Making Cards Magazine

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope you are having a good week. Things here are getting a bit manic to say the least. It is nearly the end of term and there is so much Christmas stuff to do and my eager helper is out of action.

Well this post is about the card I sent in to Making Cards Magazine after they made an appeal for Christmas cards on Facebook. I have only just been able to get hold of the December issue and I was very pleased with the photo of the card.

This is the card I sent in. I featured it on my blog on 7th November all the details are there. 

Here is the page of readers cards. 

I think this photo shows off the card well. 

I sent this card to my in-laws they have been very supportive of my card making. I do worry about giving easel cards to people ever since I found my uncle displaying one on its side. I shouldn't have worried my mother-in-law worked it out fine. 

I hope that you have a great weekend. Tomorrow we are heading off to Brighton with friends to see the Bootleg Beatles. I am really looking forward to it. 

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie

Unicorn Challenge Blog - Midway Motivation - Winter Time

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How is your week going? There is still so much to do. I expect you feel the same.

This is my midway motivation card for the Unicorn Challenge Blog the theme for this months challenge is Winter Time. This means not just Christmas makes but cards for winter birthdays and anniversarysin fact any winter celebration.

I do like making these pop-up box cards and people seem to like receiving them. There is a tutorial at the top of my blog for making these from A4 and A3 sheets. All the measurements are there so I won't bore you with the details here. I used the Dasher the Deer stamp set from Creative Expressions once they were stamped and coloured I cut them out with my ScanNcut. The antlers were removed from one to make her look more feminine. 

This shows the internal slats and where I placed the decorations. 

It is so neat that they pack flat for posting. 

I would like to enter the December Challenge at Through the Purple Haze , Challenge 12 at a Snowflake,s Promise , Challenge 10 at A Bit More Time to Craft , Christmas Animals Challenge at Cuttlebug Mania and Challenge 32 at the Crafting Musketeers Challenge Blog. 

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

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

Fantasy Stampers - Animal Antics

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

Happy Saturday. I have been so busy making samples for Tattered Lace it is nice to get back to a bit of stamping.

Today sees the start of a new challenge on the Fantasy Stampers Challenge Blog and the theme is Animal Antics.

I used two stamp sets from Creative Expressions: Dasher the Deer (Merry Christmas comes with this set) and Christmas Trees (the stars come with this set). This is a tiny 6" x 6" card. I started by cutting all the mats and layers. On the top white layer I used masks and inks to create the background. I also stamped the stars with Perfect Medium and heat embossed them with a silver powder. 

I stamped the trees and the deer onto some white card and I used my ScanNcut to cut them out. It does save so much time and does a much better job than I would. The deer were coloured with Promarkers and I removed the antlers from one to make her look more feminine. 

To finish off this card I used some Cosmic Shimmer White PVA glue around the edge of the scene and I covered it with Cosmic Shimmer Glitter Jewels Iced Snow and left it to dry. 

Well it is the start of half term for me I expecting to do lots of crafting. I have at least one more project to do for Tattered Lace.

If you come back to the Fantasy Stampers Challenge blog tomorrow the winners of the last challenge will be announced. 

 Have a great weekend. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

Dasher the Deer and a bag of .......

Hi Bloggers

I hope you are having a great weekend. I have actually got some time to craft having just had a week with no time at all. I am sure you are finding yourselves as busy as I am and I do appreciate it when you take time to visit my blog and leave comments.

I wanted to enter the challenge on the Crafting Musketeers Blog which this time is anything but a card. Well this certainly isn't a card.

This was an idea I saw on Pinterest and I decided that Dasher was a good candidate for this treatment. The chocolate raisins are giant ones as I thought this would look more effective.

Dasher was stamped with Black Archival and heat embossed with CS Clear embossing powder before  being coloured with Promarkers. The background paper, that I  made, was left over from another project. The snowy border was made with a Martha Stewart punch.

I am a bit funny about giving food to people without giving them all the information about it, you never know who might have allergies, and I wouldn't want to make anyone ill. As I was repackaging the raisins I cut the information from the pack and stuck it in the inside of the top piece so as not to spoil the design, but the information is still available. 

So there you have it Dasher the Deer and a bag of ...... I think this makes a fun and inexpensive gift. I will be making some more of these and Dasher is so cute you can't help but love him.

I hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

Dasher the Deer in a Forest

Hi Bloggers

I am sitting here in the lounge with the laptop on my lap on this cold dreary day. Today's card is a remake of one I made when I was on Sam Poole's Design team.

I started with the background and I inked some sky onto some pearlised card. Then I stamped some of the Christmas tree stamps onto the sky. I stamped some trees onto card and heat embossed them.

The snow was made by cutting some pearlised paper to fit and then tearing it to make the layers.

The branches were cut with a Sue Wilson die. 

The deer is called Dasher and he is one of Sam Poole's designs and sold by Creative Expressions. The Merry Christmas is another of her stamps I just made it into a sign. The snow detail was added with CS dries white PVA and this was covered by CS Diamond Sprinkles.

I will just show you the original card.

This is fine but I think I have improved the design it did help having a die to cut out the branches. Dasher is cute though, I do like using this stamp.

 I have added a link to my Pinterest gallery if you are interested. I hope the rest of the week is kind to you.

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie

Dasher the Deer in a Snow Storm

Good Morning Everyone.

Weren't Sam's show good on Saturday, she certainly looks blooming. Did you spot any of my cards? I did make rather a lot but then you always need a lot of cards at Christmas.

This is my latest offering for Sam's Design team  a Shaker card and I am very pleased with how it turned out. I have used exclusively Sam's stamps to create this card.On the Creative Studios by Sam Poole site there is a full description of how to make this card.

Enjoy the rest of the week. Thanks for looking. Hugs Jackie

Click here to find the instructions and to visit the shop.

Dasher the Deer in a Pop -up box

Hi Everyone

I hope you are enjoying the slight change in the weather. My poor garden has been crying out for the rain, personally I hope we see a bit more sun.

Today I am sharing my latest Design team post for Creative Studios by Sam Poole. I have never made a pop-up box card before and I was pleasantly pleased with how this one turned out. There are lots of online tutorials for how to create one of these I choose one that was easy to follow and used that.

There is lots of matting and layering to do on all the side panels. I used up lots of fiddly little bits of card that had been laying around for a while in my crafty stash. All the stamps I used: the stars, the trees and the Merry Christmas are all part of Sam's new range of Christmas stamps.

This is the detail on two of the side panels.

This show the slats that hold everything in place. I put the snowflakes (that had been cut with Spellbinder dies) onto acetate to hold them in place. I used a very strong wet glue and I left it to dry over night. 

Here is Dasher he was coloured by Promakers. I did reinforce his antlers with some card behind them.

 Finally this is the card folded isn't it brilliant that they fold flat. Next time I will make sure my snowflakes don't extend outside the folded box as this will make it easier to put in an envelope. Also I wouldn't score the back panel so that it makes a better backdrop for the card.

Thank you for looking. 

Hugs Jackie

Click on the logo to visit Sam's Shop all the stamps are available there.