Yellow Roses of Friendship

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How was your weekend? The weather was nice for our walk on Saturday. Today we are meeting friends at Mottisfont a National Trust property with a lovely garden near where we live. Later in the week we are meeting with our daughter and son-in-law and having a walk with them and their dog. It is going to be a busy week. 

I have been using the  Clarity Stamp Fresh Cut die the Art Nouveau Eden Roses Aperture die again. 

I do love the Claritystamp Designer papers. They do seem to work very well with the dies. 

This die is gorgeous. It cuts into the card so you can make the frame any size you want. I put some a double sided sticky sheet onto some Designer paper. The black die cut was attached. Then I cu the die a few more times so I could paper piece the design. The remaining sticky was covered with Microbeads. I feel they add to the stained glass look of the card. 

Here are some of the blooms on our Magnolia tree which is out now in all its glory. 

This is the whole tree. We have lived in our house for over twenty years. This year we found out that you can eat the petals. Who knew? To be honest we haven't tried. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 90 at Crafting Happiness Challenges

Have a good week. Stay safe and take care. 

Happy crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Fresh Cut Panoramic Quarterette Aperture Dies - Anniversary Card

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How has you week been? We have been plodding along sorting out the things that need to be done for my hubby retiring next week. His last day is Monday that is the last day of the month. 

I bought the Fresh Cut Panoramic Quarterette Aperture dies just because I liked them on their own. I have some of the bigger dies and I like putting a smaller matching image on the inside of the card. Then I realised that they would line up. 

So with Designer Papers, Sticky sheets and Microbeads this is what I came up with. All the black card I used came from my scraps bag. 

I do love this scene. Maybe one day I will make it up and paper piece it. 

I had some sticky sheet left over and some Designer paper I added stickers and then more Microbeads. 

I will be having another play with these dies. In the meantime I will making a few more Christmas cards. 

Enjoy the last lockdown weekend. 

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie

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Twist and Pop Father's Day Card

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How was your weekend? I hope the weather didn't affect your plans too much. We spent most of the time working on the wedding invitations for our nephew and his fiancee. My husband does all the printing and this time there has been a lot. I did try another recipe from the Jamie Oliver 5 ingredients cookery book. I am pleased to say that worked well.

You know I like to get ahead with my cards and that my father-in-law likes interesting cards. This is what I came up with for him for Father's Day.

The front looks pretty ordinary and a bit small. I used the Sail Boat die from the Stained Glass Collection  by Creative Expressions. I used a sticky sheet and cut it to some blue card then I cut the stained glass die in black and stuck it to the sticky sheet. I cut the die a few more times in different colours and added bits from them to the design. I left some of the sticky sheet exposed and I covered this with Microbeads. 

I saw this style of card on Hochanda on a Bee Crafty show and it caused quite a stir. One of their design team, Lorre-Anne, posted the instructions on her blog. You can see them HERE.  I did change the measurements of the outside of my card. I had made one before and I knew where it could be altered. The mechanism I kept the same.

It does this. Isn't it cool? My Father-in-law is going to love it. The nautical theme is for him. 

The inside lays out like this. 

Being me I added a lot of mats and layers and if I made another one I would cut down on this as it makes the card rather bulky. 

I did enjoy making this card I like a challenge. 

I would like to enter challenge 135 at the Let's Craft and Create Challenge blog , challenge 361 at the Crafty Creations Challenge blog , Pixie's Snippets Playground challenge 321 and challenge 197 at the Crafting From the Heart Challenge blog. 

Have a great week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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