Nostalgia upcycled

I recently made these cards for a Card making competition.  I have never entered one before and it certainly gets your mind working over time just thinking about what you can do or should do.    Cards mean different things to different people.   Possibly something that brings back memories or just something to identify who give you the present.  And currently my boys favourite is the means to transport a gift card.     I made a card a few years ago now and spent a bit of time on the card and the envelope.   The first thing they did was to tear the envelope in half, hence now I attempt to use recycled paper or scraps for envelopes.    Unfortunately the card did not fair much better and a couple days after the birthday the card went into the rubbish.   I am like my mother-in-law and I save a lot of the cards that I receive in particular those that have been handmade.  Even the handmade cards that th...

I did this layout for a friend for Christmas.  I used Kaiser papers with mainly Prima embellishments.  I stencilled the base paper in a couple of places with modeling paste.     I used a real peacock feather.    Then framed it in a shadow box frame from Typo.   Merry Christmas. J

Yes, only two large trees this years.      I have not counted the small trees that the boys have placed around the house but it definitely feeling like Christmas.  The boys tree have a couple of hand made decorations that we made.    I will the blog the origami folders required to makes these soon.  Needless to say you will require a 4x4 square for each petal, 5 petals for one flower and 12 flowers for the ball.  But they do look fantastic.  Merry Christmas.  Jonnece

Yep,  I had thought about giving friends one of the Chocolate Christmas sleighs as our family Christmas gift however they just didn't seem big enough as a family treat so I decided to up size and here is the result.  So to appreciate the size I have include the little sleigh for comparison So I started with jelly bean canes, then Christmas fruit mince tarts, Chocolate coated Almonds, Chocolate sticks and Rum balls then topped with mini chocolate bars (berry biscuit) and chocolate coins in little bags.   A good family size treat.  I have decided against making a gift box with these one  and opted for cellophane and ribbon.  J

P.S. note from Christmas eve:   My little gift boxes won the 'Gift tag, wrapping and stocking stuffer'  Artfull craft December challenge .  Such a nice little surprise to come home to on Christmas eve.  Many thanks Artful crafts. Yep,  the risk factor of my son dropping the Chocolate sleigh was just too much for me to bear so I have made gift boxes for them.  So the first one I made the box from Cream and red Card stock and matted some Stampin up Christmas paper on to green card stock.  On the top I made to flowers from Serviettes.      The box is made the some as the above and on the top I made 3 little parcels.    Now its just whether they  get to school without him eating them. Enjoy. Jonnece

Finally found my heat gun, phew.  I missed placed it for 2 months and was just about purchase a new one.  Unfortunately did do some cards without embossing my stamps which I usually do.  Oh well, all's well, that ends well.  Here are a couple of cards that the kids and I did this morning, after breakfast and before they found better things to do.  Stamped and embossed the base card stamp and the gold section at the bottom left.   I used kaiser tags and some lace to embellish. Happy scrapping. Jonnece

Yep, only a few days to go and the boys are all off for the summer break.  So Teacher Xmas gift time.  This year I have gone for a chocolate Christmas sleigh.  Candy canes, Kitkat bars, the small Cabury chocolate bars (berry biscuit, Hokey pokey and peppermint)  and a glue gun.  Finished off with ribbon and twine. All good and ready to go.  Meri Kirihimete Jonnece

Yep, I had another day out crafting with the girls.  Here is one of the layouts completed today.  Sometimes I do get a little carried away with layouts of my boys, so this time I have decided to pick on some of the other members of my family.  Little brothers turn today and his beautiful lady.  Like their children they are so photogenic. (Unlike me) Again I used K&Company papers and flowers from Prima.  A couple of extra embellishments like a 'light bulb moment' and a silver feather.     Hope you like it. J

My sister-in-law took this photo of my niece which I just love.  Gone is the teenage girl that my little boys ran around after.  She spent most of her time having to pick Kiwa up and carry him around.  She is just so grown up now.   I stenciled the base paper and I used a couple of different embellishments including an old broach and a feather in a small cored bottle.   The Paper is from K&C and flowers from Prima.  Hope you like it.  J