One for the box

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well as it can be in your world, here's some  {{{{{hugs}}}}} if you need or want them.

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

Today I am sharing a baby card with you, it's not often that I make them so it was a change for me!

As it will be going into my charity box, I decided to make it an either/or card, so neutral colours are the order of the day! I won the digi image just for being a follower of the lovely Diane, but I can't do a link as I no longer seem to be able to get onto her blog :o(

He/she is couloured with copics, and I had great difficulty getting it to look like fur!!!

Image is raised on foam pads and attached to a Nestie diecut, baby bits were cut with my Cricut.

Pearlised backing was embossed with Embossalicious A4 folder called, appropriately enough, Patchwork Quilt I think.You are looking at the debossed side because foolishly I embossed the wrong side LOL. This is layered onto brown card and then onto card base which is white leatherlook from the Paper Mill Shop :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

A hint of summer to come!

Good morning Bloggers, I hope all is well in your world, and if not then here are a few hugs {{{{{hugs}}}}}

I have been digging through my old stamps and came across the SU Summer set so decided it was time to get them used again and this is the first one.

Base card is white linen folded and cut to my usual 7x5.

SU stamp coloured with copics, then lightly chalked and cut with nestie then layered onto nestie cut mat. Both mat and memory Box leaves are cut from Papermania textured card. Sentiment is from the same stamp set. Couldn't get much more simple :o)

Jackie xx

Two for you today, own photographs

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

I took Stephen for his physio and neuro therapy yesterday and they were really impressed with his progress :o)

I have two cards for you this morning as I didn't manage to do my usual Tuesday upload this week so without more ado, here they are.

For this one I used PMS white hammered card folded and cut to my favourite 7x5. 

I embossed white pearlised card with A4 Embossalicious folder then layered it onto red Papermania card, the same as that backing my lily photograph which is printed onto white PM textured card, then cut with Nesties. I coloured white pearls with copic pen.

For this one I used plain white card. I had previously cut a 5" template with my Cricut and I drew round this on the folded card then cut with Xcut Guillotine. I then embossed the front with Crafts Too bamboo folder and I think the little edge folder is from Cuttlebug.

Printed my dahlia photograph onto PM textured card then cut it and the red PM backing with Nesties :o)

Jackie xx

Back to own photographs for a little while

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all well or on way to it...hugs

I have had lots of enquiries about son Stephen from you so here is a brief report :o)

He continues to do well with his walking and goes out everyday for little walks an his own. He started of doing little 15 minute walks and has now progressed to half hour at a time, sometimes twice a day :o)

Sadly his speech is still not good, and his arm is still paralysed, but it is only 4 1/2 months so there's time yet. There was never going to be a quick fix!

As for my shoulders, well they're not going to change until the Spring so it's a case of put up and shut up!

And now on to my card for the day. I couldn't leave my photographs out in the cold for very long and here is the first one. This is one of my favourite snowdrop pics.

I folded and cut PMS hammered white card to 7x5.

Green pearlised card was bought from Payperbox nearly 5 years ago and forms the layer behind the white pearlised embossed panel and the  the diecuts.

Dies used are Nesties and Memory Box.

A4 embossing folder from Embossalicious.

Photograph is printed onto my favourite Papermania textured card. Basically it's a very simple card :o)

Jackie xx

Found my tapestry stamps.....

.....when I was looking for something else, as you do LOL. It's at least 5 years since they saw the light of day!

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all well or getting there...hugs. At least there's no frost out there this morning although it is wet, as usual!

As the title says, I found my long neglected Tapestry stamps so though it was about time they saw some ink again, and here is the result!

Here is is, inside and out. 

White linencard folded and cut to approx. 6x6.

Aperture cut with Nestie circle.

Stamped with Memento inkpads.Inside panel cut with scalloped Nestie circle then stamped. Sentiment is, I think, Penny Black, but not sure about that!

A very simple one layer card and completely flat for posting :o)

Jackie xx

Lupin birthday

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well in your world and that the awful weather conditions aren't affecting you {{{{{hugs}}}}}

We have finally got back to normal working hours after the holiday period, what a relief!

My card for today is another very simple one.

Another beautiful Delicious Doodles digi image. I do love lupins and it was a pleasure colouring it with copics. Base card is white linen card folded and cut to 7x5. You have probably gathered by now that this is my favourite size LOL.

Image and mat cut with nesties. Pink card is Papermania textured card.

Sentiment is from an ancient set of Stamps and Smiles stamps. White pearls coloured with copic pen.

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

Glittery poppies

Good morning everyone. I hope all is well in your world and that you are safe from these awful weather conditions...hugs

Did you all have a wonderful Christmas with your loved ones? I had a very quiet and restful one, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I spent some time Christmas morning with my grandson Ben and great-grandson Ryan, then onto my daughter Susan's to spend time with her and her partner Rob, and granddaughter Sian, then home to cook lunch and spend the rest of the day with Stephen :o)

On to my card for today. Not too sure about those glittery poppies but heyho, we can't win 'em all LOL.

I folded and cut PMS white hammered card to 6x6.

Memory Box poppies cut from plain green card and red glitter card.

Although it looks coppery here, the background pointy Nestie circle is gold mirri card.

Cheery Lynn trellis is framed with Nestie plain circles.

White pearls coloured with copic pen :o)

Jackie xx

The last of my penguins and robins for this year

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well or getting there in your world...hugs
Thank you for your good wishes for my shoulders, they are much improved.

I was unable to comment yesterday as my internet was down all morning, so hopefully I will catch up today!

As the title says, these are the last of my penguins and robins for this year, no doubt they will be out again for next year unless I can take any different pics LOL.

So without more ado, here they are :o)

As you can see, there are 2 6x6 and 2 7x5.

No new materials were used in the making of these cards, everything from stash.

All dies used are Nestabilities and all embossing folders used are M-bossabilty and Embossalicious.

Of course the photographs are my own :o)

Jackie xx

Playing about

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

My shoulders have been acting up again now for a couple of weeks but there we go, we have to take the rough with the smooth don't we!
Yesterday Stephen surprised me by appearing in the sitting room having come down the stairs without supervision for the first time :o)

A few weeks ago whilst visiting The Silver Scrapper's blog I was very taken by one of her techniques so I finally got around to having a go. You can see how to do it here.

Unfortunately my effort is not as good as Elizabeth's but they do say practice makes perfect so I will be trying again :o)

So here it is.

It is a small (A6) card, which I don't make very often.

PMS white hammered card folded and cut to A6.

I used 3 colours of Memento dewdrop ink pads on a plain white card scrap then stamped and cut with Nestie and layered onto gold textured card. Flutterby cut with Memory Box dies from same gold card. That's all there is to it :o)

Jackie xx

Another fun Santa

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

I can't believe that it is December already! Appropriately it is frosty outside but I am warm and cosy inside.

I've got my PC back Whooppeeeeeeeee. It only cost £32.65 and nothing lost, so I still have my beloved XP. The fan had accumulated more than 6 years worth of dust and burnt the motor out. It's like having an old friend returned :o) Now that I have got it back, I have set up the laptop in the craft room as it used to be, and decided to give my old HP printer another try, and it worked so I don't need to get rid of all those ink cartridges after all. I am so glad I had no requests for them when I advertised them for sale :o)

Anyhow, on to my card for today, it's another of those free PD Santas.

No new materials were used in the making this card, everything is from stash apart from the Santa image.

Red card folded and cut to 6x6.

White pearlised card embossed with A4 M-bossability folder.

Santa and own sentiment printed onto White Papermania textured card, cut with Nesties then chalked and attached with sticky foam pads. Simple as that :o)

I just had to show you these wonderful sunsets, taken with my phone at 4.10pm as I was going in to work last night.

Jackie xx

Back to Christmas

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

It seems very mild at the moment, but I have not ventured out yet to see properly, Two days ago we had thick frost and then a glorious sunshiny day, from yesterday it has been grey and raining, we never know how to dress!!!!!!!!

On to my card for today, another very simple one for Christmas.

I used plain white card folded and cut to 6x6. The front is white pearlised card embossed with Embossalicious folder then layered onto card.

Bauble cut with Memory Box dies from red mirri and white glittercard, then attached using sticky foam pads, as is the tag which has been cut with Nestie and inked, stamp is an old one from Stamps and Smiles. Everything used is from stash :o)

Jackie xx

Back to my little robin

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

Stephen continues to do well, he is able to get up and down the stairs although it is very painful for him. He is even managing to get into those troublesome tablet bubble packs with his one good hand now. Alas, he still cannot put sentences together but he is managing more words each day. I have now been approved as his appointee so have been able to apply for his benefits, let's see how long they take to come through!

I couldn't help myself, I love making cards with my little robin photographs, they are the epitome of Christmas to me, so here is one of them once again :o)

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

I make no apology for using this embossing folder once again, I just love it and because it's A4 I can get 2 cards from it!

Robin is printed onto my favourite Papermania textured card as always, then cut with nestie bauble die. 

Words from an old SeeDs stamp set :o)

Jackie xx

Definitely not a robin

Good morning everyone, I hope you missed the worst of the big storm. We were very lucky here in Derbyshire because it wasn't nearly as bad as forecast, thank goodness!

Well I promised no more robins for a wee while so here is a penguin for a change. I took this photograph a few years ago at Twycross Zoo :o)

White linen card folded and cut to 7x5.

I used my A4 Embossalicious folder on white pearlised card for the backing, then lightly chalked it. Penguin photograph printed onto Papermania textured card then cut with Nestie. Words are from an old SeeDs stamp set :o)

Jackie xx

Different robin this time

Good morning everyone, I hope you all have the hatches battened down ready for the big storm later! I hope that none of you will be affected badly by it...hugs.

A great reason to stay in and craft don't you think!

Stephen continues to progress, he is so determined, bless him :o)

Yet another robin card from me I'm afraid, but I promise there will be something different for the next one LOL.

I had an accident with this one, dropped the inked stamp and it landed on the right edge so I had to cut it off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not too much damage but it means I have lost the right border. Not too sure if it looks unfinished!

I used white linen card folded and cut to 7x5. 

White pearlised card embossed with A4 Embossalicious folder.

Dies used are Nesties and Cheery Lynn. Robin photograph printed as usual onto Papermania textured card. words are from an ancient SeeDs stamp set which I found whilst moving my craft room :o)

Jackie xx

And finally.....

.....I made some cards Whooppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee :o)

Good morning everyone on this very wet and wild Sunday. I hope all is as well in your world as it can be...hugs

Thank you so much to all of you for your good wishes for Stephen, who continues making progress and is catching up on more than seven weeks of not seeing the telly :o)

Yes, I finally got some crafting time in yesterday and I hope to do so today. I made two Christmas cards, and this is the first of them. I will show the other one another day :o)

Base card is my usual white linen folded and cut to 7x5 then lightly chalked around the edges. 

The robin is, of course, my own photograph printed onto my favourite Papermania white textured card then cut with nestie, also lightly chalked, and raised on sticky foam. 

Cheery Lynn flourish with a hint of Glamour Dust and the greeting stamp is from Stamps and Smiles.

It was so good to get back into the craftroom :o)

Jackie xx

8x8 CAS wedding card

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

Not much happening here at the moment but it's nice to have an un-busy day for a change LOL. I am at work as usual this evening but  going to have a lazy day first doing what I want, how I want and if I want!

My card today is for friends but they don't blog so it's safe to show :o)

The base card is a cream (looks ivory here) 8x8 one from who knows where, had them a long time. 

I used an 8x8 Die'sire embossing folder.

Hearts cut with the Cricut and the cream one was then embossed with Cuttlebug embossing folder then attached to the gold heart. 

Mr and Mrs is a Papermania image stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with Stampendous detail gold powder, then cut with nestie and attached with foam pads to give a bit of dimension.  The topper was also attached with foam pads and yes, it is deliberately wonky LOL. The personalisation will be inside for privacy :o)

Jackie xx

Pages for a change

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well in your world, and if not then I hope it soon will be...hugs

Oh wow, what  storm last night just as I was coming out of work. Thunder, lightening, the rain coming down like stair rods, I got drenched getting the 50 yards to the car, then again in the 5 yards from car into house, but it felt wonderful!

On to my offering for today, a DLO from my trip to Trent Lock a couple of weeks ago :o)

Not much to say about them really, you've seen the photographs, now here are the pages.

I used white DCWV 12x12 card for the background.

Printed the photographs on my favourite Papermania textured card and cut with Nesties and Grand Nesties.

I cut the title with the Cricut but sorry, I can't remember which font I used :o)

Jackie xx

Just a simple card

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

Just a quickie this morning, I am off to spend the day with my cousin, including a pub lunch of course, then the evening with my daughter :o)

My card for today is very simple so without more ado, here it is!

My own photograph of course, taken  a few years ago. Printed onto Papermania textured card, sentiment added using Vivaldi font, then cut out with Nesties as is the mat. Both layered onto more PM card folded and cut to 5x7. Pearls from stash :o)

Jackie xx