Happy Easter

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

🐣Happy Easter🐣

I hope you have a lovely day. I know we can't be with the people that we love. We are safe at home and that is something to celebrate. Just think what it will be like when we can all meet up again. 

This card has  the same design as the condolence card I made a few weeks ago. Changing the colours made a big difference. 

This is the only Happy Easter die that I have it is from Creative Expressions. The Ivy was cut with the Ivy Spray dies from the John Next Door range. I love how you can place the ivy round an image. 

The cross die is from a Spellbinders set of dies. For the background I used the Heart Lattice embossing folder. 

I sent this card to our good friends. We are having video chats with them but it is not the same as being there with them. We have all got to do our bit. 

I hope that you have a great Easter. 

Stay safe and well. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Thinking of You in Mauve

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How has your week been? On Tuesday I didn't have a good day. I had lots of phone calls to make about my parents. I also received a call from the Care Company to say that we owed too much money.  I had just paid an invoice. Lastly I heard that my uncle had died the night before. My poor cousin lost her mum recently as well. I decided the least I could do would be to make a card.

This is a design I have made before. There is always room for improvement. Plus there are usually new goodies to use. I decided on mauve for the card. I embossed white card and coloured it with a Distress. Yes I still have them and I still use them. 

This is a Spellbinder's cross. The set has proved very useful over the years. 

Finally I added the Ivy Spray dies from the John Next Door range. They are so easy to use and they go round an object beautifully. I kept them white as they showed up nicely against the background. 

This card went in the post on Wednesday my cousin should have received it by now. I know some people don't make this type of card. I like to, as it gives me time to think and reflect on the people involved. I have also used this design for ordination cards. 

Today I am helping at a Felting Workshop. Tomorrow I am at an  Arm Knitting workshop before we dash off to Aldershot to see my in-laws. I wonder how long it will be before we have to stop doing things. 

Have a great weekend

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Snowdrop Lattice Sympathy Card.

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going? I hope everything is okay for you. My weeks seem to be rather busy I am not quite sure how it happens. Today I am off to make paper daffodils with a friend.  On Friday I will be helping at my first Felting Workshop for a while. The lady who runs them has become a Grandma again and unfortunately her father died recently.

I wanted to make her a card.

I used the Sandbox dies by John Next Door to make the lattice. 

I stamped the Snowdrop Element stamp with Memento ink so I could colour with Promarkers. The frame was cut with the Double Pierced Circle dies from Creative Expressions.

Another Creative Expressions die. 

This cross was cut with a Spellbinders die. 

This is what our daughter has been doing in America she has been a a convention called Katsucon, She makes some of the costumes herself but both of these are commissions. A group of them went and they are all sightseeing now before they return, 

They are making plans to go back next year. 

I hope this card brings some comfort. There is a big memorial service planned her father was a well respected man. 

I would like to enter challenge 353 at the I ❤ Promarkers Challenge blog ,the Spring Challenge at  Moo-Mania and More, challenge 368 at Penny's Paper- Crafty Challenge blog and challenge 213 at A Gem of a Challenge blog. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Celebrate

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope you are having a wonderful weekend. We popped up to see our daughter and her fiance about wedding invitations yesterday and today they are off to their venue for a food tasting. So wedding plans are moving along.

Today something exciting is happening the present leader and his wife is handing over to a new leader and his wife. We have got to know the new leaders quite well and I made them a card to celebrate this change. It will be a big difference  for church but a good one. The service for the handover will take place this morning.

I based this card on one I made for an ordination a while ago. I used Distress Ink on embossing to highlight the detail. I used the ivy die cuts to break up some of the lines. 

I made with with a die that I won at the Pixie's Snippets Playground a few weeks ago. The die is from IO (Impression Obsession) it is called Birthday Top Edgers there are two other dies in the set. 

 

I cut the Spellbinders cross die in gold and offset it with a brown one to give a shadow. 

We popped the card through their door yesterday I hope they like it. I it was actually harder writing the message than making the card I needed my husband did help me. Enjoy the rest of the weekend, We are planning a quiet day after church my husband has a bit of a cold. 

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie

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Goodbye Roy

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How has your week been?  There is a lot to do I am sure your agree. Yesterday  I went shopping with a list that said milk and 6 bottles of wine. That could only be at this time of year couldn't it.

Last month when we attended the funeral of our old friend we found out about another friend who had died the day before. Yesterday we went to his funeral. I made this card for the wife he left behind. Roy was very musical he played clarinet in some jazz bands and in the church worship group. That is how he and his wife met through his music. We met Roy when we were leading a small group at an Alpha course. The group turned into a nurture group and we met for about two years before the group disbanded. We did get to hear Roy play once in his band he was very good. The funeral was lovely his Jazz band played outside the church before the service and they played again at his funeral tea.

This is an 8" x 8" card. I used black on this card as I wanted it to have a musical theme and music notation is often black. I used a Visible Image stamp to create the music background. I used Perfect Medium and black, white and brown embossing powder for the heat embossing.  Once I had done the embossing I used Distress ink to colour the background. 

I used my new With Sympathy die by Sue Wilson. I wasn't expecting to use it again so soon. I teamed it with the Hannah die set also by Sue Wilson. I must admit to buying this die set simply because it has the same name as our daughter. This is the first time I have used it. I was rather taken with the hearts in the corners. I used some music backing paper from my stash behind the die. 

As we met Roy and his wife through church I put a small cross in the corner of the card. 

Here is Roy he was a lovely, talented man he will be missed. 

When we spoke to his wife at the funeral she mentioned how much she liked this card. I am going to try and meet her for a coffee sometime. We now have our own Costa in our town so we don't have to go far for a drink. 

Enjoy your weekend. We have plans I will let you know about them on Monday. 

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie

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Good Bye to an Old Friend

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I do hope that you have had a better week than me. I have been ill and yesterday we attended a funeral. We said goodbye to an old friend. He had been ill for a while. It was a lovely serene service, followed by a burial. We were so lucky that it wasn't raining.

This is the card I made to send to his wife when we first heard the news of his passing. We got to know them both through church so I wanted the card to have a cross on it.

This is an 8" x 8" card the paper for the background was in my stash. 

This is our friend in his back garden enjoying the sun. His hair went white overnight because of some treatment he was having. He was a very wise, gentle man and very good to talk to. He and my husband used to have great debates. 

The cross was cut with a Spellbinders die this is my favourite go to die from the set I have used it quite often. 

When I made my last sympathy card I felt the need for a With Sympathy sentiment die. I treated myself to the one designed by Sue Wilson. I cut it in brown and gold so I could create a shadow. 

The Exquisite Poppy dies were a very good investment. I love the flowers they make and and changing the colour adds to the variety.  

I hope that you have a wonderful weekend. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Good bye Eileen

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope that you are having a good week. Today we are saying a final goodbye to our good friend Eileen. Her funeral is this morning and is followed by a woodland burial in the afternoon. It is all so sad.

This is the card that I made for her family to let them know that we are thinking of them and to offer them support. These cards are never easy to make and I knew I didn't want to use black any where in the design. In fact we have been asked not to wear black at the funeral.

I remembered my cloud embossing folder so I used that for the background. 

The cross is a Spellbinders die this set has been useful over the the years. The ivy and the oval frame were created with dies designed by Sue Wilson. 

The sentiment was cut with some Britannia dies. 

Eileen had a few weeks treatment free before the end. The family made the most of this time they all visited some of her favourite places and people. They had these photos taken. The top one shows Eileen surrounded by her close family. 

Good bye Eileen you will be sadly missed. 

I do hope this card brought a little comfort. It was lovely to be told that receiving the Save the Date fridge magnet,  for our daughter's wedding, cheered Eileen up in those last few days. It was something to look forward to but was not to be. 

I would like to enter Challenge 299 at Penny's Paper-Crafting Challenge Blog, Challenge 333 at the Craft your Passion Challenge Blog and the Add a Sentiment Challenge at the Crafting by Designs Challenge Blog. 

Take care. 

Hugs Jackie

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Easter Card

Hi My crafty Blog Friends

How is you week going? I hope everything is okay for you. We are plodding along. Life is almost back to normal.

I actually thought of this design as I was walking to work this morning. Then there was a bit of a struggle to remember  when I got home.

This is quite a small card just 6" x 6". I am loving my Double Pierced Square dies. You will probably see them used on a lot of my cards from now on. It is so much quicker to use them than pierce around the mat with a piercing ruler. I did use lots of bits from my bits box to make this card. 

The flowers were cut with Daisy Cluster die set by Sue Wilson. The bigger die was cut in green and the flowers in pink. The cross was cut with a Spellbinder die in gold. You can just about see the bunnies I added by the sentiment. I want to make about 20 Easter cards I might make a version of this card.

Here is my stash from the Newbury Craft show. A lot of it comes from the goodie bags we were given on the way in.  I am going to share some of this with a couple of crafty friends. 

Quite a quick post from me today. There is lots to do. 

I would like to join in with Pixie's Snippets Playground Week 213.

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

Confirmation Card for a Girl

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How was your weekend? Some shocking things have unfolded in France.

I am sharing the second card I made for the Confirmation Service last Sunday. This one was for a girl.

I used the Peony Blossom Charisma die and matching CD images as the focus for this card. I love this combination of colours. I chose the colour of the layers to match the colours of the flowers. The top pale blue layer was embossed with the Sue Wilson Rows of Bows Pinpoint embossing folder. 

I cut a white oval for the centre of the card and embossed it with a small dotty embossing folder. The cross was cut with a Spellbinders die. I cut four of the images and arrange them around the oval. 

I cut the letters with some Tonic alphabet dies. I added Candi to the corners of the card. 

This was the same size as the card for the boy and the names were placed in the same place. The Vicar was pleased when I dropped the cards off on Friday. I wasn't at the service to see the Confirmation which was a shame I had rather a lot to do.  

I do hope that you have a good week. 

Happy crafting.

Hugs Jackie

Confirmation Card for a Boy

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

What can I say we are nearly at the weekend just one day to go? I have lots to do I expect you all have too.

I was asked to make cards for two young people who will be getting confirmed this coming Sunday. I did get a bit more notice than I usually get for my makes. I have finished the card for the boy so I can share that one with you today.

So what do you do for a boy? I decided to go with bold bright colours and an unfussy design. Of course there had to be a cross with it being a confirmation. I have had the cloud embossing folder for a while but I haven't used it much. The letters for the name were cut with some Tonic dies that I have. The bunting was cut with my Tattered Lace Flower Pot Shelf die. 

The cross was cut from gold mirror card, with a Spellbinders die, and backed with white card so I could raise it on foam pads. 

I will share the girl's card when I manage to get that finished, I have made at least made a start. I have a few outstanding commissions at the moment. I had better get a move on with them or they will be due before I know it. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

A Card for an Ordination

Hi My Blog Friends

I hope you are all well and that the weather is being kind to you. Right down here in the south we haven't  had any snow so far but it is wet.

The curate at our church asked me if I would make a card for her friend who is being ordained soon. This is the design I came up with, I must say she was very pleased with the result.

The background card was embossed at my friend's house as I still didn't have my Grand Calibur.

The cross is from a Spellbinders set and I cut it twice once in gold and once in brown and offset them slightly.

I embossed the mat  and added pearls made with CS Pearl PVA glue. I left this to dry before I assembled the rest of the card.

The ivy was cut with a Sue Wilson die. It is a two die set and I cut each die twice in cream and twice in gold and I offset the gold and the cream like I did with the cross.

I wasn't sure whether to add the Congratulations or not but as you can see I decide I would.

Look what eventually turned up this week. I haven't used it yet but I will be I have so missed the embossing. I pre-ordered it at the beginning of November I am very pleased it is here now.

So there you have it. I seem to be getting quite a few commissions at the moment. I even managed to sell my husband's Valentine's card - I am a bad wife. I will have to make him an even nicer one.

Enjoy the rest  of the week.

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie