Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #81 - Anything Goes - Sponsor Geko Galz

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

Thank you for sticking with me for the second post of the day. This one is for Challenge #81 at the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge blog. The theme of all our challenges is Anything Goes and the sponsor to this challenge is Geko Galz.  Oh boy did we have some fantastic images to work with. 

The set of images I used is called Gnome for the Holidays and it is available HERE.  There were so many images in the set I just couldn't stop making cards. 

The store is a feast of delights. Click on the logo and you will be taken there. 

Aren't the gnomes cute and they worked so well with my stash. 

This card even recycles an old card. 

I made a Snippets background for this card. 

He is just so cute. I do like red of Christmas cards. 

This is a background I found. I couldn't resist adding Santa and a moon. 

They work on tags too. 

Here is everything together. There are lots of cards for my stash. 

Have a great week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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A bit More Time to Craft Challenge blog - Challenge 124 - Anything Goes

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How is your week going? My hubby has a couple of days off. Today we have the excitement of getting our eyes tested. I noticed a significant difference with my eyes so the time is right. 

Today Challenge 174 starts at the A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge blog. The theme is Anything Goes and there are fantastic digi papers on offer as prizes. 

 I used the Gingham papers for my creation. 

Our challenges are lots of fun. Click on the logo and you will be taken to the challenge blog

Some time ago I treated myself to a magazine that had a Flower Fairy paper collection.

The tags were left over from the kit so I decided to put them together to make a card. 

This is a Crafter's Companion die. 

My mother-in-law loves the flower fairies. I might just save this until next year for her. By then I might well have made her something else she is a very special lady. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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A Bit More Time to Craft Extra Challenge - April Challenge - Anything Goes

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How is the time going for you? I hope you are all well. We keep hearing of people getting symptoms. All the time we are able to, we are happy to help where we can. I can hardly believe it will be Easter soon.

Today the April challenge has  started at the A Bit More Time to Craft Extra Challenge. The theme is always Anything Goes.

For this creation I have used the Gingham Digi papers. As I was printing at home I was able to make them double sided. I bought a copy of Die Cutting Essentials magazine because I liked the basket die set so much. As the papers were double sided this meant that the inside of the basket was decorated. The Decorative panel came with the die set. I did make the handle myself. 

What not join in with our Anything Goes Challenge. Click on the logo and you will be taken there. 

The tag dies came with the Crafter's Companion Advent calendar. The Happy Easter is a Creative Expressions die. 

This basket went together very easily. So far I have made two they are with our daughter and son-in-law. I gave them to them the last time we saw them. I have no idea when everyone will be able to see their loved ones again. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The April Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Challenge 45 at the Love to Craft Challenge blog

Stay safe and well. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Beccy's Place - Sing Joy digi stamp set

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I hope you are having a great weekend. Yesterday my husband  worked  at his University's  Open Day. I went out early and treated myself to breakfast at M&S. In the evening we went to a 50th Birthday party. Today we are having a lazy day sorting things out for our trip to London next week.

I am one of the contributors to the Beccy's Place blog. I was sent the Sing Joy digi set and I was asked  to make cards, tags and a box to put them in.

Here is the box I decorated the patterned paper with washi tape and musical notes made with a tattered lace die. 

There are many fantastic images in the store and Beccy runs regular competitions. Click on the logo and you will be taken there. 

Here is the open box showing the cards and tags inside. 

Here are the cards I enjoyed putting the images in different configurations. 

Here are the tags. 

Here is everything together. This is such a fun set to use. I am not sure who these cards will go to but whoever it is I am sure they will make them smile. 

I would like to enter the following challenges: 

Crazy 4 Challenges - C4C506

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog

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I am back with my second post of the day. This one is for the new challenge on the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge blog the theme is Anything Goes and the sponsor is Fred She Said

The background was made with Distress Oxides and embossed and then inked over with Distress ink. 

There are many fantastic images in the store. Click on the logo to be taken there. 

This cute little image is called Dancing Penguin. He is available HERE. He was printed onto Neenah card and coloured with Promarkers. 

This sentiment was cut with a Signature die from white glitter card. 

I made two tags and now I wish that I had made more. 

I would like to enter challenge 273 at the Brown Sugar Challenge Blog. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Isobel Craft Collection - Garden Delights stamp set

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I hope you are enjoying this Bank Holiday Weekend. We are back from our Holibobs it was brilliant. I love cruising. Norway is beautiful and I want to go back some time. Yesterday we had a trip to Bristol to have a look at accommodation for the wedding but this didn't work out which is a shame.

Before we went away I had a play and I made some tags with the dragonfly stamp from the Garden Delights stamp set from The Isobel Craft Collection.

I made three tags I was itching to try out my Pixie Powders. I used my Tattered Lace dies to make the tags. 

For this tag I used a sticky embossing powder and then gilding flakes to make the dragonflies shine. To create the background I used Pixie Powders and water. 

For this tag I used a clear embossing powder for the dragonflies and more Pixie Powders for the background. 

Finally blue embossing powder and another shade of Pixie Powder. 

Here I am with a Norwegian Troll they love their Trolls. None of them came home with us they were rather expensive.  

This is the Azura looking enormous in port. When we were in one of the Fjords the captain did an amazing thing he turned the ship round 360 degrees on the spot. I have never seen anything like that before. 

We did see a lot of waterfalls. 

I did enjoy making these tags. This is a good way to practice different techniques for your card making. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie

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Tattered Lace - Congratulations, Spaceman and Rocket Dies

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I hope you had a good weekend and are refreshed for the week ahead. We enjoyed Lee Hurst on Saturday evening and on Sunday we had a quiet day catching up on jobs.

These are the samples I sent in for Tattered Lace shows on Create and Craft on Saturday 16th April.

Here are all the samples together.

I did like the congratulations die I did use it on the Sunflower wedding card I posted a few days ago. 

I have had the space paper in my stash for ages it was nice to have a project to use it on. 

I used a mask to create the background for the Spaceman. 

I found the chocolate stars in my local newsagent. I think this would make a good party gift. 

The Spaceman and the Rocket went well together on this gift bag. 

I used a the Tattered Lace Pierced tag set to create the tags. 

The tag was the only one of my samples to be shown on TV. 

This is the cheeky robin that was hopping all over the garden when my husband was cutting the grass.  I would have taken some more photos but my camera battery ran out.

I hope you have a great week. 

Happy Crafting.

Hugs Jackie 

Tattered Lace Charisma Teddy and Embellishments

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

Well this has been a busy week one way and another and we aren't quite at the end yet. I hope you are all getting on OK.

Over the Christmas break I had quite a few Tattered Lace deadlines. It did help that we couldn't go out much because of my poor husband's wrist.

I enjoyed making these samples for shows that are being shown on Create and Craft  today.

Here are all the samples together. The little teddy is so cute. There is a CD rom of images he has different expressions. There is a die to cut him out. I also had the Teddy Embellishments die set to work with. 

I made matching sets of cards and tags and a couple of bags. This is content teddy. 

This was happy teddy pretty in pink.  All the embellishments were made from the Teddy Embellishments die. I chose not to use the print out from the CD for the embellishments I enjoyed making them to match the cards and tags. 

This is sad teddy but he still looks cute. 

Here they all are again. They were all shown. The teddy is very hard to resist. 

I have made a lot of samples for Tattered Lace recently. I think I have samples that have gone to CHA in America this week.  I wonder if they will turn up anywhere? 

Enjoy the last day of the week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie