Easter Card

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope you are having a wonderful weekend. We saw our daughter yesterday we had a nice meal and we did make the bouquet I have just got to do the finishing touches. That is something else ticked off the list. The bridesmaid's bouquets are finished too.

I have made a few more Easter cards. In fact four of this design. I think I have enough now. Not many people send Easter cards anymore I like to though it is my favourite holiday.

I ordered some of the new colours of Centura Pearl card from Crafter's Companion. I used the Pistachio green on this card. The yellow is some other card from my stash, 

I stamped the Blessed Easter stamp from Stampin Up onto watercolour card with Watering Can Archival ink. Then I coloured with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. I made the frame with dies from the Innsbruck set from the Austrian collection from Creative Expressions. 

I was going to  use some lace and then I spotted my Gemini Carina die. 

Enjoy the last evening of the weekend. 

I would like to enter challenge 196 at 613 Avenue Create Challenge blog , the April Challenge at the Penny Black and More Challenge blog  , weeks 275 and 276 at Pixie's Snippets Playground , the April Challenge at the Crafty Calendar Challenge blog and challenge 70 at the Dies R Us challenge blog. 

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie

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Crafts Galore Encore - April Challenge- Sponsor A Day for Daisies

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

The weekend is here. I hope you have something nice planned. We are just off to meet up with our daughter I am hoping to make her wedding bouquet today. I have been working on flowers all week. It is so much better when she is with me she can says what she likes and doesn't like straight away.

Well it is the start of a new month and that sees the start of a new challenge on the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge blog. The sponsor this time is A Day for Daisies and I was allowed to choose an image to work with. I had quite a hard time choosing there were so many beautiful images in the store. There is a prize this month of $12 credit to spend in the store.

The papers I used came from my stash. I coloured the image first and then I chose the colours of the mats and layer and the papers to match the colouring. 

There are many gorgeous images available in the online store. 

The image I choose is called Dandelions in a Mason jar and is available HERE. I printed onto water colour card with grey ink I added a sentiment with the computer the image was coloured with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. I used the Double Pierced Square die, designed by Sue Wilson for Creative Expression, to cut the image and make the mats and layer. 

I hope that you have a wonderful weekend.  I will let you know if we manage to make the bouquet.

I would like to enter challenge 41 at the A Bir More Time to Craft Challenge blog.  

Happy Crafting

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A Wedding Card

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How is your week going? Unfortunately I have a cold but it seems to be improving. I am hoping that I feel completely  better by the weekend as we have lots to do as usual.

I made a wedding card for one of my Design Teams then I changed my mind and used another card instead.

I used my Spellbinder's corner dies and and ornate square die. The background was embossed with the Heart Lattice embossing folder from Creative Expressions. 

This is a Tattered Lace die it is one of the most useful dies I received when I was on their design team. 

I stamped the sentiment with a Clarity Stamp. 

The birds and ribbon die is another from Tattered Lace this one was from a magazine. 

There are a couple of people getting married at work I shall use this card for one of them. 

Happy Crafting 

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New Baby Card

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope you are having a great week. The weather here has been rather kind.

I was asked to make a new baby card for a colleague of my husband. The request was for it to be not gender specific.

I decided to go for yellows and greens. The paper and card were in my stash. I cut a frame for the image with Innsbruck die set from the Austrian Collection designed by Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions. 

The cute hedgehog is a stamp by Penny Black called Baby Hammock. I added the sentiments top and bottom from a stamp set by LC Designs. All the stamps were stamped with Watering Can Archival and the image was coloured with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. 

I used the Delicate Daisy dies and the Faux Quilled Leaves single leaf to create the flowers and leaves. Those are Sue Wilson dies too. 

I was pleased with how this card turned out. I often make cards for people at my husband's work.

Happy Crafting

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First Anniversary Card

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope you had a good weekend. We had a lovely time. On Saturday we met our daughter in town and  after a nice meal we bought a beautiful tiara and a veil. One more thing ticked off the wedding to do list. On Sunday we had a meal at our local Prezzo where I drank a bit too much Prosecco. It was an offer for Mother's Day.

The couple I made the wedding stationery for last year had their first anniversary at the weekend. It is unbelievable how quickly the time has gone. I made this card for them.

I had some lovely images from a past issue of Making Cards Magazine. I used the backing paper from there too. 

This is a Signature die. I was making the card and I wanted a Happy Anniversary die but I didn't have one. So I ordered one from Joanna Sheen it arrived in two days and then I finished the card. 

I had to use this image for the couple. They have a story from a few years back when we had lots of snow. Well the girl had to drive home to Portsmouth along the A3 and she got stuck. Her partner walked for two hours through the snow to her and they spent the night together in the car. 

I hope they liked this card. 

Have a great week. 

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie

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Happy Birthday with a Beautiful Bird

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

The weekend is here. I hope you have something nice planned. We are meeting our daughter for veil shopping and she wants to get some other things for the wedding  as well. She is staying over night so she will be here for Mother's Day which is nice.

I have been making birthday cards again. This one was made from the left over bits from a larger card I made. As all the papers and card were out  this card didn't take long to put together.

I chose the image first and then I found papers and a ribbon in my stash that would suit. 

This has to be my favourite Happy Birthday die it is the one designed by Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions. I cut it once in green and once in black so I could create a shadow. I think this helps the sentiment to show against the background. 

This is another Pollyanna Pickering image from a Creative World of Crafts pad that I have. I do love 

her images. 

Our Magnolia tree is looking amazing this year. I thought I would share a couple of photos with you. The blooms aren't  usually this pink.

Have a great weekend. I will let you know how the shopping goes. 

I would like to enter challenge 54 at the Crafty Friends Challenge blog. 

Happy Crafting

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Sympathy card

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope your week is going well. It is not long till the weekend. We are seeing our daughter on Saturday and I am in the process of writing a list of things to ask her so I don't forget anything.


I recently used my last Sympathy card. So I decided to make another one for my stash  as sadly you never know when the need will arise.

All the dies I used for this card are designed by Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions. I decided to use the Stitched Lattice Frames dies to create the card so I cut a mat with the largest die and I worked in from there and I made a card blank to suit. I cut the Stitched Lattice in white and added some patterned paper behind. 

I cut the With Sympathy die from mauve and purple card so I was able to create  a shadow effect. The pierced oval was cut with outer die from the Oval Just for You die set. 

I added the Exquisite Poppies to the side of the design, 

I hope I don't have to use this card for a long time. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

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