Deer in the Forest Christmas Card

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going? I have been helping Felting Workshop this morning. Tomorrow we are going to the theatre to see the show Magic that Goes Wrong. We are looking forward to it. This is one of the things that got delayed from last year. I will let you know how we get on. 

I have been making Christmas cards again. Here is my latest one. 

I started this card a while ago. I found all the bits on the side so I made it up. The corner dies are from one of John Next Door's Christmas releases this year. The patterned paper was in my stash. 

The trees were made with an old Creative Expressions die set called Winter Trees. The Deer were made with a Sizzix die set. 

I  have made about 90 cards this year and I have bought a few from a talented friend so we should  have about enough. I do want to make some special cards still. 

Enjoy the rest of the week.

Happy Crafting

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Not Just Cards - December Challenge - Anything Goes

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Well Friday is here. It will be another quiet weekend for us. If the weather is good we will be able to get out for some walks. 

The December Challenge starts today at the Not Just Cards Challenge Blog the theme is always Anything Goes. This is my last post for this challenge blog.  I had decided to step down but the decision has been made to close this Challenge blog. When this challenge finishes and the winners are announced the Challenge Blog will cease to be active.

Here is the Christmas card I made for my hubby. Usually I make his card first. This year has been so odd that his was one of the last ones I made. 

For my hubby's retirement card I used an image with a shed on it from one of the HunkyDory Little books. You can see it HERE,   The image comes from a HunkyDory little book of Snowmen, It just seemed appropriate. There is a patterned paper in the background but is hard to see. 

If you click on the logo you will be taken to the Challenge Blog. 

This little image is so cute. We don't even have a shed. 

The sentiment and the foliage was made with a die set that came free with a magazine I think last year. 

I am not sure when I will give my hubby this card. We usually exchange cards sometime before Christmas. 

Have a good weekend. 

Happy Crafting

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Winter Wonderland Challenge blog - Sponsor Fred She Said and the theme is Hip to be Square

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How has your week been? Ours has been a bit up and down with all the things going on at my hubby's work.  Here we are at the weekend and they still don't feel much different. We have no plans so hopefully some gardening will get done. The grass is getting quite long. 

Today is the first day of the new challenge at the Winter Wonderland Challenge blog. The theme is Hip to be Square and the sponsor is Fred She Said. I love making square cards so this challenge is right up my street. 

I made one on my Snippets backgrounds. I do love using up those strips of patterned paper. I added the Winter Trees from Creative Expressions to the design to frame the sentiment. 

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

I used the pre-colured Winter Westie Images and made a little family group. The Winter Westie image set is available HERE. 

I do like these cute little doggies. I do seem to be on a bit of a roll with Christmas cards at the moment. 

The winner for the Winter Wonderland Challenge blog will be posted on Monday next week. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 496 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge

The July Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Have a good weekend. Whatever you get up to. 

Happy Crafting

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Dog and Cat Friends at Christmas

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going? We have had quite a lot of rain here again. I did manage to get out for a good walk yesterday. For today I am helping at a Felting Workshop this morning. Later I am going into town with our good  friends to see their grandson in a play. We will meet my hubby there. Hopefully there will be time to get a meal. I will let you know how we will get on.

I do like to join in with the Rudolph Days Challenge it does keep me on track with my Christmas cards.

A little will ago I made an easel Christmas card. I so liked the bottom panel I decided to adapt it to make a DL card. The background paper came from the first John Next Door box magazine. 

These trees were cut with the Creative Expressions Winter Trees dies. 

This cute little cat and dog came from the Crafter's Companion Advent Calendar. 

The sentiment came from there too. 

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I was very pleased with how this turned out. In fact I made two. I have made over 30 Christmas cards so far this year. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The February Rudolph Days Challenge

Challenge 66 at the Holly and the Ivy Challenge blog

Challenge 19 at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge 478 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge
Challenge 5 at Fezziwigs Festive Frolics Challenge blog
The 25th February Anything Goes Challenge at the Through the Craft Room Door (TTCRD) Challenge blog

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

Pussy Cat themed easel Christmas Card

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How was your weekend? I hope you had something nice to do. We went into Southampton on Saturday morning. We had coffee and cake vouchers for John Lewis and it would have been rude not to use them. We also returned to the Pre-Raphaelite exhibition at the Art Gallery which finishes soon. Sunday was a quiet day of catching up.

On Friday I had a bit of a difficult day. I didn't realise how tired invigilating had made me last week. With a free afternoon on Friday I tried to craft and nothing worked. I did get rather fed up. On Saturday afternoon  I took a bit of time out to craft and I was much happier with the results. Here is one of the cards that I made.

This year lots of people have given me their old cards to recycle. I go through them and sort out the cards I can use. I came across a card with a group of cats on. My mother-in-law loves cats and I thought the image would make a nice card for her. 

This is a happy group of cats all dressed up and ready for the cold. 

I used the sentiment cut with a die from the Happy Snowflakes die set and this became the stopper for the easel part of the card. 

The trees were cut with the Winter Trees die set from Creative Expressions. The little cat die came with the Crafter's Companion Advent Calendar. I like the design on this part of the card so much I might adapt it into a card on it's own. 

I was pleased with this card. I think my mother-in-law will love it. I will make a separate card for my father-in-law. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 474 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge

Challenge 18 at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog

The January Rudolph Days Challenge

The January Challenge at the ABC Christmas Challenge blog A = Anything Goes

Have a great week. I will be invigilating again this week. 

Happy Crafting

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Not Just Cards Challenge Blog - December Challenge

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going? Michael Bublé was just amazing. The travelling was a bit daunting but we managed it. Being with our good friends made the travelling fun too.

Today sees the start of the December challenge at the Not Just Cards Challenge Blog and our theme is always Anything Goes. Well it is December so here is a Christmas card.

The backing paper has been in my stash for a while. It does have a slight sparkle. 

Our challenges are always fun click on the logo and you will be taken there. 

This image is called Winter Robin and it is available from Sheepski Designs. I printed on to Neenah card stock and coloured with my Promarkers. I made a frame for the image with the Double Pierced Rectangles from Creative Expressions. I used black card stock and I aged it with Pebeo Gilding wax. Can you just see the Santa's Sleigh die that I used. 

This is a John Next Door die I think it comes with some labels. 

I cut some trees with the Winter Trees die set from Creative Expressions from black card and then I used Pebeo gilding wax. 

I will post some pictures of the concert when I have sorted our camera and if they are worth showing. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 399 at the I ❤ Promarkers Challenge blog

Challenge 17 at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge 62 at the Holly and the Ivy Challenge blog

Challenge 467 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge

Week 523 Mega Christmas Challenge at the Passion for Promarkers Challenge blog

The December Challenge at the 2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge blog

Challenge 142 at the Cutie Pie Challenge blog

Challenge 404 at Crafty Creations Challenges

Challenge 127 at Scrapy Land Challenges 

The Christmas is Coming Challenge at the Try It On a Tuesday Challenge blog

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

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Circular Christmas Box for Chocs

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We are back from our cruise. It was so lovely to be away in a holiday bubble. We got back last Friday and on Saturday I had a call about my mum who had taken a turn for the worse. We visited on Sunday and all seemed fine but the care package might need to be increased. I am in talks with the Care Agency to try and work out what is best. Today I am helping at the first of two Felting Workshops this week.

Before we went away I challenged myself to make a circular box.I wanted to use  dies that I had from the Heart Box die set from the John Next Door range. I did watch a video on how John Made the Heart box and I applied this new knowledge to a circular box.

I used a lot of the Double Pierced Circle dies from Creative Expressions to make this box. They are my go to circle dies. I also used the Winter Trees die set and the Deer Family die set all from Creative Expressions. 

Here you can see the Washi Tape around the edge of the box. The paper I used came from the John Lockwood Box Magazine. 

The lid fits nicely on the box. 

It does remind me of a Cheesy Triangles box. I am sure some chocs will fit just fine. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 460 at the Fab 'n' Funky Challenge Blog

The Christmastime Challenge at the Cuttlebug Mania Challenge blog

Enjoy the rest of the week. I will be mostly sorting out things for Christmas. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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

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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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Winter Westie Christmas Card

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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

Hugs Jackie

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Bella Christmas Ornaments - Merry Christmas card

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How was your weekend? I hope that you had a good one. On Saturday we visited Beaulieu Motor Museum with our daughter and son-in-law. We met our son-in-law's parents there as they were showing one of their cars in a VW event. Their car even won a prize which was fantastic,  On Sunday we had a quiet day at home. I did make  my husband one of his favourite meals.

On Friday I was colouring an image for one of the Design Teams I am on. As my pens were out I decided to look through my printed images to see if there was another one I could colour and I found this one.

I am trying to keep up with my Christmas makes. I did colour the image first and then I chose papers that would match the colours I had used. I used lots of die cuts. All the white you can see on the card was made with Snippets. There are snowflakes, a snowflake border, winter trees  and a sentiment. All the dies I used are from Creative Expressions. 

This image is called Bella Christmas Ornaments and the is available HERE from Bugaboo Stamps. As she is a PNG image I made the background on the computer and I could layer the image on top of the background. I printed the resulting image onto Neenah card stock and I coloured with my Promarkers. I did add a touch of sparkle to the ornaments with a Wink of Stella clear pen. 

This is a Creative Expressions sentiment. When there is room I like to use a bold sentiment. 

That is another card for my stash. It is a bit larger than my usual cards so it will have to be for someone special. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The June Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge. 

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Week 354

The June Challenge at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge 386 at the I ❤ Promarkers Challenge blog

Challenge 442 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge

L and M challenge at the ABC Christmas Challenge blog - L for Little Bella

Challenge 434 at Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge blog

Challenge 108 at the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge blog

Challenge 166 at the Creative Fingers Challenge blog

Week 23 at the Colour Crazy Craft Challenge blog

The June Challenge at the Sweet Stampin' Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge 94 at the A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge blog

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Winter Wonderland Anything But a Square Card Christmas Challenge

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I hope you have had a good week. We are looking forward to a long weekend. There will be family visits but also plenty of time to work in the garden. Now that our neighbours have sorted their fence  we are feeling more  enthused about our own garden. The shed is nearly ready to be demolished.

Today the  new challenge starts today on the Winter Wonderland Challenge Blog and the theme is Anything but a Square Card. The sponsor for this challenge is Bugaboo Digi Stamps. The winner receives a $12 gift code.

To make this card I used my Double Pierced Circle Dies from Creative Expressions. The larger dies in the set I used to make the rocker part and the image and its mat were cut with some of the smaller dies. 

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

This image is called Sunbonnet Christmas Stuff and she is available HERE, I created and background on the computer the PNG version of the image was placed on the background. This was all printed onto Neenah card stock and I coloured the image with Promarkers. 

To the card I added some trees cut with the Winter Trees dies from Creative Expressions. I used them to balance the rocker. The sentiment was cut with a John Next Door die. I do like small sentiment dies as I often don't leave much space for a sentiment. I did enjoy making this card I might just make some more. 

I would like to enter the following challenges: 

Challenge 346 at the QKR Stampede Challenge blog

Challenge 435 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge blog

The May Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge 

Challenge 48 at the Holly and the Ivy Challenge blog

Challenge 183 at the Crimbo Crackers Challenge blog

Challenge 383 at the I ❤ Promarkers Challenge blog

Challenge 491 at the Passion for Promarkers Challenge blog

Challenge 10 at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge 163 at the Creative Fingers Challenge blog

Challenge 580 at the Cute Card Thursday Challenge blog

 Week 18 at the Digi Choosday Craft Challenge

Have a great weekend. 

 Happy Crafting

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Christmas card made from Left Overs

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

I hope you had a good weekend. The weather was certainly kind. I had a lovely time at the Farnborough Craft show of course I spent way too much money. It was also nice to meet up with Littlelamb who kindly comments on my blog. The visits with our parents went as well as could be expected. Then on Sunday we had a nice time with our daughter and son-in-law when they took their hamster back. This week I will be mostly invigilating.

I do enjoy making Christmas cards all year round and it is good to find challenges to enter. This is my entry for the Rudolph Days Challenge that starts on 25th of each month and runs to the end of the month. 

When I got near to the end of making Christmas cards last year. I had lots of bits left over like where I had cut too many things  for a project or the circles from an aperture I had cut. These are the bits I used on these cards. The mats were cut with the Double Pierced Square dies set. The paper in the background came from a magazine. 

The deer from the Deer Family had been cut for another project and not used. The circles were cut with the Double Pierced Circle dies and were left over after cutting an aperture for another card. I added a glitter card line of snow and added some trees cut with the Winter Trees dies set. All the sets I have mentioned are from Creative Expressions. 

I think this design worked quite well considering all the bits were leftovers. I do hate things going to waste. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The February Rudolph Days Challenge. 

The February Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge 

Challenge 178 at the Crimbo Crackers Challenge blog

Challenge 426 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge blog

Have a great week

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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