Sent with Love Gerberas and Butterflies

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going? As some of you will know my dad has been taken ill and is in hospital. My mum needs a lot of help. The time I can spend blogging and creating is now very limited. I will do what I can to keep up with my commitments. I hope you will bear with me.

Beck to the card. A few weeks back I went to the Newbury Craft show. I knew John Lockwood would be there and I always take him some jelly babies and this time I decided to make him a card. I had just received some of his dies and I wanted to try them out.

This is not a big card. I cut the card blank and I was thrilled that the outer die from the Gerbera Corner Die set had a square die that cut a perfect mat that fitted the card blank perfectly. Then I cut two of the corners out of a paler card stock. 

I found a spotty card in my stash an I used that  to cut the Gerbera flowers. For the butterflies I cut a dark base for them. I found some paper that I had made using the shaving foam technique  and I used that to cut the detail of the butterflies. 

This sentiment comes with the small butterflies die set. I think it is going to be very useful. 

I think he liked the card I know he liked the jelly babies. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

I would like to enter the following challenges: 

Weeks 476 and 477 at the Allsorts Challenge blog

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Always Fun Challenges - Paper Piecing

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How was your weekend? Can you believe we went to see our daughter and son-in-law to celebrate their first wedding anniversary. Where did that year go? Not long and we go to Malta for the next wedding.

Being Monday the new challenge starts at Always Fun Challenges and this time the theme is Paper Piecing. 

I just love the stained glass dies from Creative Expressions. I knew I wanted to use the Poinsettia one  for this card and I knew I had some great paper in my stash to match,  I just had to find it. 

Our challenges are always fun. Why not join us? 

This die is gorgeous. I cut it in black and left a frame. I had a piece of inky card left over so I covered it with a sticky sheet. I stuck down the black frame. I cut the die is red, green and gold glitter card and placed the pieces I wanted into the black frame. Having the sticky sheet under makes this easier. Finally I covered the left over sticky with Micro Beads. 

As usual I didn't leave much room for a sentiment so I used my go to Tattered Lace die. 

I know I will be using this die again. 

I would like to enter the following challenges: 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

Crafty Catz Challenge Blog - Challenge 425 - Anything Goes with the optional twist of Think Summer Time

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors.

How has your week been? I have finally have  the go ahead to complete the table plan I am making for the wedding in Malta. Hopefully I will have everything completed soon.

Being Friday the new challenge starts on the Crafty Catz Challenge blog. The theme is Anything Goes with the optional twist of Think Summer Time. The fabulous sponsor is Di's Digi Store. This time the team used their own images.

Nothing says summer as much as strawberries. I have had the strawberry corner die for a while it came free with a magazine sometime back. This is the first time I have used it. 

Our sponsor is Di's Digi stamps. They have may wonderful images in their store. Click HERE to be taken there. 

The basket of strawberries is a free image from Beccy's Place. I created the background and the sentiment on the computer. 

Here you can see the detail of the die. It did take a while to do all the paper piecing. 

Writing this post I have just decided who to send this card to. I think he will appreciate it. 

I would like to enter the following challenges: 

Challenge 150 at the Creative Fingers Challenge blog

The July challenge at Beccy's Challenges 

Challenge 50 at the Crafty Addicts Challenge blog

Challenge 411 at the 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge blog

Challenge 214 at the Crafting from the Heart Challenge blog

Challenge 71 at the Crafting with Friends Challenge blog

The Anything Goes challenge starting 11th July at the Crafting by Designs Challenge blog

Challenge 304 at the QKR Stampede Challenge blog

Challenge 388 at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge blog

Have a great weekend. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Not Just Cards Challenge blog - July Challenge

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going? I was very lucky and yesterday I had lunch out with a good  friend and today I am seeing another good  friend today. We are all into crafting so it is lovely to see them both. 

I was recently given the opportunity to rejoin the Not Just Cards Challenge blog Design Team. The challenges are always Anything Goes and they start on 11th of the month. This is nice because I can make just what I want. 

A little while back I made a Tri-Shutter card for a baby shower. I though it would be nice to make one of these cards as a proper baby congratulations card. 

I used the dimensions for this card that I had worked out to make my baby shower card. Since making that card I have invested in some more dies for baby cards. The really nice thing is that these cards  fold up small and fit into a reasonably sized envelope. 

The challenges are always Anything Goes. 

This shows what the card looks like from above. This type of card looks very cool on display. Although it takes a while to make all the mats and layers they are all squares and rectangles and therefore easy to cut. The really fun bit is working out the decorations. 

On of our nieces is expecting her first baby in October. Obviously I don't know if she is having a girl or a boy. So there might just be a girl version of this card that I will be sharing later on.

I would like to enter the following challenges:
The challenge starting 10th July at the TTCRD Challenge 
Challenge 149 at the Creative Fingers Challenge blog
Challenge 100 at the Dies R Us Challenge blog
Challenge 214 at the Crafting from the Heart Challenge blog

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Always Fun Challenges - Anything Goes

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How was your weekend? I hope you did something nice. We went to the Newbury Papercraft show which is relatively close for us. Then on Sunday we went to the cinema to see a Digitally remastered version of Yellow Submarine at the cinema with our Beatles mad friends. It was lovely to see it on the big screen and it is always good to be with our friends,

The new challenge starts at Always Fun Challenges and the theme is the ever popular Anything Goes.

This is the card I gave to our daughter for her birthday. I did end up making her two. 

The challenges are always fun at Always Fun Challenges. 

This image was free from  Aurora Wings called Lilac Sprite. She was printed onto Neenah card and coloured with Promarkers. Then she was cut out with the ScanNCut. 

I used the corner dies from the Sandwich Box die set from John Next Door. 

Our daughter loved this card. 

I would like to enter the following challenges: 

Challenge 34 at the Unicorn Challenge blog

Week 27 at the Digi Chooseday Crafting Challenge

Challenge 537 at the Cute Card Thursday Challenge blog

Challenge 214 at the Crafting from the Heart Challenge blog

Challenge 330 at Pixie's Snippets Playground

Challenge 362 at the I ❤ Promarkers Challenge blog

Challenge 140 at the Simply Create Too Challenge blog

Challenge 75 at the Make My Monday Weekly Challenge blog

The July Challenge at the Perfect Time to Craft Challenge blog

Challenge 27 at the Classic Design Team Challenge blog

The July Challenge at the Crafty Calendar Challenge blog

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie

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Crafty Catz Challenge blog - ATG with the optional twist of Summer Fun

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How has your week been? It has just been so hot. I do find it hard to get on with jobs. My laptop gets very hot which makes it hard to use in the hot weather. On the plus side I have been able to test clothes that I am taking to Malta to see how comfortable they are in the heat.

I am hosting the new challenge that starts at the Crafty Catz Challenge blog the theme is Anything Goes with the optional twist of Summer Fun. The fabulous sponsor is Paper Shelter.

The backing paper at the backing was an old one from back when I made a card for the long gone Quick Cards Made Easy magazine. I added bunting at the top made with Tattered Lace dies. 

Our fantastic  sponsor has wonderful images in the store. If you click on the logo you will be taken there. 

This image is called Summer Attitude and she is available HERE. There seem to be quite a few images on sale at the moment including this one. I found an image to use as a background and I used the pre-coloured image from the set. 

I have been asked to make a tropical themed wedding card and I bought the Tim Holtz Tropical Sizzix die set for that card. It was so good to be able to try our the dies on this card as they fitted with the image so well. 

The trees, flowers and leaves all came with the same die set. 

Watch out for a  tropical themed wedding card in the future. It would be so lovely if you could join in with the challenge at Crafty Catz. 

I would like to join in with the following challenges; 

Challenge 50 at Craft Rocket Challenges 

Challenge 537 at the Cute Card Thursday Challenge blog

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday July Challenge

Challenge 71 at the Crafting with Friends Challenge blog

Week 27 at the Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge

Challenge 387 at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge blog

Challenge 7 at the A Perfect Time to Craft Challenge blog

Challenge 215 at the Crafty Cardmakers Challenge blog

Challenge 213 at the Crafting from the Heart Challenge blog

Challenge 399 at the Tuesday Throwdown Challenge blog

Challenge 50 at the Crafty Addicts Challenge blog

The July challenge at Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge 

Challenge 93 at Scrapy Land Challenges 

Challenge 100 at the Dies R Us Challenge blog

The 16th Challenge the 2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge blog

Have a great weekend. 

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie

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In the Woods from Beccy's Place

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going? Hasn't it been hot. I have to admit that I am finding it difficult to get on. I need to work on the Table plan. We have bought a collage frame that fits nicely in the case.

I am not longer the Guest Designer at Beccy's Place. I just wanted to share with you a couple more of the cards I made with the In the Woods set I was given to work with.

I love the backing that I found in my stash to go with the friendly raccoon. I thin is is meant to be a colouring page. The raccoon was printed onto Neenah card and coloured with Promarkers.

Being digital images they are easy to flip. The background was made with Pixie powders. 

There are lots of lovely images in Beccy's store. Click on the logo and you will be taken there. 

This the wonderful In the Woods stamp set. 

Here are all the cards I made with this set. The images were fun to work with. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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