The last of my penguins and robins for this year

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well or getting there in your world...hugs
Thank you for your good wishes for my shoulders, they are much improved.

I was unable to comment yesterday as my internet was down all morning, so hopefully I will catch up today!

As the title says, these are the last of my penguins and robins for this year, no doubt they will be out again for next year unless I can take any different pics LOL.

So without more ado, here they are :o)

As you can see, there are 2 6x6 and 2 7x5.

No new materials were used in the making of these cards, everything from stash.

All dies used are Nestabilities and all embossing folders used are M-bossabilty and Embossalicious.

Of course the photographs are my own :o)

Jackie xx

Another fun Santa

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all well or getting there...hugs

I can't believe that it is December already! Appropriately it is frosty outside but I am warm and cosy inside.

I've got my PC back Whooppeeeeeeeee. It only cost £32.65 and nothing lost, so I still have my beloved XP. The fan had accumulated more than 6 years worth of dust and burnt the motor out. It's like having an old friend returned :o) Now that I have got it back, I have set up the laptop in the craft room as it used to be, and decided to give my old HP printer another try, and it worked so I don't need to get rid of all those ink cartridges after all. I am so glad I had no requests for them when I advertised them for sale :o)

Anyhow, on to my card for today, it's another of those free PD Santas.

No new materials were used in the making this card, everything is from stash apart from the Santa image.

Red card folded and cut to 6x6.

White pearlised card embossed with A4 M-bossability folder.

Santa and own sentiment printed onto White Papermania textured card, cut with Nesties then chalked and attached with sticky foam pads. Simple as that :o)

I just had to show you these wonderful sunsets, taken with my phone at 4.10pm as I was going in to work last night.

Jackie xx

A couple of cards

Good afternoon everyone, I hope all is well in your world...hugs

I'm a tad late today, had to go for physio first and she is very pleased with my progress. If I am still progressing  as well next time then she will sign me off :o)

I have two cards to show you today, both with my own photographs but both quite different.

As you can see, this one is very CAS. I took the photograph at Calke Abbey last summer. Feathered it in PSP and opened in Word then added the text and printed onto my favourite Papermania Textured card, then folded and cut to 7x5

For this one I folded and cut mauve hammered card to 6x6. The backing is plain white card embossed with M-Bossability A4 folder then brayered with Fiskars textured roller using Big and Juicy inkpad. SU sentiment cut with Nesties.This is one of the photographs I languishing in a drawer, I had it printed out about 3 years ago :o)

Jackie xx

New TH die

Good morning everyone, what a gloriously sunny Easter day it is here near Derby, I hope you have the same wherever you are.

This is my first card using my new TH Tattered Florals die and I am quite pleased with it :o)

I created my own background again for this one. Same method as on my previous card but using a different M-Bossability A4 folder.

Card blank is PDA card from stash, folded and cut to 6x6.

Dies used are TH, Cheery Lynn, Memory Box and SU punches and stamp.

I cut the flower from a scrap of music paper found in a drawer, then brayed it with the same Big and Juicy inkpad that I did the backing with :o)

Jackie xx

Whales and dolphins

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well in your world and the snow has cleared off!

Thank you for all the well wishes for my first physio session. From what other peeps had said I was expecting it to be grim but not at all, I got through it fine and was very interested when the physiotherapist showed me on a skeleton shoulder just what is wrong with mine. I find that when I know what is causing the pain I can better understand it.  'Twas a good session and I am hopeful of a phased return to work in a couple of weeks (fingers crossed :o)

Anyhow, on to my card for today

I created the backing by embossing 160gsm thin card with M-Bossability A4 folder then brayering with a Fiskars textured brayer and a Big and Juicy inkpad. 

I folded and cut pale blue hammered PMS card to 6x6 and layered the backing on.

I took the photographs in Sea World, Florida and Miami Seaquarium in 1989, before there were digital cameras so I had to scan them in. I opened them in Photoshop Elements 5 the create the frame and the title, then printed in Word on photo paper and about 3 years or so ago and never used it. I found several of my old photographs which I had printed and never used. It really does pay to have a shuftie through your old stash occasionally :o) The only new stuff used on this card is the starfish and anchor dies from Marianne. Methinks I may add a couple more starfish :o)

Jackie xx

It's that rose again...

...sorry, I can't help it, I love this rose even though I do say so myself LOL.

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all warm and well and snow free or at least not snowed in. I really feel for those poor souls without electricity. Hugs to all of you {{{{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}}}

I am off to the hospital this morning for my first ever physio session so please wish me luck!

Onto my card for today, as the title suggests to have seen this rose more than once but not this card :o)

It could be suitable for several occasions.

Base card is white pearlised from stash, folded and cut to 7x5 then embossed with 

M-Bossability A4 folder.

Own photograph feathered in PSP then printed in Word onto Papermania textured card, sentiment is Viner Hand font.

Cut with Nesties then layered onto card, pearls and ribbon from stash added :o)

Jackie xx

New Grand M-Bossability folder

Good morning Bloggers, don't know what it's doing outside cuz it's still a bit dark! I hope all is well with everyone :o)

I am off out to lunch later with my friend Jean (a non crafter) so I am looking forward to that, then I go to my daughter's at teatime on Thursday's so my day is mapped out for me. 

Oooops! Just opened the curtains and it is looking quite dull out there but at least it is dry!

Anyhow, onto my cards for today. 2 8x8 cards made using my brand new M-Bossability reversible A4 folder and I love it :o)

I was so pleased with my previous card using the Hero Arts woodblock stamps that I decided to try again only bigger this time. I used PB Queen Anne's lace stamp and others that have no names on this time, Memory Box corner die and SU greeting and punch. Ribbon scrap from stash.

For this one I used the other side of my M-Bossablity folder and my own sunflower photograph.

Another ribbon scrap from stash, computer generated sentiment  cut with Nesties :o)

Jackie xx