Christmas cards made from recycled Packaging.

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going. We are both invigilating this week and the first part of next week. These are practice exams for the Year 10s. There isn't much time to craft. It is lovely to have this afternoon off today. This means we can catch up with a few things. 

I should have been working on a different project but I ended up making two Christmas cards from some packaging I had been saving. 

The background is the packaging I had been saving. It was just too pretty to throw away. The craft card I used comes between the layers in a takeaway box from M&S. I did add the Snowflakes corner dies from the John Next Door range. I have used these corners so much. 

I found two matching old Christmas Cards and I cut out the image and its mats with a mix of dies from the John Next Door range. 

The greeting was cut into the card with the Christmas Stencil Sentiment dies also from the John Next Door range. 

So that is another two cards for my Christmas stash. Now I must get on with the project I have been putting off. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

A Cute Robin on a Christmas Card

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How has your week been? On Wednesday we had to get to my parents house early as a hospital bed was being delivered for my mum. We got there at the same time as the delivery driver. It was okay as he was very pleasant and he didn't mind waiting until we had cleaned the room. We also visited my in-laws. My lovely mum-in-law is not doing very well. She was back at hospital yesterday for another blood transfusion. This weekend we are hoping to  visit our daughter and son-in-law. 

I picked up lots of Christmas cards at our parent's houses. Here is a card I made with one of them. 

I just could not resist this robin. I found a backing paper in my stash to use with it. 

I used some circle dies to cut out the robin and it's mats. The sentiment was made with the stencil dies from the John Next Door range. The Holly Corner I added is a John Next Door die too. 

I am starting to build up my Christmas cards for this year. 

Have a good weekend. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Christmas Card number 34

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope your week is off to a good start. We are now well into prep for our holiday it is another cruise this time to Norway. Today I am going out with a friend for a girly day shopping and having lunch.

Yesterday I did a bit of Design Team work and then I set about making a Christmas card. Now I have a bit of a confession last year I bought a lot of Sue Wilson's Festive dies and I didn't get to use most of them. So this year I have promised myself that I am going to try and use all of them at least once.

So I made a start on using them yesterday. I used the Poinsettia mini striplet. Now I discovered something rather cool the outer die from the Happy Perspective die set cuts a perfect mat for the mini striplet. 

I cut the Deboss snowflake die in gold. I used the outer die to cut two black mats to create a black surround. The Seasons Greetings was cut in red.

I am going to try something similar to this design with my other striplet dies. 

I would like to enter challenge 36 at Christmas Card Challenges , challenge 26 at A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge Blog and Pixie's Snippets Playground week 242.

I had better get ready to go out. Enjoy your day. 

Happy Crafting.

Hugs Jackie

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Christmas Card number 15

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

Happy Friday! The weekend is almost here. We are heading off to a wedding early tomorrow morning and on Sunday we are visiting the Harry Potter studio tour, which is near where we will be staying. Two very exciting things to do. I won't be blogging or commenting much this weekend I know I am going to be very busy.

When I went to the Newbury Craft show, last weekend,  I had quite a long chat with John Lockwood he is becoming a  good friend. While we were talking he was using the new Snow Globe die set by Sue Wilson. I even helped him with a few things. I was so impressed with the dies and what he did with them I bought the Snow Globe die set and the Cottage Snow Globe scene. Today was my first opportunity to play with the dies.

This is an A5 card I don't often make these I do like may square cards. The backing paper was in my stash. 

This is the male deer from the Deer family die set that was released last year. 

This Season's Greeting die was also released last year. 

I did have fun putting the Snow Globe together. The treat cups make it so much easier to make a shaker card. I put Micro beads in mine. 

Look what I have treated myself to. I have been wanting to replace my Grand Calibur since the handle broke. I was able to pay for this with my earnings from card sales which is kind of appropriate. 

Here is is unpacked and I did use it today. I was impressed it is a very solid piece of kit. 

I have lots of ideas of how to use this die set so you will probably see it a lot more. I hope you have a wonderful weekend and that the weather is kind to all of us. 

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie

Unicorn Challenge Blog - Christmas is Coming

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

It is only Tuesday and I am back again I hope that your week is going well so far. The start of the month is always busy and this one is no exception.

Today sees the start of a new challenge on the Unicorn Challenge Blog and for challenge number three the theme is Christmas is Coming.

I have created another winter scene with my favourite dies of this year that is the Deer Family and the Winter Trees sets by Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions. 

This time I backed the deer with a different coloured card so they were more speckled not just in silhouette. 

