Create -a- Card Circle Swing Christmas card.

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How is your week going? I was supposed to go out with my friend yesterday. The trouble is she hurt her back so she came here instead and we had lunch. Just recently when on holiday she was able to visit the Aycliffe  Crafter's Companion Store  and a Clarity Open day. She bought some of her purchases with her and she let me have a play.

There is something about seeing something first hand. I had seen this die set demoed on the telly but it was quite different to have a go myself.

This is the Crafter's Companion Create-a-card circle swing card die set teamed with the Sparkling Snowflakes Decorative panel die set. I used two shades of centura pearl card. The card was very easy to make. Once everything was cut I covered the light blue card with a double sided sticky sheet I stuck the details dies on and then covered the rest with glitter. 

 I decorated the back of the panel with snowflakes. This card packs flat to go in an envelope. 

I was pleased how this card turned out. I might ask to borrow this die set again. 

Enjoy the rest of day. 

I would like to enter challenge 38 at the Merry Christmas Challenge blog. 

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie

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Winter Trees Christmas Card

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends

How was your weekend? Did you do something nice?  We caught up on jobs in the garden our drive is going to be paved soon so it needed doing. My husband also printed the Save the Dates for our nephew and his fiancee.  This didn't go so well as the postcards wouldn't feed through the printer. He ended up scanning the back of one and typing the details in. Then I had to cut them out and stick them to the back of the postcards. We did loose a lot of time. They will be going in the post today. Next will be the invites.

I am not sure where I read it but someone said that people rely too much on dies in their card making. Now I love my dies and I use them a lot. This just got me wondering if I could make a card an not use any dies. I did use the Falling Snow embossing folder though.

I had my Tim Holtz stamping platform out to make another card. I have three of the mixed media plates that John Lockwood uses. I also have his Winter Trees stamp set. So I had the circle mixed media plate on the stamping platform and I inked it with Chipped Sapphire Distress ink that I spread out with a brayer. Then I used the snowflake stamps, from the Winter Trees set, to remove some of the ink from the media plate. Once the circle was complete I stamped the tree the pot and the sentiment with black archival. The platform makes is so easy to put the stamps where you want them. Then I took the paper from the stamp press and put in on my craft sheet. I put some Chipped Sapphire Distress ink on the make and I used the snowflake stamp to put snowflakes round the circle. 

I added a red ribbon from my stash. 

Have a great week. 

I would like to enter challenge 436 at the Allsorts Challenge blog , challenge 37 at the Merry Christmas Challenge blog , challenge 44 at A Snowflakes Promise challenge blog and the Anything Goes Christmas challenge at the Winter Wonderland Challenge blog. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Crafty Catz Challenge Blog - Anything Goes with the optional theme of Clean and Simple (CAS)

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends

I am back again this time for the new weekly challenge on the Crafty Catz Challlenge blog I was asked if I would like to stay on and I said yes. This time the sponsor is Sasayaki Glitter Digital Stamps and the optional theme is Clean and Simple. We were given some lovely images to work with.

I went for green layers and for the image because I remembered that I had some patterned paper with green balloons on it in my stash. When I got the paper out it wasn't the right colour. 

There are some beautiful images in the store if you click on the image you should be taken there. 

This image is called Happy Birthday Mia and is available HERE. I printed her onto card and coloured her with my Promarkers. 

This is my Crafter's Companion die I use it a lot it is a good size. You can see the embossing folder in the background. 

I hope you have a wonderful weekend. 

I would like to enter challenge 57 at the Scribbles Designs Challenge blog. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Emerald City Crafts - Challenge 4 - Always Anything Goes

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends

It is Friday again so nearly the weekend. I hope you have something nice planned. This is the first of two posts from me today.

The fourth challenge starts on the Emerald City Crafts Challenge blog today. The theme is always Anything Goes.

I used papers and ephemera from Linda Simpson Designs. 

This image come from the Les Beaux Oiseaux Designer Ephemera set. 

The butterflies were cut with a Sue Wilson die. The mats were cut with the Double Pierced Rectangle dies. 

The die I used for the corners is a Sizzix die. 

I hope you have a wonderful weekend. I will be back soon with another post. 

I would like to enter challenge 52 at the Crafting with Friends Challenge blog and challenge 32 at the Crafting with Attitude Challenge blog. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Sixtieth Birthday card for my cricket mad Brother-in-law

Good Morning

How is your week going? I am keeping busy. One positive thing is that I don't seem to be having as many headaches. They have been the bane of my life for a long time.

Very soon my brother-in-law will be Sixty. He has invited us to the  party he is having to celebrate, which should be fun. I decided it would be rather nice to make him a card. He loves cricket and supporting Aldershot Town Football club.

The image came from an old card it is a rather large image. The colours are Aldershot Town Football club colours. I used the Twinkle, Twinkle embossing folder from Creative Expressions to emboss some white card that I then inked with Distress ink. I also used that very useful ribbon was from my stash. 

I trimmed the image as much as I could. The original had rounded corners so I decided to carry this on. When you use old cards they often have sentiments so you don't have to try and fit one on. 

I love using Alphabet dies it is so easy to personalise things. Bob was cut with a die set that I bought from Crafter's Companion. 

The bunting was cut with a Tattered Lace die. 

This is an X-cut die set. 

This is a large card nearly A4 in size but it is a special birthday. 

I would like to enter Challenge 128 at the Creative Moments Challenge blog ,challenge 135 at the Inspiration Destination Challenge blog and challenge 177 at the Crafting from the Heart Challenge blog. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Take care. 

Hugs Jackie

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Unicorn Challenge Blog - theme Perfectly Pink

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends

How has your week started? I hope everything is well with you and your family. I am slowly sorting out the room the bunnies used and then we can move back in all the things that are stored in there.

The new challenge starts on the Unicorn Challenge blog and the theme this time is Perfectly Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness.

Well what do you do when you have hexagons left over? You make a card with them of course. The ribbon was in my stash and I only just had enough. I wanted to make a DL card. 

The flamingos came from the bonus papers from an older issue of Quick Cards Made Easy Magazine. All the other papers were in my stash of bits and pieces. 

The Hexagon dies came from an issue of Crafter's Companion Inspiration magazine. 

The heart die came in a set from Creative Expressions. 

The sentiment was cut with a Tattered Lace die. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

I would like to enter Weeks 301 and 302 at Pixie's Snippets Playground. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog - October Challenge

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends

Happy Sunday and welcome to October. It is proper Autumn now. The bunnies went home yesterday.  Now I just have the room to clear.

The new challenge starts on the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog and the theme is Anything Goes and this time the sponsor is Rick St Dennis. I was able to choose an image from the fabulous store to use for my card. The prize it two images from the store for the winner.

I found the dark snowflake paper in my stash. I used rich gold and reds for the mats and layers. 

There are many wonderful images in the store to suit all tastes. If you click on the image you should be taken to the store. 

This image is called Angel Wreath and it is on sale here.  I printed it onto to card and I coloured it with my Promarkers. I cut is out with my ScanNcut as like how you can leave a border round the image. If I did this by hand it would not be even. 

Now I had coloured the image and I thought it needed a message in the centre. I would not have attempted this without my Tim Holtz's Stamping platform because I could put the stamp exactly where I wanted it and if I missed a bit it was easy to restamp. I am finding the platform such a useful tool. Finally I sprayed the whole image with Spray and Sparkle. 

Now I did start with a smaller image but I decided to go larger for my main card. Well you know I don't like anything to go to waste I made a smaller card with the off cuts from the bigger cards. I had to use a different stamp for the sentiment the other one didn't fit. 

Here they are together. They will both sent out this Christmas. My husband even remarked that he liked the bigger card and usually he doesn't say anything unless asked directly. 

Enjoy the rest of the day

I would like to enter the Anything Goes Christmas at the Winter Wonderland Challenge blog , challenge 44 at the Snowflakes Promise Challenge blog and challenge 343 at the I Love Promarkers Challenge blog. 

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie

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