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

 

 

Christmas 45

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

The rain has finally stopped, it didn't even rain overnight!!! Of course it's because I am back at work now isn't it!

My offering for today should have been Christmas 44 and 45, but I seem to have deleted 44, how divi can I get? Don't answer that LOL.

I used my usual white linencard, folded and cut to 7x5, I promise I do occasionally make other sizes and shapes LOL.

Pearlised white panel embossed with one of my new Darice folders and lightly chalked, then layered onto gold fluted card from PDA.

Own photograph taken last winter at St Chad's Water, feathered in PSP7.

Sentiment stamped with Stamps and Smiles (I think).

 This is my original photograph taken in 2011 :o)

Jackie xx

Thinking of you

Good morning everyone, and what a soggy one it is too with the rain lashing the windows! I hope all is well in your world...hugs

Well, my holiday week is coming to it's end, it's back to work on Monday. So far it has either been thick fog or pouring rain every day, with no chance of going out with my cameras, and according to the forecast it is going to get worse!!! Still, I have spent lots of time in my craftroom, and went out for lunch one day so it has been all gloom, and yesterday I went browsing at PDA and of course one or two bits fell into my basket LOL.

It was lovely to see you last night Lesley, it's been a long time...hugs

On to my cards for today.

They are both very simple, indeed, they couldn't be much more simple!

Both are 7x5, folded and cut from an A4 sheet of white linencard from The Range.

For the first one, I used an old Crafts Too embossing folder on white pearlised card, then cut to size and rounded the corners with my Corner Chomper, what a wonderful tool that is, then layered it onto ribbed gold card from PDA. Sentiment stamped with My Creative Time.

For the second one I used one of my new Darice folders and ribbed pewter card, also from PDA

Sentiment stamped with, I think, SU.

As for the weather, it looks like another day in the craftroom, not that I am complaining :o)

Jackie xx

 

Commissioned leaving baby card

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

A work colleague asked me to make this, and just a few days before I was in The Range and had bought some embossing folders including the one used here, I must have been psychic LOL.

I used my usual white linencard from The Range, folded and cut to fit 6x6 envelope.

Pearlised blue card embossed with on of my 4 new Darice folders.

Marianne pram and pin cut from same blue card.

Gingham paper printed from Docrafts Digital Designer.

Sentiment was computer generated.

Sorry I forgot to take pics of the inside.

 I am happy to report that my colleague was delighted with it :o)

Jackie xx

Commission part 3, thinking of you

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

I am now off work for a whole week Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Going to get my hair cut today all being well (my village hairdresser opens for a few hours on Sundays) so that will set me up for the week LOL. I will be hopefully visiting a dear friend on Wednesday, and my cousin to deliver her cards and have a late pub lunch with her on Friday, other than that I intend taking each day as it comes :o)

Onto my cards for today,  there will be a couple more in the week then that will be the commission finished.

All base cards are white linen from Papermill Direct, folded and cut to 6x6 and 7x5.

All coloured card is from my scrap box.

Background on the first card  stamped with an old Hero Arts woodblock set.

Dies used are Memory Box, card one being the Chloe Stem and on card three is the negative from a leaf die.

Embossed dandelion is from a Darice folder on Pearlised white card from Stash.

Sentiments stamps from My Creative Time (cards 1 and 2) and SU ( card 3).

Jackie xx

3 commissioned get well cards

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

We had a wonderful crafting day on Sunday, with lots of hugs and laughter, and a visit to Byrkley Park for some retail therapy, wonderful food and our hosts Pauline and Rob excelled themselves.

I was asked by my cousin to make her "a few get well and sympathy cards please" so these are the first ones. She loves CAS cards and they have to be flat for posting!

All base cards are white linen from Papermill Direct, folded and cut to 7x5.

All coloured card is from my scrap box.

Dies used are Memory Box.

Embossing folder is from Darice.

Sentiment stamp is from an SU set.

I hope you like them, I think my cousin will :o)

Jackie xx

More from that Darice folder

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all well, or getting there, and have the beautiful weather we are having in the East Midlands at the moment...hugs

Great news, they have allowed me a blue badge, just waiting impatiently for it to arrive now LOL.

I've been playing with that Darice folder again, I love it so much I have now bought 3 others, so watch this space :o)

All card used for these is from stash.

This one is 6x6 and I have added Memory Box Chloe stem as well as highlighting the dots with gold pen.

One of my DC buddies suggested debossing the image, and highlighting with glitter, and here is the result. I used a glue pen and Glamour Dust.

Sentiment is SU stamp and punches.

I hope you like them as much as I do :o)

Jackie xx

One folder, three cards

Good morning everyone,  I hope all is well with you, and if not then here's a few hugs {{{{{hugs}}}}}

Thank you for all of your kind words about my trial run without Statins. It's been 10 days now since I took my last one, but too soon to tell yet. The doctor says I need to be off them for a month to be certain, and if the pains ease, then I need to take them again for another month to see if they come back so we would know for sure whether it's them making it worse. Only time will tell!

For my walking problem, caused by lumbar disc degeneration, I am today posting off an application for a blue badge, please keep you fingers crossed for me :o)

With it being Bank Holiday week there have been no therapy sessions for Stephen this week, so I have made lots of cards and here are three of them.

For the first and third ones, I raided the scrap box for papers, for the second one I used a scrap of white linen card and inked the folder with Big and Juicy inkpad.

Folder is from Darice, bought it months ago and have only just now used it for the first time!

First and third ones are layered onto gold textured card, the second one layered onto red Bazzill. As I was using the embossing folder for the image I didn't want to detract from it with embellishments so kept them CAS.

On the third one I highlighted the dots with a gold uniball pen I found in my stash from my early crafting day and was delighted when it still worked LOL.

Sentiments are from SU and Stamps and Smiles. Pearls on the second one are coloured with Copic pen. I hope I haven't sent you all off to sleep with this long post! :o)

Jackie xx