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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, 25 March 2020

RUDOLF DAYS CHALLENGE.....DT.........MARCH 2020


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

I do so hope everyone is fit and well, and are not suffering with this dreadful virus.
Good job us crafty people have our crafts to help us pass the time.

It's the 25th of the month and time for the Rudolf Days Challenge over at 
SCRAPPYMO'S BLOG 
The challenge runs to the end of the month.
As always anything goes as long as it's Christmas .
ONE ENTY PER PERSON.
Maureen always has a lovely prize on offer, and you get your Christmas cards made throughout the year. 

For my DT this month I made 2 cards back in January ready for this month.

  


These are 6"x6" size cards.
Decided to go Shabby Chic with my designs this time around. 
I suppose with all the layers they could be called Mixed Media too.
I used lots of white texture paste on them both and on the 2nd one I also added Cosmic Shimmer Iced Snow Glitter to the top.

Thank you so much for your visit, and precious time.
I really appreciate every visit, and wonderful comment made.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

Thursday, 19 March 2020

POP UP BOX FOR MY NIECE


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

I do do hope everyone is safe and well keep your chins up everyone, and keep crafting it helps.
Sending lots of love to those of you who may not be well with this or anything else.

Today I have a pop up box I made for my Niece to go with her Birthday card.


I used Hunkydory card stock again, and lots of snippets of card left over from the Birthday card I made in my previous post.
  The 50 dies, and the pansies were also snippets left over too.
I also used snippets to line the flaps of the pop up box.
This all folds flat nicely into an A4 envelope.
Will join my playmates over at the Pixies Snippets Playground with this.

Thank you so much for your visit, and precious time.
I really appreciate every visit, and wonderful comment.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

Monday, 16 March 2020

50th BIRTHDAY CARD AND BOX


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

I do so hope you are all keeping well, and haven't come in contact with this awful virus.

I know I have been missing a lot lately, but I won't bore you with my health troubles.
I am still crafting when I can as I find it helps me.

Today I have a card and box I recently made for my Niece.




This is a 8"x8" size card and box I made to fit it.
My Niece loves Purple and Lilac colours so I used Hunkydory Garden Treasures paper pad for the background and some of their die cut flowers.
In fact all of the card used is Hunky dory card stock.
The pocket dies used are Tonic, the sentiment is Sue Wilson's die.
Number dies bought on Amazon.
I always cut my sentiment dies and number dies in old cereal boxes  first so I don't have to cut them out 4 or 5 times in thinner card.

Thank you so much for your visit, and precious time.
I really appreciate every visit, and wonderful comment.
Lots of crafty love. JENNY.

Sunday, 1 March 2020

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES DT........CHALLENGE 116.ANYTHING BUT A CARD


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

It's the first of the month and time for another challenge over at
The theme this time is
 Anything But A Card 
So I thought I would make a Tissue Box for my DT work.



The images used are Hunkydory a free set with Hunkydory membership you just pay the postage.
I really loved the gorgeous Hare and the art work.
I used a combo of Hobby House pearls and Tonic Nuvo Pearl Drops on the top of the box.
The lovely lace came from the Works back last year.
I make these Tissue Box Bases from the left over Box Board I use for my 8"x8" size Boxes I make for special cards so I think it can be classed as  Snippets so I will be joining the Pixies Snippets Playground with this. 

Please pop over to the Challenge Blog to see the gorgeous DT work there are some stunning creations.

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

I would like to enter this into the following challenges.
https://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.com/2020/02/pixies-snippets-playground-challenge-372.html 

Wednesday, 26 February 2020

RUDOLF DAYS CHALLENGE......FEBRUARY 2020


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

Sorry I have not been about lately, but I am having a few health problems which need to get sorted, it seems I like I am falling apart as it's one thing after another.

As it's nearly the end of the month and time for the Rudolf Days Challenge over at 
The challenge runs to the end of the month and as I am not on the DT this month I can enter a card.
So here is my entry.



This is a 8"x8" size card.
The papers and the image are Stamperia the flowers are Christmas Rose Stamps by Sheena Douglas stamped and fussy cut by hand, and coloured with water colour pencils and then sprayed with Crafters Companion Spray and Sparkle Pearl Diamond.
The corners were done with a Imaginations Crafts Stencil and some snow paste, and then dusted with Cosmic Shimmer Glitter Jewels Iced Snow.

Thank you do much for your visit, and precious time.
I really love reading all your lovely comments.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

Saturday, 1 February 2020

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES CHALLENGE 115 DT...........NO IMAGE AND SENTIMENT OR QUOTE THE FOCUS POINT


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

As it's the first of the month today starts a New Challenge over at 
MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES 
The lovely Christine is your 
 host for this challenge, and she would like your creations to be 
No Image and Sentiment or Quote the Focus point.

I have made a Christening card and Box.





This is a 8"x8" size card and box I made to fit it.
I used the Tattered Lace Interlinked Illusion Circle Die for this.
The flowers are the Tattered Lace Flexi Framed Lily Die with Charisma download.
Pearls from HobbyHouse, and C&C.

Please pop over to the challenge blog, and take a look at the wonderful creations made by the rest of the team they are worth looking at.

Thank you so much for your visit, and precious time.
I always appreciate every visit and wonderful comments you all make.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

Wednesday, 29 January 2020

RUDOLF DAYS CHALLENGE .....JANUARY 2020


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

I do hope everyone is keeping well, and also keeping warm and cosy this winters time.

Today I have a Christmas card to join in the 
over at scrappymo's blog.
The challenge runs from the 25th of the month to the end of the month.
As I was not designing this month I thought I would join the challenge which I am allowed to.



This is a 8"x8" size card.
A couple of years ago I joined in Loll's 12 days of Christmas Tag Challenge, and made quite  few tags so I thought I would make use of them and make them into cards.
I made one last year and this is my second one.
The choir boys are a Hunkydory image.
The poinsettias were made with a Robert Adams Die which I won years ago on the Pixies Snippets Challenge.
The Glittered Happy Christmas wooden sentiment was from the Works last year.
As I used lots of snippets on this I will also be joining the Pixies Snippets Challenge.

Thank you so much for your visit and precious time.
It's so much appreciated.
Lots of crafty love. JENNY.

Tuesday, 14 January 2020

SHABBY CHIC BIRTHDAY CARD


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

I do hope everyone is keeping well.
Can't seem to get my head around crafting lately, but I had to make a few family Birthday cards so that pushed me into the craft room.
I made this card for my Daughter to give my Granddaughter who's is 33 tomorrow.
I know she doesn't look at my blog so it's okay to show now.



This is a 8"x8" size card.
The papers are from a Paper Boutique pad.
Sorry the inside photo didn't come out very well.
Lace from my stash wooden bird cage from the works.
The large flower is from WOC.
The small ones are Tim Holtz.
Leaves I made.
Pearl corner cut from a large roll of pearls bought at the Range a couple of years ago in their sale.
Cut out some butterflies from the strip of paper used,  and then decoupaged them.
Happy Birthday die Sue Wilson's.

Thank you so much for your visit, and precious time.
I really appreciate every visit, and wonderful comment.
Lots of crafty love. JENNY.
 

Monday, 6 January 2020

BABY GIRL ALBUM


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

Today I have my Baby Girl Album to show you there are lots of photos of the cover and pages.



 Front Cover.

Spine of Book.


Other side of Front Cover.

Which open like this with a magnet closure.

Front of First Page
Acetate Photo Frame.

Back of First Page.
A pocket with photo matt.

2nd Page.

 Which Opens up like this, and is the front.

Right hand side of expanding card.

The other side of expanding card.

The end that I couldn't get in one photo.

Back of page 2.

Which opens like this.

Page 3 photo pocket with a opening card for photos like below.


Inside the photo matt card.

Each page has a photo matt either on the side or on the top of the page.

Back of 3rd page a photo pocket with another card inside the pocket.

Front of 4th page another acetate frame for a photo.

Back of 4th page.

Which opens up like this.

Inside back cover.

Back cover.

This is a 6"x6" size album made from the Tonic Book Die, and the papers were all from the Joanna Sheen's Baby Love CD.
I just wish I could video this as it would show the interactive parts better.
Maybe one day I will learn how to do this.

Thank you so much for your precious time and patience with such a long post.
Lots of crafty love. Jenny L.

Wednesday, 1 January 2020

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES DT..........ALL THINGS NEW


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

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE I DO HOPE IT BRINGS LOTS OF HEALTH AND HAPPINESS YOUR WAY.
 
It's time for a new challenge over at 
The challenge is a 
NEW MONTHLY ONE
FROM NOW ON.
which starts on the 1st of each Month.
The theme this month is 
ALL THINGS NEW.
Sorry I am late posting this, but my Internet was off.

Here is a Baby card for my DT.

  

This is a 6"x6" size card.
The image and papers are from Joanna Sheen's Baby Love CD.
The Baby dies are cheap Chinese, also the lovely lacy doily is a cheap Chinese  die too.
Please pop along to the challenge blog to see the lovely creations made by all A and B Teams which are now combined for our challenges.
Also if you entered the last challenge you may have won a prize.

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

Thursday, 19 December 2019

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


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

Still trying to catch up on my families Christmas cards which I left because of the Bazaar makes.

It's time for another challenge over at
This time around both A and B teams will participate, and we would like anything but a card as your entries please.
There are a few prizes involved that have been donated by our teams too.
Here is what I made some Snowmen that I saw being made on U Tube.


These are made from children's socks and filled with rice.
I actually made 12 of these for the Bazaar, and also some Penguins which I will show another time.

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

Sunday, 1 December 2019

BABY GIRL CARD.


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

So sorry I have not been visiting you lately I have been commenting on my DT work, but not found time to comment on my own blog.
The reason being 2 fold firstly I was making the Baby Album, and secondly there is a Bazaar where I live and I have been busy making things for that.
I really appreciate you visiting even though I haven't had the time to reciprocate.

I am posting a Baby card so my blog doesn't show the Rudolf Challenge after it's finished.



This is a 8"x8" size card.
The image and the papers are from the Joanna Sheen Baby Love CD which is no longer available.
Doilies Creative Crafting World Paper Boutique Dies.
Baby garments cheap Chinese Dies..
No you are not seeing things with the colour card used its Ombre Pink. LoL

Thank you so much for visit.
Hope to be back before Christmas properly. 
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.
 

Monday, 25 November 2019

RUDOLF DAYS CHALLENGE DT CARD.............NOVEMBER 2019


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

Getting towards the end of Baby Memory Book at last.
 Sometimes it's the designing, and what to do that holds one up while making it, but I need it for next week.

As it's the 25th of the month already, and time for the November 
over at Scrappymo's Blog.
It's the last one of this year.
As always it's anything goes as long as it's Christmas.
ONE ENTRY PER PERSON.
The challenge runs as always till the end of the month.
Here is 2 cards I made this month.

  


The first card is a 8"x8" size.
The 2nd one is a 6"x6" size.
The first one is a Creative Expressions Die.
I sprayed the die cut with glue, and added some C/E Iced Snow glitter to it.
The ombre glitter card for the background is from Hobbycraft.
The 2nd one is a die I bought from the works which I cut out twice then glued the bottom layer pieces back in place to give me a base.  

Looking forward to seeing your super creations this month.
Thank you so much for your visit, and precious time.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.  

Thursday, 21 November 2019

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES DT...........STEAMPUNK


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

Sorry I have been missing for a long time I have been making a 
Baby Memory Book from scratch for my Niece to give her youngest Son and his wife on the birth of their first child soon. 
Still have 2 pages left to decorate, and the cover.

Today is the start of another challenge over at
It's Challenge No 111 and the host of the challenge would like to see Steampunk on your creations please.
The challenge runs from today till Wednesday the 4th of December.
Here is what I made for my DT card.

 This is a Z Fold card I made with a Hunkydory Mirri card stock and was very easy and quick to make as my time is being used up by the memory book I am making.
Please pop over to the challenge blog to see the wonderful DT creations made by my team friends.

Thank you so much for your visit, and precious time.
Lots of crafty love. Jenny L.