Happy Father's Day

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

The weekend is here. I am writing this post just before we set off to take both sets of parents out for a meal. Everyone is so busy this is the best time for us to get together for Father's Day. My daughter will be joining us too. Tomorrow I will be mostly making wedding invitations. I have finished one set and they have been  delivered.

Today I am sharing the card that I made for my husband for Father's Day. He doesn't like a lot of fuss but he doesn't mind getting a card. In fact on the day we are going to a Craft Show in Portsmouth we are seeing a film and having a meal after so it will be a bit more of a treat for him. On to the card.

I started with an 8" x 8" card blank. I wanted to use lots of textures as I had a challenge I wanted to enter in mind. I used three embossing folder and a Sue Wilson border die to add the texture. 

The stamp I used is from Visible Image  it is the Classic Car. I stamped it in black and heat embossed it with a clear powder and then I coloured it with Promarkers. 

This die is a Signature die from Joanna Sheen I hadn't used it before I was very pleased with how it cuts. 

This sentiment is from Visible Image as well. It might not be quite right for Father's Day but I have been itching to put this on a card for my husband for ages. 

I would like to enter this for  Challenge 74 at Cardz 4 Guyz. 

I hope you have a great weekend. I am sure I will be telling you how we get on today at some point. Thank you for putting up with all my ramblings. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

Delightful Digi's - Sympathetic Angel

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

Hi how has your week been so far? I have been on two school trips one to a Science Centre and the other to Paultons Park with the Visually Impaired children. Today I had lunch out with a friend. It is a Day closure tomorrow so I will have to have my learning head on.  Not long and it will be the weekend. I have actually finished one lot of wedding invitations. I still need to work on the others.

Today I am sharing a card I have made with an image from the new collection at  Delightful Digi's. If you click on the image it will take you to the new collection.

I started with the image Angel 2 in sepia she is also available in black and white and there is a backing paper to match. I was going to make a cheerful Christmas card but somehow when I started playing with the colours and the dies it turned into a sympathy card. 

For my birthday my daughter gave me the Sue Wilson  Corner, Border and Tag set from the Greek Island collection. This is the first time I have used them  they go so well with the image. I used all of the dies in the set. 

The image is so pretty and she is surround by ivy. This Angel looks like she has a shoulder to cry on and a sympathetic face . I added the ivy corner dies to the corners of the image to enhance the ivy on the image. 

I cut the border die and the tag die in white. I did ink the tag to define it from the border. The sentiment was cut with a tattered lace die it was just the right size for the tag. 

I do like how this card turned out Sympathy cards are always hard to make. Fortunately I haven't made this card with anyone in mind.  She does look beautiful on Christmas cards the rest of the Design Team have made some. I will have a go soon. 

I hope the last day before the weekend is kind to you. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

Delightful Digi's Baby Blue Teddy Bear

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How has your week been so far? Yesterday I was on a school trip to our local hands on science centre. It is an amazing place to go and nowhere does it say "don't touch". I do always get very tired after a trip,  a nice cup of tea usually sorts it out.

This is my latest card for  Delightful Digi's using the O-Sew- Sweet collection.

Click on the logo to visit the blog to buy the images you see.

I used the Ted image and the quilt background in blue. 

I printed the image twice. I kept one as a background and coloured Ted with Promarkers and the cushion with some Spectrum Noir pencils. Then I coloured the feet and the head on another image and cut them out and I used some gel glue to hold them away from the main image. The heart I cut out and covered with Flower Soft to give it some texture. 

I think this would make a nice card for a birth announcement that is why I choose the sentiment "With Love" also available from Delightful Digi's

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

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

Scribble and Scrap - Poppies

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope you are having a good weekend. We enjoyed the theatre yesterday we had a nice meal before hand. Today will be a quiet  those wedding invitations won't make themselves.

Today sees the start of a new challenge on the Scribble and Scrap Challenge blog the theme is always "Anything Goes" and there are prizes for the winners. This is my Design Team inspiration piece.

The main image was made with a Sweet Poppy stencil. The paper I used was in my stash I like the flourishes on the design. I went for a central panel and I edged it with a pre gathered lace. 

I used the poppy stencil to create the image. First I used Distress ink to colour the poppies I like how the colours blend. I wiped all the ink off the stencil and then I applied a translucent paste. Once this had been done the stencil was removed and a fine glitter applied. This was left to dry overnight. I usually make a few in one session when I have all the bits out to play. My mother-in-law loves this image so I use it a lot. 

The sentiment is a Kanban one that I had in my stash I thought it suited the design.  

I have made this for my Mother-in-law it is her birthday soon.  I must get on with the wedding invitations. I hope you have a wonderful Sunday. 

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie

Fantasy Stampers - Fathers' Day

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

Hi it is the weekend and I wonder what your plans might be? We are off to the theatre this afternoon, with my daughter and her boyfriend, to see The Importance of Being Earnest with David Sutchet in the lead role.

This is my inspiration card for the Fantasy Stampers Challenge Blog this time the theme is Father's Day. The challenge is open to everyone you need to follow the theme and use some stamps.

It is an 8" x 8" card. All the stamps I used are by Creative Expressions and designed by Sam Poole. The background was made with an A6 netting background stamp. I stamped it in my hand with CS Perfect Medium and then it was heat embossed with a white powder. Then I inked over the page with two shades of blue distress ink. 

The Happy Father's day stamp came in the Ship-in-a-bottle stamp set. 

The anchor came from the middle of the Nautical Words stamp.

The lighthouse stamp set contains the lighthouse and the inspirational words. 

I was rather pleased that this card was featured on the Readers Cards page on the June issue of Making Cards Magazine. 

Here is a slightly closer shot of the page. It is nice to see your card in print all nicely photographed. 

I hope you enjoy your weekend. I will be back tomorrow with another post. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

Fishing for a Happy Birthday

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How has your week been so far? I went back to work on Monday and that evening when I got in I had the most  awful headache it was so bad I couldn't do anything so I have got a bit behind with my crafting and commenting.

On Tuesday I felt better and I made this card for a friend's birthday. He likes fishing so it has a fishing theme.

I have had this Forever Friends image for a while now it is so nice to know someone who will appreciate it. I started by making the background I stamped a variety of stamps with Perfect Medium and they were then heat embossed with a metallic green powder. Finally I inked over the page with two shades of blue distress ink. 

I have a memory box die set that comes with a tree, two owls and some leaves they are fun to use. 

Here is the cute little bear who looks rather like he might go to sleep.

At the moment this is my favourite Happy Birthday stamp it fits so well into my Spellbinder matting and basics dies making the mats easy to make.

I hope my friend likes the little scene I have created. 

I would like to enter the challenge at Cardz 4 Guyz this week the theme is "Birds".

I would also like to join in with Pixie's Snippets Playground weeks 178 and 179.

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

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie

Classic Rose and some news

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

Here we at the start of a new week. I have really enjoyed my  half term but it back to reality now.

Now for my  lovely crafty news. I am thrilled to say that I have asked to join the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog Design team. This is my first card for them. Sometimes I will have digi stamps to use but this time the theme was "Anything Goes".

This 7" x 7" card started with the stamped image which is the Classic Rose by Heartfelt Creations. The other papers I used were in my stash and yes there are buttons on this card too. 

I stamped the image with Black Archival and then I heat embossed it with a clear powder. I put some Distress ink on my craft mat and added some water and I applied the ink to the image with a delicate water colour brush. I mounted the image onto a thin black mat.

I used a Sue Wilson  die to cut out the tag. I cut it twice once in pink and once in white I trimmed the white one so that there was a pink border. The sentiment was cut with a Tattered Lace die. The ribbon is from Creative Expressions and is the  Sheer Wrinkled Edge Ribbon in Dusky Pink

This is the result of a mistake I made when I was stamping. I stamped with black archival but then I heat embossed with a white powder ( all the little pots look very similar). I don't really like wasting anything so I coloured it with distress ink and I used it on the inside of the card like a watermark. 

I hope that you have a good week and have time to join in the challenge at Crafts Galore Encore.

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie