Not Just Cards Challenge blog - November Challenge - Anything Goes

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

I hope you had a great weekend and are ready for the week ahead. I am into my second week of invigilating. On Saturday we had a day catching up on jobs. While the weather was good we finished dismantling the shed and swept up all the leaves.  On Sunday we had a day of visiting parents and having a meal with my husband's and their wives. I am so looking forward to our cruise which is in less than a week's time.

The November  challenge starts today at the Not Just Cards Challenge blog and the theme is the ever popular Anything Goes.

This is the commission card I made for our friend's 80th Birthday. If you saw him you really wouldn't believe that he is 80.

I was asked to make this after my friend's wife  saw the exploding box  card that I made for my father-in-law.  The outside was easy to decorate with papers from The Works and the dies from the Nautical scene set from Simply Cards & Papercraft magazine. 

Our challenges are fun to enter. If you click on the logo you will be taken to the current challenge. 

The ship in the middle is a Tattered Lace die. It is held in place with gel glue that I left to set over night. 

Here is a video of the box opening. I am not sure if it will work but I did try. 

There is the inside of the box and the lid. I do like making this style of card. 

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Happy Crafting 

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Exploding Box Nautical Themed Birthday Card

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

I hope you have had a good week and are ready for the weekend. Now my mum is out of hospital and the carers are all in place we can have a weekend off. On Saturday our good friend is having a birthday tea at home and we are helping. She is going to be 60 and she has 60 guests coming. On Sunday we will be celebrating our daughter's birthday which was earlier in the week. We are having a trip to Marwell Zoo which is near where we live. It should be a good weekend full of fun.

My father-in-law loves the cards that I make. So I do like to make something a bit special for him. I thought I would have go at making an exploding box card.

I found the instructions for an exploding box card in one of my Hougie Board books. I did make the lid a bit bigger as I do like my layers. 

I used papers and dies that suited the theme. 

Now I made a film of opening the box. It is a very short film and it may not work. 

I decorated some of the inner flaps with nautical dies. 

Here is the another decorated panel. 

The ship in the centre is a Tattered Lace die. It only just fits in the box. 

Here is the box and lid. I know he will love this card. I would like to make a card like this for my husband's birthday. This was a good practice. 

I would like to enter the following Challenges: 

The Secret Hideaway Challenge at the Daring Card Makers Challenge blog

The May Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Challenge 220 at the Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge blog

Challenge 175 at the Cut It Up Challenge blog

Challenge 166 at the Seize the Birthday Challenge blog

Challenge 115 at Scrapy Land Challenges 

Challenge 164 at Creatalicious Challenges 

Happy Crafting

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Nautical themed Get Well Card

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I hope you have had a good week. The weather here has certainly been lovely. I also  hope you have something nice to do at the weekend. On Saturday we are seeing my parents and my sister. On Mothering Sunday our daughter is coming for the day and we are having a meal together. It should be a nice weekend. We are also hoping to do some bits in the garden too.

A few of our friends have been ill recently and I needed some Get Well cards. Here is one of them.

I found the backing paper in my stash and I cut an aperture in it with the Star Burst die. The anchor is an All Occasions die and the waves at the bottom is a Tattered Lace die. The sentiment came free with a magazine and has proved to be quite useful. 

This is a Tattered Lace sailing ship die it was just the right size for this card. I cut the die in brown and then added the white sails and red flags. I like the effect of the star burst behind the ship. 

I think the chap who received this card liked it. He is on the road to recovery now which is good. 

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Have a great weekend. 

Happy Crafting

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Always Fun Challenges - Challenge 65 - Patriotic

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How was your weekend? We have made good progress with the wedding makes. There isn't too much more to do just that table plan.

Being Monday that is the time for the new challenge at Always Fun Challenges this time the theme is Patriotic. So what better to do than make a birthday card for my father-in-law. He just loves shaped cards. These colours are just what he likes.

I decide to make one of those impossible cards. I found a tutorial and apart from changing the measurements a bit I followed the instructions. It really wasn't too hard to make. I have a pack of nautical papers in my stash. That ribbon my mother-in-law gave me a little while ago. 

Come and join in the fun at our latest challenge. 

