BY THE SEASIDE

Hi and welcome.
Thank you for your visit and comments that you
make on my work.

I am still continuing to feel so much better now,
but I still have to be very careful not to overdo
things because I feel so much better.
It has been a long slow process to get here, and I
don't want to go back to square one again.
I am still waiting for the appointment at the hospital to see the orthopaedist.

Today I have a card I made for my friend that
used to run the ladies club with me.

This is a 8"x8" size card.
The topper is from a Joanna Sheen toppers pad,
and the artist is Faye Wittaker.
You get 2 toppers of the same image in each pad.
The papers are from the Good Life Pad of papers.
I didn't have any dark blue card so I coloured the
edges with a blue Promarker. 
I used some of my snippets card to mount the
topper on to, and to stamp the verse and sentiment.
So I will be joining the snippets playground with
this card.

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

I would like to enter this into the following
challenges.
http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/pixies-snippets-playground-week-129.html 

WORLD CUP FOOTY CARD

Hi and welcome to my blog all my craft loving
friends, and visitors.
My pain is so much better, but I still have a
 few twinges now and again.
I just have to be very careful what I do, can't 
even think about carrying anything that is heavy.
My garden has really suffered because of this, as
my DH has heart problems and can do very little
amounts of gardening too.
My daughter cuts my grass, but has no idea what
is a weed or a flower.
She is coming over today to cut the grass and is going to try with my directions to weed my garden.

Here is a card I made for my granddaughter's
hubby a couple of weeks ago.

Now the inside.

This is a 8"x8" size card.
I used some more of the lovely footy papers
I bought about 10 years ago from C & C as they
were so ideal because of the world cup this month.
I used some snippets of card that I had already
printed the footballs and football boots on from
my snippets box, this is from a Robert Addams
CD.
So I will be joining the snippets playground with
this.

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

I would like to enter this into the following 
challenges. 
http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/pixies-snippets-playground-week-128.html 

BUTTERFLY CHALLENGE CARD

Hi and welcome to my blog all my friends, and
visitors.
Thank you again for your wonderful comments on my work.

Today I have my entry into the Butterfly Challenge.
Now you had a bingo grid to follow for this months challenge, so I chose Pink, Butterflies, 
and Dry Emboss.

Now the inside.

This is a 7"x7" size card.
I embossed my pink mirri card with a special
touch mask.
I printed my paper from a Studio Craft CD.
Die cut the small butterflies and embossed them
too.

Thank you again 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/ 
No 8 Butterfly Bingo.

THANK YOU CARD

Hi and welcome to everyone that visits me.
Thank you for all your wonderful comments on
my last card.

I am getting better by each passing day and 
feeling a lot stronger now, typing and using my
computer keyboard is no longer too painful thank 
goodness.
I am still getting a few prob with my right arm
where the nerve was trapped, but I'm sure this 
will soon be better too.

Today I have Sue Ps thank you card to show
you.
Now I know Sue has a cat and loves all types
of our furry and feathered friends, and also her
garden.
So that's my theme for this card.

Now the inside.

This is a 7"x7" size card.
The paper is from a book of papers I bought.
Round the edge is a tonic punch, and I used some
snippets to make these, so I can join the Snippets 
Playground challenge again.
The image is from a Joanna Sheen toppers pad,
and the artist is Sylvie Ashton.
The flower was cut out of the Heartfelt Creations
die Majestic Blooms.
I made the template for my paper bow myself.
Lastly I added some stickles.

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

I would like to enter this into the following
challenge. 
http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/pixies-snippets-playground-week-127.html 

OWL THANK YOU CARD

Hi and welcome to my blog all my craft loving friends, and visitors.
Thank you for all your wonderful comments on 
my work.
You are very generous with your time, as I know
time is precious to all of us.
Thank you also for all your get well wishes, my
pain is easier now, not having to take so many
pain killers, but it's still painful to look at the
computer screen for too long, or type and use my
mouse, for too long.
I had 2 wonderful get well cards from my blog
buddies and really good friends Sue P, and Sue J.
They were truly amazing and very fab.
So I have made them thank you cards which I 
will pop in the post tomorrow.
Now I know this is naughty but this is Sue Js
card as I was soooooo pleased with the result I
just have to show you all even before she gets it.
I do hope she doesn't mind.

Now the inside.

This is a 7"x7" size card.
The stamps I have used for the background
paper and the owls are JustRight stamps.
I used snippets card to stamp the owls out so I
will be joining the playground with this.

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

I would like to enter this into the following
challenges. 
http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/pixies-snippets-playground-week-127.html 

SON'S BIRTHDAY CARD

Hi and welcome to my blog all my craft loving
friends, and visitors.
May I welcome my newest follower and thank 
you for choosing to follow me.
I do hope you return often to see what I am 
creating.
When my spine finally lets me type and use my 
mouse without too much pain I will visit you if
you have a blog.
Thank you also to my regular followers who visit
me so often and leave such wonderful comments.

Today I have a Birthday card I made for my Son's
Birthday which was on Friday.

Now the inside.

This is a 8"x8" size card.
The football paper I have had for 10 years so I 
don't know the make.
I used some snippets out of my snippets box for
some of this card including the football boots,
and football which I printed a long time ago.
The football shirt is also from a pad of football
shirts bought with the paper from C and C when
they first started many moons ago.

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

I would like to enter this into the following
challenges. 
http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/pixies-snippets-playground-week-127.html 

RUDOLF DAY MAY 2014

Hi and welcome.
Because of my pain killers I thought Rudolf Day
started on the 28th but it is today, good job I got
my cards ready early.

So here is my entry to May 2014 Challenge.
You need to make at least 2 cards to enter the 
challenge.

These were made with the CD A Walk in the Countryside.
I used a lot of my snippets out of my box for 
these as well.

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

I would like to enter these into the following
challenges. 
http://stampingforpleasure.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/rudolph-day-may-sticky-post.html 

GRANDDAUGHTER'S BIRTHDAY CARD

Hi and welcome to my blog all my craft loving
friends, and visitors.
Thank you yet again for all your support of my
work it makes the pain I have to bear to type out
my blog all worth while.
I have had the result of my MRI scan, and it showed I have a slipped disc in the top of my
spine, so I am know waiting to see a specialist,
so he can decide what I need to be done.
I was told in 2005 by a different specialist, that
in some time in the future I might need to have 
metal plates put in there, so maybe this is what he
predicted is going to be the case.
I have had to cancel my eye op again because of
this.
I do hope you all out there are keeping well, I do
miss visiting all of you and seeing the lovely
creations you have created.

Today I have a card I made for my granddaughter's Birthday

Now the inside.

This is a 7"x7" size card made from A3 card.
I used a Promarker round the edges of the card.
I coloured my Centura White card with distress
ink to make it blue.
The paper is from Crafting World, and I distress
inked this also.
The shoe is a stamp I bought at a bargain price
of £1-99 from the works, and coloured in with
Promarkers. Sorry about the colouring in of the
stamp not much good at this at the mo as I have
to bend my neck which gives me trouble too.
The flowers I made a while ago out of snippets
of card so I can join in the playground this week.

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

I would like to enter this into the following
challenges.
http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/pixies-snippets-playground-week-126.html 

GET WELL CARD

Hi and welcome to my blog all my craft friends,
and visitors.
Thank you for your continued support of my work.
I had my scan on Thursday and have to wait 7 to
10 days for the results to see whats going on with
my spine.

My close neighbour has a similar problem with
her spine, but it's the lower back of her spine, so 
I made her this card to cheer her up.

Now the inside.

This is a 7"x7" size card.
I made the flowers out of bridal rose petals, and
coloured them in with Pan Pastels.
I also coloured my card with the Pan Pastel as
I didn't have any yellow card left in my stash.
The embossed detail is a mask I bought at the
NEC in march, and used the Pan Pastel to colour
this also.
I used some snippets for my sentiments card, and
the inside verse so I will join the playground this
week with this.

Thank you again for your time and support.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY. 

I would like to enter the following challenges
http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/pixies-snippets-playground-week-125.html 

BUTTERFLY CHALLENGE CARD

Hi and welcome to my blog all my craft loving
friends, and visitors.
 I would like to welcome my new follower, and
thank you for choosing me, as soon as I am better
I will visit you and join your blog.

Thank you again everybody that continues to 
drop by and leave comments on my work, even 
though I cannot do the same at the mo.

Here is my Butterfly Challenge card for this
fortnight.

Now the inside.

This is a 7"x7" size card.

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

I would like to enter the following challenges.
http://butterflyspotchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
No 7 Butterfly and Doily.

5th BIRTHDAY CARD

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

Thank you for your visit and wonderful comments.
I am so pleased you come and visit me when I 
can't do the same for you at this present mo.
I am still suffering but soldiering on, and do small
amounts of craft when I can.
It's the typing and using the mouse that causes me
a lot of pain.

Here is my card I made for my daughter to give
her granddaughter, as she loves the DVD Frozen.

Now the inside.

This card is an A4 size card made out of A3.
I used snippets to make my flowers and the No
5 so I will join in the snippets playground challenge.

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

I would like to enter the following challenges.

FAIRY CARD

Hi and welcome.
Thank you for all your wonderful comments on my work.
I am still suffering a lot of pain, and I find it very
hard still to type and craft, but I am not giving in 
to it, I rest for long periods as well.

Here is my great granddaughters Birthday card.

Now the inside.

Hunkydory Image and card.
Distress Ink Dusty Concorde, and Spun Sugar.
Tattered Lace Babies Pram Die.
Tattered Lace Kensington Corner Die sent to me
by my very lovely friend Planet Susie.
Sue Wilson Flower Die.
I used some snippets for the flowers, leaves, and
the corner die, coloured with mica powders, and
distress ink. 
Thank you for your visit.
Lots of crafty love. JENNY.

I would like to enter this into the following
challenges. 
http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/pixies-snippets-playground-week-123.html 

BUTTERFLIES CHALLENGE CARD

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

Thank you so much for all your get well wishes,
and comments on my work.
You are so very kind visiting me and making
comments when I cannot do the same for you at
this present moment.
 I am still in great deal of pain, but I have had my
appointment for my scan for the middle of May.

Here is my card for the butterfly challenge, and 
the snippets playground too, again this has 
taken me days and not hours to do, as I only
craft for very small periods.

CLICK TO ENLARGE.

Now the inside.

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

I would like to enter this into the following
challenges.
http://butterflyspotchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
No 6 Glamorous Butterflies.
http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/pixies-snippets-playground-week-122.html 

RUDOLF DAY CARDS

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

I have 2 cards for the Rudolf Day challenge for April.

Click to enlarge.

Now the 2nd.

These are both 7"x7" size cards.
Made with the Crafters Companion CD Popcorn
the Bear Christmas CD.
I have used some snippets for my poinsettias so I can join the playground too.
Quite basic as I am still struggling to do craft,
and typing and using a computer is very painful
for me.

I miss my visits to all of you, as you have become
such good friends to me.
Thank you for your interest.
Lots of crafty love. JENNY. 

I would like to enter these cards into the following
challenges.
http://stampingforpleasure.blogspot.co.uk/ 
Rudolf Day April 2014.
http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/pixies-snippets-playground-week-121.html 

MORE BROOCHES

Hi and welcome.
Thank you for all your get well wishes.
Still in a great deal of pain and resting as much as I can.
I find when I am typing I am in a great deal of pain.
So here are some more brooches I have made,
before I got ill.

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

TUTORIAL ON A BROOCH

Hi and welcome to my bog all my craft loving
friends and visitors.
I am still in quite a great deal of pain, but managed
to put this tutorial together while the pain killers do their work.
I sent one of these similar brooches to a blog 
friend and she asked about a tutorial.
So hear we go.

THIS IS THE BROOCH.

This is what you need.

INGREDIENTS.

2" circle of card and felt
Brooch catch.
8 two inch strips of ribbon about and inch wide.
Some lace.
Some string of beads.
Hot glue gun.

GLUE YOUR RIBBON IN HALF

GLUE TO YOUR CIRCLE OF CARD.

LIKE THIS.

GLUE STRIPS OF PEARLS OR GOLD

You now have your brooch.

I used some snippets card for the circles of this

brooch and some snippets ribbon too. 

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

I would like to enter this into the following
challenges.
http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/pixies-snippets-playground-week-120.html 

BUTTERFLY CARD

Hi and welcome to my blog all my craft loving
friends, and visitors.
Thank you for all your  wonderful comments on
my last creation.

I have a trapped nerve in the top of my spine, and it is extremely painful.
I am currently on strong painkillers and find it
very hard to craft or blog.
I have lost the proper use of my right arm as well.
Waiting for an MRI scan now, and getting very 
bored not being able to craft.
So I popped in my craft room for small occasions
to make this card for the butterfly challnege.
This took me 5 days to make instead of hours.

Thank you for your visit.
Not sure when I will be able to blog properly 
again.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY. 

I would like to enter the following challenges
http://butterflyspotchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
No : 5

ENGAGEMENT CARD

Hi and welcome to my blog all my craft loving 
friends, and visitors.
This will be a quick post as I can't look at the 
computer screen for too long without being in
a lot of pain.

My daughter and her partner got engaged yesterday, so I made this card.
I can craft for small periods.

CLICK TO ENLARGE.

Now the inside.

Ingredients.
A3 card made into an 8"x8" size card.
I made the flowers from some bridal petals I 
found in my stash, and coloured them with 
Wild Honey Distress Ink.
I did the same to the lovely pearlecent card, and
then embossed it with the Sue Wilson embossing
folder Art Deco Fanfare.
I used some snippets from my snippets box for
some of the die cuts.

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

I would like to enter this into the following
challenges. 
http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/pixies-snippets-playground-week-119.html 

GET WELL CARD

Hi and welcome to my blog all my craft loving
friends, and visitors.
As most of you know I went to Wales to see my 
sister recently, well after I left she took quite ill, 
and is in hospital at this moment.
Nothing too major but, enough to put her there
for a few days at least.
So I made this card for her.
I thought I would go with yellow again as that
colour is bright and cheerful, to cheer her up.

CLICK TO ENLARGE.

 Now I wrote on it before I photographed it so
hence the odd position of the inside.

Ingredients for this card.

A3 white card made into a 8"x8" size card.
I used my Cupcakecrafting Floral Delights CD
for the papers.
While at the NEC my sister bought me a little
card kit so I used some of the items to decorate
this card.
Ribbon flowers made out of the card kit.
The butterfly is a peel off and put onto the 
snippets of paper left over from my exploding
box.

Thank you again for your visit and your 
precious time spent visiting my blog.
Thank you also for all your wonderful comments
on my work.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

I would like to enter this into the following
challenges.
http://butterflyspotchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
No 4
http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/pixies-snippets-playground-week-118.html 

BIRTHDAY LOTV VOUCHER WINNER

Hi and welcome to my blog all my craft loving
friends, and visitors.
It was my Birthday on the 9th of March, and as I
stated I was going to buy a £20 LOTV voucher
to offer you as my Birthday present to one of you.
Well I gave it some thought, and the best way I 
thought was to go back to my post for that day.
Now I had 27 comments on my post for that day.
So I gave everyone a No and then put the Nos in
a hat for my DH to draw out the winner.

Trala drum roll and the winner of the £20 LOTV
voucher is   RITA she was the ninth person to
comment so as No 9 was pulled out of the hat
she is the winner. 
If you would like to e mail me your address Rita
I will send your voucher to you.
Thank you to all of you that commented and left
me some wonderful Birthday wishes.

Now I have a little brooch I made from some
wonderful metal mesh ribbon I bought at the 
NEC.

CLICK TO ENLARGE.

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