Proteas at Beccy's Place

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going? Today I am sharing the cards that I made with the Proteas Digital Image set from Beccy's Place. Here are the cards I made. I do love getting these flowers in a bouquet until now I didn't know what they were called. 

Today it is my turn at Beccy's Place Blog. 

I coloured the the images with my Faber Castell Coloured pencils. I do love a corner die and I used the Presscut Nested Oval dies as well. 

They were great images to colour. 

This is the Proteas Digital Image set it is available HERE. 

I do like making DL cards. I cut the images out with the Double Pierced Circle dies from Creative Expressions. 

I enjoyed making these cards. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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My very own Homegrown Sunflower

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How has your week been? I have been busy getting ready for the Open Studios event at the weekend. There have been quite a few things to sort out. Today I should be setting up ready for Saturday but that depends a bit on the weather. My hubby has taken the day off so he can help me. He did need to use up some of his leave. It's not like we can go anywhere. 

I love taking pictures of flowers I have done this for years. I don't usually do anything with the photos this year I decided to try them on cards. Here is my first effort. 

The backing paper was in my stash. The die I used for the corners is a  Spellbinders die. 

This is my own sunflower that I grew from seed. We went to a garden centre the day before they were closed and I bought some miniature sunflower seeds. They have been grown in pots on the patio. I hope to save some of the seeds to grow next year. The birds can have what is left. 

I am going to put this card into the sale along with some others with my photos on. I will let you know how I get on. I am not really expecting to sell very much.

I would like to enter the following challenges: 

The In the Garden Challenge at the Daring Cardmakers Challenge blog

The August Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Have a great day. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Moving Along With the Times (MAWTT) theme Wedding, Anniversary Engagement

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How is your week going? We were very successful with our fridge and freezer shopping and they are arriving later today. It is good to have that sorted out. We have been able to have a sort out in the kitchen as well.

The new challenge starts on the Moving Along with the Times challenge blog and the theme is Wedding, Anniversary or Engagement all about happy couples really.

It is too soon for me to share the wedding card I have made for our daughter and her fiance. I am sharing an anniversary card I made for some good friends.

I made a wedding card earlier in the year with a very similar design. I used the corner die from the French collection designed by Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions. 

I cut this frame with the Innsbruck die set from the Austrian collection by Sue Wilson. The sentiment was cut with a Signature die. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. I will let you know how we get on with the fridge and the freezer. 

I would like to enter challenge 39 at the Craft Rocket Challenge blog. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Elegant Wedding Card

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It is the last day of the half term holiday just the weekend to go now. We are heading off to Bristol later this morning.  We will be staying in the hotel we will be using for the wedding so that we can check things out. On Saturday we will be visiting the company who we are hiring the chairs from. It is going to be busy.

One of the ladies at work is getting married soon. It is only going to be a small affair but I wanted to make her a card. She showed me a picture of her dress and I used the colours as inspiration for this card.

I took an 8" x 8" card blank and trimmed it down to 7" x 7". I found two sheets of the pink card in my stash for the mats and layers. The paper came from a pad by Wild Rose Studios I am using these papers for our daughter's wedding. For the background detail I used the corner die from the French Collection Border Corner Tag die set by Creative Expressions. 

I cut the sentiment with the Expressions Ornate Oval On Your Special Day die set from Creative Expressions. I do cut these sorts of details from centre of the mats below to save card. 

I used a piece of matching paper and a Deep Punch around the page punch set to create the border. I added a plan square that I inked around the edge so I can write a message. 

I hope she likes this card. I isn't long till her wedding now they have only been planning it for a few weeks. 

I would like to enter the Just Words Challenge at the That's Crafty Challenge Blog , challenge 239 at the Brown Sugar Challenge blog and challenge 359 at the Crafty Catz Challenge blog. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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