Tatty Twinkle Card

Hi

This is a Tatty Twinkle Wedding Anniversary card that I've made using a Tatty stamp, coloured in with Spectrum Noir Pens.  I've also embossed the backing paper and rubbed gilding wax which I'm in love with over the edges.  I've added distress ink on the dotty backing paper underneath.  I've also used a Dreames stamp for the flower on the dotty paper and build it up.

I am beginning to wonder if it's worth while carrying on with my blog as I never seem to get many comments on my posts.

Hope your all okay.  I've got a chesty cough at the moment and keep loosing my voice and ended up having a runny noise.  I've got cards to make and every time I bend down my noise runs lol.  Onwards and upward.

Crafty Hugs.

Jenny xx

Spectrum Noir Colouring

Hi all

I've been playing with my Spectrum Noir pens and pencils this afternoon.  So though I'd show you it before I put it on a card.

I've got the colours I've used written down on the back so if anyone is interested just leave me a message.

Have a good week.

Hugs
Jenny xx

Sheena Douglass Stamped card

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Here's another cad I've made for Paul (Hubby's) Birthday.

I've used Sheena Douglass Embossing folder and then put it through again and cut some leafs out and coloured them in with H20 inks.  I've used a Sheena Douglass stamps and Spectrum Noir Marker pens to colouor the stamp in.

I loved making this card.  Paul love bird watching and we are members of the RSPB.

Hugs.

Jenny xx

Molly Bloom Card

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Hope everyone's okay?

I've been busy as usual  Here's a Molly Blooms card I've made.

It's a 6x6 scalloped card.  I've coloured the image in with my copic markers.  Hope you like it.

Hugs
Jenny x

My first Card In A Box or Pop Up Box

Hi all

This is a card I've made for Paul's Grandma's Birthday.  I'm so pleased with how it turned out.  I found a tutorial that Nikky |Hall from Polka Doodle's done and it was so easy one she explained it.  I've used Sheena Douglass stamped flowers and coloured them in with my Spectrum Noir Pens.  Hope you like it.  \\

Hope everyone's okay and having a lovely Valentines Day.  |Paul spoilt me and bought me a card and flowers but unfottunatley he's at work tonight so I'm home alone with just be and Hannah (dog) who's fast asleep on the rug in front of the log burner.

Hugs.

Jenny xx

Hello My first Road Trip Scarf

Sorry I've not blogged in ages I've been busy crafting away and kept forgetting to blog.  I've been learning to crochet and loving it, I'm getting quite addicted to it now.  Very relaxing in an evening in front of the TV and much quicker than my knitting used to be.

Here's a photo of my first Road Trip Scarf.  I'm sure it won't be my last one.

Hope your all keeping well.

Hugs.

Jenny xx

Etsy Shop

Hi all

Hope your all okay and the weather is lovely where you are too?/  I've finally got round to setting up an Etsy Shop.  I've been thinking of doing one for a long time but with moving and life generally getting in the way I've not had the chance.  So at last I've plucked up the courage to do it.  Here's my link.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/JenzBitzandBobs?ref=hdr_shop_menu

Please drop by and have a look.  I'm going to try and keep adding new things in all the time.

Hugs

Jenny x

Polkadoodle card

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I've made this card for one of my nieces 18th Birthday.  I've used one of Polkadoodle's cd's and coloured it in with Spectrum Noir pens. Pumched flowers and leaves and gems.

Hope your all okay?  Sorry I've not blogged for a while Don't know where time goes.  It's been mad since Christmas.  Grandad Johnson has had to have another Cancer operation bless him he's 90 in September and he goes back after Easter to check how it's going so we're all keeping our fingers crossed. 

I've had my meds changed I've been given morphine patches for my back, I had to come off one lot of meds and it knocked me for six.  I've never felt so tired in all my life.  I've never been one for sleeping during the day but I could have just sat down and nodded off it was awful.  Took me a while to get used to it.  I've recently been back to my GP and they have given me the next one up as I felt it didn't really make any differnece and I was still taking my Tramadol and 8 Paracetamol each day and still in pain.  So we'll give them a chance and see how it goes. 

Then Hannah our gorgeous dog came ill and wouldn't eat.  We had to take her to the vets who put her on a drip.  We thoought we were going to loose her.  She's nearly 14 and we love her to bits.  Her Gallbladder was 9 times it's size and her Kidney's were really high.  After about a month of backwards and forwardsing to  the vets Her Kidney's have gone down and her Gallbladder is 5 times it's size so the meds are working and she's back to her happy self.  We'll keep an eye on her and hope she keeps improving the vet was really pleased with her last week.

Paul left the RAF last year as you know and hasn't been able to get a job.  We've become Forever Living Distributors which we love but we need a regular income.  So to cut a long story short Paul has started a cours in London so he's there Mon to Fri it's an IT Consultant course for FDM and they get him a job at the end of it so fingers crossed there too.  He's doing really well and has been there 5 weeks already.

So as you can see it's been mad. 

Hope you like the card.  Please leave a comment.

Hugs
Jenny

BeBunni Card

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Sorry for not blogging in a while don't know where time goes sometimes.  It's been mad since Christmas.  First of all Grandad Johnson was ill and in hospital.  Then I've been given Morphine patches for my back and it had a knock on affect with my other meds and knoecked me out for six.  I've knocked the other meds off now and am back on track so that's good.  Then Hannah our dog has been ill.  She's still not out of the woods yet as she's 14 bless her so we take each day at a time.  I don't think all this rain and  damp weather we've been having is helping do you?  I'll be glad when Spring and the bettter weather is here.  At least I've got my crafting to keep me going.  I do love it so much.

This is Hubbie's Valentine's card that I made him.  I do the the Bebunni Collection from Crafter's Companion it's gorgeous.  Mind you I've just treat myself to the new 4 day deal this week too.

Hope you like it it's coloured in with my Spectrum Noir pens and the paper and border are from the cd rom, the corners and swirls are from my new Brother Scan and Cut which I am loving too.

Have a great week everyone.  Hope your all keeping well.

Hugs
Jenny xx

Snowman & Snowdog Card

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Sorry I've not been been around for a while.  I've been a bit mad since we've moved.  Paul's been trying to get a job and has applied for 100 jobs and had 5 interviews.  So after a lot of looking around we've become Independent Distributors for Forever Living Products.  It's an Aloe Vera base company and we just love the products.

I've have still been busy with my cards though.  Here's one I've done following a Tutorial on the Crafter's Companion Blog by Linda Hill.

Hope your all doing okay.

Hugs
Jenny xx

Finally Moved

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Sorry I've not blogged for a little while it's been a bit mad recently.  We've finally moved house at last.  It's been hard as we've had to move ourselves this time.  It's Paul's last move from the RAF and believe it or not they leave you to it and don't pay for it or help with the move so we've had to pack and do it all ourselves.  We didn't realise how much stuff we actually had until we've moved.  I have to say though I'm not going to miss the RAF or the quarters etc.  The house we've found is lovely it's in Lincolnshire and it's 3 bedroomed detached and I actually have claimed the study downstairs as my craft room (yeah).  It's so quite it's bliss in our last house it was semi detached and let's just say not the best neighbours in the World that we had to share the walls with they were noisy and screamed a lot shouted at the kids who screamed and cryed a lot and played music.  To wake up here we're woken up if we here it to the sound of someones Cockeral which is bliss we've both slept better since we've moved.  All we need now is for Paul to get a job so if anyone knows of anything please let me know.

Hopefully I should be back blogging asap as soon as I've started unpacking the craft room.

Hope your all okay.

Hugs
Jenny xx

Do Crafts Stamped Card

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Hope your all okay?

Paul's home thankfully now and done his exam so we'll keep our fingers crossed.  We're going to look at a rented house tomorrow we've got to start going and having a look at sometime.

Here's a 5x6 inch scalloped edged card I've made recently using a Do Craft stamp.  I love it it's so cute.  I've coloured it in with my Spectrum Noir Pens  Backing papers from a 6x6 inch papermania pad and the roses and sentiment is from one of my Crafters Companion CD Roms.

Have a good week.
Hugs
Jenny x

Christening Invitation

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Happy Father's Day to everyone.  Hope you've all had a good day.  I couldn't see my Dad today but sent him his card and present through the post and spoke to him.  I saw him the weekend before last at one of my Nephew's Wedding's and we spent the weekend with some of my family wish was lovely.

As promised here's the Christening Invitation that I made.  I made 35 of the in total and they seemed to have gone down well which is good.

I've used a star embossing folder from Crafters Companion. A Forever Friends image from one of the CD Roms which I love.  I've also used a backing paper from one of Crafters Companion CD Roms and changed the colours with it on the colouriser system they have on their cd's.  As Claire wanted stars and blue and white on the Invitations.

Hope you like it.  Please leave me a comment.

Have a good week.
Hugs
Jenny x

father's day card

Hi all

Yes I'm still here. Life's a bit mad at the moment. Paul is still trying to get a job which is hard going. He's away this week on a course and it seems 22 years service in the RAF doesn't seem to count for anything these days.  I managed to get my Christening Invites done and when I get chance I'll add them to my blog.  This is a bit of a test run as I have a new Tablet so took the photo on that.  Will do more later.

 Hugs
Jenny

Happy Easter

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Happy Easter, hope your all okay and having a good weekend.  We've had a mad time as usual since I last posted.  We had an awful time as one Friday morning I woke up to hear a shower noise running and couldn't   understand it.  Woke Paul up who woke up when he heard it, went downstairs to find water coming through the ceiling in the kitchen and lounge, we couldn't find the stop cock and had to phone MHS who said they'd send someone out in 3 hours.  Paul went and knocked on neighbours doors who of course weren't in and then found someone who told us where the stop cock was.  Mean while water still running through the ceiling     I found buckets and placed the round the house.  Paul turned the stop cock off and we ran all the water through the system which took about 40 minutes and eventually an engineer turned up.  On top of all that I had a doctors appointment which is always a knight mare.  I came home to find the engineer gone and our carpets wet through.  My craft table and some papers cards etc ruined.  We had to move it all into the kitchen and I was doing Mum's mother's day card and christening invitations   We had a further two people come round and one of them said oh the carpets are ruined won't be good enough for march out.  I could have thumbed him.  He put a finger through ceiling.  The heating gave way another two times and had further engineers come round but the left us to it with the carpets and ceilings I was not a happy bunny.

Granddad Johnson has been taken back to hospital last Wednesday and sounds like the same thing as last time so let's hope they sort it out this time.  We're going to see him tomorrow night.

Paul's finished work now and is trying to find work he keeps writing for jobs and doesn't even get a reply.  It seems 22 years in the RAF doesn't count for anything these days.  Let's hope he finds something soon.

I've finally finished the christening invitations thank goodness but I'm happy with them and hopefully will get them to Clair in the next few days.

These are my Easter cards I've made for my family this year.  I hope you like them.

This one is using Hero Art stamps and my Spectrun Noir Pens.

This one is using a stamp I've had for a while and my Spectrum Noir Pens and backing papers from a Crafters Companion cd rom.

This one is using the same stamp and coloured in with my Spectrum pens and using an embossing folder too.

Can't remember the Company where I got this stamp from but again it's coloured in with my Spectrum pens and using a backing paper from my cd rom.

This one is using the same cross stamp and coloured with my Spectrum pens using a X-Cut die and backing paper from my cd roms.

Again this is one of my stamps and coloured in with my Spectrum pens which  I love and using a backing paper from my cd roms.

Have a good rest of a weekend.
Hugs
Jenny x

Paul's Valentines Card

Hi all

I don't know if anyone is reading my blog at the moment as I don't seem do get many comments.  I know I'm not on any design team or anything at the minute but I'd love you to leave me a comment if you do stop by.  Anyway enough of that.

This is the card I made for Paul (Hubby) for Valentines Day.  I used distress inks for the background, then I've used a versa mark ink pad and a black embossing powder on the vine and coloured the leaves in with a black spectrum noir pen.  I've also done the same embossing powder on the flowers cut them out and coloured them in using spectrum noir pens.  I also used the same black powder for the message.  I love getting messy this is an idea I saw Sheena Douglas doing on Create & Craft for the background technique when she was on with the stamps.  Which by the way I forgot to say the stamps are Sheena's.  Hope you like it.

