Beautiful Butterfly

Morning Peeps, its another quick post from me today, just waiting for Ben and Charlie to arrive.

I found this image that I had coloured up for the Copics & Polychromos tutorial I did early this month, had forgotten to make up into a card.  The colours I have used can be found on the tutorial.  Making up this card it made me wonder what we did before we had die cutting machines and all the fabulous dies that are around now, I have used plenty on here, A Cherry Lynn Tea Party Doily Die the Flowers are all Doo Hickey Dies – Vintage Daisy, Vintage Flower & Leaf, So Wrapped Tilda lace and lastly my favourite die of the moment the Whimsey Dies  Picket Fence.  The Tile Blue Seam Binding and delicious Flower Lace are from The Ribbon Girl as is the flower charm.

See you soon

Hugs

Jacs xxx

Black & White Christmas

 

Morning all, its going to be a really busy week for me so I am going to have to spend the day get cards ready for Scheduled posts so hope its not too hot.  I am spending tomorrow with Ben and little Charlie, then I doing a Morning and Afternoon class at Crafts U Love on Wednesday, then babysitting Owen on Friday and Saturday, so not much crafting done at home.

Today I have another card for you using Heartfelt Creations Christmas Stamps from J & C Creations.

Fancied Black and White for this one, I have used 3 stamps on this card: Large and Smaller Spruce Trees from Magnificent Spruce Trees, and Snowy Winter Scene from  the Snowy  Window Scene set, the stamps were inked up with Black Soot Distress Ink and then stamped ,The Spruce Trees were stamped onto an oblong of plain white card, and Snowy Winter Scene on a spare piece of white card then cut the scene out with a nestie, the sides of both images where distressed again with Black Soot Distress Ink then I mounted the Scene into the middle of the oblong.  Then I added loads of Glamour Dust with a Quickie Glue Pen.

Finally I added a large Black bow made from 23mm Black Organza from The Ribbon Girl, and Two Poinsettias cut with Doo-Hickey Poinsettia Die then distressed with Black Soot and I have added Silver Crushed Glass Glitter  from J & C Creations to the centres.

Have a good day

Hugs

Jacs xxx

Red, White & Blue

Morning all, a card for you today that I have made for Papertake Weekly Challenge, loving the theme this week, make a card in your National Colours just in time for the Jubilee Celebrations, so of course mine is Red White and Blue, I am a real Monarchist I like the idea of having a non-elected Head of State free from Politics to represent our Country, the way things are going at the moment I couldn’t think of one politician I would respect as my Head of State.  The preparations for the Jubilee bring memories of the Coronation and Silver Jubilee Parties we held in our Street.  I am trying to find the photo of our Coronation Street Party, I know Mum has one somewhere, I intend to make a scrapbook for the Grandchildren.

Tilda has been coloured with Copics, and the papers are from the Nitwits Collections - Tour of London, just perfect for this theme.  The Celebrate sentiment was cut with the Whimsey Dies – Sentiment Die, The Flower is the smallest flower in the Spellbinders Aster Die Set, I copied Sue Wilsons idea of using Micro Beads on the flower, if you like this idea the Self Adhesive Paper and Micro Beads are available form Sam Pooles website  - Creative Studio.  The Seam Binding if from The Ribbon Girl.

Copics Used:

Flesh: E11, E00, E000, E0000

Hair: E79, E71, E70, E40

Reds: R46, R17, R05, R02

Blues: B95, B93, B91

Have a good Sunday

Hugs

Jacs xxxxx

A Wee Little Card

 

Happy Saturday peeps, hope you are all looking forward to a great weekend, here in the UK we are basking in real sunshine, its been a bit late coming this year but all the more welcome for that, the only problem is the heat does make it difficult to craft and none of my Alcohol Markers are blending properly, began to think I had lost my touch with them but with the temperature reaching over 95 degrees in my craft room I think they must be suffering from sunstroke.

Say Hello to little Amy released by Whimsey Stamps, she has been coloured with Copic Markers (colours below).  The papers are from Nitwits Collections,  I am loving the new Sentiment Dies by Whimsey Dies they are going to be so useful. I have popped a Memory Box Die – Tilda Swirl Die behind the image,  all these products are available from Oyster Stamps, I have also used a couple of Doo-Hickey Dies as well they are Floral swirl Corner and Clover with Flowers.

Copics Used on this Image;

Flesh: E11, E00, E000, E0000

Hair E17, E15, E13, E11, E53

Pinks: R83, R81, RV000, RV0000

Greens: YG97, YG93, YG91

Bieges: E43, E40

Thanks for looking now go and enjoy the Sunshine

Hugs

Jacs xx

A Brand New Blog

I’m so Excited !

I can now share some exciting news…

There is a New Blog on the Block!!!!!

Crafters Companion have set it all in motion for us all

as you know Spectrum Noir pens were made for Crafters by Crafters

to be enjoyed all over the world

Spectrum Noir now have there very own Blog!

there are some  very talented friendly ladies on the Design Team

from the UK and the Rest of the World

who are  all waiting to share their hints tips and Creations with you all

So please please please…… pop over and join us

it’s been killing me not to tell…

now the important bit .......the LINK!!

http://spectrumnoir.com/

 

Hope to see you there soon

Hugs

Jacs xx

I do love to be beside the Seaside

 

Morning folks, we are still basking in the Sunshine here, so my card today for the Just Magnolia & hAnglar and stAnglar Challenge is very topical, I have used one of the new Tildas from The Spring Kit.

Our theme this week has been chosen by our Host Iulia 

We have a fantastic prize from The Ribbon Girl too. So please come and join us.

I am going through a pastel stage this week, and have chosen Pinks and Blues to match the lovely Magnolia Backing Papers, Tilda has been coloured with Copics on Neenah Classic Card.  I cut out one of the maps from the Magnolia Backing paper distressed around the edge with my Tim Holtzs Distressing Tool and tucked it behind the image.  The Doily is cut with a Cheery Lynn Die – Kiwi Doily, The Organza Roses and Charm are from The Hobby House  and I have punched some little flowers to scatter around.

Forgot to keep a note of the Copics as I coloured her a few days ago, Sorry

Hugs

Jacs xxx

Lemon Pepper

Please don’t think I am moaning, I love the Sun, but it is blooming hot up here.  I am back with a card as promised this morning, this one really suits the day and the weather just makes me think of Summer.

I have used one of the fabulous Elizabeth Bell Little Cottage Cuties created for Whimsey Stamps this one is called Lemon Pepper I have also used The Tabs die and a stamp from the Vintage Birthday Tab Sheet and Picket Fence Die also by Whimsey Stamps , I have coloured her with Copics and Polychromos pencils.  The papers are from Nitwits Collection Gratitude Collection.   The beautiful Floral Swirl in the corner is a Magnolia Doo Hickey Die.  I added little punched flowers to the fence and swirl.

Copics used:

Flesh: E13, E11, E00, E000, E0000

Hair: E74, E71, E40

Pinks: R83, RV00, RV000

Yellows: Y17, Y15, Y13, Y11

Greens: YG63, YG61

Hugs

Jacqui xxx

Good Morning All

Had a fabulous couple of days but the trouble with going away is the work you come back too.  I have not had time to colour an image for this post so thought I would show you another of my cards made with the wonderful stash I bought at Biggin Hill.

The image is stamped with a Penny Black Slap Stick stamp, there are 2 fabulous floral images in this set  and I couldn’t choose a favourite.  I coloured the stamp with Victorian Velvet and Peeled paint Tim Holtzs Distress Markers, available from J & C Ctreations  . I managed to get 5 perfect images from just one inking up of the stamp.  I then distressed around white card that I had out through the Grand Calibur in the Elite M-bossibilities Folder from Oyster Crafts .

Be back later with a stamped and coloured card

Hugs

Jacs xxx

1st Christmas card

I have scheduled this as I am away for a couple of days, will be back Thursday morning, if you follow Lilis Little Fairies Challenge the new challenge will be posted a little later than usual, it should be up by Midday Thursday.

This is my first Christmas Card of the year, I have stamped the Heartfelt Creations Magnificent Spruce Trees with Stormy Sky Distress Ink onto plain white card, then stamped one of the 2 stamps from the Snowy Window Scene with the same ink onto another piece of card, the image was the cut out with a nesties label die both of the stamp sets can be bought from J & C Creations .  I distressed edges of both pieces of white card, and then covered a piece of plain copy paper with Stormy Sky, I used the coloured copy paper to cut out two Bitty Blossom Flowers and One Spiral Rose.  I have used oddles of Glamour Dust on the images and flowers (wish it showed up more in the picture).  The Dark Blue card is Co-Ordinations Card embossed with Spellbinder M-bossibilites folder.

Sorry this is so quick got to go, why do I leave everything to the last minute.

Hugs

Jacs xxx