Carlin's Card Paradise - Challenge #39 Guest Designer - theme "It Flys"

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How was your weekend? We had a quiet one. On Saturday we had a lovely walk around Cams Bay near Fareham in Hampshire. We hadn't been on a long walk for ages.  The route was mostly by the water. It did make a nice change. In the afternoon we spent time in the garden. There was a lot of tidying up to do. On Sunday we met friends for Sunday lunch at our local garden centre. They do a good roast there. It was nice doing some normal things after a week of sorting out care for our parents. 

A little while ago I won one of the challenges at Carlin's Card Paradise and I was asked to be a guest designer for challenge #39.  The theme is "It Flys". Here is my card. 

As you know I have been struggling to craft. To make this card I got out all my John Next Door dies and my Clarity Designer paper. The frame came from the Forest Frame die set. I used a Clarity sticker for the sentiment. 

It was an honour to be asked to be a Guest Designer. I am pleased that I found time to make a card. Click on the logo and you will be taken to the challenge blog. 

I do like to get my older dies out from time to time. All the dies I used are John Next Door dies and all the papers apart from the white frame are Clarity Designer papers. I added gems for a bit of bling. 

This will be another card for my stash. I need to get back to making Christmas cards. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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A Little Note

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How is your week going? This a a quiet week for us. Later I will be colouring along with Barbara Gray. She has cut her sessions down to three times a week. I must admit this helps a lot as I was getting behind with things I should be doing. I really appreciate those sessions though and I can't believe what I have learnt. 

Way back at the beginning of lockdown I joined the Clarity Stamp die of the month subscription. I have been very pleased with the dies I have received. I made this card with the last month's die. 

In the background I have used one of the Clarity Designer papers. I am not good with the names I have a few pads of the papers and I usually hunt through until I find a colour combination that is right for my project. 

This is what the die looks like when is it cut. I did make a drop shadow for each die cut. The seed heads round about were snipped from the frame. I do like playing around with dies to get different effect.  

This was cut from a sentiment die from one of the other months. 

I was rather pleased with this design I do love that die it is gorgeous. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

 Anything Goes Challenge Sept 22nd at the Through the Craft Room Door (TTCRD) Challenge Blog

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Father's Day card for my lovely Hubby

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I hope you had a good weekend. We saw a lot of family all outside, at a safe distance and at . Now things are back to our weekly normality. Hubby working at home and me doodling. I am going for a coffee in the garden with friends later on. 

Since I have been doodling and colouring with Barbara Gray I have joined the monthly Clarity Die club. I used the die I received last month to make this card. I also used some of the Clarity Design papers. 

This is a Signature die. I think I use it every Father's Day. I am still making three cards each time. 

This is quite a dramatic card. I know my hubby liked it. I was really hoping to draw something for him but I ended up not having any time. I do think this die has lots of potential. I will have to have another play sometime. 

I hope that you have a good week. 

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Moving Along with the Times (MAWTT) Challenge blog. - Theme Black and White Only

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How is your week going? I hope you are having a good one. Today is my birthday. My husband has taken the day off work. The plan is to get down to Gun Wharf Quays in Portsmouth. We can do a bit of shopping, have a nice meal and check out the cinema. It should be a nice day. I hope the weather stays nice for us.

Today the new challenge starts at the Moving Along with the Times (MAWTT) Challenge blog. The theme that has been chosen is Black and White Only.

When I had a crafty day with my friend a while back she was showing me how to used the waste from the Clarity Stamps Fresh Cut Dies. I came home and I looked at the Fresh Cut dies that I had and I realised that I could do the same.  I did find the backing paper on my computer. 

Why not join in with our challenge? Click on the logo and you will be taken there. 

So this card is made from the waste from the Deer Heart Aperture Die set. I used a Double sided sticky sheet to keep the bits in place. I do wish I that I had a finer black glitter. This was used to cover the sticky sheet. I used the Nested Hearts Die Set to cut out the image and to make a mat. 

This is a John Next Door die. I do like a small sentiment. 

This is the card made with the original die cut. The patterned paper was in my stash. 

It didn't seem right not to share both cards. I just think it is so great that you can use the waste from a die like this. 

I would like enter the following challenges:

The May Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Challenge 436 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Distress Oxides Easter Cards

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How is your week going? I so glad that the snow has gone and that it is a little warmer.

I am in a few groups on Facebook and I saw some cards made with a technique using Distress Oxides. My first thought was I won't be able to do that. Anyway I visited the blog in question and there was a link to a video tutorial. So I had a look and I thought yes that is achievable. So I had a go with what I had in my stash.

 I cut some Neenah card stock to the size I required.  Then with my stamp press I stamped the daffodils with Perfect Medium and heat embossed them with a white powder. With three shades of Distress Oxides I inked the paper with some cut and dry foam starting with the darker colour and working in to the lighter colour. 

I buffed the ink off of the white embossing. Then I took a paintbrush and some water and I lifted the colour from the daffodil as I went I dabbed with kitchen towel. I put some yellow  Distress Oxide on my mat and added water I used this to paint over the daffodils. 

The Happy Easter is a Clarity Stamp and it was heat embossed with a gold powder. 

Here is the video that I saw on my friends blog. I found it very  useful.  I didn't realise how easy it is to put videos on your blog post. 

Here are all the cards together. I think I have enough Easter cards now. This was a a fun technique it was good to get the inks and stamps out again. These cards are nice and flat for posting.

I would like to enter the Easter Challenge at Moo - Mania and More ,Challenge 12 at the Craftaholics R Us Challenge blog , challenge 372 at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge blog and challenge 139 at the Creative Moments Challenge blog. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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The Wedding Card I made for our Daughter and her new Husband.

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The wedding is well and truly over. I have been very slow about getting the house sorted. We have managed to make ourselves very busy we were worried about feeling a bit flat after the wedding but that hasn't really happened. I will have a few days when I finish work to get some things sorted before we go on holiday.

I made a lot of things for the wedding and of course I made them a card as well.

As I had made things for the wedding I was able to use papers and elements from other makes for their card. 

This is the top of the card. 

The birdcage is an Apple Blossom die and the birds and branches are Sizzix dies. 

This is the lower part of the easel. 

These lovebirds were used on the invitations. 

This is the happy couple just after they had been married. You can see the things I made: the trees, the bouquet, the buttonhole and the little display for the table. This photo was taken by Chris Carter of Super Effective Photography. 

They had a lovely display, in their room at the hotel , of cards they had received. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Fantasy Stampers - Watch the Birdie

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The weekend is here! Our daughter is staying wedding planning will ensue.

Well today a new challenge starts on the Fantasy Stampers Challenge Blog and the new theme is Watch the Birdie. This is a good theme and it could include Christmas cards which I know I and many others are  very keen to make at the moment. Christmas will be here before we know it.

I created the background  for this card with Pixie powders on water colour card. 

This is the House Martin stamp from Clarity stamps. The birds were stamped with Black Archival onto water colour card and then coloured with my black Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen. I used a brush and some water to draw out the colour. The birds were cut out by hand. 

This is a Visible Image stamp just stamped in black straight on to the background.  

I did enjoy making this card. Why not have a go at our challenge. 

I would like to entet the House of Cards September Challenge and Challenge 43 at the Clarity Challenge blog and Challenge 28 at the A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge blog. 

Enjoy your weekend.

Take care.

Hugs Jackie

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Happy Easter - Daffodil

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I hope you had a great weekend. The weather was certainly nice and I even ventured out without my coat for the first time in ages. Despite me having a cold we did all the things we were planning. We had a very nice meal on Sunday with the Bride and Groom, I have been making bits for, and our daughter and her fiancé. There was time to talk about the last few bits and pieces we need to make for the wedding that is less than two weeks away.

I am  up to date and I have all my Easter cards made. This is the last one to share with you.

This is just a 6" x 6" card. I wanted to use my Heartfelt creations Daffy Daffodils stamp set. Also I saw a card using the Spellbinders label dies and I remembered they were in my stash so I wanted to use them too.  The background was created with one of the stamps from the set stamped with CS Perfect Medium and the heat embossed with a clear sparkly embossing powder. Then I inked over the mat with yellow and green shades of Distress Ink. 

I stamped the daffodil in brown ink and heat embossed it with a clear powder then I coloured it with my Promarkers. 

This is a Clarity Stamp sentiment.

It isn't long till Easter now that is the weekend of the wedding so we are going to be very busy. 

I would like to enter challenge #35 at the Crafting Musketeers Challenge Blog  and challenge 317 at the My Time to Craft Challenge Blog. 

Have a great week. 

Happy Crafting.

Hugs Jackie

Wedding Hearts

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I hope you have had a great weekend. We went to Reading for our one night away which seemed rather silly but it worked out really well. We did some shopping, met our daughter and her fiancé, we had a nice meal together and saw a film. Then we split up and they did some more shopping and we came back to the hotel. Then today we had a leisurely morning before heading off to see both sets of parents and now we are home.

The card I am sharing today is one I was asked to make by a colleague at work for friends of hers who are getting married soon.

She saw a card on my blog with lots of hearts on it and she wanted a similar design but using the colours of the wedding: black, white and pink. She also wanted the words in the middle. I used my Sue Wilson Heart of Heart dies to make the hearts and the mats. I embossed the surrounding hearts with the Heart Lattice embossing folder. 

I typed the words on the computer and cut them out with the heart die. 

In this shot your can see a bit of the background. On the white mat I stamped the Clarity Stamp "All You Need is Love" stamp in CS Perfect Medium and the heat embossed it in white before inking round the edges. The black in the design was cut with a Tonic die I can't remember the name. The ribbon added a splash of darker pink.  

My colleague was very pleased with this card. 

I would like to enter Pixie's Snippets Playground - Week 219. 

Have a great week.  

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

Fantasy Stampers - Just One Layer

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I hope you are having a great weekend. As you see this we will be on our way to the airport to fly to Iceland for a few days. I am not planning to be in touch while I away as it seems a bit remote and I am not sure the hotel has WiFi.

There is a new challenge on the Fantasy Stampers Challenge Blog and the theme is " Just One Layer". I do find this type of card rather difficult you all know how much I love my mats and layers. I also have mucky fingers.

I promise this is just one layer. I made my own mask so that I could ink (with a brush) the centre square and the border. I also used a post-it note circle to mask where the moon was going to be. It took me a few goes to get this in the right place. 

This is the Silhouette Owl and Hedgehog  stamp from LC Designs it was stamped in black and heat embossed with a sparkly black powder.  

The sentiment is from Clarity stamps. 

There you have it just one layer. The challenge will last for two weeks. If you check back tomorrow the winners of the last challenge will be posted. 

I will catch up with everyone when we get back. I am sure I will have some photos to share. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

Fantasy Stampers - Love is in the Air

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I hope you are having a good weekend. I am off to a charity craft event today and lunch is included -how good is that. My husband is off to visit his parents. It is so hard fitting everything in.

Today sees the start of a new challenge on the Fantasy Stampers Challenge blog and the theme is Love is in the Air. Just in time for all those Valentine's makes.

I played around with this design quite a bit. 

I used the Lovebirds stamp from Clarity Stamps I stamped in black and coloured with my Promarkers. I have just bought a Sue Wilson heart die and the best bit is it comes with a die to cut a mat. 

I used another Clarity Stamp - All You Need is Love and I stamped it and heat embossed some in white and some in gold. I cut them out with the same die set. 

I hope that you have a wonderful weekend. The winners will be announced tomorrow on the Fantasy Stampers Challenge blog. 

I would like to enter the Valentine Challenge at the Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

Fantasy Stampers - CAS Christmas

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

The weekend is here. There is so much to do and it is all so much harder with a poorly husband. I do hope you get done all the things that you need to do.

The time has come for the last Fantasy Stampers Challenge of the year and the theme is CAS (Clean and Simple) Christmas.

Here is my card I used the Holly Bells stamp from Clarity Stamps and the sentiment was from there as well. 

I stamped with Perfect Medium and heat embossed it with a sparkly black powder. Finally I coloured with my Promarkers. 

I hope you have a great weekend. The winners of the last challenge will be posted tomorrow. 

I would like to join in with challenge 340 on the Allsorts Challenge Blog. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie