Yesterday morning I was driving along a
fairly quiet surburban road, near where I live, and I was faced with a
woman driving a white four by four heading straight for me.
I tooted and
swerved to get out of her way!
The sound of me tooting brought her to
her senses, and she also swerved.
Needless to say I felt really shaken, and pulled over to phone hubby.
After chatting for a few minutes, I
decided I was OK to carry on to church.
When I arrived, I realised I
wasn't doing as well as I thought I was, so I phoned Vicki to come out
to see me in the car park.
We spent several minutes chatting, and then she took me
to a quiet area in the church to get me a cup of very sweet tea.
Church is always a
good place to be, but especially good when you've just had the fright of
your life!
There
wasn't any Sunday School for the children yesterday, as they were included
in our service.
It was delightful to see them on the stage singing, and
then helping the preacher by holding up very large pictures he was using
to explain the story of Christmas.
It was just what I needed!
In
the evening our son LD came round for dinner with his delightful
girlfriend Sasha.
Conversation flowed, and time went far too quickly! In what
seemed to be next to no time, they had to make tracks home! I
made today's card yesterday afternoon but I wasn't feeling very
inspired, until I came to thinking about a "skirt" for the Christmas
tree!
I wanted to create a Christmas tree and decorate it would lots of
multi-coloured baubles.
As you can see that idea didn't work, so I
changed to Red Glimmer Paper Stars.
I started my card with a base of Whisper White Cardstock (CS), then a layer
of Red Glimmer Paper, and a top layer of Whisper White CS.
I dry embossed the top layer using the Oh My Stars Embossing Folder.
As I showed on yesterday's video, I
adhered the Whisper White layers to the Red Glimmer layers using
Tombow, and then laid them under my self-healing mat while I continued
working
on the other parts.
Tombow is great for adhering to the Glimmer Paper
but it does need some pressure and some time to get a good grip!
I
took another piece of Whisper White CS, and stamped the Christmas tree
from the Ready for Christmas Stamp Set using Wild Wasabi Ink.
I used the Christmas
tree die from the Christmas Staircase Thinlits Dies to cut the tree
out, and I also used the star die to die cut nine Red Glimmer stars.
For the star on
top of the tree, I used Gold Glimmer Paper and cut one small and one medium star from the Starlight Thinlits Dies.
As
I was preparing all these pieces I was thinking about the base of the
tree, and how was I going to finish it off!
In my mind it was an indoor
tree - real or artificial? It didn't matter! - so I needed a tub to put the tree in!
I
decided to go through my file of dies to see what I could use, and as usual there were several options!
There
were a few possibilities, but as soon as I saw the Up and Away Thinlits
Dies, I knew I had to use the "funnel" die upside down.
I feel it takes
my tree from ordinary to something a bit special!
I finished the front
of the card with the sentiment from the Star of Light Stamp Set, stamped
in Wild Wasabi, and I topped the tree with the larger Gold Glimmer
star.
I die cut one more small and one more medium stars, and adhered them at the bottom of the Whisper White layer inside the card! Another
of my highs yesterday was that my two-hour video was very well received
by my YouTube subscribers.
I'll certainly consider doing it again, the only
real change I'd make is that I'd plan doing it from the beginning
rather than tumbling into the idea like I did this time! Footnote: when I arrived
back home yesterday, after church, hubby downloaded the film from my dash cam to view the
near-miss I'd had on the way to church earlier!
The film showed what happened, very clearly, including the number plate on the other car!
If all cars were fitted with dash cams, it wouldn't take the police long to work out what happened in the horrific six-vehicle smash in the early hours of yesterday morning, in Birmingham, which claimed six lives!
They're not
very expensive, and I think like SatNav, it's only a question of time
before everyone has one! If it's too late to put on your Christmas
wishlist, treat yourself! That's it from me today. Until tomorrow, happy crafting! JanB.
PS Stampin' Up! have put more items in the Clearance Rack! Some of the retiring products have been reduced by 70%! Do pop over to my shop www.janbcards.stampinup.net to grab a bargain or two. But don't delay, once they've gone, they've gone for good! ☺
A
crafting friend asked if I could make a video showing how to make a
spinner card, so the spinner part can't be seen until the card has been opened, so it's a complete surprise!
I'm happy to accept challenges, and I have really enjoyed
creating today's card. My
first card was using the snowman and the reindeer fron the Seasonal
Chums Stamp Set and co-ordinating dies, but I thought the video would
take too long with all the colouring!
Even without all the colouring the
video is one hour and seven minutes long, so I think there will be a lot of fast forward buttons getting a workout today!
On the video I promised to put the details of the snowman card I showed, on my blog today (6th December 2017), so everyone can choose which card they'd like to make:-
1). Snowman: was stamped on Whisper White Cardstock (CS), using Basic Black Archival Ink and coloured using the following Marker Pens:-
a). Hat: Early Espresso, and hat band: Soft Suede b). Holly: Wild Wasabi for the leaves and Real Red for the berries c). Robin: Crumb Cake and Real Red for his breast
d). Carrot nose: Pumpkin Pie
e). Scarf and mittens: Real Red and Pool Party
f). Rabbit: Smokey Slate
g). Snow body: I painted over the white areas of the snowman's body with my Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen.
