So Sorry You are Leaving

Hello My Crafty Friends and Visitors

How has your weekend been going? We had planned to get a lot of gardening done yesterday. The best laid plans, we did manage a couple of hours before the rain started in earnest. On the plus side we have booked four trips to our local theatre. It is just up the road at the secondary school it has 300 seats and they get some good comedy acts there.

Last Thursday I was lucky to have a completely free day. It was the perfect time to craft. Anyway I got a message from someone  I know who asked if I could make a leaving card to be picked up later that afternoon. I love a challenge so I agreed. I had just made a Christmas card with the Snowflake Square Die set from John Next Door and it comes with two dies that have an interesting stitched effect. So I used them to make the top two layers. I created the sentiment on the computer. 

I used the Pitcher of Daisies image which is a free image on the Beccy's Place blog. I created a background in Publisher and place the Pitcher on top. I also printed three other pitchers all the same size which meant that I could decoupage the image as I wanted. Normally I would use gel glue for decoupage but as this was a rush I used foam pads. For speed I used the precoloured image. 

This card has been picked up and given to the recipient so it is okay to share it.  Enjoy whatever you are doing this weekend. 

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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Christmas in February

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How was your weekend? I hope you did something nice. We had a whirlwind of a time. On Saturday we headed off to Farnborough to visit the Art of Craft shop in North Camp. What with the Farnborough craft show being cancelled they were on the second day of a Craft Extravaganza. I was able to meet up with John Lockwood again. We actually come from that area and we were able to drop off wedding invitation samples to our nephew and his fiancee. Then we visited both sets of parents. On Sunday our daughter and son-in-law came to collected their animals and they treated us to a lovely lunch at a lovely local pub. Most of the tidying up is done just a bit to finish off today.

I had a little bit of free time last week so I decided to make a couple of Christmas cards with two challenges in mind.

The background mat with the decorative edge was cut on my Scan'n'cut which I have been trying to use more. It was a stored shape that I could cut to the size I wanted. 

This image is called Quilted Deer and is available free on Beccy's Place blog. One of the challenges I want to enter is a sketch challenge on the  Beccy's Place  blog. 

Here is the second card I made. 

This is another free image from Beccy's place. He is called Stanley with Bauble. 

Guess where this sentiment came from? Yes Beccy's place again. 

Here are the two cards together. 

Have a great week.

Happy Crafting. 

I would like to enter the February Challenge at Beccy's Place the blog , the February Rudolph Days Challenge, CHNC challenge 374 , Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper February Challenge and challenge 8 at the Merry Christmas Challenge blog. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Quilted Deer from Beccy's Place

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends

How is your weekend going? We had breakfast in M&S this morning before picking up the £10 meal deal. My poor husband is working in the garden now and I have made a Christmas card for a challenge.

I have been joining in with the November Christmas Challenge on Beccy's Challenge Blog and yesterday evening she posted a free image to use to make a card. Well I just couldn't resist.

All the mats and layers were cut with either the Double Pierced Square or Circle dies from Creative Expression. 

Isn't this image adorable? He is called Quilted Deer.  This is the  precoloured version which makes for very quick card making. I added the sentiment with my computer before I printed the image. 

This card is a good size and nice and flat for posting. 

Enjoy the rest of the weekend. 

It is no surprise that I would like to enter the November Christmas Challenge at Beccy's Challenge blog and the November Rudolph Days Challenge. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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