Hope your all okay.  Granddad Johnson is finally home from Hospital yesterday.  We had a hectic week last week visiting him.  Fingers crossed he'll be okay.  Paul still hasn't heard from anyone of the jobs he's applied for which is a bit of a worry.  I keep hoping he'll hear something soon.  Not long to go now until he finishes work.  At least we can stay in the house until August.

Have a good week everyone.
Hugs
Jenny xx

Brother's Birthday Card

Hi all

Sorry I've been a bad blogger recently it's been a bit mad.  The weather has been awful hasn't it?  I do wish spring would hurry up and come.  Paul came home with the flu and kindly gave it to me so that's knocked me  out for six.  I've been going to a Back Class at the Pain Clinic at Kings Lynn Hospital on a Monday for six weeks which has been interesting.  I've also had a course of Acupuncture which hasn't helped and at the moment I've having a course of Hydrotherapy which is lovely while it's in the water but I've struggled afterwards.  Grandad Johnson got taken into Kings Lynn Hospital last Friday too bless him and they don't know what's causing it yet so we're going to see him again tomorrow afternoon as I've got Hydro and Paul can go and see him while I'm doing that then I'll meet them on the ward.

Paul's only got to the 18th of March left at work now and that's come round quick.  He keeps applying for jobs and not hearing anything which is a bit worrying.

I've been trying to keep myself busy.  I've knitted Dad a pair of fingerless gloves which he loved and know am knitting a pair for Paul's Aunty Eileen.  I'm also doing Alfie's Christening Invitations so it's all go.

This is a bit different for me but I loved doing it.  It's a birthday card for one of my Brothers using the new scene it dies from Do Crafts.  Hope you like it.  Please leave a message.

Hope your all well and having a good week.

Hugs
Jenny xx

Happy New Year

Hi all

Hope everyone's well.

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year, hope you all have a good one.  I hope everyone has had a great Christmas and a Good New Year's Day.  We had a lovely time at Paul's Aunties over Christmas and got to meet our latest nephew who was only 7 weeks old.  He was so cute they've called him Alfie.  So that makes 14 Nephew's and Niece's for us between our families.  We don' usually do much on New Years Eve.  We watched Alan Car's show which was so funny.  Then we watched Jules Holland's Hootenanny which we  both love as we like his music and of course switched over at midnight to watch Big Ben and the fireworks which we thought was amazing.  So I hope you all have a fantastic 2013 and I will try and get some more blogging done and join in some Challenges this year.

Our main thing this year is Paul leaves the RAF after 22 years so that's a new job for him and a new home as we've always lived in RAF quarters since we've been married, so it's a new start for us this year.

Take care
Hugs
Jenny xx

Magnolia Christmas Card

Hi all

Hope your all okay and getting ready for Christmas?  I'm getting there.  We went to Hull to see my Parents and stay at my brothers house and take my families Christmas presents.  The weather on the way home yesterday was just awful.  The water on the roads and fields was just terrible.  It was a long journey.

We are going to Paul's Auntie Eileen's tomorrow and coming back the day after Boxing Day.

I made this card and coloured it in with my Spectrum Noir pens and used distress inks round the edges.  I hope you like it.

Thanks for looking.  Please leave me a message.

Hugs
Jenny x

Tilda Christmas Card

Hi all

Sorry for the lack of posting, I don't know were time goes.  I've been busy making cards of course for orders and for my local craft shop which I will add on later and of course our own cards.

I've made quite a few Tilda cards so will also add those on my blog as I've now downloaded them from my camera.

I have coloured it in with my Spectrum Noir pens.  Punched the stamped circle message out and used distress inks over it.  I've also cut out two snowflake dies using my big shot.   Must confess I do love the colours I've used.

Hope your all okay and getting ready for Christmas.

Hope you like the card.  Please leave feel free to leave a comment, I'd love to know what you think.  Thank you for looking.

Hugs
Jenny x