Junie Moon's Cards with a Heart

Congratulations on your OBE!

2012-01-13T09:39:00.000Z

My neighbour's cousin has been awarded and OBE - how posh! She asked me to make a card for her, so I used Jane Gill's evening jacket template. I downloaded the medal from google images.

Lewis brings F1 to Crawley!

2011-11-27T20:55:00.000Z

Well not THE Lewis but little gorgeous bundle Lewis Alexander who was born yesterday the first child of very dear friends of mine. I am just so excited, can't wait to see him but of course, family visits first. Anyway, here is card:

I hope you like it x

A Heart for Helen

2011-11-19T18:05:00.000Z

(Adopted) Daughter No.2's 21st Birthday - the heart idea is from Jane Gill. The papers I've had for years, flower made from Woodware punches. Sorry about the poor quality photo but it was taken on my mobile phone and I can't seem to edit it.

Just had to sneak a little of the Blues for my Bro x

2011-10-25T15:41:00.000+01:00

Oh how I lurve this card - I wish I could take credit for the design but it's one of the very talented Jane Gill's http://janeelizabeth-flowergirl.blogspot.com/. However, I did make it and I made the rose. My little bit of 'prowess' was the match day programme in the pocket! I remembered he was born on a Saturday and the Blues had a game, so I got a copy of it off 'tinternet and printed it off!

I don't know what to call this post????

2011-10-21T20:44:00.000+01:00

Recipe:
The Daughter stamp is by Papermania and are just over £1!
Flowers are from Craftwork cards
Papers - various Doodlebug

Woodware Challenge

2011-10-05T17:43:00.000+01:00

I've never joined in a Challenge before, but as I'm home 'with me legs' (don't you just love phrases like that?) I thought I'd have a go. This was a sketch challenge on the http://www.woodware.co.uk/blog blog.

The recipe is:
Base card - Bazzill JuneBerry
Magenta - Raspberry Odyssey Paper
Swiss dots embossing folder
Woodware Crafty Edger - Heart Scallop
Woodware/Jane Gill - Bubble Heart Stamp Set
Woodeware/Francoise Reed - FRCL029 Tiny Phrases
Embellishments - Nailheads, diamente and Rose Quartz stickles.

Skateboard Dude

2011-09-26T10:14:00.000+01:00

I made this card for Fred, who will be 11 this week - he's really into boarding so this set from Woodware Boy Zone FRCL058 was perfick. I used a 5.5" square card and cut out the zig-zag pattern and glittered the edges, backed it with the Doodlebug Stars & Stripes paper. The dudes clothes were paper pieced. Sic innit?

Crimson? Delights....

2011-09-24T08:53:00.000+01:00

This is one of the latest flowers we made at Jane Gill's Floral Punch Craft classes at The Glitterpot www.theglitterpot.co.uk. The flower is called Crimson Delight (we believe it maybe an Australian flower). It's made from five different punches. I can thoroughly recommend these classes, please don't think you couldn't possibly do it - we all started sometime and once you've got the bug for FPC there's no going back!

Oh! and BTW - who said Crimson Delights HAVE to be crimson???? Poetic licence....

The secrets out!!

2011-09-09T20:44:00.000+01:00

I was very flattered to be asked to make a set of Wedding Stationery for the Woodware Christmas Catalogue using Jane Gill's Wedding Set - scary or what? I loved it, despite the sleepless nights and I actually found myself walking around with an "idea's pad"! It was great. Unfortunately I had to keep 'schtum' about it until the magazine was released, which was really hard when I so wanted to share it with my crafting friends, so I hope they forgive me. Here's are two of the cards I made, the rest can be seen on http://www.woodware.co.uk/catalogues01.php

It's a beautiful set of stamps - I stamped the hearts on the top card onto shrink plastic - the heart on the second card is the actual size. The heart set is

WOODWARE

BUBBLE HEARTS - CLEAR MAGIC SET
JGCL549

and the sentiments sets are:

WOODWARE
OUR SPECIAL DAY - CLEAR MAGIC SET
JGCL547

and

WOODWARE
ON YOUR WEDDING - CLEAR MAGIC SET
JGCL546

Ruby Ruby Ruby and not a Haggis to be seen

2011-09-07T20:47:00.000+01:00

My friend Andrea's M&D are celebrating their 40th Wedding Anniversary this weekend and Andrea is "away to Scotland" this weekend to see her parents. Congratulations Moira & Colin x

It is a book, the cream bit is concertinaed and I made a box for it to go in.

A little Sunday playing.....

2011-08-28T11:57:00.000+01:00

I woke up this morning full of mojo, unfortunately I have to go out later so it was a Sunday morning play session (you should see the state of my desk!). I saw the pom pom on http://stamping-fantasies.blogspot.com/ and the lovely Brenda emailed the instructions to me - which turned out to be a bigger version of a floral punch craft technique; the punches are Woodware.

The flower is a Jane Gill design http://www.woodware.co.uk/blog/ and I had a go in the lovely Papermania Glitter Embossed paper from http://www.theglitterpot.co.uk/scripts/prodList.asp. It's beautiful but it needs to be on a card....

The gift tag is a new venture for me, not made one before, but I was really pleased with this. The paper is Papermania double-sided and it's purple so it MUST be gorgeous!

Right, now I REALLY must go and get ready to go out. HAPPY SUNDAY EVERYONE!

Can't say 'Thank You' enough.....

2011-08-26T17:25:00.000+01:00

I was asked to make a selection of Thank You cards - Such Fun! It was really lovely having such a challenge and being able to use sooo many stamps and colours and bits and Roberts.

The stamps I've used are:
Hobby Art Floral Display (purple card)
Hero Arts Full Bloom Rose (green card)
Hero Arts Stitched Rose (pink card)
Hero Arts Dandelion (pale blue card)
Penny Black Love Blush (blue bow card)
I also used an assortment of embossing folders (Cuttlebug)
Sentiments from peel-offs, SU, Woodware

Matt Black?

2011-08-22T14:37:00.000+01:00

This was a straaaannnngggeee order..... Please do a card for Matt for his 21st birthday and it must include these words.....

It's black and silver (not gold).

Divided loyalties?

2011-08-19T11:21:00.000+01:00

Now Ryan can't quite make up his mind who he supports (personally I think they're both rubbish) is it Arsenal or Liverpool.... His card had to have both - I was quite pleased with this challenge. The football is Quickutz and I used a football stamp to stamp in the aperture.

I'm just lovin these wildflowers...

2011-08-17T21:20:00.000+01:00

I'm just loving these Hero Arts Wildflower Garden stamps. Unfortunately, the photos don't show all the glitter glue I used nor does it show the design of the card as well as it could. The front cover of the card is cut to half the size of the rear, then I stamped the whole image on the back. When this is dry I covered the image with a piece of acetate so I could see through, then stamped the image again on the front sheet, making sure it's all in line.

Stamp is Hero Arts Wildflower Garden from www.theglitterpot.co.uk .

Tag stamp is Woodware Tiny Greetings & Tags

Mmm something missing....

2011-08-16T20:32:00.000+01:00

I spent two days with this one, moving bits around, trying this, trying that and then run out of time as I had to get it in the post! I'm still not entirely happy with it, there's definitely something missing...

Del...icious

2011-08-13T20:06:00.000+01:00

Ha ha he'd laugh himself silly at that title....

Sorry the photo isn't too good, it's quite difficult with mirri card. I used my Quickutz dies for this - was great to give them an airing again! The starry velum was from a Papermania pack that I bought at The Glitterpot and I used card candy from Craftwork Cards.

And the Bride Wore Pink....

2011-07-30T12:48:00.000+01:00

I was asked to make this card for my friend whose niece is getting married today - slightly out of my comfort zone as I don't tend to do pink for weddings - sorry the quality isn't much good, it's off my mobile.

I used Stampin Up Heat & Stick + Glitter on the image, which gave a lovely sparkly effect - I've had it about 2 years but never got round to using it, now I love it!

Do you know sometimes in your life there's just......

2011-07-25T17:09:00.000+01:00

What a wonderful weekend I've had - two big events, both involving meeting up with people I've not seen in a long while. I know this is a crafting blog but this was so good I just want to share it with you. My auntie (not a real one, but as close as) celebrated her 80th birthday this weekend. Her husband, Don and my Dad were in the Army together, my Dad was their best man and the families all became very good friends and my brother and I often talk of all the marvellous times we had at their house with their six children. My brother and I have not seen any of the children for more than 25 years and on Saturday we all got together again and they were as excited to see us as we were to see them. What a lovely feeling it's left me with. So here we are - and here's the card I gave to Auntie Muriel.

And the last for the mo - Happy 19th Birthday Claire-Marie!

2011-06-29T08:31:00.000+01:00

Well 19 years ago CM you came into my life and changed it forever - I don't regret a single moment, love you xxxx

Recipe:

Card stock - Craftwork Cards
Template - WS
Peeloffs - bits from a swirly pattern
Skirt - some sheer material that I got from Lakeland years ago
19 - Quickutz Roxy alphabet, stacked four deep and then glazed
++ chalks and stars and glitter glue round the edge and bling!

More from my Creative Sunday 'Range'......

2011-06-27T18:49:00.000+01:00

Recipe:
Papers: Craft Creations
Sentiment: Craftwork Cards
Butterfly (large): Cuttlebug die
Martha Stewart punch both sides www.theglitterpot.co.uk
Little butterflies - various punches

Creative Sunday - thank goodness!

2011-06-26T19:16:00.000+01:00

What a creative day I've had today, damn good job too when I've got so many birthdays coming up! Here's the first - more tomorrow.

Recipe:
Papers were from QVC ages ago
Flowers were made from Woodware Plum (green), Woodware Daisy (blue) and Woodware Sun punches - design by www.janeelizabeth-flowergirl.blogspot.com
Image - Magnolia
Flourish - Quickutz
Raffia - craft sale somewhere!
Seed beads www.theglitterpot.co.uk
Charm - www.craftsulove.co.uk

Silver Wedding - The Blessing

2011-06-07T18:49:00.000+01:00

Paula & Ian had their 25 happy years blessed - I was asked to produce a keepsake of the words of the Blessing. I made a box for it too.

Silver? We had a Golden time....

2011-06-05T11:18:00.000+01:00

As per my previous blog I've just got sooo many Silver WA's going on this year. My bestest and longest friend (47 years) celebrated her Silver Wedding Anniversary yesterday. We had a wonderful chinese lunch and then back to the family home for cake, champagne, live music and a Blessing of their Marriage. Here is the exploding box I made them.

The paper I used to make the roses was from Craftwork Cards Paper Blox http://www.craftworkcards.co.uk/ - the rest you probably know, but if you don't leave a comment and I'll get back to you.

What was it about 1986?

2011-06-02T14:15:00.000+01:00

I've had a number of anniversary cards to make this year for people celebrating their Silver Weddings - here's another one and next week I can show you some more.

At last!

2011-04-28T23:23:00.000+01:00

I can now show you one set of my "moments" cards. These are for two good friends SarahK and SarahT. It's Lady June again - can't help it, I love her!

So frustrating......

2011-04-25T20:16:00.000+01:00

I've been in a very creative mood over the past few days but what is so frustrating is that the results of my mood cannot be blogged yet (the recipients are all avid-blog readers). I promise normal service will be resumed very soon. However, rather than leave this blog entry a little bland I'd like to show you some pictures I took at Sheffield Park today. I can't believe I've lived here all these years and never been to such a beautiful place.

Anything but crafting

2011-04-17T19:05:00.000+01:00

I don't usually upload photos that aren't craft related, but I loved this picture so much I wanted to share it with you. I took it today at Tilgate Park in Crawley.

Happy Birthday Robbie

2011-04-12T19:50:00.000+01:00

My boy was 16 last week here is the first of the cards I made for him - this one from his sister. We made this shape card at a class the other week and I made it a little more man (ish).

Lady June makes her debut on Mother's Day

2011-04-03T15:16:00.002+01:00

I've been holding onto these as I didn't want my Mum to see her card before today. The pinky one was made in a Jane Gill class at The Glitter Pot. It's a shame that you can't see the bling on her hat. Goregus ain't she?

20/25 More Invites - Silver Wedding

2011-03-19T14:00:00.000Z

My bestest friend Paula 'Lurve' and her poor long-suffering husband Ian are celebrating 25 years of wedded madness this June. Now my mate, Paula 'Lurve' and I first met when we were 7 years-old, she made me laugh hysterically then, and here we are 47 years later speaking on the phone 2-3 times a week spending at least half of our hour long conversations in hysterics!!!! We have so much history - some good, but a lot of BAD - OMG the stories..... Anyway, she asked me to design and make her 25th Anniversary invites - I was soooo excited about my '25' heart buttons, I just had to phone her, bless she doesn't really understand why I get so excited but like a true friend she was there to listen!

The buttons were made with shrink plastic and stamped with the Paula Pascual Christmas set (thanks SarahK for lending it to me) before shrinking.

Well Hellloooo Kitty..........

2011-03-16T20:49:00.000Z

Ella-Bella is going to be six and her Mum asked me to make these invites for her birthday party. The instructions were Hello Kitty, Feathers, Butterflies and loads of Bling!!!!!!! I got the Hello Kitty's from elsonbabe on ebay, the ribbon was from www.craftyribbons.com, card stock, bling etc. www.theglitterpot.co.uk. A big thank you to my mate Mrs. Wonka www.mrswonkas.blogspot.com for the shape of the card. I hope she likes them.

Just how hard is Valentines?

2011-02-14T07:12:00.000Z

.... for men that is!

I really struggled to come up with an idea for this card - I very rarely do "cute" and I would feel really odd sending one to my man - he's an engineer and likes lots of shape. I found this shape on a fab website www.denasstampingcorner.blogspot.com and then completely changed all the design.

The paper was one I bought from QVC years ago. The heart was cut using a Quickutz die. The little "Made with Love" charm I bought at Craftsulove and I made the button with shrink plastic (my new favourite friend).

Love is in the air everywhere I look around...........

Happy Birthday Oliver

2011-01-23T18:59:00.000Z

It's my nephew Oliver's first birthday this week. Due to circumstances beyond my control I've never met him but I have received lots of photos and he is an absolute sweetheart. Anyway, I won't let him forget his Auntie June!

The paper is Little Boy by Echo Park Paper Company which I bought at The Glitter Pot and the stamps are Penny Black Zoophabet. I will put some googly eyes on the lion, but I've run out so will have to get some tomorrow before posting.

Thank you for following my blog, it's so lovely reading your comments. June x

Purrfect Ribbon Stash

2011-01-17T20:47:00.000Z

I really needed somewhere to store my ribbons so I could see what I had and what I needed (I ALWAYS need ribbons....). I found these boxes in Staples, cut out some thick card as separators and the winding began. Now I can see exactly what I have and don't have! As you can see Rosie and Bella just HAD to get in on the act!

Saturdays Project

2011-01-08T17:31:00.000Z

Well it took a lot of will power to face the craft table again after Christmas, but I have so many birthdays in January and February I can't afford to ignore it any longer. Today's project was for my friend's Mum. She saw the card I made for my Mum and commissioned one "similar". I never make two cards identical so although this one is cream lilacs again, it is different. Hope you like it.

Christmas Birthdays

2011-01-02T09:36:00.000Z

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!

I have about a dozen birthdays around the Christmas/New Year period, it's actually quite difficult changing my mojo from one to the other. Here's a couple I made.

I've had this stars and stripes paper for a long time. The football and stars were all from Quickutz dies. I levered the football so it opens up for the writing.

I love this Tilda. I used my distress inks to colour and added some glitter to make her sparkle. The two sentiments I printed on shrink plastic.

I'm off to make some Happy New Year cards now for all those people who I didn't get Christmas cards too!!!!!

Just trying again...

2010-12-04T17:20:00.000Z

Did it work???????

Just a practise

2010-12-04T16:43:00.000Z

Sorry for not blogging properly - for some reason my Blog has decided to disable "comments" - I have no idea why or how to retrieve them. I'm not sure if it's just me getting old but I don't find blogging that easy! If comments doesn't come up this time, can anyone help??????

Creamy lilacs and Pink Roses for my Mum...

2010-11-22T22:02:00.001Z

Well! It's not her birthday 'til Friday but my Mum just HAD to peak which means I can put it on my blog early! I couldn't attend :-( Jane Gill's class on Lilacs but my mate SarahK did and she showed me how to make them - but I like cream lilacs as well as lilac lilacs. Pink roses and the other flowers (absolutely no idea what they're called!). It took me a while, but I was really very pleased with the finished product.

Floral Punch Craft is time consuming and beautiful and I must confess to only really sending these cards to people who truly appreciate the effort that is put in; but once you've learned the basics a lot of it can be done on a tray in front of the tv.

Hope you like it! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM XX

p.s. just trying to re-enter this with "comments" available....

Phew finished it!

2010-11-08T22:10:00.000Z

My boss is leaving and I was asked to make her leaving card. The mojo is missing just a bit at the moment, so of course, I've left it all to the last minute... The roses and other flowers I made from a Craft Creations pearlescent paper stack, the leaves are a Leone-Em punch, deeper purple card is Bazzill Forget-Me-Not, the sentiment was produced on my lappie and cut out with Stampin Up punches. I even made the box myself.... Doesn't look to bad even if I say so myself!

Peggy Sue is 82 -2 (80 but it didn't rhyme)

2010-10-22T19:19:00.002+01:00

I am just soooooo pleased with myself with this one - don't care if I sound big-headed I L.O.V.E. love it! The papers are from Craft Creations metallic stack, the roses I made from a class with the wonderful Jane Gill, the little flowers were made with the Woodware little sun punch x3, the centres are a tiny weeny star punch then cupped with my embossing tool and turned upside down. The '80' is Quickutz Roxy, the oval punches are from Stampin Up and finally the sentiment I produced on the computer.

Yo Me Bro is Gonna be the Big Five O

2010-10-09T17:42:00.000+01:00

Well me little Bro is gonna be the big Five-0 this coming weekend and I've been racking my brains what to do for him and in true crafters tradition 'BING' 4am it comes to me! He/well We are all big Chelsea fans here, but as I've made him Chelsea cards for the past 4 years running I thought I'd just make a Blue one this time :-) I used the Quickutz Soccer Ball die and cut out double on the plain circle so I could hide the ribbon between, then I chalked the outer of the circle and used a peel off with a darker shade of chalk to get a sort of watermark of football - not sure if you can see it too clearly. The wording is Quickutz and the alphabet is Quickutz Roxy. I left the bottom circle blank for the sentiment. I made the box (got it right first time SarahK!) and used my large square nesties to cut out the aperture which is filled with an acetate square. I can't remember where I got the football ribbon - if anyone knows can they share please as I'd love some more.

I love all my classes I go on - it's such fun to share and spend time with fellow crafters, but I really do like the buzz I get when I get to design and make something myself. Need to tidy up a bit now...

Oh What a Night!

2010-10-05T18:31:00.000+01:00

I just lurve these toe tapper cards for those very special friend special birthdays. I would have liked to have had time to make the flowers but completely ran out. I just realised the shoe is upside down in this image as you can't see Gill the right way round... oops. Used lovely Bazzill card and the Happy Birthday stamp is from Woodware Jane Gill collection. Oh yes, the title is because Gill had a fantastic garden party on the last reasonable Saturday night we had - there was booze, music and a gorgeous hog roast mmm...

Poppies and Butterflies

2010-08-24T18:00:00.000+01:00

I've had these Hero Arts Poppy Stamps for a little while and ummed and aahed with them, tried different colours, tried decoupage but at the end of the day poppies are RED!!!!!!! The butterfly is a Cuttlebug die set and I decorated it with some little black gems. I coloured the poppies with my new Inktense pencils, which are well and truely yummee x

Ruby Ruby Ruby and not a Poppadom to be seen...

2010-08-22T21:26:00.000+01:00

My cousin 6,000 times removed (Spanish families are VERY close) is celebrating her 40th Wedding Anniversary in October and in true tradition there's a BIG family party. The papers are from the INdulge series www.delishdesigns.com and Bazzill and I used the Quickutz heart dies. The scallop ovals using the Stampin Up punches and the sentiment was computer generated. It's hard to tell from the photo but I cut round the hearts to make a heart shaped corner - does that make sense?

A Waistcoat for the Seagulls....

2010-08-10T13:29:00.000+01:00

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I think these little waistcoats are ideal for a man - I've made several of them and decorated them with various football logo paper. The waistcoat template is from WS Designs.

This girl just lurves Orange....

2010-08-08T17:17:00.000+01:00

It's my brother's partner Steph's birthday this week - unlike me she really likes yellows and oranges and all those citrus colours - I personally can't stand them, so for me to make a card using these colours was a bit of a challenge - sorry, but they just don't do it for me.

The stamp is one of my favourites and the top page has a hidden secret little message book.

Back to pinks and purples tomorrow.... phew!

I just lurve my floral punch craft

2010-07-24T15:36:00.005+01:00

I spent another lovely day with the very talented Jane Gill yesterday. You can imagine, the purple lover that I am, how excited I was to see the card we would be making by the end of the day. It took two hours to make the Lily, but for those of you who have dabbled in a bit of FPC will know that the first ones always take a long time. Off to have another go now so that I can remember how to do it - bye bye clocks ticking...

Sad times for my Boy

2010-07-15T22:29:00.004+01:00

My close friends will know that life in the Garner household has been a bit stressful these past few months. My lovely son, who goes to Ovingdean Hall School for the Deaf in Brighton heard in February this year that his wonderful school is closing for good. Tomorrow is the final day and we're all so sad. The children are all going separate ways, their parents having had to fight to get them into other specialist schools. The staff and teachers all having received their redundancy notices at Easter have continued school life in the only way they know - outstanding!

My boy's teacher has worked at the school for 25 years and I'm proud to call her my friend. Here is the Thank You book I have made for her.

Simple in Black & White

2010-06-26T13:34:00.002+01:00

Sorry I'm a bit late in posting this card. I got the shape/idea from a card that Jackie Huckstep had made and then made it my own. Black and white always looks so good doesn't it? The centre cross over bit was embossed with a cuttlebug folder and the white sheet inserts behind and can be pulled out for the sentiment.

Always difficult.... crafting for a crafter!

2010-06-01T08:56:00.003+01:00

It's always really difficult making a card for a fellow crafter - this one was for a demonstrator as well! However, Helen Meighan loves Daisies and this is one flower we did on a Jane Gill's class. It's very pale and soft - for those of you who know Helen, you'll know that she makes very pretty, soft cards, hope she liked it.

The Daisy was formed from a Woodware Daisy Punch (x2). The centre is then chalked to give a little green tinge and the yellow "dot" was cupped with an embossing tool. The leaves were from a Leone-Em punch. Scalloped and plain ovals and stamp - Stampin Up.

Daring Card Makers Anniversary Challenge

2010-05-28T11:10:00.003+01:00

This is my entry for the Daring Cardmakers Challenge www. daringcardmakers.blogspot.com - this week the challenge is "Anniversary". I know the design of this secret message card I originally did on a Kim Fee course many moons ago and it's one I've used lots of times.

Ding Dong... The Bells Are Gonna Chime...

2010-05-23T16:59:00.004+01:00

This just has to be one of my favourite stamps and up until recently I've always used gold embossing powder - never liked it much, too messy and left "bits" everywhere. But I just bought the new Gold Stazon and yabadabadoo it's F.A.N.T.A.S.T.I.C! Crisp, clean and great images first time with no "bits"!

Princess Pink & Sparkly

2010-05-18T21:12:00.004+01:00

Not sure what this pretty little Tilda is called as I borrowed it off my mate SarahK but she so reminded me of my little niece, Freya who is going to be four next week. I painted the Tilda with my distress inks - antique linen for the hair and skin and spun sugar for her dress. The background papers are Kaiser - Wish Upon, from CraftsULove. Loads of bling and glitter glue to give it all that sparkle. Hope she likes it...

No Punches.....The Real Thing

2010-04-27T19:41:00.004+01:00

At the weekend I visited one of my very very favourite places in the whole wide world - Hever Castle. As most of you know, I just love my floral punch craft, so I just had to take some close-up photos of these little beauties to give me a bit of help with the colouring.

Lady (doesn't) Sings the Blues....

2010-04-12T22:16:00.003+01:00

I was asked to make a birthday card for a lady Chelsea supporter - yeah I know, it's another Chelsea card, but I can't help it if all my friends have taste.....

The dress and handbag were cut out using Woodware punches, the shoes and footballs Quickutz dies and of course, bazzill card.

Now, how many of you are old enough to remember the film???????

My baby's birthday....

2010-04-09T16:30:00.002+01:00

Oh Boy did I get into trouble when I called him "my baby" - yeah, okay he's 6ft and 15 years old, but he is and always will be my baby. The picture is from LOTV and I used Quickutz dies to cut out the windows on this card - plain but suitable for "a man"...

For Sale

2010-04-02T09:01:00.003+01:00

I've tried lots of different colouring methods while I've been crafting but I always come back to my water colours, paper piecing and now distress inks. To make room (ha ha who am I trying to kid?) I've decided to sell my Copic Ciao Sets B and D - £50 each. I've barely used these so they're a real bargain as they're now selling at well over £60.

I'm also selling my Prismacolor set of 24 pencils - 11 of which haven't even been sharpened including a bottle of Sansodor Oil and a huge packet of paper stubs for £25 - the pencils alone cost me more than that.

If you are interested, please email me junegarner0@googlemail.com - available until next Friday (9th April) when I'll be putting them on ebay.

Another Spring in My Step?

2010-03-27T20:32:00.004Z

For those of you who know me, you'll understand what I mean that this is about as near to getting 'a Spring in My Step' as I'll be getting this year! As the Magnolia stamp is named 'The Flower Basket' I thought I'd better use it as its name suggests...

The flowers at the back of the basket are from a set of Hero Arts that I've had for ages; I stamped them and then masked them before stamping the flower basket. I later paper pierced and coloured them with gel pens. The daffodils (you've probably seen on an earlier card) were made following the Leone Em technique. It took me bloomin ages.....

Rock-A-Bye Hudson

2010-03-18T18:18:00.002Z

I couldn't wait to get my Magnolia Flower Basket from CUL today and when I saw it I thought it would make a lovely babies cradle. My friend Rachel had a little boy this week 'Hudson' so it all tied in nicely. The blue papers are from SU Bashful Blue pack, which I think is one of the nicest colour packs that SU do. The frilly border is Martha Stewart (of course!). Little bit of glitter glue and a tiny little blue teddy punch and finished! I might just make one with flowers in next... Hope you like it x

Red Roses

2010-03-16T17:48:00.003Z

My second Blog today - I had a bit of dig deep of the craft stuff today and found this lovely stamp that I've used many times - I think it's Penny Black and this velvet paper was bought a couple of Christmas ago from CUL. My Mum will like this - she lurves red!

Pretty In Pink

2010-03-16T17:45:00.001Z

I just lurve these fairies from LOTV - in fact, I've just ordered more!

Butterfly Bling

2010-03-10T18:52:00.004Z

I just lurve this butterfly - Marianne designs that I bought from CUL. Must confess to having a bit of trouble cutting it with my Cuttlebug but it worked beautifully with my Revolution. The peel-offs are from Craft Creations and the little butterfly is a Quickutz die. Maybe a black, white and silver butterfly isn't everyone's cup-of-tea but it's certainly got a lot of bling!!!!!!!

ADDED LATER - just had a look, not the best photo I know, but it is quite pretty in the 'flesh'....

Spring has Sprung!!!!!!!

2010-03-07T19:59:00.002Z

Well finally some sunshine and I just couldn't help but use my fab new Magnolia watering can - it's just sooo pretty. I coloured it with my water colours and then highlighted with glitter gel pens. The background of the white one is stamped with "vine hearts 99p" from CUL using the Ranger Sea Shells inkpad (how many years have I had that???) and then they were both brought to life with daffodils and tiny tips made by moi. I'm really enjoying my crafting at the moment, trying things I've not done before and feeling confident when I do. Happy Spring everyone!

Yee Haw! I sent a Valentines!!!!!!!!!!

2010-02-26T09:16:00.003Z

Well! this is the first Valentine's card I have EVER made 'cause zipperdeedoodah I had someone to send one too!!!!!!!! And yes, I got one too along with a dozen roses. Yeah okay, but I want to share my slush with you....

You can probably tell what goodies I've used - the field of hearts were on sticks of acetate.

Baby Tilda's

2010-02-16T19:14:00.004Z

I just lurve these little boots. The papers are SU and the fancy edge punch is Martha Stewart - lurve them too and the square fancy edge is with Nellie's die cuts from CUL.

Sorry about the state of my Blog - I decided to try and change it, got in a right old mess and decided to come back 'another day'....

My own little bit of Spring....

2010-01-26T17:45:00.002Z

Now my mate SarahK showed me how to make these wonderful little cornflowers, so I adapted the card I made at CUL added a blingy butterfly (Stampendous) and voila! I was quite pleased with this.

Spring is on its Way!!!!!

2010-01-26T17:39:00.003Z

Just wanted to show you these two beauties that I made in a class that Charry ran at CraftsuLove on Saturday. In the morning we made the flower pot one using various Woodware punches and the gorgusssss Martha Stewart punches. In the afternoon - Charry's passion - Orchids, using the Leonie-Em Orchid punch. Really lovely class.

Happy New Year and may your Mojo be a good long lasting one!

2010-01-01T15:05:00.002Z

Happy New Year to you all! I really hope that 2010 brings you lots of really good things and that New Year/January Mojo doesn't fall into the black hole of crafting that it tends to at this time of year!

Now, my friend Chrissie can guarantee a party every year for her birthday as it's on New Year's Eve! I know, I know, I've made these roses lots, but I do so love them, so to make Chrissie's birthday as far away from Christmas as possible here's the card I made for her. The green pearlescent paper is from Craftwork Cards paper blox, the foliage is a Leone Em and the ribbon from CUL. I also covered the front of the card with some shiny patterned vellum, but can't remember where I got it from.

I'm having an operation on my knee on Monday so I'm really hoping with a couple of weeks off work I'm going to be able to find a comfortable position to keep my knee elevated and craft at the same time.... any tips would be gratefully accepted!

Happy Christmas Crafty Bloggers!

2009-12-22T16:57:00.002Z

Merry Christmas everyone. I hope you have a wonderful time and your mojo's return for 2010 - they do tend to disappear after Christmas don't they??????

I hope that 2010 is a truely great year for all of you - 2009 was a pretty good one for me, so I'm hoping it's just gonna get better! Thank you to all of you who take time to visit my blog and a bigger thank you to those of you who leave comments - they are really appreciated.

See you all next year!
Love, Juniemoon xx

More football, but not a logo in sight.....

2009-12-17T20:43:00.003Z

The footballs are cut with the Quickutz die and the lettering is with the Cuttlebug You're Not the Boss of Me alphabet. I hope you can see that I cut the front of the card and joined them together again with the footballs.

Sad I know, but something we have to do...

2009-12-12T08:18:00.003Z

No one likes having to send these cards and it seems even sadder to have to make them, but hopefully the recipient will take comfort from the love that it was made with. The embossing was done with a Dreamweaver stencil and the black tulle from CUL.

Plain, simple but with love x

Shhh - hope she doesn't peak....

2009-11-18T15:48:00.003Z

Shh... don't tell her. This is to be her birthday card and it's not until next week, but I just couldn't wait to put it on my blog as I love it so much.

The papers are from SU (gorgeous chocolate pack), the ovals were cut from SU punches and the roses and lillies were from ME - made with my own fair hands - plain white, with a little stickles on the edges of the petals.

Remember shhh.... Mum's the word.....

He's only gawn an won another award!!!!

2009-11-17T08:43:00.002Z

My mate Kev who works for the Met Police has one ANOTHER award! He works for the bits of the Met that we only see on documentaries on TV. Anyway, I had to make another quick card before he collected his medal. The image was from Mr. Google... the backing paper I made it quickly on the computer and lots of different shades of Bazzill. It was a good excuse to try out the easel card template. Well done Kev!

Yo Me Bro is nearly 50.....

2009-10-10T22:08:00.002+01:00

Well, well, well me little Bro will be the big five-O in one year's time. He made me suffer something chronic so I'm just getting warmed up for a whole year's worth of sisterly-brotherly lurve....

Anyway, here's his 50 minus 1 year card. There is only one team in our family - I'm sure I don't need to mention their name. The basic design was one I'd taken a picture of somewhere, quite sometime ago (it was a girly pink one in the photo). The plain blue is Bazzill and the peel offs are Anita's I believe. Looking at it again I think I may put some dots around the small logos to bring them out a bit more.

Lands Girls and low-flying bombers...

2009-09-21T07:11:00.004+01:00

I've just got back from a beautiful wedding in Norfolk. What a fantastic time we had - the wedding was in a teeny-weeny little church on private land - the poor bride couldn't walk down the aisle alongside her dad cause it wasn't wide enough! Then we walked up the lane to a barn which was lit with thousands of tiny little fairy lights and candles for the barbeque reception. There was also a bouncy castle, bucking bronco, popcorn machine, chocolate fountain and even a craft table for the kids. The sun shone, the bride was beautiful and it was all very very lovely. I was asked to make the invites for the wedding and also the cards from the parents to the bride and groom.

Oh yes re the "title" of this blog..... driving through the Norfolk countryside I felt as if I had been taken back in time to WW2 - fields and fields of harvesting in process, with little buildings dotted amongst them where the soldiers hid with their guns - all that was missing was land army girls and low-flying bombers....

Do you think she's trying to tell me something?

2009-09-05T11:17:00.002+01:00

As many of my fellow crafting bloggers share their feline piccies with us my Rosie decided to get in on the act too. Her sister Bella is more interested in my craft table.....

Flowers with Jane at CUL

2009-08-23T11:26:00.002+01:00

Well!!!!!! What a day was Thursday! How lucky was I? I was absolutely bowled over by the rose class with Jane Gill at CUL - so bowled over I stayed for the afternoon class too!!! As crafters we all have the "must have NOW" feeling, but I had the "must do lots more/Wow" feeling.

We made these roses using 80gsm pink paper, a dark pink ink pad, PVA glue - it's really difficult to tell you anymore - you have to go on a class! I'll certainly be asking Paula at CUL to invite Jane to do more classes - can't wait!

Thank you Jane x

Vikki will go to the ball...

2009-08-19T19:57:00.002+01:00

I was asked to make this card - these shoe cards are so lovely, very feminine and I just love putting all the blingy bits on! I used the cuttlebug Swirls embossing folder. The font for "Vikki" is a Quickutz (sorry can't remember the name). The oval shapes are SU punches. The flowers and bling are from CUL. The swirl on the box is also Quickutz. The pink card is Bazzil Bling pink something-or-other!

Thank you

2009-08-12T11:25:00.002+01:00

End of term seems so long ago now and I'm soooo enjoying my wonderful 6 week holiday. Crafting juices have been flowing but I've been so busy doing other things I've just not had the time to release them! Anyway, hope you like this card - left it to the last minute before making it - of course....

The scalloped card idea came from a Jane Gill class I went on last year. However, once the circle is chopped in 'half' I was at a loss as to what to do with the smaller 'half' so played around and quite liked this idea. The edges were decorated with various sets of Tapestry Stamps.

Something to share...

2009-08-05T09:14:00.003+01:00

I've just returned from my holiday - Lake Guarda, Italy. Surely, this just has to be one of the most beautiful places in the World? So sorry, my 'post' isn't about crafting but just a picture to share with my Bloggie friends xx

Mama Mia!

2009-07-05T15:53:00.004+01:00

One of the affects of working in a an all-women team is we have an awful lot of 'Leaving to have a Baby' cards. Thank goodness Magnolia have bought out this little scrummy beauty 'cause we have not one, not two, but THREE leaving this month to have their babies!

The pics are a little small but the papers were beautiful. The lemony/cream one is an old paper by Karen Neuburger - sorry don't know the name of it. The raspberry one is "Berry Pink" by Doodlebug and the orange is "Tangerine Swiss Dot" also by Doodlebug. The words are "Baby Wishes" by Woodware. Good luck Mamas-To-Be Emma, Rachel and Alison!

Sooooo Many May Celebrations.....

2009-05-26T15:06:00.004+01:00

I have sure been a busy bee these last few weeks and I'm not halfway there yet!

Here goes the chocolate one - papers from K&Company and the flower from CUL.

Lilac Mother-to-Be one - image from Pink Petticoat, coloured with watercolour pencils, daisy paper - Making Memories, flowers CUL. I used my Stampin Up! scallop edge too.

The "Freya" one - the topper was made at a Wendy Horrod class at CUL yonks ago - all with Quickutz.

The cupcake one - papers were free with a magazine (Card Making & Papercraft), cupcake is by Alota coloured with watercolours and some stickles, little Tilda normally carries a heart shaped balloon, but I cut it off, flowers by CUL and the large "30" is cut using Quickutz Roxy.

Little Lauren is a whole One year's old!!!!!!!

2009-05-12T17:20:00.002+01:00

Happy Birthday to my littlest niece Lauren. The shoes are the Quickutz Baby Shoes & Pin die and cut from Pebblesinc Party Time Girl. I cut the shoes with thick white card and mounted the pink on them to give them more height. Backing papers are Fairest of Them All "Crowning Moment" and Bazzill Bling pink (no idea of shade, ask my mate SarahK she knows all the colours!!!). The little pink buttons are Pearls Perles Crystal Stickers. The font for the name is Quickutz Moxie. Pretty sure I got it all from CUL.

In true crafter's tradition - this card has been wallowing around my brain for some days now... shall I do this... shall I do that.... and then at 5am this morning I woke up, got up and made it!!!!!!

Ruby, Ruby Ruby Ruby.....

2009-05-06T22:39:00.004+01:00

You don't know just how difficult it was to make this card.... I've been listening to the Chelsea v Barcelona game - gutted, absolutely gutted. I'm amazed I actually managed to get enough mojo to finish it...

The card blank is available from Crafty Caz and the red velour paper is Poinsetta from Making Memories which I bought at CUL. The big hearts are Quickutz die and the smaller hearts are from a Woodware punch.

Weaving dreams with Butterflies

2009-04-27T20:34:00.002+01:00

I bought this beautiful Dreamweaver stencil at my recent trip to Ally Pally. I used Dreamweaver embossing paste and loads of blingy glitter.

Stampin Up Party

2009-04-19T10:27:00.003+01:00

I'm hosting a Stampin Up party on Wednesday 29th April at 7.30pm - all welcome! If you'd like details of where I live please email leave a comment and I'll get back to you.

Looking forward to seeing you all.
June

Ella-Bella is 4

2009-04-17T21:53:00.003+01:00

Now my bestest mate Paula is a Nar-Nee to little Ella (Bella) - of course, she's much older than me 'cause I'm far to young to be a Nar-Nee to anyone! Ella (Bella) lives in Norfolk and has a lovely accent - hence the "Nar-Nee" (Nanny). Last year when Ella (Bella) was still a baby (at 3) I had to do an Angelina "Ballermina" card but this year when we're a big girl her card had to be something a little more fitting to a nearly-Princess....

The papers I used were Imaginisce Fairest of Them All - Be Back by Midnight, some pale green Bazzill, Fiskars ribbon border punch, pink organza ribbon, Quickutz Label, Flourish and Roxy alphabet - all from CUL. The "E" is a chipboard letter covered in the Imaginisce paper.

Oh What a Joy (now that it's finished....)

2009-04-08T17:28:00.005+01:00

I love this now it's finished - took me a while I can tell you! The design is by Valerie Stangle and the 'distructions' appear on the scor-pal website. I used Bazzil bling for the base card, SU papers and ribbon - the peel offs were ones I'd had in the box for yonks - to be honest they were a bit naff (very thin) - won't mention where they came from but I bought them off the TV..... I chalked the white card to make it a little less harsh and coloured the peel-offs with my Sakura pens. Now I've made the first one, the next will be easier, but am I the only one that finds the distructions not very clear??????????

.... and yes I know I mean instructions- just got close to self-distructing a few times....

My baby's birthday....

2009-04-05T12:45:00.003+01:00

My baby is 14 tomorrow.... my baby is taller than me.... I'm sad.... Where has all that time gone? Doesn't seem like yesterday that I was blowing bubbles on that freshly bathed round little tummy...

Now I'm left with a hollow legged, nearly 6ft, Kevin (mmm experience tells me that is NOT a good thing....) duh??? So yesterday at Balcombe Belles I made his cards.

Couldn't post before today....

2009-03-22T10:05:00.003Z

Mother's Day is finally here so I can post my Ma's card. These cards are so pretty and don't need a lot of work, just love. I bought them at Crafy Kaz in Burgess Hill, the papers from my card stock, white tuile from CraftsULove, roses from goodness-knows-where (good shop that!) and the words were computer generated, oh yes I chalked the cutty-outie bit to match the papers!

Scrummy Wummy Kimmie

2009-03-15T09:20:00.004Z

Yesterday I spent a wonderful afternoon with the very lovely Kim Fee at CUL. Kim has such a wonderful talent both in design and teaching and we made these two really lovely cards using the Woodware Mary and Friends clear set, Bo Bunny papers and Copic Ciao pens. I went with an open mind about these pens, not sure? Do I need another different colouring set? (you know we've all been there) BUT oh my God!!!!!!!!!!! they are simply superb! I just HAD to buy a set and can't wait to colour, colour, colour!

Thanks to Jenny too for the gorgeous cake - can you let me know next class you do so I can come back for more?

Helen's Flutterbies..

2009-03-11T15:12:00.003Z

I recently went to a class with the lovely Helen Meighan - one of the cards we made was the green butterfly one - I later made the card again and again.....

Stampin Up - Part Deux - THE CARDS!

2009-03-11T15:09:00.002Z

Here is the lovely card and tag that we made with Stampin Up:

The Belles were Stampin Up a Treat (or two) in Balcombe

2009-03-10T07:11:00.007Z

This Saturday saw the monthly meeting of the Balcombe Belles. We had a record (and maximumm) number of us (14) who all eagerly took part in a Stampin Up session with Natalie O'Shea. Poor Natalie was run ragged, but we did have a good time and we kept her going with chocolate.

Half Term Work :-)

2009-02-17T21:42:00.006Z

It's half term this week and I only "work" term time, so this week I've had plenty of time to play. Thank goodness my mojo has come back and I've been able to really sit and come up with ideas. My friend Julie is always asking for cards to give to her colleagues at work as soon as I make them, she takes them - one day I'll get a stock pile... She asked me to make her Mum a card for Mothers Day:

Mojo No Show

2009-02-15T21:40:00.004Z

It seems that a lot of crafters lose their mojo after the Christmas mayhem - mine seems to have disappeared completely and is refusing to come back - despite the promise of money, chocolate, wine and anything else I feel it could be tempted with. I have made a few cards but none of which have really got me excited enough to put on here. I've found myself trawling magazines for ideas which I know we all do from time to time but even these aren't really doing it for me. At this month's Balcombe Belles I made three cards from 9am-7pm! I now have two big orders for wedding place cards and a 30th birthday so please say a crafter's prayer or several for me over the next couple of weeks!

Here's a a few I've made, just to keep my blog alive and not disappear off the end of your favourite blog lists!

I've made some more which I'll try and add some time, hope you like these.

Ta-Ra Lucy Lu

2008-12-17T21:50:00.003Z

This a card I made for our Lucy at work who has gone to work nearer home (sorry it's not a good photo). The stamp is by Penny Black and is called "Light the Night", papers from CUL. Handbags and shoes are Quickutz dies also from CUL.

Lucy is one of the most untidiest people I've ever met - an absolute nightmare in our small office but she was always the first to admit it and really didn't mind when you just picked everything up and dumped it back on her desk. She is noisy and very extrovert and really quite posh - but we'll miss her! Good luck Luce! xxx

Nine Card Challenge

2008-12-04T16:22:00.002Z

As you all know by now, I never make two cards the same, so this morning suddenly filled with inspiration (or maybe it was panic because I needed them by tonight) I sat and made nine cards using the same stamp, but everyone different. I was really pleased with the final bunch. The stamp is by Magenta. The poinsetta were cut from a Quickutz die. Peel-offs and embellishments CUL.

I decorated some of the poinsettas using stickles, ultra-thick embossing powder and brads. The papers were all from my stash and a real assortment.

Hope you like them too!

Junie Moon's Cards with a Heart

Congratulations on your OBE!

Lewis brings F1 to Crawley!

A Heart for Helen

Just had to sneak a little of the Blues for my Bro x

I don't know what to call this post????

Woodware Challenge

Skateboard Dude

Crimson? Delights....

The secrets out!!

BUBBLE HEARTS - CLEAR MAGIC SETJGCL549

WOODWAREOUR SPECIAL DAY - CLEAR MAGIC SETJGCL547

WOODWAREON YOUR WEDDING - CLEAR MAGIC SETJGCL546

Ruby Ruby Ruby and not a Haggis to be seen

A little Sunday playing.....

Can't say 'Thank You' enough.....

Matt Black?

Divided loyalties?

I'm just lovin these wildflowers...

Mmm something missing....

Del...icious

And the Bride Wore Pink....

Do you know sometimes in your life there's just......

And the last for the mo - Happy 19th Birthday Claire-Marie!

More from my Creative Sunday 'Range'......

Creative Sunday - thank goodness!

Silver Wedding - The Blessing

Silver? We had a Golden time....

What was it about 1986?

At last!

So frustrating......

Anything but crafting

Happy Birthday Robbie

Lady June makes her debut on Mother's Day

20/25 More Invites - Silver Wedding

Well Hellloooo Kitty..........

Just how hard is Valentines?

Happy Birthday Oliver

Purrfect Ribbon Stash

Saturdays Project

Christmas Birthdays

Just trying again...

Just a practise

Creamy lilacs and Pink Roses for my Mum...

Phew finished it!

Peggy Sue is 82 -2 (80 but it didn't rhyme)

Yo Me Bro is Gonna be the Big Five O

Oh What a Night!

Poppies and Butterflies

Ruby Ruby Ruby and not a Poppadom to be seen...

A Waistcoat for the Seagulls....

This girl just lurves Orange....

I just lurve my floral punch craft

Sad times for my Boy

Simple in Black & White

Always difficult.... crafting for a crafter!

Daring Card Makers Anniversary Challenge

Ding Dong... The Bells Are Gonna Chime...

Princess Pink & Sparkly

No Punches.....The Real Thing

Lady (doesn't) Sings the Blues....

My baby's birthday....

For Sale

Another Spring in My Step?

Rock-A-Bye Hudson

Red Roses

Pretty In Pink

Butterfly Bling

Spring has Sprung!!!!!!!

Yee Haw! I sent a Valentines!!!!!!!!!!

Baby Tilda's

My own little bit of Spring....

Spring is on its Way!!!!!

Happy New Year and may your Mojo be a good long lasting one!

Happy Christmas Crafty Bloggers!

More football, but not a logo in sight.....

Sad I know, but something we have to do...

Shhh - hope she doesn't peak....

He's only gawn an won another award!!!!

Yo Me Bro is nearly 50.....

BUBBLE HEARTS - CLEAR MAGIC SET
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WOODWARE
OUR SPECIAL DAY - CLEAR MAGIC SET
JGCL547

WOODWARE
ON YOUR WEDDING - CLEAR MAGIC SET
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