Winter Wonderland Challenge Blog - December Challenge - Anything Goes

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How has your week been? We are settling into my hubby's retirement. We are both looking forward to the time when we can have a holiday. That was always the plan to have a big holiday when we were both retired. Oh well we will just have to wait for that. 

The new challenge starts today at the Winter Wonderland Challenge blog. This time there are no sponsors and the theme is Anything Christmas Goes. I have a bit of other news that this will be my last post for this lovely Challenge blog. As I have said before with my hubby being retired there is not so much time for me to craft. I will still be making cards it is a hobby I love. I just don't want to be working to deadlines. 

I do love a religious Christmas card. All the papers I have used are Designer papers from Claritystamp. I do love those papers. 

This challenge has no sponsor so it is an Anything Christmas Goes Challenge. If you click on my personal logo you will be taken to the challenge blog. 

This die is the Madonna Window Fresh Cut Aperture Die. It makes a great stained glass window.  I used a sticky sheet over some Designer paper. I added a circle around baby Jesus' head. Then I stuck down the black die cut. To this I was able to add paper piecing. Finally I covered the remaining sticky sheet with Micro Beads. 

I made two cards with the same design. Once I have shared this post my commitment to the Winter Wonderland Challenge blog is complete. As there will be no commenting on the entries this time I am finished. 

Have great weekend. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog - Challenge #82 - Anything Goes - Sponsor Jan's Digi Stamps

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I am back again this time for Challenge #82 at the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge blog. The theme is Anything Goes and the sponsor is the fabulous Jan's Digi Stamps. 

The die in the background is a chandelier die from Crafter's Companion. I really just wanted the lacey detail.  

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

This image and sentiment are from the set Pansies for Mom which is available HERE. The image was coloured with my Faber Castell Polychromo Pencils. I like these pencils so much I have ordered another set with some additional colours. 

Best wishes is a useful sentiment it can be used for lots of different occasions. 

Have a good week. 

Happy Crafting

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

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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

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Winter Scene Christmas Card

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I hope you had a good lockdown weekend and have got your head round the new tier restrictions that are coming our way. What with bubble Christmas to look forward to there is a lot to think about and consider. Today is my hubby's last working day. He will be training his replacement. Yesterday he did spend a bit of time getting ready for this. Life is going to be a bit different for us. 

I am still making Christmas cards. I have no idea how many I will need this year. One of my hubby's first jobs will be to write our Christmas letter. Then we can sort the cards out and I will have an idea if I need to make anymore. I do have a couple of special ones I want to make. We did buy the stamps we need on Saturday. 

I did treat myself to three of the new Christmas die sets from the John Next Door range. 

I used a combination of the Sam's Circles, Jane's Tree and the Christmas Time dies sets. Now I have a white Posca pen I might add some snow to the background. 

Well this is another one for the stash. 

Have a good week. 

Happy Crafting

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Fresh Cut Panoramic Quarterette Aperture Dies - Anniversary Card

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How has you week been? We have been plodding along sorting out the things that need to be done for my hubby retiring next week. His last day is Monday that is the last day of the month. 

I bought the Fresh Cut Panoramic Quarterette Aperture dies just because I liked them on their own. I have some of the bigger dies and I like putting a smaller matching image on the inside of the card. Then I realised that they would line up. 

So with Designer Papers, Sticky sheets and Microbeads this is what I came up with. All the black card I used came from my scraps bag. 

I do love this scene. Maybe one day I will make it up and paper piece it. 

I had some sticky sheet left over and some Designer paper I added stickers and then more Microbeads. 

I will be having another play with these dies. In the meantime I will making a few more Christmas cards. 

Enjoy the last lockdown weekend. 

Happy Crafting 

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Winter Birds Christmas Card

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How is your week going? We had a lovely trip to Mottisfont on Monday and what was my hubby's last ever day's leave. The weather was nice so it was alright to have coffee outside. They had some very nice plants there too. Now my hubby is into his last few days of work. He finishes on 30th that's next Monday. Life will certainly be different. 

I am still making Christmas cards. I am pretty sure I will be sending more this year. What a strange year we have had. 

I do like making cards from old cards. When I saw this image I just had to use it. The patterned paper was in my stash, I do like to join in with the Rudolph Days Challenge throughout the year. It hard to believe it will be that start of December next week. 

We love seeing the birds in our garden and we do feed them. There a couple of cheeky squirrels too. 

This is a Creative Expressions die. 

This is another one for the Christmas card stash. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The November Rudolph Days Challenge

Challenge 84 at the Holly and the Ivy Challenge blog

Challenge 28 at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge 517 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge blog

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper November Challenge

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

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Pretty Floral Birthday Card

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I hope you had a good weekend. On Saturday we delivered the bunny hutch to someone who had requested it. That really is the end of an era for us. We spent the rest of Saturday and Sunday catching up on jobs in the house and garden. We did manage to fit in  a walk to our local country park.  Today my hubby has a day off. We are going for a walk at Mottisfont. Our tickets are booked. It will be nice to have a walk somewhere different and we might be able to get a take away coffee. 

Here is a floral birthday card. I made for a friend. 

This card started with the card blank. I have some very nice pinky red card blanks. The pattered paper was in my stash. The lacy die and the sentiment are Crafter's Companion dies. I do cut my own candi for the corners. 

This pretty little image came from a HunkyDory Little Book. 

This card was well received. 

Have a good week. 

Happy Crafting

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