Trellis of Love

Good Morning my crafty friends, followers and visitors,

Just a quick blog today as off to Bolton at 9.30 yipppppppp. for the

 Great Northern Craft Show.

I thought I  would  go a little romantic today. Well whatever you are

getting up to today enjoy and I will report tomorrow about the show.

DETAILS

1. I took an A4 sheet of brown card and folded in half to make an A5 card.

I then rounded the corners.

2. To this I added gold mirri board which I have embossed using

the Tonic Amelia A4 embossing folder.

3. The trellis frame (from my stash) was distressed with Tim Holt's

Antique Linen and to this I threaded a piece of lace which had

been coloured beforehand with Tim Holt's Fired Brick.

4. I cut two of the sentiments in Black and gold and

off set the  layers so as to create a shadow effect

 I used one of the new sentiment dies from Tonic.

The little heart at the top is the waste form the word

Love.

5. Flowers are from Sweet Lilac, dazzler and dazzler setting

are from Creative Expressions.

6. To complete I added pink gems to the trellis.

I hope you have enjoyed your visit and as always

Take Care and Happy Crafting.

Jennifer xx

Dragonfly Morning Glory

Good Morning My craft friends, followers and visitors

Welcome to my blog and I hope you are all well.  Its Friday  and the weekend is nearly upon us.

I will be going to Bolton on Saturday to the Great Northern Craft Show, cannot wait as this is

the first one to be held up North, so should be interesting. I will try not to spent to much HA !

don't hold your breath as once I am anywhere like this my brain does not engage in anything else but

BUY.

 Today's card is something new to me and I must say I rather enjoyed doing it.

I hope you like?

DETAILS.

1. I used an 8 x8 Metallic card to which I added a backing paper
from the free papers in the Tattered Lace Magazine.

2. Two frames were cut from the same metallic card, then
 using the Spellbinder 5 x7 Detailed Scalloped die. I then
joined them together to create the large frame.

3. Using Imagination Crafts Black satin card and one of their
stencils I used the Imagination Crafts Silkies (Apple Lace for
the stems,  Red satin for the poppies and Sunshine Satin and
Lavender Lace for the Dragonflies)

4. Once dry I used foam pads to mount onto the card.

5. To complete I added grey ribbon, and pearls  from my stash.

Well my friends, as always
Until next time.
Take Care ands Happy Crafting

Jennifer xx

I would like to enter this in the following challenge
Scrapbooker Phd - Use your dies

Party Girl

Good Evening to my crafty friends, followers and visitors,

Well today has been very quite for me so I have spent most of my day in my craft room and
watching Create and Craft .  I did intend to do some planting but seeing the weather I decided
 not today. I am afraid I love my garden but only like to work in it when the weather is warm and sunny.

Today's make is a little on  the  sophisticated style, hope you like.

DETAILS

1.  8 x8 Metallic Grey card 

2. I then used a Hunkeydory embossed red card to

create the background.

3. Onto black card I used the mask( ornate Frame) from

Creative Expressions. The textured paste was also from

Creative Expressions - Warm Gold Sparkle Cosmic Shimmer.

4. The image if from one of Debbie Moore's design collections. I

cut slits into the frame and put to allow me to create a dome with

the image.

5. To complete the card I added feather, flowers and red gems

from my stash.

Thank you for visiting, I hope you have enjoyed it.

Until next time

Take Care and Happy Crafting.

Jennifer xx

Fairy Dream

Hello my Crafty Friends, Followers and Visitors,

I hope you all had a relaxing and enjoyable bank holiday.  At least the weather was bright and
sunny.  Did not get up to much only doing the washing then relaxed in the garden until time to
visit mum.
When we got back we went into the hot tub then had a barbecue, then into my craft room, very  enjoyable end to the day.

 Well it's Tuesday already and I must say I am really looking forward to Saturday as I am off to
 The Great British Craft Festival at Bolton Arena with my cousin.

Today make is a Fairy  Theme - hope you like?

DETAILS

1. I used an 8" x 51/2" fancy shaped white card

2. To this I added Lilac Ribbon which I threaded through 

the card corners and twisted.

3. I selected the topper from MCS Illustrious Illusions CD2.

I then printed out just the fairy and cut out and decoupaged

her. Her wings were then glittered. It was then mounted onto

Gold mirri card.

4. The background is also from MCS - World of watercolour1

and is titled Butterfly Wing. This also was mounted onto Gold

Mirri card.

5. To complete the card, I added Lilac flowers, two strands of

lilac beads and lilac gems all from my stash.

I do hope you have enjoyed your visit and that you will visit again.

Until next time, as always

Take Care and Happy Crafting

Jennifer xx

I would to enter this into the following challenges

That Craft Place 2W, 1E - Ribbon/Lace (Week 1)
Artistic Inspirations - Anything goes/Things with Wing
Crafting from the heart - Always anything goes

Lemon

Morning My Crafty Friends, Followers and Visitors,

I hope you are all well and hopefully enjoying the bank holiday.  Up to now it looks like we
might have a nice day.  Todays card is mostly Tattered Lance, I hope you like?

DETAILS

1. I used an  8 x 8 White card bank to this I cut two corners into 

the card using a Tonic Corner Die. I then embossed the card

front using a Sheena Douglass embossing folder from her

Taste of India Collection, then I  covered it using Lilac ink. 

2. I then added lemon pearl card to the inside, so that it would

show through the corners.

3. Next I took lemon pearl  card and die cut the frame using the

Tattered Lace Ornamental Diamond Rectangle and added it to

the card.

4. The centre flower and the butterfly were both cut using again

Tattered Lace dies.

5. The other corner pieces were made up by using  the waste

from the Ornamental Diamond Rectangle. Pearls were

added to the frame and butterfly.  The tag for the 

sentiment is the inner part of the Diamond Rectangle and

to this I added the words made up from the Tattered Lace

Alphabet dies

6. The whole card was finished off by adding a lemon bow.

I hope you have enjoyed your visit and as always

Until Next Time

Take Care and Happy Crafting.

Jennifer xx

Summer Fun

Good Evening my crafty friend,followers and visitors,

Not had much time to craft this weekend as its flown by and things have been a bit hectic. Firstly
going back and to to see mum, who by the way is improving and is now eating although her back
pain will not ease, hopefully she will be able to cope. Secondly my dear Hubie yesterday
decided he would vacuum out his car and whilst cutting the cable tie on his hoover, yes you have
guessed he managed to slice the top of his finger with the Stanley knife.  Men being men he told
me to just plaster it up.  This happened around lunch time and by 8pm I was winging him to
A & E as the bleeding would not stop and he ended up having three stitches (MEN), so by the
time we got home it was after 10pm. Hey Ho that's life, anyway I hope you like my creation.

DETAILS

1.  8 x8 white card blank to this I added  navy  card.

  2.   A smaller backing card in red was added on top 

of the navy card.

3. I then die cut another navy card using the Spellbinder

Grand Circles.

4. Once the circle was cut I then pleated red dotted ribbon

all the way round the edge.

5. Using white card stock I die cut the Ferris Wheel the

Helter Skelter and Carousel using the Tattered Lace

dies and then backed them onto red card.

6. The sentiment was created by using the Tattered Lace

alphabet and mounted onto navy card an then

mounted using foam pads.

I hope you have enjoyed your visit and I would you to leave a

comment.

Until next time, Take Care and Happy Crafting.

Jennifer xx

Playtime

Hi Everyone, hope you are all well?. 

 The weather here is not very nice today as it's raining but

 I will be able to play in my craft room without looking out and thinking I need to be in the

sun.  Once again its Thursday (my how the weeks are flying by) and Mary my cousin will

be coming over, not sure how much crafting we will do as we have to go out first.  Anyway

my friends whatever you are are up to hope you have a good day. Today.s card is again a

stamped one - Hope you like?

DETAILS

Card is made from white card stock and measures 20cm, I scored at 10cm

to create the panel.  Next I embossed the front panel with a Sheena

Douglass  Taste of India embossing folder.  The inside panel has been

covered with a backing paper from the Tattered Lace magazine ( think it

was issue 1).  I then die cut the tree using the Spellbinder Flutterby Tree

and cut extra butterflies for the front panel. The image I coloured using

Pro-Markers then mounted onto a piece of Hessian before attaching to

the card. For the  finishing details I added buttons and a bow from my

stash and placed the extra butterflies around the image. The sentiment

was stamped onto white card and die cut using  part of a Die'sire 

Magic Mirror die.

I would like to enter this into the following challenge

I love Pro-markers  #220 Anything Goes

I hope you have enjoyed your visit and that you will come back soon.

As Always Take Care and Happy Crafting

Jennifer xx

Hey Girlfriend

Good Morning followers crafty friends and visitors and welcome to my blog, I hope you are all well
and enjoying the sunshine today, let hope it lasts. Today I have created another card using a stamped
image.

DETAILS

I took an A4 Cream card blank and mounted black card onto it, then

covered with a backing paper from Creative Expressions. The image

was coloured again using Pro-markers and distressed around the

edges with Antique Linen by Tim Holt's, I then mounted it onto

black card and attached using foam pads to the card.  The flowers

were cut from black card using Tattered Lace Mini Blooms die

and then I added glitter which gave the blue glitter effect.  These

were then mounted onto to the card .

I do hope you have enjoyed your visit and I would love to read

any comments you may wish to leave.

Until next time, Take Care ands Happy Crafting

Jennifer xx

Just to say

Hello my crafty friends, followers and visitors

I hope you are all well and enjoying the sunshine (what's left as we have had rain overnight and looks

set for more to come).  Well we cannot get to many days of sunshine now can we !.

Todays make is again done using a stamp image.

DETAILS

Cream 8 x8 card stock, to this I added a brown card die cut using

Spellbinder Enchanted Labels 28. To add more definition I then

wove brown ribbon around the edges.

The post card was stamped onto cream card using the JustRute

Rose Postcard stamp then coloured using Pro-Markers.

I then mounted it onto the brown card at a jaunty angle and

mounted it onto the card using foam pads, a brown ribbon

was then placed around the card front and a bow added.

It was then finished off by adding gold flowers from my stash.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Artistic Inspirations Challenges No 92 - Anything Goes/Punch and/or Dies
Crafting from the Heart No 19 - Always Anything Goes
Make my Monday - Nature
Dream Valley No 82 - Things with Wings

I do hope you have enjoyed your visit and will come back soon.

Until next time, Take care and happy crafting

Jennifer xx

Evening Dates

Morning everyone and welcome to my blog for today.
I have two cards to offer today that I have managed to do over the weekend, again they are stamped
images. I hope you like?

DETAILS

     I started with an 8 x8 card blank, to this I added a backing paper from

the country garden paper pad from Craftworks Cards. I then die cut

the piano and flourishes from the Tattered Lace die range. The

lady was stamped onto white card then coloured using Pro-markers. I

then added her using foam pads to give dimension. The flourishes

were cut from  mirri  board.

DETAILS

               Again using 8 x8 white card I covered it with backing paper from the CD

                 Perfect Papercrafting Compainons by Creative Crafting World, one plain

 and one patterned  to this I added two borders cut from white 

     card using a Martha Stewart punch down both sides. Two  white cards 

  were cut using a Spellbinder die and then I embossed one and stamped

the image on the other. She was coloured again using Pro-markers

then I distressed it around the edges. The bud roses were from

my stash.

I do hope you have enjoyed your visit and if you care to leave me a

comment, that would be lovely as I enjoy reading them.

Hope you are having sunshine today wherever you

are and can manage to get out and enjoy it.

Well my friends, whatever you are doing today as always

Take care and Happy crafting.

Jennifer xx

Bluebell Flourish

Good Morning Followers,Crafty Friends and visitors.

I hope you are all well and enjoying the sunshine, knowing our weather we will most likely have rain for  a  week but lets not think about that just enjoy. Todays make is again a stamped image.

DETAILS

                  A 4 cream card blank to which I have added brown car

 embossed using another Shenna Douglass  

embossing folder from her  Taste of India 

range. The image was stamped onto white

                     card then coloured with Pro-Markers and distressed using

                  Tim Holt's Vintage Photo Distress ink. I then cut various

         dies using Spellbinders and mounted onto the card.

    Brown Ribbon and gold gems were added and a

sentiment used to complete.

Well thats all for today my friends, I hope you have enjoyed your

visit and as always

Take Care and Happy Crafting

Jennifer xx

My Little Friend

Good Morning Crafty friends,followers and visitors,

Well what a week its been for me, mum has been laid up in bed due to problems with her back which meant I have been going to her everyday from early morning until late afternoon. I had to get the doctor back out on Wednesday and its been decided that she  needs to go into a  rehabilitation centre to try and her back onto her feet, she will be there for 2/3 weeks and hopefully they will be able to help her out.
So my friends hence why I have not blogged, but I have managed to get a make done, yet again I have had a go at stamping ( I will get the technique if if the last thing I do). I do hope you like.

DETAILS

                     A4 Card stock embossed, I then added my stamped image

               which had been coloured using Pro-markers, then die 

           cut using a Spellbinder die. Card was finished off

by adding a bow from my stash.

                      The sentiment is made up from a Tattered Lace Alphabet Die.

I hope you have enjoyed your visit today, and I love reading your comments.

So until next time, Take Care and Happy Crafting

Jennifer xx

Cherry Blossom Pink

Good Afternoon,

 my crafty friends,followers and visitors, I hope you are all well and had a great weekend. Mine not so good as my mum is poorly and is in bed which means I have to keep going to make sure everything is ok and that she gets food and drinks.

I have been with her today since 7am and only got back after 2pm but never mind that's what happens when you are an only child.  Enough of that, on a more lighthearted note I did manage to get some crafting in yesterday and finished this card late evening. I must say I am quite pleased with the result, and yet again it's stamping.  Hopefully I will improve my technique the more I practice, hope you like? 

DETAILS

                   8 x8 white card to which I layered  plain mint card,

                           I then added another layer of pink card which I have embossed

       using one of Sheena Douglas Taste of India folders

       Frame cut again from mint card using Spellbinder 

              (Branching Out) die.   The image was taken from one of 

                  My Craft Studio  CD's I then coloured using Pro Markers

    The image was then mounted onto pink card and

    added to the frame. I them finished off with pink

      ribbon to which I added cherry blossom flowers, 

a bow  and a sentiment. 

Until next time, Take Care and Happy Crafting.

Jennifer xx

Catching Up

Good Evening Friends and Visitors

I hope everyone is well today and that you have had a good day doing whatever took your fancy.
Been over to my mums today doing her housework and getting her washing and ironing done.
The card today is something very different for me, as it involved colouring.  The image was pre - done the other day but finish off this afternoon and that inspired me to do the make. I hope you like.

DETAILS

8 x8 White card stock

   Stamp is from Crafters Companion and is named

         Wine of Friendship  and was stamped onto white card.  

           Then coloured using Spectrum Noir's,and I then inked 

              around  the edges to soften, then I mounted onto yellow

                 card.  The corners were die cut using a Tonic Corner Die

onto Lemon patterned card from Hunkydory.

               Flowers from Sweet Lilac . Topped off with a sentiment

die cut using Spellbinder Floral Ribbon Die.

Pearls and bow from my stash.

Well my friends I do hope you have enjoyed your visit, if so I would you 

to leave me a comment.

Until next time, Take Care and Happy Crafting

Jennifer xx

Say it with Flowers

Good Morning followers,friends and visitors,

 I hope you are all well, cannot say anything about the weather as looking out the window
cannot tell if we are going to have rain or sunshine but hey ho that's not going to deter us from doing our crafting.

 I was very excited yesterday to hear I had won the MAKE OF THE WEEK in the
Lelli-Bot group and I will be issued with a badge to add to my blog YIPPPPPPP !!!!!
 I felt quite humble that out of all the beautiful cards that the Lelli-Bot ladies make I had been chosen.
The card that won was Golden Girls and is on my blog if you would like to see.

Quit a busy day today as as I have to take Oscar out for his walk and my cousin Mary will be here later this morning for lunch and then we will be crafting. Today I thought I would offer you three cards using flowers from Hunkydory - hope you like?

DETAILS

8 x 8 white card blank

                   Rest of the card made using backing paper, Topper,

      paper ribbon and tag from the  Hunkydory

Pretty Posies Deluxe Card Collection.

The pearl and fairy are from my stash.

DETAILS

5 1/2 x 3 1/2 approx shaped card blank

         Backing paper,Topper and Sentiment from the

      Hunkydory Pretty Posies Deluxe Collection

    I then added a Ribbon bow from my stash.

DETAILS

8 1/2 x 6 shaped card blank

                     I then die cut a striped backing paper using a

    Spellbinder Grand Labels Four Die.

         To this I added again a Topper from the

                Hunkydory Pretty Posies Deluxe Collection

         The flower I made using the Spellbinder

                         Grand Peony Creations Die out of Lilac patterned 

         card. and used a frosted Lilac Dazzler by

   Creative Expressions in the  centre.

               Before I added the tag I threaded Lilac ribbon 

              and curled. To complete I put Ice Blue gems

around the edges and one on the tag.

                          Well my friends that's all for today, unless I have time to

 create something later - you never know.

                  I do hope you have enjoyed your visit, if so leave me

           a comment, I do love to read them.

As always until next time - Take Care and Happy Crafting

Jennifer xx

Butterfly Girl

Good Morning to my crafty friends and visitors,

I hope you are well on this fine day, not been up to much today just doing housework, (Oh so boring)
but have managed to do some makes that I hope you will like.

Hopefully my friend Linda will  be over later and we will be doing some crafting and Linda
will be casting an eye on my blog to make sure I am still doing things right. I really need to
enter some challenges but for some reason I cannot get it into my head how to enter, so once again Linda will have to come to the  rescue.

Anyway enough of that, I hope you like todays makes, if so please blog a comment as I love
to know what you think.

                                                                 DETAILS

                                     8 x 8 white card to which I have added  mirri board.
                                    Using black card I  die cut one of the Tonic Butterfly dies
                                    and then glittered the butterfly.                        
                                    Lelli-Bot Pure Elegance topper mounted onto black card
                                     before adding onto the card using foam pads                      
                                    Black and white flowers and bow added from my stash and
                                   all topped off with gems on the corners and down the bow.  
             

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges

Feeling Crafty - For the Girls  - Ladies
Artistic Inspirations   - Anything Goes/ for a Mom
Crating from the heart - Always anything goes              

DETAILS

                                     8 x8 card folders to make an Easel card

                                     Squirrel  Image and backing paper both taken from

                                     Pollyanna Pickering's  British Wildlife CD and then                           

                                      mounted onto black card stock   

                                      Spellbinder Lattice die used to create the stopper.

             

                                     

DETAILS

                            Again using the Pollyanna Pickering British Wildlife CD I 

                            printed off the Fox and cubs images (this one was to used as a 

                            Tunnel Card)

                            Following the instructions I pieced together to make the tunnel card

                            Nothing complicated as you can see but I thought these might be a

                             good idea for Men's cards.

                         Well thats all for today my friends, I hope you have enjoyed your visit. 

                                           As Always keep safe and happy Crafting

                                                                    Jennifer xx

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Something Diffrent

Hello again my crafty friends and visitors, well twice in one day I am blogging just what
am I doing!!!!!.

I have done something new today (stamping) so I thought I would make a card out of it.

                                                                   Details

                           Image stamped using  Imagination Crafts stamp
                          Coloured using LuminArte, then mounted onto black card and then
                           onto green card.

                          Tattered Lace Florentine Fancy Edge die used on black card to which
                          I added a green ribbon before mounting onto more green card stock.
                          I used a 8"x8" white card but covered the front with black card.
                           The whole thing finished off with green pearls and green gem.

                                         Well that's it for today my friends, hope you enjoyed
                                          your visit and if you could post comments, I would
                                           love to read and publish them.

                                         Until next time, take care and happy crafting.
                                                                Jennifer xx

GOLDEN GIRLS

Good Morning my crafty friends and visitors,

 I would like to thank everyone who is now following me. I am so excited because I am new to blogging and  still  trying to get the hand of things and it really means a lot to know that people are interested and take the time to look and comment about my projects.

Anyway enough of the flannel (HA!!)  I do hope you like todays offering?

                                                                  DETAILS

                         I started out with two 5" x 7" cards and joined them together.
                        Then using the Spellbinder Detailed Scallops die I cut two panels
                         from Centura Pearl gold stock stock.

                         The Lelli-Bot Pure Elegance toppers I coloured to match the card
                          and then mounted onto the panels.  Ribbon was added to each panel
                          before sticking to the card. Pearls were added at each corner.

                          The inside was lined with A4+ gold paper and I then added two
                          pieces of the Lelli-Bot backing papers and another topper from the
                          Pure elegance Lelli-Bot kit along with a sentiment.

                     
                                   Many thanks for visiting, I hope you have enjoyed
                                   until next time, take care  and happy crafting.
                              
                                                                   Jennifer xx

Sweet Lilac

Hi my crafty friend and visitors. Today I have made another card using a Lelli -Bot Topper.
Hope you like?.

DETAILS

                                               White card stock 5" x 7"

                                              Using Spellbinder die 5 x 7 Detailed Scalloped die

                                              to cut the frame. I then threaded Lilac ribbon through

                                              the frame and finished it by tying a bow. 

                                              A topper from the Lelli-Bot Radiant Butterflies Pack

                                               was them added with foam pads to give it lift.

                                              The butterflies were cut from the Spellbinder  Fluterby

                                               Tree out of backing paper also from the Lelli-Bot 

                                               Radiant Butterflies pack.

                                               To finish I added a flower from Lelli-Bot and Lilac

                                                Gems from my stash.

                                           

                                               

                          Thank you for visiting and if you care to leave a comment 

                          on my blog,  that would be fantastic.                           

                                                Until next time, take care and happy crafting

                                                                     Jennifer  xx