A few photographs

Good morning everyone. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr it's cold out there. We still have compacted snow, frozen solid on the road outside!

Anyhow, tomorrow I am off to Macclesfield for a crafting day with friends so I am leaving you with a few photographs to peruse. I went to Attenborough Nature reserve on Sunday 28th November and these are just a few of the pics I took.

If you've never been, it's well worth a visit if you live close enough. I am lucky, it's only about 8 miles from me :o)

The poor birds were slipping and sliding all over the place!

Imagine walking barefoot on that snow brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Does anyone know what kind of goose this is? It's a winter visitor but I don't know

where from!

I hope you all manage to keep warm

Jackie xx

No cards so here is my tree...

... with the baubles I made on it :o)

I managed, this morning, to finish addressing and stamping all of my Christmas cards including putting inserts in 5 of them. Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, I have finally finished them but just in case I get any unexpected ones, I have some bought ones from last year :o)

Keep warm and safe

Jackie xx

Yet more Christmas cards

Good morning everyone. I was at our Dabblers fuddle lastnight which was very enjoyable except for the cold. The heating wasn't on and although we turned it on the hall never got warm so we celebrated and crafted in our many layers including top coats brrrrrr!

When we came out to go home there was a big surprise awaiting us. The snow was back and with a vengeance. It was 15 miles an hour for a lot of my way home!

More mini 4x4 cards. Used my robin pics again :o)

Red and gold card from stash, punches used were Woodware, Martha Stewart and Xcut. Noel cut on cricut, dies used were nesties and nellie Snellen.

They are all very simple cards again as I have to get them finished,

written out and posted :o)

Jackie xx

Elvaston Castle lunchtime today

I needed to get out for a while so took myself and my cameras off to Elvaston Castle around lunchtime. I was only there for half an hour or so and took about 50 pics, but these show roughly what it was like. Within that half hour it went from clear and fine to this near whiteout!

I gave up when my finger ends got so cold I couln't feel them and didn't want to drop the cameras!

Jackie xx

Second try

Good morning Bloggers, I hope it's a good morning for you wherever you are. I thought we'd escaped yat more snow with none overnight but no, it waited until this morning and now it's coming down again as if it means business!

I did it again! I uploaded to the wrong blog yesterday and didn't have time to get them on here! How much dafter can I get? I shudder to think LOL.

These are what I made Tuesday morning except for the large bauble card, all very quick and simple. Sizes vary from 3x4 up to 6x6 and a variety of materials/equipment was used including;

Cricut, Woodware, Martha Syewart and McGill punches, Sizzix and Nellie Snellen dies.

Papers from MME and J&P

Stamps from See D, Art Impressions, PB

Last but not least, my robin photographs :o)

Jackie xx

CFM 24 Christmas

Good morning all, I do hope you are not bogged down with the white stuff! We have had another 4 inches overnight and it's just about stopped now, hopefully for the last time (fingers crossed)

Anyhow, I digress. This is my first challenge card for a while, been too busy with other stuff like going out to work and preparing for Christmas! I actually managed to make 12 cards from mini to 6x6 yesterday, all very simple :o)

This is my effort for CFM 24 Christmas.

Base card is Bazzill, stamped with versamark and heat embossed with Stampendous Detail Gold. Snowflakes stamp from a See D's set which I've had for aeons.

Tag was cut on the Cricut using gold textured and red card from stash.

Added a scrap of ribbon also from stash :o)

Jackie xx

3 posts in one day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just had to share these with you, I took them this morning in my garden. Isn't he just so gorgeous :o)

Going off upstairs now to see if I can make a card with him :o)

Jackie xx

OMG I won................

.............. My bauble won over on the Winter Wonderland decoration challenge, what a great start to Sunday morning. It helps to make up a bit for the broken indicator lens (earlier post)  :o)

Jackie xx

No images yet today...

...but I am not a happy bunny! I went out to go to work yesterday afternoon and the compacted snow was like glass. I slid into the gatepost and crack went my indicator lens so that's going to cost me around £120 as it's a sealed unit :o(  Still, it could have been worse (I think)!

Oh well, no good crying over spilt milk, as they say. I am going upstiars and shutting myself in the craftroom to get some more cards made. Hopefully I won't be disturbed.

Stay warm and safe everyone :o)

Jackie xx

More danglies for my tree

Good morning all, has the snow reached you yet? It's reached Derby, it was there when I woke up this morning brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr 

Not had chance for cardmaking this week, been too busy making tree danglies :o)

The baubles all cut with new Sizzix die and the tags cut with Cricut.

I've just discovered that having mad 140 Christmas cards so far, I've neen selling them and now have a shortfall of about 25 for my own use so I have to pull out all the stops and get some more made quickly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jackie xx