Sunday, 27 December 2009
Presents for the girls......
I wanted to MAKE something for the *girls* presents this year....as I have all this lovely lovely craft stuff and I wanted to make use of it instead of buying and hoarding LOL !!! I feel a new years resolution coming on !!
I bought the silver empty tins from a friend and then set about covering them as per her tutorial using SU papers and stamps....also punches....
I made a divider for inside to separate the goodies that I also made.....they had a rudolph cover that had 3 toffifee chocs inside, a candle tart lollipop a bookmark and a little pounch with hot choccie, marshmallows and a candy cane stirring stick......
I had fun making these and I had to do them all differently as I didnt have enough of 1 type of DSP to do them all the same......
I bought the silver empty tins from a friend and then set about covering them as per her tutorial using SU papers and stamps....also punches....
I made a divider for inside to separate the goodies that I also made.....they had a rudolph cover that had 3 toffifee chocs inside, a candle tart lollipop a bookmark and a little pounch with hot choccie, marshmallows and a candy cane stirring stick......
I had fun making these and I had to do them all differently as I didnt have enough of 1 type of DSP to do them all the same......Bye for now
Hugs
Janette
The card
This is the card I made for my bestest craft buddies.....Jenny, Mary and Sharon.......
I have uploaded several views of the cards, they were fun to make and are called step cards.
I used lots of my goodies to make the card all supplies are SU except the nestie and the cuttlebug folder.
Bye for now
Janette x
I have uploaded several views of the cards, they were fun to make and are called step cards.
I used lots of my goodies to make the card all supplies are SU except the nestie and the cuttlebug folder.
Bye for now
Janette x
Monday, 14 December 2009
Day 12 Christmas Card
This card used a PB reindeer...so cute !! The rest of the supplies are SU.....well thats my 12 days of christmas completed !!
If I make anymore just for fun I will post them as and when. All my cards are done and posted just my work friends to give out next week.......
Bye for now
Hugs
Janette
If I make anymore just for fun I will post them as and when. All my cards are done and posted just my work friends to give out next week.......
Bye for now
Hugs
Janette
Sunday, 13 December 2009
Day 11 Christmas Card
Another design carried over from last year...non SUBack tomorrow with day 12 and last one unless I make anymore.. LOL
Bye for now
Hugs
Janette
Saturday, 12 December 2009
Day 10 Christmas Card
This card was actually one I made last year but liked so much that I made again this year.Its all SU card ink and stamps and the paper also......how are your christmas cards coming along....
Back tomorrow with day 11
Bye for now
Janette
Back tomorrow with day 11
Bye for now
Janette
Friday, 11 December 2009
Day 9 Christmas Card
This card was old olive, real red, garden green and white also the same inks.Thats the great thing with SU all the colours blend and the ink matches the CS matches the ribbon so no more thinking which pink is the best match to this paper or card LOVE IT !!!!I am not sure how I managed to cut the trees out without cutting off the trunks though as I am not that good with scissors.... LOL
The cuttlebug folder was called snow I got it from Ebay.
Back tomorrow with day 10
Bye for now
Janette x
Thursday, 10 December 2009
Day 8 Christmas Card
This cheeky little chappie is from a hostess set of SU. I used real red and green cs not SU !!The words are from a set called heard from the heart...I love this set some great greeting in it.
I used the circle punches from SU and also the scallop circle...gotta love their punches, so easy to use and great to store....
The background stamp is called crosshatch also SU.....infact I have had such a good sort out back in September October time that probably 80% of the craft stuff in my room is now SU and thats the way I want to go...so no more other stamp shopping for me... !!
Back tomorrow with day 9
Bye for now
Janette x
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Day 7 Christmas Card
This card uses pacific point cs and ink and ribbon and whisper white cs, tree trimmings stamp set and a greeting from a set whose name escapes me LOL !!.SU oval punches and a cuttlebug ornament folder another card that was easy to put together. I did some where I stamped another ornament and cut out and popped up on top of the others but they cost more to post so they were hand delivered....Back tomorrow with day 8......
