Happy New Year and Thank You

Hi there,

A very Happy New Year to all my blog readers. Starting off this year as I mean to go on, with a blog post. I expect a lot of you are like me, with a lot of thank you's due to the people who kindly gave us Christmas gifts. This little card would fit the bill nicely. Here I've used an unusual colour scheme for me - chocolate and cream.  However, as always, this design could be made in a whole range of different colours.

I've used patterned paper from Stampin Up (long retired I'm afraid). The message is stamped and then punched out using Stampin Up punches. These punches are still available - contact me if you interested in purchasing any of them, as I have recently become a Stampin Up demo. Stampin Up products are not available on the high street, only through independent demonstrators. If you are interested in seeing more Stampin Up products take a look at my other blog Here
Of course the real point of interest on this card is the little spray of quilled flower - I love the effect of outlining the petals in brown and the leaves in cream. Very simple but effective.
Would you like to buy this card? It's available here.

Til next time, have fun!

Jill

Annie's birthday cards

Hello everyone,

It's nearly the end of the summer holidays for me - back to the day job on Monday. Not a happy thought! I've had a great 6 weeks, with lots of time for organising my studio and crafting. But I've also done a lot of sorting out in other parts of the house, tidying and clearing out rubbish - our recycling bin has been overflowing most of the time! My youngest daughter Annie decided to join in with the spring (or summer?) cleaning and had a sort out in  her bedroom. As a result she found a box containing many of the birthday cards I've made her over the past 17 years! I thought you might like to see them. I must admit I had completely forgotten about most of these. They are not all quilled and a few years are missing - no idea where they went!

Her 4th birthday card, made from a design by Diane Boden from JJ Quilling.

This is her 6th birthday card, during her "Angelina Ballerina" phase!

Another Diane Boden design for her 8th birthday.

I think it was around age 9 that she developed her passion for rabbits - several subsequent cards, as well as this one, feature bunnies as you will see!

A bunny again for her 10th birthday.

This is one of my favourites - a concertina card for her 11th birthday.

This must have been around the time her Harry Potter obsession began - her 12th birthday. 

An easel card for her 13th birthday.

Back to quilling for her 14th birthday.

And, finally, more bunnies and more quilling for her 15th birthday.

Hope you enjoyed seeing those!!

Have a great weekend,

Jill

Quilled twins congratulations card

Hi there,

Happy Sunday everyone. Today I'm showcasing a new card I've just added to my Etsy and Folksy shops. It was made for a customer whose daughter had just given birth to twins - a boy and a girl. How clever to have one of each!

Until she requested this card, I thought I had most occasions covered but realised I didn't have any "twins" cards. Had to make it in a hurry for obvious reasons. I chose a combination of pale pink flowers for the baby girl and pale blue for the baby boy, but could make this card in all pink for twin baby girls or all blues for twin baby boys.

Beginning the countdown to the end of the school holidays now - how depressing! So little time to "play" when its term time :(

Jill

Another new job quilled card

Just back from our family holiday to Italy. Love being away but hate coming back and getting to grips with all the mundane household tasks - washing, food shopping etc. So thought I'd take a quick break from all that to show you another special order card, again for a new job.

I absolutely love the colour scheme of this card - will be making others using these colours I am sure!

Ah well, enough procrastinating - back to the washing!

Jill x

Quilled wedding card

Well, it has been awhile! Won't bore you with details of why I haven't been able to find time to blog recently. I'm hoping to be able to post a bit more now that the school hols are here - watch this space. I do have lots of new cards to show you. I've had lots of requests from customers this year for wedding cards in more unusual colour schemes. This one was for my niece to give to her boss. The colour scheme for the wedding was teal and white. This is not a new design, but it looks quite different in this bolder version, I think.

The patterned paper I've used at the bottom is long retired from Stampin' Up - I wish they would bring it back, it is so beautiful and just right for wedding cards.

 Hope you like it! Will be back soon,

Jill

Happy Easter

Hello everyone,

A very Happy Easter Sunday to all my followers. Just a very quick post today to showcase some new Easter card designs. These were a special order for a customer and never actually made it into my shops, but they'll be ready for next year! Nothing like being prepared!!

Have a wonderful time whatever you are up to this Easter!

Jill

Quiled birthday card

Hello everyone and a very happy Easter to you all,

I'm enjoying a little bit of "down time" to do some of the things I rarely get a chance to do when I'm at work, including posting on here. No new Easter designs to show you, but thought I'd show you a special order I recently made for a customer. She liked this card:

but wanted a bigger 6" x 8" card, with a longer message. Here is the design I came up with:

Looking at it now there are some changes I'd make, but I think the customer was happy.

Enjoy the rest of the Easter weekend!

Jill

Diamond anniversary card

As I mentioned in the last post, it is my parents' diamond (60th) wedding anniversary soon - tomorrow in fact. I've already shown you the invitations so thought I'd show you the card I made them. Earlier this month I had made a large card (8" x 8") as a special order for a customer:

I don't think mum and dad would appreciate such a large card, so made a very similar one but slightly smaller (6" x 8"). I'm sorry about the quality of the photo - I took it at night in my studio, rather than in natural light with my usual set up. But I'm sure you get the idea!

Happy anniversary mum and dad - 60 years is certainly something to celebrate!

Jill

 

Quilled Valentine cards

Wow, is it really over a month since I last post on here? Bad blogger! To make up for my lack of posts, I have 5 cards to show you today, albeit very much variations on a theme. Early in January, I managed to find a little window of time to have a play and make some new Valentine cards designs. First, three cards with a little bit of beehive quilling...

And then a couple of cards with no quilling. Instead of the quilled heart I've used a die-cut heart cut from red glitter vinyl.

I'd love to know which one you prefer - leave me a comment. Thanks in advance,

Jill

Another quilled Christmas card

Hi everyone. 

Well it has been a while! I've been kept busy with lots of orders from my Etsy and Folksy shops in the run up to Christmas. Just thought I'd drop in here today to show you a special order card which is currently winging its way to Japan to wish a little boy called Sho a Happy Christmas. The brief from the customer (his mum) was for a Christmas tree and a teddy.

I'm loving these word dies I used for the message - really makes the message stand out.

I think the Christmas season in my shops is just about over now so maybe I can now concentrate on making some cards for family and friends - I know, very last minute!!!

Jill

Quilled bauble card, take two

Hi everyone,

As promised here is the card from yesterday, made in a different colourway.

This time I have used red paper with a shiny gold edge. Not sure the photos really reflect how pretty this card is. It will be winging its way to my parents in a few weeks. 
I'm now off to list both these designs in my Etsy and Folksy shops (links to the left). They can be personalised especially for you.
I will hopefully be back again soon - half term began for me today and I'm not back at work until Nov 5th, so hopefully lots of time for crafting and blogging!

Jill 

Another quilled Christmas card design

Hi everyone,

I've been getting in a festive mood,  making lots of new Christmas designs. I have had this idea for a while and finally found a moment to make it. Happily it was one of those designs which looked exactly as I had hoped - doesn't happen often :) It is a very clean and simple design, as are many of my cards.

The photos are not great, I'm afraid as I've been struggling to find a day when the light is good enough. The bauble is made with white paper edged with pearl blue - from JJ Quilling, of course. The bow is a Memory Box die I think. I really should find out how to link the supplies I've used at the bottom of a post - can anyone help me?
I made another version of this card in a different colourway - pop back tomorrow to see it.

Until then, have fun,

Jill

More Christmas...

Hello again,

Just popping in quickly again with another new Christmas design. Not a completely new design, but a new take (and new colours) on an old one. 

Again, this card can be personalised to say anything you'd like. For sale in my Etsy and Folksy shops soon,

Jill