Hobbycutz Design Team

Hi my crafting friends, I am excited to say I have been accepted on the Hobbycutz Design Team and cannot wait to start so I do hope you will keep coming back.

Love & Hugs

Jacquie J xxx
http://jewelscardcraft.blogspot.co.uk/

Phoenix Feathers

Morning my crafting friends, so good of you to join me today, hope this finds you all safe and well?
 

I have been playing with my new little toy The Perfect Airbrush. I had looked at this ages ago but thought it was a bit steep at £14.99 so left it, then the other week on one of the deals on Create and Craft they had it on again but for £8.99 so I went and bought one. Its only a little man power one that you have to squeeze the air out yourself but it works and with your pens not ink! I tried it out on my Phoenix stencil and was quite pleased with how all the colours blended together so I made a card with it. I liked the idea of the Phoenix feathers flying but of course they had to be the same colour so I hope I have achieved that lol!

After a while your hand does ache a little because you are constantly pumping the air but its not too bad. I do like the affect it gives and you can do it darker if you want to just depends on how long you airbrush in a certain place.

Items used:

Creative Expressions Foundation Card Teal
Crafters Companion Centura Pearl Card Ivory
Cuttlebug Anna Griffin Embossing Folder Pirouette
Sweet Poppy Stencil Phoenix
Promarkers Summer Sun, Bright Orange, Ruby & Brown
Perfect Paper Crafting The Perfect Airbrush
Spellbinders Feathers
Spellbinders Radiant Rectangles
Creative Expressions Sue Wilson Spanish Collection-Corners, Boarders & Tags
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Dried Marmalade (Round edge of Phoenix stencil)


Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx

Thanks So Much

Morning my crafting friends, I hope this finds you all so well and enjoying the weekend.

For todays post I have gone through my little box of die cuts to see what I had to put together, usually when I die cut something out I cut a few and keep the spare in a box until another time, sometime I will look and find I don't have something in the right colour or shape but at times its good for making a quick card, like this one.

 

The coloured background I had as a cut off from another card I made a while back so I ran it through the E bosser then just matted it on to some White card followed by the Lilac card. It was then I raided my box lol!

Items used:

Crafters Companion Centura Pearl Pastel Card Lilac

Crafters Companion Centura Pearl Card Ivory

White Textured card

Card coloured with Tim Holtz Distress Inks Seedless Preserve, Antique Linen & Victorian Velvet

Embossilious Desire Embossing Folder Rose Vine

Creative Expressions Unmounted Stamps Heartfelt Sentiments

Tattered Lace Rose Die 

Wild Rose Studio  Oval Frame

Spellbinders Imperial Gold Gold labels Four

I am entering this into http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/challenge-237-anything-goes.html

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx

Oldies Friday

Morning my crafting friends, hope this finds you all well, thank you for visiting today.

I have joined in with Patricia's Oldies Friday today so I am not showing a card but some Cross Stitch that I did after my parents died 23 years ago, the hymn was sang and played at both funerals, it has always been one of my favourite hymns since I was a child so in remembrance of my parents I decide to stitch this.

I remember stopping where I had stopped with all the little roses because it was taking so long, I added the cross, Lamb and Shepard hook instead to use the space up! The Yellow Rose was to represent the Roses my Mom grew, she loved her roses and the Yellow ones were my favourite. The little teddy bear represents the Hospice where we had the collection for, they sold these little Teddy Bear badges so my Brother and Sister & I all had one.

Its not very well framed but its still as it was 22 years ago when I finished it lol!

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx

Mandala 60th Birthday

Morning my crafting friends, hope you are all well?  Thank you for visiting my blog today, its very much appreciated.

May I say 'Hello' to Julie Laz, thank you for visiting yesterday I hope you come back again.

Now today's post is the card I have made for my Sister Sue who is 60 today. I was unsure what to do for her card at first but as time progressed and the card came together I thought yes this is the one.

Items Used:

Basic White card

Creative Expressions Foundation Card Blush

Sheena Douglass Embossing Folder Sakura Silhouette

Create and Craft Blue Miri Card

Crafters Companion Centura Pearl White (Used back for stamping)

Sheena Douglass Taste of India Stamp Mandala

Tim Holtz Distress Inks Peacock Feathers, Dried Marmalade, Seedless Preserves and Black Soot

Creative Expressions Cosmic Shimmer Mica Pigments

Spellbinders Grand decorative Circles

Spellbinders Curved Boarders Two

Tattered Lace Lavish Blooms Leaves

  

I quite liked the finish look and as she went on a holiday to India a couple of years ago and loved it I felt she may like this design!

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx