Moving Along with the Times (MAWTT) Challenge blog - Stars and Stripes

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How has your week been so far? On Monday we were at a funeral that we had quite a distance to travel  which meant an over night stay. The funeral was sad but it was very nice to meet with so many relatives that I had lost touch with. We travelled back and met our friends for a meal before we watched the film Yesterday together. If you are a Beatles fan you will love this film. Now my husband is away for a few days for work. Lots of crafting for me and catching up on things.

Today the new challenge starts at the Moving Along with the Times (MAWTT) Challenge blog and our theme this time is Stars and Stripes. To me this challenge meant one thing, another chance to use up some of my Snippets.

I started by making one of my Snippets backgrounds for the stripes. 

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

The dies I used here are all from Creative Expressions. The decorative frame was cut with the Oslo die set.  I do like putting a shadow behind my sentiments. 

I cut the stars with the die that comes with the Champagne Bottle die set from the John Next Door range. You can cut so many stars at the same time. 

This is another card for my stash. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The July Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge. 

Challenge 447 at the Fab 'n' Funky Challenge blog

Happy Crafting

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Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog - Challenge #65 Anything Goes

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

I hope that you have had a great weekend. As usual we have been busy. We did manage to fit in a trip to a local club to see Beatlemania with some friends. Anyone would think that we are Beatle mad - and they would be right 😊. Today this post is scheduled as we will be in Coventry for the funeral of my aunt.

Being the first of the month the new challenge starts on the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge blog. The theme is Anything Goes. Our wonderful sponsor this month  is Polkadoodles. 

I did start by colouring the image with my Promarkers. As the image was in the PNG format I was able to make a background on my computer and place the image on top. I chose the colours for the mats and layers to match my colouring. 

There is so much to see in their wonderful store. Click on the logo and you will be taken there. 

This image is called Surprise Gifts - Winnie Celebrations 3 and she is available HERE. 

I wanted some pretty flowers to surround the image and I remembered my Peony Blossom from Tattered Lace. So I cut it a few times and paper pieced it. 

Have a great week. I will be back soon to pop around everyone's blogs. 

Happy Crafting

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Cards made with Pollyanna Pickering images

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going? The start of my week was quiet. Today my husband has the day off so that his car can be looked at. We are going to take the opportunity to visit the tea-room where he will be having his birthday in August. There are a few choices to make. I will be helping at a Felting Workshop on Friday. On Sunday we are travelling up to Warwick so that we can attend my aunt's funeral on the Monday.

I decided to make to cards with one of my Pollyanna Pickering image pads.

I used the Deckled Rectangle dies from Spellbinders to cut out part of the image and a black mat for it. The papers came from a pad by Creative World of Crafts. 

Here is a close up of the cut out section. 

I did exactly the same with the owl image. 

He is a gorgeous Barn Owl. 

As yet I haven't added sentiments I will do this when I know who the cards are going to. 

I would like to enter the following challenges: 

The June Challenge at Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

I hope the rest of the week is kind to you. Have a great weekend. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Up-Cycled Christmas cards

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

I hope you had a good weekend and the start of your week has been good too. I probably ought to start with a bit of an explanation. I have been a bit quiet on my blog lately. The death of my friend hit me quite hard and I have found it hard to focus, not helped by me getting a cold. I have a lot to get ready in the next couple of months my husband is 60 this year. I am still crafting but mostly it is things that I can't share just yet. Thank you to those who haven't given up on me. I am still around.

I am  trying to keep up with  my Christmas card makes. At the end of a craft session I try to fit in a couple.

This is one of my up-cycled Christmas cards. I liked the image on the old card. I trimmed it to fit so I could in some mats and layers. 

I do like to see robins on Christmas card. 

I used the Ivy Spray die from the John Next Door range. I added glitter for some extra sparkle. 

This is a small sentiment die from the John Next Door range. 

I had time to make another simple card from another card. 

That's another two for my stash. 

