Pink Christmas Poinsettia

 

Good morning. It is no secret that among my favourite flowers

(particulary at Christmas) are poinsettias. 

With a break away from the traditional red poinsettias, I have created

a white one, softly blushed with pink. I used a snowflake stencil and

pearlised texture paste on the pale pink (script) DSP, then when dry,

 I hand-stitched around the edges. I also lightly sponged some of the

foliage die-cuts with the texture paste.

A close up look at my poinsettia that I so lightly sponged

with Victorian Velvet dye ink. The centre is a silver Sparklet.

I painted the wooden snowflake with 2 coats of the

pearlised texture paste.

Challenges I would like to enter.

Creations in pink #56 - 'Anything Goes in MAINLY pink'

My Time To Craft Christmas #57 - 'Poinsettias'

The Holly and the Ivy Christmas #137 - 'Anything Christmas Goes'

Merry Little Christmas #49 - 'Anything Christmas Goes'

Dies - Tim Holtz Holiday Greens, Tattered Poinsettia; Spellbinders Lacey Circles

SPD - Kaisercraft Silver Bells

Sentiment - Art Stamps Australia

Twine for stitching is actually recycled from bags of horse feed, soaked, washed and ironed. My friend Diane sent me a large 'stash'. When we lived on our farm and had horses, I always saved the twine.

Texture Paste - Crafts 4 U

Sparklet, tinsel and wooden snowflake are from my junk stash

I must be off to pretend I am a domestic goddess 😁😁, so until next time, thank you for visiting.

Hugs,

Jennifer.  x

Happy Easter

Good afternoon. In my previous post I showed you one of the 5 chocolate

box/cards I made for an order. That one was in pinks, and this afternoon

I have 2 more to show you...1 is in purple tones, and the other is in green,

yellow and orange tones.

While all 5 box/cards are in various colours, the actual boxes are all

exactly the same size and design. I bought a large block of chocolate,

and experimented with scraps of cardstock until I had a perfect size

for that particular chocolate block which is probably the most common

one in Australia.

A closer look at the floral arrangement.

Inside the box/card, showing the little pocket with its tag

on which to write a personal message; and the large pocket

that holds the block of chocolate.

This is the 'green' box/card.

A close-up look at the pretty flowers and foliage.

Challenges I would like to Enter:-

Craft Rocket #102 - 'Layer It Up'

Fab 'n' Funky #570 - 'Use Die Cuts'

Make My Monday #197 - 'P' is for... (purple, pocket) (2nd entry)

My Time To Craft #505 - 'Easter or Spring Flowers'

The Paper Funday #52 - 'Anything Goes; with optional twist, Flower Power'

Through the Purple Haze #203 -'For Girls'

DSP - Stampin' up; First Edition Spring Drop

Sentiments - LOTV; Peel-off sticker

Dies - Stampin' Up; Spellbinders; Creative Expressions; Cheery Lynn; Dies R Us

Flowers, ribbons, brads, pearls are from my junk stash

Until next time, thank you for visiting,

Hugs, Jennifer. xx

P.S. If you are wondering what happened to the block of chocolate I used to create the template for my box/card.....you'll have to keep wondering, 'cause that's my secret 😁😁😄.

 

Pink Easter Blessings

Good evening. Last Christmas a lovely lady here at our retirement village

bought 2 of my chocolate box/cards. Early in the new year she said the 

recipients loved them, and I was thrilled when she asked me to make 

5 more with an Easter theme. 

I made all 5 box/cards in different base colours, with different DSPs, and  

very different designs. My 'customer' loved them. This is the pink-themed

one. This DSP has the most gorgeous, all-over sparkle, but unfortunately

it does not show at all in the photos.

A closer look at my floral arrangement with those cute

little die-cut eggs.

This is the inside, showing on the right the 'box' which fits a large

block of chocolate, and on the left is a 'pocket' with the tag

on which a personal message can be written.

Challenges I would like to enter:-

Beautiful Blossoms #3 - Anything Goes (flowers must be the focus)

Cardz 4 Galz #195 - Spring Flowers

Creations In Pink #56 - Anything Goes, Mainly Pink

Double 'D' - Easter

Make My Monday #197 - ' 'P' is for... (Pink, Paper, 'Pocket')

Wednesday's Creative Inspirations - Spring Blooms

Ingredients

DSP - First Edition Spring Drop

Dies - Creative Expressions Easter, assorted foliage dies

Sentiment - from a VERY old childrens' Easter set from bargain store

Flowers, ribbon, twine and gem from my junk stash

Until next time, thank you for visiting,

Hugs,

Jennifer. x

 

Zoooom, Zoooom!

 

Good afternoon.

In the first few months of each year I need quite a few cards

for men and boys. However, because I have been unwell,

this year I have had to make fairly simple, quick cards.

For this card I used a topper from a collection of male toppers 

I have had for ages, and had completely forgotten about. 

This is the sentiment on the insert of my card.

Challenges I would like to Enter

My Time To Craft #503 - 'Birthday'

Topper - Craft Creations Ltd

Sentiments - Stampin' Up Hello, and Happiest Birthday Wishes

Dies - Spellbinders Classic Squares; Stampin' Up Art Gallery

Until next time, thank you for visiting,

Hugs,

Jennifer.  xx

50th Anniversary Celebration

 

Just when I thought it was safe to begin blogging again, but no, fate

had something else planned for me. I have been M.I.A. because I

have been in hospital. Poor John had to call an ambulance for me, 

the second time in a few months. As I am now John's carer, it 

really worries me when I am unable to function fully.

Enough of my problems and on to pleasant memories. In my last blog

post I showed you the card I made for John for our 50th wedding

anniversary last year. This post I will show you some photos

taken of our very happy celebration.

The invitations I made were fairly simple.

I made the candle (battery operated) covers, the place cards, and the 

little 'mats' for Rocher chocolates to co-ordinate with the invitations.

I made the cake a month earlier, and every few days I sprinkled sherry

over it. I then iced and decorated it a few days before our celebration.

The knife has elaborate engraving on both sides of the blade, and has

been used for about 150 years by John's family for every significant

occasion e.g. weddings, christenings, 21sts.

For the main meal we took our son and granddaughter, visiting from 

London, and 7 dear friends to a restaurant. Sadly, my matron-of-honour, 

(and still dear friend) Diane was unable to attend.

 After the meal we all came back home where I had 

pre-prepared a lavish supper (calorie free of course😁😁😂).

John and I then cut our cake. (unfortunately in every photo of the 'ceremony',

a friend had his arm across the table, blocking the view of the cake).

We had a wonderful night, and hopefully we will be able to celebrate

many more anniversaries together. When we met, many friends and family

members told us we were too different to last more than a couple of years...

how wrong they were😁.

Until next time, thank you for visiting,

Hugs,

Jennifer. xx

 

50th Anniversary

 

Good evening crafty friends.

Last year, John and I celebrated our 50th Wedding Anniversary with some

dear friends, and our son and granddaughter who visited from London.

This is the card I made for John. The adorable image is a digi stamp by

Mo Manning. I coloured it with Promarkers and Copics. The background 

paper is from a sheet of exquisite hand-marbled wrapping paper. The '50s'

are cut from gold mirror card with a Cuttlebug Olivia die and the banner 

die is unnamed. All the layers have been matted with narrow gold mirror card.

Inside my card has been decorated with a punched border,

using a Martha Stewart PATP punch. The little hearts are

negatives. 

Challenges I Would Like To Enter :-

Craft Rocket Challenges #100 - 'Love/Valentine' (WINNER)

Crafty Friends #164 - 'Love/Romance'

Cut It Up #271 - 'Have A Heart'

Moving Along With The Times #151 - 'Numbers' (2nd entry)

Papercraft Challenges #91 - 'Hearts'

Thank you for visiting, and until next time,

Hugs,

Jennifer.  xx

Choo Choo

Good afternoon.

It is one year today since I last posted anything on my blog.

To say the least, the past 12 months have been tumultuous, with

many changes to my life, and that of my husband of almost 51 years, John.

I will not bore you with any details, except to say that John's health has been

in decline for some time now, and I am now officially his carer. Spare time

is in short supply, so I decided that I would take a break from blogging.

John will soon be 76, and I am not too far behind that (with some

health issues of my own). However, I feel that it may be time

 to get back into crafting and blogging. 

Recently a dear little boy we know celebrated his 5th birthday.

This is the card I made for him.

I used a very old Cuttlebug set of train dies to cut the engine and carriages from

snippets of navy blue and yellow cardstock. The yellow pieces were then glued 

into the 'windows'. Using some snippets of silver card from a paracetamol box,  

I attached the wheel centres. Many years ago I bought a sheet of  'track' 

peel off stickers, so that is what the little train is riding on.

A close-up look at the engine and one of the carriages. I used

a pale grey Promarker to add some smoke puffs.

Using a Cuttlebug die and snippets of navy blue and red cardstock, 

I cut two number 5s, and offset them to create a 'shadow' effect.

Challenges I would like to enter :-

Creative Fingers #248 - 'Anything Goes'

Daisy Chain #71 - 'Baby/kids'

Moving Along With The Times #151 - 'Numbers'

Snippets Playground #447 - 'Anything Goes'

Hopefully I will be back soon to show you another card, so until then, thank you for visiting.

Hugs,

Jennifer.  x