Bunny Thank You Card

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope that you are having had a wonderful weekend. I have had a good half term. We have been away, sorted out my dad's computer and collected the bunnies (who are back with us for another three weeks). Everything is nearly set for them to go to our daughter's new house. So when she visits next they will be able to go home with her. That will be in November when she comes to buy her wedding dress - exciting.

When we collected the bunnies from boarding I gave the lady a thank you card I had made for her. She really does do a good job of looking after them and she seems to enjoy having them. It is no surprise which image I used. I didn't have much time so this is quite a simple card.

The backing paper was a scrap left in my stash this paper has been so useful and now it is all gone. 

This is the Penny Black stamp Bunny Friends it was stamped with black archival onto water colour card and then coloured with Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. 

This sentiment was cut with some Britannia dies. 

Here are the rabbits in question. They are very cute together they often snuggle up close. 

The lady was very pleased with this card she sent me a message to say so. I thought she might like the bunny image. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Heart of Hearts Engagement Card

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope that you are having a wonderful weekend. We must not forget that the clocks change tonight. Yesterday we went to visit my parents to try to sort out their recently bought computer. I am very happy to report that we left the computer up and running I really wasn't expecting that. We also took away lots of old computer equipment to be recycled.

A few weeks ago I was asked to make an Engagement card. This is the design I came up with.

I had the patterned paper in my stash and I based the colours I used in this design on this paper. 

The sentiment was cut with some Brittania dies. 

I love the Heart of Hearts die set by Sue Wilson. I used a different patterned paper behind the hearts die. 

I decorated the corners with the Configurations die Petite Arched Adornment. 

The lady I made this card for was very pleased. 

Enjoy the rest of the weekend. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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My card for Quick Cards Made Easy Magazine Issue 158

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

We are back from our short break in Exeter. We had a lovely time the hotel was a bit remote but it did mean that is was very peaceful. It was so lovely to see all the changing colours on the trees.

I applied to Quick Cards Made Easy to be on the Readers Design Team for issue 158. I was sent the papers  in an email so that I could print them at home and I sent in my card. Unfortunately my card wasn't selected to be printed in the magazine this time. It was featured in a gallery on their Facebook page though. Sometimes when you send things in you worry about if they have got there or not.

The cards you make must be no bigger than 150 cm x 150 cm. I do like making square cards. The bonus papers are called Vintage Christmas. They can be found in the centre of the magazine.  

I used one of the papers to make a Poinsettia with my Tattered Poinsettia Sizzix Bigz die. I inked the edges and cut some out of green card to add some definition. 

The tag came with the bonus papers too. Altogether I used four of the papers. There was lots left over for me to make other cards. 

Enjoy the rest of your week. 

I would like to enter Challenge 27 at Craft Rocket Challenges and Challenge 31 at A Snowflakes Promise Challenge blog. 

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie

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Christmas Deer Snow Globe Shaker Card

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I have had a marvellous crafty weekend. At the charity workshop, on Saturday,  I made six Christmas cards. I won lots of crafty stash in the raffle and we had a wonderful lunch and lots of cake. Today we went to the Portsmouth Craft show and we met my crafty friend there. We had a lovely chat over the free tea and coffee.

I have been making shaker cards with my Snow Globe die set again. This time I have been stamping the images inside the globe.

I made the layers and the background. I stuck the bar across the pattern paper, before sticking it down, I cut the snow globe die with out its cutting edge out of the paper. It took a bit of effort because of the layers but it worked. I do find this is the best method to use this die set. 

I stamped the deer, that came with the stamp set on Creative Stamping Magazine issue 34, onto water colour card and coloured them with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. I cut it out with a circle die that was large enough to give a border to stick to the treat cup. I used an anti static bag on the treat cup and I filled it with a snow effect glitter. Next I stuck the image to the treat cup. Finally this can be stuck to the gold background. If you lay it on lightly you can line up the correct position with the top layer. 

The holly stamp came with the same set from the magazine. 

I used the Sue Wilson Happy Christmas die again for the sentiment. It was cut in black and gold so I could create a shadow. 

I cut the snow globe die with the cutting edge from black card. When you lay in over the top of the treat cup you can see the gold through from the under layer. 

Here is my stash from the Portsmouth Craft show. My crafty friend gave me all the stamps on the right. She is a very generous lady. I am looking forward to making the MDF baubles and they have lights. 

I enjoyed making this card. I like a challenge.

I would like to enter Pixie's Snippets Playground - Week 252, Challenge 31 at a Snowflakes Promise Challenge blog , Challenge 46 at the Weekly Christmas Card Challenge Blog , the Glitter and Sparkle Challenge at the Sweet Stamping Christmas Challenge blog and Challenge 43 at the Crafty Friends Challenge blog. 

We are off for a few days away starting tomorrow. I am taking the laptop so I should be in touch it might be a bit intermittent though we are there to have fun. 

Have a great week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Fantasy Stampers - Halloween Fun!

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The weekend is here and the start of the half term holiday for me as well. I have a busy day today we are dropping off the rabbits at boarding. Then we are having breakfast at Ikea before we pick up bits our daughter needs to finish some units. After that my husband will drop me at a craft day.  Then he will be heading off to help at our daughter and her fiance's house. But he needs to be back in the evening as we are going to see Shappie Korsandi at our local theatre ( the one that is 20 minutes walk away). It all should be lots of fun.

The new challenge starts toady on the Fantasy Stampers Challenge Blog the theme is Halloween Fun. As you might know I am not really comfortable with Halloween makes so I was allowed to just use Halloween colours.

The background was created with Pixie Powders and some Distress ink when I wanted a stronger colour. 

The stamp is callled Owl Tree by LC Design. I did some masking and created the moon in the the background. Then I stamped in black and heat embossed with a black sparkly powder. The little wooden owl was darkened with some Distress ink. 

This is a Visible Image stamp. It was stamped in black and heat embossed like the Owl Tree. I used Distress Ink over the top and cut it out by hand. 

I was rather pleased with how this turned out. I am not sure who I will be sending it too. 

Enjoy the rest of the weekend. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Poppy Sympathy Card

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How is your week going? We visited our daughter and her fiance in their new house yesterday. We were there to help build furniture of the Scandinavian variety. The house looks so much nicer now that the carpets are in place. They have done a good job of getting organised. I hope they are going to be very happy in their new home.

Last week we heard that the husband of someone we knew from our old church had died. He was 92 and his health had been failing for a while. My husband was keen for us to send a card.

I used the Sue Wilson Stitched Lattice Frames die set to create the background. Behind the lattice I placed some music paper. The lady we were sending the card to is very musial. 

The sentiment was cut with some Emerald dies. The frame was cut with dies from the Oslo die set. 

The poppies were made with the Exquisite Poppies die set. I do love these poppies. 

We had a phone call from the lady to tell us how much she liked this card. I am so pleased that she did. 

Enjoy your weekend. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Christmas Train for the Isobel Craft Collection

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How is your week going? The weather had definitely  changed here and leaves are starting to change colour and fall. I think Autumn is here at last.

I have made another card with the Christmas Design stamps that I was sent by the Isobel Craft Collection. 

To create the background I used the three snowflake stamps on a block and I stamped them with Perfect Medium they were heat embossed with while and silver embossing powder.  The I used blue and grey Distress Ink to ink over the surface. 

Here is a link to the Etsy Shop where you can buy the stamps:

 https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/sophy8

I used a Post-it note to mask off bits of the train so that I could extend the design. The train was stamped with Black Archival onto water colour paper. Then they were coloured with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens.

The sentiment comes with the set it was stamped in blue and heat embossed with a clear powder. 

All the stamps that I used for this card came from the Christmas Designs set. 

I would like to enter Challenge 31 at A Snowflakes Promise Challenge Blog. 

Enjoy the rest of the day. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Our Daughter and her Fiance's New Home

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How has your week been? This is a happier post from me today. Our daughter and her fiance have just moved into the house they have bought together. It is a lovely little house it is brand new. We visited yesterday it is so nice to see them in their own house they have worked hard to get it. There is still lots to sort out but they will get there.

As you might know we have been looking after our daughter's rabbits while they were waiting to move and they will be here for a bit longer. So when I saw this stamp I knew it was right for a new home card for them.

The brick background was created by inking some textured paper from my stash. The ribbon was also from my stash. 

The image was created with a Penny Black stamp called Bunny Friends. I stamped onto watercolour with black archival then I coloured with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. I created a frame for the image with the Double Pierced Rectangles from Sue Wilson. 

The sentiment was cut with some Britannia dies and I used Tattered Lace dies to create the backing. 

Enjoy the rest of the weekend. 

I would like to enter challenge 30 at the A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge Blog, October Challenge at the Penny Black and More Challenge blog, challenge 21 at Morgan's Artworld , challenge 20 at Crafting with Attitude and Week 251 at Pixie's Snippets Playground. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Alphabet Challenge - Letter Q for Quick and Simple

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How has your week been? As you might know we were at a funeral on Wednesday the whole day went well. The service was followed by a woodland burial, we had never been to one of these before, it was very moving and a lovely way to say goodbye.

The new challenge starts on the Alphabet Challenge blog today the letter is Q and the theme is Quick and Simple.

This is a really quick and simple card. It was going to be a shaker card but I didn't leave enough room for the foam tape. Not to be thwarted I changed the plan and used a scrap of spotted paper behind the die cut. 

I used the Perspective Happy Birthday dies designed by Sue Wilson.  You can use the positive and the negative from these dies. 

This is the same card being shown on Hochanda back in August. I made some samples for John Lockwood to use in his shows. I was so proud to have my cards shown along side John's and Sue Wilson's. As a thank when I saw John at Ally Pally he gave me the complete collection of his Birthday Seasons stamps sets. That was so kind of him. 

I do love these dies and I think they are brilliant for none fussy cards for men. 

I would like to enter the CAS challenge at the That's Crafty Challenge Blog and Challenge 26 at Craft Rocket Challenges. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Good bye Eileen

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope that you are having a good week. Today we are saying a final goodbye to our good friend Eileen. Her funeral is this morning and is followed by a woodland burial in the afternoon. It is all so sad.

This is the card that I made for her family to let them know that we are thinking of them and to offer them support. These cards are never easy to make and I knew I didn't want to use black any where in the design. In fact we have been asked not to wear black at the funeral.

I remembered my cloud embossing folder so I used that for the background. 

The cross is a Spellbinders die this set has been useful over the the years. The ivy and the oval frame were created with dies designed by Sue Wilson. 

The sentiment was cut with some Britannia dies. 

Eileen had a few weeks treatment free before the end. The family made the most of this time they all visited some of her favourite places and people. They had these photos taken. The top one shows Eileen surrounded by her close family. 

Good bye Eileen you will be sadly missed. 

I do hope this card brought a little comfort. It was lovely to be told that receiving the Save the Date fridge magnet,  for our daughter's wedding, cheered Eileen up in those last few days. It was something to look forward to but was not to be. 

I would like to enter Challenge 299 at Penny's Paper-Crafting Challenge Blog, Challenge 333 at the Craft your Passion Challenge Blog and the Add a Sentiment Challenge at the Crafting by Designs Challenge Blog. 

Take care. 

Hugs Jackie

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Snowglobe Shaker Christmas Cards

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How was  your weekend? We have had a busy one  and now it is back to work. Mondays do come round very fast.

I have been playing with my Sue Wilson Snow globe die set. I did buy a matching die to create scene inside the globe and some of the treat cups to make the shaker part. But I have been having a think which is always dangerous and you know I like to recycle old Christmas cards.

This is the outcome of my thoughts. The design started with the image as it was gold the rest of the card had to feature gold as well. When we were at Ally Pally we watched Sue Wilson demonstrate with the snow globe die set. She did start by cutting the snow globe without the cutting edge out of the background. This is what I did and then I embossed the background with the new falling snow embossing folder. 

The manger scene was cut from an old Christmas card. Now the dome over the image looks like a treat cup but it is in fact the packaging from the magnetic tape I used to create the fridge magnets for the Save the Date cards for our daughter's wedding. I was so thrilled they fitted the snow globe exactly. I do love reusing my packaging where I can. 

I was so thrilled with this ideas that I created a second card with another old Christmas card. Inside the shaker part on each card I put some white glitter. 

I just love it when I can recycle things to make something else. I think I have nearly finished making my Christmas cards. It is not like last year when I was struggling to finish them. I do have some other ideas for the snow globe dies this time involving stamps. 

I would like to enter Challenge 44 at Weekly Christmas Card Challenges and Challenge 30 at A Snowflakes Promise. 

Enjoy the rest of your week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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