I would like to enter the following challenges: 

The June Rudolph Days Challenge

Challenge 443 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge 

Challenge 187 at the Crimbo Crackers Challenge blog

Challenge 52 at the Holly and the Ivy Challenge blog

Challenge 11 at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge 445 at the Fab 'N' Funky Challenge blog

The L and M Challenge at the ABC Christmas Challenge blog L for Little Robin

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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llama Love twisted easel Birthday Card

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going? The sun is shining here today maybe it will be a better day.

This is the birthday card that I made for our daughter's birthday back at the end of May.

I do like a twisted easel card. All the papers I used were in my stash

This image is from the Llama Love set from Imagine That Digistamp. It is mostly a Christmas image set but this cute llama is included as well. I used a precoloured image that way I could use my own photo to create the  background. I did fussy cut a llama to lay over the top of the image to give some dimension. 

This was a topper that I had in my stash. It made a great stopper for the easel. 

Yesterday I heard some very sad news. My crafty friend Erika passed away the previous evening. She had a very short illness, it took her very quickly. I only met her a few times but we had lots of contact through social media. With her husband she lived on the same estate as our daughter and son-in-law. Erika made a big impact on the craft community she will be missed. RIP Erika ❤

Back to the card. I made a matching gift card holder. Now the sad thing about this card is that it was lost in the post and our daughter never received it. When I share this post it will be the first time that she will see it. I really ought to make a replacement card. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 587 at the Cute Card Thursday Challenge blog

Challenge 60 at Craft Rocket Challenges

The June Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Challenge 6 at the Imagine That Digistamp  Creative Playground 

I hope you enjoy the rest of the week. 

Hugs Jackie

Bella Christmas Ornaments - Merry Christmas card

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How was your weekend? I hope that you had a good one. On Saturday we visited Beaulieu Motor Museum with our daughter and son-in-law. We met our son-in-law's parents there as they were showing one of their cars in a VW event. Their car even won a prize which was fantastic,  On Sunday we had a quiet day at home. I did make  my husband one of his favourite meals.

On Friday I was colouring an image for one of the Design Teams I am on. As my pens were out I decided to look through my printed images to see if there was another one I could colour and I found this one.

I am trying to keep up with my Christmas makes. I did colour the image first and then I chose papers that would match the colours I had used. I used lots of die cuts. All the white you can see on the card was made with Snippets. There are snowflakes, a snowflake border, winter trees  and a sentiment. All the dies I used are from Creative Expressions. 

This image is called Bella Christmas Ornaments and the is available HERE from Bugaboo Stamps. As she is a PNG image I made the background on the computer and I could layer the image on top of the background. I printed the resulting image onto Neenah card stock and I coloured with my Promarkers. I did add a touch of sparkle to the ornaments with a Wink of Stella clear pen. 

This is a Creative Expressions sentiment. When there is room I like to use a bold sentiment. 

That is another card for my stash. It is a bit larger than my usual cards so it will have to be for someone special. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The June Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge. 

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Week 354

The June Challenge at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge 386 at the I ❤ Promarkers Challenge blog

Challenge 442 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge

L and M challenge at the ABC Christmas Challenge blog - L for Little Bella

Challenge 434 at Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge blog

Challenge 108 at the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge blog

Challenge 166 at the Creative Fingers Challenge blog

Week 23 at the Colour Crazy Craft Challenge blog

The June Challenge at the Sweet Stampin' Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge 94 at the A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge blog

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Poppies

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How has your week been so far? I have finished invigilating for this set of exams. I should have a bit more time to craft now. Let's see how that works out.

Back in April I popped into one of our local charity shops. I picked up a pack of National Trust Notelets for 50p. The images on the notelets were very pretty. So I decided to make them into cards.

I liked the sketch that we used for a recent challenge at the Moving Along with the Times (MAWTT) Challenge blog. So I had another go with the aim  to make a birthday card for my mother-in-law who loves poppies. 

The Poppy image is very pretty. I used the image from the front of the notelet. There was a small image on the back that I put on the inside of my card. I also had a piece of paper left over that I could use for a shopping list. 

There were two types of card in the pack. 

Here are the thank you cards that I made. I still have the image from the packaging to use.  I think that was 50p well spent. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The June Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Challenge 444 at  Fab 'N' Funky Challenges 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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