Moving Along with the Times (MAWTT) - Things with Wings Challenge

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How it your week going? I am pleased the weather has got a bit cooler it makes it easier for me to get things done. This evening I am meeting my hubby in town and we are going to see Avenue Q at the Mayflower theatre. There was an offer and they are hard to resist.

I am hosting the next challenge at the Moving Along with the Times (MAWTT) Challenge blog and I have chosen the theme Things with Wings.

I was asked to make a card for the 80th Birthday of one of my in-laws good friends. He was a Paratrooper and that's what they wanted for the theme of the card.

I had to do quite a bit of research for this card. I found the paratrooper badge and the some other bits on the computer. This is a Z-fold card. I do like making these. 

This is a photo of the chap in question. He is very good to my husband's parents. They have even spent Christmas together a few times. 

That is the Paratroopers badge and it has Wings. You can see the badge on the hat in the photo above this one. 

I was quite surprised that this chap was 80 he really doesn't seem like it. 

With some of the left over bits I made this card for the chap from my hubby and me. 

I know he was thrilled with this card. He kept talking to people about it and showing them. It is nice when something you have made makes someone happy. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 227 at the Cardz 4 Guyz challenge blog

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

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Nautical Cards are Popular!

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going? It was lovely to have an extra day at the weekend. We got so much done in the garden. We collected my cards from the Hampshire Open Studios event. We stayed behind to help others tidy up. Then in the evening we went out for a meal with our friends.

Before I took my cards to the barn I photographed them in groups. Yesterday, I printed off the photos and I checked through marking off the cards I had bought home. Altogether I sold 44 cards and all but one of my nautical cards sold. I have a much better idea about what to do next year.

Here is one of the smaller nautical cards I made with the Nautical Scenes die set from Simply Cards and Papercraft magazine.

I made a few of these 5" x 5" cards. All the papers came from a paper pad from The Works. They do some cracking craft items. I used Snippets of paper to make the background. 

The sky was made with some paper I had inked with the aid of surgical spirit. Then I used the dies to layer up a scene using lots of Snippets of blue and white paper. 

I was quite surprised how popular these cards were in the sale. I think I will make some more. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 359 at Pixie's Snippets Playground

The August Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Through the Craft Room Door Challenge Week 27th August

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

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Deer family in a Winter Forest

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How has your weekend been so far. For those of us lucky enough we have an extra day today. Although I no longer work I still love a bank holiday. It is an extra day to have hubby home. Later today we will go back to the barn where the Hampshire Open Studios event was held to collect my cards. We will also stay around to help tidy up. In the evening we are going out with our friends for a meal and a catch up.

I love the Rudolph Days Challenge  it runs from the 25th until the end of the month. This challenge has really kept me on track with my Christmas cards.

Back in July I had a day in Petersfield shopping with a friend. One of the charity shops were selling off packs of 10 Christmas cards for 79p. I picked out two designs that I knew I could adapt into my own Christmas cards.

The card blank is what was left over from cutting another card blank from an A3 sheet of black card. I have had the brown glitter card in my stash since the first time I went to the Newbury Craft Show and they gave out goody bags. There was even enough of the image left to make a tag. 

When I saw the original card I knew the the Winter Wonderland die set from Sizzix would suit it so well. If you cut the antlers from the male deer you get a female. 

I was rather pleased with how this card turned out. I will be using the other 9 cards from the pack to make other cards. 

I would like to enter the following Challenges:

The August Challenge at the Rudolph Days Challenge

Challenge 452 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge

Challenge 191 at the Crimbo Crackers Challenge blog

Challenge 11 at Crafting Happiness Challenges

Challenge 13 at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog

Have a great week.

Happy Crafting

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Golden (50th) Wedding Anniversary Cards

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Good Afternoon. I hope you are having a good day. It is bright and sunny here today. I have already been out this morning. I do like to get out for a walk most days. This weekend we are visiting both sets of parents. I also need to sort some things out for my sister. Sunday will be a quiet day. On Monday we will be collecting my cards from the Hampshire Open Studios event. I have sold a few cards and I have received two commissions not too bad really. I do hope I get asked to participate again next year.

There is a very special couple at our church. They are in their 70s and they run a lot of activities for older people and people with dementia. Today is their 50th Wedding Anniversary. I just had to make them a card to celebrate.

I went with a gold and white theme. 

Here is the detail of the Oakham Lattice die set from the John Next Door range. You can always tell when I have used John Next Door dies as the floor is covered in lots of little bits. The sentiment and numbers are Crafter's Companion dies. The pearls made a nice addition to the design. 

This is one of the commissions I was asked to make. It is for the same couple that I my card was made for. This card used the Butterfly Heart Dies from the John Next Door range. I just love how you get so many butterflies you can use. 

That's all from me this week. I will be back after the weekend. I do hope that you have a good one. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 20 at the Crafter's Castle

Happy Crafting

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Winter Westie Christmas Card

Good Morning

I hope you are having a good week. It is bright and sunny here today. I might just pop out for a coffee later. I had a lovely time helping with the teas and coffees at the Hampshire Open Studios event yesterday and I am doing the same tomorrow. I have sold a few cards but I don't know how many.

When I was making my card for the August Challenge at the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge blog I actually made a few things with the the cute images.  I had a hard time choosing which to use. In the end I went with the card and the matching gift bag. This card was too good not to share sometime.

The backing paper was in my stash. I added die cuts of trees (Winter Trees - Creative Expressions) and snowflakes (from The Works). 

I used the used the pre-coloured images from the Winter Westie digi set from Fred She Said. This way it is easy to create a background on the computer and the images  will layer over the top. Of course they can be resized and flipped to make a little family. The mats and layers for the image were cut with the Double Pierced Rectangle dies from Creative Expressions. 

This is a Creative Expressions die. 

There are still a few more days to join in with the  August Challenge at the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge blog.  The theme is always Anything Goes. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The August Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Challenge 451 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge 

Challenge 54 at the Holly and the Ivy Challenge Blog

Challenge 191 at the Crimbo Crackers Challenge blog

Challenge 120 at Scrapy Land Challenges

Challenge 13 at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge 29 at the 2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge blog

Challenge 17 at the Cute 'N' Crafty Christmas Challenge blog

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

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Ruby 40th Wedding Anniversary Z - Fold Card

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

I hope you had a good weekend and are ready for the week ahead. We had a busy weekend. On Friday we set up my small table at the Hampshire Open Studios event. On Saturday my husband worked on the talk he was going to give at his party. I made the house generally ship shape. Then on Sunday it was the big tea party at our local tea shop. We had a lovely time and the food and drink was appreciated as was the talk. Now it is all back to normal. Although there is a bit more cake in the house than there usually is.

When we came back from Lille I had a 40th Wedding Anniversary card that I had to make as we were going to the party. I had been  waiting for a photo and I didn't receive one. So I had to adapt  my design.

I decided on the Z - Fold card design. I did all the scoring on my Hougie board. All the mats and layers were cut with the guillotine. The Happy Anniversary die is a Signature die. The 40 was cut with an X- Cut die set. 

The heart and flourish dies are all from the John Next Door Range. The letters were made with a Tonic die set. 

Here I am beside my little table. It didn't take long to set up. I am going back to help with the teas and coffees tomorrow so I will be able to check up on it.  

Our friends liked their card and we enjoyed the party. I met lots of people that I have heard of over the years. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The August Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Have a great week. 

Happy Crafting

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Nautical Scenes die set - Take Two

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

I hope you had a good week and that you have something nice planned for the weekend. This afternoon we will be setting up my table at the Open Studios event. On Sunday it will be my husband's tea party at our local tea shop. It is going to be a busy weekend.

After Wednesday's post I had another try with the Nautical Scenes die set that came free with Simply Cards & Papercraft issue 192.

All the papers I used came from a 12 x 12  paper pad that came from The Works. It was very good value and I loved the colours. All the papers are double sided. 

I used the Double Pierced Circle dies from Creative Expressions to make the frame and to cut the acetate to go in the frame. To create the scene inside I used dies from the Nautical Scenes die set. 

I used some of the other dies in the set to add interest to this panel. 

I do like making nautical cards. This one will go in the sale. I will let you know how it goes. 

I would like to enter the following challenges: 

The August Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Challenge 62 at the Craft Rocket Challenge blog

Challenge 98 at the A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge blog

The August Challenge at Your Scrapbook Place

Challenge 19 at the Creative Crafters Challenge blog

Challenge 468 at the Krafty Chicks Challenge blog

Happy Crafting

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Nautical Scenes Die Set

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going? I can't believe how busy August is this year. We had a lovely time away in Lille for my husband's birthday. On Sunday we hosted the first of his two tea parties at his parents house. That went very well. This Sunday we are having a private tea party at our local tea rooms. In amongst all of this I am getting ready to have some cards to sell at one of the Hampshire Open Studios events which starts on Saturday. There is a lot more to it than I first realised.

I have been wanting to have a play with the Nautical Scenes die set that came free with Simply Cards & Papercraft magazine a few months ago. Yesterday I got my chance.

I found an off cut from a larger card that would make a nice tent fold card. I found some card to make the mats and layers in my scrap pile. 

Then using all sorts of snippets I used the dies in the set to cut the layers to make the scene. 

The little boat is so cute. I do have a lot of nautical dies and being smaller these will make a nice addition to my collection. 

Now I have had a play with these dies I want to have another go to try out some other ideas. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 358 at Pixie's Snippets Playground

Challenge 396 at Crafty Creations Challenges

Enjoy the rest of the week,

Happy Crafting

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Not Just Cards August Challenge - Anything Goes

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I hope you are having a great weekend. Today we are hosting the first of two tea parties for my husband's birthday. This one will be in Aldershot at his parents house. We are leaving early to sort the house out and to be there to receive the food order. The trick will be not to let my mother-in-law do anything after her recent spell in hospital. I will let you know how it all goes.

Being the 11th of the month the new challenge starts at the Not Just Cards Challenge blog our theme is Anything Goes.

As soon as I saw these images by Vera Lane Studio I just had to have them. Lots of you will know that we and our friends are big Beatles fans. This images will be so useful for making cards for our friends. I decided to make a Bridge Card to make it look a bit like a stage. For the backing paper I used an image of a brick wall, I made the quotes, that came with the images, white and placed them over the bricks. 

Just click on the logo and you will be taken to our current challenge. 

The images come in two sets of two. I coloured them with Promarkers and fussy cut them. 

Here are the last two. I can see myself using these images a lot. I already have an idea for a Christmas card. 

My Beatles mad friend loved this card and it has gone into her Beatles collection. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 390 at the I ❤ Promarkers Challenge blog

The August Challenge at the Crafty Calendar Challenge

Challenge 54 at the Crafting with Attitude Challenge blog

Challenge 20 at the Crafter's Castle Challenge blog

Challenge 62 at Craft Rocket Challenges

Have a great week. 

Happy Crafting

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Happy 60th Birthday Keith

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You might have noticed that I have not been around lately. We are in France to celebrate my husband's 60th birthday. We had a trip away for mine so it is only fair. He will be having not one but two tea parties with different groups of people. Both involve tea and cake. 🙂

I have made him a very special card that he won't be able to open until he gets home. Then I thought it was a bit mean not to have anything to open on the day. So I made one that could travel.

This had to be a relatively quick card and one that could go in a suitcase. I found an old card with these bottles of wine on, Hopefully we will be having some nice French wine tonight. 

I used the Piece by Piece dies set from Die-Cutting Essential magazine. I think it is nice to leave some of the pieces not quite in the puzzle. My husband like another card that I made with this die set. 

This is my hubby in Sorrento last year. That was a lovely restaurant. 

I think he will like this card. I will catch up with everyone when we get back. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

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Winter Wonderland Challenge blog - Ornaments

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I hope you have had a good week and have something nice planned for the weekend. We are still hospital visiting. We aren't sure when my mother-in-law will be coming home. When she does things are going to have to change.

It is time for the new challenge on the Winter Wonderland Challenge blog and the theme is Ornaments. The fabulous sponsor is LeAnn's World 101.

I did colour the image first and I made all the ornaments blue. So I chose blue papers to go behind the image.

There are many wonderful images in the store. Click on the image and you will be taken there. 

This image is called Decorating LeAnn and it is available HERE.  I printed onto Neenah card and I coloured with my Promarkers. Then I fusssy cut the image. 

This is one of John Next Doors sentiments it came with a tag set. It is just brilliant for being small. I often forget to leave space for a sentiment. 

Have a great weekend. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The August Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge 

Challenge 448 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge

Challenge 190 at the Crimbo Crackers Challenge blog

Challenge 13 at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge 593 at the Cute Card Thursday Challenge blog

Challenge 53 at the Holly and the Ivy Challenge blog

Challenge 359 at the QKR Stampede Challenge

Challenge 389 at the I ❤ Promarkers Challenge blog

Challenge 197 at the Crafty Girls Corner Challenge blog

Challenge 292 at the Brown Sugar Challenge blog

Week 30 at the Colour Crazy Craft Challenge blog

Challenge 16 at the Cute N' Crafty Christmas Challenge blog

Happy Crafting

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Moving Along with the Times (MAWTT) - Bees

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

I am back again today with my second post. This is for the new challenge at the Moving Along with the Times (MAWTT) challenge blog and June has chosen the theme of BEES. 

I was going through my stash and I came across a background I had made with Pixie Powders.

When I think of Bees I think of summer and flowers. 

The Bee die came from the Dovecraft Bee Happy Die Collection. I cut the die in black and backed it with white glitter card. I coloured the yellow bits with Promarkers. 

The sentiment comes with the die set too. 

I made the sunflowers with a Spellbinder's die set. I love sunflowers they are so bright and cheerful they look like they are smiling at you. 

I was very pleased with how this card turned out and very pleased that I had bought a bee die set. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 115 at the Crafty Friends Challenge Blog
Challenge 37 at the Love to Craft Challenge Blog
Challenge 54 at the Crafting with Attitude Challenge Blog
Challenge 126 at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog
Challenge 118 at Scrapy Land Challenges
Favourite Flower Challenge at the As You Like it Challenges
The Whatever the Weather Challenge at the Daring Cardmakers Challenge Blog

Enjoy the rest of the week.

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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