Card of the Month.......Tulips

Afternoon all

The start of a New Year and the start of a new idea....Card of the Month... in which I will design a card using some new papers or new stamps or ones that I already have, but maybe not used before.

For the ladies that come along to my classes they will be able to purchase the materials in which to make the Card of the Month, papers, stamps or stamped out images etc. if they so wish to.
Hopefully it will give you some inspiration if you are in need of any!!!!

The January Card of the Month is "Tulip Girl".....
I have used as follows:-

8"x8" Scalloped card cream card.
MME Ginger "Travel" Tulip paper
Kaisercraft  "Mia" Little One collection
Paper doily
Cream hessian
Stamped image:- Tulip girl
Stickles :-Dark Chocolate
Pearls and Button.
Coloured the Tulip girl with Promarkers:-
Mustard:- Dress and socks
Caramel:- Shoes and hair
Satin:- Skin
Cool Grey 1:- Tag and outline

         Had a play making the Hessian flowers and finished off with a pearl in the centre.

                                        Hope you like the card and the idea.....
Thanks for popping by.
Jennifer x

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January 2016 almost here!!!!

Good afternoon ladies

I thought I would put the January samples on to their own post, as 2016 is almost here.

'Highland Winter' is the theme for the first of the card classes for the New Year.

Browns, purples and mustards are the winter colours, plus checks from the new Craftwork Cards paper pads.

Sneak peeks!!

Three cards in all....£12.00

Sat. 9th  Jan 2016
Sat.16th Jan 2016
1.30pm start.

Thank you for popping by.
Take care and Happy New Year to you all.
Jennifer x

Last of the Christmas pics.....

Hi Everybody

Hope you all have had a good Christmas.
Mine didn't go quite as planned, as I was ill, but thankgoodness I was organised with my cards and presents....
Christmas seems to have come and gone so quickly and the New Year is on the doorstep....
Thank you for all the cards you made and sent, very much appreciated, I love to look at what other people have made and pick up ideas too!
Thought I would show you a few of my Christmas pics :-

It will be sad to take my Christmas decorations down as I don't seem to have had them up long.

Christmas packs at the ready!

Stephen needed a collection of the same two cards, which makes it much easier than coming up with new ideas for everyone!

Nice Gingerbread theme going on here...

Lovely clean work-top ready for a new start...

Charlie keeping an eye on things as usual....

Being a nuisance in the other room though, when I was doing a bit of sewing....

Outside the weather thinks it is still Spring with lots of flowers out, apart from when it thinks we need more water!!!!!!

I have had Roses out late but I don't think I have ever had them late December...very pretty though.

Lastly I had to put these beautiful cake creations my sister Joanne made for us....this is the sister that doesn't make cards, but is creative in other ways....needless to say they are all gone and delicious they were too!

Thank you for taking time to look, I should have had these on earlier but best laid plans and all!!!!

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January samples coming up.

Three cards in all, on the two classes.

Sat. Jan. 9th and Sat. Jan 16th 2016

1.30pm start.

£12.00 per class.

Thank you for popping by and may I thank everybody for their support in 2015 and look forward to seeing you all in 2016.

Jennifer x

Library Photos....

Afternoon ladies

Thought I would post you some of the photographs I took at the Fulwood library, where I have displayed some of my Christmas cards.
They are in until the end of December if you would like to have a look.

Thanks for popping by.
Jennifer x

Second of the Christmas Cards Already!

Good Afternoon Ladies,

Can't believe we are on the second of the Christmas card classes already, and I haven't started on my own Christmas things yet!!!

As I always say" I must not be working fast enough", or possibly as Leanne would say, I am doing a lot of that dangerous pastime........."THINKING" and staring into space!!!!!

Anyway here we go with the next Christmas cards:-

Theme, "Christmas Trees".

Dark green and cream with gold brads and glitter.
Again I have used the new Graphic 45,  6"x6" paper pads, but, using the cream and greens this time.
New 12"x12" Holly paper too!

A little bit of Stickles in Gold and a new Pine colour.

New stamp from Woodware on the first sample.

Lindsay Mason stamp used on this second of the samples, with Kraft card and white embossing powder.

A little bit of paper piecing on the third sample.
There are Four cards in all on this afternoon class.

Sat. Nov. 21st
Sat. Nov. 28th - Full
£16.00

Finally the Cheeky Chappie that pinched my chair when I wasn't looking........

And the hideaway when the fireworks start...........

Sadly he has been there most nights!!!!

Thank you for popping by.

Take care.

Jennifer x

October.....

Hi Ladies

Just thought I would post the October Autumn cards that I have made.
Get them in just before I post my Christmas class sneak peeks.....

We used some of these Graphic 45 papers on the Autumn class, this one I made is ideal for Halloween!!!

A few ladies bought the Woodware leaf stamp which is great for Autumn and Winter cards. We used the script on our class cards.

The lovely House Mouse used on this Autumn card.. a very blustery day...just like today!

Lastly I thought you might like Cheeky Charlie, he found Leanne's quilt in a bundle when she was changing her bed!!!! Comforts everything...

See you back soon with my second Christmas samples.
Bye for now.
Jennifer x

So Sad.......

Morning ladies

I have some very sad news that my friend Pam passed away in the early hours of this morning.

As most of you will know, Pam was one of the ladies that came along to the card classes. A very chatty lovely outgoing lady who very often made us laugh with the line "mine's not straight" .

I have known Pam for seven years when she first came into the shop. I think it started Pam paper crafting when she made her daughter's wedding invitations, a very talented lady who was very good with a pair of knitting needles too!

I have had many a laugh with her, especially when she was asked to make a good friend's wedding invitations and was getting behind and asked for my help. We spent hours punching cutting and sticking things together and trying to get them all straight!!!

Pam made some beautiful cards, a couple of examples she sent to me:-

I will miss Pam dearly, it was a great pleasure to spend time with her.
God bless, Jennifer x