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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.

Tuesday, 6 September 2022

BIRTHDAY CARD FOR DAUGHTER

 

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

 

We had a thunder storm and some heavy rain last night.

It was much needed in my area of Kent as my grass in the garden looks dead and my Daughter hasn't had to cut the grass all summer this year so far.

Sometimes my Son does it and sometimes my Daughter does as my garden slopes to the side and bottom of the garden and I can't manage the lawn mower any more because of the slopes.

Today I have a card I made for my Daughter's Birthday back in the begining of July.

 


This is a 8"x8" size card which is my preferred size if I am not posting it.

The lovely glittery ombre paper is from Craft Artist from C&C.

I decided to attach part of some lace I had in my stash to the back of the oval die cuts.

The oval dies are from Crafts Too and bought from Amazon.

I used some lace daisies with some bling for the centres.

The Happy Birthday die is a Sue Wilson one and typed sentiment is fron a Hunkydory book of typed sentiments bought from Amazon.


Thank you so much for your visit and precious time.

I really appreciate every visit and wonderful comments you make.

Lots of crafty love. JENNY. 

Monday, 5 September 2022

BABY BOY CARD AND BOX

 

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

 

Did any of you find Google was having tantrums yesterday it wouldn't let me comment on quite a few sites and also I tried to post and it wasn't playing fair with that either.

 

So today I have a Baby Boy card and Box to show you.

Now there must be an influx of Baby Boys born as I have made quite a few these past months.

 


 


   This is a 8"x8" size card and box I made to fit it.
The paper is from the Jonna Sheen CD Baby Love.
Baby items from a cheap Chinese dies.
Flowers from Amazon.
Pearls from Hobby House Crafts.
 
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, 1 September 2022

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES........CHALLENGE 146... TREES/ AND OR LEAVES.... DT CARDS

 

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

As it's the 1st of the month again it's time for a new challenge over at

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES 

I am your host for this months challenge and I would like to see 

Trees/ and or Leaves 

on your creations as Autumn is nearly upon us.

The Challenge ends on the 28th of September.

I have actually gone with 2 Christmas cards for my DT.

 


 


The first card is a 7"x7" size and the second card is a 6"x6" size card.
I used a cobination of Lavinia Stamps and a Sheena one for the first card and stamped it by hand again only using my stamp platform for the verse inside, the sentiment is a Woodware one.
The holly and the stag stamp  are NBUS stamps so I am off to join the NBUS Challenge.
The second card is a Pennyblack Scene Stamp I won years ago, and that was stamped with my stamp platform and coloured with Derwnt water colour pencils, and the sentiment is a Woodware Stamp also.
Finally I added some white Nuvo Drops as falling snow on both cards. 
 
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. 

I would like to enter my first card into the following challenge.
 

Friday, 26 August 2022

RUDOLF DAYS CHALLENGE..........AUGUST 2022

 

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

I do hope you will all have a lovely bank holiday weekend.

The weather has been fantastic this summer hasn't it.

 

Today I am posting my entry into the August Rudolf Challenge over at

SCARPPYMO'S BLOG 

 as it's not my month for my DT I can enter the challenge.

 


 



These are both 6"x6" size cards

I used Cardio Stamps and stamped the designs by hand and only used my stamp platform for my verse inside.

The sentiment stamps are Woodware.

Got this idea from the You Tube just put my take on the images.

The You Tube I got the ideas from was Attic Lane, and Aldrige Crafts.

I used a selction of DOI to colour the edges and the matt layer of the circles.


Thank you for your visit and precious time.

I really appreciate every visit and wonderful comment you make.

Lots of crafty love. JENNY.


I would like to enter this into the following challenges.

https://scrapsoflifebyscrappymo.blogspot.com/2022/08/august-rudolph-days-challenge.html


Friday, 19 August 2022

PARTYING IN THE SUNSHINE

 

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

I do hope you all have something nice planned for the weekend.

Been having a play again with my Lavina Stamps and inks this morning.

A few years ago I promised myself to do more stamping cards and never did it.

So hopefully I will rectify this now.





This is a 7"x7" size card.

I inked my cardwith DOI Rustic Wilderness/ Spiced Marmalade/

and Fossilized Amber making sure I used a mask for my sun.

I then stamped all around the card with first and second generation stamping with my Lavina Snow Shrub and Falling Ivy stamps in Versa Fine Clair Ink in the colour of Shady Lane.

I then spritzed it with water and my fan brush.

I stamped my Pixies in Versa Fine Onyx Black and highlighted their wings with a glitter sakura gel pen sprinkled some fairy dust with the pen also.


Thank you so much for your vist and precious time.

I really appreciate every visit and wonderful comment you make.

Lots of crafty love. JENNY.

 

Wednesday, 17 August 2022

SISTER'S BIRTHDAY CARD

 

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

I have recently be buying some new stamps and have been having a play with them.

This card is made with Lavina Stamps, and all the stamping was done by hand.

I have been watching Jo Rice on You Tube to help with my fear of stamping and inspiration.

I was quite pleased how this turned out for my first attempt.

 



This is a 7"x7" size card.

I inked my card with DOI in the colours of Faded Jeans/ Mermaid Lagoon/ and Broken China.

Then I spritzed it with my water fan shaped brush.

I also used a spray bottle with pearl mica mist and water in it, but it doesn't show up on camera.

Then I stamped the Lavina Snow Shrub stamp in first and second generation stamping with Versa Fine Ink.

I then stamped the Lavina Stamp Small Pixies in the sky and added some Sakura Glitter pen to their wings and some small dots as their Fairy Dust.

As these stamps are Nbus I am trotting off to  Darnells to enter Nbus challenge.

The type written sentiment was from a Hunkydory Book of type written sentiments.

I have also made a Christmas one similar to this one and added a moon as I thought that was missing on this one will show on the Rudolf Challenge next month for my DT.

 

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. 


I would like toenter this into the following challenge.

https://mynbus.blogspot.com/


  

Saturday, 13 August 2022

MY BLOG HAS BEEN GOING FOR 10 YEARS TODAY.........

 

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

Today my blog has been going for 10 years so I thought I would do a little give away for those of you that visit and comment regularly on here.

So I put all your names in a bowl and picked out 2 to receive a 50 pound voucher each from where ever they would like me to buy it.

The names that were drawn out were 

Christine Harrop

Liz from the Crafty Sunflower blog.

Please email me with where you would like me to buy your vouchers.

 

I do so hope all are keeping cool with this heat.

I have plenty of fans all around my bungalow and also bought a neck fan to keep me cool while crafting.

This is a card I made for my sister late last year for her Birthday.

 


 

This is a 8"x8" size card.

Glitter ombre card from Hobbycraft yeaars ago.

Die cuts are Paper Boutique.

The daisies and butterflies are Carnation Crafts Dies with printable down loads although I didn't use it on the butterflies.

I inked the edges of the Happy Birthday Dies with Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide Ink.

The Happy Birthday Die is a Sue Wilson one.


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 August 2022

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES CHALLENGE 145........ANYTHING GOES

 

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

It's the first of another month and time for a new challenge over at 

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES 

The lovely Wendy is your host for this months challenge and the theme is 

Anything Goes.

You have to the 29th of August to enter and you may enter 5 times.

 

I made a Wedding Card and Box a while back and havn't shown it yest so I used that.

 


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

I used silver rainbow mirri card for the bottom matt of the card and box.

Then I used pearlised card for the top layer.

I made a corner pockets on the outside of the card and the inside of the card, and then edged them with ribbon.

 Then die cut heart shapes to slot into them with the recipients names and a verse inside.

Flowers and leaves from my stash.

Finally I added some Ribbon Bells and Sequins to the heart shape.

Dies used are Tattered Lace for the hearts, Tonic for The Mr & Mrs and a cheap die for the wedding couple.

 

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, 25 July 2022

RUDOLF DAYS CHALLENGE ....JULY 2022...DT CARDS

 

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

Sorry the Rudolf Challenge will not start till tomorrow the 26th.

I went away to my Son's house to help my Daughter look after his dogs at the begining of July while they were on holiday.

While there I went to my Great Granddaughter's play as it was her last year in junior school.

On coming home from my Son's I got the Covid not sure where I caught it from as my Granddaughter and her friend who attended never got it.

Getting better as each day passes just a tickly cough now and then, and I can't smell or taste anything either.

 

As it's the 25th of the month and time for another Rudolf Days Challenge over at

SCRAPPYMO'S BLOG  

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 in your one post if desired.

Here is what I made when I was feeling a little better.

 

 

 
These are both 7"x6" size tent style cards.

The shaped die used is a John Lockwood Die, and I was watching a demo on You Tube of him making a Christmas card with his Christmas set which is very much like this one so I got inspired to make a Christmas one with the one I had already.

This is the first time useing this die and I am pleased how they turned out.

The card stock used is from some pads of coloured card and paper bought from Hobycraft.

The leaping deer was coloured with a Tonic glitter pen on the first card and the original colour on the second card.

Sentiment die I think Maureen sent me.

On the second card I used a flower I made from my stash which I thought looked like a Christmas Rose.

 

Thank you for your visit and precious time.

I really appreciate every visit and wonderful comment you make.

Lots of crafty love. JENNY.

Friday, 1 July 2022

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES DT CHALLENGE 144 ..FOR JULY...INKY BACKGROUNDS

 

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

 

It's the first of the month yet again and time for a new challenge over at

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES 

Your host for this challenge is the lovely Carole and she would like to see Inky Backgrounds on your creations this month.

Here is what I made for my DT.

 


This is a 5"x7" size tent style crd.

I started by rubbing Blue Print Sketch Distress Oxide Ink down my card stock and then I stencilled a leaf design with Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide Ink.

I then sprayed the inked design with water and some white pearl mica I made up in a spray bottle. Which doesn't show up much in the photo.

I then cut out my sentiment 5 times out of white card stock and glued together.

Lastly I splattered white gesso watered down for some speckles.

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, 30 June 2022

RUDOLF DAYS CHALLENGE ....JUNE 2022

 

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

I am running quite late as today is the last day to enter the Rudolf Challenge.

 Not been too good lately, and not crafting a great deal.

Luckily I made these a month ago so I am alright to enter this months challenge as it's not my DT month.

 




These are both 7"x7" size cards.

The paper used is Carta Bella Hello Christmas 6"x6" size pad.

The first card the panels were in the paper pad so this was a quickie to make.

White Glitter card used is Tonic.

Stamped verse inside with Memento Ink.

The second card didn't need much as that was a very busy paper the chipboard elements were Echo Park which went quite well with the paper.

Red matt mirri card is Tonic.

Stamped verse also stamped with Memento Ink.


Thank you so much for you visit and precious time.

I really appreciate every visit and wonderful comment you make.

Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges. 

https://scrapsoflifebyscrappymo.blogspot.com/2022/06/june-rudolph-days-challenge.html 

Wednesday, 22 June 2022

3YEAR OLD TWINS BIRTHDAY CARDS

 

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

I was asked to make cards for Twins that were about to turn 3 years old so this is what I came up with.

 




These are 8"x8" size cards.

The girls one is Hunkydory card stock with a Crafters Companion image.

The boys one is a Hunkydory Image from their little books.

The paper is and old one and I can't remember the name.

Large Nimbers dies are Carnation Crafts.

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, 14 June 2022

18th BIRTHDAY CARD AND BOX

 

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

I can't believe how fast this month is going as we are in the middle of the month already.

I went to a craft show last Friday at Ditton Kent it was mainly about the Groovi Plates from Barbara Gray, as my friend and her daughter are into  all that.

It was a very nice affair and a very friendly atmosphere too.

I bought some stamps and lots of Distress Inks and Distress Oxide Inks that I havn't already got.

 

 Here is a card I made for an 18th Birthday recently.


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

The shoe die is a Tonic one which I cut out of silver glitter card from Tonic.

Happy Birthday die is a Sue Wilson one and the 18 is a Tonic die.

The th I cut out of the Birthday part of the die.

Flowers are a Chloe die and the leaves are Heartfelt Creations die.

 

Thank you so much for your visit and precious time.

I really appreciate every visit and wonderful comment you make.

Sorry I have been missing again I have had lots of cards to make and not been feeling A1 either, and also I have a new Great Grandson born on the 9th of June.

Lots of crafty love. JENNY.

 

Wednesday, 1 June 2022

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES DT....CHALLENGE NO 143..........MASCULINE/FATHERS DAY

 

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

It's the first of the month yet again and time for a new challenge over at

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES 

The lovely Zoe is your host for this challenge and she would like to see your creations

MASCULINE/ FATHERS DAY.

I lost my father in 2013 so it's a Birthday card for my Son as my DT.

 


 

This is a 8"x8" size card.

The paper was a download, but I can't remember where from.

I fussy cut out a couple of the footballs and decoupaged them.

The Black Glitter card is from Tonic.

The happy Birthday die is a Sue Wilson one.

Large letter dies bought from Amazon no brand name.


Thank you so much for your vist and precious time.

I really appreciate every visit and wonderful comment you make.

Lots of crafty love.  JENNY. 

Monday, 30 May 2022

POP UP BOX

 

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

I t was my Great Granddaughter's 13th Birthday recently so I was not sure what to make her this year and then I suddenly thought of a pop up box.

 



I make the pop up box from 

Jackie Trinder's blog HERE on the top of her blog are her instructions on how to make it.

I used a 12"x12" paper pad from the Range.

Happy Birthday die is Paper Boutique.

Numbers die is a Tonic one from their subscription box monthly.

Circles cut out with a punch.

Daisies are Cranation Crafts dies.


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. 

Wednesday, 25 May 2022

RUDOLF DAYS CHALLENGE DT .........MAY 2022

 

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

 

Sorry I have been missing again, I hurt my shoulder and couldn't type until now.

Slowly getting a lot better now, but age seems to hamper how long it takes to get better  I think.

 

As it's the 25th of the month it's time for the Rudolf Days Challenge over at. 

SCRAPPYMO'S BLOG 

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

One Entry Per Person, 

but you may put as many cards as you like on one post.

There is always a lovely prize for the person picked out randomly. 

So here are my two DT cards I made before I hurt my shoulder.

 





These are both 7"x7" size card.

The papers used are from a 6"x6" pad of Crafters Companion bought at the works last year.

The reindeer and sleigh die is a cheapy bought on Amazon, and cut out with white glitter card stock from Tonic.

The second card was also from the same paper pad and the snowflakes were from the Works and also the sentiment was from a 12"x12" paper pad bought last year from the Works.

These cards are not as highly decorated as I usually do as I thought the paper was too nice to cover up too much.

 

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.