Blue Valentine

 Hello my Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

I hope you have had a good week. This weekend we are going to the theatre with some friends to see Groan Ups. This is a rescheduled performance and we all know why. We are hoping to have a meal together after the show. 

I haven't been around much. Life is pretty hectic at the moment. What with four elderly parents to support, my sister who also needs support and of course our first grandchild expected in June. Crafting has been pushed to the background somewhat. I have been making things for the two design teams I am still on and I will show you those when the time is right. 

Yesterday I managed to make a Valentine's Day card for my dear hubby. 

I hunted through the old cards that I have kept and found this cute image of Tatty Ted. I based the colour scheme around the colour on the bears nose.

Aren't those bears cute. 

I used one of my older dies for the sentiment. The hearts were cut with a Creative Expressions die. 

I will be making cards for special people. I do feel we will be buying more cards from now on. 

Have a good weekend.

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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New Baby card in Blue

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going? Not much going on here but that is too be expected. Zoom is working overtime in our house. 

Just before Christmas the best friends of our daughter and son-in-law had a much longed for baby boy. This is the card that I made for them. 

This is a tri-shutter card. I have made them for babies before. It is a good way of showcasing a lot of smaller dies. The backing paper is an older Tattered Lace paper. I used dies from Tattered Lace, Creative Expressions and Crafter's Companion. There is lots of scoring and cutting to make this design. 

This card folds up as small as this. It is still a bit thick for posting. This one went in a parcel. 

This was posted before Christmas but I have no idea if it arrived or not. I hope it did enjoy making this one. 

Stay safe and take care. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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LOTV Topper Christmas card in Blue

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends

How are you today? I hope you are nicely recovered from the weekend and ready for the week ahead. If I am lucky my new cooker will be delivered tomorrow. I am looking forward to having a fully functioning oven again.

I made a card with a frame last week and when you make a frame you are left with lots of matching mats that are just too good to waste. When I was going through my stash I found an image that would work perfectly with them. I love it when projects fall into place.

So all the mats and layers were cut with the Double Pierced Squares dies from Creative Expressions. 

This is the LOTV topper I found in my stash. I did use a Wink of Stella pen on the star to make it shine. 

This tiny sentiment was cut with a Tattered Lace die. 

There you have is another card for my very growing stash of Christmas cards. 

I would like to enter the November Christmas Challenge at Beccy's Challenge blog, Weeks 309 and 310 at Pixie's Snippets Playground, challenge 60 at the Make My Monday Challenge Blog and challenge 185 at the Crafting From the Heart Challenge blog. 

Happy crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Ivy Trellis Birthday Card

Hi Bloggers

I am finding it hard to blog in December there are so many other things  that need doing there isn't so much time to craft. How are all your plans going? We actually know what we are doing for Christmas now so the shopping can start in earnest.

Today's card was the result of a play with some new dies they are all Sue Wilson dies.

I started with the card blank and I messed about with the dies until I was happy with the design it did take a while and quite a few false starts.

The panel dies are beautiful and I can think of quite a few uses for them. When I get my new  Grand Calibur I  want to try a similar design to this one as a square - you know how much I like squares.

I tried a much fancier die cut Happy Birthday in the centre of the tag and it just didn't work. It is very pretty I have saved it to use on another project.

So there you have it another birthday card for my stash. I keep needing male cards so I ought to make a few more of those. 

I would like to enter this for the Dream Valley Challenge 96 - True Blue.

It is Thursday evening so I want to wish you a happy weekend. Only one more day at work. I will be at a special service in Winchester Cathedral tomorrow for work it should be good if a little cold.

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie