A small piece of Art for a Friend

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope you are having a great weekend. We had a brilliant time yesterday. First we went to the craft show at Newbury Racecourse there I even had a good chat with my friend John Lockwood. I also bought lots of lovely crafty stash. Then we went into Newbury town centre  and met our daughter, her boyfriend and his parents for a meal. Finally we went to Andover to see the plot the house, that our daughter and her boyfriend  are going to buy, is being built. It happens to be near where one of my crafty friends lives and I was able to drop off a little piece of art that she asked for her birthday to be part of a collage in her craft room.

As it has already been shared on Facebook I am sharing the little piece of art on my blog today.

I was a bit naughty and ordered the Double Pierced Squares and Rectangles set B to go with set A which I already had. They came on Friday and I couldn't resist a play. Can you see them in the mats and layers I created. 

I cut the window from the white mat then I embossed it with a mask and inked through the mask to make the wall. I reinserted the frame and behind the window I stuck the patterned and the cats. 

I used a Spellbinder die set to create the flower pot and flowers. 

I used another Spellbinder die to cut this and I inked through it before I took it out for the die. The sentiment was cut with some Tattered Lace dies. 

Here I am with John Lockwood. You know his cards look even better when you see them in the flesh. 

This is Wendy Kadzilo who organises the Craft Show at Newbury Racecourse. On the way in after you have paid you are given a Goody Bag that has all sorts of Crafty Goodies in it. She is a lovely lady and wasn't really keen to have her photo taken. 

I think my friend liked her piece of art. I do hope she gets a lot more to make the collage in he Craft Room. 

I hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

Alphabet Challenge Letter W - Window

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

Well we have got to the end of the first week back at work - I think we all need a drink of whatever we fancy. My husband is still signed off until next Tuesday when we go back to the hospital about his wrist. It has been rather nice having him home so much and he is getting better all the time.

The Alphabet Challenge Blog returns this week after its Christmas break. The letter is W and the theme is window you can blame me I chose the theme. The design team have made some brilliant samples.

After creating all the layers I cut the window from the top white  layer with a Spellbinder die.  I used a mask to emboss the layer with the aperture and then I inked through the mask. I like how it looks like cement between the bricks.  

I created the sign with a Sue Wilson die and some Britannia word dies. 

The flower pot was created with another Spellbinder die set. 

I slotted back in the window I had cut earlier. I put the patterned paper behind the window to look like wallpaper and added the cute cats. 

I will need a new home card later this year as our daughter and her boyfriend are buying their first house together but their card will need rabbits and not cats. 

I would like to enter Challenge 33 New Beginnings at Crafting Musketeers. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

New Home

Hi Bloggers

How is your week going? I am back to work after a half term break. This means fitting crafting in when I can. My Grand Calibur has made it back to Create and Craft now I have to wait and see what they are going to do about it.

I made two versions of today's card as I know two  people who are moving home soon. The two versions are slightly different to each other but I prefer this one. At least they will never be next to each other on the shelf to be compared.

To create the background I first cut the window with a Spellbinders die from some white card. I put the window to one side and then embossed the card with a mask. Once it was embossed I used some Distress ink  and inked through the mask to create the brickwork. 

I stuck some spotty paper behind the aperture and then reinserted the window I had cut earlier.

The flower pots and herb plants were cut with three sets of Spellbinders dies. 

The sentiment was cut with two  Brittania word dies, I backed it with a Spellbinders die that I cut about a bit to achieve the look I wanted. 

The cards are quite flat cards as I like to post New Home cards to people who have just moved house as I think it is good to get something nice in the post in your new home not just bills. 

That is all for now. Enjoy the rest of the week. Thank you for your visit it means a lot to me.

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie