Christmas Snippets with a cute Robin

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How was your weekend? As predicted we had a quiet time. This was good as it gave us the chance to get over going to an open air Bootleg Beatles concert at Stansted Park which is about half an hours drive from us which we attended with friends on Friday evening. We did get out for a couple of coffees. 

I have been making more Christmas cards. I was sorting thorough some scraps of paper that I have had for a while. This is the result. 

So you can see the background I made with the patterned paper snippets. When you make a background with this type of pattern it is good for using up smaller snippets. 

This cute robin came from an old card. I used circle dies from 3 John Next Door die sets to cut the image and its mats and layers. Two of the dies I found had a stitched pattern round the edge. 

This is the sentiment that comes with the John Next Door Bauble die set. 

 I am very pleased with how this card turned out. I now have over 70 Christmas cards for this year. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge #410

Challenge #37 at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog

Challenge #110 at Crafting Happiness Challenges 

Have a great week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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A Christmas Card for the May Rudolph Days Challenge

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How is your week going? Today is the day we are going for our second jab. I will let you know how we get on. 

The May Rudolph Days Challenge has already started. This challenge runs from the 25th of the month until the last day of the month. I had to go back through my files to find a Christmas card I hadn't posted. I have been very busy and I haven't made any Christmas cards lately. I am hoping to get back on track. Here is what I found. 

The patterned papers were in my stash. All the dies I used are older ones from the John Next Door range. 

This is not the scene that comes with the Round Bauble die set. The scene comes from the Sam's Circles die set. I added the Santa from the Christmas Time die set. 

I am not sure which die set this sentiment comes from. It seemed appropriate with all the deer on the card. 

This is another card for my stash. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The May Rudolph Days Challenge

Challenge 525 at the Fab'n'Funky Challenge blog

Enjoy the rest of the week.

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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March Rudolph Days Challenge - Winter Scene Bauble

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How is your week going? It is hard to believe that we have been in lockdown for a whole year. We are carrying on much the same. I have started working in the garden again. I am pretty sure we will be around to look after any plants again this year. My phone is starting to play up so I think an upgrade might be on the cards when we can go shopping again.

I love joining in with the Rudolph Days Challenge that runs every month up to December. It starts on 25th of the month and runs until the end of the month. This challenge keeps me on track with my Christmas cards. 

Ever nice I bought the Sam's Circles die set from the John Next Door range I have been wanting to see if it works with the Round Bauble die set. Well this week I got around to giving it a go. 

I do like making these little winter scenes. I added the holly from the Christmas Time die set. I just used a plain circle die to make the moon. 

I think this works well. I am hoping to make a few more cards like this. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The March Rudolph Days Challenge 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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February Rudolph Days Challenge - Merry Christmas

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How has your week been. On Tuesday when the weather was nice we went down to  Hamble which is near us. You can walk by the River Hamble and there is a place to get take away coffee. It is nice  to go there and is about 10 minutes drive from where we live. 

I like entering the Rudolph Days challenge which runs every month from the 25th to the end of the month. This is the only Christmas card I have made this month. I have been rather busy with some bits and pieces I will be able to share with you early in March. 

You know me I am always on the look out for ways to use up my scraps of paper. 

Used the flag dies that came with the Shutter Card Die Set from the John Next Door range to make the flags across the top of the card. I think the effect looks something like a curtain. The paper underneath I found in my stash. 

The sentiment comes with the round bauble die set from the John Next Door range. 

These reindeer come from the same die set. 

Here is another card for my Christmas stash. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The February Rudolph Days Challenge

Challenge 530 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge

Have a good day. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Christmas card for the Rudolph Days - November Challenge

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How have you all been while I have been away? We are back now from a wonderful trip. I do love a good cruise. The food, the entertainment and the places to visit it is all great. I will share more when we have settled a bit. Tonight we are going to see a Beatles Tribute band in Fareham with our good friends. Our friends  also helped us to get to and from our cruise.

Here is a small Christmas card I made for the November Rudolph Days Challenge. I made one of my Snippets backgrounds for this one.

I bought lots of A3 black card. I used to buy card blanks with envelopes and then I found that I had lots of envelopes left over. So now I make my own card blanks. When you make a large card blank there is usually enough card left to make a smaller one. I had a layer of silver glitter card for one of the mats. There was enough left over to cut some thin strips. These I used between strips of blue patterned paper to make the background, 

The sentiment die is from the Round Bauble die set from the John Next Door range.

The stags came from the same die set. 

I do hope I have enough Christmas cards. I can't see me having much time next month to make many more. November has been super busy too. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The November Rudolph Days Challenge

The November Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Challenge 465 at  Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge 

Have a great weekend. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Rudolph Days Challenge - Snippets and Stags Christmas Card

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How has your week been? It has been so hot everything seems to have slowed down. My mother-in-is still in hospital so we will be visiting at the weekend.  I think we  need to look into getting them some help around the house. My mother-law-actually admitted that she might need some help.

I have been entering the Rudolph Days challenge every month to keep me on track with my Christmas cards. Here is a little card I made with Snippets and some of my new dies from the John Next Door range.

Okay you must have noticed that I am obsessed with making Snippets backgrounds. They look great in all different colours. This time I added some lines of glitter card to match one of the mats. 

This is the sentiment that comes with the Round Bauble die set from the John Next Door range. 

You get two stag dies in the Round Bauble set. They face opposite ways I thought they looked nice in rows along the card. 

Have a great weekend. We will be visiting the hospital at the weekend. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The July Challenge at the Rudolph Days Challenge

The July Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper challenge

Challenge 447 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge 

Challenge 52 at the Holly and the Ivy Challenge blog

Challenge 12 at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge 402 at the My Time to Craft Challenge blog

Challenge 179 at the Cut it Up Challenge blog

Challenge 16 at the Cute N' Crafty Christmas Challenge blog

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie