Cute Little Hedgehogs in a Line

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How was your weekend? We had a quiet day on Saturday. There were lots of jobs around the house and garden that we caught up on. In the garden I harvested 1kg of potatoes that I had grown in a pot. We had some them with our dinner on Sunday they were delicious. On Sunday we had a walk to our local country park to see the field of sunflowers there. We did see the sunflowers but we also got caught in the rain. Later we went to have a cup of tea with our good friends. Sunday was a good day. 

I have been tidying my desk and going through  my files and I found this cute little card that I hadn't shared with you. 

The background paper and the ribbon was in my stash as well as the buttons. 

This is an image stamped with a Little Clair's stamp set. It is such a shame they are no longer in business. I coloured the stamped image with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. I did do this some time ago I found the image when I was doing some tidying. I no longer colour with those pens but I use them to make backgrounds. 

This is one of the cards that I will have on sale at the Hampshire Open Studios event. SeaDrift Studio where I will be showing some cards will be open Bank Holiday weekend. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 62 at Crafting Happiness Challenges 

Have a good week

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Winter Wonderland Challenge blog - Stitching real of faux.

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

What a week we have had with the weather. I hope you stayed safe and warm. I hope you have something nice planned for the weekend. We will be working on the wedding invitations the design has now been agreed.

Today the new challenge starts on the Winter Wonderland challenge blog the theme is Stitching real or faux.  The sponsor is Little Clair  Designs and I must admit I have been a fan of their stamps and
images for a while.

So I opted for faux stitching. I used the dies that come with the Stitched Lattice die set. I used them to make all the mats and layers. Then I found some ribbon with stitching on. How good is that?

If you click on the logo you will be taken to the website of our wonderful sponsor. 

The image I used is called Christmas Scottie with Bauble and he is available HERE.  Being a digital image I was able to combine two images and flip one so they are facing each other. I made the sentiment on the computer. My design was printed onto Neenah card and them coloured with Promarkers. 

It does seem quite appropriate posting Christmas cards with all the snow that is around. 

I would like to enter challenge 353 at the I ❤ Promarkers Challenge blog, Challenge 9 at the Merry Christmas Challenge Blog, challenge 48 at the Snowflakes Promise Challenge blog ,challenge 153 at the Crimbo Crackers Challenge blog , challenge 66 at the Cardz for Galz Challenge blog and challenge 13 at the Christmas with the Cuties Challenge blog. 

Have a great weekend. Stay safe and warm. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Fantasy Stampers - Fright Night

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

The weekend is here! We are off to the Isle of Wight for a party. It is a surprise party for an  old friend who we haven't seen for a while, his children have done all the arranging.  We are travelling there with friends so it should be a good weekend.

Today sees the start of a new challenge on the Fantasy Stampers Challenge Blog and the theme is Fright Night (Halloween). I should point out that I don't really do Halloween it makes me rather uncomfortable.

This is a cute little card just 6" x 6". The stamp I used was Silhouette Owl Tree by Little Claire Designs. I did think that if you came across a tree of owls in the night all making a noise it would be rather frightening. 

 I started with a black card blank and I cut all the mats and layers, On the top white mat used a mask I had made and inked the page with my brushes to get the purple where I wanted it I also used a post-it note mask for the moon. 

This I used Black Soot Distress on this little wooden owl. 

The tree was stamped with Perfect Medium and heat embossed with a black sparkly powder. The edge round the image was drawn with a Perfect Medium pen and heat embossed with the same powder. 

I do love using silhouettes in my cards they give very dramatic results either die cuts or stamps.

I hope that you have a wonderful weekend. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie