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

Hugs Jackie

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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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John Next Door - Deco Butterflies Day 2

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The weekend is here. Today is the day the John Lockwood is releasing his new Deco Butterfly dies. Here are some more of my makes this time featuring the smaller Butterfly dies. 

First up is a tag made with the John Next Door Luggage Tag die set. I do like making tags from time to time and these dies make nice big tags. 

Here is one of the butterflies nestled among the flowers and leaves. 

This is a DL card. I cut the aperture with circle dies from my collection. 

The Deco Butterflies are very  pretty. They work in all sorts of colours. 

For this DL card I used the butterfly silhouettes with the Poppy Head dies. 

Finally another DL card with the butterflies and the Poppy Head dies. I do love those sentiments that come with the butterflies. I have a feeling the dies and stamps in this collection won't last long. I will share my last make with these dies on Monday. 

Enjoy the rest of the weekend. 

Happy Crafting

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John Next Door - Deco Butterflies Day 1

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How has your week been? We have been okay. One sad thing is that our coffee machine has had to go back to be repaired. It is strange being without it. We bought if right at the beginning of lockdown and there isn't a day when it hasn't been used. I am missing my coffee. Oh well there are obviously bigger problems. Hopefully we will get it back soon. 

As you know I am one of John Next Door's Angels. I always wanted to be an Angel. On Saturday there is a release of the the Deco Butterfly dies. Here are two of my makes that feature the larger butterfly set. 

The new dies are the big butterfly and the Dream. I used lots of John Next Door older dies to make this card. The background behind the lattice is inky kitchen roll stuck onto card. 

Isn't that butterfly magnificent. I did a little paper piecing you really could do a lot more.  

I used the Tatty Daisy die for the flower the centres were made with the Cornflower die set. I did ink the middle of the daisies before adding the stamen die cuts and a pearl. 

I do love these sentiments. This one was cut twice to give a drop shadow. 

I don't make many things like this but the butterflies look lovely on a wall plaque. I made the background myself with inks and then I stamped over the top of the ink when it was dry. 

Those butterflies are glorious. 

Here is one last look at the card. I will be back tomorrow with some more makes. If you are on Facebook there is a group called Crafting with John Next Door and Crafts-Too. It is a private group so you have to ask to join. All the makes from John and the other Angels will be there. All the Facebook lives happen there as well. Click HERE to visit the page. 

Have a good weekend. 

Happy Crafting 

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The A Bit More Time to Craft Extra Challenge - October - Anything Goes

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Happy October. It is time to start drinking Pumpkin Spiced Lattes. Hopefully our daughter and son-in-law will move this month. Then the bunnies can go to their lovely new home. 

The October Challenge has just started at the A Bit More Time to Craft Extra Challenge.  The theme is Anything Goes and there are some gorgeous digi papers on offer as prizes. 

I do like a slimline card. I had a strip of paper from the Hue Digi Set and it just needed to be made into a card. 

Our challenges is always fun to enter. Click on the logo and you will taken to the blog. 

I added Daisies made with the Tatty Daisy die  from the John Next Door range along with the Leafy Flourish die set  from his range too. I added Candi to the centre of the flowers and a bit of distress ink. 

I think the paper makes a good backdrop to the flowers. 

Happy Crafting

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Bee Happy with Tatty Daisies

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How was your weekend? Was is hot like ours? On Saturday our daughter and son-in-law came with afternoon tea. Even now we still have leftovers and we sent them home with some bits too. On Sunday we had a quiet day. Being so hot it was hard to do much. 

I treated myself to a copy of Die-Cutting Essentials magazine a couple of weeks ago. I really like the honeycomb background die that came free with the magazine.

I have lots of Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. The brushes are now damaged and are hard to colour with. The pens are still full of ink. I have taken to making backgrounds with them. The colours are lovely and the extra bit of sparkle is nice. 

I used the Tatty Daisy die with the Rose Leaves from the John Next Door die range to make the flowers across the middle of the card. I added Candi to the centre of the flowers. 

Here is the background die from the magazine. The bee I won as a prize. The heart in the corner comes from the back of the bee. 

This sentiment comes from a Dovercraft die set.  I have used it a lot this summer. I do love putting bees on cards. 

I was pleased with how this card turned out. I am very pleased with the background die. It is a useful addition to my bee related die collection. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 25 at Carlin's Card Paradise Challenge blog

Challenge 150 at the Cutie Pie Challenge blog

Challenge 61 at the Crafting Happiness Challenge blog

The August Challenge at the Die Cut Diva's Challenge blog

Have a great week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Pretty Little Card to say Hello

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How was your weekend? We had quite a busy day on Saturday lots of things got done. Then on Sunday we had a very lazy day. It is big week for us this week. On Friday it is my husband's birthday. Before that he is going to apply for voluntary severance. The scheme has just been announced at his work. He is quite close to retirement age so it is worth trying for.   

Last week I had a few scraps left over from making other cards so I decided to put them together. 

Even the card blank was left over from cutting another card blank. The idea started with the small green and yellow rectangles that I found in my bits bag. The patterned paper was leftover from when I made some cards for Quick Cards Made Easy magazine. 

I made the daisies with the Tatty Daisy die from the John Next Door range. These two were left over from another project. The centres were coloured with Distress Ink. The leaves were cut with the Star Flower Leaves dies from John Next Door. 

The bee was also left over from another project. I do like bees. 

There you have it a cute little card. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 60 at the Crafting Happiness Challenge blog

The August Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Have a good week

Happy Crafting

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Tatty Daisy Card - Just Because

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How is your week going? Yesterday I had my hair cut. I had forgotten how much I enjoy the experience. Also I have known my hairdresser for 23 years and she like a good friend. She used to cut our daughter's hair and always asks about how she is getting on. This morning we dropped off a Covid test each. We are taking part in a trial. In a few days we should get the result. 

I have been making a few cards. My friend is opening her house for the Open Studios event and she has asked me if I would like to have a table of cards. Of course I said yes. This will take place August Bank Holiday Weekend. That really isn't far away. 

Sometime ago I treated myself to the Tatty Daisy die from the John Next Door range. I had a design in my head that I wanted to try. As you know I have been making simple cards recently this is another one. All the card I used was from my stash. I do like this pink card, it has nearly all gone, but I don't know where it came from. 

I cut the daisies from scraps of white paper that has a sheen to it. The centres were coloured with Distress ink and candi was added as well. I cut and added the Rose Leaves also from the John Next Door range. 

This sentiment is from Creative Expressions. It is quite useful as it makes the card more flexible to use. 

I was quite pleased with how this card turned out. There are some other things I want to try now. 

I just looked up the meaning of Daisy and it meas Day's Eye and it came from Old English. If we get another cow we might call it Daisy. 🐄

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The Flowers All Over Challenge at the Allsorts Challenge blog

Have a great weekend. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Woodware Tatty Daises and Distress Oxides.

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How is your week going? I am glad the snow has gone. In fact our snow had disappeared by Friday evening. On Sunday we got to meet our four month old great niece. She is a little sweetie and we did get a few cuddles. It is so nice to have a baby in the family.

Sometime ago I made a panel using Distress Oxides and the Tatty Daisies stamp from Woodware. It has been lying around on my craft desk for ages. I have finally made it into a card. It is amazing what you find when you have a tidy up.

I know the background is made with blended Distress Oxides that was then flicked with water to make the spots. 

I can't remember if I stamped and embossed before I added the Distress Oxides to the paper or after. I did use water to remove some of the colour from the flowers and then I painted them with Pixie Powers made into a paint with water. 

The sentiment came from one of my sets of images from Beccy's Place. I had printed it and die cut it some time ago. 

This will be a nice flat card for posting. I really am trying not to make so many dimensional cards this year. The postage costs are prohibitive. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie

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Thinking of You - Woodware Tatty Daisies

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How was your Easter? Did you eat lots of chocolate? We gave up chocolate for Lent so it was nice to have a bit yesterday. We are now waiting for our daughter and her fiance to arrive. The meal is in the slow cooker and it will be ready when they arrive. I love my slow cooker. I think we are going to work on the table plan today that is going to be hard.

When I was at Ally Pally I treated myself to some new Woodware stamps. I was looking at some of the samples Julia Watts had and I just couldn't resist.

This is an unusual card for me being a DL card. It will go through the post really nicely. I created the background with a mix of Pixie Powders, Brushos and Distress ink around the edges.  

This is the Tatty Daisies stamp by Woodware ( which is now under the banner of Creative Expressions). As it is such a long stamp I had to use it diagonally across my largest block. I stamped onto the background with Perfect Medium and I heat embossed with a black detail powder. Then I put some Pixie powders into a well on a tray and added water. Then with this mix I painted the daisies. Don't they look like they are smiling?

The sentiment came in the stamp set and was heat embossed in the same way as the daisies. 

We have also done a bit of work in the garden and a cheeky robin helped us. 

I do love robins, he kept swooping down to find worms and bugs that had been uncovered.

I was very pleased with how this card worked out. I want to do a bit more experimenting I have a few other ideas. 

I would like to enter challenge 44 at the Make my Monday Challenge blog, week 277 and 278 at Pixie's Snippets Playground and challenge 155 at the Crafting from the Heart Challenge blog. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Take care. 

Hugs Jackie

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