Clyde Get Well

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going? I have been able to get out and about as the weather hasn't been too bad here. At the weekend my hubby was poorly. He spent most of Saturday resting. This meant that I had some time to craft - this doesn't usually happen at the weekend.

I started by colouring an image. Then I found I had enough time to make it into a card.

I chose the papers to match the way I had coloured the image. The patterned paper was in my stash. 

This little dragon is called Clyde and he comes from Bugaboo stamps. This image is called Clyde Get Well. I have used him before. I made a background on the computer as he is a PNG image he could be layered over the background. Then I coloured the image with my Promarkers. 

I didn't really make this for my poorly hubby it is another one for my stash. 

I would like to enter the following challenges: 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

My Cards for the October Rudolph Days Challenge

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How was your weekend? I hope it was a good one. This weekend was quiet for us my hubby picked up a cold which really wiped him out. So not much happened here.  This week is half term so everywhere will be busy. I will still get out and do a few things. 

I love to enter the Rudolph Days Challenge each month it really keeps me on track with my Christmas cards. The October Challenge has started and will end on the last day of the month.

I was going through my stash and I came across some images and papers that I had  since 2014. So it was about time they got used.

The image and papers came from Making Cards Magazine back in 2014. I know because the date is on some of the sheets. I made tent fold cards as I had to card blanks left over when I made some other cards. 

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I had made another Art Deco card for a friend and I came across these images when I was looking for something to put inside her  card. 

This is a Creative Expressions die. 

This is the second card that I made. I inked the edge of the image so that showed up against the background. 

Here are the cards together. Now some of my friends can have Art Deco cards. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The October Rudolph Days Challenge 

Challenge 461 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge

Have a great week. 

Happy Crafting

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Moving Along with the Times (MAWTT) - Anything Goes with Autumn Colours - Challenge 109

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going? I have found it quite hard to settle down after our time in London. On Tuesday I did make it into Southampton to see the Pre-Raphaelite exhibition at the Art Gallery. It is an amazing exhibition and I want to go back. They have pulled together paintings from lots of different places. I met my hubby when he finished work.  We had a nice meal together and we saw the film Official Secrets at our local Showcase cinema. It was a good day.

Today the new challenge starts at the Moving Along with the Times (MAWTT) challenge blog the theme is Anything Goes with Autumn colours.

I have had the backing paper in my stash for a while. This seemed like a good time to use it. 

Why not join in with our challenge. Click on the logo and you will be taken there. 

I have a paper kit with Pollyanna Pickering images in it. I went through the kit and picked out this fabulous image of a thrush. 

The dies I used to make the leaves and acorns came free with a magazine some time ago. So long ago that I can't remember which magazine. The dies are very useful. 

There you have my card for the challenge. I hope you have a good weekend. 

I would like to enter the following challenges: 

The October Challenge at Crafthazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge 

Challenge 542 at the Allsorts Challenge blog

The Autumn Colours Challenge at the Cuttlebug Mania Challenge blog

Challenge 31 at the 2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge blog

The October Challenge at the Die Cut Diva's Challenge blog

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Beatles Concertina Birthday Card

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

I hope you have had a great weekend and are ready for the week ahead. We had an amazing time in London with our friends. We were there to see a Bootleg Beatles concert at the Royal Albert Hall with the Liverpool Philharmonic orchestra. The concert was just amazing and suited the venue beautifully. While in London we managed to fit in: a Beatles themed walking tour, a London by night bus ride and  a trip to see The Play that Goes Wrong. There were lots of meals and coffee too,  as well as the odd gin and tonic.

We met up with my cousin and her partner at the Royal Albert Hall she was there at the concert for her birthday. A group of 8 of us shared a meal at the Verdi Italian Restaurant which is in the Royal Albert Hall. Well I had to make my cousin a card and it needed  to be small and compact.

I decided to make a concertina card. Of course I had to use the Vera Lane Studios Beatles images again. The backing paper is a picture of a wall here at home and the words that come with the images were added over the top and changed to be white to look like graffiti.  

This is the outside of the card. It just needed to say Happy Birthday. 

Then the card opens like this. The finished card is small when folded ad fits nicely in a hand bag. 

George. 

John

Paul

Ringo

I was pleased with this card. My cousin liked it a lot and it did fit in her handbag. It was such a good evening I want to do it all again.

Have a great week. 

I would like to enter the following challenges: 

Challenge 176 at the Seize the Birthday Challenge blog

Challenge 395 at the I ❤ Promarkers Challenge blog

Challenge 515 at the Passion for Promarkers Challenge blog

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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A Bit More Time to Craft - Challenge 102 - Anything Goes

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going? It was so wet yesterday but I did get out for coffee with a friend. Today I have a quiet day to finish things off and pack. Tomorrow we are going to London for a Bootleg Beatles concert at the Royal Albert Hall. It is part of In the End tour and will feature music from the Let It Be and Abbey Road albums. I am super excited about this trip.

The new challenge starts today on the A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge blog. The theme is always Anything Goes and there are gorgeous digi papers on offer as prizes. I really enjoy working with these papers.

I have been busy making more Christmas cards. Last year I ran out and I don't want to do that this year. I used two of the paper sets the Gothic Flakes for the background and the trees were cut from the On It's Way set. 

Our challenges are always Anything Goes. Why not enter click on the logo and you will be taken to the challenge blog. 

I cut the Happy Christmas, Creative Expression's Die, from white glitter card. 

The deer family were cut with the Sizzix Winter Wonderland die set. I make the female by cutting the antlers from one of the die cuts. They were cut in Kraft card and the edges inked with Distress ink. The trees were cut with the Branched Birch die from Sizzix. It is very easy to extend this die. In the background you can just see some green trees cut with the Winter Trees dies from Creative Expressions. 

I did make two of these cards. That is a two more for my stash. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 195 at the Crimbo Crackers Challenge blog

Challenge 58 at the Holly and the Ivy Challenge blog

Challenge 459 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge 

Challenge 31 at the 2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge blog

Challenge 15 at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog

The October Challenge at Your Scrapbook Place

Challenge 21 at the Creative Crafters Challenge blog

The Through the Craft Room Door (TTCRD) Anything Goes Challenge Week Beginning 15th October

The Crafter's Castle October Challenge #22

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Beccy's Place - Sing Joy digi stamp set

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

I hope you are having a great weekend. Yesterday my husband  worked  at his University's  Open Day. I went out early and treated myself to breakfast at M&S. In the evening we went to a 50th Birthday party. Today we are having a lazy day sorting things out for our trip to London next week.

I am one of the contributors to the Beccy's Place blog. I was sent the Sing Joy digi set and I was asked  to make cards, tags and a box to put them in.

Here is the box I decorated the patterned paper with washi tape and musical notes made with a tattered lace die. 

There are many fantastic images in the store and Beccy runs regular competitions. Click on the logo and you will be taken there. 

Here is the open box showing the cards and tags inside. 

Here are the cards I enjoyed putting the images in different configurations. 

Here are the tags. 

Here is everything together. This is such a fun set to use. I am not sure who these cards will go to but whoever it is I am sure they will make them smile. 

I would like to enter the following challenges: 

Crazy 4 Challenges - C4C506

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Not Just Cards Challenge Blog - October Challenge - Anything Goes

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going? Now I know that I am getting more intermittent between blog posts. The truth is that we have a lot of trips away during the Autumn and I am trying to keep up with my design team makes. I have noticed that traffic to my blog has decreased so I am sure that no one will mind much.

Today the new challenge starts on the Not Just Cards Challenge blog the theme is always Anything Goes. 

This was the card that I made for our Great Niece who was one in September. That spotty pink paper was in my stash. 

Why not come and join in with our challenge. Click on the logo and you will be taken there. 

This LOTV image I have had in my stash for a while. The Happy Birthday die is a Crafter's Companion one. I used the Double Pierced Circle dies from Creative Expressions to make the aperture and the frame. 

When I need bunting on a card this Tattered Lace die is my go to die. 

It is lovely having a Great Niece. I just love going to Next to buy things for her. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 176 at the Seize the Birthday Challenge blog

Challenge 64 at Craft Rocket Challenges

Challenge 48 at the Unicorn Challenge blog

Enjoy the weekend. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Sent with Love - Floral Birthday Card

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going? I know I have lots to do I just don' t seem to be able to get on with things at the moment. Quite a few things are in a state of change at the moment and I am finding it all rather unsettling. Nothing is bad just different.

I made a birthday card for someone special. All the dies I used are from the John Next Door range.

I knew I wanted to use the Oakham Lattice die set but I wanted a larger card. So I allowed for the large border around the die cut. Whenever I used John's dies the area around the bin is always covered in lots of little bits. 

I used the Gerbera flower and leaves dies to make a floral display. The person I made this for loves flowers. It is great how you can cut so  many at the same time. The Sent with Love sentiment comes with the Small Butterfly die set. 

I had to add some of the small butterflies as well. 

I know this card has been received so it is okay to share it now. I do like making larger cards. This one went in a parcel so it didn't effect the postage costs. 

I would like to enter the following challenges: 

Challenge 400 at Crafty Creations Challenges

Challenge 442 at the Tuesday Throwdown Challenge blog

Challenge 39 at the Love to Craft Challenge blog

The Through the Craft Room Door Challenge starting 8th October

Challenge 451 at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge blog

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Pollyanna Pickering Owl - Thinking of You

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

I hope you had a great weekend. For us Saturday was quite quiet. We did manage to have a nice lunch out. Our Saturday evenings are now filled with Strictly Come Dancing. We know some very good friends of Emma Barton and we have met her. So we are following her progress on the show. I must say I am really enjoying the shows. On Sunday we had a trip to Aldershot to have a finance meeting with all my husband's brothers, spouses and his parents. There is nothing to worry about it was all forward planning. After we had a meal out together. The plan is to make these meeting regular.

I made this card for a friend who has recently lost her mum . I do just love images by Pollyanna Pickering.

The papers in the background came from a pad of papers from Creative World of Crafts. The colours of the papers suited the image so well. 

This owl is so cute. I have a pad of images I still have a few of these owls left. 

Have a great week. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 31 at the 2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge blog

Challenge 451 at the Fab 'n' Funky Challenge blog

The October Challenge at Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Challenge 106 at the Make My Monday Challenge blog

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Winter Wonderland Challenge Blog - Merry and Bright

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

I hope you have had a good week. Today I am helping at a beginners felting workshop. I always enjoy these workshops. There is another busy weekend coming up.

Today the new challenge starts at the Winter Wonderland Challenge blog and the theme is Merry and Bright and our sponsor is Sherry West.

I made one of my Snippets backgrounds. I chose lots of bright patterned  papers to make the strips. Silver glittery stars were added to match the stars on the image. 

Here is the logo to the Sherry West Etsy shop not all the images are there yet but it is still worth checking out. Click on the logo and you will be taken there. 

This cute little angel was printed onto Neenah card and coloured with Promarkers. 

I found this tag in my stash and it was just perfect for the theme. 

Another card for my Christmas stash and it is nice and flat for posting. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 18 at the Cute 'N' Crafty Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge 194 at the Crimbo Crackers Challenge blog

Challenge 15 at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge 57 at the Holly and the Ivy Challenge blog

Challenge 602 at the Cute Card Thursday Challenge blog

Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge 362

Challenge 172 at the Creative Fingers Challenge blog

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog - September - Challenge #68

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going? Well it is the first of the month so it is busy in Blogland. Today the new challenge starts on the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog our theme is always Anything Goes. Our sponsor is Limited Runs.

I do like to be making Christmas cards at this time of year. So my choice of images was this cute little snowman. The patterned paper was in my stash. The snowflake die came from The Works. 

There are many wonderful images in the store. If you click on the logo you will be taken there. 

This image is called Mini Snowman and he is available HERE.  I printed onto Neenah cardstock and coloured him with my Promarkers. 

This is another one for my stash. I really ought to check how many cards I have made so far for Christmas. 

I would like to enter the following challenges: 

Challenge 57 at the Holly and the Ivy Challenge blog

Challenge 194 at the Crimbo Crackers Challenge blog

The October Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Challenge 457 at Cratyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge

Challenge 15 at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge 39 at the Love to Craft Challenge blog

Week 40 at the Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge

The Through the Craft Room Door (TTCRD) challenge starting 1st October

The October Challenge at the Color It Create It Show It Off Challenge blog

The October Challenge at the A Perfect Time to Craft Challenge blog

Morgan's ArtWorld Challenge 10

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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