Sorry, no cards for a while

Good morning you lovely Bloggers.

I am just letting you know that I won't be around for a while, I am off to Somerset with some of my lovely crafting friends for a week WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :o)

I have to stock the 'fridge and freezer with ready meals for my son, then I'm free!

Not going until Monday morning but I am at work this afternoon and tomorrow I have to do my packing before going off with a non crafting friend to Mackworth Church Harvest Festival and there will be a cream tea with my name on it. What a start to my holiday :o)

See you all when I get back :o)

Jackie xx

Peachy Keen challenge 12

This week over at Peachy Keen, it had to be an ornament. We could use anything as long as it included something gold, an image and a hanging device, so here is my effort, I think it fits the bill :o) Why don't you have a look at http://peachykeenstampschallenge.blogspot.com/2009/09/peachy-keen-stamps-challenge-12.html

and have a go. It's not something I would have made without the challenge but I am fairly pleased with it and may even make some more :o)

Very simple to make. I cut the shape on the Cricut - sorry, forgot to check which cart! - then drew round it on the back of this gorgeous MME glittercardcard. Stamped the little Santa, coloured him with Sakura Stardust to give a glittery effect although it doesn't show up well here, then punched out and lightly chalked the background and inked the edges. He is raised with silicone glue. The gold is the cord for hanging :o)

Recipe;

Cricut

Whispers stamp from a set

MME glittercard

SU punch

Red Versafine inkpad

Sakura Stardust pens

Dovecraft eyelet

Gold cord from stash

My, for a simple little hanging there's an awfully big list of ingredients :o)

Jackie xx

I've got it back...

...my little car is home and rarin' to go. As luck would have it, I have been ill all weekend with a bit of a temperature and lots of coughin' & sneezin' so it wasn't so bad that it was off the road, but by last night I was really champing at the bit. My daughter took me into town this morning because I was clinbing the walls and when we got back I stayed at her house for a cuppa and a huge piece of wonderful lemon cheesecake when her phone rang, my card was on my drive waiting for me to arrive and get in it and go, and I did :o)

Luckily it wasn't the gear box so the repair and the service I had already booked it in for came to less than I thought, so I went out and bought a cardigan for my holidays next week :o)

Jackie xx

OMG, three posts in a few minutes!

This is my entry for Stamp Something - favourite colours/papers over at http://stampchallenges.blogspot.com/2009/09/something-with-your-favorite-colors-or.html

For Christmas cards I love B&W with a dash of colour. Used my own photograph taken at Elvaston Castle last February and matted onto pearlised black card. Peguins coloured with Copics and raised with silicone glue.

Recipe;

BC is white hammered from PMS

DP from J&P pictures

Crafts UK stamp from a Christmas unmounted set

Ribbon from stash

Glamour Dust

Jackie xx

Simon Says - follow a recipe

The recipe is;

3 embellishments

2 papers

1 image

This is my entry over at http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/2009/09/simon-saysfollow-recipe.html

I made my own embellishments by stamping baubles onto shrink plastic then colouring and shrinking them.

Once again I stamped the image at my good friend Viv's :o)

Baubles coloured with Sakura Stardust pens and image coloured with Copics.

Image raised with silicone glue.

Recipe;

BC white hammered from PMS

DPs are from HOTP about 3 Christmasses ago

Shrink plastic baubles

Sakura Stardust pens

Copics

Glamour Dust

Jackie xx

MTSC #39

This is my entry for Mercy's MTSC #39 over at http://lordhavemercy-mercykerin.blogspot.com/2009/09/mercys-tuesday-sketch-challenge-39.html

I stamped the image at my lovely friend Viv's last time I was there, thank you Viv :o) Coloured with Copics and distressed the image and card with ink. I cut the pink flower mat on the Cricut and I can't remember the name of the Cuttlebug folder I used!

Recipe;

BC is hammered white from the PMS

Pearlised green card embossed panet

Brads and ribbon from stash

Copics

Unknown stamp

Glamour Dust

Cricut cart Tags, bags, boxss and more

Jackie xx

Oh woe is me.....

I went to Georges Tradition in Long Eaton for my tea after work. On the way back, around 5pm, terrible grinding as I went to turn left and then lost my gears :o( Well I was not amused, I am due to drive down to Somerset a week on Monday for a few days with my crafting pals and I thought that my holiday money would be gone for a new gearbox or some such thing. Anyway, I sat reading for an hour until my breakdown service arrived. He quickly had a look and told me it wasn't the gear box, it was an outer CV joint that had broken up so it will ONLY be about £100 instead of the dreaded £500 or so PHEW! Don't think my garage works Saturday morning so may have to wait until Monday now :o(

On a positive note, at least it's happened now and not while I am on the motorway next week!

I will let you know how it goes.

Jackie xx

Just got back from PDA...

... had a great outing with a couple of friends so got somer fantastic goodies to play with :o) but not much time to play :o(

We bought a wonderful MME Christmas stack of glitter papers between the three of us and got loads of envelopes and I even managed a Stampendous rubber stamp :o)

The, we stopped of at Bartlewood Lodge on the way home and had their great £3.50 a go carvery each. Got to go and make space in my craftroom now to add the new stuff to my stash :o)

Jackie xx

Simon Says - Oriental

Phew! I think I made it in the nick of time. This is my entry for the Simon Says - Oriental challenge over at http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/2009/09/simon-saysoriental.html

I am gulilty of not joining in the SS challenges lately. Due to time comstraints I have to alternate the challenges where I can. At the moment I am rushing as I have to go to band practice tonight and haven't had my tea yet!

This is my one and only Oriental stamp and I had a battle to find it. Yes I know I didn't need to use a stamp, I could use the relevant colours, but I thought that as I had got one I may as well use it :o)

I tried to distress the main image but I am not very good at it, haven't had enough practice! I stamped three times so there are three layers although it's difficult to tell here. I coloured with my Copics and highlighted the bloom with Sakura Stardust pen :o)

Recipe;

BC is Bazzill

Stamp is from Hampton Arts

Copics

Sakura Stardust pen

Black pearlised card for mat

Ribbon and brads from stash

For my penpal...

...in California. I suddeny realised at the weekend that it was my penpal's 50th anniversary soon so had to design and make this in a hurry. Unfortunately I had to wait until Monday to post it leaving only 4 days until the event! Hopefully it is better late than never :o)

The roses are from a photograph my lovely friend Pat took and I used them to create the topper and DP. I matted the topper onto gold mirri card and added the tiny bow so it wasn't too heavy to post to the US. I forgot to photograph the inside but it compliments the front :o)

Jackie xx