My Cards for the October Rudolph Days Challenge

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How was your weekend? I hope it was a good one. This weekend was quiet for us my hubby picked up a cold which really wiped him out. So not much happened here.  This week is half term so everywhere will be busy. I will still get out and do a few things. 

I love to enter the Rudolph Days Challenge each month it really keeps me on track with my Christmas cards. The October Challenge has started and will end on the last day of the month.

I was going through my stash and I came across some images and papers that I had  since 2014. So it was about time they got used.

The image and papers came from Making Cards Magazine back in 2014. I know because the date is on some of the sheets. I made tent fold cards as I had to card blanks left over when I made some other cards. 

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I had made another Art Deco card for a friend and I came across these images when I was looking for something to put inside her  card. 

This is a Creative Expressions die. 

This is the second card that I made. I inked the edge of the image so that showed up against the background. 

Here are the cards together. Now some of my friends can have Art Deco cards. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The October Rudolph Days Challenge 

Challenge 461 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge

Have a great week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Two cards made with the Delicate Pine Frame Die Set

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How was your weekend? We had a busy time as usual. We did buy a tiny Christmas Tree and it is in the lounge waiting to be decorated.

A little while ago I was lucky and I won a die on the Crafter's Castle Challenge Blog. It arrived last week and I couldn't wait to have a play.

I won the Delicate Pine Frame die from Memory Box. That includes the frame the tree and the birds.  I added a snow background with the Winter Wonderland die from Sizzix. The deer come with that die set too. The Happy Christmas comes from the Star Tags dies set from John Next Door. 

I made another card with the same design in  red, white and blue.  I know just who to send this card too. 

Here they are together. I am think I am getting close to the number of Christmas cards I need. If I find I am short I might make some more of these. Have a great week. 

I would like to enter the following Challenges: 

Challenge 192 at Dream Valley Challenges 

Challenge 231 at the Crafting from the Heart Challenge blog

The December Challenge at the Die Cut Diva's Challenge blog

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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A Deer family in a Winter Forest

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going? I am trying to sort out lots of things. Then on Thursday I have my regular trip to Winchester. I do love this and I get to see the Christmas market which I think is one of the best around.

Last week when I was there I treated myself to some dies in the pre Black Friday sales. I was very keen to play with them. The first thing I made was the card in my previous post. Then I decided to make something a bit simpler.

I have lots of off cuts of white card left over from making wedding invitations this year. They are just the right size to fit the Branched birch die. I inked through the die to make patches darker then I removed the die and lightly inked the trees. I had some navy card to cut the snow for the background. 

I found some craft card in my stash of bits and cut the deer from it. I added a bit of ink to them. 

The snowflake border was cut in white. 

I used the same navy card as the snowy background to cut the sentiment. 

I am very pleased with my new dies. They even encouraged me to get my inks out which I haven't done for a long time. 

Happy Crafting 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 340 at Pixie's Snippets Playground

The November Challenge at Beccy's Place Challenges

The Winter Wonderland Challenge at the Try it on a Tuesday Challenge blog

The Through the Craft Room Door Challenge 27th November

Challenge 172 at the Crimbo Crackers Challenge blog

Challenge 413 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge 208 at the Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge blog

The R for Reindeer challenge at the Alphabet Challenge blog

Hugs Jackie

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Hunkydory Christmas card number 14

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your weekend going? We had a lovely time at  Gun Wharf Quays yesterday. We managed to   do some Christmas shopping and we had a nice meal in Cafe Rouge to use our vouchers. The in the evening on Saturday we went to an Autumn event at our church which was fun. Today should be a bit quieter.

Do you remember the batch of Christmas cards I made from a Hunkydory kit that came free with issue 188 of Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine?  Well there were some bits left over from the kit and I was able to make another card.

The paper came from the set it is just so pretty. 

This image was cut from a piece of card in the kit. The sentiment was made with a Tattered Lace die. 

I have enjoyed using this kit and there are still a few bits left. I would like to use it all up this year. 

I would like to enter the following challenges: 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Hunkydory Christmas cards

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How was your weekend? We had a fabulous time at Destination Star Trek at the NEC in Birmingham. If you love Star Trek you will understand.

As you might know I have been struggling to get my Christmas made this year. I bought a copy of Cardmaking and Papercraft that had a free Hunkdory Christmas papercraft  kit. I loved using this kit. I made quite a few cards.

This one was my favourite I used the snow globe and one of the backing papers. 

There was a set of robin cards. I love seeing robins on Christmas cards. 

Here is a selection of cards with snowy scenes. 

The I made cards with deer on.

I made all of these cards in one session. There are some bits of the kits left so there will be at least another couple of cards to come. A lot of these cards will go to the Brownie Coffee Morning my friend is organising. 

Have a great week. I know a lot of people are on half term this week. 

I would like to enter the following challenges: 

Challenge 408 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge blog

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Crafty Catz Challenge blog - Anything Goes - Christmas in May

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

Friday is here it is nearly the weekend and some of us will have an extra day. When this post goes live I will be already invigilating the exam today is long and has a very early start.

Being Friday the New Challenge starts on the Crafty Catz Challenge blog the theme is Christmas in May and the sponsor is Bugaboo Stamps. 

When I saw the card I wanted to make a simple DL card. 

