December Challenge at the A Bit More Time to Craft Extra Challenge - Anything Goes

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

I hope you had a good day yesterday. Today is the first day of my hubby's retirement. It is shame we are still in lockdown as it would have been nice to go somewhere to celebrate. I am now working on a list of jobs for him to do. I am sure he is looking forward to this. 😊

Today the new Challenge at the A Bit More Time to Craft Extra Challenge Blog starts. The theme is always Anything Goes.  This will be my last challenge with this lovely team. I am sure that my craft time will be diminished with my hubby being around more. I still want to make cards but I don't really want to have a lot of deadlines to work to.  

For this card I used the Vintage Flakes Digi papers set. There are papers on offer as prizes for the winners of the challlenge. 

Our challenges are always fun. Click on the badge above and you will be taken there. 

This oh so cute little penguin is from Conie Fong. I am not sure that is it available anymore. I used my Primsacolor pencils to colour the image. I used the Double Pierced Rectangle dies from Creative Expressions to cut out the image and its mats. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 45 at the " Crafty Critters Crazies Challenge blog

Challenge 45 at the Crafty Animals Challenge blog

Challenge 53 at the Love to Craft Challenge blog

Challenge 29 at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog

I hope December is kind to you. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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The A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge blog - 15th October Challenge - Anything Goes

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How is your week going? The good news is that our daughter and son-in-law finally have a moving date. I think about two weeks after that they will be able to have the bunnies back. Then we can start working on the room they have been using  becoming  my craft room. 

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

I used different papers from the Vintage Christmas set on my card. I saw this sketch somewhere and realised it would be a good one to show off the papers. 

Our challenges are lots of fun and the papers really are worth winning. Click on the logo and you will be taken straight to the challenge. 

To make this little winter scene I combined dies from two sets from the John Next Door range: Sam's Circles die set  and Christmas Time die set. 

I do like this design. I think I will make a few more cards like this one. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge #81 at the Holly and the Ivy Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge 27 at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge 511 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge 

Challenge 573 at the CRAFT Challenge blog

Enjoy the rest of the week

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge blog - 15th September Challenge

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your weekend going? Yesterday we went to our local theatre to see Murder She Didn't Write. It was an improvised murder mystery and lots of fun. We have just got to the end of my husband having a week off. We have fitted a lot in, it has been good.

You may have noticed from my sidebar that I have joined a Design Team.  I responded to the Design Team Call at the A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge blog. The theme is Anything Goes and there are Challenge on 1st and 15th of the month. Today is my first time sharing for them. Lozzy the owner has Design Papers that we can use and that are offered as prizes. There is a wonderful selection of papers.

For my card I used the Vintage Christmas papers and the Day Star papers they made a great background for the manger scene. The Snow Globe was a die from The Works. 

Why not join in with our challenge. Click on the logo and you will be taken there. 

To create this scene I used dies from the John Next Door range: the Nativity Scenes die set and the Oh Little Town  Scenes die set. I do like how some of the little dies are together on one plate that way there is less chance of loosing them. 

I did enjoy making this card in fact I made four.. I might just make some more. 

I would like to enter the following challenges: 

The September Challenge at Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge. 

Challenge 114 at the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge blog

Challenge 455 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge

Challenge 14 at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge 171 at Creatalicious Challenges

Challenge 20 at The Creative Crafters Challenge Blog

Challenge 527 at the CRAFT Challenge blog

Challenge 67 at the International Heart and Soul Challenge blog

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

Quick Cards Made Easy magazine issue 172 Bonus Papers

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How is your week going? It is lovely and sunny here today and I have been helping at another felting workshop. I know enough about it now that I can actually help people. I will be helping at another workshop on Friday.

A little while back I responded to a request on Facebook for people to apply to be on the Readers's Design team for issue 172 of Quick Cards Made Easy Magazine. I was one of ten selected I printed off the papers, made a card and sent it in. I was thrilled to see my card in print on page 40 when I bought the magazine today.

The card has to be square and not measure more than 15cm x 15cm. I started with a Craft Card blank. I used coloured card that matched the papers to make the mats and layers. The dotty paper I used to make a snowflake border with Sue Wilson's Snowflake border die. 

There are various sentiments to use that come with the bonus papers. 

I just love the Cookie Cutter Christmas Stamp set from Stampin Up that comes with a matching punch. Now I have a stamping platform I stamped lots of these and I have used them on a few project. The bow is in the set too. Isn't great that depending where you put the bow they look like a boy or a girl. 

I have a Sizzix candy cane die. I inked the edges so they they showed up against the background. 

Here it is in all its glory in the magazine. 

I did like these paper a lot and the free gift is some pop-up box cards with cute characters I will definitely be making those. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Fantasy Stampers - Vintage Christmas

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How has your week been? I hope you have something nice planned for the weekend. We are taking the bunnies back to our daughter her rabbit room got sorted out last week. Before we get there our daughter and her fiance are off to see a baker about making the wedding cake. The baker does make really good cupcakes and our daughter has promised to buy some for us to share. That is definitley something to look forward to.

The new challenge starts today on the Fantasy Stampers Challenge blog and the theme is Vintage Christmas. I did struggle with this theme a bit. I don't really have any stamps that fit the vintage theme.

When I was at Ally Pally back in September I treated myself to the Christmas Rose Elements stamps designed by John lockwood for Creative Expressions.  I did buy the matching dies as well, I love things that match, but I haven't used the dies  yet. I decided that the flowers looked a bit vintage I was think of old Victorian cards.  I stamped the sentiment onto a flag cut with the Sue Wilson pierced flag dies. 

I used the corner stamp from the set on opposite corners of the topper. The flowers and leaves were coloured with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. 

Have a wonderful weekend. 

I would like to enter challenge 45 at the Crafty Freinds Challenge blog and challenge 347 at the Crafty Catz Challenge blog.

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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