Isobel Craft Collection - Ladybirds

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

The weekend is here. I hope you have something nice planned the weather is looking good. We had an unexpected trip to see the in-laws yesterday. My Mother-in-law is 90 next week and there is a planned meal at weekend and another in September. But our daughter and her fiance wanted to  visit yesterday so we tagged along this meant we could all go out for a meal. I have just completed the trees for the wedding so I am feeling a bit more on top of things. Here is a link to the page. 

A couple of days ago I shared a card I made with the new Gnomes stamps from the Isobel Craft Collection. Well I just had to share another card I made with the new Ladybird stamps.

I love using the resist technique to create a background. I stamped and heat embossed the ladybird stamp in two colours. Then I used Distress Ink to colour the rest of the page. 

There is a link on the Facebook page to where you can buy the stamps. 

I used the Heart of Hearts die set to cut our the stamped image. 

Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Isobel Craft Collection - Gnomes

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I hope you are having a good week. Today marks exactly one month to our daughter's wedding. There are going to be a lot more things to post on the page I have created for the wedding  but that will have to wait until after. Some of them are to be surprises. All in all I think my blog is going to suffer I still have quite a bit to do but it is manageable. Somethings can't be done until the last minute. I will blog as much as time allows but it will be rather erratic.

I so enjoyed using the Gnome stamps from the Isobel Craft Collection. I thought I would share another of my creations.

The gnomes are so cute and easy to cut out and use. 

Here they are on my craft desk helping me with the wedding prep. 

The were coloured with Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. I am beginning to wonder if I could make Christmas cards with them. 

Just a quick post. Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

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Isobel Craft Collection - New stamps - Ladybirds

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The long weekend, for some of us,  is here. I am on half term break. It is funny to think this will be my last one after so many years. We are going to Liverpool next week for the 50th Anniversary celebrations of the release of the Sergeant Pepper's album. This weekend will be quiet for us which  will give us a chance to  catch up on Wedding Prep. There isn't long to go now.

The Isobel Craft Collection released two sets of stamps and I thought I would share a card I made with the second set - the Ladybirds.

I made the background with Distress ink. All the mats and layers were made with Sue Wilson's Double Pierced Square dies. 

Here are the stamps aren't they cute. 

If you click on the image you should get taken to the Facebook page. There is a link to the shop on that page and the stamps can be pre-ordered there. 

I made a border with the stamps they were stamped in black archival onto water colour card and coloured with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. 

I heat embossed the sentiment. 

The ribbon was in my stash. 

Have a great weekend. I hope you have something nice planned. 

Happy Crafting

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Isobel Craft Collection - New Stamps - Gnomes

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How is your week going? We have had some lovely warm weather down here in the south. I am in the process of applying for another job, something which I haven't done for 20 years, oh boy did my CV need updating.

The Isobel Craft Collection is releasing two new sets of stamps Gnomes and Ladybirds. I enjoyed making some cards to show off these new  Gnome stamps.

This is the first card I made with the stamps. I made the background with Distress ink on water colour card. This way I would use water to remove some of the colour. 

The stamps are available to pre-order at The Isobel Craft Collection Facebook page. 

They are very cute these stamps and lots of fun.

I used masks so I could layer the images of the stamps. I coloured them with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. 

This little chap is so cute. 

I love the sentiment that comes in the set. 

I was asked to create a Gnome trail of images of the little guys in different places. This is a root that has been dug up in our garden. 

This is such a cute card. I can't wait to send it to someone. 

Enjoy the rest of the day. 

Happy Crafting

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A Twisted Easel Card - for the Isobel Craft Collection

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How was your weekend? We visited our parents on Saturday and on Sunday we both worked on the wedding invitations. I was colouring images followed by a bit of die cutting. My husband was using the computer to work on the inserts. We are making progress but nothing is finished yet. I am hoping to get some things done this week.

I decided to get my stamps out from The Isobel Craft Collection to have a bit of a play. I ended up making a twisted easel card.

I used two 6" x 6" kraft card blanks to make this card. It would take 3 card blanks to make two of these cards. 

This is the stamp set I used  it is the Garden set and there are still some available in the store. 

This is the topper for the easel card it would make a lovely card in its own right. I used my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens to colour the images and Distress ink to colour the paper.  

I used the Happy Birthday stamp from one of my other stamp sets from the Collection. 

I do love the ladybirds in this set. Sophy hosts online craft sales once a month she has products from lots of different companies at very good prices. The next sale is on the 5th February, it is all done through the Facebook page and you pay by Paypal. There are often competitions to win discounts. It is worth a look. 

 Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

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Isobel Craft Collection - Hearts

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How was your week? Do you have something nice planned for the weekend. I am actually going to start making the invitations for our daughter's wedding! We have a few trips out planned as well. Our local craft shop is having a big sale and I would like to visit.