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

This image is Christmas Words - Snow and it is available HERE. I printed onto Neenah card and I coloured the image with Promarkers. As I wanted to make a simple card I didn't cut out the image I just made it into the top layer. 

I used the Snowflake border die from Creative Expressions to make the snowy border. 

Have a great weekend. 

I would like to enter the following challenges; 

Challenge 395 at Fab 'n' Funky Challenges

The May Rudolph Days Challenge

The Get Ready for Christmas Challenge at the Crafting By Designs challenge blog

The May Challenge at the Sweet Stamping Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge 359 at the I ❤ ProMarkers Challenge blog

Challenge 21 at The Merry Christmas Challenge blog

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Unicorn Challenge Blog - Snow/ Snowflakes

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

This is my second post of the the day. This time for the Unicorn Challenge blog. The theme this month is Snow or Snowflakes.

I was really pleased with how this card turned out. I used all dies designed by Sue Wilson. There was a snowflake embossing folder used in the background. 

This is the Deboss Snowflake set with the Season's Greetings sentiment. 

This shows the detail on the Snowflake Mini striplet die. I was thrilled when I discovered that the outer die from the Perspectives Happy die makes a perfect mat for a striplet die. 

I do like snowflakes and I love them on Christmas cards. 

I would like to enter the Frosty Challenge at the Winter Wonderland Challenge Blog , Challenge 32 at A Snowflakes Promise and Challenge 5 at the Merry Christmas Challenge blog. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Unicorn Challenge Blog - Animal Kingdom

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope you are having a good week. It has been raining a lot here.

The beginning of the month is always busy with Design Team makes and August is no exception. Today the new challenge starts on the Unicorn Challenge Blog and the new them is the Animal Kingdom.

I am very behind with my Christmas cards and I was looking through some old cards and I came across this fabulous snowy sheep. I made all the mats and layers to match. The top layer is white glitter card but it doesn't show well in the photos. 

I added some extra glitter to the image. 

I cut the sentiment with some Britannia dies.  

I think this makes Christmas card number 16. I still have lots to make I am hoping to get some made this holiday. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Christmas in May

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How has your week been so far? It seems an age since my birthday but it was only been a few days ago. I am struggling to fit in any crafting at the moment. There seems to be so much else to do.

At the start of the year I promised myself that I would make Christmas cards all year round to try and avoid the rush at the end of the year. So far I have made eight cards I need about a hundred so I still have a way to go. Last week I found I had a little bit of time so I made another Christmas card.

You know me, I love robins. Last year I saved some of our Christmas cards that had robins on.

I used the image from one of the saved cards to make this card. There is a little bit of glitter on the image. I embossed some white card to go behind the image and I inked it with blue ink to tone in with the background. The ribbon was in my stash. 

This is a lovely robin. 

I think this is Christmas card number seven. I do have so many more to make. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

Christmas Robin

Hi Bloggers

Yesterday I went to the  Hobbycrafts show at the Excel Centre in London. At the same time Brick 2014 was going on  (a Lego convention) it was a strange mix. I will share some pictures from the Hobbycrafts show at the end of this post.

Today's card is a traditional card with a robin on it. Who doesn't like a robin at Christmas?



The main image came from an old Christmas card I save all my cards with robins on, I do like them a lot. I teamed the image with a black edging and some pretty paper. So quite an easy card really just what you need when you have a lot to make.

Now on to my pictures from the Hobbycrafts show. I met and had chats with Jo Austin and Pete Hughes. Of course I did some shopping, it would have been rude not too.

Jo Austin

Pete Hughes from Sizzix

Showing me the Pinecone die I'm getting it for Christmas (lucky me)

A World War I display all in white.

Hand knitted poppy wreaths. 

My stash the silver card is for wedding invites.

With Paddington at Paddington station.

I hope you all had a great weekend and got caught up on all the jobs that need to be done. I will be starting my Advent Journal tomorrow. I can't believe how quickly the time is going,

Happy crafting.

Hugs Jackie

Pine boughs and baubles

Hi Bloggers

I hope you have had a brilliant weekend and that the start of the new week is going well for you. It was a big weekend for our family with my husband's father being interviewed by Bill Turnbull live on Songs of Praise yesterday. I took a couple of photos from the television and I will post a couple at the end of this post.

I made today's card with the free bauble on Cardmaking & Papercraft magazine. At the moment you can see this card on their Facebook page it is part of their Christmas album.

 

First I made the background I stamped the line of trees in black ink. When this dried I linked the sky. I tore a piece of paper and I inked over it  and moved it down to ink again to create the effect of snow. The final touch was to stamp stars with CS Perfect Medium and I heat embossed them with silver embossing powder.

The pine boughs were cut with a Sue Wilson die.

I cut the bauble three times in gold. I used a circle die to cut background circles two in red and one in blue. The final touch was to add snow with CS white PVA glue covered in CS Iced Diamonds glitter.

This is my father-in-law  on the television and a close up of all the medals he has been awarded. He gets more all the time as different organisations honour the veterans.

At school lots of people are wearing handmade poppies this year so I thought I would have a go. Of course I have given a donation to the British Legion as well. I have had quite a few compliments. Which is nice.

Have a great week. I will be back soon with another creation. 

Thank you for all the comments I do read all of them. 

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie