Poppies oh so Pretty

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors 

I hope you have had a good week. Yesterday we went to the theatre to see Magic that goes Wrong. It was a good show. After we had a fantastic meal in a Portuguese restaurant. It was so lovely to have a  day out with our friends. I think I needed it. 

I have been looking through my files and I came across some poppy cards that I hadn't shared. 

I do like making backgrounds with strips of patterned papers. 

These poppies are from Beccy's Place again I think they are retired. 

I made a simple card as well. 

I do like this card. I will send it to someone soon. 

Have a good weekend. 

Happy Crafting

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A Set of Four Christmas Cards

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How is your week going? We have had a busy few day. There are still issues with the care we have set up for my in-laws. I am sure everything we get sorted out soon. 

When I have been feeling like crafting I have been making Christmas cards. I find these the most restful things to make. I have done a lot of colouring lately and that helps too. 

I was given some old cards that all matched. They were used to make new cards and I used up lots of off cuts of patterned papers. 

There were lots of scraps left over so I made a Snippets background for one of the cards. 

This was a great way to use up some things that had been hanging around my craft area for a while. 

I actually think this is the first card I made. That paper is so pretty. 

There we have the  four similar cards. I still have more I would like to make. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

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When you have a good idea make another Card.

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How is your week going? Today our old car is being collected, it will be sold and the money will go to a charity of our choice. The car will be collected from our drive too. It is quite a neat way to get rid of an old car. 

I enjoyed making the Snippets Christmas card last week that I decided to make a birthday card. This is all with scraps of paper that I found when tidying the other day. 

I was intending to make a Christmas card but the blue papers I used suggested a birthday card. 

This image came from an old card. I cut the image and it's mat with circle dies from different John Next Door die sets. 

You can always use a birthday card. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

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Christmas Snippets with a cute Robin

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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

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Snippets Christmas Card

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How is your week going? We seem to be quite busy. Today my hubby is going to cricket for the first time. We live near to the Aegeus Bowl the home of Hampshire Cricket. He is going with friends. I hope he has a good time. I on the other hand will be having coffee with friends. It should be a nice day for both of us. 

At the moment I don't have any deadlines looming so yesterday I made some Christmas cards.  I am so behind on Christmas card making this year. 

The background was made with Snippets of patterned paper. There were so many lying around on my desk they were just asking to be used. 

This is an old card. I cut the card and it's mount with my Double Pierced Square dies from Creative Expressions. I made the Candi for the corners with my Limited Edition Mandala die from the John Next Door range. 

I had two of the  old cards so I was able to make two new cards. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge #409 at Pixie's Snippets Playground

Challenge #99 at the Holly and the Ivy Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge #37 at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog

The August Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Challenge #554 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

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Pollyanna Pickering Barn Owl with a Snippets Background

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How was your weekend? We went on a couple of longer walks and we did a bit in the garden.  Not much longer and we will be able to meet with 6 people outside. I am so looking forward to meeting up with our daughter and son-in-law and their new dog and having a walk together. 

I have been sorting through some of my craft supplies. It is not surprising that I came across lots of Snippets of paper to use up. I used some of the ones from Creative World of Crafts papers to make the background for this card. I do get a obsessed with an idea especially when it means using things up. 

This is how the topper comes from a pad. I just made it a black mat. I do love images from Pollyanna Pickering. That Barn Owl is so cute. She did leave a wonderful legacy. 

I am often asked for cards with owls on them by someone who runs a Brownie pack. It is good to have a few in hand. The sentiment can be added later when I know what occasion the card will be used for. 

Have a good week. 

Happy Crafting

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Cute Easter Bunnies Easter Card

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I hope you have had a good week. We are super excited our coffee machine is coming back today. According to the tracking it should be here before lunchtime. Oh boy have we missed that machine.  I will let you know how we get on. 

I have made a few Easter cards this year. I was going through my files and I found this cute bunny image that I thought would be nice to colour and that is what I did. Now I can't remember whose image it is. 

I used Snippets of green and yellow patterned paper to make the background. I do like making these backgrounds. 

I wish I could remember whose image this is to give them credit. I coloured the cute bunnies with my Faber Castell Polychromo Pencils. I do find the colouring very relaxing. 

This is a sweet little card. I did enjoy making it. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The Spring Things Challenge at the Daring Cardmakers Challenge blog. 

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge 398

The March Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Challenge 678 at the Cute Card Thursday Challenge blog

Have a good weekend. 

Happy Crafting

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Cute Owl with a Snippets Background

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How is your week going? Here is a little card to cheer you up. We are all booked for our Covid vaccine. We got the letter on yesterday and we booked later in the day when some more appointments had become available. The next one is booked as well. I do hope all this helps. 

I have been enjoying colouring. It does seem to help with my stress levels. When I have to deal with things to do with my parent's  care a session of colouring really helps calm me down. I had my snippets out for another project. I hunted through to find papers that would go with this cute owl. 

This cute little owl is from the You're A Hoot digital stamp set from Beccy's Place it is available HERE  This image set is on sale, it is a good price and it won't be around for long. The branch and the butterfly were drawn by me. I wanted him to have something to look at and to sit on. The whole thing was coloured with my Faber Castell Polychromo pencils. The frame was made with a Spellbinders die. I cut it twice once in black and once in gold. This helped the frame to stand out from the background. 

