FOR SALE!!! Let's Make Cards! Magazines galore

Hi, 

Just a quick post today to say that I am selling my back issues of the Let's Make Cards! Magazines.  If anyone is interested please contact me either here or via the gumtree listings which can be found below.  Would be ideal as a gift for the younger or new crafter, or the more experienced crafter after some tips or crafty bits :-)

Let's Make Cards issues 6 - 25 magazines only

 Let's Make Cards issues 26 - 52 with kits

Hope to be back crafting and sharing my cards with you soon...got a very busy summer so will see you when I see you :-) 

Jenfie x

One for the guys...ok and the girls too :-)

It's that time again already, I know I am early this month and with quite a selection of cards this time - I hope you are impressed! 

Having visited the Lili of the Valley shop in Leeds at the beginning of the month, it definitely got me back into the fun of card making, albeit only for a couple of weekends for now - due to Race for Life (we raised £215 for Cancer Research UK and completed the 5km course in around 49 minutes!) and relaxation taking up the others.

So...Cards, as it was Father's Day this month, I tried my hand at creating some cards for the dads/men in our lives.  Using the Gone Fishing mini masterpiece die-cuts from Lili of the Valley, I had a fun time creating the following few cards.  I didn't like to tell Jethro (my cat) that he wasn't having fish for dinner!

 Next up was the first of the cards made using my new stamp and paper purchases, here I used the "Lick of Paint" stamp and backing paper from the "Bear Necessities" paper pad which I think looked particularly like it could be wallpaper! I coloured the image using pencil crayons - a medium I haven't tried out for quite a while and was pretty pleased with the result.  The sentiment (also a LOTV Stamp) was added using Stampin Up Gumball Green.

 

Finally for the boys, I used the "Super Striker" stamp and again coloured in using pencil crayons - I have to admit I did copy the colouring on the mini masterpieces die-cuts of this image as I don't have a clue what football teams colours are, something I probably need to look up to create more appropriate boys cards using this stamp.  The sentiment on this card is from Craftwork Cards mini messages selection.

Moving on to something for the girls now because I just couldn't resist - I bought the "Crafty Kit - Fold-Over Tag cards" from LOTV and using this kit made the below gift card pouches.  They are just a beautiful idea to add your gift card to, instead of the usual boring (not always) card and envelope that normally gets provided.  The little card insert is blank on the back so you can take it out and write a special message for your recipient to keep :-) Pretty things! 

For a rather long time now I have had some little house shaped cards which I keep meaning to use to make new home cards but never really had any idea what to do with them.  Having bought the "Moving Day" mini masterpiece die-cuts I decided to use one, along with some backing paper from the "Bear Necessities" and the "Krafty Christmas" paper pads to create my first New Home card.  I kinda feel like it is still missing something but I just don't know what.  However, for a first attempt I like it!

I have a couple of birthday cards to share with you next time, and hopefully more to add but July is a jam packed month with two hen-dos to attend, my birthday, and hopefully a weeks holiday with my other half (fingers crossed - it isn't actually booked yet :s) so hopefully I will find some crafty time to fit in there too! 

Thanks for stopping by, please come back next month for more!

Jenfie 

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Missing In Action

Why hello again, it's been a while...again! 

Sorry about that, but let's get right back into the swing of things and bypass the excuses...

As I explained last time, it was my honorary niece's 1st Birthday recently and as promised here is the card I made for her using the Me to You Spring Chic collection.

I also promised a wedding card, and I am delivering on that promise not one, but two wedding cards :-) Both use the Lili of the Valley Wedding Couple stamp (Mini Masterpiece die cuts to be more precise on this occasion) and various papers which I would love to be able to tell you where they were from but unfortunately have no idea - if anyone knows (particularly the monochrome paper) please do let me know! 

It would appear that in the last month or so I have made the grand total of 3 new cards - the above wedding card (green papers) and the following...although the next one can't really be classed as making a whole new card, you might recognise the design from a couple of blog posts back, but to finish it off for a more specific use I have added an embossed Thanks greeting and a "Ritz" candi (Craftwork Cards)

Last up is my Sister's birthday card, as a lover of tea and cake this seemed a good fit.  The backing paper is from a collection called "The London Line" and the cupcake was created using a template I once got free with a crafty magazine.  The greeting is stamped in Cherry Cobbler (Stampin' Up) using the Happy Circles Stamp from Lili of the Valley

Well, that is all I have to share at the moment.  Although after a visit to the Lili of the Valley shop in Leeds at the weekend, I have spent up and purchased a few goodies that I am so excited to get to play with so hopefully this will be the kick start back into crafting I have been looking for.  I also have 2 more weeks of training and then on Sunday 22nd June I will be taking part in Race for Life raising money for Cancer Research UK.  I hope the fitness attempt will continue after the event but I also need to up my card stock so maybe I can take some time off to craft too!  

Thanks for visiting, hope to be back soon :-)

Jenfie 
x

Happy Easter

Hi! 

Well it's been (over) a month since I last posted...and I have no excuse as there hasn't really been that much going on to stop me from blogging! Just the usual excuse - pure laziness! ;-)  However, all that is starting to change as I have decided that I am going to learn how to run (never been a strong point of mine!) and having been for 3 gentle walk/jogs over the last few weeks have decided to set myself a "small" goal...in 10 weeks time my sister and I will take part in Race for Life to help raise money for Cancer Research UK and we aim to be able to run the majority of the 5km course.  If you would like to learn more or wish to sponsor us please visit our fundraising page at The Antill Mob - Race for Life

One of the highlights of the last month was my gorgeous (honorary) niece's 3rd birthday and her and her sister's joint birthday party!  So as my second (honorary) niece's 1st birthday isn't until the end of the month, I'll just show you one of the two cards for now - I don't want to spoil it for her even if she is only just turning one!

Immediately following the girls birthday party, was another celebration - Mothers Day (which I realise is a little early for those reading outside of the UK, not sure why we have a different day for it over here - like to be different I guess!). Now, I had made my mum a mothers day card a few weeks/months ago so that I had it ready and waiting...only when it came to it, could I find said card? No! Needless to say, I (quite quickly and happily) made a new one - which actually thinking about it was a much better and more appropriate card for a mum whose favourite flowers are daffodils!

Now it's fast approaching Easter time, and I shared my two first ever Easter cards last month, I thought I'd share some more! Here are a few of the cards that have been keeping me busy. (I've sold them all so sorry if you see it on here before you receive it!) 

Finally for today, are two cards that I made one day when looking at pictures of Warren Rabbit and Tatty Teddies with Chocolate Eggs got a little too much to take - worked as a distraction from going to the shop to buy myself some chocolate! 

So that's it for today, I will post again next month when I can show you a 1st birthday and a wedding card, and hopefully a few more besides :-) 

Have a good Easter everyone! 

Jenfie x

What new surprises lie in store?

Hi!

It's been a pretty crazy week this week and I am so glad it is over! 
I decided a few weeks ago that this year I was going to give up chocolate for lent as I have definitely eaten FAR too much of it since Christmas!  As lent started on Wednesday I stuck to it and gave up the chocs...all I can say is what a week to decide to give it up! 

I've also been pretty busy on the card making front which you will be glad to hear and I have quite a few to show you today.  So let's get started! 

First up are a couple of special cards a friend asked me for - her daughter's 3rd birthday and a thank you card for the staff at the nursery.  Both use images from Lili of the Valley and 'Notting Hill' candi from Craftwork Cards. 

Next is a card I made for my dad's 65th birthday. I used papers from the Dovecraft back to basics monochrome pack.  I had made this in time for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge 124 but I didn't get chance to post it in time to enter :-( 

Since we're on the topic of dad's birthday I also want to quickly share pics of his amazing birthday cakes made by Just A Mish Mash

The following 5 cards are all mini cards I made to be as simple yet effective as possible.  I think they are adorably cute! 

Moving on we have another Freshly Made Sketches challenge 112 sketch idea that I also didn't enter (only this time the cards were made well after the end of the challenge).  However, I did set myself my own little challenge, make as many cards as I could from only 6 sheets of the Dovecraft Monochrome 6"x6" papers (plus a tiny off cut of one more if anyone actually counts!) These are the ones I came up with...and I still have a little paper left over! 

And finally, as I have given up chocolate for lent, what better cards to make than Easter cards!! Here are my first two Easter cards.  They both use papers from the Me to You Spring Chic paper pack, the first also uses a Me to You topper from the same range.

As I missed a couple of the challenges recently, I would like to enter my final card of the blog today into the Freshly Made Sketches Sketch 126 challenge.  

So there we have it, fingers crossed for the challenge but overall I hope you liked all the cards I've shared with you today :-)  

Take care and come back soon (that goes to me too!)

Jenfie x

February Fun

Well, February may be the shortest month of the year but it is full of celebrations!

Here are a few of the cards I've made since I last blogged.  I won't share them all just yet since there are 2 weeks of February left, and another 3 birthdays to go (provided I haven't forgotten any)! 

First up, a "congratulations - a new job" card made for a friend, this card uses the Time Flies collection from Craftwork Cards and the New Job circle stamp from Lili of the Valley

Next we have a card that I was asked to make for a friend's step mum's 60th Birthday.  I was told she liked the Me to You tatty teddy, so I found this gorgeous little topper (from a local craft store) and combined it with lettering using the Printers Block stamps (also from Craftwork Cards) inked with Stampin' Up! Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' pad.

I love making personalised baby cards, and this one was no exception, even if it was made in a little bit of a rush before driving 200 miles down south for a weekend away with a friend! Thankfully, the rush did not affect the quality and I received a lovely message from the new mum which read "Thank you for the card, it is gorgeous! I am going to find a frame and put it up in his bedroom" I feel so privileged to be able to provide a memento for such a special occasion that can be kept and treasured for years to come.  This one is made again using the stamps from Lili of the Valley and papers from Dovecraft Back to Basics range.

Moving on to my February birthdays, first we have a simple but gorgeous DL card for my best friend, again using the Time Flies collection. I love this collection, I just hope others love the cards I make using it! :-)

Finally for today, an adorable card made for my mum, featuring Craftwork Card's Warren Rabbit and I also got to play a little with the Liquid Pearls to make a speech bubble message :-)

Hope you enjoyed your visit, please come back again soon and hopefully there will be more cards for you to view :-)

Jenfie xx