Crafts Galore Encore #91 - Anything Goes - All Dressed Up

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

Did you have a lovely weekend? We had a nice time looking after our daughter and son-in-law's dog. He was very good and he didn't whine. This meant that they could go out and look for a new bed in peace. We had a nice meal together when they got back. That was a nice way to finish the long weekend. 

Today the new challenge starts at the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog the theme is Anything Goes and the fabulous sponsor is All Dressed Up. 

Here is the card I made:

The patterned papers came from my stash. 

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

This image is called For You and it is available HERE. I coloured the image with my Faber Castell Polychromo pencils. I used the Double Pierced Rectangle dies from Creative Expressions to cut out the image and it's mat. 

This is a sweet little card. I am taking a break from the Crafts Galore Challenge blog this month. I won't be doing any comments and I won't be writing the winners post. 

Have a lovely week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Birthday Blooms for You

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How is your week going? It has been quite sunny here which has been nice for a change. It was just a bit too hot for Sports Day yesterday but that is behind us now.

I wanted to make a card for a friend that is going through a hard time at the moment.

I made the frame for the image with some of my Noble dies by Sue Wilson. I do like the piercing that you get with this set.

This has to be my favourite flower stamp it comes from the Birthday Blooms set by Stampin Up. It was stamped with black archival onto watercolour card this meant that I was able to colour it with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens and some water and a watercolour brush. Now can you see the dots in the background? That is another stamp from the set. I used two shades of Distress ink to stamp round the flower. Then I used a translucent mica powder to dust over the dots. I have to admit I had never done this before and now I am not sure why not the mica clung to the distress ink and I was left with a lovely sheen. 

I liked it so much I did the same with the sentiment that also came with the Birthday Blooms stamp set. 

I really enjoyed making this card I used so many of my favourite things to make it. 

I would like to enter Challenge 21 at Jade's Sparkling Butterflies ,Challenge 24 at Cardz 4 Galz and the End of Term blog hop and prizes at House of Cards.  

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

Playing with Sparkle Pens

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How is your week going? I had a lovely afternoon yesterday with my very crafty friend.

I wanted to share the card I made after having a play with some Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens. My friend is very generous and shares her crafty resources with me.

I cut and embossed  the frame with Sue Wilson Classic Adorned Squares set. 

Now this is exciting. I stamped the large flower from the Stampin Up Birthday Blooms stamp set with Black Archival. Then I coloured it with some Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens and a water brush. I was so pleased with the result and it was very relaxing to do. 

I stamped this sentiment from the same stamp set and cut it out with some other Sue Wilson dies. 

Now I want some Sparkle pens and some refillable water brushes. 

I would like to enter challenge 37 at Scrapy Land Challenges , Fancy and Feminine at Try it on a Tuesday , TTCRD March 8th to 14th , Week 353 at the All Sorts Challenge blog and A Bit More Time to Craft #15.

Enjoy the rest of the week.

Happy Crafting.

Hugs Jackie

A Make from my Charity Craft Day

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope that you are having a good weekend. The weather hasn't been too kind down here and our fence has suffered. We had a nice time with my parents,we got the shopping we needed for holiday done and we saw the new Dad's Army film. Not too bad for a Saturday.

The previous Saturday I went to a charity craft day. I was very pleased with the stamps I came home with and the projects I completed. One of them I liked a lot but I just felt that it needed a little bit more.

The middle of the card is what we made at the craft day. I just wanted to use it to make a bigger card. All the stamps I used came in the Birthday Blooms set that we were given in our goody bag when we arrived. In fact all eight of the projects for the day used the same set which was just brilliant for inspiration. What I added was some matting and layering. I also added a wider black mat and I stamped the smaller flower stamp with Perfect Medium and heat embossed it with a fine detail white powder. I do like heat embossing to create backgrounds. 

This is of  the sentiments that comes with the set. 

These little flowers are so pretty they were stamped in black and coloured with water based pens. 

These are the stamps I came home with I was well chuffed. I have used the large flower stamp twice since last weekend it is  very pretty. 

I hope that you enjoy the rest of Sunday and the week ahead. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie