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Monday 30 April 2018

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. 

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Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Friday 27 April 2018

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. 


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Have a great weekend

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie

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Crafty Catz Challenge blog - Anything Goes with the optional twist of using Purples and Mauves

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

The weekend is nearly here. I hope you have something nice planned. This is the first post from me today. There will be another one in about half an hour. I am helping at a Felting workshop today the other lady who helps can't make it today so I am stepping up to the plate.

Being Friday the new challenge starts on the Crafty Catz Challenge blog the theme is Anything Goes and this time the optional twist is Use Mauves and Purples. I am hosting this challenge so it was me who got to choose the images from our fabulous sponsor Rick St Dennis.


I won the Sophia die from one of the launches on Sue Wilson's blog. I used it in the background of the bunny. All the papers were in my stash. 


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


This image is called Running Bunny and is available HERE. He was printed onto Neenah card and coloured with Promarkers. Then I cute him out with my ScanNcut. He is very cute. 


I sent this card to my sister for Easter she loves bunnies. 

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Hugs Jackie

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Thursday 26 April 2018

Moving Along with the Times (MAWTT) challenge blog - theme Fantasy

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going? I have been very busy with different things. Like lots of people I don't know where the time goes.

The new challenge starts today on the Moving Along with the Times (MAWTT) challenge blog and the theme is Fantasy. 


I had a bit of a think of what Fantasy meant to me. I decided I wanted to use a dragon image. Well on Beccy's Place blog there are a selection for free images to you can use. To my relief she did have a dragon. The papers in the background came with in a pack that I got for the wedding we didn't use them for that it was nice to used them now. The flowers at the bottom were cut with a Spellbinders die. 


He is called Baby Dragon and he is in the Fantasy section HERE.   I created his background with Publisher and I added the sentiment there as well. 


This is quite a cute card. Why not pop along and join in with this fortnight's challenge. 

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Tuesday 24 April 2018

Beccy's Place - Tea Time

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going? I had to go to the doctors yesterday but everything is fine. Have you noticed that I have put on comment moderation?  I felt I had to do this as twice recently I have had a lot of spam comments. I will keep an eye on the comments and if all calms down I will take the comment moderation off.

Today I am sharing the cards I made with the second set of images that I was sent by Beccy Muir at Beccy's Place to work with. The set is called Tea Time and is available HERE.


The images are all in the PNG format. Which means they have no background and can be layered over a background and other images. You can get so many different looks by changing which images you put together. I just couldn't resist these flowers in the cup. I used Publisher to manipulate the images and to create the background. All my colouring was done with Promarkers. 


For this card I used one of my own photos I took at  Standen House  and Garden which we visited just before Christmas last year. I think the cups look great stacked up in front on the dresser. The background I made with the strip die from the Sandwich Box die set from John Next Door. 


If you click on the image you will be taken to this set in the store. 


Beccy really does have some wonderful image sets in her store. There is always precoloured versions of the images which can really save time if you are in a hurry. 


Here are the two cards together. I didn't realise how much I would enjoy digital crafting. 

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Enjoy the rest of the week 

Happy Crafting

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Monday 23 April 2018

My favourite Pollyanna Pickering image of a Snowy Owl

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How was your weekend? You will be pleased to know that we signed up for one cow when we saw our friends on Friday. I might be able to post pictures of her  from time to time. I want to call her Rosie but my husband  isn't so sure. The weekend was a mix of shopping and gardening. Plus the amazing electrical storm we had Saturday night.

Last week was Pollyanna Pickering's funeral. It is so sad that she has gone. On that day I decided to make a card with my favourite image of hers. I had this one as a puzzle before I knew about the paper kits and DVD roms. I just wanted to have some time to reflect.


I used the Sandwich box dies from John Next Door to make the lattice in the background. The paper underneath is from Creative World of Crafts. 


As I have said this is my favourite image from Pollyanna Pickering. 


The sentiment came from another Creative World of Crafts pads and I used a Sue Wilson die to cut the tag from the backing paper. 


This is a Spellbinders poppy die. 


I am sure that whoever I send this card to will love it. I have a few of these images left I am going to be careful where I use them. 

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Have a great week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Friday 20 April 2018

Crafty Catz Challenge Blogs - Anything Goes with the optional twist of CAS (Clean and Simple)

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

Can you believe it is Friday again. I hope you have something nice planned for the weekend. Today I will be helping at a Felting workshop. At the weekend we will be looking at cars again with us it is a very long slow process.

Being Friday the new challenge starts on the Crafty Catz Challenge blog the theme is Anything Goes with the optional twist of CAS (Clean and Simple). The sponsor this time is A Day for Daisies.


I used the outer dies from the Stitched Lattice die set from Creative Expressions to make the mats and layers. 


There are lots of gorgeous images in the store if you click on the logo you will be taken there. 


This image is called Little Striped Dress and it is available HERE.  I printed onto Neenah card and coloured with Promarkers. 


Before I printed the image out I added the sentiment with the computer. 

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Wednesday 18 April 2018

LOTV Bunny 18th Birthday card

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors,

How is your week going? I have been enjoying the sunny weather by catching up on a few jobs. It is nice not to be held back by in any way with the rain. The birds seem to be enjoying the sunny weather too.

A while back someone on Facebook in one of the groups I am in put out a request for birthday cards for her daughter's 18th birthday. I agreed to send a card this is it.


I started by finding an image and I based the colours of the card  around that. The paper was in my stash. 


This cute LOTV image came from a pad of images. I thought the bunny was cute and the balloon and cake were just right for a birthday. I cut an aperture with the Double Pierced Rectangle dies by Creative Expression. 


I used the Double Pierced Circle dies to highlight the age. The numbers were cut with some Crafter's Companion dies. 


The balloons ware a Tattered Lace die. The flowers were created with a punch and the leaves are the Star Flower Leaves from John Next Door. 


I did get a lovely thank you for this card which was nice. 

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Hugs Jackie

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Monday 16 April 2018

Kinetic Easter Card

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

I hope you had a good weekend. We were busy as usual. We have started looking for another car but this will take a long time it always does with us. The Bootleg Beatles concerts was amazing and we had a good time with our friends. On Sunday we visited our parents. The photo books of our daughter's wedding I ordered looked amazing and were very well received.

I think this is my last Easter make to share. I made a Kinetic card with the dies that came from Papercraft Essentials magazine. I made this to sent to my cousin who just loves Hedgehogs.


I used a cloud embossing folder for background. 


The spinner element was a cute hedgehog. The stamp came free with the magazine along with the slider dies. 


The daffodils were cut with some dies from Creative Expressions. 


Another Creative Expressions die I have used it a lot this year. 


I know my cousin liked this card she sent me a lovely message.

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Have a great week. 

Happy Crafting

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Friday 13 April 2018

Crafty Catz Challenge Blog - Anything Goes with the optional twist of Favourite Colour Combination

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How has your week been? I can't believe it is Friday again already. Tomorrow we are going car hunting the time has come to change my husband's car. The last straw was someone trying to break into the car last week. In the evening we are going with our friends to see the Bootleg Beatles in concert in Portsmouth it is so close we couldn't not go. On Sunday we are visiting our parents and taking the photo books I have had orderd of our daughter's wedding. I hope they like them.

Well being Friday the new challenge starts on the Crafty Catz Challenge blog the theme is Anything Goes with the optional twist of using your favourite colour combination. The fabulous sponsor this time is Paper Shelter Digital Stamps. We have a Guest Design Team call for May just put GDT after your name with your entry if you are interested.


I like the combination of pink and blue it reminds me of the For-get-me-not flowers which used to grow in our garden. All the papers I used came from my stash. I used the Double Pierced Square and Rectangle dies from Creative Expressions to make the mats and layers. 


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


This image comes from the digital stamp set called Tulips and it is available HERE. I used the       pre-coloured image from the set.  I created the background for the image  in Publisher. Then I die cut the image with a Tattered Lace oval die with a matching white border. 


This pretty lace I have had for a while in came in a bag of oddments from a Craft Fair. 


Have a great weekend. 

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Wednesday 11 April 2018

Easter Boxes made with the Opera Box Die Set

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going? I have had two days catching up on things and the weather seems to be improving which is nice.

This will just be a quick post today. I wanted to share the boxes I made for Easter. Most of them were used on the table for Easter lunch. Others I gave to friends. They were all filled with chocolate. They were all made with the Opera Box die set from John Next Door. I do like the flexibility of these boxes. I can do taller ones I have yet to tackle wider.


Here are most of them together. I tried out some different designs. 


This box is a bit taller than the others I wanted to try out the Gerbera panel die. The box just needed to be a little taller . 


I fitted in 5 small chocolate bunnies and a packet of mini eggs into each box. 


I did try out different designs in the boxes. 


This is the panel that comes with the Opera Box Die set. 



The flowers on top were all made with the Gerbera die that comes with the Opera Box die set and the Star Flower leaves. 

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