Barn Owl and Poppies Birthday Card

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going? I can't believe this is the first time I have posted in March. I have been  making things that I can share later on. I need to have a good think about how to proceed with blogging. I will get back to you on that. 

I have made a simple birthday card for my lovely Uncle who will be 88 this year. He lives with my cousin and her family in Suffolk so we haven't seen them much. Hopefully this year. 

This adorable Barn Owl was on the packaging of a Pollyanna Pickering set of images. I do love this image, I did have a puzzle of it some time ago. The poppy paper and the Designer paper were in my stash. I am having  a bit of a sort out. There are lots of things I don't think I will use again. The sentiment was cut with some of the Stencil Sentiments dies from the John Next Door range. 

Enjoy the rest of the week and the weekend. I am not sure when I will be back. 

Happy Crafting

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Pollyanna Pickering Barn Owl with a Snippets Background

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How was your weekend? We went on a couple of longer walks and we did a bit in the garden.  Not much longer and we will be able to meet with 6 people outside. I am so looking forward to meeting up with our daughter and son-in-law and their new dog and having a walk together. 

I have been sorting through some of my craft supplies. It is not surprising that I came across lots of Snippets of paper to use up. I used some of the ones from Creative World of Crafts papers to make the background for this card. I do get a obsessed with an idea especially when it means using things up. 

This is how the topper comes from a pad. I just made it a black mat. I do love images from Pollyanna Pickering. That Barn Owl is so cute. She did leave a wonderful legacy. 

I am often asked for cards with owls on them by someone who runs a Brownie pack. It is good to have a few in hand. The sentiment can be added later when I know what occasion the card will be used for. 

Have a good week. 

Happy Crafting

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Barn Owl Birthday Card

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How are things going for you? Have you ventured out anywhere different or further away? Have you had people round to socialise in your garden? We haven't changed what we are doing much. We are still shopping for a few people. Next Wednesday we have booked to go to Exbury Gardens.  You have to book ahead for a specific time. Only a few people are allowed in each hour. My husband is taking a days leave so we can do this. I am still a bit nervous about it. 

I was looking through my files and I found the birthday card that I made for my cousin. I tried to make him one before this one  and it turned out rather feminine. I sent that one was sent to one of my other cousins. 

I do love images by the late Pollyanna Pickering. I chose the image from one of my pads. Then I chose papers to match the image. I found an Ivy Border die from Creative Expressions I cut the die twice using a pale green card. I darkened the die with Distress Ink. 

This is a gorgeous image of a Barn Owl by Pollyanna Pickering. He looks so cute peeking round the corner.

It is raining today. The garden does so need the rain. We still had our walk this morning that is what waterproof coats are for.  I will be colouring with Barbara Gray a bit later. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 18 at Paper Funday Challenges

Challenge 410 at the Crafty Creations Challenge blog

The June Challenge at Wednesday's Creative Inspirations Challenge blog

The June 2nd Challenge at the Through the Craft Room Door (TTCRD) Challenge blog

Have a good day. 

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Pollyanna Pickering Owl - Thinking of You

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I hope you had a great weekend. For us Saturday was quite quiet. We did manage to have a nice lunch out. Our Saturday evenings are now filled with Strictly Come Dancing. We know some very good friends of Emma Barton and we have met her. So we are following her progress on the show. I must say I am really enjoying the shows. On Sunday we had a trip to Aldershot to have a finance meeting with all my husband's brothers, spouses and his parents. There is nothing to worry about it was all forward planning. After we had a meal out together. The plan is to make these meeting regular.

I made this card for a friend who has recently lost her mum . I do just love images by Pollyanna Pickering.

The papers in the background came from a pad of papers from Creative World of Crafts. The colours of the papers suited the image so well. 

This owl is so cute. I have a pad of images I still have a few of these owls left. 

Have a great week. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 31 at the 2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge blog

Challenge 451 at the Fab 'n' Funky Challenge blog

The October Challenge at Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Challenge 106 at the Make My Monday Challenge blog

Happy Crafting

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Cards made with Pollyanna Pickering images

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How is your week going? The start of my week was quiet. Today my husband has the day off so that his car can be looked at. We are going to take the opportunity to visit the tea-room where he will be having his birthday in August. There are a few choices to make. I will be helping at a Felting Workshop on Friday. On Sunday we are travelling up to Warwick so that we can attend my aunt's funeral on the Monday.

I decided to make to cards with one of my Pollyanna Pickering image pads.

I used the Deckled Rectangle dies from Spellbinders to cut out part of the image and a black mat for it. The papers came from a pad by Creative World of Crafts. 

Here is a close up of the cut out section. 

I did exactly the same with the owl image. 

He is a gorgeous Barn Owl. 

As yet I haven't added sentiments I will do this when I know who the cards are going to. 

I would like to enter the following challenges: 

The June Challenge at Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

I hope the rest of the week is kind to you. Have a great weekend. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Moving Along with the Times (MAWTT) - Wild Animals

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Just a quick update. As many of you know my father was taken into hospital last Sunday. He was severely hydrated. He is still in hospital and still on a drip. There is a problem with his heart and he is still rather confused. My mum is very needy and requires a lot of support. We have tidied the house and made sure all the food is fresh. So far we have visited each day and taken my mum to visit my dad. My poor husband is working mornings coming home and taking me to Fleet and then to and from the hospital. We get back home late evening.  It is exhausting. All this is why I am not around much at the moment.

