MERRY CHRISTMAS...

I'm sat here thinking about all the jobs I still have to do before the man in the red suit arrives...OMG am I in a panic...This working malarky really has taken over my life...so thought I would chill out for a bit and wish you all a very Merry Christmas...I have been off work the last two days because of the snow and all contacts between children and their parents had to be cancelled because of the bad weather. Not a nice decision that had to be made especially at this time of year and I am soooo glad it was not mine to make...So looks likes Santa's Grotto will be staying open longer in my neck of the woods so that we can accomodate the contacts between christmas and new year...enough about work though because I really need to switch off and start chilling...

Going to sisters for xmas lunch because the boys are at their dads this year...So no cooking for me xmas day...

Barry announced that he is traveling down to Manchester on Boxing Day to watch a Stoke City game and then to Birmingham for another match so looks like our christmas dinner is going to end up being a pre Hogmany dinner...oh well at least I wont be fighting for the last brussel sprouts today when I go for the last of my food shopping...speaking of which better shake a leg and get myself organised to get to the shops before they run out.lol...Got most of my presents still to wrap so looks like I maybe having a late night once again...but hey ho things could be alot worse...

Will try and pop by and wish you all a Merry Christmas but if I dont get the chance...have a great time everyone and hope Santa gets you all lots of yummy crafty goodies...

Luv and Hugs...

Jackie xx

Friday Sketchers...Sketch 82

Another one of Grants Christmas cards for his customers...heres my take on the sketch on the Friday Sketchers blog...Its another one that I will be using again and again...












Image is another of the ANGELS LANDING cute Polar Bear Images, coloured with copic markers...

Background papers are from docrafts Forever Friends paper pad from last year...

Red and White dotty paper is from this years Forever Friends Gift Wrapped double sided A4 pad...lush papers/card cant wait to use them some more...

Bit of glittering...

Bling from stash...

Sentiment is another from the Forever Friends pack...

and my favourite snowflake punch again...

Rubbish pic again not had much daylight today...

Thanks for looking...Hugs Jackie xx

Truly Scrumptious Challenge Card

Where do I begin...another day off and have been beavering away making xmas cards, ashamed to admit that I had not made any before today :-/...anyways Grant gave out hand made cards for his paper round last year sooooo it just had to be the same again this year didnt it...but we had a problem...he now does 2 rounds one in the morning and one in the afternoon soooo after trying to tell him that cards dont make themselves and that now I'm a working mum I NEED to sleep at some point... A compromise was struck and the peeps that got handmade cards last year got again this year....so 23 cards later, I thought I would enter some of them into challenges...Of course cards all ready to photograph, the weather is rubbish here so the pics started off a bit naff to say the least....THEN... Battery on camera went so I gave up and have only managed to photograph a few but hey ho its more than I had yesterday...lol...So without further ado... and waffling...

Here's my take on the Truly Scrumptious Challenge...I love this sketch and will deffo use it again...simple but effective...a bit like me.lol...








The image is a digi download from ANGELS LANDING isn't the cutest ever...
Coloured with promarkers...

Glittered to the max but it dont show up very well...

Background papers Docrafts Forever Friends pad from last year, and one of the Anita's xmas pad from last year too...went round the edge with a white gel pen for faux stitching...

Sentiment is Forever Friends (this years)...

Ribbon, snowflake brads and Bling from stash...

My added velum is the ickle snowflakes made using punch a bought a few weeks ago and its became my new best friend.Cant remember the make of it though...lol...

Thanks for looking

wow....its been a long time....

Where does the time go?? I got back from my hols and have not stopped working since...the days and weeks have all blended into one...I have managed to make a few cards along the way but never have time to take the pics of them to show you all....
Sooo I have a card to show you all....NOT a christmas one either, its one I have made for an order and have just delivered it and she was chuffed to bits with it...I have followed the ICS sketch its an easy one for me to get back into the swing of things I think...









I made one of the ever so popular easel cards...

Image was a gift from a friend, coloured with copics...
Background papers are Kate Knight Amethyst Floral Prints from Dovecraft...
Sentiment was made on the puter...
All other bits and bobs are from my stash...