I made the sky by using a mask for the moon from a post-it note. I kept the mask in place when I stamped the stars. Santa  was stamped in black and heat embossed with a clear powder. The greeting was another die by Sue Wilson.

I don't often make cards this shape I do like my square card. I have a few other ideas for these dies so you may be seeing them again. 

I would like to enter this for Challenge 9 at A Snowflakes Promise Challenge Blog 

and the challenge at Cuttlebug Mania - Trees. 

Happy Crafting.

Hugs Jackie

The Deer Family are out and about again.

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How has you week been so far? I have had a few ups and downs but mostly it has been good. Tonight we are off to the cinema but we have no idea what we are going to see. Odeon  cinemas have this scheme called Screen Unseen, you book in advance and the tickets are cheaper but you don't know what you are going to see until the film starts. The big plus is that there are no adverts. We have seen some very good films this way. When I do my next post I will let you know what we saw.

I have been rather busy at the moment this is a rather quick card that I am sharing with you today. I am using the Deer Family and Winter Trees die sets again. I just love them and they are so versatile.

Do you remember a Department Store Christmas advert from a few years ago where all the woodland animals gather round a Christmas tree in the forest? That is the image that I have been using as inspiration. The paper was in my stash and I cut some white card to form the snow. The snowflakes were made with a punch. The baubles on the tree were made with CS Berry Red and Olympic Gold PVA. The star was cut from gold mirror card and came from the snowflake set. I trimmed the Seasons Greetings die a bit so that it fitted on to the card. All the dies I used are designed by Sue Wilson. 

I cut the Deer Family in a different colour this time. 

This stag is magnificent I would like to use him on his own a bit more.  

This card was relatively quick to put together. I do love using these dies. 

I hope the rest of the week is kind to you. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

The Crafty Addicts Challenge Blog - Autumn Colours

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope you are having a good week. It has been rather wet here and that has been messing up the traffic.

Today sees the start of a new challenge on the Crafty Addicts Challenge blog and the theme is autumn colours. I did it again I ordered the image before I realised about the colours. The sponsor that my image came from is called Lacy Sunshine Stamps. The image I chose to use is called Peace on Earth - Angel Kiss and she is in the Christmas section of the store.

Don't I make things hard for myself choosing a Christmas image to use with autumn colours? Then I remembered the angel that used to go on top of our tree and she was dressed in golds, greens and browns. 

I cut all the mats and layers and I used dies to cut the mats for round the image. There is some brown glitter card in there I got this free at a craft show and I thought I won't use that. Well I was wrong it has nearly run out and I am thinking of buying some more. On the top layer I stamped  a small poinsettia stamp all over page with CS Perfect Medium then I heat embossed it with a clear powder. Finally I inked all over the page with three shades of Distress ink.

This is a beautiful image I coloured her with my Promarkers. 

I cut the sentiment with a Sue Wilson die in gold and brown this meant that it could have a drop shadow. This helped to give it definition against the background. 

I made a poinsettia using Sue Wilson dies again with brown, gold and green. 

If you click on the logo above you will be taken to the store. 

There you have my Christmas card made in autumn colours. I think you could make a Christmas card just about any colour you like. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

Not Just Cards Challenge Blog - Challenge 25 and winner of the Blog Hop image

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope that you have had a great weekend and are raring to go for the week ahead.

Today see the start of a new challenge on the Not Just Cards Challenge Blog. The theme is always Anything Goes. This time we had images to work with mine came from Ikes Art.

The image is called Winter Robin. I started with a 7" x 7" kraft card blank I cut all the mats and layers. With the white layer I cut an aperture with an circle die and then I embossed it with the Snowflake Lattice folder by Sue Wilson. I used the Sue Wilson holly dies to cut the holly. I used two of the circle dies to create a frame for the aperture. I created the berries and the corner dots with CS Berry Red PVA. 

If you click on the logo you will get taken to the store there are lots of lovely images to chose from. 

I coloured the robin with Promarkers. I used a brush and some blue ink to colour round the image. Then I made dots with my Versa Mark pen and I heat embossed them with a white powder. 

The sentiment was cut with the Seasons Greetings die by Sue Wilson ( anyone would think I was a big fan). This was mounted on some glitter card. 

Now is the time to reveal the winner of my image from our September Blog Hop. Here is my card as a reminder. 

She is from Star Stampz and called My Sweet Sunflower. I had 39 comments so I put the numbers into a random number generator. Here is the result.

So comment 38 was the winner and that came from Zub Momi. The prize has been claimed and sent. 

I do hope that you have a good week. Why not join in with this months challenge. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie