Build a Bouquet die and stamp set from issue 162 of Simply Cards & Papercraft

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope your weekend has been good. We did manage to buy a fridge and matching freezer from a local shop some friends told us about recently and the price was good too. My husband has been working on his speech for the wedding and that is nearly finished. I just have the table plan  that will be displayed to finish this will be done next weekend. I had to make another for the caters so they know where everyone will be sitting.

When I got issue 162 of Simply Cards & Papercraft magazine I just had to use the Build a Bouquet stamp and die set that came with the magazine. I made a card and sent it into the magazine. Well I have had issue 164 at home for a while (I have a subscription) and when I couldn't sleep last night I was looking through it and on page 98 I spotted my card.

All the papers I used were in my stash. The jam jar had its own die. 

The sentiment came with the set and was stamped with Watering Can Archival ink. I matted it with the same card as the main mats for the card. 

The single flower stamp had its own die so it was easy to cut out. I stamped with Watering Can Archival and I coloured with my Stampin Up water colour pencils. 

I stamped the main bouquet three times once coloured I cut them out by hand. 

Here is my card printed in issue 164 of Simply Cards & Papercraft.  They wrote a lovely message about the card. 

Have a great week.

I would like to join the challenge at the Seize the Birthday Challenge blog. 

Happy Crafting

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Easter Card - Easter Lamb

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How is your week going? I can't believe how the time is rushing by. There is still so much to do for the wedding. If you want to see how I am getting on there is a page dedicated to the wedding HERE.

I am also trying to get ahead with my other crafty makes for the year. I am still on April so I made a batch of Easter Cards everyone will have to have the same card this year.

I did stamp the image first and this influenced the colours I used for the mats and layers. The pattered papers were in my stash. 

This is the Easter Lamb stamp by Stampin Up. I stamped it on to water colour card with Watering Can Archival ink then it was coloured with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. I used the Spellbinders Lacy Circle dies to cut the border for the image once in green and once in grey. The image was cut out with a Tonic circle die. 

I bought the stamp last year he is so cute.  Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

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Thinking of you - Fushia Spray

Hi Me Crafty Blog Friends

Well another week has started. I hope that you had a wonderful weekend. Unfortunately I have a cold which has dampened the weekend a bit. The bunnies have returned home to be with our daughter she has a new bunny room for them. They should be very comfortable and it is good to know that they weren't out in the storm on Saturday night.

Last week at work we had some very sad news. One of our colleagues has been diagonised  with Ovarian Cancer. I offered to make a card for everyone in our team to sign. I wanted to make something pretty.

I started by colouring the image. Then I made the mats and layers to match the colours I had used to colour the image. The lace and backing paper were in my stash. I used a Memory Box die to make the flourishes at the side of the image. 

The stamp I used is called Fushia Spray by Woodware it was stamped onto watercolour card with Watering Can Archival ink and then coloures with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. I used the Double Pireced Rectangle dies designed by Sue Wilson to make the mats and layers for the image. 

This stamp was also stamped with Waterring Can Archival and cut out with the Double Pireced Rectangle dies. 

I do hope the lady likes this card. I will be taking it with me when I return to work so that it can be signed by the team.  

I would like to enter Week 256 at Pixie's Snippets Playground , challenge 339 at the Craft Your Passion Challenge Blog,  challenge 137 at the Crafting From the Heart Challenge Blog ,challenge 76 at Creative Craft Cottage and challenge 90 at the Love to Scrap Challenge blog. 

Happy Crafting

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Tatty Ted Christmas card

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How is your week going? It is very cold here at the moment. I met a group of friends for lunch yesterday at a local garden center it was so nice talking over old times. They are all retired now. I can't wait to join them.

My daughter gave me a little present when we visited last Saturday it was very kind of her to think of me when she was out shopping.

For the background I used some of the leftover papers I had printed when I made a card for Quick Cards magazine some time ago. 

The stamp was my present. I stamped it with Watering Can archival ink and coloured it with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. I couldn't find a name for this stamp on the packet. 

The sentiment came from the papers. 

I hope that the rest of the week is kind to you. 

I would like to enter challenge 303 at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge blog, Challenge 111 at the Inspiration Destination Challenge Blog and challenge 43 at the Crafting Musketeers Challenge blog. 

Happy Crafting.

Hugs Jackie

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