2). Reindeer: were stamped on Crumb Cake CS using Basic Black Archival Ink and coloured in using the following Marker Pens:-
Reindeer facing front:
a). Antlers, tail, hooves, body spots, and ear shadows: Crumb Cake
b). Ribbon: Pool Party
c). Bell: Wink of Stella Gold Glitter Pen
Reindeer facing back:
a). Antlers, tail, hooves, and body spots: Soft Suede
b). Ribbon: Real Red 3). Holly inside the card: stamps were from Hang Your Stocking Stamp Set and coloured with Wild Wasabi and Real Red Ink
4). Whisper White oval inside card: was die cut using die no. 3 of the Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies 5). Christmas Tree:
is from the Ready for Christmas Stamp Set, and was stamped in Wild
Wasabi Ink on Whisper White CS, then die cut using the Christmas Staircase Thinlits Dies.
I
painted the Basic Rhinestones using the Dark Old Olive and Dark Cherry
Cobbler Stampin' Blend Pens.
The gold star if from the Metallic Enamel
Shapes. 6). Christmas Blessings Sentiment: is from the Christmas Pines Stamp Set and was stamped in Cherry Cobbler Ink on Whisper White Cardstock, although it looks more like Real Red! Hmmm!!
7). Card Base and DSP:
the card base is Cherry Cobbler CS, with layers of Whisper White CS,
and top layers of the reindeer design from the Be Merry Designer Series
Paper (DSP). If I've missed anything please let me know. This morning I'm off to the hairdressers, but I'd rather be at home crafting. Does anybody else feel like this? LOL!
This is my first play with the Ready for
Christmas Stamp Set, and the co-ordinating Christmas Staircase Framelits
Dies.
I've seen cards made with this set where the dog has his paws up
on the table, so he can eye the cookies that have been put out for
Santa.
The only way I could think of adding to this was to have one dog
standing on the other dog's back! I've
been wanting to use the Cherry Cobbler and Garden Green Be Merry
Designer Series Paper (DSP), particularly the design with the
mittens, so I chose that as my starting point for today's card! I
started with a card base in Whisper White Cardstock (CS), with a layer
of Cherry Cobbler CS and a top layer of the mitten design from the Be
Merry DSP. Using
Whisper White CS and Basic Black Archival Ink, I stamped the table, the
cookies, and two dogs from the Ready for Christmas Stamp Set.
Using
Marker Pens, I coloured the table, the cookies and one dog using Crumb
Cake - I've named him Clover! - and Smokey Slate for the plate the cookies were on.
I went over
this using my Wink Of Stella Clear Glitter pen to give the illusion it
was a silver platter!
I coloured the second dog in Soft Suede, and her
sweater in Cherry Cobbler - I've named her Scarlet! ☺
I used Garden Green for the Clover's sweater. I had wanted to leave the stripes white but I was a bit clumsy,
and ended up colouring the whole sweaters.
To break the colour up a bit,
I used my white gel pen to paint the stripes back in, add the dots, the
stars and highlight the lower cuff. I
stamped the sentiment Christmas Blessings from the Christmas Pines
Stamp Set, using Cherry Cobbler Ink on Whisper White CS, and mounted it
onto a strip of Cherry Cobbler CS. I
started to adhere all the elements together, and for the main focal
image I die cut a Whisper White CS circle using the largest Stitched
Shapes Circle Famelits Die.
This was mounted onto a larger circle which
had been die cut from Cherry Cobbler CS, using the Layering Circle
Framelits Dies.
I adhered the two pieces together using Tombow, and then
adhered it to the card front using Dimensionals.
I
adhered the table using Tombow, and I placed the feet on the table
right at the bottom of the white circle.
Using Dimensionals, I added the
silver platter of cookies.
To position Clover, I put one large Dimensional under his tummy and a slither under his tail.
I put his paws so they were
resting on one of the feet of the table, with his back positioned for Scarlet to stand on!
I
used a Glue Dot to adhere Clover's head in place.
To fix the Scarlet in place, I used Tombow as far down her back to the end of her
sweater and then added a slither of a Dimensional under her tail.
I put
her standing on Clover's back with her front paws
resting on his head!
Using
Dimensionals, I adhered the sentiment in place.
Inside the card I added
a layer of Cherry Cobbler CS, and a top layer of Whisper White CS.
In
the bottom left hand corner, I stamped another plate of cookies and
coloured them in the same way I did for the front of the card.
I added googly eyes to Clover and Scarlet, and they've worked better than I imagined they would!
This is because, when I look at the card, both dogs appear to be looking at me as is to say "Errrmm, we're just looking..............!!!" LOL!
I hope you have a lovely day, and until tomorrow, happy crafting. JanB.
Hello, Crafters.
Yesterday morning I was driving along a
fairly quiet surburban road, near where I live, and I was faced with a
woman driving a white four by four heading straight for me. 
I wanted to create a Christmas tree and decorate it would lots of
multi-coloured baubles. 
As you can see that idea didn't work, so I
changed to Red Glimmer Paper Stars. 
Tombow is great for adhering to the Glimmer Paper
but it does need some pressure and some time to get a good grip! 
I used the Christmas
tree die from the Christmas Staircase Thinlits Dies to cut the tree
out, and I also used the star die to die cut nine Red Glimmer stars. 
There
were a few possibilities, but as soon as I saw the Up and Away Thinlits
Dies, I knew I had to use the "funnel" die upside down.
Another
of my highs yesterday was that my two-hour video was very well received
by my YouTube subscribers. 
If all cars were fitted with dash cams, it wouldn't take the police long to work out what happened in the horrific six-vehicle smash in the early hours of yesterday morning, in Birmingham, which claimed six lives! 