The fun bit was the decorating. This is a Tattered Lace die it was just the right size for this project. All my nautical dies come out when I am making a card for my father-in-law. 

I cut the anchor and ship's wheel in blue and red to give a shadow. 

This is Creative Expression die it fitted nicely in the corner. 

I know my father-in-law will love this card. He is always so pleased with them and he lets me know. Which is sweet. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 213 at the Crafting from the Heart Challenge blog

The July Challenge at the Always Happy Birthday Challenge blog

Challenge 71 at the Get Creative Challenge blog

The July Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Happy Crafting

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Nautical Step Panel Card

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How is your week going? So far the weather has been quite kind this week and we have seen a bit of the sun. I have been ordering food for a celebration of my mother-in-law's 90th birthday. We are having a get together at the end of August.

I think I have said that I am struggling with my card making at the moment. I wanted to make something for my father-in-law he does love getting my cards. I had no inspiration at all and then I was flicking through issue 168 of Quick Cards Made Easy magazine and I spotted How to make Step Panel cards. I knew this would be ideal. He loves shaped cards and this one I have never made before.

The instructions in the magazine were very easy to follow. I used my scoring board to make all the folds. This card will fold flat to go in an envelope. 

The topper came from an old card. The mats and layers were cut with circle dies. 

I decided to make an extra panel for the Happy Birthday it helps it to be seen more clearly. 

I think he will like this card. I enjoyed making a different type of card. I think I need to challenge myself a bit more. 

I would like to enter challenge 176 at the Cards 4 Guyz Challenge blog , challenge 342 at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge blog , challenge 50 at the A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge blog , challenge 348 at the Crafty Creations Challenge blog and challenge 8 at Do-A1 (1) Kreatives.

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie

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Unicorn Challenge Blog - For the Guys

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I have been away to Liverpool for a few days. It was an amazing trip it centred around a concert by the Bootleg Beatles with the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Roger McGough. This concert celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the release of the Sergeants Pepper's album. We also visited the recreated Cavern club we joined the National Trust so we could visit the house where John and Paul  grew up. We even did the ferry cross the Mersey trip. It is a wonderful city there is so much to do and see.  I have been missing a bit but I am slowly catching up now.

On the first Tuesday of the month the new challenge starts on the Unicorn Challenge blog this time the theme is For the Guys. Which is just in time for all those Father's Day makes.

I am sharing the Father's Day card I made for my father-in-law. He was a sailor and he loves nautical themed cards. As he is loosing his sight I like to make the design bold and bright and tactile.

I used an A4 hexagaon embossing folder to create the background. The paper came from my stash. 

The ship is a Signature die and I made the waves with a Tattered Lace die. 

This is another  brilliant Signature  Father's Day die. I love sentiment dies. I have a few alphabet dies but I hate putting sentiments together is is just brilliant to cut them all out in one go. 

This is a statue in the Cavern Walks shopping centre which I think covers part of the site of the original Cavern Club where the Beatles played in the 60s. 

Here is the ferry we crossed the Mersey in. It was decorated by Peter Blake the artist behind the Sergeant Pepper's album cover.   

A view of the Liver building from the water. It was a wonderful trip to an amazing city. 

I hope you have a great week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Creative Artiste Challenge Blog February Challenge sponsored by Scrapmatts

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The weekend is here. I wonder if you have plans. I am going to start looking for a wedding outfit for me. On Saturday evening we are going to our local theatre to see a 50th  anniversary performance of the radio show Round the Horne.

This is something of a sad post for me as it is my last one for the Creative Artiste challenge blog. As many of your know our daughter is getting married later this year. I am making a lot of things for the wedding and sadly at the moment I don't have the time to apply to the mixed media projects. I have had a lovely time on this team. I am very grateful to my fellow team mates for their patience  and tolerance with my abilities.

On to today, on the first Friday of the month the new challenge starts on the Creative Artiste Challenge blog this is challenge 23 the theme is Anything Goes (Mixed Media) and the sponsor is Scrapmatts.

I decided to decorate one of my journal covers. I used one of my kitchen roll backgrounds. I did make quite a few and there is more kitchen roll drying to make some more. 

Our lovely sponsors this time.

I have quite a range of nautical dies and I used them to decorate the cover. The ship is a Tattered Lace die. 

I was sent some goodies by Scrapmatts  I painted words with acrylic paint. They seemed to be appropriate for a journal. 

Enjoy the coming weekend. 

Happy Crafting

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Alphabet Challenge - O - for Oval

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Well the weekend is almost here we have got to Friday. I am very excited as we are going to Ally Pally  on Sunday. I have such a long list of things to buy most of it for our daughter's wedding. It should be fun.

The Alphabet Challenge has a new challenge starting today the letter is O and the theme is Oval. As soon as I saw this challenge I knew I wanted to use my Tattered Lace Oval Shutter die set. I also needed a birthday card for my father-in-law and I knew he would love a card made with this die.

The die set comes with all the dies to make the mats and layers. 

This sailing ship is another Tattered Lace die and I made the waves with another one. 

The Happy Birthday die is one by Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions. 

What is totally brilliant is that the card folds up like this and fits in a regular envelope. 

I hope that you have a great weekend. 

I would like to enter Challenge 24 at Craft Rocket Challenges and the No Patterned Paper Challenge at Creative Corner Challenges.   

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Nautical themed Father's Day Card

Hi  My Crafty Blog Friends

How is your week going? We have got to what some refer to as Hump Day so technically we are on the run down to the weekend. Not that I am time off obsessed of course.

I am ever wanting to be ahead with my projects just in case some opportunities come up so I have time to fit them in. You never know.  With this is mind I decided to start on  my Father's Day Cards yesterday. I have had the idea for this card for my Father-in-law since I worked with the nautical dies from Tattered Lace a few weeks ago.

You might know that my Father-in-Law is just over 90 and a naval veteran of the second world war. He also volunteered for many years running a Sea Cadet unit near where he lives. He does love cards with a nautical theme and some texture as he is now partially sighted. 

This is the Tattered Lace Sailing Ship die. This has been one of my favourite dies that I have been sent by Tattered Lace. I can see my self using it a lot in the future. I inked the background and I made the port hole with some Tonic circle dies. I cut a circle of acetate to fit inside the port hole to make it look like glass. 

This is the Tattered Lace Anchor die I like how the rope wraps around the anchor. 

The sentiment was cut with a Signature die. 

I know my Father-in-Law will like this card. He is always very pleased with my cards and phones especially to say thank you. I have two more Father's Day cards to make. I am not so sure what to make for the other cards. I will be looking around for some inspiration. 

I would like to enter Pixie's Snippets Playground - Week 225 , TTCRD 19th April Challenge  and Penny's Challenge 274 . 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

Tattered Lace - Sailing Ship and Anchor Dies

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How is your week going? I have been catching up on my crafting with a vengeance it is good to be crafting again. I do enjoy my days out as well, it looks like we will be busy at the weekend again.

I thought this would be my last post as part of the Tattered Lace television sample making team. They have been having a Design Team call and I decided not to reapply. I was quite surprised to get two lots of dies in the post yesterday. Then I noticed on Facebook that the Design Team call has been extended until the end of April so it will be a while before the new team are up and running. I might even get some more dies to work with in the mean time.

Here are all the samples I sent in: three cards, two gift bags and a tag. 

This is the first card I made a very simple one. I had lots of the netting background left over after the wedding and it came in very handy. I am rather used to making things with a nautical theme. 

The anchor looked good cut four times. It was quite easy to cut the rope separately to paper piece it. 

I was rather taken with the ship and I enjoyed making the little scene through the porthole. I want to make a card like this for my Father-in-Law I think he will like it a lot. 

I used brushes inks and masks to make the sea, sky and sun. 

I decided to make some gift bags you can see the netting background again. I really do have a lot left over. 

This gift bag was the only thing that was clear to see on the television. Some of my other samples were there on the counter but they weren't really shown. 

The anchor made a good decoration for another gift bag. 

I used the Tattered Lace Pierced Tag set to create the tag. I would have made one with the ship on but it didn't fit. 

I did enjoy making these cards. They may not have had much time on the television but there is a Tattered Lace Pinterest board called the Men's Collection where they can be seen. 

I must get on with my next set of samples it is a good job that I am up to date with my other makes.

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie