Rudolph Day Sept

Morning all
What a lovely morning.  The sun is shining, the dinner is in the slow cooker, the washing all done leaving me the whole day to get on with some crafting.  I'm hoping the mojo is in my craft room today because he certainly been hiding lately.
Well, here is my Christmas cards for the Rudolph day this month, all seven of them!!
These stamps from Clarity are just perfect for the 4 x 4 cards and are so quick to bring together.

All wrapped up and ready to go with the first batch made last month

Hope you all have a lovely Sunday and manage to enjoy it to the full x

Thank you for stopping by

Take care
Jan xxxx

Gift Tag Boxes CASED!

Good morning
I hope today's weather is going to be kind to us today.  We have been spoilt with having so much sunshine and warmth!

Today I wanted to share with you my take on the Tag Boxes which were originally created by Pootles (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNp4MYclgHE)

These tags would make a great little gift.

Thank you for stopping by today
Take care
Jan xxxx

Products used were by Stampin'Up!

Kinda Eclectic - 21st birthday

Good morning
Wanted to share with you some 21st birthday cards that I made for my triplet nieces birthday recently.

I spent ages trying to think of doing something that looked quite modern without using the usual flowers and butterflies.  I came up with these using the Kinda Eclectic stamp which to me looks like a firework.  I stamped them in different colours and blinged them up with sparkling embossing powder.  I think they came out pretty well and I hope that the girls were pleased with them.

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope to be back soon.

Take care

Jan xxxx

Eileen's Class

Good morning,
Yay it is Friday, the best day of the week!  Even though I have to work on Saturday morning this week, I'm still glad it's Friday.

Last Saturday I attended Eileen Goodwin's class in Rochester with three of my crafty friends.  What a fabulous time we had.

We used the brilliant brusho paints and clingfilm technique. I LOVED the way this turned out, all I could see in the pattern was the tree trunk with the light shining through, perfect place for the fairy to be hanging out!

Eileen showed us how to paint using the brusho's and create a shadow around our image

This card was using just a sprinkling of lemon and black brusho paint with a wee spray of water.  We were then supposed to stamp an image over the paint but once again all I could see was a tree!  I couldn't go beyond that.  I just loved the tree and didn't want to spoil it, so I just mounted on black card and left!!!

This class was so very inspirational and has given me the confidence to play some more with my brusho's.

Thanks for stopping by today
Take care
Jan xxxx

Kindness

Good morning
Hope you are enjoying your day.

Today's card was a bit different to what I usually make, lots of fussy cutting which I am not too keen on!  I did like the result though.   Stampin'Up! do so many different types of flowers.

Thank you for stopping by
Take care
Jan xxxx

Dotty Stencil

Morning all
Well the sun is shining this morning and I am hoping to get outside for some little R&R.  We really don't know how much longer we will be blessed with the sun this year eh?

On today's card I thought I would have a go at using the new Honey coloured ink pad and dotty stencil from Stampin'Up!   I was quite pleased with the result.   Can you see that the dots are all slightly different in colour, not sure what happened but I can assure you that I used the same ink pad for all the inking!
I also managed to get to incorporate the lovely Blackberry Bliss cardstock again.  L O V E that colour!

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you enjoy the rest of your day

Take care
Jan xxxx

Flower Fair

Good morning
I hope you are having a good day so far?
Today's card is very a simple card using the absolutely gorgeous Blackberry Bliss coloured card stock by Stampin'Up!.  I think you will agree that  this lovely rich colour just screams out to be used on white!

Thank you for stopping by today

Take care
Jan xxxx

Scalloped Tag

Good morning
I hope you are having a good day.

Today's project is a very simple tag using the "sponging of inks all over the card technique".  I then stamped the flower with gold embossing powder then coloured it in.  Then added a little butterfly.  I was thrilled with the end result.  I must add this is a bit out of my comfort zone!

Thank you for stopping by

Take care
Jan xxxx

Vibrant Pink!

Good morning, hope you all ok and enjoying your day.

Vibrant pink this certainly is!

I love this card so there is no  way that I will ever be sending it out to anyone!  

I tried out the sponging technique again on this one and I even used gold buff it on the chequered stencil.  The flower was gold embossed on velum and shaped.
Absolutely loved this card and like I say, it won't be sent out to anyone!


Thank you for stopping by

Take care
Jan xxxx

MIL Birtday Card

Good morning,
Today I am sharing my MIL's birthday card.  Very simple and very quick to make.  I needed to do it quick because to be honest I had forgotten the date and had to make this in a real hurry.
Very minimal I know but I think very elegant.

Thank you for stopping by

Take care
Jan xxxx

Swaps for May Play day

Better late than never!   I cannot believe that I have had these ready to share with you since the end of May and here we are in September!
These tags were made using Speciality DSP (has now retired).  This DSP was wonderful for making tags and boxes because it was so thick.  I also loved the clear embossed patterns on it.
I sponged the edges using Chocolate Chip ink giving them a distressed look.
It was then decorated using the Flower Shop stamps and Little Leaves embosslit (also sadly now retired).  Of course there was the customary bling added.

Close up of the bling!




Thank you for stopping by
Take care
Jan xxxx

May play day M&T

Morning all
Well no excuses!  I am very slack and totally disorganised (which I am trying to rectify!)
This card, I am ashamed to say, was made and used as the Make & Take for the May playday!!

I waited ages for this lovely punch and stamp set  (Petite Petals) to come back into stock.  I loved making the dimensional flowers and I was very happy with the result.
I think my playmates enjoyed making this card on the day.

Anyway, thank you for stopping by today

Take care
Jan xxxx

Happy Post to Liz "Friends"

Good morning,
Once again this one has been sitting in my photo folder waiting to go on my blog!  I have GOT to start making time to do the blog.  How many of you know the feeling?!

This was my happy post to Liz in May!, I hope she liked it.  I love the colours on this one and I especially love the flower.   I did notice that the "friends" were a bit lop sided, should have got the stamp a ma jig out shouldn't I ?   Oh well I hope Liz didn't notice it.

Thank you for stopping by today

Take care
Jan xxxx