Christmas Reindeer - Christmas Card 17

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How has your week been so far? Unfortunately for me the weekend caught up with me and I ended up with a migraine yesterday. I had so much I wanted to do but  I didn't get much of it done. I expect a lot of your know how this feels.

I am sharing a simple Christmas card I made last week. I have been trying to get ahead with my Design Team makes as well as making things to show our daughter for the wedding. I am very aware that I don't have many Christmas cards made. So at the end of one of my crafty sessions I made this quick card using an image from an old card. I will be doing this a lot this year I have a big stash of old cards some people pass them on to me.

I looked all through my craft stash to find a tartan paper to match the bow on the reindeer, this is the closest I could find. 

I love this die by Sue Wilson it makes a contemporary sentiment. 

When we received this card last year I knew I would want to use him to make another card. 

I am hoping to get some more Christmas cards this week. I hope the rest of the week goes well for you. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Isobel Craft Collection - Singing in the Rain

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope you are having a good weekend. We had a lovely time looking at wedding dresses with our daughter yesterday. She tried on 14 different dresses in two different shops. She now has a clear idea of which type of dress suits her best. There is now a plan to go back to one of the shops in November to make a final choice. It was a very good day.

I have made another card with the new release of stamps from the Isobel Craft Collection. I was sent the Garden Delights stamps set. I wanted to use the raindrops and the clouds this time.

I had fun with the raindrop stamp making the background using the resist technique with heat embossing and Distress Ink. I stamped the sentiment and clouds onto water colour card with Black Archival. Then I used some hexagon dies to cut them out. The spotty ribbon was in my stash. 

The stamps are available from the https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/sophy8?ref=search_shop_redirect. 

Enjoy the rest of the weekend. Today is my husband's birthday so this should be another good day. 

Happy Crafting.

Hugs Jackie

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Creative Artiste Challenge Blog - Anythings Goes

Hi My Craft Blog Friends

I hope that you have had a wonderful week and that you have got done all the things that you wanted to do. I have a week mostly catching up on jobs. I am now preparing for our daughter to visit this evening. The plan is to make my husband a birthday cake and tomorrow we are going somewhere so she can try on wedding dresses. This is super exciting.

The first Friday of the month see the start of a new challenge on the Creative Artiste Challenge blog and the theme is Anything Goes. We have a sponsor Stamporations and the Design Team were sent masks to work with. I was sent the Shutters mask and the Bold Florals mask.

The masks were quite different so I decided to make two cards. 

To create the background I laid the Bold Florals mask on to some watercolour card. First I sprinkled some mica over the mask and then with a brush I put some Brusho powder where I wanted it on the design. Now it was time to spritz it with water. While it was still wet I lifted the mask and I left the design to dry. As I had  added mica the background has a slight shimmer. 

Here is a close up on the background. I was lots of fun to create. 

The lilies were created with a Spellbinder die set and coloured with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. I really do try to use them whenever I can. I love the way they can be moved around with water.  

I used a Sue Wilson die to cut the flag and its mat. The sentiment was cut with a Britannia word die set.  I didn't want to put too much on the card to hide the pretty background. 

This card is quite different in tone. I actually made this one first. I put the Shutter mask onto some water colour card. It was sprinkled with some of my Brushos this time more randomly. Once this was done I spritzed the mask with water. I removed the mask and turned it inky side down onto some ready and waiting watercolour card. This is how I created the second mat. 

The sentiment came from the Woodware Gone to Seed stamp set. It was stamped in Perfect Medium and heat embossed with a sparkly black powder. 

This is the Gone to Seed stamp I love it. Again it was stamped with Perfect Medium and heat embossed with a black sparkly powder. 

I had lots of fun making these cards. I love masks all the things you can do with them they are so versatile. 

I hope you have a wonderful weekend. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Isobel Craft Collection - New Release of stamps - Garden Delights

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How is your week going. I have been rather busy making cards and looking after our daughter's rabbits who are staying with us for a few weeks this summer. This means that our daughter and her fiance can have a bit of time away together.

I was very lucky to be selected for the Design Team for the Isobel Craft Collection. A new collection of stamps has been released and there are five sets altogether. I was sent the gorgeous Garden Delights set to work with.

I love these cute bugs. I stamped them with black archival onto watercolour card and coloured them with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens I do love those pens. 

This is such cute border. Again it was stamped in black archival and coloured with my Sparkle pens. 

The stamps are available from the Etsy shop Sophy8.

This is the stamp set there are some lovely elements. I do have lots of other ideas for cards I could make with this set.

Enjoy the rest of the week and I hope the weather is kind to us all. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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New Baby Card

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope you are having a good week.The weather here has been a bit variable but it is nice when the sun is out. After all we all need our Vitamin D.

One of my husband's work colleague's wife has just had a baby boy. I was asked to make a card for everyone at the office to sign. I seem to make this type of card quite often.

This is an 8" x 8" card and it has an extra insert so there is lots of room to sign. As this card was for a baby boy it had to be blue. The frame  for the image was made with the Double Pierced Squares sets A and B by Sue Wilson. The bunting is another Tattered Lace die. 

This is my go to Congratulations die it is made by Tattered Lace, 

This was cut with an Emerald die set that I won from Hochanda. I can't say I don't win anything. 

This little guy comes from the LOTV Occasions 3 stamp set. Of course depending on the colours the baby can be a girl. It is a very useful stamp. The little hearts came with the Mr and Mrs die set by Sue Wilson. 

I have joined Bloglovin and I would love it if you followed me there of course I would follow you in return. 

I would like to enter Challenge 54 at the Dies R Us 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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Crafts Galore Encore - Use a Digi or a Stamp

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope that you had a wonderful weekend and that the weather has been kind to you. My husband has now gone back to work so there is time for me to get on with some of the jobs around the house and to get some crafting done.

The first of the month sees the start of a new challenge on the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog the theme is Use a Digi image or a Stamp. We have a sponsor My Besties and there are images being offered as prizes.

I did colour the image first and then I made all the mats and layers to match the colours I had used.  I  used a couple of punches to make butterflies from the scraps of scripted paper to add to the design. 

She is very cute and I coloured her with my Promarkers. The rosette lace I had in my stash. When I go to craft fairs I sometimes buy mixed bundles of lace this lace was in one such bundle. I will be buying some more. 

The images are available from the Etsy Shop  and the Besties Online Shop. 

These are the images the design team got to use and they are the prizes as well. 

I hope that you have a good week. 

I would like to enter  the Classic Design Team Open Challenge number 5, Challenge 25 at a Bit More Time to Craft  and Challenge 323 at Craft You Passion Challenge blog, 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie