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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.

Monday 30 January 2017

BUBBLE WRAP NBUS CARD


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

Darnell's new Nbus challenge No 10 starts today.
Nbus stands for never before used stuff.

This her third week of challenges to celebrate her 5th blog Anniversary.
So congratulations to Darnell on her 5th blog Anniversary. 
I missed the first week as I had quite a few family commitments so I was determined to join the last 2 weeks.
 This morning on her post she showed some lovely cards made with bubble wrap.
So here is my version of a bubble wrap design.



This is a a 6"x5" size card.
The Nbus items are the flowers, the butterfly,and the sentiment.
With my bubble wrap I used Pixie Powders Peacock Green, and Fireworks Burst, and then when it was dry I rubbed Creative Expressions Enchanted Gold Gilding Polish on it and polished it.
I backed the bubble wrap with black card to show off the pretty  shades.
I think this came out quite lovely don't you.

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


 

Sunday 29 January 2017

CASED BIRTHDAY CARD FOR MY SON


Hi and welcome to all my craft loving friends, and visitors.
Today I have a card I cased from Pam
HERE 
Mine is very similar, but I didn't have her dies for the dogs.


This is for Darnell's Nbus challenge No 9 if I'm not too late.
Now the meaning of Nbus is never before used stuff it can be new or old it doesn't matter as long it's never been used.
The optional theme is to case a card made by someone.
Here is my interpretation of Pam's wonderful card.



This is a 6.5x7.5 size card.
NBus items used are the Happy Birthday die, and the foliage dies.
The reason I cased Pam's card was that I loved it, and my Son lives on a farm, and they have 5 dogs of which at least 3 are rescue dogs.
They now have a Lab and a Poodle which they are gong to mate to create Labradoodles pups to sell to help with my Granddaughter's housing costs at Southampton University.
So I thought this card would be appropriate.


Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.





I would like to enter this into the following challenges.

Saturday 28 January 2017

GRANDSON'S 18TH BIRTHDAY CARD


Hi and welcome from a very sunny part of Kent.
I do hope the sun is shinning in your part of the world where ever you may reside.

Was in a quandary as what design to create for my Grandson who turns 18 on Tuesday, and then thought of this idea.
I can safely show it as I know he doesn't know about my blog.



This is a A5 size card.
Kept it rather flat for posting.
The lovely card I used was a freebie gift from the C&C Club.
It's Kanban card and was A5 in size.

I am entering this into the Allsorts Challenge who are celebrating their 400th Challenge so a big congratulations to them on such a milestone.

Almost forgot that I cut out the Grandson letters out of snippets of black and kraft card so I can join my playmates in the snippets playground yay.

Thank you so much to all my very talented friends who regularly make such great comments on my work.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY. 





I would like to enter this into the following challenges.

Friday 27 January 2017

A VERY RECENT OLDIE FOR FRIDAY


Hi and welcome to all my very talented friends, and visitors.
I do hope everyone is well and keeping warm with this cold spell we are all having.
We have lovely sunshine in my part of Kent today hooray.

Now today I am bringing back a card I made and posted on Tuesday night.
This is because on Wednesday morning I posted my Rudolf GD card and I don't think most of you saw it.
So I thought I would bring it back so you could see it.
I made it for the Frilly and Funkie challenge and was quite pleased with how it turned out.



This is a A5 size card.
The papers used were a free download from the C&C club website, and they are Dreamies.
I distressed the edges with scissors, and then inked them.
The vintage image of the birds was from the Internet.
Just added the rest of the items from my stash.

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

 

Wednesday 25 January 2017

RUDOLF CHALLENGE JANUARY 2017... DESIGN TEAM CARD


Hi and welcome to all my craft loving friends, and visitors.
 I am back today with my DT card for the Rudolf Challenge over at Scrappymo's bolg HERE
This is the first one of this year.
The challenge runs from the 25th of the month to the end of the month.
 
Now I was very surprised when she emailed me and asked if I wanted to be on her DT again this year.
She had 12 wonderful crafty  people who designed for her last year, and they were split into the 2 halves of the year.
This year she put all twelve names in a hat and drew out 4 people, and I was one of the lucky ones.
So I said I would be very honoured to Design again this year.

So here is my card for the very first challenge of the year.
My next will be in March, and every other month.



This is a 8"x8" size card.
The image is from the Crafter's Companion Winter Paint Poppets CD.
I added some glitter to the image.
The papers are also from the same CD.

Please pop over to Scrappymo's blog HERE to view the other wonderful DT cards, as some of last years wonderful crafter's  are finishing off their DT duties this month.

Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

Tuesday 24 January 2017

WINTER WISHES SHABBY VINTAGE CARD


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

I do hope you are all keeping well, and for those who are not so well, here's wishing you the best of health in the future.

Just finished a card for another challenge. 
Now I only enter a few of my fave challenges as I can't remember where I have been if I enter too many. LOL.



This is a A5 size card.
I distressed some navy card, and also the papers with scissors.
The papers are a Dreamies free download on the C&C club website.
I inked the edges with some chalk ink.
The image I found on the Internet.
The rest of the items were from my stash.

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





I would like to enter this into the following challenges. 

Monday 23 January 2017

YOUNGEST GRANDDAUGHTER'S BIRTHDAY CARD


Hi and welcome to all my wonderful blog friends, and visitors.

I do hope you have had a good weekend despite the very cold spell we are having. 

Just a quick reminder that Rudolf Day starts on Wednesday the 25th.

Last Wednesday was my youngest Granddaughter's Birthday, and this is the card I made her as that image looks a lot like her.



This is a 8"x8" size card.
The image is from a Crafter's Companion Paint Poppets CD
The paper is also from that CD.
Just added a few things from my stash to it.

Thank you so much for your visit, and time I really do appreciate it.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.


I would like to enter this into the following challenges.
http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/week-399-daisy-daisy.html 

Saturday 21 January 2017

BUTTERFLIES SHAKER ANNIVERSARY CARD


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

I do hope everyone has a wonderful weekend as the weather has been mighty cold for quite a few days.

Managed to finish my card to enter the Butterfly Challenge at long last. 
 The challenge calls for J for Jewels, and or Jade.
So here is what I made not sure if colour is Jade though.



This is a 8"x8" size card.
The die is a Nbus one which I bought recently.
The pearlecent card was paper which I used double sided sticky paper to glue it to card so it would die cut easier.
Behind the shaker part I used Pixie Powders on Ivory pearlecent card.

Thank you so much for your visit, and the wonderful comments you make, they really boost my day.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY. 

Thursday 19 January 2017

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES DT CARD............SWIRLS AND/ OR CURLS


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

It's the turn of the B Team over at the
and the lovely Hazel is your host for this challenge, and she would like to see Swirls and or Curls on your entries.
The challenge runs from 9 am on the Thursday the 19th of Jan to 1pm on Wednesday the 1st of February.
There are some wonderful DT creations made by by my team members so please pop over to the blog and take a look.

So here is what I came up with.




This is a 8"x8" size card and box I made to fit it.
Not quite sure what to put on a man's 40th Anniversary card so this is what I decided on.

I do hope you can join us for this wonderful challenge.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

Tuesday 17 January 2017

GRANDDAUGHTER'S 30th BIRTHDAY CARD AND BOX


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

I do hope everyone is keeping well, and for those under the weather, and not feeling too good sending big virtual hugs your way to try, and  help.

On Sunday it was my eldest Granddaughter's 30th Birthday so here is the card, and box I made her.




This is a 8"x8" size card, and box I made to fit the card. 
The teal card is Creative Expressions, and it cuts like a dream.
The die cut in the middle of the card is a Tattered Lace Botanical Bouquet Floral Frame.
Pearls on a string from my stash.
I added some Cosmic Shimmer Teal pva dots around the edge, and glitter to the wooden numbers.

Thank you so much for you visit, and the wonderful comments that boost my confidence no end.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

Monday 16 January 2017

MIXED MEDIA JOURNAL COVER


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

Sorry I have been missing again, sometimes life just limits blogging because of everything you have to do, and as I take things at a snails pace now time seems to run out on me. 
So thank you for your visit, and understanding.

I have another thing to cross off my crafty list of things to try.
I bought a book about 2 years ago to do some journaling, and never got round to using it till now, so as it's a new year I thought I must cross that one off my list of things to try.
So here is my mixed media cover I created, as I am a newbie to this type of thing I hope it looks okay.


I started by using black gesso to prime the cover then I added my items which included some kitchen roll for texture, and covered them with Starlight Paints in Agean, and Diamond colours.

Lots of crafty love.   JENNY.





I would like to enter this into the following challenges. 
http://frillyandfunkie.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/new-years-inspiration.html 

Sunday 8 January 2017

INK DUSTED STAMPED CARD


Hi and welcome to all my very talented friends, and visitors.
Have been having trouble with my back since taking down the Christmas Decs, and my DH has caught my cold bug I had before Christmas.
Now that's a brilliant start to a New Year, but I must not complain as there are people a lot worse off than me.
So I am sending big hugs to anyone in need of one.

Now I was really struggling with the Butterfly Challenge this time around, but suddenly thought about how to create this card this afternoon.



This is a A5 size card.
I matted it with some black card, and then I ink dusted some white card with Memento Inks to create the scene.
The little butterflies are from a stamp I won on the Butterfly Challenge last year.
Thank you so much for your visit.
I really do appreciate your time visiting me.
I have quite a few Birthdays this month so I am going to be a busy lady.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY. 





I would like to enter this into the following challenges.

Monday 2 January 2017

HANDBAG AND BOOTS BIRTHDAY CARD


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

Sorry I have been missing for so long, but I have had family staying for over Christmas, and the New Year.
 I do hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, and are enjoying the start of a New Year.

I would like to welcome my newest followers, but I am not sure who you are if you have a blog please let me know so I can visit you too.

Today I have a card I made quite a while ago, and have never shown.



This is a 8"x8" size card.
The handbag, boots, and flowers are from CraftsUprint.
Quite a quick and simple card to make you just print the images and cut them out.
I did decoupage the flap of the bag and the handle also to give it dimension.

Thank you so much for your visit.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.