Presscut Art Deco Dies for Crafts-Too and John Next Door

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

I hope you are having a good weekend. Having seen my parents last week there has been a lot to sort out. I have manged to fit in a little crafting. My A4 die cutting machine finally gave up on Friday. I am working on getting a replacement. I do have the Kaleido but I need an A4 machine for bigger dies. My hubby is being very supportive. I am sure something will be sorted soon. 

Here are the cards and other bits I made with the Presscut Deco dies that are being released by John Next Door on the Craft Store at 6.00 pm today. 

I do like extending the use of the dies I am given. This is a shaker card with some butterflies in the centre. 

Often when I have the coloured card out for one card another card will suggest itself. This time I have made a square card with a rectangular die. This time I made flower with the Small Flowers die. 

I think this is my favourite card. I just love the colours and the way the die work. I added  flowers made with the Periwinkle die. I used an off cut from the background paper. The sentiments I used came from the Deco Butterflies die set. 

I love making boxes. The acetate I used in this one came from packaging and has gold dots on it. When I had made the box I went out to buy the chocolates to go in it. The colours were just perfect. I added another Periwinkle flower. 

Here is a gift bag with more Periwinkle flowers. 

This was a fun set of dies to use. Look out for them in other makes. I am sure I will be using them a lot. 

Enjoy the rest of the weekend. I have two weeks of invigilating coming up. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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A Christmas Shaker Card

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going? I am into my second week of invigilating. It is really strange getting up early in the morning. It will be nice to have a bit of extra money for some treats at Christmas. This time last year I had no money at all coming in and I felt very odd buying my husband Christmas presents with his money it didn't seem right. Now I have a tiny pension and the invigilating money. So he will have a good present this year.

I was going through my files and I found a Christmas  card that hadn't been blogged.

I do like making Shaker Cards. The Snow Globe die from Creative expressions works so well when teamed with treat cups. Don't forget to look at your packaging though as I have found some that will work with the die as well. I used the Falling Snow Embossing folder to add texture to the background paper. 

I created the scene inside with dies. The Sky was cut with the Christmas Night Sky die from Creative Expressions and I used the Christmas Cottage Scenes dies as well. The Snowman was made with a Crafter's Companion die that came with the Advent Calendar last year. (I have treated myself to an Advent Calendar this year.) The snow was created with small white beads. 

This is a Creative Expressions die. I used Pebeo Gilding was on the sentiment and the Snow Globe. 

These types of cards are always popular. I am not sure who will get this one yet. 

I would like to enter the following Challenges:

The November Challenge at Beccy's Place Challenges

The Christmas Challenge at the Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge blog

Challenge 411 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge blog

The November Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Challenge 171 at the Crimbo Crackers Challenge blog

Enjoy the rest of the week.

Happy Crafitng

Hugs Jackie

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Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge Blog - Anything Goes with the optional twist of use white and one other colour

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends

How has your week been? Our son-in-law had his operation on Tuesday and is now at home recovering. The operation went well and it shouldn't be too long before he gets back to work. Doing things to help them has taken most of the week. Well that is what parents are for.

Being Friday the new challenge starts on the Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge blog the theme is Anything Goes with the optional twist of using white and one other colour. I did find that a challenge. The sponsor this time is Star Stampz.

Here is my card. I chose to use white and blue. The top white layer was embossed with the Falling Snow embossing folder. I used the Snow Globe die set from Creative Expressions and one of their Treat Cups to make the shaker part of the card. I added small white beads to make the snow. 

The kind sponsor this time is Star Stampz if you click on the image you will be taken to the store. 

This image is called Santa's Letter and it is available HERE. She was printed on to Neenah card and coloured with Promarkers. 

I only had room for a small sentiment. This one is from Tattered Lace it was one of my bargain 50p dies. 

I was very pleased with how this card turned out. I might try this with some other colours. 

Have a great weekend. 

I would like to enter challenge 49 at the Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge blog ,challenge 46 at the Merry Christmas Challenge blog, challenge 109 at  Aloha Friday Challenge blog at /kitty Bee Designs , challenge 273 at the QKR Stampede Challenge blog , Week 424 at the Passion for Promarkers Challenge blog, the Anything Goes Christmas Challenge at the Winter Wonderland Challenge blog , challenge 507 at the Cute Card Thursday Challenge blog and challenge 43 at the Crafty Addicts Challenge blog. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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A Fish in a Jar

Hi My Crafty Blogs Friends

How has your weekend been? We have been quite busy as  my parents and my birthday are next week. On Saturday we took my parents out for lunch. In evening we took part in a quiz with some friends and our team came third it was all for charity so that was good. Today we had a meal with our daughter and her fiance and saw the film Guardians of the Galaxy 2 that was my choice. I do love my science fiction films and television.

A couple of weeks  my copy of Simply Cards and Papercraft  came through the post ( I have a subscription). I loved the stamps and dies that came with issue 162 of the magazine.

I did used the jar die to cut an aperture in the top layer of water colour card. Then I used Pixie Powders to decorate the sheet. 

The sentiment  stamp came with the set. 

Now on the sheet to go underneath I stamped the jar the the fish. They were coloured with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. I used acetate in the aperture and foam tape to raise it up. I put some beads in to make a shaker card. 

There you  have it a birthday shaker card. 

I would like to enter the Anything Goes Challenge at the Seize the Birthday Challenge blog and the Birthday Wishes challenge at the Come and Get It Challenge blog. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Unicorn Challenge Blog - January Blues (Mostly Blue)

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and the great New Year. The holidays are over for me I am back to work today. I really feel like the countdown to the wedding has started in earnest I do have lots to make. I might be getting some of my local crafty friends to help  me they have all kindly offered.

The new challenge starts day on the Unicorn Challenge blog and the theme is January Blues (Mostly Blue). I do like using blue when I make my cards.

This is the card I made for my future son-in-law when he turned 30 in December. 

This is actually a shaker card that shakes. I cut the Happy with  one of the Perspective dies designed by Sue Wilson. I cut the birthday from the same set lower so I could cover the happy with acetate and then mount it on two layers of foam. The void was filled with 30 confetti and this was backed with blue card. 

The 30th was cut with some X-cut dies I have had for a while. 

I do think the Perspective dies make really good cards for men. I will probably be revisiting this design it is so easy to change the colours and the numbers. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Christmas Deer Snow Globe Shaker Card

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I have had a marvellous crafty weekend. At the charity workshop, on Saturday,  I made six Christmas cards. I won lots of crafty stash in the raffle and we had a wonderful lunch and lots of cake. Today we went to the Portsmouth Craft show and we met my crafty friend there. We had a lovely chat over the free tea and coffee.

I have been making shaker cards with my Snow Globe die set again. This time I have been stamping the images inside the globe.

I made the layers and the background. I stuck the bar across the pattern paper, before sticking it down, I cut the snow globe die with out its cutting edge out of the paper. It took a bit of effort because of the layers but it worked. I do find this is the best method to use this die set. 

I stamped the deer, that came with the stamp set on Creative Stamping Magazine issue 34, onto water colour card and coloured them with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. I cut it out with a circle die that was large enough to give a border to stick to the treat cup. I used an anti static bag on the treat cup and I filled it with a snow effect glitter. Next I stuck the image to the treat cup. Finally this can be stuck to the gold background. If you lay it on lightly you can line up the correct position with the top layer. 

The holly stamp came with the same set from the magazine. 

I used the Sue Wilson Happy Christmas die again for the sentiment. It was cut in black and gold so I could create a shadow. 

I cut the snow globe die with the cutting edge from black card. When you lay in over the top of the treat cup you can see the gold through from the under layer. 

Here is my stash from the Portsmouth Craft show. My crafty friend gave me all the stamps on the right. She is a very generous lady. I am looking forward to making the MDF baubles and they have lights. 

I enjoyed making this card. I like a challenge.

I would like to enter Pixie's Snippets Playground - Week 252, Challenge 31 at a Snowflakes Promise Challenge blog , Challenge 46 at the Weekly Christmas Card Challenge Blog , the Glitter and Sparkle Challenge at the Sweet Stamping Christmas Challenge blog and Challenge 43 at the Crafty Friends Challenge blog. 

We are off for a few days away starting tomorrow. I am taking the laptop so I should be in touch it might be a bit intermittent though we are there to have fun. 

Have a great week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Snowglobe Shaker Christmas Cards

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How was  your weekend? We have had a busy one  and now it is back to work. Mondays do come round very fast.

I have been playing with my Sue Wilson Snow globe die set. I did buy a matching die to create scene inside the globe and some of the treat cups to make the shaker part. But I have been having a think which is always dangerous and you know I like to recycle old Christmas cards.

This is the outcome of my thoughts. The design started with the image as it was gold the rest of the card had to feature gold as well. When we were at Ally Pally we watched Sue Wilson demonstrate with the snow globe die set. She did start by cutting the snow globe without the cutting edge out of the background. This is what I did and then I embossed the background with the new falling snow embossing folder. 

The manger scene was cut from an old Christmas card. Now the dome over the image looks like a treat cup but it is in fact the packaging from the magnetic tape I used to create the fridge magnets for the Save the Date cards for our daughter's wedding. I was so thrilled they fitted the snow globe exactly. I do love reusing my packaging where I can. 

I was so thrilled with this ideas that I created a second card with another old Christmas card. Inside the shaker part on each card I put some white glitter. 

I just love it when I can recycle things to make something else. I think I have nearly finished making my Christmas cards. It is not like last year when I was struggling to finish them. I do have some other ideas for the snow globe dies this time involving stamps. 

I would like to enter Challenge 44 at Weekly Christmas Card Challenges and Challenge 30 at A Snowflakes Promise. 

Enjoy the rest of your week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Penguins in the Snow

Hi Bloggers

Thank you so much for all the comments on my last card you are very kind.

Today's card is one that I have made for my daughter who has a fondness for penguins. It is another shaker card.

The background was made using a Clarity snowflake stamp and heat embossed it with white and silver powder. Then I inked the white paper with three shades of blue Distress ink.

I made the background for the shaker part by decorating a  square of paper that would fit inside the frame. I used Stormy Skies distress ink on the top half and I heat embossed some silver stars onto it. I tore white paper to make the snow at the the bottom. I stamped and cut out the Christmas trees . Then I used some Cosmic Shimmer dries white glue to highlight details in the background and then  I covered this with Cosmic Shimmer Diamond Sprinkles. I left this to dry for about three hours I wanted to make sure it was very dry.

I stamped two Penguins the stamp  comes from a Sizzix stamp and die set, that's why they are so neatly cut out.

I cut a piece of heat resistant acetate to fit inside the frame and I heat embossed white stars around the edge. I assembled the frame and inserted the acetate. I put a double thickness of foam pads  on the back of the frame.

Once the background was dry I stuck it to the card and and popped one of the penguins on foam pads on the background quite near the middle.  On top of this I put a pile of Cosmic Shimmer Iced Snow and I popped the frame on top pressing firmly to make sure that it was firmly stuck. Then I gave it a shake to make sure that the glitter didn't come out. The other penguin was stuck on the outside of the frame the Christmas greeting came from the same set as the Penguin. 

Thank you for visiting my blog and for leaving any comments I do appreciate them all. If you have any questions I will try to answer them.

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie

Dasher the Deer in a Snow Storm

Good Morning Everyone.

Weren't Sam's show good on Saturday, she certainly looks blooming. Did you spot any of my cards? I did make rather a lot but then you always need a lot of cards at Christmas.

This is my latest offering for Sam's Design team  a Shaker card and I am very pleased with how it turned out. I have used exclusively Sam's stamps to create this card.On the Creative Studios by Sam Poole site there is a full description of how to make this card.

Enjoy the rest of the week. Thanks for looking. Hugs Jackie

Click here to find the instructions and to visit the shop.