Birthday card

This is a quick card I made for my Granddaughters birthday, she is eight today! In class on Monday we will be doing the Begonia from last week due to a late cancellation of last weeks class, see you all then xx

First flower for ages! the Begonia

Seems like such a long time since we did Floral Punch Craft, must have been before Christmas I think, I must admit to having quite a few memory blocks with this one LOL, but it turned out okay, the flower is a Begonia, there are lots of different types of this flower. The begonia flower is sometimes thought to represent fear, and when given to another person, some people believe that it is a warning to beware. On the other hand, it typically represents a person with a dreamy, almost innocent nature. As a gift, these are often presented to creative individuals and children because of their fanciful symbolism and their simple, unsullied beauty. These flowers can be given in the traditional bouquet, as a single flower, or within a hanging basket.

I am entering this in the papertake weekly challenge, one for the girls, or Mum, all girls like flowers I think? http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com.au/

And for this week

Sorry to be a little late with next weeks lesson, I have had my darling G'daughters here today and have done lots of playing instead of crafting!! they are having a sleep over, both of them have been very good, we get to do it all over again next weekend too!  for Monday night I have finished off the card holder that we made the cards for last week, It is a lovely gift and I am sure it will be well received.  Don't forget to bring back the cards you made so that we can get everything to match.

Love Jenni xx

Happy to be back

But I had an absolutely awesome time in Western Australia, it is a  terrific place and if it wasn't for family and friends in NSW I would move there, it was very hot but without the terrible humidity we get here, it was very flat for walking which was great for me, and  I absolutely loved the place.   It was terrific to see my friends again, what a shame its such a long way to go to catch up! I really enjoyed spending time with them and of course the crafting that was done!! they looked after us so well and we are ever grateful.

Here is the card(s) for this week, I want you to make at least three of these, they are very simple, but then the following week as long as my order from ebay gets here in time, we will make a holder to put them in.  My friends gave me lots of new ideas!!

Looking forward to seeing you all on Monday and catching up!!

Love Jenni xx

Envelope greeting card holder

Hi everyone, this week we are making a card holder made from two envelopes, a terrific gift for your
non-cardmaking friends, it is sooooo simple to make, but the ones I have given out have been very well received! you can decorated them in any way you wish, a digi image, flowers, rubber stamps, I will have lots of choices on the day.  I leave next Thursday for Perth, I am going to visit a couple of friends of mine that I met at different workshops with Floral Punchcraft, it is lovely to be able to go and visit them, and I am really looking forward to it, although not to the heatwave they are having at the moment! it has been over 40C there for a week or more, I am really hoping it will break either before we arrrive, or not long after LOL, but I suppose we will cope.........we think we get it hot in NSW but our maximum is usually about 35C and that is too hot for a delicate little English girl like me!!

Valentines card

A little early I know, but was requested by some of you ladies to teach you how to make the card with box that I made for your Christmas cards, couldn't really do another Christmas card so Valentines day is the next holiday coming up, of course you can decorate it how you want to, I got the pattern from
http://www.craftmad.com.au/cmforum/content.php/193-Chocolate-Box-Card and think it is such a great design for a few chocolates or a trinket to be given.  Hope you enjoy being back, but remember it is only two lessons, then I will be away all of February as I am going on my Jollies to Perth to visit friends. Happy New Year to all my lovely followers!! I know I have been sadly neglectful of visiting you all for the last month but I have just been sooo busy, we have had the wonderful news that my son and his family are really really coming home this year from Japan to live, I have always said, I hope they do but I won't hold my breath, but this time it is happening as he has booked the airfares, they arrive on the 3rd May.  I have been frantically sorting and donating and binning 30yrs worth of clutter to give them some space, they will live with me until they get settled and get jobs and their own home.  I am sooo thankful xxx

Christmas Baubles

These are Christmas baubles I have been in the process of making since about February this year, I have given them as gifts to the ladies in my craft class, they are very time consuming, but lots of fun once you get to the ribbon part and know you are nearly done!!

Love Jenni xx

Lazy Daisy and Holly

A last minute Chistmas card for me, will have to pop it in the post straight after class and hope it gets to its destination in time!  Lazy daisy are just what they sound like, very lazy and laid back, don't think you will have a problem with them at all.  The holly is a punched shape, so no cutting involved, a nice easy card to finish our year off..  I would like to take this opportunity of thanking the lovely ladies that come to my class, it has been a joy sharing time with you all, you are terrific people and I know we have become friends over the last couple of years!!! thanks girls and a Very Happy Christmas to you all.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

charismacardz.blogspot.com    last minute Xmas makes

4craftychicks.blogspot.com Christmas card

crimbo-crackers.blogspot.com  embossing

papertakeweekly.blogspot.com Im dreaming of .....fave colour christmas..........

Cineraria

A very easy flower this week, trying to make them easier in the build up to Christmas as we are all so busy..........I did a nice cheery flower as the weather in Australia has been very depressing for a while now, not much of our usual sunshine, a bit cool and lots and I do mean Lots of rain!!

I am entering this into the following challenges:

http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/ anything goes

http://totallypapercrafts.blogspot.com/ anything but Christmas

http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/ anything goes

I had a challenging week this week, thought I had a fracture in my foot, but after a bone scan it showed severe arthritis, and that the cartilage between the small bones of the foot had snapped and in some places totally disintegrated, it has been very painful, but am on the mend now.....treatment is the same as for a fracture, wear the boot for a couple of weeks and take it off when it feels better, if it doesn't see a foot and ankle specialist........

On a good note, I had two of my Granddaughters here for the weekend, to help me put up the tree and to allow Mummy and Daddy, to go for a night out to the ""adult place"" as the two year old calls the pub!!  we had a great time, put up the tree, made Xmas cookies and generally enjoyed ourselves, it cheered me up no end!!

Love Jenni

Back in the land of the living

Sorry I had to cancel last weeks class ladies, but you woúldn't have wanted to catch the bug I have had, it really layed me low for a week, finally went to the Dr's yesterday and she gave me antibiotics (something she doesn't do without you being really sick) she took the oxygen levels of my blood and they were down to 92% and that is after a week of solid coughing, I have slept in the recliner chair for four nights, daredn't lay down, but enough!! I am starting to feel a little better now, still coughing well but not as violently. 

This card was put together quite quickly, Tulips!! they can be made in nearly any colour and are a fairly simple flower to make (yes I know I always say that, but ít's usually true eh?)

The symbolic meaning of tulips is fame and perfect love. The symbolic meanings also change with the color of the tulips. Red tulips mean "believe me" and are a declaration of love. Variegated tulips mean "you have beautiful eyes." Yellow tulips mean "there's sunshine in your smile." And cream colored tulips mean "I will love you forever." Tulips are the foremost national symbol of Holland, rivaling wooden shoes and windmills

I am entering into the following challenge

http://flutterbywednesdays.blogspot.com/ which is a recipe, the colour blue, lace, a butterfly and at least three flowers
and also http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/2011/11/simon-says-anything-goes.html#links
Anything goes.

See you on Monday
Love Jenni