Christmas 5

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

I'm running late this morning so here is my card for today

8x8 card Papermania blank.

Woodware Teazel stamp set stamped with Versamark then heat embossed with Stampendous Detail Gold emb. powder onto black marbled card from PDA but had it for years.

Stamps and Smiles sentiment.

Image and mat cut with Spellbinders Grand Nesties.

Corner pieces cut with flower centre from my new Memory Box poinsettia dies.

Gold textured card from stash.

Gingham ribbon from stash.

I will have to pop back later to visit your lovely blogs :o)

Jackie xx

 

Christmas 2, 3 and 4

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

I was late up this morning so in a bit of a hurry, so here is my card share for today!

I found a pack of Papermania Kraftcard 5x5 blanks and envelopes when I was searching for something else, isn't that always the case? I must have had them for around 5 years!

I have userd all very old stamps and embossed with Stampendous Detail White powder.

On the last one, I coloured the hearts with Sakura Gelly Roll Stardust pen.

Very short and sweet :o)

Jackie xx

 

10 card commission

Good morning everyone, I hope all is as well as it can be with you...hugs

The wind is still blowing here but at least it is drying up again, and it isn't really cold yet, although the forecast says it soon will be!

My cousin asked me for 10 of these cards in brown and Ivory, she does so love her browns, and I do too so it was a real pleasure making them for her. Having said that, it is always a real pleasure making cards :o)

Basecard is ivory linencard from the PaperMill shop before they all closed a few years ago, folded and cut to 7x5

Brown textured card is from PDA.

Own photograph of course, you have seen the original when I posted my white version of this card.

Photograph feathered in PSP7 onto same ivory card, an cut with Spellbinders pierced oval die, then raised with sticky foam strips.

White pearlised card used for the panel which is embossed with Darice then lightly chalked.

I added a smidgeon of golf Glamour Dust which isn't very noticeable here, but is very twinkly IRL.

Sentiment stamped with Stamps and Smiles.

I had a little play with paperpiecing, long time since I last did any, and this little card is the result. I dug out an old Stampendous, Retro Trees, stamp for this one.

This is just a little A6 card, a size I rarely make. While I was looking for something else, I came across an A5 box full of hammered card which I had folded into A6 cards years ago and forgotten about, so it looks like I will be making lots more this size for a while LOL.

Green paper background is from my scrapbox, and I stamped the trees onto white linencard scrap, then onto the same green paper. I fussy cut them and stuck them on, then stamped the sentiment with the same stamp as on the set of cards.

I quite like the effect and will possibly do it again :o)

Jackie xx

 

 

Snowman's playmate

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

Looks like another grey day here, 'twas very wet and dark yesterday but I was at work so it didn't bother me! It did make it very busy at work though cuz folks were shopping instead of going out anywhere, but that make my shift go very quickly LOL.

My card for today features Rudolph, my snowman's tall friend! I handcut him but I won't be doing that again anytime soon, it took forever!!!

Another of those DL basecards I "found".

Woodware image stamped onto white 160gsm smooth card and coloured with Copics, although the bright sun (well it was when I took the photograph) has bleached the colour quite a bit!

As previously said, I handcut him but it was a very slow process so I probably won't do that again in a hurry!

He is raised with sticky foam pads.

Woodware sentiment stamped with Versamark then heat embossed with Stampendous Detail White powder.

I "lost" my white pen so couldn't do the faux stitching that I had intended, so I used narrow DS tape and Glamour Dust for the frame instead. Of course I found my white pen after I had finished the card LOL.

I think he and his mate the snowman make fabulous fun cards, especially for children :o)

Jackie xx

 

It's that hat again

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

It's blue skies and fluffy white clouds here at the moment, how long for? Anybody's guess!

After our Friday night workshop involving this image, I decided I needed the stamp so I bought it and his friend Rudloph LOL and here he is in blue, I will show Rudolph another day!

I "found" a box of ready folded pearlised cards lurking amongst my stash from before I started working at Morrison's nearly 9 years ago so that is how old they are LOL.

I stamped my Woodware snowman onto white smooth 160gsm card from Staples and coloured him with Copics, then handcut him before attaching him with sticky foam pads to the DL card.

I added Glamour Dust to give a bit of sparkle.

Woodware greeting stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with Stampendous Detail White powder.

Faux stitching done with a white pen (no name on it).

I tried to make his hat look like it was brushed fabric :o)

Jackie xx

 

CAS Christmas

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

Thank goodness it wasn't so hot yesterday, I felt a bit more alive!

I had a few trees left over from a recent Friday night workshop with my friends, so I decided to use them up. This set is the result, I am quite pleased with it :o)

Couldn't be much more simple LOL.

All cardbases are white linencard folded and cut to 7x5.

Trees and frames cut with Provocraft dies from scraps of green glittercard.

Sentiment staped with Stampendous.

That's threre more for my Christmas box making a total of 23 made this year plus a few left over from last year so I am nearly halfway there :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

Blue on Blue

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well in your world...hugs to all who need or  want them.

The sun is shining, we have wall to wall blue skies, and the wind has dropped, let us hope it stays that way!

I have my second colour shades card to share this morning, this time it's BoB, and here it is.

The base card looks white here, but it is pale blue hammered card which I have had forever, I bought it from the Papermill shop at McArthur Glen years ago and then forgot about it!

I stamped my favourite Stampendous agapanthus image onto mid blue card then cut with Spellbinders pierced square die. Mat cut from a scrap of dark blue linencard from who knows where, also in the dim and distant past.

Diecuts are Memory Box.

Sentiment is from SU.

Finished off by stamping agapanthus onto base card :o)

Jackie xx

Not a photograph in sight!

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

Much as I love using my photographs, I decided on a bit of a change with this one. It's been a long time since I made a rocker card and I quite enjoyed making it. 

I love brown and cream together, reminds my of a lovely mug of coffee, which I have sitting beside me as I type LOL.

Doesn't seem 5 minutes since I was saying "I can't believe it's nearly April already" and now it's nearly May already!

Oh well, enough spouting on, here is my card for today.

It is 7" round.

Cream card is lovely textured card from my stash, I've had it for aeons so not sure where I got it but it might be PDA. Brown linencard also from stash, no idea where that is from!

I used Spellbinders Grand Nesties for the basecard and mats and the foliage was cut with one of my two new Memory Box dies.

I made the tiny flowers using gold punched bits from my bits box. 

Punches used are Woodware and Xcut. 

Penny Black sentiment stamped with Versamak and embossed with Stampendous Detail Gold powder. 

Tiny white peasrls coloured with Copic marker pen :o)

Jackie xx

...and another one from my bit boxes

Good morning everyone, I see it has been raining heavily overnight, I hope you are all warm and dry...hugs.

I cannot believe that it is only 4 week to Christmas day, where did the time go?

Once again I turned to my bit boxes for my card share today, and found these lovely leaves. I took me a couple of days deep thought (in betweet chapters of the gripping book I am reading) before I came up with the wreath idea for them LOL.

Card used is Papermill Direct ivory linencard and PDA brown card.

Card size is 6x6, or more correctly, it will fit into a 6x6 envelope.

I can't remember whether I punched or diecut the leaves, it's years I did them and I can't find a punch or a die in my stash that fits them , must have used one of my friend's or I have sold them or given them away LOL.

While I was looking I came across the wonderful old Stampendous sentiment stamp :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

Another giraffe

Good morning everyone, what a lovely crisp Autumn start to the day, maybe now we will start getting the gorgeous colours we normally expect at this time of the year.

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

My card today is about as simple as they get. I was ferreting in a drawer and found this wonderful Stampendous stamp which I had forgotten about, so it seems I haven't yet finished with giraffes LOL.

