Itty Bitty Botz Encore Week at Beccy's Place

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I hope you are having a lovely weekend. The weather has been very good. Today is our daughter's 30th birthday. We are going to be spending most of the day with them. 

This week is Encore Week at Beccy's Place where one of the older digital images sets is highlighted. This time the image set is Itty Bitty Botz. A set of really cute robots. 

Here is the card I made using the Shutter Card die set from the John Next Door range. 

I have had the rocket paper in my stash for so long. It was nice to use it on a project. I used the precoloured images. 

Here is the Itty Bitty Botz  image set it is available HERE. 

This was a fun card to make. I think the Shutter Card style suited the robots. 

Happy Crafting

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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

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Sailing Boat themed Father's Day Shutter Card

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How was your weekend? Did you get snow? We managed to get out for walks on Saturday and Sunday. the rest of the time was spent doing puzzles, watching films and have Zoom chats.  It was cold on both days but we didn't get snow. 

You know when you get an idea in your head and it won't go. I have been wanting to make my Father-in-law a card with the Shutter die set from the John Next Door range ever since I received it. I was going to make him one at Christmas but the time just got away from me. The next time he needs a card will be Father's Day so that is what I made. I also found a sheet of sailing boat images in my stash that I thought would be perfect. 

I used my Nautical paper pad from the Works. I am so glad that I bought that paper pad it so useful. I did actually buy a second one that hasn't been started. I still feel it was a good investment. Can you see the small dots in the corners. I made those with the Mandala die set. I am well chuffed you can cut several dots at a time. 

The tags come with the Shutter card die set. I love how thin the layers are when you cut all of the tags. I also treated myself to some more of the Stencil Sayings dies from the John Next Door range. I love how you can make up different phrases. 

This is how I decorated the back of the shutters. I do like cutting out those little fish. 

I know my father-in-law will like this card. His sight is failing and he loves a card with a bit of movement. In the Autumn he will be 97. That is amazing really. 

Have a good week. 

Happy Crafting

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Christmas Beatles themed Shutter Card

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I hope that you had a good weekend. On Saturday we had a lovely walk as the weather was nice. We even managed to have a coffee out. We also decorated not one but two Christmas trees. The one in the lounge is real and tiny, the one in the hall is artificial and taller. It is a long time since we have had two Christmas trees. I do like getting all the Christmas things out bit by bit. It is like rediscovering old friends. 

I can share this card now that our friends have received it. I had lots of fun making it. 

I used the Shutter Card die set from the John Next Door range. I was so lucky to receive this die to make samples. There is one more Christmas card. I want to make with it. 

Now the brick work is a photo of one of the walls of our house. I couldn't find what I wanted so I made it myself. The Beatles are images by Vera Lane Studio. They come in twos and have sayings with them as well. The were coloured with Promarkers. I did add the Christmas hats as well. 

Here is a little secret we are going to Brighton to see a socially distanced concert by the Bootleg Beatles. It is going to be so much fun. Our friends liked their card a lot. 

Have a great week. 

Happy Crafting

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Poppy Heads and another Shutter Card

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I hope that you had a good weekend. The weather here was horrible so lots of jobs were done indoors. The bunny hutch is now in the garage. There is still a lot to do to the make the room how I would like it.

Here are another couple of my samples for the John Next Door range using the Poppy Head dies and the Shutter Card die set. 

I used the Shutter Card die set to make this card. I also got involved with Sticky Sheets and Gilding flakes. At the back of the card I made a stamp with one of the poppy head dies. I stamped it with sticky ink and heat embossed it with a sparkly powder. You can hardly see that detail but it is there. 

I was careful when I cut the poppy heads from the sheet I had covered in Gilding flakes. This meant I could use the waste sheet to make another care. 

Here are both of the cards together. I did have fun using these dies. 

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John Next Door Shutter Card Die set

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I have just finished two weeks of invigilating. The kids we have worked with have been very good and have coped with the difficult circumstances we have all had to deal with. I am posting on a Saturday as I have some news that I have been sitting on for a while. 

Back in the summer I applied to be a Guest John Next Door Angel for the month of September. Well that didn't work out. A bit later on a received and email that I assumed would tell me that too many people had applied and that I hadn't made the cut. Well I was wrong I was given the chance to be a Guest Angel for November. In October I received my dies and I had a great time making cards with the Shutter cards die set and the Poppy Heads dies. 

The dies were released on Hochanda yesterday and they proved to be very popular. I tried to make a range of card with the dies to show how versatile they could be. 

I will start with the Christmas cards I made. All the dies and papers I used have been designed by John Lockwood aka John Next Door.  

This card was shown in the Facebook Live the day before the release. By accident I made this card open the other way to most of them. It works just as well. 

Here is a more straight forward Christmas card. 

Here I made a Christmas card with Sam's Circles die set. I used the flags that came with Shutter Card die set. 

Here are the Christmas cards together. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 516 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge

Challenge 83 a the the Holly and the Ivy Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge 28 at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog

Happy Crafting

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