Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #90 - Anything Goes - Sponsor Beccy's Place

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How was your weekend? We had a nice time with our daughter and son-in-law on Saturday. On Sunday we had coffee with friends. Tomorrow we are off to the Zoo. That will make a nice change. 

Today being the first day of the month sees the start of a new challenge at the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge blog. The theme is Anything Goes and the Sponsor is Beccy's Place. 

I was asked to make a card for a special birthday for someone who loves fishing. I decided to make a Pop-up  box card. I have instructions for this type of card on my blog HERE. 

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

Here is the Gone Fishin' image set that I used. This image set is available HERE. 

Being silhouettes I was able to put my own colours behind the images. I had lots of fun decorating the panels. To make the name I used the  Stencil Alphabet  dies from the John Next Door range. The fish and seaweed came from the Under the Sea die set from Memory Box. The numbers were made with the John Next Door Advent numbers. The greeting was made with the Stencil Sentiments die set from John Next Door. The paper is from a pad from the Works I love it. Don't forget this type of card folds flat for posting. 

I know the chap liked his card. I know a few people who go fishing so this is a great image set to have. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge #37 at Cariln's Card Paradise Challenge Blog

Challenge #8 at the A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge blog

Challenge #61 at the Love to Craft Challenge blog

Challenge #53 at the 2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge blog

Challenge #53 at the Crafty Animals Challenge blog

The August Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Have a lovely Sunday. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Underwater with the Fishes

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How was your weekend? We had a busy day on Saturday and on Sunday we had a quiet day at home. I have been making lots of things that I can't share yet and there are exciting things in the pipeline. So I might not be blogging as much. I don't expect anyone will mind. I also have one week of invigilating left. 

A little while ago I had a play with my underwater dies. Here is the result. 

I think the backing paper was leftover from another project. I do like making thinner cards from time to time. 

The fish were cut with off cuts of designer paper. I had to raid my scraps of green paper bag for the seaweed. 

I added the happy birthday later. I often leave my cards on display. Sometimes when I look at them I can see what might need to be added it is also a way to check that nothing drops off the card. 

This is another card for my stash. 

Have a good week 

Happy Crafting

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Waterfall Nautical themed 96th Birthday Card

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How has your week been? We have had lots of rain. Yesterday was a nice sunny day. The rain is back this morning. I hope we get some nice weather at the weekend. We are off to see my in-laws to help them with their vacuum cleaner. We are going to have some discussions about their garden as some work that needs doing on some trees. 

This is the card I have been working on for my father-in-laws 96th birthday. 

I do like to make him a card that is a bit different in some way. This time I thought I might try a waterfall card. All the papers used came from a paper pad from The Works. 

I made this little underwater scene with a die set that came free with Die-Cutting Essentials magazine. The numbers are John Next Door dies.  

This image came from a card in fact it was one that my father-in-law got for his 90th birthday. He had seven cards with this image and I have just used the last one. 

This is the waterfall mechanism. I got the idea from die set from Die-Cutting Essentials magazine. I used the die that came with the magazine to make another card. Then I made this with a scoreboard so that I could make it a bit bigger. I used dies from the Nauctical Scenes die set to decorate the panels. The mechanism does work  I tested it. 

I was quite pleased with how this card turned out. I have plans to make an under the sea card I like the bit in the bottom corner. 

Have a great day. 

Happy Crafting

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Crafts Galore Encore Challenge blog - Challenge #78 - Anything Goes

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors 

As I said I am back with my second post of the day. 

The visit with my parents was okay and they did seem to be very well. Though it was difficult trying to explain to people with dementia why we had masks and why we had to stay distant. 

The new challenge has started at the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge blog. The theme is Anything Goes and this time the sponsor is Fabrika Fantasy. 

I used one of my inky backgrounds and I cut an aperture in it with the Under the Sea die set. It is a Memory Box die set that came free with a magazine. 

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

The image I used is called Betta Fish Crowntail and is available HERE.  I used the pre-coloured fish and I popped it onto my own background. 

The fish and the bubbles came from the Under the Sea  Die set. The larger seaweed came from another die set. 

I think this fish should be very happy in his watery home with all his little fishy friends. I will have to send this card to someone special. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The August Challenge #32 at the Crafter's Castle Challenge blog

Challenge 49 at the Love to Craft Challenge blog

Challenge 8 at Morgan's ArtWorld Challenge blog

Have a great weekend. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Under the Sea themed Card

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How is your week going? We have a few things going on. One of which for me is having a haircut. My hair is straight and has just got longer. I have been cutting my own fringe. I think I have managed quite well during this time. It will be nice to have my hair all tidied up by the hairdresser. I might just keep it a bit longer though as I quite like it. 

Back in May I made this under the sea themed card. 

I used a background that I made a while ago with Brushos and Pixie Powders. No one talks about them much now. I will still be using them as I have lots. The die set I used is the Under the Sea Die set  by Memory Box and it came free with a magazine. 

I used up so many scraps of card making this card. Everything that was die cut came from the scrap pile. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 381 at Pixie's Snippets Playground

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

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Under the Sea with the Fishes

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How are you doing?  I wonder what will be announced on Sunday. We are still plodding along. I am growing lots of things in the garden. Some of them we will be able to eat. The people over the road have started selling eggs which is nice. They have got ten chickens which was a real surprise for us.

A little while ago I treated myself to Issue 64 of Die-Cutting Essentials magazine. I really like the look of the Under the Sea die set that came with that issue.

Yesterday I had a chance to play and this is what I made.

This quite a small card and I really did raid my scraps pile to make it. I used leftovers of two of my inky backgrounds. 

I only used the die set to make this little under water scene. The little fish are so cute. 

This will be another card for my stash. I am sure someone will like to receive this card. 

I hope you have a good day. I think there are lots of online celebrations to join in with. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The Inky Background Challenge at the Daring Cardmakers Challenge blog

Stay safe and well. 

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