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

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

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

Hugs Jackie

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Sherry West Guest Design Team Member - Back to School Poppi Pokkadot Colouring and Craft Contest

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We had a lovely day for my hubby's birthday yesterday. We visited the Weald and Downland Museum which is where they film the Repair Shop. You can't visit the barn where the filming takes place but you can see a bit of what is going on. We saw Dom doing some spraying outside we have no idea what he was working on. Later we saw the teddy bear ladies, Dom and Steve all posing on a cart. It will be interesting to see if any of that makes it into the programme. We really enjoyed the museum they have some wonderful buildings there and the grounds are great to walk around.  

 A couple of weeks ago I was asked if I would like to be a Guest Design Team member for Sherry West ART. Well I jumped at the chance. The initial term is for three months. For August I have been given four images to work with. The first one is Back to School Poppi Pokkadot. She is a free image for a colouring a craft competition on Facebook. You can reach the event HERE.  The image is free to download in the event. 

Isn't she just so cute. I enjoyed colouring her with my Prismcolor pencils. I do find that I have a lot more control when I am colouring with my pencils. I have learnt a lot from Barbara Gray. I cut thm image and it's mats with some Tattered Lace Dies. The Numbers and Letters are Crafter's Companion dies.

Our daughter and son-in-law are coming today. It will be so good to see them and they are bringing afternoon tea. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 142 at the Crafty Friends Challenge blog

Challenge 196 at the Creative Moments Challenge blog

Have a great weekend. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

Crafty Catz Challenge - Anything Goes with the optional theme Ladies Day

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends

This is my final post of the day - phew. For this month I am the Guest Designer on the Crafty Catz Challenge blog. The theme is Anything Goes with the optional theme of Ladies Day. We had some wonderful images to work with from the sponsor Rick St Dennis.

I cut the image and the mats and layers for it with my Double Pierced Rectangle dies from Creative Expressions. The corners were decorated with the Cottage Garden die that came from Papercraft Essentials magazine. 

Rick has lots of wonderful images in his store if you click on the image you should be taken there to have a little look.

Isn't this a fabulous image by Rick St Dennis she is called Morning Goddess Bon Bons. She was coloured with Promarkers. I hadn't used them for a while and it was good to brush up on my skills. 

I wanted a quirky message and I found this one amongst my Visible Image stamps. 

I die enjoy making this card the image is amazing. 

That is all from me for a while. 

I would like to enter the September Challenge at the Crafting By Designs Challenge blog. 

Enjoy the weekend. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Super Hero - Cardz 4 Guyz GDT

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I am sorry I have been quiet it has been a very busy weekend busy and fun. I hope that you had fun too and that you had a lovely Easter.

As you can see from the title of this blog post I am the Guest Designer on the Challenge Blog Cardz 4 Guyz. It is a weekly challenge and there is a theme for each week. This week the theme is Superhero. I took my inspiration from the shield of Captain America.

This was a fun card to make. I started with the background I stamped the background with CS Perfect Medium and then heat embossed it with white and silver embossing powder. Once this was done I inked over the surface with two shades of blue Distress Ink.

I made the shields with various dies and a star punch.

I used a Visible Image stamp for the sentiment.

I was pleased with how this one turned out. People who have seen this card have reconised that it is Captain America's shield. I don't think I have infringed any copyrights here.

Have a great week. Why not join in the challenge at Cardz 4 Guyz it is lots of fun.

I would like to join in with Pixie's Snippets Playground - Week 171. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie