Part of a commission for 11 cards

This had to be neutral as the gender is not known. It will be flying off to San Francisco with another one very soon :o)

I am loving this colour combo so please bear with me LOL.

Stamp is by Stampendous and I have done two layers and coloured with Copics. Sponged with Tim Holtz distress ink and I just love this particular Nestie set! Greeting printed in Word, Papyrus font. DP is from J&P Pictures Animals 1 CD, created by Pat from my photograph :o)

Jackie xx

OMG I won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, I have won the fab blog candy over at Donnas Den

http://cardsformen.blogspot.com/

How fantastic is that :o)

If you've not yet paid Donna a visit the time is now to go and have a look. On Tuesday Dec 1st she will be starting her Cards for Men challenges. What a great way to get inspiration for those very hard to make cards :o)

I am going to camp by the front door now ready to catch my lovely prize as it arrives LOL.

Jackie xx

Lovely award from 2 lovely ladies

First and apology to two lovely bloggers who gave me this fantastic award some time ago. I have been so busy that I didn't have time to list all the things I have to mention to accept this award. Thank you so much to Joanne over at
http://bigislandlady.blogspot.com/

and Julie over at

http://juliesinkspot.blogspot.com/

If you have never visited them then now is the time to go and have a look at their lovely blogs. I cannot pick out just a few from you wonderful bloggers so I am saying, if you comment on my cards then please accept this from me :o)

Now for the questionnaire! Sorry some I couldn't answer in one word :o)

1; Where is your cell phone? pocket

2; Your hair? short

3; Your mother? deceased

4; Your father? deceased

5; Your favourite food? stew & dumplings

6; Your dream last night? none

7; Your favourite drink? ginger beer

8; Your dream/goal? retire

9; What room are you in? sitting room

10; Your hobby? cardmaking & photography

11; Your fear? Senility

12; Where do you want to be in 6 years? retired

13; where were you last night? work

14; Something that you aren't? perfect

15; Muffins? yuk

16; Wishlist item? new laptop

17; Where did you grow up? Long Eaton

18; Last thing you did? got the slow cooker on for dinner

19; What are you wearing? shirt & trousers

20; Your TV? off

21; Your pets? none

22; Friends? wonderful

23; Your life? happy

24; Your mood? optimistic

25; Missing someone? No, they are with me in spirit

26; Vehicle? Suzuki swift

27; Something you're not wearing? socks

28; Your favourite stores? any craft shop

29; Your favourite colour? green

30; When was the last time you laughed? this morning

31; Last time you cried? Sunday 9th Nov

32; Your best friend? Jean

33; One place I go over and over? Macclesfield

34: Facebook? deleted

35; Favourite place to eat? Georges Tradition in Long Eaton

Jackie xx

MTSC #49

This is my entry for MTSC #49 over at

http://lordhavemercy-mercykerin.blogspot.com/2009/11/mercys-tuesday-sketch-challenge-49.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LordHaveMercy+%28Lord+Have+Mercy%21%29

I managed to sneak a few minutes to make it before I get ready for work later!

The base card is from PDA and is very similar to Craftcard. I used my new Elzybells Bethlehem stamp onto linen card then sponged with Tim Holtz distress ink. The star is cut from the same as the basecard on the Cricut then I added Glamour Dust to make it twinkle. Mat and panel are from an old HOTP Christmas stack I found in my stash. I found the Woodware edge punch at the bottom of a box, I had forgotten it's existence! Brown backing is from PMS and cuttlebugged using the snow folder :o)

Jackie xx

My first easel card

Good morning Bloggers. I've been naughty, not had time to come on here much :o( Sorry I haven't been visiting your blogs much, been working extra days! That's the trouble with working in reatail at this time of year!

We all had a wonderful get together day on Sunday and I fed them enough to make sure they wouldn't be going home hungry, in fact we probably all put 5lbs on :o)

We all went to PDA at Langley mill for some retail therapy. We did leave a few bits for anyone following LOL.

I didn't make one card on the day but I did borrow some of my friend's stamps and did lots of stamping and heat embossing :o)

Anyway, I digress. Pauline showed us how to make easel cards and I made this one the next day. As you can see I used my lovely MME for the base card, own photograph and artwork for the topper and did a bit of punching for the snowflakes, the wooden Santa was from stash. It is one of a set of commissioned cards I am working on :o)

Jackie xx

Another craft day.....

...coming up tomorrow Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

This time it's my turn to play hostess so they are all descending on me in the morning when we will no doubt have the obligatory bacon butties to start with then it's off to have a bit of retail therapy. Not telling you where in case you get there and buy up all the bargains first, I'll tell you after the event :o)

After that it's back here for a buffet and then wall to wall crafting, chinwagging and laughing until the evening when we will have stew and dumplings. Of course, by this time we will all be 5lbs fatter :o)

Happy crafting folks, Bye for now.

Jackie xx

Peachy Keen 16

Here is my entry for Kathy's Peachy Keen # 16 challenge over at http://peachykeenstampschallenge.blogspot.com/2009/11/peachy-keen-stamps-challenge-16.html

I saw a similar layout to this on another blog and I am sorry to say I can't remember whose it was! If you know, please tell me :o)

I haven't any of the Peachy Keen faces stamps so I used one of the PK Funny Flowers stamps. Sentiment is from SU and the other stamps are from a See Dees set. I sponged (my first time} the linen base card and each of the stamped image panels with Tim Holtz distress ink. Images are coloured with Copics.

Recipe:

Linen base card from Paper Mill Shop

Stamped images from Peachy Keen, See Dees and Stamping UpJust a smidgin of Galamour dust

Ribbon and jewels from stash

Jackie xx

MTSC # 48

This is my entry for Mercy's MTSC #48 over at

http://lordhavemercy-mercykerin.blogspot.com/2009/11/mercys-tuesday-sketch-challenge-48.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LordHaveMercy+%28Lord+Have+Mercy%21%29

I have been trying since Tuesday to get this and my next one done and finally finished them this morning! I have had a heavy week with very little time for crafting especially as I worked an extra day. Hopefully that won't happen again in a hurry! I have used punches, stamps, embossing folder and nesties with a bit of heat embossing thrown it too :o)

Recipe:

Base card is white linen from Paper Mill Shop

DP is Papermania from stash

Ribbon from stash

Pearlised paper

Cuttlebug Snow folder

Black snowflake is from Woodware punch, sorry I don't know where the other one is from, I used it at a friend's house

Black mat is pearlised card

Hero arts flourish stamp

Penny Black Fantasy tree stamp

Spellbinders Nestability

Jackie xx

A few made in the week

Good morning Bloggers, at least the gales have died down now and it's not raining at the moment although some more is promised!

These are three cards I have made through the week. I have lots of images I coloured previously so it's time to use them before Christmas is come and gone!

As you can see, they are different styles but in all cases I have used my nesties :o) Colouring, except for the snowflake, is done with Copics and the middle one is my own photograph. All are 7x5 cards which seems to be what I am making most of at the moment :o)

Jackie xx

MTSC #47

This is my entry for MTSC #47 over at

http://lordhavemercy-mercykerin.blogspot.com/2009/11/mercys-tuesday-sketch-challenge-47.html

I decided on a B&W theme because I love it for Christmas cards, come to think of it, I love it for ANY cards LOL. I used white linen card from stash for the BC, black matts also from stash, and white pearlised paper from Payper Box for the main image and backing. Cuttlebug folders used are Winter House (I think that's what it's called) and Snow. It's a first airing for this nestie set, Christmas tree from Woodware punch and that tiny scrap of DP is from J&P Pictures :o)

Jackie xx