Release Day of the Regal Alphabet and the Cosmo Flowers and Leaves

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How is your weekend going? There has been some lovely weather and we are enjoying our garden. Our Magnolia looks amazing this year. 

Well here is another blog post from me. I made quite a few bits with these new dies. 

The grid die doesn't have an outer border so you can make the border any size you want. I cut the Cosmo flowers from some Clarity Designer paper. I mostly used Linen card for the rest of the card. There are some gorgeous colours. When we visit my in-laws the Art of Craft shop is just down the road from them. The Crafts-Too warehouse is next door and I have been there too. 

Here is our tree and our washing. 

Some of the flowers.

The inspiration for this card came because my lovely Mother-in-law is very poorly. It would be so nice to send her a card like this. With an Alphabet it is so easy to personalise cards and other makes. 

Happy Crafting

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Barn Owl and Poppies Birthday Card

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How is your week going? I can't believe this is the first time I have posted in March. I have been  making things that I can share later on. I need to have a good think about how to proceed with blogging. I will get back to you on that. 

I have made a simple birthday card for my lovely Uncle who will be 88 this year. He lives with my cousin and her family in Suffolk so we haven't seen them much. Hopefully this year. 

This adorable Barn Owl was on the packaging of a Pollyanna Pickering set of images. I do love this image, I did have a puzzle of it some time ago. The poppy paper and the Designer paper were in my stash. I am having  a bit of a sort out. There are lots of things I don't think I will use again. The sentiment was cut with some of the Stencil Sentiments dies from the John Next Door range. 

Enjoy the rest of the week and the weekend. I am not sure when I will be back. 

Happy Crafting

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Best Wishes from a Cute Elephant

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How is your week going? We saw all our parents yesterday. My parents seem very happy with the two carers that they now live with them. I am sure it is better for them to be in their own home. My husband's parents are just starting out on the care journey. I think they will be needing more help soon. The Art of Craft shop is just down the road from my in-laws. We popped in yesterday between visits. I was a bit naughty and I treated myself to some goodies. 

Here is a card I made with the last of the images from the Chute Digital Image Set from Beccy's Place. I had coloured the image but I ran out of time to make it into a card for the deadline for sending it to Beccy. 

For the background I used some strips of leftover Designer paper from Claritystamp. The sentiment was cut into the paper with my Stencil Sentiments die set from the John Next Door range. 

This is the cute elephant from the Chute Digital Image Set from Beccy's Place which is available HERE. He was coloured with my Faber Castell Polychromo colouring pencils. 

This is another cute little card for my stash. 

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Happy First Wedding Anniversary

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How is your week going? We have both been invigilating this week. I have worked two full days so far  and I am now on my own with groups of pupils in rooms. All the pupils I have dealt with have been delightful. There is some extra responsibility so I have found it rather tiring. Of course there has been no time to craft. My hubby has just started with the invigilating and hasn't been given as many slots as me. He has picked up a few extra sessions along the way. Tomorrow I am helping at a Felting Workshop. Quite a busy week so far. 

At the weekend we attended the reception to a wedding that happened a year ago that we watched online. We all know what the restrictions have met to lots of people. We stayed overnight after the party. On the day after we were able to visit the grounds at Cliveden National Trust. We were very lucky with the weather. 

Here is the card I made for the happy couple. 

In the background I used Claritystamp Designer paper. The sentiment was added with one of the sentiments from the Claritystamp Word sticker collection. 

This is a Crafter's Companion die I have had it for a while it is called Rustic Wedding - Just Married. The die was cut in white and a copper card to make a shadow. 

Here are the happy couple they were photographed at the reception. 

It was a good party. We all took tests before we went and so far no one has caught anything. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

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

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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

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Madonna with Child for Christmas

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How has your week been? We have a a trip to meet up with  my sister to discuss family matters. The trouble is in the end she wasn't well enough to join us. So instead we saw some nice National Trust properties and had some lovely walks in the woods. It is good to be home now. 

Here is another Christmas card. I am very behind on my Christmas card making this year. I have made a lot of Christmas cards but most of them have gone off as samples. 

On this card I used two types of Claritystamp Designer paper. The die is the Madonna Window Aperture Clarity Freshcut die. This is a good die for paper piecing. For the wording I used the Christmas Words Stickers from Claritystamp. 

I was very pleased with how this card worked out. I might just make a few more of them. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge #552 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge

Challenge #99 at the Holly and the Ivy Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge #36 at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog

Have a good weekend. 

Happy crafting

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Happy 70th Birthday card and cake topper

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How is your week going? We seem to be getting busier. Yesterday we went to the theatre to see Educating Rita. It was so nice to go to the theatre again. We are going out for the day today too.  I do hope we haven't come out of lockdown too soon. 

Our good friend was 70 yesterday. Here is the card and cake topper I made for him. 

I used Claritystamp designer paper in the background. The number , letter and word dies are all from the John Next Door range. 

I kept this card for so long. I just love the image and it works well with the jigsaw die. The die came free with a magazine some time ago. 

I made one of these before. It is double sided. 

Here is the topper on the fabulous cake my friend made. 

I think it is rather obvious what our friend's hobby is. 

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Monochrome Cat

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How was your week? Today we are off to the National Trust Property, Mottisfont. It is one of the ones that is closest to where we live. It is a nice property to visit and the grounds are nice. We are meeting our daughter and son-in-law and his parents. It will be a small celebration to mark our daughter and son-in-law's wedding anniversary which was the day before. Where did those four years go?

I was going through my stash of old cards and I came across this lovely image of a cat. I just had to make it into a card. 

Where I struggled was finding some paper that would suit. I did want to make a monochrome card. In the end I went for some Claritystamp Designer paper. 

This is just such a lovely image of a cat. 

I have an idea of who might be the recipient of this card. 

Have a good weekend. 

Happy Crafting

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Claritystamp inspired Birthday Card

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How is your week going? We went to the theatre yesterday. We saw the Murder Mystery Looking Good Dead. It was so nice to be back in the theatre again. The performance was a socially distanced event. Today I have a crafty friend coming and we are going to make a special card for her daughter's birthday. There are definitely more things going on. 

I have been busy making bits and bobs that I can't share yet. I was looking back through my files and I came across this card that I made for my cousin. 

I took inspiration from the design sheet that came with the club die. As I just treated myself to the Presscut Stitch-Dot nested circle dies this design worked well. I had wanted some nested oval dies for a while. I did some paper piecing and I added glitter. 

Have a great day. 

Happy Crafting

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Groovi 70th Birthday Card

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How was your weekend? We had a quiet  one. Just doing jobs around the house and garden as well as dodging the showers.

Sometimes friends ask me to make cards for them to give to their friends and this is one of them. 

I used Clarity Designer paper. 

I used some Groovi grids to create this panel. I used one of the punches to mount the parchment. 

I haven't done any Groovi work for a while. I ought to have another practice. 

Have a good week. 

Happy crafting

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Wedding Card for a few People to Sign.

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How is your week going? I can't believe we have got to the end of June. I am still busy making things that I can't share yet. Later today I am getting my hair cut. I am so looking forward to that. 

Here is a wedding card I made for the lady who is in charge of invigilating at our local secondary school. She and her now hubby got married last weekend. When we invigilators found out we decided on a joint card and a joint present. Of course I offered to make the card. 

This is an 8" x 8" card as it had to be signed by a few people. For the background I used one of the Claritystamp Designer papers. I edged the card with one of the Firth park tags. I cut two and cut them in half. 

This is the Firth Park Frame die set. I did thread a ribbon through it. The sentiment was cut with the Stencil sentiment die set. The hearts were the waste from another die. To be honest was going to share this card a few weeks ago and then I realised that I had used a die that hadn't been released yet. 

I made up the Prewinkle flowers and I added a pearl to the centre of each. I used twigs and foliage dies to go with the flowers. I did make a box to put the card in. 

I know the lady in question loved this card. I do hope the wedding went well for her. She did seem rather stressed about it all as they had to make lots of changes to their plans when we didn't come out of lockdown. 

I will be back tomorrow with another card. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

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Diamond Point Birthday Card

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How was your weekend? We had a busy day on Saturday and a more chilled day on Sunday. We did manage to get our for a walk before the rain started. Then there was time to craft. This week is going to be busy too. On Thursday we are due to get our second vaccine. I hope we don't get any reactions this time. 

I have been seeing lots of Diamond Point cards around Facebook. Well being me I had to have a go. John Lockwood did demonstrate this style of card on the Craft Store when he was demonstrating the limited edition kit earlier in the month. 

This one was made with all Claritystamp products including the card blank. There are tutorials for this style of card if you check on the internet. I used one of my Designer paper pads. 

