Twisted Easel Card for a 97th Birthday

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How has your week been? We have been busy here there has been lots to sort out with my parents and my sister. I also thought that I had a closer deadline for some crafty makes than was the case so the pressure is off a bit. 

Here is the birthday card I have made for my father-in-law who will be 97 in September. He still loves his garden so this card will be appropriate. My mother-in-law will be able to work out the twisted easel style works, she is a smart cookie. 

I have had the sticky burlap for a while. I chose to use it here for the texture. 

The image is from  one of the Hunkydory little books. I used the flowing dies: Ivy Spray, Stencil Sentiments, Advent Numbers all from the John Next Door range. 

I do hope my father-in-law likes this card. 

Have a great weekend. 

Happy Crafting

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A Special Birthday Card for a Special Lady

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How is your week going? We have been quite busy there always seems to be so much to do. 

I have been looking through my files and I found a twisted easel birthday card that I had never shared. 

The patterned paper was from my stash. I cut into the paper with a Sizzix die. This reveals the colour of the card underneath. 

I created the sentiment on the computer. I used a Creative Expressions die to cut a frame for the sentiment. 

From the John Next Door range I used the Gerbera die, the Leafy Flourish die and the Small Butterfly die set. 

The stopper for the easel was made with the centre of the Creative Expressions die. 

I know the lady that received this was thrilled to receive this card. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 497 at the Fab 'n' Funky Challenge blog

Challenge 69 at Crafting Happiness Challenges

The October Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

The Anything Goes Challenge  October 6th at Through the Craft Room Door (TTCRD)

Challenge 32 at the Creative Crafters Challenge blog

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

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

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This is an extra post from me. Lozzy who runs the A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge blog is running an extra challenge which is Anything Goes and runs for a month. This means there is an another chance to win some of the delicious digi papers that are on offer as prizes.

This is the card that I made for a friend's birthday.

I love a twisted easel card. There is so much area to decorate. I used the Hue Digital papers on this make. 

This is a fun challenge to enter. Sometimes there are free papers to download. Click on the image you will be taken to the challenge. 

I used the Remore Die set from the John Next door range to make the stopper for the easel and to showcase the sentiment. The Happy Birthday die is from Crafter's Companion. 

I think this is a Kanban image that I have had in my stash for a while. Made the flowers with the Cornflower die from the John Next Door range. I used one of the Hue papers to make the flowers. I also used the Star Flower leaves dies to make the leaves. 

I think my friend liked this card. I did give her the Renmore die set as a present as well as some chocolate. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The March Challenge at the Die Cut Divas Challenge blog 

The March Challenge at Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

The March Challenge at the A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge

Don't forget to join in with our challenge. 

Happy Crafting

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Nativity Scene Twisted Easel Christmas Card

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going? I have been busy with a few things and I am finding it hard to fit in much crafting. I seem to need a specific goal to get going. I am hoping to make a gift bag and card for a friend who is having an operation next week. That should be enough motivation to gee me along.

In the meantime I have been looking through my files for cards that I have not shown you yet. Through the year I make a lot of Christmas cards and here is one of them that never had its day on the blog.

I do like making Nativity themed Christmas cards. I was thrilled when John Lockwood came out with the Nativity Scenes die set for his John Next Door range. All the layers were cut with the Double Pierced Square dies from Creative Expressions. 

I used together the O Little Town Scenes and the Nativity Scenes die set from the John Next Door range. I cut them twice once in black and once in Rose Gold (I love that colour). I used the Rose Gold as a shadow to highlight the dies. 

The sentiment was cut with another John Next Door die. In the background I used the Snowflake Embossing folder that came with the John Next Door craft magazine. The paper at the back of the Nativity Scene came from the magazine to. 

I would just like to say that I do appreciate everyone who visits my blog and especially those who take time to leave a comment. I know blogging isn't as popular as it was a few years ago. We have been through quite a few changes. Also there are some changes coming up for me personally.  I have decided that I am going to keep up with my blog but maybe I won't be posting as often.  I will still be around and I will keep visiting my crafty friend's blogs and leaving comments. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Week 489 at the Krafty Chicks Challenge blog

Challenge 471 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Card

Challenge 18 at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge 62 at the Holly and the Ivy Christmas Challenge blog

The A is for Anything Goes at the ABC Christmas Challenge blog

The January Challenge at the Christmas Crafts All Year Round Challenge blog

Enjoy the rest of the week

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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llama Love twisted easel Birthday Card

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How is your week going? The sun is shining here today maybe it will be a better day.

This is the birthday card that I made for our daughter's birthday back at the end of May.

I do like a twisted easel card. All the papers I used were in my stash

This image is from the Llama Love set from Imagine That Digistamp. It is mostly a Christmas image set but this cute llama is included as well. I used a precoloured image that way I could use my own photo to create the  background. I did fussy cut a llama to lay over the top of the image to give some dimension. 

This was a topper that I had in my stash. It made a great stopper for the easel. 

Yesterday I heard some very sad news. My crafty friend Erika passed away the previous evening. She had a very short illness, it took her very quickly. I only met her a few times but we had lots of contact through social media. With her husband she lived on the same estate as our daughter and son-in-law. Erika made a big impact on the craft community she will be missed. RIP Erika ❤

Back to the card. I made a matching gift card holder. Now the sad thing about this card is that it was lost in the post and our daughter never received it. When I share this post it will be the first time that she will see it. I really ought to make a replacement card. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 587 at the Cute Card Thursday Challenge blog

Challenge 60 at Craft Rocket Challenges

The June Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Challenge 6 at the Imagine That Digistamp  Creative Playground 

I hope you enjoy the rest of the week. 

Hugs Jackie

Wedding Card made with the Oakham Lattice die set

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Happy Monday. I hope you had a good weekend. On Saturday my husband went for a day out with his brothers to look at a house they all own. They all got a long but there is no clear plan of what to do with the house when they got back. I had a day crafting. On Sunday after church we went to our local garden centre and bought three plants for the garden. The rest of Sunday was spent sorting out the garden. There is still lots to do but it is coming on. This evening we are seeing Endgame the last Avengers film. I am really looking forward to it.

Also this  weekend our daughter and son-in-law went to a wedding in Oxford. Our son-in-law was one of the Groomsmen.  I was asked to make a card for the happy couple at short notice. So I based it on a card I had made previously with the Oakham Lattice die from the John Next Door Range from Crafts Too.

I was shown a sample of the wedding colours. I went through my card stock and I found so card to match. It was teamed with a pearlised white card. I do like a twisted easel card. 

For the centre I used a Mr and Mrs die from Crafter's Companion. 

The congratulations and the rings dies were also from Crafters Companion. The centre of the Oakham Lattice die set  was raised back to hold the easel back. 

Here is a photo of the happy couple having their first dance.

I made an envelope for the card thank you to  a tutorial by Paul Church. Mind you it took me three attempts to get it right. Of course I didn't waste the paper. I will show you what I made a bit later on.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 242 at the Crafting from the Heart Challenge blog 

Have a great week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Oakham Lattice Wedding Card

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going? We got back from Suffolk late on Monday. Yesterday I had a bit of time to craft. It was hard to choose what to make and then I remembered a couple we sit with in church who are getting married early next month.

I decided to use the Oakham Lattice die set. I thought it would look good in the easel card format.

I have no ideas what colours they have chosen for the wedding but I thought white and gold would look good. I just love the Oakham Lattice die set from the John Next Door range. There is so much detail in the dies. I added a heart cut with the Mr and Mrs die set from Crafter's Companion. 

To make the stopper for the twisted easel I used the centre dies from the Oakham Lattice die set. The middle section is raised up on foam pads. The congratulations was cut with another Crafter's Companion die. You can't see it in the photos but I used a white glitter card for a bit of sparkle. 

I am pleased with how this card turned out. I can see lots of potential with this die set. To me it has an Art Deco feel. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 423 at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog

March 26th Challenge at the Through the Craft Room Door (TTCRD) Challenge blog

Challenge 387 at  Crafty Creations Challenges

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

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Robin Twisted Easel Card

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I hope you had a good weekend and are ready for the week ahead. This is the start of two weeks of mock exams at the local secondary school and I am invigilating most days.

I joined in with a challenge in the  Facebook group Crafty Army with Carley (Duff). We were split into three teams and the challenge was to make easel cards. I was thrilled to be picked as of the  winners for my group. Here is my card.

I do't often make easel cards since I found my uncle displaying one of its side. I do like making easel cards though. I will have to make sure that I send this twisted easel to a fellow crafter  who will know how to display it. 

This fabulous robin was from an old Christmas card. I added a snowflake border to the top and the bottom of the image. 

This is the snowflake border it is a die I bought in the Works last week they still had some. 

This is the John Next Door Happy Christmas die from the Happy Snowflakes die set. Mounted in this way it made the stopper for the easel. 

The paper I used was from my stash. I was very pleased with how this card turned out and thrilled to have won the challenge. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 410 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge blog

The November Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas challenge

Challenge 107 at the Crimbo Crackers Challenge blog

Challenge 4 at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge 20 at the 2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge blog

Challenge 54 at the Craft Rocket  Challenge blog

Week 492 at the Allsorts Challenge blog

The November Challenge at Beccy's Place Challenges

Challenge 115 at the Love to Scrap Challenge blog

Challenge 143 at the Let's Craft and Create Challenge blog

Have a great week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Twisted Easel Christmas Card

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope you had a good weekend and got done all the things you needed to do. We caught up with jobs on Saturday and on Sunday we went to see both sets of parents. We have dropped off their presents and cards. My parents are off to stay with my sister soon and we will see my husband's parents on Boxing Day.

I have been looking through my files and I found a Christmas card I had made but not shared.

I do like twisted easel cards. I made the background with white heat embossed snowflakes. Then I used Distress ink to colour the card. Around the edge I ran Ice Stickles to give a glittery appearance. 

I cut the Winter Trees from Creative Expressions from a white glitter cards. The Deer family also from Creative Expressions were cut from black card and I put some black card behind them to make them solid. 

This is the Snowflake tag from the Snowflake Border, Corner Tag set from Creative Expressions. The stamp is from Indigo Blu. I heat embossed the whole tag with a clear sparkly powder. 

I hope you are getting on well with your Christmas prep. The time really does seem to be dashing by. 

Have a great week. 

I would like to enter challenge 187 at the Crafting from the Heart Challenge blog, challenge 269 at the Glitter 'N' Sparkle Challenge blog , Pixie's Snippets Playground Weeks 311 and 312  and the December Challenge at A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge blog. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Tattered Lace - Anniversary Shows - Antique Lace Collection

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How has your week been? I am very near the end of my two week holiday from school we have got a lot done. Including some work in the garden which we weren't expecting.

I have made some samples for the Anniversary shows for Tattered Lace with a rather pretty die set I was sent. It is the Ornamental Antique Lace Square die set. It is  very pretty. In fact when I checked last night this die set on its own had sold out. It is still available in collections.

You can see these cards and others made by the Design Team on the Tattered Lace Ornamental Vintage Lace Pintereset Page. 

These are the things I sent in.  Apart from the dies I was sent two sheets of sentiments one in gold foil and one in silver. 

This is one of my favourite die sets that I have been sent by Tattered Lace. 

I was really taken with central dies from the set. I think they make quite a pretty pattern on their own. 

I made a smaller blue version. 

The twisted easel is the first card I made. 

The box was easy to decorate. To decorate the sides I just cut the down down. 

I was rather pleased with these samples. I have no idea if they will be shown or not especially as the die has already sold out. . 

Happy Crafting

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A Twisted Easel Card - for the Isobel Craft Collection

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How was your weekend? We visited our parents on Saturday and on Sunday we both worked on the wedding invitations. I was colouring images followed by a bit of die cutting. My husband was using the computer to work on the inserts. We are making progress but nothing is finished yet. I am hoping to get some things done this week.

I decided to get my stamps out from The Isobel Craft Collection to have a bit of a play. I ended up making a twisted easel card.

I used two 6" x 6" kraft card blanks to make this card. It would take 3 card blanks to make two of these cards. 

This is the stamp set I used  it is the Garden set and there are still some available in the store. 

This is the topper for the easel card it would make a lovely card in its own right. I used my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens to colour the images and Distress ink to colour the paper.  

I used the Happy Birthday stamp from one of my other stamp sets from the Collection. 

I do love the ladybirds in this set. Sophy hosts online craft sales once a month she has products from lots of different companies at very good prices. The next sale is on the 5th February, it is all done through the Facebook page and you pay by Paypal. There are often competitions to win discounts. It is worth a look. 

 Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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