Sweet Angel Christmas Card

 Hi My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

I have never been away from my blog for so long. I know not many people are blogging now and I am now doing this mostly for myself. It is lovely to have a record of what I have made. Life has been rather hectic and we have been on a 12 night cruise. Today I spent over an hour trying to get next day delivery on diabetic slippers for my dad. Until today I  had no idea they existed. My life is so glamourous. I won't tell you about the incontinence pants. 

This is one of the cards I made before we went away. I am hoping to do some crafting at the weekend. 

So there are the snowflake corners from the John Next Door Range. 

I think this image is by Sherry West. I have been making the images I have been colouring into cards. I do find colouring very relaxing. 

Here is another card for my stash. I still need a few more special cards. 

Have a good weekend. 

Take care. 

Hugs Jackie

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Cute Angel Christmas Card

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

I hope that you had a good weekend. We had a quiet one which meant that we were able to get a lot of jobs done in the house and garden. There is still so much that I want to do with both. 

All through this time I have been making Christmas cards. For some reason I have found them easier to make that other styles of cards. So far I have made 78. I do still need some more. 

Here is my latest card made with a cute little image from Sherry West. 

I have been using some A3 black card to make card blanks. When I do this there is a folded piece of black card left over. Sometimes, like here, I use these to make tent fold cards. 

This cute little image is called Merry Christmouse it is available from Sherry West HERE.  The image was printed on to Neenah card stock and it was coloured with my Prismacolor pencils. With the pencils I can get quite a delicate effect and I can colour much smaller images. I have found so many images that I have printed and that I can practice my colouring on. 

So here is another card for my Christmas stash. I think there is one more of these images for me to colour. 

I would like to enter the following challenges: 

Challenge 149 at The Cutie Pie Challenge blog

Challenge 498 at Craftyhazelnut's Weekly Christmas Challenge

The July Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge 

Challenge 75 at the Holly and the Ivy Challenge blog

Challenge 24 at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge 642 at the Cute Card Thursday Challenge blog

Challenge 436 at the My Time to Craft Challenge blog

Week 27 at the Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge

The N for No Fuss Challenge at the ABC Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge 514 at the Crafty Catz Challenge blog

Have a great week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Angel Christmas card

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I do hope that your preparations are going well. It really isn't long to go now until the big day. Last night we did a Sainsbury shop we had a voucher for  £10 off not bad. It was really quite busy but we got everything we wanted.

I was looking through my files and I found that I hadn't shared this card. It is just a little card that I made for someone at school.

For the background I used the Snowflake Lattice A4 embossing folder. 

This is  a pre coloured LOTV image. Their angels are just so cute. 

This is a Sue Wilson die from last year's Festive Collection. 

The recipient was very pleased with this card. I hope the rest of the week is kind to you. 

I would like to enter the challenge at Cuttlebug Mania create a Christmas project without red or green. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Unicorn Challenge - Add Some Glitter

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How is your week going? Christmas preparations have really notched up a step. There is so much to do.  I hope your plans are going well. Yesterday I sorted out all the presents that need posting so they can go in the post today. Every little helps.

The new challenge on the Unicorn Challenge blog starts today the theme is Add Some Glitter.

I made this card after watching a demonstration by Sue Wilson on Hochanda. For the background layer I took a piece of white card and I stamped some poinsettias in black archival around the edge. Once the ink was dry I  stamped the same poinsettias with Perfect Medium, over the black ones, these were then heat embossed with some gold embossing powder. Finally I inked over the edges of the card with Black Soot Distress ink.  

I took a piece of black card and I stamped the poinsettias with Perfect Medium over the surface. Then I dusted them with two shades of mica powder. Then from the center of the black  I cut last years festive angel by Sue Wilson. Behind the black sheet I put a double sided sticky sheet. I cut a gold angel which this time I embossed to get all of the detail. The angel was placed in the aperture of the black sheet and stuck to the sticky sheet. I used some fine glitter to cover the exposed sticky sheet. 

Peace was cut from some glitter card. Around the edge of the black I added some dries clear glue and I sprinkled it with a course glitter. I added gold dazzlers to the corners and ribbon across the center. 

I have been asked to make two more of these cards for a friend. So now I have three black angels to use, I think I can feel a design coming on. I have lost count of how many Christmas cards I have made this year but I am getting worried that I don't have enough. Time is running out and there is wedding prep to do as well. 

I would like to enter the Celebrate Challenge at the Try it on a Tuesday Challenge Blog , challenge 33 at A bit more time to Craft Challenge Blog , Shine Challenge at the Cuttlebug Mania Challenge blog , frame it challenge at the Winterwonderland Challenge blog ,Challenge 34 at A Snowflakes Challenge Blog and Week 258 at Pixie's Snippets Playground. 

I hope that the rest of the week is kind to you. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Angel of Peace

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How was your weekend? Our daughter came home and we talked about lots of things to do with the wedding. We also cried together a bit as one of our good family friends has just died after a two year fight with cancer. Life does have it's ups and downs.

I made this card after being inspired by the demonstrations I saw Sue Wilson do when we watched her live at Ally Pally.

For the background I used the new 8" x 8" Falling Snow embossing folder.  The ribbon was being sold for 50p a roll at Ally Pally. 

This is last year's Christmas Angel designed by Sue Wilson from Creative Expressions. 

This die came with a dove a few years ago. 

I might make a few more cards like this. I do like the new embossing folder. 

I would like to enter the Tic Tac Toe Challenge at the Winter Wonderland Challenge blog ,Challenge 29 at A Snowflakes Promise .Challenge 31 at Make My Monday , Challenge 141 at Dream Valley Challenges and Challenge 331 at Craft Your Passion Challenges. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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A Quick Christmas Card with an Angel

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope your week is going well. For those of you who missed the news that my husband has had his cast and stitches removed and now has a splint to wear. He has been signed off for five weeks and he will have to be assessed again before he can go back to work but the healing seems to be going well.

I bought this year's Sue Wilson Angel die I think she is beautiful and I hadn't used her which seemed a waste. So I set to to make a card. As you probably know things have been a bit hectic in our household and there hasn't been much time so this had to be a quick.

Everything I used for this card was designed by Sue Wilson of course I am a big fan. I used an A4 Embossing Folder, the Angel die, the Merry Christmas die and the Noble double pierced Rectangles. 

The Angel is beautiful

I have used this die a lot this year it has been very useful.

I might make a few more cards like this if I get time. 

I hope you have a good weekend and get done all the things that you are planning

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie