Christmas Adorable's

 

 

Hi there crafter's it's been quite a while since I last posted a card.

 The time just seems to be whizzing by and Christmas is nearly upon us.

 Just over a month to go , so I needed to get my

advent calendars made before the first of December.

I will try to post a photo of them as soon as I can.

 

I hope you are all well and managing to get all your Christmas

crafting sorted in time for the posting dates. That's my next job,

getting my international cards sent off.

Don't know about you but my list is getting longer rather than shorter!

 

Well what do you think to Jayne's fantastic offers at the moment

over on her website. The 'Explosive ' offer on her Christmas Adorables

is just silly, I think she's lost the plot!! lol

 

 £4 is a giveaway price

 

 My set is complete or I would certainly have

been topping up my collection, but I have sorted out quite a few stocking

fillers for some of my crafty friends. They are so useable too, never date and like their

name suggests just 'Adorable' images you couldn't help but fall in love with.

I definitely did.

 

The card above I made from the stamp sets and the CD rom.

 They work together so well, as do all of Jayne's designs.

 

I made an envelope style of card, but made it into my favourite

easel shape of card. I can't help it, I love them lol.

The template for the envelope also came from the CD rom

then I just altered it to an easel , so easy to do.

 

I hope you like it and if you would like to make something

similar pop over to Jayne's website shop and treat yourself while

they are still available at this silly price.

 

Until next time

 

jens xxx

 



Weekend Workshop with Jayne

 

 

Wow doesn,t  time go fast !!

 It's already over a week since we were at

Jayne Nestorenko's first ever weekend workshop.

We had an amazing time meeting up with old and new crafting friends

and made some stunning projects . I still need to take some photos

 of the fully finished projects, but I have some part way there ones!

 

In the photo above are one of the groups, the others were still crafting.

Here's a quick roll call

 

Pete, Pat, Thelma, Daz, Kay, Helene, Hilda, Angie and Me..........Paul

Mandy, Rachel, Debbie, Bev, Elaine

 

We had just packed up at the end of the weekend.

 

The Holiday Inn at Crick nr Rugby was a fantastic, luxurious,

 comfortable, friendly and welcoming place to spend a whole weekend of crafting.

Add to that the talented Jayne Nestorenko and Helene and

you have the perfect combination for a fun and relaxing time.

The food seemed never ending and our 'free' time was fun filled.

Yes Jayne you got us , most of us fell hook line and sinker for

your little prank, you little minx, so funny!!

 

 

I,m just sorry that all this years workshops are now over and we

have to wait until next year for some more.

I really hope Jayne holds another weekend event

as we had such a wonderful time and didn,t want it to end, but

like all good things they do! unfortunately.

 

So until next time when I will hopefully have the project pictures sorted.

Bye for now

 

Jens xxxx

 

 

Jayne's September Workshop

 

 

Hi there crafter's

 

Don't tell Jayne lol, but I've pinched one of her photos of

her last day workshop down in Rugby last weekend.

Crikey was it only last weekend !!

 

We had a lovely day meeting up with Jayne , Helene and all our fellow crafter's.

Everyone was so friendly and helpful.

We were split into two groups , one group working with Jayne learning painting

techniques with H2O's and then swopping over to Helene's group in the afternoon.

Helene was using Jayne's Evergreen Tree and Reindeer Trio stamp sets ,along

with Distress inks to create some stunning scenes.

I loved doing this technique it looks so complicated but is quite easy to achieve

 once you know the tricks of the trade, so to speak.

 

 

Here are one of the designs we did with Helene, mine to the left and Darren's to the right.

We were all using the same stamps but every single person's

card topper looked different. I find that amazing !!

The photo is a bit blurred , sorry about that as it is really crisp in real life.

 

 

Again the picture is not very clear but I hope it shows how different

the scenes can be using the same designs.

 I will definitely be trying this again and we only used one distress ink too!

 

So now that's all the one day workshops finished for this year, just the weekend retreat

to look forward to and it won,t be that long either. October the 12th and 13th

at the Holiday Inn at Crick near Rugby are the dates we need to remember.

Not that I,m likely to forget as we are looking forward to it too much.

 

Well that's all for today

 

until the next time

 

jens xxx



Lilac Ballerina

 

 

Hi there crafter's

 

I hope you are loving all the samples for the new

 

Beautiful Ballerina's

 

designed by the lovely Jayne Nestorenko.

 

I have loads still to show you but will start to share others too.

The above card was a very simple one to make.

I started with a 15cm x 15cm white base card, matted and layered

 using a deep purple, then another white layer,

 then finally the lilac patterned paper.

 

I then used a die cut to add to the centre in white. I used the

Hougie board to add lattice to the centre of the die and added

Yes you guessed it!! purple glue dots.

I also added glue dots to the corner's to help bring in the deeper tones.

Added a lilac ribbon and the kneeling ballerina.

 

I have used my Promarker's to colour her in because I didn't have

my Prisma pencils at the time. I think I am going to try mixing

the pencils and Promarker's together. Some friends from facebook

use the Copic's and Spectrum's with them so it has to be worth a try.

Because their work is stunning, Linda, Hellen and Jacqui

 to name but  a few. Great inspirational colouring.

 

Lots of new lovely idea's are in the pipe line at Nestorenko HQ

so I'm really excited to see what we will be using in the future.

 

Myself and Darren are heading down to Rugby again at the weekend

for another workshop with Jayne and all her crafting friends.

I am so looking forward to meeting up with all the regulars again

because we missed the last workshop due to being on our holidays.

 

Then the last workshop is the weekend retreat which we are so looking forward to

being able to have plenty of time to talk as well as craft.

Christmas themed projects will be well under way by then,

but I don't know about you but I still have a large amount

of family cards to make yet and people keep having birthdays too!

How inconsiderate are they lol!! Good excuse to make another card though

so not really complaining.

 

Right the sun is trying to break through the clouds so I'll say goodbye for today

and go and hang my washing out, get my other housework jobs

done. Then I can craft for an hour or so.

 

Hope you all have a really good weekend too with lots of crafting.

 

See you next time

 

until then

 

jens xxx



In The Spotlight

 

 

Hi there crafter's

 

I hope you are all enjoying the  Bank Holiday weekend.

The sun is trying to shine as I type this but at least it's not raining.

So my washing is hung out, hovering done, all I need to do

now is finish this post then start on my mega pile of ironing!

I wonder how long I can make this last lol!!

 

Best get on with it I suppose, the ironing is not going to go away, unfortunately!

 

So today's card creates a stage scene . I have used the elegant curtains

and the ballerina who is dancing. I,ve created a spotlight using

 distress inks and coloured the images with my Promarker's.

 

I alternated between red and white card to create the card base and

added some red cosmic glue dots, now there's a surprise!!!

I just love how they can be made any size and so cost effective too.

 

These stamps are just gorgeous and I could continue playing with

them for ages and as you will see over the next few days I have lol.

 

If you fancy having a go yourself then head over to Jayne's webite

and take a look in her shop as they are at an introductory price at the moment .

 

www.nestorenkostamps.co.uk

 

why not sign up for her newsletter while you are there so you

don,t miss out on all the exciting things that are starting to happen.

 

until tomorrow

 

jens xxx

 

 

 

 

Dance the night away

 

 

Hi there crafter's

 

GOSH did it rain last night!

But thankfully the sun is trying to shine again at the moment

let's hope it will last the day.

 

So on with the Beautiful  Ballerina's  Inspirational cards.

For this card I have chosen to do my favourite style of card-the easel.

I have used a XL die for the card base using the inside and

outside of it to create extra layers.

 

I have used the dancing ballerina and created a frame

using the border , which I think works very well.

It's coloured with Promarker's and I have added some 3D

 flowers for some depth. I was going to decoupage her dress but I

 changed my mind, but I think I will next time.

 

For the stopper I have used another die and added

 some flourishes at the sides.

 

 

 

This is what it looks like closed. I,m looking now and think

it needs something in each of the corner's!

Look out here comes the glue dots!! lol

 

If you would like to see more inspiration you need

 to visit the following places...

 

www.nestorenkostamps.co.uk   for the blog, shop and newsletter

 

Time for Tea with Jayne Nestorenko                        facebook page

 

Jayne Nestorenko's Inspiration                                 facebook group

 

I hope you enjoy what you see.

 

until tomorrow

 

jens xx

 



Lilac Ballerina

 

Hi there crafter's

 

Today I am sharing another card using  Jayne Nestorenko's new designs.

 

Beautiful Ballerina's

This was a very simple card to make but I think it

has a delicate look to it.

To create the card base I have used a Joy die which is

absolutely stunning in my opinion .

It must be the lattice effect lol. For those of me who know me will understand what I,m saying!!

 

I drew around the outside of the die to get the white  base.

Then I drew around the inside of the largest die to

create the lilac layer .

Then the delicate die cut for the inside and front of the card.

 

I tried to keep everything light and delicate regarding colours

and flowers etc . I think it works , I hope you agree.

I love decoupage so I love to cut these dancers out to create a larger scene.

 

Pro markers were used for the colouring of the Ballerina, but I think

maybe next time I would go slightly stronger on the colours so she stands out more.

Oh well we live and learn!!

 

If you like the look of these designs they are now

available in Jayne 's website shop.

 

until tomorrow

Jens xxx

 

www.nestorenkostamps.co.uk

 

Beautiful Ballerina's

 

 

Hi there crafter's

 

Today I would like to share with you this card

that I have made using Jayne Nestorenko's latest designs

Beautiful Ballerina's

The A5 photopolymer stamp set contains two beautiful

ballerina's. One kneeling tying her ballet shoes and the other in a dancing pose.

The extra's that Jayne does so well to complete the scene include

elegant curtains, ballet shoes and other beautiful additions.

 

I have chosen to use browns , yellows and golds for this card and

placed it within a delicate edged die shaped easel card.

I coloured it with my Promarker's, added a stopper

to hold the sentiment and the obligatory glue dots !!

Well they are in my eyes anyway.lol.

 

If you haven't seen Jayne's new sets, they are now

available on her website and a gallery will be following shortly.

 

www.nestorenkostamps.co.uk

 

There are also samples on Jayne's

'Time for Tea with Jayne Nestorenko ' 

 facebook page.

 

The Blog on Jayne's website

 

Sharon King has also started a group on facebook on Jayne's behalf called

'Jayne Nestorenko's Inspiration'

where you can become a member of the group and share

your creations made with any of Jayne's designs past or present.

There are some stunning cards in there already and more will be added daily.

I hope you will come along and join us for competitons and challenges too.

 

Look forward to sharing more cards with you soon .

until the next time

 

Jens xx



Loving my Prisma Pencils

 

Hi there crafter's

 

I was on facebook the other week and spotted

a post about Prisma colour pencils and was intrigued.

So I went over and watched the video tutorial  and I have to say

how impressed I was. They looked so easy to use and the effect was really good.

The shading looked totally realistic and so I fancied having a go.

I tracked down on you tube more tutorials to make sure

I,d be able to do the same , then went over to Amazon to order some.

They arn,t cheap but I do now wish I had gone

 for the larger set of over a 100 colours.

The set I opted for has 72 and although a really good selection

 of colours, once you get the hang of it ,

you want more! trust me!! lol

 

So I am loving the effect they give and although I need

to do a lot of practicing I am already finding them so much

easier than water colouring or using my Promarker's.

To me the shading looks more natural.

 

I placed my order for the paper stumps , Sansador fluid and special

pencil sharpener along with the set of pencils.

 As they were coming from America I had to wait a week!!

It seemed forever , especially as the other products came first

 and the pencils a few days later!

The postman must have wondered what I was doing,

 looking out for him! lol

 

But within a couple of hours I had completed these two images,

not too bad for my first attempts and for a change

 I really enjoyed the colouring  part of card making

 which is normally my least favourite part!

 

 



The first attempt was using JAYNE NESTORENKO'S

Farm Boy and Rabbit.

 



 

My second attempt was the new Ballerina image from Jayne Nestorenko.

This design is from a new set of Apple of my Eye collections

and was first seen at the Summer Crafting Show at Doncaster

in July this year and Jayne will be selling it at Stoneleigh this weekend too.

 

I have done some more colouring since then but alas I

can,t share them with you because the are new and up coming designs.

They are gorgeous and as soon as I can share them with you I will .

Believe me it will be worth the wait .

 

Until next time

 

Jens xx

Best Friends

 

Hi there crafter's

 

Today I am sharing with you the card that

I have made for my great niece's birthday.

 

It's a special image with meaning for her as the image

was from a photograph that her aunty took.

I showed the photograph to Jayne and she loved it and

this delightful image was the result.

So with it being Keira's birthday today I just had to make

her card with it.

It would have been rude not to! lol

So Happy Birthday Keira I hope you like your card.

 

I have used a pink card base, matting and layering with

pinks and whites.

I used a creative Exppressions embossing folder for the lattice design

and finished the bottom part with the hougie board.

I added a spellbinder die designed by Sue Wilson

and layered on it the girls.

I used a narrow ribbon to thread through the die cut

to add texture and depth to the card.

 

So I,m now late for her party because people keep

dropping off my hubbys cards and prezzies for tomorrow .

So I had better get a move on!

 

I,m really missing not being at Stoneleigh today

with JAYNE NESTORENKO.

If you were lucky enough to go , have a lovely time

and buy lots of goodies. SO JEALOUS!

 

Until next time

 

JENS xx

 

Summer Crafting

 

Hi there crafter,s

 

Its been a while since I have had time to post anything,

but I just had to share my experience of

 Summer crafting in Doncaster.

 

The lovely Jayne Nestorenko gave Darren and myself the chance

to see what it was like to be at the other side of a crafting event.

It was a very hot weekend , very tiring but one of the best experiences

I have had for a loooonnnngggg time.

 

It was such an honour to be able to help

 my good friend promote her designs .

To laugh and joke with everyone was such a joy and

 until then I had forgotten how much I missed working in the craft shop,

 which has now unfortunately closed down.

Anyone who does this as a job , has the best job in the world.

It was Jayne who got me into stamping and who would

have thought that one day we would be very good  friends and that

I could help her out in this way and was thrilled to do so.

 

I was lucky enough to meet many of my facebook friends,

 which was really special, along with some of Jayne's workshop

ladies who had travelled a long way to visit the show.

 

Jayne is such a special lady, loved and respected by many.

If I had a pound for every time someone said how lovely

she was I wouldn,t need to buy a lottery ticket thats for sure. lol.

 

Here's Paul, Jayne's husband busy filling up the boxes

before the show reopened.

 

 

Here's Jayne, Daz and myself after the show had ended

and we were all packed up and ready to go.

 

 

We were sorry to see them go after spending

a lovely weekend in their company.

The house seems too quiet now after all the laughter.

So now we need to look forward to the next workshop

down in Rugby.

 

until next time

 

jen xxx

 

 

Inking Techniques 

 

Hi there crafter's

 

Hope you are all enjoying this lovely weather

we are having at the moment. Summer has finally arrived.

Let's just hope its staying around for a while, lol.

 

 

Well we had a brilliant time down in Rugby last

month at Jayne Nestorenko's first workshop of the year.

We made the booklet with Jayne that I shared in

my last post. So this time I wanted to share with you

the toppers we made with the lovely and talented Helene.

She us just a whizz at inking techniques and the sessions with

her are just brilliant. Daz in particular enjoys these sessions.

 

Above is the first one we did, which involves stamping

and embossing in white fine powder, then inking over.

 

 

 

 

For the second one we learnt how to plan and mask

areas for the card topper.

We created our own scenery in the background which is

surprisingly simple and I have to admit very effective.

 

The stamps we used were by Inkylicious I do believe

and were very effective for this kind of scene building.

 

Here is Darren's wonderful topper, how brill is that.

 

 

 

 

We will be trying this technique again without a doubt,

 have you tried it?

 

until next time

 

jens xx

 



Dancing in the Spotlight

 

 

Hi there crafter's

 

Wow did we have a great time at Jayne Nestorenko's workshop

on Sunday down in Rugby.

 

This is one of the projects we were lucky enough to create

with the lovely Jayne herself.

 

This is actually her card, because I was too busy having fun that

I didn,t have time to finish colouring mine.

But I will post mine when it is completely finished.

 

The ballet dancer is part of an A5 sized stamp

plate , containing two different dancers, luscious curtains,

borders and corners and other extra's that Jayne does so well.

They give you loads of flexibility to create your own

picture or project.

 

Here is a photo of the front cover, we kept everything to whites

to keep it delicate and just used texture to create the different layers.

 

 

It is so delicate and girly , I,m sure anyone who loves

ballet would love to receive it.

 

I,ll be sharing lots of other photos over the next few days .

 

We can,t wait for the next workshop in June

 with even more new designs, but on a totally different theme.

Can,t wait to see what we will be making with them .

 

until next time

 

Jens xxx

 

 

Double Delight

 

 

Hi there crafter's

it's a long time since I,ve posted ,

so I hope I find you all well.

 

The sun made a lovely appearance for the bank holiday weekend,

 I just hope it lasts for a while so we have plenty of time to enjoy it .

 

Today I am sharing these two cards that I was inspired

to make after seeing the samples in Jayne's website gallery.

I needed to make cards for some male twins aged 7.

They needed to be similar but not identical.

This is where Jayne's   Apple of my eye   designs

really come into their own .

You can build up your own picture by mixing and matching

 the images and stamp plates.

I have used the boy and dog on both cards, but changed the

other components like the fence and the tractor.

Then I have added each twins name , a sentiment

and some glue dots to give some texture.

 

I have coloured them with my Promarker's and used chalk

for the backgrounds ,which I sealed with hairspray.

 

Here they are a little closer

 

 

and finally the boy , dog and tractor.

 

 

I hope they like them.

 

If you would like to see more cards made from

Jayne's designs then why not pop over to her website Gallery

where you will find lots of inspiration.

 

Happy crafting

until next time

 

Jens xx

 

www.nestorenkostamps.co.uk

 

 

 

 

 

Girls on the bench

 

Good morning everyone and thank you for popping by.

 

Today I am sharing a card that I have made

using the ... Girls on the bench... image,

which I absolutely love.

A perfect image to send to a best friend or relative of any age.

 

The card base was created using the Spellbinder scalloped circles

dies, with the large circles for the matting layers.

So simple to create but quite effective too.

I have cut two of the largest size, scored the top inch of the back one.

Then I glued the tops together so that it would stand on its own.

 

Top tip..... make sure you get a twin pair of scollop's

at the bottom for the card to 'sit' on, this will stop it from rocking over

and helps to keep your image straight.

 

I,ve added glue dots to each scallop. I just love the effect this gives,

it adds texture and depth to the card and

can be any size you wish, just brilliant.

 

I have kept my colouring to blue tones adding in the odd yellow

and green for the flowers etc.

I aimed for a fresh spring card, do you think I succeeded??

 

What have you made with your stamps?

 

The designs are by Jayne Nestorenko and are available

direct from her website shop along with lots

of other goodies.

 Why not pop along and take a look, the glue is there too!!

 

 

www.nestorenkostamps.com

 

until the next time

 

jens xxx