Thank You Cards

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

Well the week is rushing by here we are at Tuesday already. I hope you are having a good week. I work in a Primary School and this week is all about testing for the Year 6s. It will be all over soon and they can start thinking about the summer production.

The trouble with having a lovely birthday is that you have to think about saying thank you. I decided to make cards but the design needed to be simple as I had a few to make.

I made card blanks from A4 sheets of card the square measures just under 6" x 6". The patterned paper was from a 12" x 12" paper pad. 

I did start with this design then I decided to simplify it.

In this design you can see more of the glitter. 

The thank you is a Sue Wilson die. I used some of her other dies to make the frame. I used double sided sticky sheet to stick the frame and the thank you to some patterned paper. All 

of this was covered with CS Iced Snow. This gives a lovely sparkle. 

I need to make an apology. Recently I started on the Be Crafty and Craft blog Design Team I had submitted my first card and people were taking part in the challenge. When I got in on Saturday, after my birthday treats, there was a flurry of activity on Facebook. The long and the short of it is that the challenge blog has been deleted and the lady who was running it has disappeared. I am very sorry if you entered the challenge in good faith. It is all out of my control. If I hear anything I will let you know. In the meantime if you hear of any Design Teams needing members I am available.  

I hope the rest of the week is kind to you.

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

Scribble and Scrap Challenge 44 Always Anything Goes

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

Happy Sunday everyone. I had a lovely day yesterday. I was made to feel very special.

Today sees the start of a new challenge on the Scribble and Scrap Challenge blog. The theme is always anything goes and there is a prize so it is worth having a go.

This card was made for a commission. The inspiration came from the pattern on a mug the lady who wanted the card made  shared with me to show her friend's taste.

The background was made with  striplet die Eternal Rings by Sue Wilson it was cut three times without the cutting edge to make the lattice. I found a patterned paper to put behind and then I used CS Pearl PVA glue to add the pearls. This was left to dry for a few hours while I did the rest of the cutting. 

To cut the name I used my Tonic letter dies.

This was made with one of Sue Wilson's Flag dies and Britannia word dies. I love the piercing round the flag.

I made the flowers with the Tim Holtz's Tattered florals Sizzix die, The centres were made with a Spellbinders die. Some CS pearl PVA was added to the centre of the flowers.

I made a matching box for the present I had to use two sheets of A1 card to make the box.

I am a very lucky lady. For my birthday my mother-in-law gave me the rest of the money to buy the ScanNcut. In fact she gave it to me a few weeks before this meant I was able to take advantage of a very good offer. The Happy Birthday is an included file and the first thing I cut with the macine. I think it is going to be very useful. 

I would like to enter this card for the Crafting Musketeers Challenge this month the theme is Use a Die-cut.

Have a wonderful day today.

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

Fantasy Stampers - Girl Power

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

Here we are at the weekend. This is a special day for me it is actually my birthday. We are meeting my parents and my daughter and her boyfriend for lunch in Winchester. Later on I am hoping to see the new Avengers Ensemble film.

This is my Design Team card for the Fantasy Stampers Challenge blog the theme this time is Girl Power. I struggled a bit with this theme and then I remembered some Gorjuss stamps in my stash and I chose this one as I thought she looked determined and thoughtful. She is called The Collector.

I started with an 8" x 8" card black blank. I do like this size there is so much potential. 

I stamped the image twice one was coloured one with Promarkers and cut  out by hand the other was left uncoloured and then cut  out with a hexagon die. This meant that it was easy to line the coloured image over the uncoloured one I used a gel glue to give it a bit of height. You also get natural shadow without having to do any colouring. 

The sentiment was from a stamp set designed by Sam Poole.

With the  Gorjuss stamp set came some little heart stamps and I stamped one of these in black around the edge of the red mat to add some interest.

I might post some pictures of my special present tomorrow. Have a great weekend. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

Happy Father's Day in the Garden

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How is your week going? I keep getting confused as to which day of the week it is. I don't work this afternoon so I will have some time to craft. I need to catch up on some design team bits and then it is on with the invites.

I set myself a challenge the other day. I was looking at my snippets box and I thought there is a card in there. So I decided I would make a card using as many of my snippets as I could. I would like to enter Pixie's Snippets Playground Weeks 175 / 176.

Recently I made a box for a present and I needed a piece of A1 card this meant there was a large piece left over that made a 7" x 7" card blank. I cut all the mats and I ended up with a piece of stamping card I stamped the Visible Image footprint stamp with brown, black and clear and them they were heat embossed. Then I inked over the footprints with green Distress Ink.

I wanted to use this image again I love the idea of gardening and then having a break. This time I cut a tree with an  Memory Box die I did extend the die a bit you can see the join in the photo.

I used the leaves die that came with the tree and I made an owl all from the same set. The Father's Day stamp came from a cover mount set from Do-crafts magazine last year.

I love the Spellbinder flower pot dies they mean that you can put flowers on a masculine card and they don't look too girly.

I popped a cheeky little cat popping out from behind the tree. 

This card will be for my Father-in-law who loves gardening. I was looking at the new challenge on the Cardz 4 Guyz challenge blog and the theme is gardening so I would like to enter that challenge too. 

I hope the rest of the week is kind to you.

Happy crafting

Hugs Jackie

CAS Wedding Invitation Design

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

Bank Holiday is over and we are back to work. I didn't realise that people in Scotland don't get that bank holiday. That is a shame but I think they get other holidays.

I have been mentioning working on Wedding Invitations  ( I do have a lot to do). I don't think I have shared the sample I made for the second lot of invitations I am making. It is a lovely simple design and it does incorporate all the colours of the wedding.

It takes just one A5 double sided pearlised sheet with matting and layering. 

The thistle is a  tattered lace die. I snipped off the bottom of the design and paper pieced the top of the thistle. I made 35 of these at the weekend. 

Yesterday we went to Exbury Gardens in the New Forest in Hampshire. I am going to share just a few of my photos (I took loads).

The flowers were stunning and the colours were amazing. 

Everywhere you went there was something to see.

Some of the views were beautiful and so full of colour. We have been to this garden a few times but I don't think I have ever seen the colours like this. 

The bluebells were out too.

The carpets of bluebells were just so pretty. I can really recommend the garden as a day out if you are down this way especially at this time of year.

The couple I am making these invitations for are very pleased with the design. I am making the place setting cards as well. 

Enjoy the rest of the week.

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

Good Times - Butterfly

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

Happy Sunday, extra happy because we have another day off to look forward to. I am still working on the wedding invitations and fitting in a few other projects as well.

I made this card just for fun so I could use a set of Visible Image stamps that I won in their recent weekend celebrations.

I started by cutting the mats so I knew what size I had to work with for the top mat. I used the free stamp from Crafty Stampers magazine to stamp the edge of the paper with red and black distress ink. I did all the stamping and then I put some clear embossing powder over the design and heat embossed it. 

I stamped the Inkcognito butterfly with CS Perfect Medium and heat embossed it with gold powder. I then used Old Paper Distress ink to ink over the page it did mix with some red distress ink that was left on my craft mat. I stamped the large butterfly separately with Black Soot Distress ink and heat embossed it with clear powder. I coloured the butterfly with Promarkers and then it was cut out. I attached the butterfly just by the body so that the wings could be folded up. 

I received the No Regrets set of stamps as my prize. I stamped one of the stamps at the top and one at the bottom.

I think this would make a good birthday card. I do love the butterfly stamps.

We are hoping to go to Exbury Gardens tomorrow. The Spring flowers should be beautiful. I hope the weather is OK. Have you got any plans for the extra day?

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

Be Crafty and Craft - A new Challenge blog

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

Here we are at Friday and this a very exciting blog post for me as I am on the  Design Team for the Be Crafty and Craft Challenge Blog. Today is sees the launch of our very first challenge. We are so lucky to have sponsors who will be providing us with images and prizes for our winners. The challenges are always anything goes. So there is lots of scope to have a go.

The image I chose to use was Koi Maid  from  Rosey Hearts Digis Etsy Shop  who is our sponsor this time and the prizes will come from there. The image was coloured with Promarkers. I enjoyed making the background. I inked all over the page with Distress ink and then I spritzed it with water and blotted that with some paper towel. I love the speckled finish this gives. At the bottom I used a mask and Distress ink to create the seaweed at the bottom of the card. The last touch was to stamp the sentiment. 

I hope you  have a great weekend why not join us at the Be Crafty and Craft Challenge Blog. 

Happy Crafting.

Hugs Jackie