Christmas Scene Mini Background

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How are you all? I hope you are all okay. I still have my cold and I have been feeling a bit fed up with the changes to blogger. So I have stepped away from blogging for a couple of days. Of course life gets in the way as well.

Yesterday I had a play with  a die-set I bought last year and had never used.

I really just used the Christmas Scene Mini Background to make this card. 

Here is the detail of the santa in the center. 

I didn't have room for a large sentiment so I used some Briannia dies. 

I really should have used this die set before it cuts really well and I like the results. I have lot of other ideas. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Good Bye to an Old Friend

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I do hope that you have had a better week than me. I have been ill and yesterday we attended a funeral. We said goodbye to an old friend. He had been ill for a while. It was a lovely serene service, followed by a burial. We were so lucky that it wasn't raining.

This is the card I made to send to his wife when we first heard the news of his passing. We got to know them both through church so I wanted the card to have a cross on it.

This is an 8" x 8" card the paper for the background was in my stash. 

This is our friend in his back garden enjoying the sun. His hair went white overnight because of some treatment he was having. He was a very wise, gentle man and very good to talk to. He and my husband used to have great debates. 

The cross was cut with a Spellbinders die this is my favourite go to die from the set I have used it quite often. 

When I made my last sympathy card I felt the need for a With Sympathy sentiment die. I treated myself to the one designed by Sue Wilson. I cut it in brown and gold so I could create a shadow. 

The Exquisite Poppy dies were a very good investment. I love the flowers they make and and changing the colour adds to the variety.  

I hope that you have a wonderful weekend. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Floral Thank You Card

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How is your week going? I hope it is better than mine. I still have the cold I did go back to work yesterday and I was quite relieved that I didn't have to work all morning outside supporting P.E. for two Visually Impaired children. The weather was too bad for either of the lessons to be outside.

I wanted to make a Thank You card for a couple who have been hosting a short course that we have been attending. The course is about getting to know about the church that we have recently joined. The couple have been very kind and hospitable opening their house to us for the last four weeks.

I started with a scalloped card blank. Then I used the Sue Wilson Double Pierced Squares sets A and B to make the mats and layers. 

I stamped the Peony from the Birthday Blooms set by Stampin Up on to watercolour card with black archival and then I coloured it with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. I made a frame for the Peony with the Double Pierced Sqaures so it matched the mats. 

I found this butterfly (cut with some Sue Wilson dies) in my stash. 

This greeting was with a card pack from a craft class that I won't be finishing. It was ideal for this card. 

I did struggle a bit with this card I always do when I am ill. When I am better we pop round to see the couple and take this card along with a box of chocs they have been very generous. 

I would like to enter challenge 305 at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge blog and challenge 107 at the Creative Moments Challenge blog. 

Enjoy the rest of the week, 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Thinking of you - Fushia Spray

Hi Me Crafty Blog Friends

Well another week has started. I hope that you had a wonderful weekend. Unfortunately I have a cold which has dampened the weekend a bit. The bunnies have returned home to be with our daughter she has a new bunny room for them. They should be very comfortable and it is good to know that they weren't out in the storm on Saturday night.

Last week at work we had some very sad news. One of our colleagues has been diagonised  with Ovarian Cancer. I offered to make a card for everyone in our team to sign. I wanted to make something pretty.

I started by colouring the image. Then I made the mats and layers to match the colours I had used to colour the image. The lace and backing paper were in my stash. I used a Memory Box die to make the flourishes at the side of the image. 

The stamp I used is called Fushia Spray by Woodware it was stamped onto watercolour card with Watering Can Archival ink and then coloures with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. I used the Double Pireced Rectangle dies designed by Sue Wilson to make the mats and layers for the image. 

This stamp was also stamped with Waterring Can Archival and cut out with the Double Pireced Rectangle dies. 

I do hope the lady likes this card. I will be taking it with me when I return to work so that it can be signed by the team.  

