Congratulations on Passing your Driving Test

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How was your weekend? We spent Saturday with our daughter and her lovely doggy. Our son-in-law was out helping someone move. There is still a lot to sort out for our parents. Care starts for my in-laws on Wednesday. On Thursday we are seeing both sets of parents. We know time is short so we want to be there for them. I won't be crafting much and I have stepped down from the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge blog. It is a shame but at the moment I am struggling with deadlines. 

I was asked to make a card for someone who had just passed their driving test. Here is what I came up with. 

I drew the L with a Promarker. I cut the L with scissors. 

This a a Tattered Lace die I have had it for ages and it is very useful being a good size. I cut it in silver and black so I could make a shadow. 

The car is one of the images from the Cruisin' Digital Stamp set from Beccy's Place. I place the car on a photo. 

I was quite pleased with how this card turned out. I will be around and I will try to keep up with comments I just don't know how much crafting I will get done. 

Have a good week

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Sherry West Guest Design Team Member - Back to School Poppi Pokkadot Colouring and Craft Contest

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

We had a lovely day for my hubby's birthday yesterday. We visited the Weald and Downland Museum which is where they film the Repair Shop. You can't visit the barn where the filming takes place but you can see a bit of what is going on. We saw Dom doing some spraying outside we have no idea what he was working on. Later we saw the teddy bear ladies, Dom and Steve all posing on a cart. It will be interesting to see if any of that makes it into the programme. We really enjoyed the museum they have some wonderful buildings there and the grounds are great to walk around.  

 A couple of weeks ago I was asked if I would like to be a Guest Design Team member for Sherry West ART. Well I jumped at the chance. The initial term is for three months. For August I have been given four images to work with. The first one is Back to School Poppi Pokkadot. She is a free image for a colouring a craft competition on Facebook. You can reach the event HERE.  The image is free to download in the event. 

Isn't she just so cute. I enjoyed colouring her with my Prismcolor pencils. I do find that I have a lot more control when I am colouring with my pencils. I have learnt a lot from Barbara Gray. I cut thm image and it's mats with some Tattered Lace Dies. The Numbers and Letters are Crafter's Companion dies.

Our daughter and son-in-law are coming today. It will be so good to see them and they are bringing afternoon tea. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 142 at the Crafty Friends Challenge blog

Challenge 196 at the Creative Moments Challenge blog

Have a great weekend. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

A Bit More Time to Craft - 15th May Challenge - Anything Goes

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is everything going? Has much changed for you? My hubby is still working from home so is our daughter and son-in-law. We haven't visited any of the  places that are now open.  We would love to go to the tip but it will be so busy and we do have places to store things. We are wondering about signing up to the county garden waste scheme. 

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

This is the leaving card I made for someone at my hubby's work. I used the Light Music digi papers. 

Our challenges are fun and the papers on offer as prizes are gorgeous. Click on the logo and you will be taken there. 

I generated the sentiment on the computer. I was able to use some of the paper in the background. I like how you can change the size of the pattern easily with digi papers. As they are stored on my computer they are easy to find when I need them. 

This is the first Tattered Lace die that I bought. It has been very useful over the years. 

Rob did like his card. He and my hubby are still in touch. We are doing online Murder Mysteries together. The last one finished on Saturday and we actually got both of the Murderers right. 

Stay safe and well. 

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Exploding Box Nautical Themed Birthday Card

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

I hope you have had a good week and are ready for the weekend. Now my mum is out of hospital and the carers are all in place we can have a weekend off. On Saturday our good friend is having a birthday tea at home and we are helping. She is going to be 60 and she has 60 guests coming. On Sunday we will be celebrating our daughter's birthday which was earlier in the week. We are having a trip to Marwell Zoo which is near where we live. It should be a good weekend full of fun.

My father-in-law loves the cards that I make. So I do like to make something a bit special for him. I thought I would have go at making an exploding box card.

I found the instructions for an exploding box card in one of my Hougie Board books. I did make the lid a bit bigger as I do like my layers. 

I used papers and dies that suited the theme. 

Now I made a film of opening the box. It is a very short film and it may not work. 

I decorated some of the inner flaps with nautical dies. 

Here is the another decorated panel. 

The ship in the centre is a Tattered Lace die. It only just fits in the box. 

Here is the box and lid. I know he will love this card. I would like to make a card like this for my husband's birthday. This was a good practice. 

I would like to enter the following Challenges: 

The Secret Hideaway Challenge at the Daring Card Makers Challenge blog

The May Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Challenge 220 at the Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge blog

Challenge 175 at the Cut It Up Challenge blog

Challenge 166 at the Seize the Birthday Challenge blog

Challenge 115 at Scrapy Land Challenges 

Challenge 164 at Creatalicious Challenges 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Crafts Galore Encore April Challenge 62 - Anything Goes

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I hope you had a good weekend. Ours was busy but them they usually are these days. Today we are off to Bournemouth with our friends to see the Bootleg Beatles in concert. We have become great fans of theirs we are seeing them three times this year and always with our friends.

Being the first of April the new challenge starts are the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge blog and the theme is Anything Goes. This time our fabulous sponsor is Star Stampz and they are offering 3 digi stamps to the winner of the challenge.

When I saw this image I knew I had to use this backing paper that has been in my stash for a while. I added some glitter card to add to the watery effect. 

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

This image is called Spring Rain and she is available HERE. She was printed onto Neenah card stock and coloured with Promarkers. Can you see the cute frog by her wellies. I cut the image out with a Tattered Lace oval die set. 

The umbrellas were cut with a Crafter's Companion die that came with the Advent calendar last year. 

There she is ready for April showers. 

Have a great week. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The April Challenge at Your Scrapbook Place

Challenge 89 at the A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge blog

The April Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Challenge 575 at the Cute Card Thursday Challenge blog

Challenge 240 at the Crafting from the Heart Challenge blog

The April Challenge at the Die Cut Divas Challenge blog

Challenge 39 at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge blog (showers)

Challenge 33 at the Love to Craft Challenge blog

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie

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Crafty Catz Challenge Blog - Anything Goes with the optional twist of Favourite Colour Combination

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How has your week been? I can't believe it is Friday again already. Tomorrow we are going car hunting the time has come to change my husband's car. The last straw was someone trying to break into the car last week. In the evening we are going with our friends to see the Bootleg Beatles in concert in Portsmouth it is so close we couldn't not go. On Sunday we are visiting our parents and taking the photo books I have had orderd of our daughter's wedding. I hope they like them.

Well being Friday the new challenge starts on the Crafty Catz Challenge blog the theme is Anything Goes with the optional twist of using your favourite colour combination. The fabulous sponsor this time is Paper Shelter Digital Stamps. We have a Guest Design Team call for May just put GDT after your name with your entry if you are interested.

I like the combination of pink and blue it reminds me of the For-get-me-not flowers which used to grow in our garden. All the papers I used came from my stash. I used the Double Pierced Square and Rectangle dies from Creative Expressions to make the mats and layers. 

There are many wonderful images in the Store if you click on the logo you will be taken there. 

This image comes from the digital stamp set called Tulips and it is available HERE. I used the       pre-coloured image from the set.  I created the background for the image  in Publisher. Then I die cut the image with a Tattered Lace oval die with a matching white border. 

This pretty lace I have had for a while in came in a bag of oddments from a Craft Fair. 

Have a great weekend. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 364 at the Crafty Creations Challenge blog

The Only for Girls Challenge at the Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge blog

Challenge 107 at Ike's World Challenge blog

Challenge 334 at the Paper Shelter Challenge blog

Challenge 201 at the Crafting form the Heart Challenge blog

Challenge 46 at the Crafty Girls Creations Challenge blog

Challenge 140 at the Creative Moments Challenge blog

Challenge 47 at the Crafty Addicts Challenge blog

Challenge 15 at the Pause Dream Enjoy Challenge blog

Challenge 291 at the QKR Stampede Challenge blog

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Christmas Rose Christmas card.

