House Number Frame and a New Home Card

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How has your week been? I have done a little invigilating. I did more that I expected. We actually invigilated a proper external exam on Wednesday. The rest of the time was spent supervising pupils catching up on the Mock exams they had missed in the previous two weeks. It is so nice that I have a day off today. I am looking forward to the joining in with the  Shac Shack and to doing some crafting. 

Our daughter and son-in-law moved last month. When they had their first house I made them a frame with their house number in it. Before they moved this time I was given the frame back and asked to make a new number. They wanted to keep the old number in the frame behind the new number. I thought this was a lovely idea. 

Sorry for the glare on the glass. In the background is some of the paper that I used to make flowers  for their wedding. There is a hill opposite their house with a wood on the brow of the hill. They have seen deer over there as well. I used a John Next Door die to create that part of the scene. You know they have three bunnies that we looked after. The dog is a wish they would like to have a dog. The numbers were cut with a selection of dies in my stash. 

Here is the New Home Card I made for them. This doodle is based on one of the doodles we did in Barbara Gray's Shac Shack. I missed a trick I should have drawn the actual house. This one isn't far off I have had another go for their Christmas Card. I do so love doodling. I would also like to buy them a wooden bird table for their garden. There are just so many birds round where they live now. 

Have a good weekend. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog - February Challenge - Anything Goes

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I hope you have had a good week and are ready for the weekend ahead. Today I am helping at a Felting Workshop we will be making pots. I just love making 3d objects with felt. On Sunday we might be able to meet our great niece for the first time. I do hope it works out, it would be lovely to see her while she is still a baby, they grow up so fast.

This the first of two posts from me today. I am only on four design teams and for the next two months two of them go live on the same day.

The new challenge starts today at the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge blog the theme is Anything Goes and this time the sponsor is the fabulous Morgan's Artworld. The Design Team had some fabulous images to use this time.

So this started life as a tatty pine frame from a charity shop. I started off with a couple of coats of Gesso and then I mixed some acrylic paint to cover the Gesso. 

There are many wonderful images in the shop which is run through a Facebook page. Click on the logo and you will be taken there. 

The prize is the three fabulous images the Design Team used as showcased here. 

I used Cameo 14 she is available HERE.   She was printed onto Neenah Card Stock and coloured with Promarkers. I cut the image out by hand. The background came from the back of my Crafter's Companion Advent Calendar. She is behind glass in the frame. 

I used the Ivy Spray and the Small Butterflies dies sets from John Next Door to decorate the frame once the paint was dry. 

This is the frame hanging on the wall in our lounge. It does look very good on the wall. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 376 at the I ❤ Promarkers Challenge blog

The week of 29th January at the TTCRD challenge blog

Challenge 2 at Morgan's Artworld Open Challenge 

Challenge 31 at the Love to Craft Challenge blog

Challenge 79 at the Crafting with Friends Challenge blog

Challenge 4 at the Colour Crazy Challenge blog

The February Challenge at the Color it Create it Show it Off Challenge blog

Challenge 85 at the A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge blog

Challenge 2 at the Perfect Time to Craft Challenge blog

Have a great weekend

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Winter Wonderland - Arctic or Antarctic Animals

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitor

How has your week been? I hope you have something nice planned for the weekend. Tonight we are going to see a Dad's Army radio show at our very small local theatre. We have four trips there booked this term. It is so nice having a theatre you can walk to. The rest of the weekend will be spent sorting out jobs around the house and maybe a bit of Christmas shopping.

Today the new challenge starts on the Winter Wonderland Challenge blog and the theme is Arctic or Antarctic animals and the sponsor is SheepSki Designs. 

I made a frame for the image with the Double Pierced Rectangles from Creative Expressions. I used two die cuts at the side that I received with a prize so I don't know which die created them. 

There are lots of cool images in the store click on the logo and you will be taken there. 

This image is called Cool Couple and it is available HERE.  I printed onto Neenah card and coloured with my Promarkers. This is the first image I have coloured for ages. I even coloured the background. I coloured and cut out the penguins and the moon so they they could be mounted on foam. 

I do love this sentiment die from John Next Door. I am using it a lot on my Christmas cards. 

I think I know just who to give this card too. 

Have a great weekend.

I would liked to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 38 at the Holly and the Ivy Challenge blog

Challenge 169 at the Crimbo Crackers Challenge blog

Challenge 406 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge 486 at the CRAFT Challenge blog

Challenge 19 at the 2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge blog

Challenge 10 at the Crafter's Castle Challenge blog

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Moving Along with the Times (MAWTT) - Anything but a Card

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends

How is your week going. I hope keeping on top of all that you need to do. There always seems so much at this time of year. Tomorrow we are off to Brighton to see the Bootleg Beatles in their Christmas concert. This will be the third year we have done this it is such good fun.

The new challenge starts on the Moving Along with the Times (MAWTT) challenge blog and both teams have joined together for this one. It runs until Wednesday 3rd January 2018 at 6 pm.  This challenge is a bit different  we would like to see  Anything BUT a Card so let your  imagination run away with you.

A Box, Bag, Frame, Knitting, Crochet, Book etc. etc. etc.

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 There are some wonderful prizes on offer  for  randomly chosen entrants providing they fit the theme.

You will have one week to email me once the winners have been announced.

You know when you go to a store and you see something and you know you can make it. Well this is how this frame started I was in a shop with our daughter, it was actually the day of her husband's stag do, she spotted a frame like this and I uttered the immortal phrase. So then I had to follow through. 

I bought the frame first it came from the Range and was the colour our daughter wanted for the house. I made the background with Pixie Powders and Brushos. I used masks to create the clouds I cut them with some dies I have. I didn't want hard edges on the clouds so I removed the masks and spritzed again with water. 

I cut a sheep's body and covered it with Pom Poms. I used gel glue and I laid a book on them to hold them in place. The legs were cut with palm tree die from the Crafter's Companion Nativity die set. That is where the grass came from too. 

I have a few Alphabet die sets this one is by Tonic it seemed to be about the right size for the project.

Our daughter and her husband liked the frame which is good it doesn't look much like the original. 

This will be my last post before Christmas. I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you for supporting my blog. 

I would like to enter challenge 447 at the CRAFT Challenge Blog, challenge 102 at the Creative Craft Cottage Challenge blog and challenge 273 at the Brown Sugar Challenge blog. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Creative Artiste - Anything Goes - Sponsor Foilplay

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

The weekend is here. I am so glad that week is over. We are seeing our daughter in her new house tomorrow and helping with a few jobs which will mean that the bunnies can go home the week after.

The new challenge starts today on the Creative Artiste Challenge blog the theme is Anything Goes and the sponsor for U.K residents is Foilplay.

For this challenge I created another wedding frame that was a gift for the wedding we went to back in October.

The frame came from The Range they have a good stock of frames at very reasonable prices. The backing paper I have had in my stash for a while. This is the third frame I have made from the same two sets of tiles and this one was a struggle. We only had one R left .It is surprising how many words to do with weddings have Rs in them.   My husband helped me to sort out the words for the Crossword. We did try many combinations. 

There was a space in the corner so I cut the Sue Wilson Mr and Mrs die in black and silver for that space. 

Here is the wedding party. The bride is a work collegaue of my husband. The really weird thing is that one of my work colleagues was there because her partner knew the bride. We had no idea we would be at the same evernt until we got there. 

I was told afterwards that the happy couple were very pleased with this frame. 

I would like to enter Challenge 450 at the Cute Card Thursday Challenge blog and Challenge 223 at the Brown Sugar Challenge blog. 

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie

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