Super Cute Christmas card

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How has your week been? We have had a relatively quiet week that has been nice. I heard the other day that there won't be any invigilating in November. To be honest I am quiet relieved I had no idea how they would make it safe for us and the students. My hubby, daughter and son-in-law are all still working from home. There is no news on a Moving Date for our daughter and son-in-law. I do hope they hear something soon. I want my spare room back. 

Every month I like to join in with the Rudolph Days Challenge it runs from the 25th until the end of the month. I have done this for a few years now. I do like to make Christmas cards all year round. 

The patterned papers I used were in my stash. 

This is an image from Di's Digi stamps it was free in the Kit and Clowder colouring ground a few weeks ago. The cute image was coloured with my Polychromo pencils. The image and the mats were cut with my Double Pierced Rectangles from Creative Expressions. 

That is another Christmas card for my stash. I now have about 90 Christmas cards. This year I am not sure how many I will need. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The September Rudolph Days Challenge 

Challenge 508 at Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge

Challenge 495 at Fab'n'Funky Challenges

Challenge 26 at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge 216 at the Crimbo Crackers Challenge blog

Challenge 79 at the Holly and the Ivy Christmas Challenge blog

The ABC Christmas Challenge S for Snowy

The September Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

The S for September Challenge at the Daring Card Makers Challenge blog

Week 38 at the Colour Crazy Challenge blog

Challenge 67 at Crafting Happiness Challenges

Have a great weekend. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Cute Hedgehogs posting a Christmas card in the Snow

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going? It was so wet and windy yesterday. We had a Eat Out to Help Out meal with our friends yesterday. We booked it early on and it was hard to get a booking. In the end we booked for a very late lunch. It was a very nice meal though. Today I am visiting the lady who is opening her house and garden as part of the Hampshire Open Studios event. She is allowing me to have a table of cards. We will sorting out the final details. 

I have been practising  my colouring again. I do like using my pencils and I find that I can colour much smaller images which in turn means the cards I make don't have to be so large. This is much better for postage. 

The backing paper came from my stash. I added a couple of snowflakes cut with Sue Wilson's dies. 

This image is from Di's Digis but it doesn't appear to be in the shop anymore. I coloured those cute Hedgehogs with my Faber-Castell Polychromo Colouing pencils. The mats and layers were cut with the Double Pierced Square dies from Creative Expressions. 

This is a a super cute card. I will save this one for my cousin and her partner as they both love seeing the hedgehogs in their garden. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The August Rudolph Days Challlenge

The Anything Goes Challenge 25th August at the Through the Craft Room Door (TTCRD) Challenge Blog

Challenge 41 at the Christmas with the Cuties Challenge blog

Week 33 at the Colour Crazy Craft Challenge blog

The August Challenge ar Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge blog

Challenge 504 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge 77 at the Holly and the Ivy Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge 25 at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog

Have a great day. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Crafty Catz Challenge Blog - Challenge 425 - Anything Goes with the optional twist of Think Summer Time

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors.

How has your week been? I have finally have  the go ahead to complete the table plan I am making for the wedding in Malta. Hopefully I will have everything completed soon.

Being Friday the new challenge starts on the Crafty Catz Challenge blog. The theme is Anything Goes with the optional twist of Think Summer Time. The fabulous sponsor is Di's Digi Store. This time the team used their own images.

Nothing says summer as much as strawberries. I have had the strawberry corner die for a while it came free with a magazine sometime back. This is the first time I have used it. 

Our sponsor is Di's Digi stamps. They have may wonderful images in their store. Click HERE to be taken there. 

The basket of strawberries is a free image from Beccy's Place. I created the background and the sentiment on the computer. 

Here you can see the detail of the die. It did take a while to do all the paper piecing. 

Writing this post I have just decided who to send this card to. I think he will appreciate it. 

I would like to enter the following challenges: 

Challenge 150 at the Creative Fingers Challenge blog

The July challenge at Beccy's Challenges 

Challenge 50 at the Crafty Addicts Challenge blog

Challenge 411 at the 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge blog

Challenge 214 at the Crafting from the Heart Challenge blog

Challenge 71 at the Crafting with Friends Challenge blog

The Anything Goes challenge starting 11th July at the Crafting by Designs Challenge blog

Challenge 304 at the QKR Stampede Challenge blog

Challenge 388 at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge blog

Have a great weekend. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Crafty Catz Challenge blog - Anything Goes with the optional twist of So Cute

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope you have had a good week. When this post goes live we will be on our way back from Glasgow. We have had a few days away to celebrate my birthday well you only turn 60 once. No longer being tied to school holidays is just brilliant. I will be back later and I will be able to catch up with everyone.

Being Friday the new challenge starts on the Crafty Catz Challenge blog. The theme is Anything Goes and the optional twist is So Cute the sponsor this time is Di's Digi Stamps. The Design Team used their own images for this challenge. The prize is $12 voucher to use in the store. We also have a Guest Design Team call for June. If you are interested just put GDT after your name when you enter the challenge. We are a very friendly bunch 🙂

I decide to make a simple card with an aperture for the image. I use a leaf embossing folder for the background. Just to warn you I have lots of scraps of this blue card left over from the wedding invitations I made recently so they will be featuring in lots of my makes. 

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

I decided to use one of Di's images that I already owned. This image is called Hedgehogs Bluebell Fun and it is available HERE.  I printed the image onto Neenah card and coloured it with my Promarkers. The frame I made with my matting basics rectangular dies from Spellbinders. 

Aren't these hedgehogs just so cute. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The May challenge at the Not Just Cards Challenge blog

Challenge 529 at the Cute Card Thursday Challenge blog

Week 19 at the Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge

The Challenge starting on the 10th May at the Seize the Birthday Challenge blog

Challenge 295 at the QKR Stampede Challenge blog

Challenge 358 at the I ❤ Promakers Challenge blog

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Under the Mistletoe Cute Hedgehogs

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends

How is your week going? When we got up yesterday we had a bit of a shock our daughter had been messaging us all night - never a good sign. Her husband was taken into hospital during the night and was still there in the morning. He eventually got onto a ward and he managed to get some rest. We went up to visit in the evening. Hopefully he will be able to come home today.

I have playing along with the Month of Christmas Cards Challenge at Beccy's Challenges.  I have really enjoyed it and I have won some credit to use in the store which I am really looking forward to using. This will be my last card for the challenge which I think finishes tomorrow.

My cousin has been rather poorly in fact she is being treated for Breast Cancer. She and her partner are very fond of the hedgehogs that visit their garden. So I thought I would make a special Christmas card for them with hedgehogs on it. I remembered that Di's Digi Stamps has lots of hedgehog images. I treated myself to a couple of images in the Black Friday sale there was 40% off Christmas images.

I found the holly paper in my stash which was handy. 

This image is called Hedgehogs Mistletoe Kiss and is available HERE.  It was printed onto Neenah card and coloured with my Promarkers. I have been trying to get better with my colouring. I am quite enjoying it now. 

This was cut with a Creative Expressions die. 

Yes I do like red and green and gold together for Christmas cards. I hope my cousin likes this. 

I would like to enter the Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Challenges, challenge 348 at the I Love Promarkers Challenge blog, challenge 45 at the Merry Christmas Challenge blog and the December Challenge at the Crafting By Designs Challenge blog. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Crafty Catz Challenge blog - Anything Goes with the optional challenge of using the colours Blue, Green and Brown

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends

Happy Friday the gateway to the weekend. I hope that you have something nice planned. The bunnies will be collected this weekend and then I can get their room really clean and then  it can become a store room again.

Today the new challenge starts on the Crafty Catz Challenge blog the theme is Anything Goes with the optional twist of using the colours Blue, Green and Brown. This was the theme of the very first challenge eight years ago. The sponsor this time is Di's Digi Stamps. The Design Team used their own images for this challenge.

I wanted to use the colours of the optional challenge. I started with a Kraft card blank and built up the layers with shades of blue, green and brown. 

There are lots of cute images in the store if you click on the logo you should be taken to the online store. 

The flower is the main stamp in the Birthday Blooms set from Stampin Up it was stamped onto water colour paper with archival ink and then coloured with Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. The outer die cut was made with the Umbria die from the Italian Collection. 

The tone of the card seemed right for a Thinking of You sentiment. 

I hope that you have a wonderful weekend. Take care. 

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

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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