I will pop a sentiment onto this card when I know who it will be sent to. I have been asked to have a stall at a Hampshire Open Studios event in the summer. I had better get making somethings to put on the stall. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 491 at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog

The March Challenge at Beccy's Place Challenges

The March Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Challenge starting Tuesday 2nd March at the Through the Craft Room Door (TTCRD) Challenge blog. 

The March Challenge at the 2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge blog

Happy Crafting

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A Ballet themed Birthday Card

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I hope you had a good weekend in spite of lockdown. We have so many things to sort out the weekend whizzed by. I am invigilating again this week. My hubby is now into his last three weeks of work. All the paperwork has now gone to all the right places. So it is actually going to happen. 

I was making a birthday card for someone else and I ended up with lots of pretty little scraps of paper. Well I just had to make another birthday card with them. 

With the strips of pretty paper I made a background. 

I used a Spellbinders die to make the label. The ballet dancer die is from Crafter's Companion. 

The sentiment is a Crafter's Companion die too. 

When I made this card I didn't have a recipient in mind. I just don't like wasting things. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 390 at Pixie's Snippets Playground. 

Challenge #203 at the Seize the Birthday Challenge blog

Have a good week. 

Happy Crafting

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Nautical Card made with Snippets

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How is your week going? Things just seem to be getting busier and busier. I don't know about you?

I was looking through my files and I came across this cute little nautical card. 

From time to time I have been having a sort out of some of my stash. I had lots of strips of nautical themed patterned paper. I used these to make the background for this card. 

The scene was created with the Nautical Scenes die set that came free with a magazine. 

I have been making a few things for the sale at the end of August this is one of them. I had a meeting about the sale with my friend yesterday. Her garden is beautiful and a pleasure to sit in,

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge 383

The 4th August Challenge at the Through the Craft Room Door (TTCRD) Challenge blog

Challenge 60 at Crafting Happiness Challenges 

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie

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Winter Wonderland Challenge blog - Sponsor Fred She Said and the theme is Hip to be Square

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How has your week been? Ours has been a bit up and down with all the things going on at my hubby's work.  Here we are at the weekend and they still don't feel much different. We have no plans so hopefully some gardening will get done. The grass is getting quite long. 

Today is the first day of the new challenge at the Winter Wonderland Challenge blog. The theme is Hip to be Square and the sponsor is Fred She Said. I love making square cards so this challenge is right up my street. 

I made one on my Snippets backgrounds. I do love using up those strips of patterned paper. I added the Winter Trees from Creative Expressions to the design to frame the sentiment. 

There are many wonderful images in the store. Click on the logo and you will be taken there. 

I used the pre-colured Winter Westie Images and made a little family group. The Winter Westie image set is available HERE. 

I do like these cute little doggies. I do seem to be on a bit of a roll with Christmas cards at the moment. 

The winner for the Winter Wonderland Challenge blog will be posted on Monday next week. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 496 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge

The July Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Have a good weekend. Whatever you get up to. 

Happy Crafting

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April Rudolph Days Challenge - Winter Scene Christmas card

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How are things going for you? We are shopping for quite a few people. As long as we stay healthy this is fine. We are happy to help. I wonder how long all of this will continue. We keep hearing of more and more people who have been affected.

I love entering the Rudolph Days Challenge every month. When I am struggling to craft I often start a session by making a Christmas card. I am finding it hard to craft at the moment. I think it has a lot to do with my hubby being around all the time and my new love of doodling. I keep looking out for things I can draw.

This card was made almost completely from Snippets. All I had to make from scratch was the card blank. The background was made with some left over pattered paper and some left over glitter care. 

The circles were left over from making a frame on another card. They were cut with the Double Pierced circle dies from Creative Expressions. I have lots of these deer already cut. The trees were cut with a Tattered Lace die. The moon came with a die set that came free with a magazine. The Happy Christmas was cut with a Crafter's Companion die. I have all my Snippets organised by colour so when I need to cut a sentiment or something else small I can easily find the colour I need. 

This is another card for my stash. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The April Rudolph Days Challenge

Challenge 376 at Pixie's Snippets Playground

Challenge 209 at the Crimbo Cracker Challenge blog

Challenge 21 at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge 70 at the Holly and the Ivy Challenge blog

Challenge 487 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge

The April Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Challenge 553 at the CRAFT Challenge blog

Stay safe and well

Happy Crafting

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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

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Winter Wonderland Challenge Blog - Merry and Bright

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I hope you have had a good week. Today I am helping at a beginners felting workshop. I always enjoy these workshops. There is another busy weekend coming up.

Today the new challenge starts at the Winter Wonderland Challenge blog and the theme is Merry and Bright and our sponsor is Sherry West.

I made one of my Snippets backgrounds. I chose lots of bright patterned  papers to make the strips. Silver glittery stars were added to match the stars on the image. 

Here is the logo to the Sherry West Etsy shop not all the images are there yet but it is still worth checking out. Click on the logo and you will be taken there. 

This cute little angel was printed onto Neenah card and coloured with Promarkers. 

I found this tag in my stash and it was just perfect for the theme. 

Another card for my Christmas stash and it is nice and flat for posting. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 18 at the Cute 'N' Crafty Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge 194 at the Crimbo Crackers Challenge blog

Challenge 15 at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge 57 at the Holly and the Ivy Challenge blog

Challenge 602 at the Cute Card Thursday Challenge blog

Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge 362

Challenge 172 at the Creative Fingers Challenge blog

Happy Crafting

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