen to colour them. They were stamped with Memento London Fog inkpad :o)

Jackie xx

Ivory and brown

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

I am very happy to report that my car is now M.O.Td and taxed for another year,  and had it's Winter check so that's the biggest item out of the way :o)

I went to the Doc yesterday and he confirmed what I already thought, I have arthritis in my left hand, but it's early days yet so the pain is bearable, certainly not as bad as the shoulder and back pains. HeyHo, that's the price of getting old LOL! Isn't it strange that until I was 70, I hardly ever needed to visit the Doctor's, but now everyting is going to pot!!!!! Thank goodness for cardmaking :o)

Anyhow, enough of my rambling, I know there are lots of peeps out there far worse off than me so I'd better stop grumbling!

Onto my card for today!

 I do love sepia whether it's old photographs or cards, and although this is Memento Cocoa, it is near enough!

Base card is ivory linencard from Papermill Direct, folded and cut to 7x5.

I stamped Woodware grasses onto it twice, then the Stampendous agapanthus cluster onto a small scrap of the same card. I inked the edge of the panel and attached it with foam pads to lift it. 

Sentiment is an old stamp from Stamps and Smiles and Bob's yer Uncle, the card is finished. Didn't take very long to make :o)

Jackie xx

The rest of my cousin's order

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

After the last mammoth commission from my cousin I was so pleased to have this simple set of 6 to make. She loves browns, as do I,  so  I set too with gusto. The only colouring on this set is a tiny bit of shading with a Copic pen :o)

 Three kings is an image from my very old (1990s) CorelDraw 7. I had to convert it to a png in PSP7 then changed colour to brown. I printed it straight onto the ivory linen card...from Papermill Direct...then added the text using Papyrus font before folding and cutting to 7x5.

Bethlehem image is a little stamp from Art Impressions, which I stamped with Memento inkpad, then cut with Spellbinders.

Brown textured card was from PDA aeons ago :o)

Jackie xx

For a dolphin loving friend

Good morning Bloggers,  it's lovely here after an evening of rain, which was desperately needed!

I hope all is well in your world wherever you are...hugs

Welcome to new followers Jackie and Alison, good to see you ladies.

I made this card for a dolphin loving friend.

Oh well, I chose to upload the front first but Blogger decreed otherwise!!!

I Googled free dolphin images and loved this one as soon as I saw it.

Not my own card blank for a change, it's 8x8 from, I think, Papermania.

I opened the dolphin image in PSP, and added the text in Papyrus font.

I then added the shiwreck image which is from Cagoline  but I changed the text on the little signpost to the recipient's name. Printed it onto white linencard, cut to size then inked the edge with Memento inkpad.

Added grass, anchor and starfish diecuts from Memory Box and Marianne.

Starfish inside is from Cajoline, and swirl die from Memory Box. Added a private joke :o)

Jackie xx

Christmas 60, another jolly Santa

What a lovely sunny Saturday morning it is, without being uncomfortably hot :o)

I hope all is well with everyone...hugs

This is #2 of my old Craft Uk Santa stamps, I really enjoyed colouring them both in.

I made the base card 7x7 because I have quite a few of that size envelopes!

I embossed plain white card with Embossalicious 8x8 folder, cut it to size and inked the edges with Memento inkpad.

Image coloured with Copics and cut it with Xcut plain round large die and the red mat with Spellbinders Grand Nestie. Glamour Dust added to give it a bit of sparkle. 

Sentiment stamp from?

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

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

Sunrise, sunset, take your pick, and a few photographs

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

Did you get the thunderstorms? I have never in my life seen rain like we had here yesterday, it was bouncing up off the road at least a foot!!!!! Only trouble is it didn't cool it down any.

I warn you now that this post is picture heavy so get yourself  settled down with a cuppa :o)

I actually made this card a few weeks ago, but forgot to post it.

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

Mat is black card from stash.

I inked up a square of white smooth card, then stamped with various stamps from Lavinia and Art Impressions. The tree stamp has no name on it, but I bought it second hand many years ago. All stamped with Memento inkpad.

There is any more I can say about it really, except that I hope you like it :o)

An now a few photographs, not my best but I was so happy to finally have the opportunity to take my cameras for a stroll after all the trials and tribulations of the last 18 months. I still can't walk far but at least my blue badge now gets me nearer to where I want to be. 

I spent literall just about 3/4 of an hour at Trent Lock the other day and OMG did I enjoy it.

 

Are you still awake? I hope I didn't bore you :o) 

 Jackie xx

The last of my cousin's commission.....

.....hopefully I will be delivering them to her on Friday and we will go out for a pub lunch :o)

I hope all is well in your world this lovely morning, although the sun hasn't managed to peep through just yet, hugs.

On to my cards for today, two more very simple ones to share with you, and although they look a bit black and white, they are actually ivory and brown!

Base cards are ivory linen from Papermill Direct, folded and cut to 6x6 and 7x5, and the images are stamped onto the same. Mats are brown card from stash.

Both images stamped with Hero Arts using Memento inkpad, then cut with Spellbinders.

Sentiments are from SU and My Creative Time.

Nothing else I can say about them really :o)

Jackie xx

You've seen the blue set, now here is the red set

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

I opened the curtains this morning and what did I see? Yes, rain, rain and more rain :o(

Oh well, there's nothing we can do about it so we may as well make the best of it!

I am off to Long Eaton this morning to take Stephen for his speech therapy.

I took him for his neuro therapy on Tuesday and he is doing so well that they asked him to make his own way there next week to see if he can plan a journey okay.  He goes out every day and uses his bus pass a lot, but he just gets on the bus to anywhere without planning, so they are really testing him now. No doubt I will be on tenterhooks while he is gone but I am sure that he will be alright (says she biting on her knuckles, LOL)

Anyhow, time to get onto my cards for today. I said when I posted the blue set that I was thinking of making a red set too, and here they are, or at least some of them!

All base cards are white hammered from the Papermill shop years ago, folded and cut to 6x6, then apertures cut with Spellbinder's Nesties.
Papers are from stash, also from years ago. They are HOTP except for the spotty one, which is Basic Grey.
Dies used are Memory Box,  flower punches are Woodware, and poinsettia is an SVG file from Penny Duncan and cut on the Cricut.
Various stamps used with Memento inkpad.
I hope you like them :o)
Jackie xx

Playing with scraps

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

Welcome to new follower Carole, Hi Carole, thank you for joining me :o)

My card today is one I made when I was rummaging through my scrap box, so I have no idea where the paper came from! 

Base card is my favourite white linen card folded and cut to 7x5.
On the paper scrap, I stamped Lavinia willow in black and grey with Memento inks, then stamped Stampendous Agapanthus cluster with Versamark, then heat embossed with Stampendous Detail White powder.
Matted onto a scrap of gold textured card then layered onto the base card.
Stamps and Smiles sentiment. 
Gems from stash, coloured with Copic pen :o)
Jackie xx

Resist stamping.....

.....but it doesn't show up too well on the pic!

Good morning everyone, where did the sun go. It's been raining all night here!

I hope you are all well or getting there...hugs

I have decided to leave off taking my statins for a month to see if they are making my shoulder and other pains worse, missed 4 nights so far so a long way to go yet, watch this space!

Onto my card for today. As said above, the resist stamping doesn't show up well unless you enlarge the pic.

I made this a few weeks ago, but decided it wasn't fit to show, but it has grown on me a bit since then, so here it is LOL.

Base card is hammered white from PMS, folded and cut to 7x5,

Red layer is plain card from the scrap box.

I stamped the dandelion clocks (sorry, don't know the make) with versamark onto smooth white card, then heat embossed with holographic embossing powder. 

I then inked with red Memento inkpad.

Stamps are a mixture of Lyndsay Mason and Lavinia.

Sentiment stamp from an old set by Stamps and Smiles :o)

Jackie xx

Resist stamping

Good afternoon everyone, I hope you are all well or getting there {{{{{hugs}}}}}

I am very late today, had to take Stephen for his speech therapy this morning, and tomorrow morning it's his physio session.

Here is my card for today, which has a bit of resist stamping on it although it doesn't show up very well on the photograph!

I stamped my favourite Stampendous agapanthus cluster stamp with versamark then heat embossed it with detail white (also Stampendous) heat embossing powder, then inked with Memento inkpad. All this onto white linen card from Papermill Direct which I then layered onto Papermania blue card, which in turn was layered onto pearlised white card embossed with Ebosser Honeycomb A4 folder. Another layer of blue onto the hammered white base card, and a smidgin of ribbon plus a Marianne diecut completes it. Mmmmmmmmm, that's a lot of layers for me!  :o)

Jackie xx

By the light of the silvery moon

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all well, warm and dry. Here's a few hugs for those who want or need them {{{{{hugs}}}}}

For my card today, I decided once and for all to have a final go at getting inky and messy without having to throw the results in the bin, which is where they usually end up, so here is the result. Inspired by the lovely Doreen 

If you haven't seen Doreen's wonderful moonlit scenes then do go and have a look.  I have a long way to go but at least it's a start.

I used a piece of old linen card from ? as I didn't want to waste my lovely new linen card.

I am no good at brayering so I used cotton wool pads, the sort used for cleaning your face, and rubbed the ink in with a circular motion. 

Various stamps were used along with Memento inks. One thing I did discover is that I don't have a big enough range of colours in my distress inks so they are one the ever growing wants list!

I layered the panel onto black card and then onto the base card which is the same linen card folded and cut to 6x6.

A scrap of ribbon from stash finished off. Nothing new was used in the construction of this card :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