Bee Happy with Tatty Daisies

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How was your weekend? Was is hot like ours? On Saturday our daughter and son-in-law came with afternoon tea. Even now we still have leftovers and we sent them home with some bits too. On Sunday we had a quiet day. Being so hot it was hard to do much. 

I treated myself to a copy of Die-Cutting Essentials magazine a couple of weeks ago. I really like the honeycomb background die that came free with the magazine.

I have lots of Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. The brushes are now damaged and are hard to colour with. The pens are still full of ink. I have taken to making backgrounds with them. The colours are lovely and the extra bit of sparkle is nice. 

I used the Tatty Daisy die with the Rose Leaves from the John Next Door die range to make the flowers across the middle of the card. I added Candi to the centre of the flowers. 

Here is the background die from the magazine. The bee I won as a prize. The heart in the corner comes from the back of the bee. 

This sentiment comes from a Dovercraft die set.  I have used it a lot this summer. I do love putting bees on cards. 

I was pleased with how this card turned out. I am very pleased with the background die. It is a useful addition to my bee related die collection. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 25 at Carlin's Card Paradise Challenge blog

Challenge 150 at the Cutie Pie Challenge blog

Challenge 61 at the Crafting Happiness Challenge blog

The August Challenge at the Die Cut Diva's Challenge blog

Have a great week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Tatty Daisy Card - Just Because

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going? Yesterday I had my hair cut. I had forgotten how much I enjoy the experience. Also I have known my hairdresser for 23 years and she like a good friend. She used to cut our daughter's hair and always asks about how she is getting on. This morning we dropped off a Covid test each. We are taking part in a trial. In a few days we should get the result. 

I have been making a few cards. My friend is opening her house for the Open Studios event and she has asked me if I would like to have a table of cards. Of course I said yes. This will take place August Bank Holiday Weekend. That really isn't far away. 

Sometime ago I treated myself to the Tatty Daisy die from the John Next Door range. I had a design in my head that I wanted to try. As you know I have been making simple cards recently this is another one. All the card I used was from my stash. I do like this pink card, it has nearly all gone, but I don't know where it came from. 

I cut the daisies from scraps of white paper that has a sheen to it. The centres were coloured with Distress ink and candi was added as well. I cut and added the Rose Leaves also from the John Next Door range. 

This sentiment is from Creative Expressions. It is quite useful as it makes the card more flexible to use. 

I was quite pleased with how this card turned out. There are some other things I want to try now. 

I just looked up the meaning of Daisy and it meas Day's Eye and it came from Old English. If we get another cow we might call it Daisy. 🐄

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The Flowers All Over Challenge at the Allsorts Challenge blog

Have a great weekend. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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