New Handmade Cards for Nov/December 2017

Happy Christmas Everyone,

Here are a few more of my Christmas cards makes, which I took to the St. Oswald's Hospice shop a couple of weeks ago.

The first card was made using background card which came from The Works, and then I found a lovely image from a re-cycled card which I thought would look perfect in the middle of the new die which I had treated myself to recently.  The snowflake circle die is gorgeous, it is from The Spirit of Christmas collection by Precious Marieke.  The die cuts out beautifully and makes a great addition to a card.

The second card features a triple candle die cut which was kindly sent to me from my dear friend in Holland.  I mounted this onto an oval and then added small red gems to look like holly berries.

Lastly, the little polar bear with jumper was a die cut which I bought from Ebay, the actual die is part of a collection by First Edition, in the collection there are also a penguin and a stag.  The word JOY was a die which came from China.  These were mounted onto a glittery snowflake paper which came from The Range.

Thank you for looking and hope that you all have a very Happy New Year.

Jackie x

New Handmade Cards for October 2017

Hello Everyone,

I have been busy making some Christmas cards for St. Oswald's Hospice shop.

The first two cards were made using papers from Dovecraft's Magic and Sparkle paper pad.  The two reindeers on the first card are from a Nellie Snellen die with the tree border die from China and on the second card the large flourish deer is a die from Impression Obsession.

I was inspired by a card on the Docrafts gallery to make the third card which I have made  as a scene.  The back ground paper was from Lily of the Valley, and the dies used were branch dies from my friend in Holland, together with a border die from China.  The deers are from a Memory Box Reindeer Trio die, and the little red birds are again from Impression Obsession Resting Birds die.

Thanks for looking, Jackie x

New Handmade cards for September 2017

Hello Everyone,

Here are a few cards for this month.

I have used a paper pad from the Works and various dies.  The first card was made using stitched square dies from China, and the little bird in the middle is an X-cut folk floral bird die.

My second card is using the Happy Birthday letter die from Crafters Companion, with a Lawn Fawn stitched die to go around the panel that I have mounted the letters onto.

Thirdly this card was made using a Sue Wilson die from her Italian collection which I have used for the heart circle and the rest of the dies have come from china.

Many thanks for looking, Jackie x

New handmade cards for Jul/August 2017

Hello Everyone,

I thought I would start off with the Panda die which I bought from Aliexpress, which is a Chinese equivalent to Ebay.  I am really pleased with the way that he has turned out, and the die cuts out really well, I can make the Panda do lots of poses and also use the die to make bears which is great. With this first card, I have made a scene with him enjoying the grass and flowers.  The meadow die also came from China, and the flowers are from Dovecraft mini die collection.  The second Panda card is holding a sunflower which is from Marianne Designs.

The other three cards also feature other dies from Aliexpress, the first one uses a wavy line die topped with a Marianne Design water lily flower die and the last two are using a Daisy cluster die, and oval dies from Aliexpress also.  The background papers used on the last two cards are from Papermania Capsule collections.

Thanks for looking, Jackie x

New Handmade Cards for June 2017

Hello Crafters,

For this month I have had some fun using Sizzix Thinlits Animal Portrait dies, I love using these, as they make a very clean and simple card.  The background papers are from My Minds Eye, and the spotty embossing folder is from Crafts-Too.  The diecut glittered sentiments are from Papermania.

Thanks for looking, Jackie x

New handmade cards for May 2017

Hello,

For this month I have made the following cards:-

The first one is using Tutti Designs 'Rose in frame' die, which my kind friend from Holland sent to me in the post.  The die cuts out really well and this was my first attempt at using it, so I will have another go sometime trying it out in a different design.

My second and third card were using Hunky Dory Little Book of Words floral toppers which I mounted onto a 6x6 card blank and used fancy borders to go either side of them.  The first border is by Cheery Lynn which is called Sophia Heart die and the second border is by Leanne Creatif which is a swirly border die.

Lastly my monochrome card was made using a Craftwork Cards Warren Rabbit topper which I mounted on some black and white paper from the Works and used Spellbinders Lacy Circle die in black underneath the topper to highlight it more.

Thanks for looking, Jackie x

New Handmade Cards for April 2017

Good Afternoon Everyone,

For this month I have had a play around with one of my favourite dies by Sizzix, the 'Best Friends' die, this time doing a slightly different layout, I am always pleased with the results.

For my second collection of cards I have used Docrafts Forever Friends Opulence A4 decoupage pack, which includes papers and was very easy to assemble with a few gems to finish them off with.

My third photograph is a collection of cards which I have made for St. Oswalds Hospice shop, which I took in a few weeks ago, every little helps such a worthy cause.

Lastly my black and white card featuring cats, where I have used the Impression Obsession cat collection die, which I have mounted on white lacy squares, this die came from china, and then these were mounted onto black background paper from Claire Curds signature range which came out quite a long time ago, it is a large paper pack so it has lasted really well.

Thanks for looking, hope you like these cards.

Jackie x

New handmade cards for March 2017

Hello Everyone,

Here is a small selection of cards which I have made for this month.

The first two cards are made with a Marianne Design basket with flowers die.  To highlight the flowers I decided to use up some of my little floral embellishments which have seed beads in the middle of them.  The background papers are from the Simply Creative paper packs, and the square stitched die used in the first card came from China via Ebay.  The second card which features 'Thinking of You' is part of a set from Tonic Studios Sentiment Indulgent Frame die, which has been used in my last card, using the same paper pack as mentioned above.

The third card was made using large stitched tag die which also came from China, you have to wait for a couple of weeks for them to arrive but it is worth it as they cut out really well and are at a very low cost!  The bow was also a chinese die and the Best Wishes die is from X-cut.  The background paper is from Lidl's and is glittered.

Many thanks for visiting my blog and I hope that you like my new creations.

Jackie x

New Handmade cards for January/February 2017

Happy New Year everyone!

I have started the New Year with some cards that I have recently made with some lovely new dies.

The first card is made using LOTV papers and the Marianne Design owl die, which is very cute.  The branch die is from Memory Box and the owls sit really well on it.

My second card is made using a bird die which I bought from China, they take a few weeks to arrive but it is worth the wait.  The blue background papers are from Papermania capsule collection.

Lastly is my Valentines Day card, or it could be used for an Anniversary card if desired.
This was made using some glittered chipboard and pretty papers that I had hidden away in a drawer for ages, they are from K&Company.

 All of these cards have just recently gone into our local St. Oswalds Hospice shop.

Thanks for looking, Jackie x