Itty Bitty Botz Encore Week at Beccy's Place

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I hope you are having a lovely weekend. The weather has been very good. Today is our daughter's 30th birthday. We are going to be spending most of the day with them. 

This week is Encore Week at Beccy's Place where one of the older digital images sets is highlighted. This time the image set is Itty Bitty Botz. A set of really cute robots. 

Here is the card I made using the Shutter Card die set from the John Next Door range. 

I have had the rocket paper in my stash for so long. It was nice to use it on a project. I used the precoloured images. 

Here is the Itty Bitty Botz  image set it is available HERE. 

This was a fun card to make. I think the Shutter Card style suited the robots. 

Happy Crafting

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John Next Door - Limited Edition Mandala kit - Launch Day

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How is your week going?  Hopefully the weather will be a bit nicer today. So we should be able to get out for a walk. 

Today is the launch day for the John Next Door Limited Edition Mandala kit. John will be on Hochanda at 3:00pm. I have a feeling this set will be popular. If you visit the Crafting with John Next Door Facebook group , which you can do HERE, there are many examples of how the dies can be used. 

Here is my final card to share with you. I used the kit to decorate a pop-up box card. The instructions to make these are HERE. 

I realised that the stamped mandala could be cut out with the die. Happy Days. I used papers, sentiments and ribbons to finish this card. I have to say that this was Sam's favourite of the samples I sent in. 

Here is a bonus card. When I have been working on projects there are usually lots of leftovers. I used strips of paper and ribbons to make the background. I had stamped and cut out too many mandalas as well as a sentiment. They all went together to make this card. 

Don't forget to watch John on Hochanda. I am sure to be watching. 

Enjoy your day

Happy Crafting

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Pretty Floral Birthday Card

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I hope you had a good weekend. On Saturday we delivered the bunny hutch to someone who had requested it. That really is the end of an era for us. We spent the rest of Saturday and Sunday catching up on jobs in the house and garden. We did manage to fit in  a walk to our local country park.  Today my hubby has a day off. We are going for a walk at Mottisfont. Our tickets are booked. It will be nice to have a walk somewhere different and we might be able to get a take away coffee. 

Here is a floral birthday card. I made for a friend. 

This card started with the card blank. I have some very nice pinky red card blanks. The pattered paper was in my stash. The lacy die and the sentiment are Crafter's Companion dies. I do cut my own candi for the corners. 

This pretty little image came from a HunkyDory Little Book. 

This card was well received. 

Have a good week. 

Happy Crafting

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Adventures in using up Patterned Paper Snippets

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How was your weekend? Our plans changed completely when my husband came home ill on Friday afternoon. He has had a cough for a while and it just seemed to take a turn for the worse. So a weekend of rest was the order of the day. He still isn't right. I am not sure when he will go back to work.

After making my snippets Christmas cards I was having a think about making birthday cards this way. Not only do I have lots of snippets of Christmas papers but lots of other patterned paper snippets too.  Here is what I came up with.

I saw a card on Facebook which showed the lines of the card offset. I only got an impression of the card I have no idea whose card it was. After I had made all the mats and layers I cut a piece of card to cover with strips.  I did offset the strips they are an inch wide and cut on my guillotine. When I had covered the card and cut the strips around the edge I used some Distress ink on the edges. 

I wanted an intricate die to make a focal point on the card. I chose to use the Sophia die set from Creative Expression. The sentiment in the middle came from a Hunkydory kit that came free with a magazine.  

Once you have made a card do you get ideas on how you could improve the design. This was the case here. I had some time to craft on Saturday I will share with you what I made soon. 

Have a great week. 

I would like to enter the following challenges: 

The January Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge 

Challenge 87 at the Cardz 4 Galz Challenge blog

Challenge 156 at the Seize the Birthday Challenge blog

Challenge 160 at the Creative Moments Challenge blog

Challenge 234 at the Crafting from the Heart Challenge blog

Challenge 56 at the Crafty Addicts Challenge blog

Challenge 13 at the Crafter's Castle Challenge 

The January Challenge at the Crafting by Designs Challenge blog

Happy Crafting

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Beccy's Place - Ferris Wheel

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How is your week going? I have been very busy the invigilating has taken a bit of getting used to and of course it has eaten into my craft and blog time.

I am the Guest Designer on Beccy's Place Design Team. Here I am using the second set of images from the second set I was sent.

The background for this card was made with inky kitchen roll that I had dried and stuck to card. The stars were cut with a die I think they were the waste. 

There are many wonderful images in at Beccy's Place. If you click on the logo you will be taken there. 

This is the Ferris Wheel digital stamp set and it is available HERE. 

I printed the image onto Neenah card and I coloured it with Promakers. Then I cut it out with my ScanNcut. 

I put two of the sentiments on the card. 

I cut flags for them with some Sue Wilson dies. 

There you have is quite a simple card. The colouring always takes me a while.  You can see my card on Beccy's Blog HERE. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Week 445 at the Passion for Promarkers challenge blog

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

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An Agricultural themed card for a lady who has just bought a farm.

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How is your week going? I hope you haven't been too affected by the weather which has been extreme to say the least. I should be helping at another Felting Workshop this morning but I think it might be cancelled.

A young couple we know have made the bold move to buy a farm in France. Their aim is to raise cattle, host holidays and run courses. The farm is called Élevage Jolivet and they have a blog and a Youtube channel. I think they are very brave but it is something they have both wanted to do for a long time. Their wedding reception was held in a barn which we helped to decorate. So you won't be surprised at the card I made for our friend's birthday.

As soon as I saw this set of images at Beccy's Place called Farm Fresh Digital stamps  I just had to have them and I knew who to make a card for. The lady in question does have a red tractor at the farm. The banner was a digital image that I got free last year. I used Publisher to make a background and arrange the images. I do like make cards with digital images. Especially now I have found out how to set a transparent colour. With Precoloured images this works a treat. 

I hope she liked this card her birthday was last weekend. 

Stay safe in this cold weather. 

Happy crafting

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