Floral Birthday Card in the Colours of the Moment

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How was your weekend? Unfortunately I had a headache most of the time that only cleared up Sunday evening. I have been having a big sort out of my craft stash. I got to that point when you realise you are never going to use some things again. There is a big pile to get rid of. I have  had some lovely comments about me stopping blogging. I think I will carry on but rather intermittently. There is so much going on I am not getting so much time to craft. I am still making samples for the John Next Door range. This is by far the best design team I have ever been on. I am still wanting to share my makes for John with you. 

This weekend I did make one card. It is for my cousin's birthday. I used the colours that we are seeing everywhere. For me, like many others, Ukraine is never far from my thoughts.  

For this card I used various shade of Linen Card from Crafts-Too. I used the Small Flower die and the the Small Leaves die, for the John Next Door range, to make the flowers and the leaves. For these I used some scraps of inky paper I find this works well for flowers.

I made this sentiment with the Stencil Sayings Die set from the John Next Door range. 

Our magnolia tree is just coming into bloom again. The flowers are very pink this year. 

I hope my cousin likes the card. It is not long until her birthday now. 

Have a good week.

Happy Crafting

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Floral Sent with Love

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How is your week going? Sorry I haven't been around much life is rather hectic at the moment. Today we are going to collect some baby equipment for our daughter and son-in-law. They are very lucky and people have been very generous. 

Here is the card I made for my lovely mother-in-law for Mother's Day. Unfortunately she isn't very well and she won't be getting better. 

This card was made with all John Next Door dies. I do love the Small Flowers and the Small Leaves dies. They are a great way to use some of those small scraps of paper. 

This sentiment was made for another project but I changed my mind. I thought it was just right for this card. I used the Stencil Sayings die. I also made a butterfly with the Large Butterfly die set. 

I will add the sentiment inside the card later. Unfortunately the way things are it may not be needed. It is all just so sad. 

Happy Crafting

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Fortieth Wedding Anniversary Box Card

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How was your weekend? We had a lovely day on Saturday visiting our Daughter and Son-in-law. One big treat is that they have Disney Plus and we were able to watch the first few episodes of the new series Loki. They also have lovely places to walk near them which is ideal with their doggy. Their dog has recently become the brand ambassador for a brand of dog treats. He does have his own Instagram account. What a world we live in. 

Our good friends had their 40th Wedding anniversary at the weekend. They are having a few days away to celebrate. This is the card I made for them. 

I do like making box cards. I have made a few this year and I have helped a friend to make one too. There is  a tutorial on my blog with the instructions which you can reach HERE. 

I am never quite sure which is the best way to photograph these cards.  I used a lot of John Next Door dies including: Advent Numbers, Cornflower die, Small Leaves, Stencil Sentiments. The red card is Crafts-Too Satin card and the patterned paper came from a pad in my stash. 

Here is the card from another view. It is so great that these cards fold flat. 

I know they liked their card and they are having a lovely time away. 

I would like to enter the following challenges: 

Challenge 531 at Fab 'n' Funky Challenges 

Challenge 104 at Crafting Happiness Challenges

The July Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Have a good week 

Happy Crafting

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Art Deco Birthday Card

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How has your week been? We have been rather busy. On Wednesday we celebrated my mother-in-law's 94th birthday. It was a lovely day and we were able to have lunch in the garden with friends and family. We were in charge of bringing the food. It was such a nice occasion to be at. Today I am helping at another felting workshop I helped at one yesterday. I helped at one yesterday and I made a poppy picture. 

I had a bit of time to catch up on some of the makes I will need soon. My friend's birthday is in September it is good to get ahead. 

My friend love Art Deco ladies. I save all the cards that I get with these images on to make cards for her. The outside frame was made with the Presscut Art Deco Cassandre die. I know the Art Deco dies were popular. 

I had these pretty cornflowers that were left over from another project. I added gems to the centres. I had some of the small leaves left over too. 

This tag comes with the Cassandre die and I used the stencil sentiments dies to make the sentiment. 

This image started life as thank you card. It is amazing what you can do when you can hide the old sentiment. 

It is fine for me to share my friend's card. She doesn't indulge in Social Media. 

Have a great weekend. 

Happy Crafting

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Happy 30th Birthday Box Card

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How was your weekend? We had a quiet one. I needed a bit of down time after visiting my parents last week. Yesterday  started two weeks of invigilating for me. There are just a few of us going in. We are having the children who need extra time for their mocks. We can also read for them. The rest of the year group are taking their mocks in the classroom with their teachers. 

A few weeks ago it was our daughter's 30th Birthday. How did that happen? I had to make a special card. So this is a larger box card. I have made a few of these this year. 

For this card I actually drew the backing paper. It was something we did in the doodling sessions with Barbara Gray a while back. 

I used lots of John Next Door dies to complete this care. The Stencil Alphabet dies are so good for personalising a card. I used the Stencil Numbers too and the Stencil Sentiments. The flowers were made with the Tatty Daisy die. There are also some Small Flowers and Small Leaves on there. 

Our daughter loved this card. We had a lovely day together on the day. They have the dog now so she couldn't have a party. Hopefully one day the doggy will be able to cope with groups of people. 

Have a good week. 

As I am invigilating not much crafting is going to happen. 

Happy crafting

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Presscut Art Deco Dies for Crafts-Too and John Next Door

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I hope you are having a good weekend. Having seen my parents last week there has been a lot to sort out. I have manged to fit in a little crafting. My A4 die cutting machine finally gave up on Friday. I am working on getting a replacement. I do have the Kaleido but I need an A4 machine for bigger dies. My hubby is being very supportive. I am sure something will be sorted soon. 

Here are the cards and other bits I made with the Presscut Deco dies that are being released by John Next Door on the Craft Store at 6.00 pm today. 

I do like extending the use of the dies I am given. This is a shaker card with some butterflies in the centre. 

Often when I have the coloured card out for one card another card will suggest itself. This time I have made a square card with a rectangular die. This time I made flower with the Small Flowers die. 

I think this is my favourite card. I just love the colours and the way the die work. I added  flowers made with the Periwinkle die. I used an off cut from the background paper. The sentiments I used came from the Deco Butterflies die set. 

I love making boxes. The acetate I used in this one came from packaging and has gold dots on it. When I had made the box I went out to buy the chocolates to go in it. The colours were just perfect. I added another Periwinkle flower. 

Here is a gift bag with more Periwinkle flowers. 

This was a fun set of dies to use. Look out for them in other makes. I am sure I will be using them a lot. 

Enjoy the rest of the weekend. I have two weeks of invigilating coming up. 

Happy Crafting

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Beccy's Place - Just add Flowers

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How is your week going? We are getting closer to our second jab. Thursday will be here before we know it. I am helping at a Felting Workshop on Wednesday. It our daughter's birthday at the weekend. I really aim hoping for no side effects we will just have to wait and see. 

I am one of the Blog Contributors at Beccy's Place and I get to work with some fabulous images. The Just Add Flowers digital image set is no exception. 

For this card I made a background with Snippets of Patterned Papers. I used the A Little Something Digital Stamp set (which is available HERE) to add flowers to the jug. 

This is the Just Add Flowers digital image set it is available HERE.  As you can see I have only scratched the surface of the potential this set has. I really enjoyed colouring the jugs and it brought back memories of my lovely Nan. 

For my next card I added flowers with my Tatty Daisy die from the John Next Door range. 

The final card is a tiny card. All the flowers and butterflies were left over from another crafting session. This was a great way to use them. 

Here they all are together. They were fun to make. 

Happy Crafting

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Floral Thinking of You Card

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How was your weekend? I had a lovely birthday. Our daughter and son-in-law came for lunch in the garden. Before that we all went for a walk in the wood near us with their dog. We got on a lot better with the dog this time. I think he is starting to know us. It was a great relaxing day. Yesterday we went down to Gun Wharf Quays and had a meal outside. This wasn't quite as enjoyable has it should have been as it was very cold and windy. I did get a good deal on Lindt chocolates in the shop there. Later on I can show you what I used them for. 

Here is a Thinking of You card that I made with some John Next Door dies. 

The patterned paper came from my stash. I used the Small Flowers, Small Leaves and the Small Butterfly dies to surround the sentiment. 

This is one of the dies that comes in the Stencil Sayings die set. 

Have a great week. We are off to see friends in Lymington today. It will be nice to visit the New Forest. 

Happy Crafting

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A Birthday Card for Pat

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How has your week been? I hurt my back and I also had some very bad headaches. I am feeling a lot better now but I did loose a lot of time. It is so nice now that we can meet up with more people. Tomorrow we are going to see our daughter she is staying home with their dog meaning that her hubby can make the journey to visit his Nan. It will give us a chance to get to know their dog a bit better. 

Here is another of the samples I made for the John Next Door one day special on the Craft Store last weekend. 

This card was made from the waste when I was cutting all the other dies. What I do is I have everything together in a box all the dies, all the off cuts of card. Then when I get near the end of making samples I will look and the waste bits and see what I can come up with. I used the Firth Park Tags dies set, the Stencil Numbers and Alphabet die and lastly the Small Flowers and Small Leaves dies. 

Have a good weekend. I will be back tomorrow it is the first of the month. 

Happy Crafting

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Easel Card with Small Flowers and Small Leaves

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How is your week going? I have hurt my back which has slowed me down quite a bit. I hope it will be better by the weekend. We are planning to see our daughter to try to get their dog to know us a bit better. So far this week I haven't managed to do much crafting. I am waiting for some dies to come then I will be making a few more bits for John. I must say it was nice seeing my cards on TV at the weekend. 

I do like making easel cards. You really do have to be careful who you send them to.  I usually stick to other crafters as they know to display them. I cut two of the Firth Park larger dies and I put them together to make a square. Then I threaded ribbon through the loops. I cut the ribbon longer than I needed. Then on the back the ribbon can be glued back on itself to give a neat finish. I used one of the Stencil sentiment dies to cut the word friend into the tag that I used as a stopper. 

Here is the card being shown of TV. I paused the programme on the computer and took a screen shot. That is why there is a big circle in the middle. 

I might make a card like this for someone special it will be easy to change the sentiment. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

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New releases from the John Next Door Range

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How is your weekend going. We had a quiet day yesterday. There is still lots to do in the house and garden as well as things to sort out for our elderly relatives. We are planning a walk to the Country Park later this morning to see the bluebells. They were just starting to come out last week so they should be a bit more showy now. I hope you enjoy what you have planned. 

I don't usually post on a Sunday but today on the Craft Store John Lockwood, aka John Next Door, is releasing some fabulous new dies. I was so lucky to be able to make some samples with them. 

Here is one of the cards I made. I use the Stencil Alphabet die set, the Firth Park Tags die set and the Small Flowers and Small Leaves dies. 

I think John's shows start at 6.00 pm on the Craft Store and carry on into Monday. 

Have a great day.

Happy Crafting

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Floral Happy Birthday

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How is your week going? We have been catching up on jobs around the house and in the garden. There are so many things that need sorting out. Life is starting to get a bit more normal. On Friday we are having some friends round for lunch in the garden. It is so nice to be able to host people again. We are looking at a quiet weekend ahead. 

I made a birthday card for my mother-in-law who will be 94 in June. When I had finished I had lots of bits and bobs left over so I decided to make another birthday card. 

I used a 6" x 6" card blank. The patterned paper was in my stash and I inked the edge with Distress ink. Yes I still use mine. Around the sentiment I used the Small Flowers die, the Small Leaves die and the Small Butterfly die set all from the John Next Door range. 

I do like like the Stencil Sayings Die set from the John Next Door range. 

I was very pleased with how this card turned out. I think I might make a few more like this. 

Enjoy the rest of the week and the weekend. 

Happy Crafting

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Pretty Floral Easter Card

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How is your week going? We have had some nice weather. Today isn't so nice. Today is also vaccination day for us. This afternoon we will be heading off to the vaccination centre. We were lucky and managed to get appointments together. 

I have been making Easter cards. The Mother's Day cards I have made are in the post. 

I just love the Small Flower die and the Small leaves die from the John Next Door range. I used card for the flowers that I had coloured with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. They are no good for colouring anymore but the ink in them makes gorgeous papers. The leaves were cut with paper I found in my Snippets stash. 

This sentiment was made with some of the Stencil Sentiments die set from the John Next Door range. I think I heard John say that some more words and phrases are coming in this style. 

There you have it a pretty floral Easter card. I think I have all my Easter cards made now. I really ought to make some more Christmas cards. This is the first blog post I have completed on our new laptop. I am taking quite a while to get used to it. A friend helped my out by making me some watermarks. 

Enjoy the rest of the week

Happy Crafting

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John Next Door - Deco Butterflies Day 3

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How was your weekend? We managed to get out for some walks and get a few jobs in the garden done. 

This is my last post for the Deco Butterfly dies from the John Next Door range. This project deserves its own blog post. 

I made a box and decorated it with the butterflies and lots of other dies. I used my scoring board to make the box. 

Here is the top of the box. I used some lattice corner dies. Also the Small Flower die and the Small Leaves die. All the dies are used are from the John Next Door range. 

This is what I put in the box. They are felted soaps. The wool fibres sink to fit the soap. The soap is used as normal and the lather comes through the wool. The felt works a mild exfoliator. I made bands for the soap using the Deco word dies. I have wanted to try felting soaps for a while now. 

I also made divisions for the box so that the soaps fitted. This was all inspired by a gift I received. 

On Hochanda you could see this box on the counter. On Wednesday this week we are getting our first vaccine. I do hope this all helps. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 87 at the Crafting Happiness Challenge blog

Have a good week. 

Happy Crafting

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