Always Fun Challenges - Dry Embossing

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How was your weekend? We had lots of time to catch up on jobs. I think I mentioned the garden a while back it has been sadly neglected so we are still trying to claim it back. We did have a lovely time in Glasgow there is lots to see there.

The start of the new week sees the start of the new challenge at Always Fun Challenges. The theme this time is Dry Embossing. Now I have had one of the 3d Embossing folders from Creative Expressions for sometime now and I had never used it. So this seemed like the ideal opportunity.

This is the Ornate Lace Embossing folder from Crafter's Companion. I must admit that I had to experiment a bit to get it to work with my Platinum Die Cutting machine. I used a piece of white card that I then inked with some Distress Oxides. 

Click on the logo and you will be taken to the Challenge blog. 

Now I have had the Star Flower Leaves dies from John Next Door for a while. When I saw the Star Flowers were back in stock I had to order them. 

This is a Crafter's Companion sentiment die. 

Have a great week. This week I start invigilating at our local secondary school. It will be strange going to work again. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 5 at the Crafter's Castle Challenge blog

Challenge 71 at the Make My Monday Challenge blog

Challenge 206 at the Crafting from the Heart Challenge blog

Challenge 67 at the Crafting with Friends Challenge blog

The May Challenge at the Always Happy Birthday Challenge blog

Happy Crafting

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Crafty Catz Challenge blog - Anything Goes with the optional twist of So Cute

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope you have had a good week. When this post goes live we will be on our way back from Glasgow. We have had a few days away to celebrate my birthday well you only turn 60 once. No longer being tied to school holidays is just brilliant. I will be back later and I will be able to catch up with everyone.

Being Friday the new challenge starts on the Crafty Catz Challenge blog. The theme is Anything Goes and the optional twist is So Cute the sponsor this time is Di's Digi Stamps. The Design Team used their own images for this challenge. The prize is $12 voucher to use in the store. We also have a Guest Design Team call for June. If you are interested just put GDT after your name when you enter the challenge. We are a very friendly bunch 🙂

I decide to make a simple card with an aperture for the image. I use a leaf embossing folder for the background. Just to warn you I have lots of scraps of this blue card left over from the wedding invitations I made recently so they will be featuring in lots of my makes. 

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

I decided to use one of Di's images that I already owned. This image is called Hedgehogs Bluebell Fun and it is available HERE.  I printed the image onto Neenah card and coloured it with my Promarkers. The frame I made with my matting basics rectangular dies from Spellbinders. 

Aren't these hedgehogs just so cute. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The May challenge at the Not Just Cards Challenge blog

Challenge 529 at the Cute Card Thursday Challenge blog

Week 19 at the Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge

The Challenge starting on the 10th May at the Seize the Birthday Challenge blog

Challenge 295 at the QKR Stampede Challenge blog

Challenge 358 at the I ❤ Promakers Challenge blog

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Always Fun Challenges - Challenge 57 Female/ Mum

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How has your weekend been so far? We have caught up a bit on the gardening jobs. The car hunting has ground to a halt there just doesn't seem to be much available. Yesterday we saw both sets of parents. My parents we took out for a meal I share a birthday with my mother and my dad's is five days later. It is easier if we celebrate them all together. We then took the jacket and hat back to my in-laws. It was so good that neither of us had to buy anything for our costumes for the Murder Mystery. Today we are meeting up with our daughter and son-in-law to see Infinity War and share a meal. This is one of my birthday treats.

Being Monday the new challenge starts at Always Fun Challenges. This is challenge 57 and the theme is Female/Mum. Mother's Day in America is 13th May which isn't far away. I am sharing the card I made for my mother's birthday.

I treated myself to some new dies there was a sale of Spellbinders dies on Create and Craft.  I decided to use them to make this card. The backing paper was in my stash. 

If you click on the logo you will be taken to the challenge blog. 

This is bunch of Lavender was made with the Lavender Bunch die set by Spellbinders cut with different shades of centura pearl card. 

This die set it is the Lavender Swag also by Spellbinders. The Ovals in the background are Tattered Lace dies. 

This is a Tattered Lace die. 

I do like these dies I think I will be using them a lot. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 20 at Angie's Digital Stamps Challenge

Challenge 209 at the 613 Avenue Create Challenge blog

Challenge 81 at the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge blog

Challenge 89 at the Scrapy Land Challenge blog

Challenge 39 at the Crafting with Attitude Challenge blog

Challenge 205 at the Crafting from the Heart Challenge blog

Challenge 107 at the Creative Craft Cottage Challenge blog

Challenge 69 at the Get Creative Challenge blog

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Crafty Catz Challenge blog - Anything Goes with the optional twist of Add Flowers

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How has your week been? I hope you have something nice  planned for the weekend. Here in the UK we have a long weekend ahead of us. For us the Saturday will be spent doing jobs in the garden sadly last year with all the wedding prep we did the garden got away from us. On Sunday we will be visiting our parents again. We will be taking my parents out for a meal all our birthday come in the following week. We need to see my husband's parents to give back the hat and jacket that were borrowed for the Murder Mystery Meal. On Monday we will be meeting our daughter and son-in-law and having a meal together and we will be seeing Infinity War at the posh cinema in Southampton. That is a birthday treat for me.

Back to business being Friday the new challenge starts on the Crafty Catz Challenge blog. This time the theme Anything Goes with the optional twist of Add Flowers. The fabulous sponsor is All Dressed Up Digi Stamps.  The prize is two images of choice to the winner.

I do love the shades of mauve that come in centura pearl card. The corners were cut with the  Cottage Garden die that came free with a magazine last year. The ribbon and doily were in my stash. 

There are some truly beautiful images in the Store. If you click on the logo you will be taken there. 

This image is called Girl on Bike and she is available HERE.  She was printed onto Neenah card and coloured with Promarkers. I then cut her out with my ScanNcut adding a border. 

The sentiment I had in my stash. 

This corner die set is so pretty. 

Here we all are dressed up for our 1920's Murder Mystery Meal. Everyone made an effort and the hosts decorated brilliantly. 

Here are me and my husband in our borrowed costumes. The dress I was wearing was so comfortable to wear. The lady with us was playing my daughter so it seemed right to be photographed together. 

Here we all are sat down to eat. There were eight main parts and we all had a script. There were three scenes fitted in around the food. I won't let on who did it as some of you might get the chance to have a go at this one. 

We had loads of fun and we raised £140 for Macmillan cancer support. The pack for the event came from them. I do hope they do one next year. 

I am going to save this card for someone who loves biking. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 144 at the Through the Purple Haze Challenge blog

Challenge 466 at the CRAFT Challenge blog

Challenge 92 at the CCC Digi Creations Challenge blog

Challenge 401 at the 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge blog

Challenge 48 at the Craft Rocket Challenge blog

Challenge 528 at the Cute Card Thursday Challenge blog

Week 18 at the Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge blog

The May Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge  

Challenge 378 at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge blog

The Anything Goes Challenge at the Seize the Birthday Challenge blog

The May Challenge at the Always Happy Birthday Challenge blog

Challenge 146 at the Creative Fingers Challenge blog

Challenge 294 at the QKR Stampede Challenge blog

Challenge 5 at the Crafter's Castle Challenge blog

Have a great weekend. 

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie

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Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes sponsor Fred She Said

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going? Today I have a catching up kind of day  I will be  getting on with Design Team things so I can get ahead. We are planning to have a few days away and I don't like to let anyone down.

The first of the month is always a busy day in blogland. Today the new challenge starts on the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge blog the theme is Anything Goes and the sponsor this time is Fred She Said.  The prize is a $10 gift certificate to the winner who is picked by Random.org.

The image I used comes from the  Doodled Floral Corner Digi set with Sentiments which is available  HERE.  As the images and sentiment are PNG images I was able to place them onto a background I had created in Publisher. I printed onto Neenah card and I added an extra set of flowers to the sheet before printing. I coloured the flowers and leaves with Promakers. I also coloured the flowers from the extra set and I cut them out and shaped them before placing them over the flowers on the card. I cut all the mats and layers with the Double Pierced Square dies from Creative Expressions. 

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

I like this design so much I am going to use it to make my thank you cards for my birthday that is coming up soon. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The Anything Goes Challenge at the Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge blog

Challenge 96 at the Dies R Us Challenge blog

The challenge starting 1st May at the TTCRD Challenge blog

Challenge 47 at the Crafty Girls Creations Challenge blog

Challenge 67 at the A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge blog

The May Challenge at Delicious Doodles Challenges

Challenge 20 at the Fabrika Fantasy Challenge blog

Challenge 5 at A Perfect Time to Craft Challenge blog

The May Challenge at the Always Happy Birthday Challenge blog

Challenge 109 at the Love to Scrap Challenge blog

Challenge 22 at the Love to Craft Challenge blog

The May Challenge at the Your Scrapbook Place challenge blog

Week 18 at the Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Always Fun Challenges - Flowers

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How has your weekend been? I hope you did something nice. On Sunday we went to visit my husband's parents and take them out for a meal. My husband is borrowing a hat from them that will  be part of a costume for a murder mystery evening we are going to this week. I have a lovely friend who has lent me my costume including a fur coat. If there are any photos I will share them with you.

You might have noticed that I have joined a new design team Always Fun Challenges. This is my first card for them. The challenges are weekly starting on a Monday and finishing on a Saturday. There is always a theme this time it is Flowers.

I was making a card for an event later in the year and I liked part of the design and I thought that it might work well on a card by itself. This is what I ended up with. All the papers came from my stash. 

The challenges are fun and you just have to follow the theme. 

I cut the sentiment with a Signature die set. 

The flowers were made with the Cape Daisy die set from Creative Expressions. They are the same dies I used to make the button holes for the wedding last year. This was the first time I have used the dies since the wedding. I used left over papers from the wedding too. I used the Faux Quillled Leaves dies from Creative Expression to make the leaves. The ovals were cut with some Tattered Lace dies. 

I do like to have a few cards like this put by you never know when you might need one. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 82 at the Crafty Friends Challenge blog

Pixie's Snippets Playground  Challenge 325

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Winter Wonderland Challenge blog - Snow Much Fun

Good morning again my Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

Here is my second post of the day. This time it is for the Winter Wonderland Challenge blog's new challenge and the theme is Snow Much Fun and the sponsor is SheepSki Designs. 

I found the gorgeous card for the background in my stash. 

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

This image is called Snowmen Selfie and it is available HERE.  I printed onto Neenah card and I coloured the snowmen with Promarkers. Then I flicked some white paint over the image to look like snow. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The April Rudolph Days Challenge 

The Get Ready for Christmas challenge at the Crafting by Designs Challenge blog

Challenge 17 at the Merry Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge 391 at the Fab 'n' Funky Challenge blog

The Lets Talk about Weather challenge at the Daring Cardmakers Challenge blog

Have a great weekend

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie

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