Easter Cards - two from one old card!

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How are you all doing? We have just been to M&S to get the Easter Meal deal it is a very good offer. So we are now all set for Sunday. 

I will explain about my hand and the stitches, which I am hoping to have out next week. For our anniversary we went on a Cruise to Northern Europe. Due to the weather the itinerary changed a lot. The day we were due to leave Rotterdam the wind was so strong we had to stay an extra day. We went out for a walk we saw the cube houses and found some really nice shops. We walked back to the ship along the Erasmus Bridge. When we were nearly half way over we were caught by a gust of wind that swept us along and crashed us into the bridge side. My hand took the force of this and I ended up with a gash on the back of my hand. We went back on the ship having had my hand dressed in the terminal building. Reception sent us  to the medical centre and a nice doctor put 7 stitches in the back of my hand. It was a rather scary experience that could have been a lot worse. 

Here are two Easter cards that I made from one old card. 

Here is the first card it uses the main image from the card. The patterned paper was in my stash. 

This was a little image from the inside of the card. I just wish I could stick things on straight. 

Here are the cards together. They will be hand delivered. 

I won't post anything until after Easter now. 

Have a very Happy Easter. 

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Cute Easter Bunnies Easter Card

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I hope you have had a good week. We are super excited our coffee machine is coming back today. According to the tracking it should be here before lunchtime. Oh boy have we missed that machine.  I will let you know how we get on. 

I have made a few Easter cards this year. I was going through my files and I found this cute bunny image that I thought would be nice to colour and that is what I did. Now I can't remember whose image it is. 

I used Snippets of green and yellow patterned paper to make the background. I do like making these backgrounds. 

I wish I could remember whose image this is to give them credit. I coloured the cute bunnies with my Faber Castell Polychromo Pencils. I do find the colouring very relaxing. 

This is a sweet little card. I did enjoy making it. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The Spring Things Challenge at the Daring Cardmakers Challenge blog. 

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge 398

The March Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Challenge 678 at the Cute Card Thursday Challenge blog

Have a good weekend. 

Happy Crafting

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Floral Happy Easter Card

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going? On Tuesday we had a sprinkling of snow. By the evening it had gone. The snowdrops in the garden looked nice in the snow. I have been hearing of a lot of friends getting appointments for their vaccination. Maybe our wait won't be too much longer. 

I am working on quite a few projects at the moment things that I can't show for a while. Before I started work on these I made a couple of Easter cards. 

I used a mix of dies on this card. The Happy Easter die is from a Creative Expression set. 

The leaves are the Laurel leaves die set from Creative Expressions. The flowers were cut with the Small flowers did from the John Next Door range. 

I like this design and I am going to try it with some other dies that I have.  I would like to send a few Easter cards this year. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

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A Bit More Time to Craft - April 15th Challenge - Anything Goes

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How are you all doing? What was Easter like for you? It looks like I will be spending my birthday (9th May)  in lockdown. Oh well there are worse things.

The new challenge starts at the A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge blog. The theme is always Anything Goes.

This is the last Easter card I will share with you. I didn't make many this year events overtook me.

I used the Day Star papers to make this card. 

Our challenge are always fun and there are lovely digi papers to win. Click on the logo and you will be taken there. 

The sunburst die came free with a magazine. The tulip die is from Crafter's Companion and the flowerpot is a Spellbinders die. 

This is a Creative Expressions die. I do like to mix up the dies I am using. 

This is the drawing that our daughter made for our little family at Easter. It features me and my hubby, our Daughter and Son-in-law, his parents and the bunnies. It was so lovely to receive this digitally. I have printed a copy and it is in our lounge. 

I did make two versions of this card using different colours of the Day Star papers.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 469 at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge blog

Challenge 143 at the Dies R Us Challenge blog

Challenge 418 at the Shopping Our Stash Weekly Challenge blog

I wonder what will be coming in the next few weeks. 

Stay safe and well. 

Happy Crafting

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Happy Easter

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🐣Happy Easter🐣

I hope you have a lovely day. I know we can't be with the people that we love. We are safe at home and that is something to celebrate. Just think what it will be like when we can all meet up again. 

This card has  the same design as the condolence card I made a few weeks ago. Changing the colours made a big difference. 

This is the only Happy Easter die that I have it is from Creative Expressions. The Ivy was cut with the Ivy Spray dies from the John Next Door range. I love how you can place the ivy round an image. 

The cross die is from a Spellbinders set of dies. For the background I used the Heart Lattice embossing folder. 

I sent this card to our good friends. We are having video chats with them but it is not the same as being there with them. We have all got to do our bit. 

I hope that you have a great Easter. 

Stay safe and well. 

Happy Crafting

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Pretty Daffodil Easter Card

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How are you doing? I hope everything is well with you. Life is going on much the same for us as it has for the last few weeks. I am so grateful that we have a garden to enjoy, that my hubby has work and that I have a hobby. We are eating well. I have done so much cooking and I am really rather enjoying it. Also I am appreciating the technolgy that keeps us in touch with our loved ones. There are so many people out there doing so much to help us all.

I have been finding it difficult to craft. When I wrote my Easter cards I found that I was two short. So yesterday I settled down and made two Easter cards with the same design. It did help having something to focus on.

I used papers that were left over from our Daughter and Son-in-law's wedding which was three years ago in July. I did over buy everything I needed it would have been so bad to run out of anything

All the dies I used are from Creative Expressions. It was so nice to use the daffodil dies again. The oval dies come from the middle of another die set. I have found them to be so useful. I hunted through the Creative Expressions box of dies until I found a bow die. 

I think this is the only die that I have that makes an Easter Greeting. 

I made two cards with the same design. All the cards that are left can be hand delivered. The plan is to work their delivery into our daily walks. 

I can't believe that it is Easter at the weekend. 

I would like to enter the following challenges: 

The April Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Challenge 206 at the Crafty Gals Corner Challenge blog

Anything Goes Challenge 7th April at the Through the Craft Room Door Challenge blog

Stay safe and well

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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First Try with the Foston Fold Die Set

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I would like to start by wishing you all a very Happy Easter. Where we are the weather is lovely. Yesterday  managed to get a lot done in the garden. We are quite a long way to being able to demolish our old shed. Thank you to all those who offered advice about how to replace it. We are always open to suggestions.

I wasn't sure if I was going to post today or not. Things seem to be going well this weekend  so I thought I would.

When I was at Ally Pally I treated myself to the Foston Fold Die Set from the John Next Door Range from Crafts-Too. This is the first time I have used the die set. My first try with a die set  is usually the most straight forward way. This then gives me a chance to see what else the dies might be able to do.  The Foston die was cut into white card and backed with pink card. 

This sentiment comes with the Small Butterfly die set. 

The flowers were cut with a die in the Foston set. My favourite small butterflies were added. While at Ally Pally I also treated myself to the Leafy Flourish die set. The pattern of the leaves matches one of the panels that come with the Foston set. I am a sucker for things that match. 

For a first try I was quite pleased with how this turned out. Just waiting for the right person to send it to.  

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The Blooming Wonderful Challenge at the Daring Cardmakers Challenge blog

Challenge 172 at the Cut It Up Challenge Blog

Challenge 162 at the Creative Fingers Challenge blog

Challenge 395 at the My time to Craft Challenge blog

Challenge 16 at the Crafter's Castle Challenge blog

Challenge 578 at the Cute Card Thursday Challenge blog

Simon Says Spring Mood Board at the Wednesday Challenge Blog

Challenge 15 at the Creative Crafters Challenge blog

🐰🐣🙂Happy Easter to you all. 🐣🐰🙂

Hugs Jackie

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Twisted Easel Easter Card made with the Oakham Lattice die set

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors.

I hope had  great weekend. Last week we were so busy. This weekend by contrast was so quiet but those kind of weekends are great for catching up on jobs in the house and garden. Last year we had an ivy infestation to cope with. This year we have got to do something about our disintegrating  shed.

I made this Easter card to give to a friend. I used mostly dies from the John Next Door range from Crafts-Too.

I do love the Oakham Lattice  die set that John Lockwood designed. I have used it to make a wedding card recently. Changing the colours means that it can be used for all sorts of occasions. There is so much detail in the dies. 

This shows the base of the card I used the centre of the Oakham Lattice die set to make the stopper for the easel. Have you spotted the bunnies they are from a Britannia die set. 

I decorated the card with the Star flowers and the Star Flower leaves made with Snippets of paper and card. . The sentiment is from a Creative expressions die set. 

Have a great week. I can't believe Easter is nearly here. 

I would like to enter the following challenges: 

Challenge 15 at the Creative Crafters Challenge blog

Challenge 241 at the Crafting From the Heart Challenge blog

Challenge 115 at Sparkles Monthly Challenges 

Challenge 90 at the A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge blog

The April 2019 Challenge at Country View Challenges 

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - No Designer Papers

Challenge 350 at Pixie's Snippets Playground. 

Challenge 59 at the Crafty Addicts Challenge blog

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Moving Along with the Times (MAWTT) - That Spring Feeling

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How is your week going? I have been fairly busy. Today is a busy day on my blog. Even though I am only on four design teams now it just so happens that two of them start challenges today.

First up is the Moving Along with the Times (MAWTT) challenge blog and the new theme is "That Spring Feeling". Just in time for your Easter makes.

I made a square card with a similar design and I wondered if you could extend the design and make it less cluttered. This way there is more room for the sentiment. I used the sun burst die again. I kept the centre in place and the leaves of the tulips wouldn't have shown up if I had removed it. 

Why not join in with our challenge. Click on the logo and you will be taken there. 

The tulip die is from Crafter's Companion and the flower pot is a Spellbinders die. 

This sentiment is a Creative Expressions die it came in a set with a bunny and some flowers. 

This is our Magnolia tree. It did look particularity good this in spite of  the efforts of storm Gareth. We get two weeks of glorious blooms and then a lot of clearing up. It does mean Spring to us. 

Here are the different coloured cards I made with the same design. . It will be time to start sending them out soon. Easter is very late this year. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 189 at the Crafty Gals Corner Challenge blog

The Easter Challenge at the Crafting by Designs Challenge blog

The April Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge 

Challenge 577 at the Cute Card Thursday Challenge blog

Challenge 118 at the Dies R Us Challenge blog

Challenge 111 at Scrapyland Challenges

Challenge 425 at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge blog

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Beautiful Tulips Easter Card

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I hope you have had a good week. The weekend is nearly here. We are away in Suffolk for my Uncle's 85th birthday celebration that will be on Saturday. Today we are visiting friends who have moved this way last year.

I have made a few Easter cards and I am sharing one of the first ones I made today. I am sat in our hotel room writing this post this is a first for me. My husband is watching Pointless it is very distracting.

I love yellow and green on spring themed Easter cards. The patterned paper was in my stash, 

I have had the background die for a while and I have not used it until now. I must say enjoyed using it. The tulip die came with the Crafter's Companion advent calendar last year. The flower pot is a Spellbinders die. Happy Easter was cut with a Creative Expressions die. 

I have made a few other Easter cards I will be sharing these later on. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The March Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Challenge 574 at the Cute Card Thursday Challenge Blog

Challenge 110 at Scrapy Land Challenges 

Challenge 41 at the Unicorn Challenge blog

Challenge 57 at the Craft Rocket Challenge blog

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Spring Daffodils

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How was your weekend? We had a lovely quiet day on Saturday. On Sunday we braved the bad weather and we met our daughter and son-in-law at Mottisfont (National Trust Property) to see the Norman Thelwell exhibition. It was really worth the effort the exhibition is fabulous. I didn't realise that Thelwell lived near Mottisfont and he did many paintings of the the local area. Of course there were original paintings of his cartoons. I do recommend this exhibition. It is on until the 22nd April we are hoping to go back sometime.

When we had our quiet day on Saturday I actually did some crafting. My husband was sorting out my parents filing and I wasn't needed. So I started by cutting daffodils with the Altenew Layered Daffodil Die Collection from issue 188 of Simply Cards and Papercraft magazine. I even had time to make them into a card.

I spent quite a long time finding card in my Snippets pile to make the daffodils and the leaves. The backing paper came from my Snippets pile too. 

The dies cut beautifully and are very easy to put together. 

I wanted to make a vase for the daffodils to sit in. I looked all through my dies and I came to the Bottle die set from John Next Door. So this vase is cut with the bottle die. I had some embossed card in my stash and I cut off the top of the bottle. I added a sentiment cut with a Creative Expressions die. 

I do love daffodils they are so bright and vibrant after a long grey winter. I often have a bunch in the house at this time of year. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 347 at Pixie's Snippets Playground

Week 509 at the Allsorts Challenge blog - Favourite Season Spring

Challenge 238 at the Crafting from the Heart Challenge blog

Challenge 158 at the Creative Fingers Challenge blog

Challenge 91 at the Make My Monday Challenge blog

The March Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge 

Have a great week

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Crafts Galore Encore Challenge blog - March Challenge - Anything Goes

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Here I am back again with my second post of the day.

The March Challenge starts at the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge blog. The theme is Anything Goes and the sponsor this time is Bugaboo Stamps. There is a prize $12 gift code for the randomly chosen winner of the challenge.

Now I must admit to being a bit obsessed with using my Snippets to make backgrounds and here is another one made in Easter colours. 

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

This image is called Theodore - Easter and he is available HERE.  I made a background for the image with Publisher this is where I added the sentiment too. I do find it easier making backgrounds on the computer.  Pre-coloured images or PNGs are easier for this to work.  The image being a PNG  was coloured with Promakers. 

I am keen to make a few Easter cards this year. I think this image will be very useful. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 332 at the Color my Heart Color Dare Challenge blog

The March Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Challenge 571 at the Cute Card Thursday Challenge blog

Challenge 119 at the Love to Scrap Challenge blog

Challenge 32 at the Love to Craft Challenge blog

Challenge 337 at the QKR Stampede Challenge blog

Challenge 81 at the Crafting with Friends Challenge blog

Challenge 87 at the A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge blog

I hope you have a great weekend. We are hoping to see the Thelwell exhibition at Mottisfont. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Kinetic Easter Card

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

I hope you had a good weekend. We were busy as usual. We have started looking for another car but this will take a long time it always does with us. The Bootleg Beatles concerts was amazing and we had a good time with our friends. On Sunday we visited our parents. The photo books of our daughter's wedding I ordered looked amazing and were very well received.

I think this is my last Easter make to share. I made a Kinetic card with the dies that came from Papercraft Essentials magazine. I made this to sent to my cousin who just loves Hedgehogs.

I used a cloud embossing folder for background. 

The spinner element was a cute hedgehog. The stamp came free with the magazine along with the slider dies. 

The daffodils were cut with some dies from Creative Expressions. 

Another Creative Expressions die I have used it a lot this year. 

I know my cousin liked this card she sent me a lovely message.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 66 at the A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge blog

Challenge 69 at the Make My Monday Challenge blog

Challenge 202 at the Crafting Form the Heart Challenge blog

Challenge 463 at the Allsorts Challenge blog

Have a great week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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