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends

How is your weekend going?  We have had quite quiet weekend so far. Yesterday we sorted out our passport applications which we did online with our own photos. When we came to send off our old passports we had to send them to different offices. My husband's is on the way to Durham and mine is off to Glasgow. Today it is more work in the garden and a meal out with friends in the evening. Altogether a nice weekend.

A while back I made this card for a competition. I didn't come anywhere but I thought I would share it when I found a photo of  it going through my files.

I found the backing paper in my stash and it has Christmas Roses on it. 

This is a Creative Expressions die cut twice to create a shadow. 

The robin was cut with a Tattered Lace die that came free with a magazine. He is sitting on a spray made with the Holley Spray die set and Festive Bough dies set both from Creative Expressions. 

I had the the Christmas Rose die set from Creative Expressions last year but I only started using it this year it is so pretty. 

I was quite pleased with how this turned out. Enjoy the rest of the weekend. 

I would like to enter the November Christmas card challenge at Beccy's Challenges and Challenge 26 at the Christmas Card Challenge blog. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Unicorn Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

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How is your week going?

The last challenge of 2017 starts on the Unicorn Challenge Blog today and the theme is  Anything Goes. The Design Team will be having a break in December and will be back raring to go on the first Tuesday of January. So let's make this last  challenge  of 2017 go with a bang.

Back in the summer I was asked to make a wedding card by the girl who comes to the house to  give me Sport's Massages. The colour choice was pink, cream and gold.

The paper was in my stash and I just had to use the pink lace. 

I used the Creative Expressions Heart of Hearts die set to create the hearts. The Mr and Mrs die is from Crafter's Companion. 

The bunting die is one from Tattered Lace. 

The Congratulations die is a Tattered Lace die too. 

We had a lovely time at the NEC. Unfortunately on the way there we were subjected to some road rage. A man got out of his car and swore at my husband and banged on the window. He had taken objection to my husband changing lanes though there was space and he had signalled. Fortunately the man got into his car and drove away. 

We had a lovely long chat with John Lockwood and he made us a Christmas card that he signed. I was taking the selfie so I look a bit strange. I wanted my husband in the picture as he gets on well with John too. 

I won the ticket to go to the NEC from Jenny Mayes Facebook page. We went to the Hobby Art  stand to say thank and the hand over a little gift and a card. 

I was rather pleased with how this wedding card turned out. 

I would like to enter the challenge starting 7th Nov at the TTCRD Challenge blog. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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With Love

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope you  had a great Easter break?  For us it has been good we have got so much done. A gardening project was completed, my husband  bought a suit, rings were polished, groom and groomsmen suits were ordered and  we sorted out  the table decorations. We saw family and friends it was a good break. I still have a few days before I go back to school which is nice.

I made another card with the image and paper from the April Issue of Making Cards Magazine. The papers and images are so pretty.

This is a 6" x 6" card.  I used a Spellbinders ornate square die to make the frame. 

I used a Tattered Lace die to make the sentiment. 

I coloured the just pot with my Stampin Up colouring pencils and the blender pen. 

This is another card for my stash. I have a long list of jobs to start today I'd better get on. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie

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Alphabet Challenge - O - for Oval

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

Well the weekend is almost here we have got to Friday. I am very excited as we are going to Ally Pally  on Sunday. I have such a long list of things to buy most of it for our daughter's wedding. It should be fun.

The Alphabet Challenge has a new challenge starting today the letter is O and the theme is Oval. As soon as I saw this challenge I knew I wanted to use my Tattered Lace Oval Shutter die set. I also needed a birthday card for my father-in-law and I knew he would love a card made with this die.

The die set comes with all the dies to make the mats and layers. 

This sailing ship is another Tattered Lace die and I made the waves with another one. 

The Happy Birthday die is one by Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions. 

What is totally brilliant is that the card folds up like this and fits in a regular envelope. 

I hope that you have a great weekend. 

I would like to enter Challenge 24 at Craft Rocket Challenges and the No Patterned Paper Challenge at Creative Corner Challenges.   

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Isobel Craft Collection - Garden Delights stamp set

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

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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