Butterfly Birthday Card and matching Bookmark

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I am trying out new blogger I am not sure that I like it much. How are you getting on? The weather has been lovely. Our garden is proving to be a delight. Last year we treated ourselves to a table and chairs set for the garden. This year we have been able to have a lot of meals outside. 

My friend's birthday was a week ago. The present I ordered came yesterday and we delivered it on our walk this morning. 

Here is the card I made for her. The background is some inky kitchen roll stuck to card. 

This is the Butterflies in Flight Mini Striplet die from Creative Expressions. I cut the separate butterflies and put them behind the panel to make the butterflies stand out. I cut three of them to fill the card. 

I added the sentiment to the card. 

As I didn't have the present I decided to make a matching book mark. The die set seems to lend itself to making bookmarks. I was lucky that there were enough leftovers to make it.  My friend loved her card and bookmark and was very understanding about the delay with her present. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 187 at the Creative Fingers Challenge blog

Challenge 257 at the Crafty Cardmakers Challenge blog

I hope that you have a good weekend. 

Take care and stay safe. 

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Beccy's Place - Encore Week - Bird Song

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How is your week going? My hubby is still working at home. We are still shopping for a few people. I am still doodling. Things in the garden are coming along nicely. Soon we will be able to have lettuce in our sandwiches. I have just planted some potatoes. I don't usually do things like this but I figured I would be home to look after them this year. I can't see us going on holiday at all.

This is Encore week at Beccy's Place the set of images I was sent to use was the Bird Song set. I loved using these images. They came in very useful for cards I needed to make. Today, being one of Beccy's Blog Contributors, I am featured on the Blog. As you can see HERE. 

I love the main image just as it was. I added some extra papers and some die cuts using the Leafy Flourish die set from the John Next Door range. The sentiment is one of his dies too. 

This is the Bird Song set it is gorgeous and is available HERE. 

I created a background on the computer for the bird silhouette. The sentiment comes with the set. That ribbon has been in my stash for ages but it looks great here.  

Here is the main image again on a much simpler card. It does work well. 

Finally another card with the silhouette. I added a sentiment from another of Beccy's set and the music notes were die cut. There is that ribbon again. 

There are still images from the set I haven't used. I think I will be using this set a lot. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The Birds of a Feather Challenge at the Daring Cardmakers Challenge blog

Enjoy the rest of your week

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The May Challenge for the Rudolph Days Challenge

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How did we get to the end of May? This weekend coming it will be our daughter's birthday, mine was at the beginning  of the month. I suppose we will have to video call like we did for mine.

Well today the new challenge starts at the Rudolph Days Challenge. I do try not to miss one of the challenges as I do like to keep on top of my Christmas Card making. At the moment I am not making so many cards a lot of my time is now spent doodling with Barbara Gray. This week we will be off on our travels again. I have a feeling it might be a Safari. I have given up saying I can't do that I just give everything a go.

I just love robins on Christmas cards. I couldn't resist the image on an old card. 

This is a Crafter's Companion die. 

I used the Piece by Piece die set that came free with a magazine a while ago to cut the black mat and the puzzle pieces. I like to offset some of the pieces so that it looks more like a puzzle. I always enjoy using this die set.  

Here is another card for my stash of Christmas cards. I really should make some more. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The May Challenge at the Rudolph Days Challenge

Challenge 491 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge

Challenge 50 at Crafting Happiness Challenges

Challenge 72 at the Holly and the Ivy Challenge blog

Challenge 22 at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog

The May Challenge at the Christmas Craft Creations Challenge blog

Stay safe and take care.

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A Thank You card using my prize from the lovely Holley

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How has your week been? Have you changed anything you are doing? Next week is half term I wonder how many people will rush to the beach if the weather is nice. Only time will tell. For us we will be staying home and looking after our daughter and son-in-laws pet rabbits. How they got here is another story.

This is a little card I made to say thank you to Holley for the lovely prize that I won in her month of celebration back in February. In case you are wondering I won the bee die.

This card went all the way to America to say thank you. Tomorrow it will be featured on Holley's Blog. Where I will be the Guest Designer. Here is a bit of a confession. I used up lots of bits from my craft desk to make this card. The backing paper was used in another project. 

The cornflowers were left over from the box card I made for my cousin back in April. I used the Star Flower leaves dies and the Ivy Spray dies from the John Next Door range to make the foliage. 

This sentiment comes with another die set. 

So here is the die set I won. The great thing about this one is that there are two dies so it is easy to cut a layer to go under the black outline of the bee. I used Promarkers to colour the body. 

Holly really liked her card and asked if she could feature it on her blog. Of course I said that was okay. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 378 at Pixie's Snippets Playground

Stay safe and take care. 

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Thinking of You Doodle Card

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How are things going for you? As I said last week things aren't much different for us. My hubby is still working from home. We are still shopping for a few people. I am growing so many things in our garden. Later on we will be able to have a salad! There are also lots of birdy visitors. We haven't appreciated our garden as much before. I am so glad that we have it.

A lot of you will know that I have been following the Doodle sessions that Barbara Gray does every weekday at 10:00 am on Facebook. Later they can be found on YouTube. I have been inspired to make a few cards that I have drawn the images for. This is the first one. I needed a thinking of you card for a lady from church whose husband died. He did have Covid 19 but it was his underlying health conditions that were the problem.

I made the lovely background paper. I found it when I was tiding. I have no idea how I made it. I would really like to make some more.There are a few sheets left. The candy in the corners is made with the Cogs dies from the John Next Door range. 

I used my Double Pierced circle dies to draw the circle. This meant that after I had cut the circle out I could easily used another of the dies to cut a mat for the image. The pattern in the circle is one that we learnt when doodling. I drew the seed heads and leaves first with pencil and them with a Micron pen. Once everything was dry I used Distress ink  with a brush to colour the image. I also used Distress ink to paint the border. 

I hope the lady, I sent this too, liked it. I have no idea how she is coping. I think I will be making a few of these cards. 

I hope you have a good week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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A Bit More Time to Craft - 15th May Challenge - Anything Goes

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How is everything going? Has much changed for you? My hubby is still working from home so is our daughter and son-in-law. We haven't visited any of the  places that are now open.  We would love to go to the tip but it will be so busy and we do have places to store things. We are wondering about signing up to the county garden waste scheme. 

Today the new challenge starts at the A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge blog the theme is Anything Goes and there are some fantastic digi papers on offer as prizes. 

This is the leaving card I made for someone at my hubby's work. I used the Light Music digi papers. 

Our challenges are fun and the papers on offer as prizes are gorgeous. Click on the logo and you will be taken there. 

I generated the sentiment on the computer. I was able to use some of the paper in the background. I like how you can change the size of the pattern easily with digi papers. As they are stored on my computer they are easy to find when I need them. 

This is the first Tattered Lace die that I bought. It has been very useful over the years. 

Rob did like his card. He and my hubby are still in touch. We are doing online Murder Mysteries together. The last one finished on Saturday and we actually got both of the Murderers right. 

Stay safe and well. 

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The Anniversary card I made for our Anniversary at the beginning of April

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How are you getting on? Things are changing slightly. We aren't rushing out to the tip or the Garden Centre and my hubby can still work from home. Not much is changing for us.

As the title of this post says I made this card a while ago and I am not sure why I haven't got round to sharing it before.

When I made the gift bag and card for my friend I rediscovered my oriental paper pad. I used some of the paper on this card. 

The image came from an old card. The bears are so cute. I cut the image and the mats with the Double Pierced Rectangle dies from Creative Expressions. 

This die is a Signature die. I have used it a lot. 

My hubby did like his card. On the day we had a take away pizza. It is interesting what has become a treat now. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 471 at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge blog

I hope you all stay safe. 

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