Today the  new challenge starts at the Moving Along with the Times (MAWTT) Challenge blog and this time the theme is Wild Animals. 

As soon as I think about wild animals I go to all the images I have by Pollyanna Pickering. I have the A Winter's Day Decoupage Popper Pad and I like owls. I chose the Barn Owl image from the pad. 

Please join in with our Wild Animal challenge. 

I took one of the sheets and I die cut the owl with a Spellbinders Deckled Rectangle die. Then I cut a black mat for it with the largest die in the set. Then I realised that it would fit back onto the original sheet from the pad. 

I matted and layered and added a sentiment. Card done. 

A nice thing happened  when the girl who comes to do my Sport's Massage saw this card she asked if she could have 5 of them. She is a Brownie pack  leader and she wanted them for her fellow leaders. I have made all the cards now. At the moment she is out in Italy supporting one of the British Women's Cycling Teams. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Always Fun Challenges - Anything Goes

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I hope you have had a great weekend and are ready for the week ahead. We dashed to the tip on Saturday (we had loads of garden waste) then to M&S to get nice food for the weekend. We were home in time to watch the wedding which was so lovely. We know Windsor quite well and we have even been to a service in St George's Chapel so that made it all rather special. The weather played its part too. The rest of the day we spent in the garden and my husband fitted in another trip to the tip with even more garden waste. On Sunday we visited the Poppy Wave installation at Fort Nelson near Portsmouth. In evening we had friends round to share a curry. It has been a good weekend.


Being Monday the new challenge starts at Always Fun Challenges and this time the theme is the ever popular Anything Goes. 

I am often asked for cards featuring owls by my friend who runs a Brownie Pack. They make great cards for other people too. The packing paper came from a paper pad from Creative World of Crafts. The die for the branches came from Crafter's Companion. 

Why not join us for challenge 59 the theme is Anything Goes. 

This is another fabulous image by Pollyanna Pickering. We are so lucky that she left a large body of work behind her. 

My go to Happy Birthday die for Crafter's Companion. 

I have another busy week coming up with more invigilating. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 207 at the Crafting from the Heart challenge blog

I hope you have a great week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Owl cards made with Pollyanna Pickering images

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How is your week going? I hope it is going well. I must say I am quite relieved that the snow has gone. It does seem to have taken a while for the supermarkets to restock with the basics.

From time to time someone I know who is a Brownie Pack Leader asks for cards with owls on them to give to the other  leaders for their birthday.  I was asked recently and then I found I needed to make some more. Where better to go than my collection of Pollyanna Pickering images.

To add to this gorgeous image I added the small corner lattice dies from John Next Doors Sandwich box die set and the star flower leaves. 

I used the corner dies again and papers from Creative Crafting World. 

I have had this Card Popper pad for a while. The images are brilliant for quick cards and married with the matching paper pad. 

This owl came from the same pad. 

Lots of people like cards with pictures of owls on them and these cards are a good size for posting they are going to be very useful. in fact one of them is in the post already. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. It is hard to believe the snow was on its way last week. 

I would like to enter the first challenge on the Creative Crafting World blog. 

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie

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A Difficult Card to Make

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How is your week going? Yesterday I was on a school trip that involved a very long walk. Fortunately the rain held off until we got back.

Just before I went away for our daughter's Hen Do we received a very sad phone call. One of our oldest friends told us that their 23 year old daughter had died suddenly she had a seizure and her heart failed. It is just so unbelievably sad.  They were also about to move house at the weekend from London to Leeds.

I wanted to make a card but it was really hard to know quite what to do. So I went for tasteful. I just want them to know that we are thinking of them. A new home card at this time didn't seem to quite fit the bill.

I went back to my small collection (it is growing) of Pollyanna Pickering images. I found some pretty backing paper and lace. I cut the flowers from the lace to place behind the image. 

The sentiment came from another pad of Pollyanna Pickering images from the Creative World of Crafts. 

This has to be my favourite image. I love the owl he is beautiful. 

The really hard bit will be writing this card. I will get my husband to help me he is good with words.

I would like to enter challenge 27 at the Crafting with Attitude Challenge Blog and challenge 476 at the Cute Card Thursday Challenge blog. 

Enjoy the rest of the week

Take care

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Moving Along with the Times - A Card for a Man

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I hope you are having a good week. I have been able to walk to school every day this week. Though I did get a bit wet walking home yesterday.

The new challenge starts on the Moving Along with the Times (MAWTT) Challenge Blog the theme this time is to make a card for a man.

I used the brick embossed paper from my stash and I inked with Distress ink. I used the Double Pierced Rectangles from Creative Expression to cut an aperture and a frames for the image. 

I have a pad of these image by Pollyanna Pickering. This owl is just so cute poking his head round the corner. 

I used the ivy die also from Creative Expressions to decorate round the frame. 

This is a die from Crafter's Companion. 

Now I have a little confession. Although I intended this card to be for a man, it has in fact been given to a lady. Someone wanted a card with an owl on it for a Brownie leader. I had this one and they were happy with it so that is what happened. It is funny how things work out. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie

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