I would like to enter Week 256 at Pixie's Snippets Playground , challenge 339 at the Craft Your Passion Challenge Blog,  challenge 137 at the Crafting From the Heart Challenge Blog ,challenge 76 at Creative Craft Cottage and challenge 90 at the Love to Scrap Challenge blog. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Fantasy Stampers - Vintage Christmas

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How has your week been? I hope you have something nice planned for the weekend. We are taking the bunnies back to our daughter her rabbit room got sorted out last week. Before we get there our daughter and her fiance are off to see a baker about making the wedding cake. The baker does make really good cupcakes and our daughter has promised to buy some for us to share. That is definitley something to look forward to.

The new challenge starts today on the Fantasy Stampers Challenge blog and the theme is Vintage Christmas. I did struggle with this theme a bit. I don't really have any stamps that fit the vintage theme.

When I was at Ally Pally back in September I treated myself to the Christmas Rose Elements stamps designed by John lockwood for Creative Expressions.  I did buy the matching dies as well, I love things that match, but I haven't used the dies  yet. I decided that the flowers looked a bit vintage I was think of old Victorian cards.  I stamped the sentiment onto a flag cut with the Sue Wilson pierced flag dies. 

I used the corner stamp from the set on opposite corners of the topper. The flowers and leaves were coloured with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. 

Have a wonderful weekend. 

I would like to enter challenge 45 at the Crafty Freinds Challenge blog and challenge 347 at the Crafty Catz Challenge blog.

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Quick Cards Made Easy Magazine Issue 159 - November

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope you are having a good week. My week has been a bit up and down we found out that a close family friend has died. On the positive side lots of things have been sorted for the wedding mostly the accommodation which has been worrying me.

Back in September I responded to a request on Facebook to be on the Reader's Design Team for Issue 159 of Quick Cards Made Easy Magazine. I was sent the bonus papers to print at home. This is my design.

I chose the trees paper for the background and the bold sentiment. At the botton I added some white glitter card to look like snow. I wrappred the twine round the layers before sticking them to the 150 cm x 150 cm card blank. 

I added the female and baby deer from the Deer Family die set designed by Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions. 

I cut the some of the Winter Trees, also designed by Sue Wilson, from the green bonus paper. 

Here is my card in the magazine it was quite a thrill to see it in print. I did enjoy using these papers and I have printed some more to use on other projects. 

I had fun  making this card and it is an added bonus to see it in print. 

The bunnies go home this weekend. I am looking forward to getting the spare room back. 

I would like to enter challenge 33 at A Snowflakes Promise and week 389 at the Allsorts Challenge blog. 

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

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Sparkly Santa

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How is your week going? There is a lot going on at work and there is a lot going on at home. We are very busy at the moment. There is wedding prep, Christmas prep and preparing for the rabbits to go home at the weekend.

I haven't posted for a while how many Christmas cards I have made so far. In fact I haven't been counting much lately but I did the other day and there were 105 that should be plenty and I know our daughter wants some and that should be fine too.

I started with some white glitter card and some blue card and ribbon. 

The image was from an old Christmas card this Santa is covered in glitter. I love the cute robin in his hat. 

This is the Sue Wilson Happy Christmas die cut in red mirror card. That die has been so useful this year. 

Well this is another one for the box. Not long and we will be writing and posting them. 

I would like to enter Challenge 86 at Sparkles Monthly Challenges and Challenge 32 at A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge blog. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Snowy Christmas Card

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope you are having a good weekend. Yesterday our daughter actually bought a wedding dress and now it is hanging up in our spare bedroom. Today we are taking our daughter back to her house ready to fit  some beading round the new rabbit room so the bunnies can go home next week.

I was a bit naughty and treated myself to a subscription to Simply Cards & Papercraft magazine. This month the free gift was a snowflake die, a snowflake embossing folder and some stamps. Not bad really. I used the gift to make this card.

I created the background on watercolour card with a mix of Brushos, Pixie Powders and Distress ink. Once it was dry I stamped one of the snowflake stamps in Perfect Medium over the background and dusted it with gold mica powder. Then I stamped the same stamp with Cobalt Archival. I cut the die seven times out of white pearl card. 

I used the Sue Wilson Pireced flag dies to create the flag. Then I used another stamp from the set for the sentiment.  

Here you can see the detail of the die. In the magazine there is a rather nice ornament made with this die. I might have a go at making some.

I was very pleased wtih how this card turned out.

I would like to enter challenge 48 at the  Weekly Christmas Card Challenge Blog and challenge 32 at A Snowflakes Promise. 

Enjoy the rest of the weekend. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Alphabet Challenge Blog - Letter S - Stars

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

The weekend is nearly here. Tomorrow we are going wedding dress shopping with our daughter. I am very excited. She is coming this evening and she is going to help with the table favour birdcages. I have made all the cages (96) but they need ribbon. So that is our evening sorted out we just need some pizza and some music.

The new challenge starts today on the Alphabet Challenge Blog the letter is S and the theme is Stars.

Sometime ago there was a free gift of some nesting star dies on a magazine. I used them to create the aperture and the frame as well so the small stars. 

Inside the aperture I stamped a little scene with some stamps that came free with another magazine. I do like my freebies. 

The sentiment came from an Indigo Blue Stamp set. 

I did enjoy making this card. 

I would like to enter Challenge 224 at the Brown Sugar Challenge blog , challenge 346 at the Crafty Catz Challenge blog ,CHNC challenge extra for November and the Craft Stamper Make it Take Challenge for November.

Have a great weekend.

Hugs Jackie

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Tatty Ted Christmas card

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How is your week going? It is very cold here at the moment. I met a group of friends for lunch yesterday at a local garden center it was so nice talking over old times. They are all retired now. I can't wait to join them.

My daughter gave me a little present when we visited last Saturday it was very kind of her to think of me when she was out shopping.

For the background I used some of the leftover papers I had printed when I made a card for Quick Cards magazine some time ago. 

The stamp was my present. I stamped it with Watering Can archival ink and coloured it with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. I couldn't find a name for this stamp on the packet. 

The sentiment came from the papers. 

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

I would like to enter challenge 303 at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge blog, Challenge 111 at the Inspiration Destination Challenge Blog and challenge 43 at the Crafting Musketeers Challenge blog. 

Happy Crafting.

Hugs Jackie

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LOTV Wedding Card

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope that you have had a wonderful weekend and are now fighting fit for the week ahead. We visited our daughter and did lots of jobs in the house. When her fiance got home we went out for a nice meal. Then on Sunday we saw our friend who lost his wife recently we had another very nice meal out. So not much cooking for me this weekend.

A friend asked me to make a wedding card for her. The bride and groom wanted money as a gift so she thought a nice card would be a good idea I tried hard not to let her down.

For the background I used a Spellbinder's corner die. I cut four and placed them in the corners over a patterned paper. 

This is a Crafter's Companion die. I cut it twice so I could create a shadow. 

The image came from the LOTV Occasions Set 3. This is such a useful set. I stamped with black archival onto water colour card and then coloured with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. I coloured the image first and my colouring suggested the colours for the rest of the card. Blues was the suggestion by my friend but it became more teal. To frame the image I used some dies from the Innsbruck set from the Austrian Collection by Sue Wilson. 

I used the Sue Wilson Esquiste Poppy die set to create the flowers and the Olive branch die set to make the foliage. 

My friend was very pleased with this card. I am very pleased that she like it. 

I would like to enter Week 254 at Pixie's Snippets Playground and challenge 337 at Craft Your Passion Challenges. 

Have a great week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Fantasy Stampers - Poppy Appeal

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

Happy Saturday. I hope that you have something nice planned for the weekend. Once we have cleaned out the bunnies we are dashing off to see our daughter. Her fiance is working and we are going to help with some jobs around their house like taking stuff to the tip. On Sunday we are having lunch with our friend who lost his wife recently.

The new challenge starts today on the Fantasy Stampers Challenge blog the theme is Poppy Appeal. I do love poppies on cards.

I have a bit of a confession. I did make a card with all the elements you can see in the tag but I didn't like it. So I made the tag and I was much happier with the result. 

The wooden mounted  stamp is Poppy Poem by Penny Black. I stamped it with black archival onto water colour card and I coloured it with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. 

It was a shame about the card I will probably still use it and the present that goes with it can have a matching tag. 

If you pop back tomorrow the winners will be announced on the Fantasy Stampers Challenge Blog. 

I would like to enter the Red for  Remembrance challenge at the Sweet Stampin' Challenge blog and the Anything Goes Challenge at the More Mixed Media Challenge blog. 

I hope that you have a wonderful weekend. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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