Blue Butterflies

 

Hello to all in 'blogland'

Recently I entered a challenge over at I Spy With My Little Eye, and was thrilled

when my card was chosen as one of the Top 2. I was even more thrilled when I

was invited to be a guest designer for their current challenge (# 12), the theme 

of which is "...Something Beginning With 'B'.

This is the card I designed using 3 B's...blue, butterflies and birthday.

I believe the design fold is called a 'box-seat' fold.

This is the back of the card showing the centre panel, where I will write

my personal message to the recipient.

A view from the top of the card, which shows fairly clearly

how the card has been constructed.

This view is of the card lying flat.

Challenges I would like to enter :-

A Place To Start - Monochrome 

Craft Rocket #111 - Birthday

Crafty Animals #80 - Anything Goes (must feature an animal) (2nd entry)

Critter Crazy #83 - Anything Goes (must feature a critter) (2nd entry)

Time Out #257 - Birthday

Triple B - Anything Goes, but must feature either Birds, Butterflies or Blooms

Dies - Cheery Lynn and Sweet Stamps (butterflies); Cuttlebug (21)

DSP - Bella 'Ever After'

Ink for sponging - Distress Ink 'Tumbled Glass'

Glitter cardstock - unnamed

Peel-off sticker is from my junk stash

Embossing Folder - Craft Concepts 'Wings'

Why not pop over to I Spy With My Little Eye and see Ellie and Pauline's gorgeous cards, and the fabulous male card by my fellow guest 'teamie', Pia, then enter your own creation.

Until next time, thank you again to Ellie and Pauline for the invitation.

Hugs,

Jennifer. x

 

Fiery Dragon/dinosaur

 

Hello to all out there in 'Blogland'.

Do you find that while some months are more relaxing as far as needing to

make birthday cards, several others have birthdays coming at an alarming 

rate? Those months for me are January, February, March and July.

This card was for a dear little boy we have known since he was born. I 

matted several images from a sheet of DSP by Art Stamps Australia. 

I die-cut the various stars from glitter foam, and the greeting is 

Stampin' Up.

A close-up look at the dragon/dinosaur. I think he is trying

to be scary, but I just think he is so cute.

Challenges I would like to enter :-

Crafty Animals #80 - Anything Goes

Critter Crazy #83 - Anything Goes (must feature a critter)

Cupcake Inspirations #588 - Dinosaurs

Do-A1(1) Creative #86 - Anything Goes + Optional Mystical or Vintage

Lets Craft and Create #204 - Anything Goes + optional Dots and/or Stripes

I must go and bring the washing off the line, so until next time thank you for visiting.

Hugs,

Jennifer. x

The Rainbow Bridge

My heart is broken. Yesterday I took our beautiful furbaby to our vet as he has 

not 'been himself' lately. He turned 19 at Christmas so we thought he was 

just feeling his age and slowing down. 

 

 

Last week our vet booked us to return yesterday for

blood tests and a thorough examination under heavy sedation. Imagine my

immense shock when the vet immediately discovered an intestinal tumour

the size of a large orange.

While Cookie lately has been very fussy about his food and had lost some 

weight he showed no signs of having any pain. We all agreed that he would

spend the short time he had left in severe pain, so the kindest thing was to

help him cross the Rainbow Bridge. He has been such a 'personality boy',

and such good company for both John and myself. However, since John 

had to go into a nursing home in August, Cookie has been constantly by

my side, day and night. I will miss him more than words can say.

Rest In Peace my beautiful, brave boy.

(The photos above were taken as recently as last August - don't you love

those gorgeous, expressive eyes).

With tears streaming down my cheeks, I will say goodnight and hope I can sleep without Cookie curled up beside me.

Hugs,

Jennifer.  x

 

Snowflakes and Serviettes

Good Evening. I have another Christmas card to show you.

The background has been created using a serviette. I ironed the very top layer of a

serviette onto a piece of white cardstock with a sheet of plastic cling wrap in 

between. There are countless tutorials of this technique on the internet.

I then trimmed the background piece, and attached it to the card base.

The greeting and beautiful snowflake were die-cut from glitter foam.

Challenges I would like to enter :-

Peace On Earth #55 - 'Anything Christmas Goes' (2nd entry)

Try It On Tuesday - 'Winter Blues'

Dies - Tim Holtz Holiday Words-Script; Kaisercraft Fancy Snowflake

Glittered foam and serviette are from my junk stash

Just a brief post this evening, as I must go and feed my furbaby. He turned 19 recently,

and has not been very well. He is going to the vet's tomorrow for blood tests and a 

full examination under heavy sedation. I guess it is to be expected that he is 

showing big changes at his age, but I am dreading the inevitable.

Until next time, thank you for visiting,

Hugs,

Jennifer. x

 

 

Berries

 

Good evening. I have another Christmas card to show you. This one features an

interesting fold. I think it may be called a faux step card.

I enjoyed making the card base, so I made a few cards using the design, but

with different DSPs. The card folds flat, and fits into a standard C6 envelope.

 

This angle shows how the card sits for display. I decorated the card inside

to match the front.

Challenges I would like to enter:-

ABC Christmas 'A' and 'B' - I chose ''B' is for Berries'

Peace On Earth Christmas #55 - Mood Board or Anything Christmas Goes

The Holly and Ivy #154 - Anything Christmas Goes (2nd entry)

Dies - Stampin' Up Christmas Cheer; Spellbinder Scalloped Square

DSP - Stampin' Up Painted Christmas

Stamps - Stampin' Up Christmas Banners

Bronze cardstock is from my junk stash

Until next time, thank you for visiting,

Hugs,

Jennifer.  x

Pink Snowflakes

 

Good evening.

Now that Christmas is fast becoming a memory, I do have a Christmas card 

to show you. Although I love the traditional reds, greens, gold and silver for my 

festive season cards, I occasionally like to create a card or two in non-traditional

colours such as pinks, purples and even black and white.

This card was created using a favourite technique, and most Christmases I make

a couple of cards like this. I cover a piece of coloured cardstock with wide

double-sided tape, peel off the top side, place a die-cut greeting and assorted

die-cut snowflakes and stars on the very sticky surface (taking care not to leave

any fingerprints). I then replace the peeled off paper and 'massage' the die-cuts

firmly to ensure they are fully attached, then discard. Liberally sprinkle glitter

over the card top, then gently 'massage' the glitter before pouring excess back

into the container. 

Challenges I would like to enter:-

Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Snowflakes (2nd entry)

Creations in Pink #65 - Anything Goes (mainly pink)

The Holly and The Ivy #154 - Anything Christmas Goes

It's about time this little bunny hops into bed, as she has a big day tomorrow...nothing exciting, just appointments involving several hours driving, so until next time, thank you for visiting.

Hugs, Jennifer.  x

Classic Automobiles

 

Good Evening.

Living here in our retirement village is a lovely friend who is turning 80.

He is a true gentleman, and it was a pleasure to make this card for him to

celebrate this special milestone birthday.

I sponged around the card base and snippets of cardstock for the script layer, greeting and car 

bases with distress ink. I had stamped the script with Walnut D.I., but I felt it was too dark, so

I covered it with vellum, attached with brads. The cars, gentleman and '80' were cut from 

snippets of bronze mirror card, left over from my Christmas card-making marathon.

The inside of the card continues the 'classic' theme.

Challenges I would like to enter :-

Creative Knockouts #512 - Celebrations

Cut It Up #294 - Anything Goes

Double D - Anniversary or Birthday (optional - use bronze)

Dragonfly Dreams - Planes, Trains and Automobiles

I Spy With My Little Eye #10 - Something Old and/or Something New (the 'Happy Birthday' stamp is new, the dies are very old)

Paper Funday #61 - Anything Goes (optional Celebrate)

Snippets Playground #471 - Celebration

Unicorn #94 - Birthday

 

Dies - Marianne LR 0198; Couture Creations Exquisite Gentleman; Cuttlebug Olivia

Stamps - Stampin' Up Go To Greetings, Peaceful Moments; Darkroom Door Script

Inks - Ranger Distress Ink Gathered Twig, Walnut

Brads, Vellum, Bronze mirror card - from my junk stash

Until next time, thank you for visiting,

Hugs,

Jennifer.  x

P.S. I apologise if the main paragraph is 'weird'. In my draft it appears normally formatted, but in my preview it is weird. I have tried for ages to correct it, but to no avail, so have just decided to 'publish' as is.