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Jenny Lawrence

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Ashford, Kent, United Kingdom
Hi and welcome to cardsarus blog spot My name is Jenny Lawrence and I live in Kent. My dear and wonderful husband Tony passed away in March 2019 We had been married for 36 years. I also lost my first Husband to the big C when I was quite young. I have 3 children and 3 stepchildren. 12 Grandchildren and 5 Great Granddaughters and 3 Great Grandsons. I have been card making for about 25 years. I have made things all my life as my Mum and Grand Mother taught me lots of hobbies. I have made my own clothes, knitted garments, hand embroidered items of clothing, and crocheted items too. I love to bake my own cakes as well.

Wednesday, 23 February 2022

GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER'S BIRTHDAY CARD

 

Hi and welcome to all my very talented and craft loving friends.

 

Oh my the north of the country are having such dreadful floods I do feel for them it must be so heart renching for them.

 

Today I have a Birthday card I made for my Great Granddaughter's Birthday last year.

 


This is a 8"x8" size card.

Card stock is Tonic and such a glorious colour.

The glitter card die cuts beautifully too.

Snetiment Die is a Sue Wilson's Die.

The Letters Die is unbranded and bought from Amazon.

The little flowers die is a Carnation Crafts Die.

I did my usual die cutting from Cereal Package to give it a lift under neath the card stock.

Thank you so much for your visit and precious time.

I really appreciate every visit and wonderful comment you make.

Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.
 

Monday, 21 February 2022

ANOTHER DIFFERENT ANNIVERSARY CARD AND BOX

 

Hi and welcome to all my very talented and craft loving friends.

 

Well yesterday was a very windy day also and it got worse as the day went on with rain as well.

So I did not venture out anywhere again.

Just hope nobody gets anymore damage this time around.

 

Today I have another Anniversary card and box.

 


This is a 8"x8" size card and box I made to fit it.

The card stock is Hunkydory and the image is also Hunkydory and I decided to make it into a shaker design.

Can't remember where I got the Heart Die with the bow from and what make it is.

The Doily Die used is a Tattered Lace one. 

The sentiment die is a Sue Wilson's one, and the big Heart Die is a Tattered Lace one also.

Flowers and foilage from my stash and bought from Amazon.

 

Thank you so much for your visit and precious time.

I really appreciate every visit and wonderful comment you make.

Lots of crafty love. JENNY.

 

Saturday, 19 February 2022

BLUE AND WHITE ANNIVERSARY CARD.

 

Hi, and welcome to all my very talented and craft loving friends.

 

My it has been windy with that storm, my Garden Rocking Chair has walked right down my garden path, but it can stay there till it all settles down as I don't want to be hit by anything flying around out there.

I feel for those that have to go ut in it.

My late Aunt got hit once by an advertisising sign that blew of the side of building while she was waiting for a bus she was in hospital for ages and could only see double of everything for ages.

 

Today I have a Anniversary card I made for my Granddaughter last July and haven't shown it yet.

 


This is a 8"x8" size card.

The glitter card is Tonic and such a gorgeous shad of blue.

The Heart shape is a Tattered Lace Die.

I used a Carnation Craft die Leaf Swag Die for the little flowers and foilage.

Unfortunaltly the flowers got lost in the heart as they were the same colour, but looked okay in real life.

Thank you so much for your visit and precious time.

I really appreciate every visit and wonderful comment you make.

Lots of crafty love. JENNY.
 

Thursday, 17 February 2022

100th BIRTHDAY CARD AND BOX

 

Hi and welcome to all my very talented and craft loving friends.

 

I do so hope these storms don't cause anyone any damage.

 

Today I have a 100th Birthday card and box I made for a neighbour .

 



This is a 8"x8" size card and box I made to fit it.

I went back to some of my older Spellbiinders circle dies to make this.

The card stock is Tonic older flowers dies are Spellbinders as  well.

The numbers dies are Tonic also.

Happy Birthday is a Sue Wilson Die and one of fave dies to use.

Just added a yellow ribbon rose of friendship to the centre of the flowers.

Older corner dies used as well, I can't remember the make.

 

Thank you so much for your visit and precious time.

I really appreciate every visit and wonderful comment you make.

Lots of crafty love. JENNY.


 

Tuesday, 15 February 2022

DIGI IMAGE BIRTHDAY CARD

 

Hi and welcome to all my very talented and craft loving friends.

Hope you all have had a great weekend.

For me it was catch up on some needed cleaning jobs.

 

Today I have a card I made for my step son's wife, she loves the colour purple.

 


This is a 8"x8" size card.

I coloured the digi image of the girl from Pink Gem designs ages ago with promarkers and put it on another card which I didn't like so took her off that card and put her on this one and can say I am happier with this one.

Waste not want not as they say and it was a pity to throw it away as I havn't the eye sight any more to do Alcohol marker colouring.

I never was very good at it either.

The larger flowers I made and  also the leaves and coloured them with distress inks and then put glossy accents on them.

I used a snippet of silver glitter card for the matt to the digi image.

Thank you so much for your visit and precious time.

I really appreciate every visit and wonderful comment that you make.

Lots of crafty love. JENNY.
 

Friday, 11 February 2022

THROW BACK VALENTINES DESIGNS.

 

Hi and welcome to all my very talented and craft loving friends.

 

As it's nearly Valentines Day and now I have no one to make Valentines for anymore I thought I would bring back a couple of makes I made some years ago for my late hubby.

 

An easel card I made with a digi image and coloured with promarkers and a fine black pen for the button holes.

The lid of the jar is my own design and I am quite pleased how it turned out.

Next is a little book I made.
 




I can't remember what size the book was but I think it was about 5".

The paper used was from a cheap 12x12 paper pad bought either at the Works or the Range.

I won the wonderful circle inserts in the pockets and on the outside and back of the book from a friends blog.

I just felt these were worth another  look as some of my blog friends were not visitng me when I showed these.

 

Thank you so much for your visit and precious time.

I really appreciate every visit and wonderful comment made.

Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.


Wednesday, 9 February 2022

4 YEAR OLD BIRTHDAY CARD

 

Hi and welcome to all my very talented and craft loving friends.

Another post from me, I am keeping to the promise I made myself to do more blogging.

Hope I can keep this up.

 

Today I have a card I made for my Step Great Granddaughter her Birthday is on Valentines Day and she turns four. 

The wedding card I posted for the Moving Along with The Times was for her parents who had to cancel their wedding plans a couple of years ago due to covid restrictions.

 


This is a 8"x8" size card.

The shaped die I used to make the card is a Chloe one, and such a brilliant die for the money you get 15 sizes, also on magnetic sheet for just £24.99 this one is called Fancy Squares.

The image of the little ballerina is an old Crafters Companion one which I fussy cut out.

Mirri, and Pink card is Hunkydory Silver Glitter card Tonic.

Happy Birthday Die Sue Wilson's Number Die Tonic.

Little flowers are Prima and from C&C.

Thank you so much for your visit and precious time.

I really appreciate every visit and wonderful comment you make.

Lots of crafty love. JENNY.
 

Monday, 7 February 2022

BABY GIRL CARD AND BOX

 

Hi and welcome to all my very talented and craft loving friends.

 

I do hope everyone is keeping well and for those that are not feeling well sending Get Well wishes your way.

 

Today I have a Baby Card and Box I was asked to make.

 


 


This is a 8"x8" size card and box I made to fit it.

The papers are  from Joanna Sheen's Baby Love CD.

The sentiment is computer generated.

Outer circle die is a Paper Boutique one.

Inner circle die not sure of the name.

Corner dies are a Sue Wilson's die

 and I embossed the mirri card with the die to go under the die cut. 

The inside Baby dies are cheap Chinese.

The Baby crib on the box I bought ready cut out off E Bay and it's a old Tattered Lace Die.

 

Thank you so much for your visit and precious time.

I really appreciate every visit and wonderful comment you make.

Lots of crafty love. JENNY.

Friday, 4 February 2022

7TH BIRTHDAY CARD

 

Hi and welcome to all my very talented and craft loving friends.

Don't faint I am posting again.

I have such a backlog of cards made and not posted, and I told myself as it's a new year to do more blogging hope I can keep this up.




This is an A4 size card.

The number 7 die is a Tonic one with the bubble to make it a shaker.

Can't remember the die I used for the lace panel at the bottom.

Happy Birthday is a Paper Boutique Die and TH is from a cheap Chinese die set I have.

Flowers are a Carnation Crafts Die.

Card stock is Hunkydory and paper used inside is a download from Carnation Crafts.


Thank you for your visit and precious time.

I really appreciate every visit and wonderful comment made.

Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

 

 

Thursday, 3 February 2022

GRANDDAUGHTER'S 14TH BIRTHDAY CARD.

 

Hi and welcome to all my very talented, and craft loving friends.

 

I do hope everyone is keeping well, and for those that live in the North of the country I do hope the stroms havn't affected you too much.

Here in the South of the country it had just been a slight wind, and quite mild at the mo.

The last storm we had though took the felting off the large roof of my shed that Tony used to use as his radio shack.

So that had to be replaced.

 

Last month was my yougest Granddaughter's Birthday, and I was running out of ideas for her card, then suddenly came up with this design.

 


This is an 8"x8" size card.

I started by matt and layering with some Tonic mirri and plain card stock in pinks.

Then I cut out some water coluring card stock from Crafters Companion, and spritzed it with a Nuvo Pink Mica misting spray as my background.

The image is from a Hunkydory little book.

I cut out the Happy Birthday which is a Sue Wilson Die with a snippet of pearlised card left over from a wedding card, and also spritzed that too.

Then I inled the edges with Distress Oxide Ink in Worn Lipstick. 

Flowers made from Daisies, I just took out the centres and added some yellow prills, inked the edges of the flowers with the same ink as before, and then added some leaf ribbon to them.

 

Thank you for visiting and your precious time.

I really appreciate every visit and wonderful comment made.

Lots of crafty love. JENNY.
 

Tuesday, 1 February 2022

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES ...DT.........LOVE/ANNIVERSARY WEDDINGS

 

Hi and welcome to all my very talented and craft loving friends.

As it's the first of the month it's time for a new challenge over at

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES 

I am your host for this month and as it's February and Valentines this month I would like your entries to be

 Love/Anniversaries/Weddings.

The challenge runs from today till Saturday 26th of February.

Don't forget you can enter 5 times which started this year. 

I went to a family wedding back in late October of last year, and haven't shown the card I made for it so I have used it for my DT this month.

 


This is a 8"x8" size card and box I made to fit it.

Those of you that know my wedding cards, know that I like to add the colour of the bridesmaids dresses to my wedding makes.

The pearlised card is from Pink Frog Crafts.

The dies used are Tattered Lace.

I decided to use some of the lace die cuts to edge my corners too.

Flowers from my stash and arranged by me.

I also added some bling which  turned out to be brill as the bride had a lovely bling waist that almost looked like a belt to the beautiful wedding dress. 

 

Please pop over th the challenge blog to see the lovely DT creations made by my team friends.

 

Thank you so much for your precious time and your wonderful comments that you make.

I am so pleased you like my work.

Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

 

Sunday, 30 January 2022

THINKING OF YOU CARD AND BOX.

 

Hi and welcome to all my very talented, and craft loving friends.

I mentioned in my last post I made a card for a lady having mouth surgery this was for a pub landlady and they wanted lots of little cards for the people that frequent the pub to give their well wishes.

So here is what I made for her.

 



This is a 8"x8" size card and a larger sided box to accommodate the larger spine and flowers used.

Papers used are Paper Boutique and the circular die and sentiment die used are Paper Boutique also.

Butterflies are a Carnations Die.

Flowers made by myself from and assortment of dies I have and then I used Glossy Accents on them.

The leaves are a Heartfelt Creations Die and coloured by me

with Distress Oxide Inks and then I used a white gel pen for the vines and also heat embossed them with a glowing pearl embossing powder. 

Gold cardstock isTonic and the Lemon Pearl card is from Stephanie Weightmans card stock.

Lace is from Buddly Crafts.

 

Thank you for your visit and precious time.

I really appreciate every visit and wonderful comment you make.

Lots of crafty love. JENNY.  

 

Tuesday, 25 January 2022

RUDOLF DAYS CHALLENGE DT JANUARY 2022

 

Hi, and welcome to all my very talented and craft loving friends.

I have been a bad blogger yet again, as I have had lots of family Birthdays and also family and neighbours have asked me to make cards too, and as you know I can't say no to anyone.

One card was for a lady who was having her pallet of her mouth removed so I just had to make one to cheer her up. 

 

As it's the 25th of January already it's time for the Rudolf Days Challenge over at 

SCRAPPYMO'S BLOG 

I do so hope it is my turn to do my DT this month as I am not sure.

But as I last did it in November last year I presume it's my turn again as we do alternative months.

The challenge runs from today till the end of the month.

As always it's anything goes as long as it's Christmas.

ONE ENTRY PER PERSON 

but you may put more than one card on the same post if you like.

There is always a lovely prize for the winner donated by Maureen too.

So here is what I made this month.

 


These are both 8"x8" in size.

The background dies are Creative Expressions Paper Cuts Dies.

The fir branches and pine cones are Sizzix.

The coloured rainbow mirri card is Tonic.

I paper pieced the Deck the Halls in the blue to make it stand out more.

Thank you so much for you visit and precious time.

I really appreciate every visit and wonderful comment especially as I am such a bad blogger too.

Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.


 

  

Saturday, 1 January 2022

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES..........CHALLENGE 138.....GIRL/LADY.

 

Hi and welcome to all my very talented and craft locing friends.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 

Lets hope it's a very Healthy one for all.

 

As it's the first of the month it's time for a new challenge over at

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES 

The challenge has been chosen by our lovely Team Leader Diane and she would like to see entries for

GIRL/LADY

The challenge runs from today till the 29th of the month.

We have changed the amount of times you can enter now to 5 times instead of 3 times.

 

Here is what I made for my DT.

 

This is a 8"x8" size card and Box I made to fit it.

The dies and paper are from Cranation Crafts.

Happy Birthday die is a Sue Wilson one.

Numbers die is a cheap die bought from Amazon.

Please pop along to the challenge blog to see the lovely creations made by my team friends.

 

Thank you so much for your precious time and wonderful comments you make.

Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

 

  

Friday, 24 December 2021

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE

 

Hi and welcome to all my very talented and craft loving friends.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Happy Christmas and a very Happy and Healthy New Year.

 


Thank you for all your precious time visitng my blog this past year and for all your wonderful comments you make.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

 

Wednesday, 1 December 2021

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES DT..................CHALLENGE 137 FANCY FOLD CARD

 

Hi and welcome to all my very talented and craft loving friends.

Well it's the 1st of the month yet again and where oh where did November go, who stole it.

It's time for a new challenge over at

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES 

The lovely Christine is your host and she would like to see your creations with a Fancy Fold.

The challenge starts today and runs to 9AM on the 29th of December 2021.


Here is what I made for my DT 




This is a 8"x8" size card which I made into a Z Fold.

The papers used are from a 12"x12" paper pad from the Works which was only £3.

I used it last month also to make my tissue box.

The snetiments were in the paper pad also.

The Rudolf and the front Deer are from Tattered Lace collection from last year.

Poinsettias and fir branches are also Tattered Lace from a few years ago.

The snowflake on the bow is from the Works and I added some snowballs from the Works also.

Please pop over to the challenge blog to see the lovely creations made by my team friends.


Thank you so much for your visit and precious time.

I really appreciate every visit and wonderful comment you make.

Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

 

Thursday, 25 November 2021

RUDOLF DAYS CHALLENGE DT..............NOVEMBER 2021

 

Hi and welcome to all my very talented, and craft loving friends.

Well it's the the 25th of the month already, and time for the last

Rudolf Days Challenge of this year over at.

SCRAPPYMO'S BLOG 

The challenge runs from today till the end of the month, and as usual it's anything goes as long as it's Christmas.

ONE ENTRY PER PERSON.

There is also a prize to be won from the very generous Maureen.

As this is the last challenge for this year I would like to thank Maureen for having me on her design team.

I do so love this challenge as it gets my Christmas cards made early.

So here is what I created this month.

These are both 8"x8" size cards.

I decided to make two different wreath cards.

I cut out a wreath shape with circle dies and covered both of them with ribbon.

The first I used up some lovely wooden stags I have had from the Works for years.

They are actually tree ornaments.

I just popped a gem in the hole where the string for the hanger was.

The second I used some white and grey wooden snowflakes I recently bought from the Works.

The glitter sentiment was a purchase from the Works a couple of years ago.

Then I added some foam snow balls. 

Sorry the picture of the second card look a bit dark it's really quite white, but I couldn't get a decent photo of it.

 

Thank you so much for your visit and precious time.

I really appreciate every visit and wonderful comment you make.

Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.



 
 

Monday, 1 November 2021

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES.....DT............CHALLENGE 136 .......ANYTHING BUT A CARD

 

Hi and welcome to all my very talented and craft loving friends.

 

Well it's the 1st on f the month again, and time for a new challenge over at 

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES 

The host for this challenge is the lovely CAZ and she would like to see.

 Anything but a Card.

The challenge runs to the 29th of November 2021.

I decided to make a Christmas Tissue Box.

 



I make these tissue boxes with the box card left over from making my 8"x8" boxes.

The paper used is from the Works and was only £3 for a 12"x12" size pad and it's a super weight too.

Loved the scenes I used on the tissue box.

The top of the box I sprayed with Nuvo Mica Mist in 2 different colours.

The snowflakes are wooden and also from the Works and were £1 for lots.

 

Please go over to the challenge blog and see the lovely creations made by my team friends.

 

Thank you so much for your visit and precious time.

I really appreciate every visit and wonderful comment.

Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.