Floral Sent with Love

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going? Sorry I haven't been around much life is rather hectic at the moment. Today we are going to collect some baby equipment for our daughter and son-in-law. They are very lucky and people have been very generous. 

Here is the card I made for my lovely mother-in-law for Mother's Day. Unfortunately she isn't very well and she won't be getting better. 

This card was made with all John Next Door dies. I do love the Small Flowers and the Small Leaves dies. They are a great way to use some of those small scraps of paper. 

This sentiment was made for another project but I changed my mind. I thought it was just right for this card. I used the Stencil Sayings die. I also made a butterfly with the Large Butterfly die set. 

I will add the sentiment inside the card later. Unfortunately the way things are it may not be needed. It is all just so sad. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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

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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

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Butterfly Birthday Card

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How has your week been. I have had a quiet week and that has meant lots of crafting for me. I also discovered that I can walk to our local garden centre where they do a rather nice cup of coffee. It is a bit unusual for me to post on a Saturday but things are going to get crazy busy next week. Isn't life weird.

Well I was making Easter cards and the design I was making meant that there were circles of patterned paper left over. I kept looking at them thinking I should be able to make a card with those. This is that card.

So the patterned paper circles where the start. I made the card 7" x 7" so the circles would fit on. The patterned papers in the background were in my stash. 

I used the Double Pierced Circle dies, from Creative Expressions, to cut extra layers for the circles. This one is decorated with a butterfly cut with the Small Butterfly die set from John Next Door and a Happy Birthday die from Crafter's Companion. I love this die as you don't have to stick the dot on the i separately. 

This butterfly was cut with the Large Butterfly die set from John Next Door. I think these butterfly dies are my favourites. I used them a lot even though I have lots of butterfly dies. 

I was quite pleased with how this design worked out and that I was able to use those circles. 

I would like to enter the following challenges: 

The March Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge 

Challenge 119 at the Butterfly Challenge blog

Week 511 at the Allsorts Challenge Blog (Favourite die set Butterflies)

Challenge 88 at the A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge blog

Have a great weekend. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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