Golden Time

This is typical of me, isn't it...a drought of posts, and then several in

quick succession. Life has been rather hectic lately, and will continue

to be so for another few weeks, but then I hope to be able to settle

into a more steady pace after that.

This is another design team card from the bundle of cards I made for Kaaren at 

Fat Cat's Card Corner (see previous post). When I received this die, I was at

odds as to what to do with it, but after a while I thought that because the 

die was quite detailed, I would keep the embellishments to a minimum.

A close up look at the flower and leaves I cut using one of the other die-

sets that Kaaren sent me. The paper I used for the matting and the flowers

is a beautiful pearlised damask sheet I have had for many years, and 

honouring my resolution to start to use up some of my immense hoard

collection of beautiful papers, I cut into it. The photo appears as if

the paper is grey and silver, but it is actually gold on cream.

Dies - Find It Trading Yvonne Creations - Vintage Objects YC010132; Creative Expressions by Sue Wilson Passion Flower, Mini Expressions Get Well
Paper - Christina Re
Ribbon and tiny clock face are from my junk stash

Challenges I Would Like To Enter
Challenge Up Your Life #92 - 'Gold'
Creative Craft Cottage #107 - 'Dies and/or Punches'
Monochrome Magic #11 - 'Monochrome'

On a cold and very wet Sunday afternoon, I must be off to prepare dinner, so I will simply say "until next time, thank you for visiting".
Hugs,
Jennifer.  xx

Lotus Silhouette

Hello to all my crafting friends,

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It is almost time to tell you my exciting news....

but not quite yet! 

Just one more sleep to go.

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Isn't it scary that we are now in the second half of July already. It is now more than a year since our big 40th Wedding Anniversary celebrations, and our second honeymoon in beautiful New Zealand. We loved N.Z. so much we are planning a return holiday there next year.

Once again it is time for another challenge at Penny's Paper Crafty, 

and our theme is 

'Use The Colour Black'

Just the black outline of your image is not enough - you must use black in your

colouring, layering, or embellishments, or you may choose to create something

using black and just one other colour, or black and white.

This week we have 3 lovely sponsors

I was asked to select an image from several offered by Delicious Doodles, 

and I chose the lovely Lotus Silhouette. I only realised today that there are

matching digi papers in many colours.

My card is DL size, and was fairly quick to create. I have had that gorgeous 

pearlised Christina Re backing paper for ages.

A closer look at that elegant image, coloured with my 'trusty' Promarkers.

As usual, the inside of my card matches the front. I didn't use any embellishments

so as to highlight the DP.

Challenges

An Oldie But A Goodie - 'In The Garden' 

(DP & Greetings Sticker-3+ years)

A Little Bit Crafty - 'Die-ing For It'

Image - Delicious Doodles digi Lotus Silhouette

Colouring - Promarkers
Paper - Christina Re
Dies - Spellbinders Classic and Scalloped Rectangle;Cheery Lynn Deco Corners; Memory Box Amira Flourish
Peel-off greeting sticker -EK Success

For a chance to win great prizes, why not visit Penny's Paper Crafty and enter our 'Use the Colour Black' challenge.

Thanks and hugs for visiting,
Jennifer. x

Blossoms and Fans

Hello fellow crafters, and welcome to my newest follower, Penny. We met at a Stamp Camp last weekend.

Penny's Paper Crafty has a new challenge, and our theme this week is

'RIBBON AND DIE CUTS'

Our generous sponsors this week are

I must admit when I was given the lovely Floppy Latte Design's 

Oriental Beauty to play with, I wasn't sure how I was going to 

bring her to life. I thought "mmm, oriental....washi paper, lots of 

red, and other bright colours...", then I found this lovely paper in

 my junk stash; remembered that I had a little gold fan; and the card 

took over, dictating what it wanted next. I am happy that it did.

The ribbon is metallic, and very shiny, but I could not get 

that to show up in the photo. I die-cut two of the bare

branches for the card front, then cut those into several 

pieces, rearranging them to fit the design.

The inside of the card co-ordinates with the front. These five 

flowers are punched from pearlised paper, with Liquid Pearls 

centres, while the flowers on the front are die-cuts.

I would like to enter the following challenges:-

Passion For Promarkers #189 - 'From Around The World'

Creative Moments #12 'Add A Sentiment'

Fab 'n' Funky #162 - 'Add A Sentiment'

Image - Floppy Latte Designs Oriental Beauty
Paper - Cristina Re
Dies - Memory Box Woodland Branch; Cottage Cutz Spring Vine Wreath (flowers only used); Spellbinders Classic Rectangles
Punches - Carl Vinca; Making Memories Corner Rounder
Sentiment - Wild Rose Studio Cute Greetings
Fan and ribbon from my junk stash

For a chance to win great prizes, why not visit Penny's Paper Crafty and enter our challenge.

Until next time, happy crafting, and thank you for visiting.
Hugs,
Jennifer. x

Demonstration Rose

Hello fellow crafters,
As I mentioned in my previous post, I did a demonstration on making vellum flowers at the Stamp Camp/Retreat I attended last weekend. This was the card I made with the rose I created at the demonstration.

I used my Tim Holtz 'Tattered Florals' die to cut out the petals, and to give my rose a fuller look, I cut 2 of the largest flowers. The leaves are also vellum, cut with Spellbinder 'Foliage' die, and coloured with 'Crushed Olive' distress ink.

The petals are coloured with Adirondack 'Raisin', and the centre is Flower Soft 'Lemon'.

The inside of the card is decorated to co-ordinate with the front. I layered 2 Spellbinder Classic Scalloped Squares over the DP, and added a Memory Box 'Madera' corner die-cut. The gorgeous DP, was a fab '50% off' special on a bargain table at an art shop in Newcastle recently. I only bought a couple of sheets (A4), but wish I had bought more. It is by Cristina Re, and has the most luxurious texture. I was so pleased to find that the reverse side matched the colour of my rose perfectly..

I used Spellbinder 'Fleur de Lis', and Marianne dies for the card front. The sentiment is computer generated 'Brock' font.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenge -

             Daring Cardmakers - 'Vellum'

Until next time, thank you for visiting,

Hugs,

Jennifer. x