Bye for now
Janette x
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Christmas trees
The first picture is of the metal tree that my friend got for me to hang baubles on.....
The next pictures are of *my* tree above is the tree out of the box and below is it lit, it has 400 LED lights on it and it looks FAB in the dark :)
The above picture shows the net light curtain on too and if you look close outside it is pouring down with rain !!!
The next pictures are of *my* tree above is the tree out of the box and below is it lit, it has 400 LED lights on it and it looks FAB in the dark :)
The above picture shows the net light curtain on too and if you look close outside it is pouring down with rain !!!Bye for now
Hugs
Janette x
Day 6 Christmas Card
This was another christmas card that was very quick and easy to produce 10 of !!It uses wild wasabi ink and card and ribbon dont you just love how everything blends so beautifully together.I didnt have lovely as a tree stamp set so used a different stamp to get a similar effect.....gotta love the nestie dies I used them this year inside my cards too !!
Will try and do the tree pics soon.....
Back tomorrow with day 7 card
Bye for now
Hugs
Janette
Monday, 7 December 2009
My christmas tree adventure !!!
Well the time is near for putting up the decorations and tree etc etc....so we had NO plans for getting anything new this year.....BUT....I bought a silver metal *tree* type thing for hanging baubles on that I had seen at a friends house, she had baubles on hers that she had beaded...now theres an idea I thought...but no time to make my own so I went to The Range to get some baubles to hang on it and even joked that maybe we could use that as our tree this year !!!
Anyhow in The Range they had this GORGEOUS, and I mean GORGEOUS tree...it was 6@ black and pre-lit with LED lights....OMG I fell in love with it right there and then...hmmm....now to prepare Tony to think that it was his idea to get a new tree...would take come careful planning......
So I am sat there and just dropped into conversation about when we would put up the tree and Tony says....shall we get a new one, as the old fibreoptic one was looking a bit tired last year.....well ME I dont need asking twice but not wanting to seem too keen...I ummmed and ahhhhed a bit and then said well I did see this GORGEOUS one at The Range but it was expensive.....he said how much and I said guess ???? and blow me he guessed the right amount so I made a fuss of how clever he was with that type of guessing thing LOL....and the upshot was we went to The Range on Friday evening just gone....and he liked it very very much but the lights were static not twinkling as we have always previously had....so I said lets take a look in a few other places incase there is something better/cheaper or one that twinkles....so off we go and this was 7PM Friday night.....anyway we found another 6' black tree that was cheaper and twinkled lights took it homw put it up and you could see why it was cheaper....and Tony said you dont like it do you.....:( no I dont so he said he would take it back and refund and go get the one from The Range.....he was there at 08.45 and to cut another long story short it had gone :((((
I couldnt believe it....so I found numbers for othe shops and rang around...very popular madam so no, no no was the answer.....apart from Southampton and they would only reserve that day....and I was on a long day working so couldnt go and Tony wouldnt :(
So I got him to ring back and explain about me working and where it was playing on the sympathy vote anyway they said they would hold and Tony said I would pick up before 1pm Sunday....so we put the postcode in the sat nav and off I went 9.30 am Sunday am to southampton to get this tree.......
Well I got there in good time 5 mins after the shop opened and they had the ticket with my name on......they sent someone to get it and I paid for it.....well 15 mins !!! later the guy came back and said ummm slight problem the tree is in the reserve cupboard BUT the key is missing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I couldnt believe it I said there must be a duplicate....no none to be found. The manager that had the key was not in until 12 midday.....bummer I didnt want to hang round that long.....I asked if they could ring him and get hin to come in as I had travelled from Poole.....they rang him but NO he wouldnt come in and he said that there WAS another spare key...so off they went looking for this key.....20 mins later they came back NO key so I said PLEASE ring the manager again and explain and beg him to come in LOL.....anyhow again he said NO......so I asked if I could have the display model at a discount...they said if they did that there was no box and it would be sold as seen and not returnable.....and he said that they cant reduce an item when there is still one in stock.....so not really an option......but I said can you ask anyway as I had come up from Poole etc etc etc......so off he went to ask the deputy manager and he asked why I wanted a discount and he explained about the cupboard and the key and the deputy manager said and I quote " you should have asked me first or put out a call as I have the other key "....well I could have stamped my feet there and then....I had been there for over an hour while they farted about trying to sort it....I mean to say...wouldnt you have thought they would have checked with the deputy manager !!!!!!!!!
So I got my tree.....and it is GORGEOUS I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT..........I will take a pic tomorrow and show you all so you can share with me......when I got it home Tony went to assemble it and it was in 3 sections all pre-lit....he put the middle section in the bottom and then tried to put the bottom into the middle and it wouldnt work and it took a while to figure out why.....then when I realised what he had done we sorted it...plugged in the one plug and the lights didnt work....well I got up and kicked the box...then Tony kicked the box...I could have cried......so then he tried the connection in the other way and VOILA....we had light.....what a palava.....
Anyhow I then thought while up here I will go to hedge end...and I got my dressing gown that I had been wanting and a cardigan from M&S and a coat from Sainsburys that I had been after here in Poole but to no avail...... and my friend Tracey lives 10 mins from hedge end so I thought I could personally deliver her card......sadly she wasnt it :(.... she was in Hamworthy where I live visiting friends LOL........
I text her on my return and my text said " I was in The Range shaking up a tree "...that conjured up allsorts of images in her head and in mine when she text me back what I had sent...LOL>.. predictive text without wearing glasses is such fun...it should have been *picking* up a tree.....
So all in all it turned out ok.....but what a performance...at least this tree will last
us forever......( I HOPE )
Sorry for so long a post......
Bye for now
Hugs
Janette who loves her new tree....
Anyhow in The Range they had this GORGEOUS, and I mean GORGEOUS tree...it was 6@ black and pre-lit with LED lights....OMG I fell in love with it right there and then...hmmm....now to prepare Tony to think that it was his idea to get a new tree...would take come careful planning......
So I am sat there and just dropped into conversation about when we would put up the tree and Tony says....shall we get a new one, as the old fibreoptic one was looking a bit tired last year.....well ME I dont need asking twice but not wanting to seem too keen...I ummmed and ahhhhed a bit and then said well I did see this GORGEOUS one at The Range but it was expensive.....he said how much and I said guess ???? and blow me he guessed the right amount so I made a fuss of how clever he was with that type of guessing thing LOL....and the upshot was we went to The Range on Friday evening just gone....and he liked it very very much but the lights were static not twinkling as we have always previously had....so I said lets take a look in a few other places incase there is something better/cheaper or one that twinkles....so off we go and this was 7PM Friday night.....anyway we found another 6' black tree that was cheaper and twinkled lights took it homw put it up and you could see why it was cheaper....and Tony said you dont like it do you.....:( no I dont so he said he would take it back and refund and go get the one from The Range.....he was there at 08.45 and to cut another long story short it had gone :((((
I couldnt believe it....so I found numbers for othe shops and rang around...very popular madam so no, no no was the answer.....apart from Southampton and they would only reserve that day....and I was on a long day working so couldnt go and Tony wouldnt :(
So I got him to ring back and explain about me working and where it was playing on the sympathy vote anyway they said they would hold and Tony said I would pick up before 1pm Sunday....so we put the postcode in the sat nav and off I went 9.30 am Sunday am to southampton to get this tree.......
Well I got there in good time 5 mins after the shop opened and they had the ticket with my name on......they sent someone to get it and I paid for it.....well 15 mins !!! later the guy came back and said ummm slight problem the tree is in the reserve cupboard BUT the key is missing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I couldnt believe it I said there must be a duplicate....no none to be found. The manager that had the key was not in until 12 midday.....bummer I didnt want to hang round that long.....I asked if they could ring him and get hin to come in as I had travelled from Poole.....they rang him but NO he wouldnt come in and he said that there WAS another spare key...so off they went looking for this key.....20 mins later they came back NO key so I said PLEASE ring the manager again and explain and beg him to come in LOL.....anyhow again he said NO......so I asked if I could have the display model at a discount...they said if they did that there was no box and it would be sold as seen and not returnable.....and he said that they cant reduce an item when there is still one in stock.....so not really an option......but I said can you ask anyway as I had come up from Poole etc etc etc......so off he went to ask the deputy manager and he asked why I wanted a discount and he explained about the cupboard and the key and the deputy manager said and I quote " you should have asked me first or put out a call as I have the other key "....well I could have stamped my feet there and then....I had been there for over an hour while they farted about trying to sort it....I mean to say...wouldnt you have thought they would have checked with the deputy manager !!!!!!!!!
So I got my tree.....and it is GORGEOUS I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT..........I will take a pic tomorrow and show you all so you can share with me......when I got it home Tony went to assemble it and it was in 3 sections all pre-lit....he put the middle section in the bottom and then tried to put the bottom into the middle and it wouldnt work and it took a while to figure out why.....then when I realised what he had done we sorted it...plugged in the one plug and the lights didnt work....well I got up and kicked the box...then Tony kicked the box...I could have cried......so then he tried the connection in the other way and VOILA....we had light.....what a palava.....
Anyhow I then thought while up here I will go to hedge end...and I got my dressing gown that I had been wanting and a cardigan from M&S and a coat from Sainsburys that I had been after here in Poole but to no avail...... and my friend Tracey lives 10 mins from hedge end so I thought I could personally deliver her card......sadly she wasnt it :(.... she was in Hamworthy where I live visiting friends LOL........
I text her on my return and my text said " I was in The Range shaking up a tree "...that conjured up allsorts of images in her head and in mine when she text me back what I had sent...LOL>.. predictive text without wearing glasses is such fun...it should have been *picking* up a tree.....
So all in all it turned out ok.....but what a performance...at least this tree will last
us forever......( I HOPE )
Sorry for so long a post......
Bye for now
Hugs
Janette who loves her new tree....
Day 5 Christmas Card
This was one of my fave cards to make this year.It was choc chip, very vanilla, old olive and real red CS.I used some merry moments dsp, modern label punch, nesties and a real red brad.I love this dasher reindeer.
Back tomorrow with day 6 !!
Bye for now
Janette
Sunday, 6 December 2009
Day 4 Christmas Card
This card uses soft sky and basic black and whisper white CS.The cuttlebug layer is snow dots.I used the SU tag punches large in black and the small punched out the snowman image that was stamped in soft sky.The snowflakes are cuttlebug dies and a glitter dot is in the center...back tomorrow with card number 5 !!!Bye for now
Janette x
Saturday, 5 December 2009
Day 3 Christmas Card
This card is using taken with teal and sahara sand and a strip of designer paper.The ribbon is the SU whisper white satin...its really nice ......back tomorrow with day 4 Bye for now
Friday, 4 December 2009
Day 2 christmas card
This card again uses real red card and whisper white...clean and crisp. A floral embossing folder with touches of red glitter.An ornament stamped in red cut out and hung with silver cord, very mery stamped in real red too......back tomorrow with day 3...
Thursday, 3 December 2009
12 days of christmas
Well I am only 2 days late in getting this started....bit of a laugh really as my 120 xmas cards were all done and finished ages ago !!! I decided to choose 12 designs and make 10 of each...I am not a great lover of making cards the same but it make it easy when you have so many to do.
I just had not got round to putting them on the PC ready to upload....
My idea was to post 1 card a day for 12 days startig 1st December LOL....best laid plans and all that...hee hee
Right then....this card uses real red and whisper white cuttlebug snowflake folder and the word stamp celebrate which you cannot see so well....The snowflakes are felt flurries and a clear rhinestone brad in the center...
Back tomorrow with card number 2
Bye for now
Janette x
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