I thought it was about time that I made another card for the Isobel Craft Collection. Christmas and the wedding prep have rather got in the way.

I do love the bees that come in this set. I wanted to make something a bit different. How many times have you heard that?

Unfortunately this set is no longer available from the store. There are lots of other lovely designs and there are more coming soon. 

I stamped the hearts with black archival  ink and coloured with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. 

This Happy Birthday stamp is so useful it is a good size. 

Sophy also hosts online craft sales the next one in on 5th February 2017. There are always lots of bargains and she stocks lots of well know craft brands as well as her own stamp collection. There is never any pressure to buy so it is worth having a look. 

I would like to enter the Anything Goes Challenge at the Seize the Birthday Challenge blog. 

Enjoy the rest of your weekend. 

Happy Crafting. 

Hugs Jackie

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Isobel Craft Collection Design Team Challenge

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I hope you have had a great weekend. We have just got back from celebrating our future son-in-law's birthday. We had a lovely meal with them and his parents. Then we went back to their house to have cupcakes made by the company who are making cupcakes for their wedding. The cupcakes are very yummy.

Last week Sophy from The Isobel Craft Collection set a challenge for her design team. We were to make a monochrome easel card with one of the her stamp sets. Well I do like a challenge. I used the first stamp set I ever got from The Isobel Craft Collection.

I decided to make a twisted easel card. I thought the bees were ideal for a monochrome card. I used black and yellow card to make the mats and layers. On the top yellow layer I used the hexagons stamp from the set and stamped it in black. I did ink round the edges with yellow Distress Ink. 

I stamped other elements from the stamp set and black and where I added colour I used my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. I cut the different images out with some hexagon dies in my collection these have a stitched border. 

I do like that easel cards fold flat for posting. This is the card folded for posting. 

Here is the rub. This card will be posted on The Isobel Craft Collection Facebook page along with the other entries and I need votes. Please vote for me. 

Sophy is also hosting one of her wonderful craft sales this evening. This is the link to this event https://www.facebook.com/events/326143511093173/. There will be lots of crafty bargains. 

Happy Crafting

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Christmas Train for the Isobel Craft Collection

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How is your week going? The weather had definitely  changed here and leaves are starting to change colour and fall. I think Autumn is here at last.

I have made another card with the Christmas Design stamps that I was sent by the Isobel Craft Collection. 

To create the background I used the three snowflake stamps on a block and I stamped them with Perfect Medium they were heat embossed with while and silver embossing powder.  The I used blue and grey Distress Ink to ink over the surface. 

Here is a link to the Etsy Shop where you can buy the stamps:

 https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/sophy8

I used a Post-it note to mask off bits of the train so that I could extend the design. The train was stamped with Black Archival onto water colour paper. Then they were coloured with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens.

The sentiment comes with the set it was stamped in blue and heat embossed with a clear powder. 

All the stamps that I used for this card came from the Christmas Designs set. 

I would like to enter Challenge 31 at A Snowflakes Promise Challenge Blog. 

Enjoy the rest of the day. 

Happy Crafting

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A Trio of Christmas Stockings

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How is your week going? We have rather a lot going on at the moment it is hard to fit things in.

I have made another Christmas card with the stamp set Christmas Designs that  I was sent by the Isobel Craft Collection to make some cards with. It is great being able to make Christmas cards as part of your design team duties.

I started by creating the background with the Merry Christmas stamp and the holly stamp from the set. I stamped them with Perfect Medium and they were then heat embossed with a sparkly green powder. Finally I inked all over the page with a Distress ink this was then spritzed with water and left to dry after blotting with a paper towel. 

I stamped three of the stockings with black archival on to water colour card and they were coloured with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. 

The sentiment was stamped with black archival. 

If you click on the image of the stamps you will be taken to the Etsy Store where you can buy the stamps. 

Once a month Sophy, who owns the Isobel Craft Collection,  has Facebook Craft sales. There are lots of bargains and items are sent out quickly.  This is the address of the page https://www.facebook.com/theisobelcraftcollection/?fref=ts. The next sale is on 6th and 7th November. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie

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Oh Christmas Tree

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How is your week going? I hope things are going well for you.

I have been making Christmas cards again. This time with stamps sent to me by the Isobel Craft Collection.

I used the holly stamp from the set to create the background with heat embossing and Distress Ink. 

This is the Christmas Design stamp set available from the Etsy shop at https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/236329368/a6-set-of-photo-polymer-clear-stamps?ref=shop_home_active_4

The Christmas Tree was stamped onto watercolour card with Black Archival ink and coloured with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. 

This is one of the greetings in the set. 

I was thrilled to receive this stamp set and this is another Christmas card for my stash I am well on target now I should be finished soon. 

Enjoy the reset of the week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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