The flower square was a club die with a different sentiment. In one of the Claritystamp  offers I treated myself to some corner dies that came with other sentiments one of which was Happy Birthday. 

I made this one for my crafty friend's birthday. As it could be hand delivered the care could be a little bigger. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge #149 at the Make My Monday Challenge blog

Have a good week. 

Happy Crafting

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Left over Designer Paper Thank You Card

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How was your weekend? We had a quiet one. The weather was good for crafting. We did get out for a couple of walks between the showers and we did a little gardening. Today restrictions are lifted a bit more. We won't be rushing to do anything. There is plenty of time. It does mean that the walking group my husband attends on a Monday won't have to restrict their numbers to six. 

When you have a birthday you need thank you cards. So on Sunday when it was raining and that is what I was doing. I managed to make seven. I was trying out the Diamond Point card design. I did make a few which I will share with you later.  I was left with lots of off cuts. So being me they just had to be made into card. 

Apart from the Glitter card just about everything in this card was made from left over bits and pieces. The background was made with bits of Claritystamp Designer papers laid over each other. All the papers I used were from the Antarctica pad.  

This is one of the Claritystamp club dies. I have used if for thank you cards  before. I like it a lot. 

That's the cards made now they need writing and some will be posted and some will be hand delivered. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge 403

Have a good week. 

Happy Crafting

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What do you do with your leftover Designer Paper?

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How has your weekend been? Some people are lucky and have an extra bank holiday day off today. Being retired this doesn't make so much difference to us. Though we are probably less likely to go out as things will be busier. We had a nice time on Saturday visiting our daughter and meeting their dog again. This visit was more successful and the dog didn't bark at us once. Next weekend they will be visiting us as it will be my birthday. I do hope the weather is good. 

I have been using the Claritystamp Designer Paper in a lot of my cards lately and this means that there are bits and pieces of the paper leftover. The paper is far to good to waste so this is what I came up with. 

Can you see all the different papers I used to make the background. I think it looks a bit like a quilt. 

This is one of the Claritystamp club dies I received last year. I am working my way through my club dies to make sure that I use them. All the black card came from my stash of bits and bobs. 

I still have some bits and pieces of Designer paper left I might have another go at this design. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Pixies's Snippets Playground - Challenge 402 - Ruby's Memory 

Have a good week

Happy Crafting

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Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #87 - Anything Goes - Sponsor Morgan's Artworld

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This is unusual for me posting on a Saturday. Well it is the first of the month and the new challenge has started at the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge blog. The theme is the ever popular Anything Goes and the sponsor this time is Morgan's Artworld. 

I did colour the image first. Then I found some Clarity Designer Paper that went with my colouring very well. I surrounded the image with Leafy Flourish die from the John Next Door range. I made flower with his Cornflower die. 

There are many fabulous images in the store click on the logo and you will be taken there. 

This image is called Pigs 1 and it is available HERE.  I printed the image onto Neenah cardstock and I coloured it with my Faber Castell Polychromo colouring pencils. I made a frame with the Double Pierced Rectangles from Creative Expressions. 

There you have it my card. We have some friends who have a farm I might send it to one of them. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 168 at the  Dies R Us Challenge blog

Challenge 50 at the 2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge Blog

Challenge 50 at the Crafty Animals Challenge Blog

The May Challenge at the Colour It, Create It, Show It Off Challenge Blog

A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge for May 2021

Challenge 5 at Morgan's ArtWorld Challenge Blog

Enjoy your weekend.

Happy Crafting

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Ivy Fresh Cut die and Designer Paper from Claritystamp

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How has your week been? The weather has been lovely down here in the south. We have had coffee outside with friends we even had breakfast outside our very good friends. We have also been on some cracking walks. On Wednesday our church had an outside prayer meeting. The best bit was that we were able to sing together. Everyone was socially distanced. It did get a bit chilly though. 

I have been working my way through my Claritystamp club dies. I don't like having things that I don't use. Here is what I made this time. 

I like this die and the design of this card is like the one on the design sheet that came with the die. I used some Antarctica Design Paper to set off the die. 

I cut a square of black paper for the die. As with many Clarity dies it is an Aperture die. This means that you can have the border any size you like. 

This will be another card for the Hampshire Open Studios event in the summer. I have been working on a few commissions so it is nice to make something for myself once in a while. 

I think John Lockwood is on telly again on Sunday. I don't know when I can share what I have made but when I get the go ahead I will. 

Have a good weekend. 

Happy Crafting

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