Happy 40th Wedding Anniversary to a Dear Hubby

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

Well today is our 40th Wedding Anniversary. We are away cruising on the P&O ship Iona right now. Here is the card I made for my hubby. 

On the 3rd April 1982 we got married at a church in Aldershot. Forty years is a long time. 

I used lots of John Next Door dies. I knew the Stencil Anniversary  dies would be useful. Names are easy with the Stencil Alphabet. 

Here I used the Small Champagne bottle die set. The numbers are from a Britannia die set. 

We both like red wine. The numbers in the middle were cut the Advent numbers die set. 

I will be back soon with a couple more posts. Then I will let you know what I have decided to do about blogging. 

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie

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Ruby 40th Wedding Anniversary Z - Fold Card

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

I hope you had a good weekend and are ready for the week ahead. We had a busy weekend. On Friday we set up my small table at the Hampshire Open Studios event. On Saturday my husband worked on the talk he was going to give at his party. I made the house generally ship shape. Then on Sunday it was the big tea party at our local tea shop. We had a lovely time and the food and drink was appreciated as was the talk. Now it is all back to normal. Although there is a bit more cake in the house than there usually is.

When we came back from Lille I had a 40th Wedding Anniversary card that I had to make as we were going to the party. I had been  waiting for a photo and I didn't receive one. So I had to adapt  my design.

I decided on the Z - Fold card design. I did all the scoring on my Hougie board. All the mats and layers were cut with the guillotine. The Happy Anniversary die is a Signature die. The 40 was cut with an X- Cut die set. 

The heart and flourish dies are all from the John Next Door Range. The letters were made with a Tonic die set. 

Here I am beside my little table. It didn't take long to set up. I am going back to help with the teas and coffees tomorrow so I will be able to check up on it.  

Our friends liked their card and we enjoyed the party. I met lots of people that I have heard of over the years. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The August Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Have a great week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Fortieth Ruby Wedding Anniversary Card

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going? I am invigilating this week but just in the afternoons. It is nice not having to rush to get up.

Two of our good friends celebrated their Ruby Wedding Anniversary at the weekend. This is the card I made for them.

I started by making the Z fold base from a piece of A4 black card. I scored the card and then cut off the top make the opposite fold. This way everything fits together. The patterned paper was in my stash. I used the Leafy Flourish dies from the John Next Door range to add some extra detail They were a great way of using up some Snippets. 

The heart was cut with the Heart of Hearts die fro Creative Expressions. The initials were cut with some Tonic dies. I used the  left over die cuts to put initials on the envelope I made for this card. 

I found this embellishment in some lace and ribbon I was given from someone who has stopped crafting. This did make me think about how much craft stuff I have. 

The numbers were cut with some X-Cut dies that I have had for a long time. 

The Happy Anniversary die is a Signature die. 

Here you can see the Z fold more clearly. 

I know they liked the card they sent me a message. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

I would like to enter the following challenges: 

The May Challenge at Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Challenge 352 at Pixie's Snippets Playground. 

TTCRD Anything Goes Challenge Week of May 14th 

Challenge 92 at the A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge blog

Challenge 390 at the Crafty Creations Challenge blog

Challenge 114 at Scrapy Land Challenges 

Challenge 16 at the Creative Crafter's Challenge blog

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Ruby Wedding Anniversary Card

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

Happy Monday. I hope your week has started well.  I had a lovely time at Ally Pally and I chatted to lots of crafty people. I spent lots of money. We even got on telly, even if my husband did keep falling asleep in the front row. It was a good day and worth the early start.

I was chatting to one of my friends and it became clear that she and her husband would soon be celebrating their Ruby Wedding Anniversary. So I decided that I would  make them a card.

I used my favourite heart lattice embossing folder to create the background.  

I cut the 40th with my Britannia number dies.  

The heart was made with the Sue Wilson Heart of Hearts die set. 

This was cut with some more Britannia dies. 

I hope the couple liked this card. It was their anniversary when we were are at Ally Pally. 

Have a great week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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40th Wedding Anniversary Hearts

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope you are having a wonderful weekend. Yesterday we went up to London to the Ideal Home Exhibition we had a lovely time. Today we are taking friends to Hastings to enjoy Beatles Day at the White Rock Theatre it is a fund raising event for MacMillan Cancer Research.

This is the only card I have had time to make this holiday. When we were at the wedding recently we discovered that my husband's eldest brother and his wife will have been married for 40 years at the end of this month. So I decided to make them a card.

It was nice to get back to a bit of crafting. 

I used the Heart of Hearts die set to make the hearts. I also used the waste hearts to create some interest on the background. 

The 40th was cut with some X-Cut dies. 

We thoroughly enjoyed the Ideal Home show it was made even better by being lucky and getting free tickets. 

There were some amazing sheds and structures for the garden. 

There were artificial Hydrangeas everywhere they were very pretty.

I am not sure if my husband's brother and his wife will like this card I did enjoy making it.

I would like to enter Pixie's Snippets Playground - Week 223.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend. 

Take care.

Hugs Jackie