TISSUE BOX AGAIN

Hi and welcome to all my very talented friends, and visitors.

I do hope you are having a good week, and you are all feeling great.

For those not feeling so good I am sending big virtual hugs your way.

Today I have yet another tissue box I made.

This was made with more than one die cut, and I used a NBUS die for the tulips.

So I will be off to Darnells NBUS challenge with this.

The tulip die was a die I won on Mary's candy a short while ago.

The lace is from Cuddly Buddly.

I used the Sue Wilson embossing folder Art Deco Fanfare.

Thank you so much for your visit, and the wonderful comments you make.

Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges. 

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/week-378-use-at-least-two-dies.html 

http://www.djkardkreations.com/2016/08/its-here-nbus-challenge-7.html 

 

BUTTERFLY CHALLENGE NO 61............ K IS FOR KRAFT CARD AND OR KALEIDOSCOPE

Hi and welcome to all my craft loving friends, and visitors.

As I mentioned yesterday here is my entry into the current Butterfly Challenge.

I decided to make a shaker card for this, and it's a very long time since I have made one of those.

The theme is K for kraft card and or kaleidoscope.

This is a 8"x8" size card.
I have a very old CD of Joanna Sheen's that has kaleidoscope  flower images on it so I used one of those under the acetate, and glitter.
butterflies came from an old hair scrunchy.

Thank you for your visit, and time.
Lots of crafty love.   JENNY.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges.http://butterflyspotchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/61-butterflies-k-is-for-kraft-card-and.html

GET WELL CARD

Hi and welcome to all my very talented friends, and visitors.

It's been so very hot in my part of Kent for quite a few days, while other parts of the country have had rain.

Now as you know I get very tired when it's very hot.

I think it maybe something to do with my meds I take so if I haven't visited you lately I am very sorry.

Today I have a card using a new Nbus

stamp I bought recently.

I have been wanting a jar stamp for quite a while so when I saw this I had to have it.

This card is a 7"x5" tent style I made.

The stamp is a Hunkydory one.

I stamped it with Memento London Fog Ink,

Coloured it with Pro-Markers, and then I added some acetate stamped with Stazon Black Ink.

I decoupaged the lid.

The Kraft card is snippets left over from my Butterfly Challenge card which I will show you tomorrow.

 So I will be joining my friends over at the Snippets Playground again this week Yay.

As I have used a Nbus item I will be also joining Darnell on her No 7 NBUS CHALLENGE.

Thank you so much for your visit, and the wonderful comments you make.

Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges.

http://www.djkardkreations.com/2016/08/its-here-nbus-challenge-7.html
http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/pixies-snippets-playground-week-244.html 
http://butterflyspotchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/61-butterflies-k-is-for-kraft-card-and.html 

RUDOLF CHALLENGE AUGUST 2016

Hi and welcome to all my very talented friends, and visitors.

Today is the start of the Rudolf Challenge, and as DT member I don't have to post a DT card for this month.

I also can't join in the challenge for the next 5 months.

So I have made 2 cards just to remind you of the Rudolf Challenge.

It starts on the 25th of the month till the end of the month, over at

 SCRAPPYMO'S BLOG

and it's a great way to get some of your Christmas cards made earlier than you sometimes do. 
So here are 2 cards I made.

These are 8"x8" size cards.
The images come from a Hunkydory Christmas set I bought lately as I loved the images.
They are both decoupaged.

Thank you for your visit, and the wonderful comments you make about my work.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

FLORAL CARD

Hi and welcome to all my craft loving friends, and visitors.

Well haven't we had some really hot days, and nights these last few days.

I do hope you are all coping okay with it.

I am very lucky as I have a ceiling fan in my craft room, but it's still very hot.

I looked after my grandchildren on Monday, and caught the sun while sitting in the park while my granddaughter played on the equipment.

Silly me there was a lovely breeze, and I forgot that it can cause you to burn more easily.

I have freckled skin which is prone to burning easily, and at my age I should have known better.

Today I have a card I made yesterday for the Allsorts Challenge.

I am back to my fave size of card a 8"x8". 

The paper was a free download from the C&C club website, and isn't it very pretty so I just had to use it.

I decoupaged the Hydrangea in the middle, and added some stickles to the center of the flowers, as I didn't want to cover up that lovely paper.

The sentiment is a Creative Expression stamp.

Thank you for your visit, and time.

Lots of crafty love. JENNY.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges.

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/week-377-fabulous-florals.html 

PLAYING WITH INK DUSTING AGAIN AND SNIPPETS

Hi and welcome to all my craft loving friends, and visitors.
May I say a big thank you to my newest follower, and thank you so much for joining me on my crafting journey.

I do hope you are all enjoying your weekend, as the weather has not been too good.

I have been playing with my ink dusters again, and I hope this card looks okay.

This is a 8"x8" size card.

I used a snippet of card to do my ink dusting, and stamping on with Memento Inks.

Some of the black card used was also snippets so I will of to join my playground friends again this week.
I was one of the featured cards in the playground last week with my little book so I am really a happy bunny today.

I used the Delicate Vines Inkilicious Stamp for the background.
Sorry about the inside photo, but for some reason when I photograph the inside of some cards I get a yellow colour near the fold especially on white card.

Thank you so much for your visit, and the wonderful comments you make.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges.
http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/pixies-snippets-playground-week-243.html 

OLDIE FOR FRIDAY

Hi and welcome to all my very talented friends, and visitors.

Well it's Friday again so soon, and time to join ERIKA HERE 

with an Older Creation.

This is all just for fun, but a great way to show some of your older work.

We all have days off from bolgging so to post an Oldie, can perhaps let someone see somthing they may have missed the first time round.

You don't have to have posted it before it just needs to be something you have made in the past.

So go on and join us we would love to see more of you join us.

Here is mine for this week some boxes I made out of the left over card when I make my boxes for an8"x8" card.

These measure 4"x4" in size.

The left one I used some Mandala Peel offs to create.

The right one is Die Cuts.

Thank you for your visit, and the wonderful comments you make I very much appreciate your feed back on my work.

Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

 

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES DT CARD..............CLEAN AND SIMPLE

Hi and welcome to all my very talented friends, and visitors.

It's time for my Design Team card for 

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES CHALLENGE.

It's the B Teams turn, and the lovely Sue B is our host for this forthnights challenge, and she would like your entries to be Clean and Simple.

We don't have any prizes to offer, but we love to see your wonderful creations, and you could be chosen as one of the top 3.

Now I have to say I did struggle with this one as those of you that know me, know I have to sit on my hands to do a clean and simple card, and I couldn't think of a design to do.

You think putting less on a card would be easy, but not for me.

This is just under 6" in height, and just under 4" in width.

I must say I am not pleased with how this came out.

I bought some Brilliance White Ink to use on it, and it soaked into the card for some reason so I drew around the stamped image with a white gel pen.

Before I go when I was at my daighter's fund raising event there were people there showing owls.

Now as I love owls, and have them dotted all over my house in china form, and pictures of them.

 I just had to go and see them.

Here is a photo of me holding a Barn Owl.

It didn't come out too good as we were surronded by trees, and the photo was taken with a phone.

Thank you so much for your visit.

Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

PASTEL INKED BUTTERFLY CARD

Hi and welcome to all my craft loving friends, and visitors.

Thank you so much for your visit, and time.

I very much appreciate every visit, and comment.

I do hope everyone is feeling well, and for those that may be feeling under the weather, I am sending big hugs to help make you feel a little better.

Today I have a card I made as a thank you for a blog friend, and realized I hadn't shown it yet.

So this will fit the bill over at the Allsorts Challenge I think.

This is a 6"x 6" size card.

I heat embossed the butterfly stamp all over the card with white embossing powder, and then used colour cloud Rose Blush, and Fresh Grass inks to give the pink and green.

I didn't have a yellow ink but I had a Pan Pastel Chalk which I didn't realize would cover the white embossed image so that's a lesson I have learn't.

The big butterfly is a very old big wooden stamp, and coloured in with my Chameleon Pens.

I added some wire and beads for the antenna.

Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges. 
http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/week-376-butterflies.html 

3x3 MINI BOOK MADE WITH SOME SNIPPETS

Hi and welcome to all my very talented friends, and visitors.

A few of you asked how we did last week at the fund raising event.

It was over 2 days last weekend and they took over £1,000 in all, and my stall took £73 over the 2 days.

This is going towards gym equipment for the clients that live at my daughter's place of work.

They all have learning problems, and health issues so it was for a very good cause.

Today I have a 3x3 inch mini book I made because I have been wanting to try this for a long time.

The book actually measures 3 and a quarter inches for the cover, and 3 inches for the pages.

I used a 12x12 size paper for the pages.

For the front and back cover I used a few snippets of paper, some snippets of lace, I also used snippets of card for the tags that go in the pockets.

So I i'll be off to join my playgrounds friends again this week at the snippets playground.

Anyone interested in making one of these can find the U Tube video
 Part 1HERE
Part 2 HERE

Thank you for your visit and time I very much appreciate every visit, and comment.

Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges. 

http://frillyandfunkie.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/its-small-small-world.html 
http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/pixies-snippets-playground-week-242.html 

BUTTERFLY CHALLENGE NO 60...............V IS FOR VASE AND OR VANILLA..... AND SNIPPETS MAKE

Hi and welcome to all my very talented friends, and visitors.

Sorry I have been missing for a while, but the fund raising event at my daughter's place of work was at the weekend, and since then I have been trying to catch up on my house work that I neglected, to get as much made as possible.

I also had a funeral to attend, for our keyboard player of our little singing group which is sadly no more.

I do miss it so much. 

So today I have a card made for the current Butterfly Challenge.

This is a A5 size card.

The card is some snippets of card which came with some crafting affects that belonged to my Aunt when she passed away a few years ago.

I found the free digi image of the vase on the Internet.

Coloured it in with Pro-markers. 

Then I added a Butterfly Bouquet from a Tattered Lace Die.

Inked it with Colour Cloud Rose Blush, and sprayed it with aerosol glue and glamour dusted it.

Thank you so much for your visit, and time.

Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges.

http://butterflyspotchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/60-butterflies-v-is-for-vases-andor.html 
http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/pixies-snippets-playground-week-241.html 

SNIPPETS TISSUE BOX

Hi and welcome to all my very talented friends, and visitors.

Thank you so much for your visit, and the wonderful comments you make I really appreciate every one.

Well I had an appointment at the hospital this morning, and thinking it was the results of my 24hr blood pressure monitor thingy I went was I so wrong as I have to wear that darn thing again for 24hrs as they couldn't get any of the readings off the last one.

How lucky am I.

I think not. LOL.

Well onto my posting for today it's another yes you have  guessed it a Tissue Box, but I have used some snippets of card on it so I acan join my playground chums at the Snippets Playground again this week.

Hooray.

Anyone who would like to know how to make one of these there is a tutorial on  the top of my blog.

I used a few snippets of card on this one the butterflies are all cut from snippets.

Thank you again for yout time.

Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges. 
http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/pixies-snippets-playground-week-240.html 

BUTTERFLY CHALLENGE NO 59......................P IS FOR PUNCHES AND OR/ PINK

Hi and welcome to all my craft loving friends, and visitors.

Just managed to make this today for the Butterfly Challenge.

Now this made me think as I don't have any punches that are butterfly shaped.

I know your all shouting it doesn't have to be a butterfly punch well I knew that, but still I was at a quandary what punch to use, because of a on going  eye problem I can't see to line up the edger punches of which I have a few.

So I had a light bulb moment, and remembered I had a Martha Stewart set of circular punches which were languishing in a bottom draw in my craft room.

 So here is my card to enter the challenge.

This is a 8"x8" size card.

I used the Martha Stewart Modern Lace circular punch.

Threaded some ribbon through the design.

The butterfly is a very old wooden stamp I have had for ages, and I heat embossed it with white embossing powder, and then coloured it with Colour  Cloud Inks, and used a Quickie glue pen and Glamour Dust to give it some sparkle.

Thank you so much for your visit, and time.

Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges.

http://butterflyspotchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/59-butterflies-p-is-for-punches-andor.html 

ENGAGEMENT CARD

Hi and welcome to all my very talented friends, and visitors.

Thank you so much for your visit, and time.

I very much appreciate every visit you make.
Sorry if I haven't visited anyone yet.  I'm trying to catch up on my comments as I'm having a very busy time at the mo with the up and coming fund raising event at my daughter's works next week.

On Monday I looked after my Grand Children who are on their summer holidays from school.

Before my little Granddaughter broke up from school she asked me to make her a card for her teacher who had just got engaged.

So here is the card I made for her teacher.

This is a 8"x8" size card.

I cut out the front heart shape with birds on my ScanNcut in blue and white and off set them.

I added a blue gliitter background to it.

This I made by spraying aerosol glue and putting glitter all over it on the blue card.
The corners were cut on the ScanNcut also.

Thank you again for your visit.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges. 
http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/week-374-touch-of-sparkle.html 

OLDIE FOR FRIDAY

Hi and welcome to all my very talented friends, and visitors.

Well it's Friday yet again, and time to share an Oldie with ERIKA HERE.

This is all just for fun, but a wonderful look back on some of your earlier work.

It doesn't have to be a card it can be anything you have created in the past.

So on to mine for this week.

This was a card I made for my Grandson about 3years ago.

Sorry if I have shown it as an Oldie before, as I can't remember if I did.

This is a 8"x8" size card.

The digi image is from Mo Manning, and coloured in with Promarkers, and Flexmarkers.

The papers I think were Dovecraft, but I am not sure.

I quite like my design of this one althougth there is lot going on with the different papers I think it looks okay, what do you think. 

Thank you so much for your visit, and time.

I do very much appriciate every visit, and comeent.

Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

TUTORIAL FOR TISSUE BOX

Hi and welcome to all my very talented friends, and visitors.

My good blog friend Sue asked if I could do a tutorial on my tissue box.

So hopefully you can understand what I have tired to do.

It takes 3 sheets of A4 card.

 Sorry it's a bit picture heavy.

You start by measuring your tissue box.

Now I bought mine from Tesco Supermarket and it measures.
Just under5 inches in hieght.
Just under

4 and half inches on one side.
Just under

4 inches on the other side.

You start with 2 sheets of A4 card.

Cut 2 of them to 5 inches along the longer length.

 Then score at half an inch, 4 and half inches, and 9inches  on a score board.

For the lid you cut a square just very slightly over 6 and half inches, by just slightly over 6 inches, and score

 1 inch in on all sides.

When this is done don't forget to cut you aperture in the lid before glueing the corners as I have done this a few times.

Next glue both sides of the box together.

 To give you this.

 This is wht it looks like when the tissue box is in it.

Add your lid, and I put glue in each corner to secure the lid to the base, and decorate how you prefer.

Here is a finished example.

I do hope you can understand my tutorial as I put it together quickly.
I use Creative Expressions PVA glue as that bonds really quickly.

Thank you so much for you visit, and time.

Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

BUTTERFLY CHALLENGE NO 58 ...........D IS FOR DIMENSIONS AND OR / DENIM

Hi and welcome to all my very talented friends, and visitors.

I spent the day yesterday looking after my Grand Children as it's the summer holidays.

I will be doing this occasionally throughout the summer holidays luckily it's not every day as my DIL only works part time, and she and my Son take their holidays separately so they can look after the children, and grand parents don't have to do much.

They are so thoughtful like that.

Well onto my card for today, to enter the Butterfly Challenge before it ends tomorrow.

This is a 6"x6" size card.

Now I really struggled with this challenge as I didn't have any denim colour card so I sanded  down some Navy card to make it look more like denim.

I added a pull string white petal on a roll to make the flower, and then added a lace butterfly on top for the dimensions part.

Used a white gel pen for the edging around the top matting shape.

I do hope it looks okay to you all.

Thank you so much for your visit and the wonderful comments you make.

Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges.

http://butterflyspotchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/58-butterflies-d-is-for-dimension-andor.html 

 

RUDOLF CHALLENGE JULY 2016..... DESIGN TEAM CARD

Hi and welcome to all my very talented friends, and visitors.

Back last year I was entering the Rudolf Challenge over at SCRAPPYMO'S  blog and she asked for people that would join her Design Team she had quite few people apply so she decided to have all of us as her DT and split us up into, one talented team for the first 6 months and another talented team for the last 6 months.

So I will be providing a DT card for 

July, September, November, as my part of her DT.
The challenge runs from the 25th of the month to the end  of the month.

This design card is a kit from CraftsUprint, and you print it off, and put your own little tweaks to it.

I added extra card to make it firm as I hate floppy easel cards.

I also added some poinsettias made from a Robert Addams Die that I won on the Snippets Playground ages ago.

The poinsettias were cut out of snippets of card so I will be joining the Snippets Playground with this as I haven't managed to enter for a few weeks now.

I do hope you can enter a card into the Rudolf Challenge, and visit my Team friends to see their lovely creations.

Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges.
http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/pixies-snippets-playground-week-239.html