I used Copics to colour the little fellow in.

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

Sentiment stamped with  Stamps and Smiles.

The image was just right to use a the scrap from cutting the card to size :o)

Jackie xx

Been getting inky

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

Well, I've got my new Galaxy tablet and love it already. I love being able to take panoramic pics on it, couldn't believe how easy it is. I have no doubt that there is lots more to learn about it but hey, Rome wasn't built in a day LOL.

I had an inky session the other day and here is the result, it is one for the box!

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

Plain white card inked with TH distress inks, stamped with Stampendous agapanthus cluster and SU sentiment, then layered onto red mat and onto the basecard. 

It really was that simple :o)

Jackie xx

More from my new SU stamps

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

I've been playing with my new set of SU stamps Work of Art and here is a couple of the cards I made (4 all together)

I used plain white card for the bases, folded and cut to 7x5.

I used the offcuts to stamp on with another of the stamps in the set with Broken china and spece marmalade TH distress inpads.

Flowers on both are from Stampendous and I have had them forever (that's only a slight exaggeration LOL).

I used bits from my scrap box for the mats and stamped the flower onto each card as well :o)

Jackie xx

Another old stamp

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

I have used another old stamp, from the same era as the other one, for today's card, I hope you like it :o)

Another DL card, another Stampendous stamp.

Image coloured with Sakura Gelly Roll Stardust pens.

Memory Box corner die cut from a scrap of red glitter card.

White card is my usual linen from Papermill Direct. 

Red card is from the scrap box.

I really am loving using these old stamps :o)

Jackie xx

Been digging out old stamps

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well in your world, hugs. What a lovely sunny morning it is here in the Midlands, unlike the dark grey of yesterday :o)

On the spur of the moment, I had a "digging out" session of old rubber stamps, from more than 7 years ago. I know it's that long because I have been working at Morrison's for 7 1/4 years and they predate that!

Anyway, this is the first card made using one of those stamps, and I am happy to say that it doesn't look old fashioned :o) It is also a long time since I made DL size cards and this stamp lends itself well to this style methinks.

Base card is white linen from Papermill Direct, folded and cut to DL size. 

I used the offcut to stamp on with this fabulous Stampendous image and then coloured with Caran D'Ache watercolour pencils and Sakura Gelly Roll Stardust pens, also from the same era as the stamp and still going strong after years of neglect. 

Sentiment is another old Stampendous offering :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

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

Chalked card

Good morning everyone, what spectacular storms we've had since last night and still here! Thank goodness for the much needed rain and at least it's a tad cooler!

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

May card for today is another simple one.

I folded and cut plain white card to 6x6.

Paper and brown mat from stash.

Stampendous agapanthus stamped with Versamark then chalked, then cut with nesties then a smidgin of gold Glamour Dust added. 

Ribbon from stash, in fact everything is from stash :o)

Jackie xx

Same image, two cards

Good morning everyone, I hope that all is well in your world :o)

I know I've said it before, but this heat is laying me low. I am going out for a stroll very early in the mornings to get a bit of air and exercise before the temperature soars yet again then staying in for the rest of the day. At least I have got the Tour de France to watch! Good job I'm on holiday this week as it's awful on the checkouts when it's hot :o(

Anyway, I'm sure you didn't come on here to see me moaning. When the rest of you are moaning cuz it's not warm enough, I am loving it LOL!

Here are my cards for today, I hope you like them :o)

Made both of these just because I wanted to.

For a change, I have used Papermania 5" Kraft card blanks instead of making my own.

I stamped the Stampendous images onto what looks like kraft card but in fact it is cut from foolscap filefolders. My friend gave me a pack of 200, which makes 400 sheets so I think they will last me a little while LOL.

Stamped with Versamark then heat embossed with Cosmic Shimmer Tropic Pearl Lustre and Stampendous detail white respectively. Sentiments are from a set by Creative Time.

Jackie xx