Twisted Easel Card for a 97th Birthday

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How has your week been? We have been busy here there has been lots to sort out with my parents and my sister. I also thought that I had a closer deadline for some crafty makes than was the case so the pressure is off a bit. 

Here is the birthday card I have made for my father-in-law who will be 97 in September. He still loves his garden so this card will be appropriate. My mother-in-law will be able to work out the twisted easel style works, she is a smart cookie. 

I have had the sticky burlap for a while. I chose to use it here for the texture. 

The image is from  one of the Hunkydory little books. I used the flowing dies: Ivy Spray, Stencil Sentiments, Advent Numbers all from the John Next Door range. 

I do hope my father-in-law likes this card. 

Have a great weekend. 

Happy Crafting

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Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #90 - Anything Goes - Sponsor Beccy's Place

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How was your weekend? We had a nice time with our daughter and son-in-law on Saturday. On Sunday we had coffee with friends. Tomorrow we are off to the Zoo. That will make a nice change. 

Today being the first day of the month sees the start of a new challenge at the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge blog. The theme is Anything Goes and the Sponsor is Beccy's Place. 

I was asked to make a card for a special birthday for someone who loves fishing. I decided to make a Pop-up  box card. I have instructions for this type of card on my blog HERE. 

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

Here is the Gone Fishin' image set that I used. This image set is available HERE. 

Being silhouettes I was able to put my own colours behind the images. I had lots of fun decorating the panels. To make the name I used the  Stencil Alphabet  dies from the John Next Door range. The fish and seaweed came from the Under the Sea die set from Memory Box. The numbers were made with the John Next Door Advent numbers. The greeting was made with the Stencil Sentiments die set from John Next Door. The paper is from a pad from the Works I love it. Don't forget this type of card folds flat for posting. 

I know the chap liked his card. I know a few people who go fishing so this is a great image set to have. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge #37 at Cariln's Card Paradise Challenge Blog

Challenge #8 at the A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge blog

Challenge #61 at the Love to Craft Challenge blog

Challenge #53 at the 2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge blog

Challenge #53 at the Crafty Animals Challenge blog

The August Challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Have a lovely Sunday. 

Happy Crafting

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Madonna with Child for Christmas

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How has your week been? We have a a trip to meet up with  my sister to discuss family matters. The trouble is in the end she wasn't well enough to join us. So instead we saw some nice National Trust properties and had some lovely walks in the woods. It is good to be home now. 

Here is another Christmas card. I am very behind on my Christmas card making this year. I have made a lot of Christmas cards but most of them have gone off as samples. 

On this card I used two types of Claritystamp Designer paper. The die is the Madonna Window Aperture Clarity Freshcut die. This is a good die for paper piecing. For the wording I used the Christmas Words Stickers from Claritystamp. 

I was very pleased with how this card worked out. I might just make a few more of them. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge #552 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge

Challenge #99 at the Holly and the Ivy Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge #36 at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog

Have a good weekend. 

Happy crafting

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Ducks at Christmas

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How is your week going? We  have been busy with family things. When I can I am trying to catch up on my Christmas card making. 

Here is one of my latest Christmas cards.

You know me I do like to recycle old cards. This is quite a simple card. 

I did use the puzzle die again. That's the one that came free with a magazine sometime ago. I really don't get rid of much of my crafty stash. 😀 Those ducks are so cute. Maybe they need wellies for the snow. 

So another card for my card for my Christmas stash. 

Happy Crafting

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John Next Door Christmas Stamps with Matching Dies

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How was your weekend? We had a quiet time at home. Being retired we do try to get out and about during the week and stay home catching up on things at the weekend. Of course the weekend it is a good time to see our daughter and son-in-law. 

Here are my makes for the One Day Special on the Craft Store. I used the Snowfall and Deerland stamp and die duos. There are lots of pictures in this post. 

Using the Snowfall die and stamp duo. 

Using the Deerland dies from the die and stamp duo with the Alphabet stencil dies. 

I just love the stag's head and the snowflakes. 

More snowflakes. I did do some foiling with my Kaleido. 

Can you see the snowflakes in this one? The stags are magnificent. 

They are lovely stamps and dies to work with. Having the added option to foil the stamps is a real treat. 

Here are all the cards together. I really didn't get long to make these. I thought I had until 10th August. In the end they were needed on 24th July. That's one reason why the cards aren't very inventive. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The July Challenge at the Rudolph Days Challenge blog

Happy Crafting

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Happy 70th Birthday card and cake topper

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How is your week going? We seem to be getting busier. Yesterday we went to the theatre to see Educating Rita. It was so nice to go to the theatre again. We are going out for the day today too.  I do hope we haven't come out of lockdown too soon. 

Our good friend was 70 yesterday. Here is the card and cake topper I made for him. 

I used Claritystamp designer paper in the background. The number , letter and word dies are all from the John Next Door range. 

I kept this card for so long. I just love the image and it works well with the jigsaw die. The die came free with a magazine some time ago. 

I made one of these before. It is double sided. 

Here is the topper on the fabulous cake my friend made. 

I think it is rather obvious what our friend's hobby is. 

Happy Crafting

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Personalised Happy Wedding Anniversary Card

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How was your weekend? The weather was certainly nice. We ate a lot of our meals in the garden. There has been a lot to sort out for my family lately so we had a quiet time at home so I could get my head around it all. 

Here is an anniversary card that we made for our good friends. 

The backing paper was in my stash. The bottle and glasses came from an old shaped card. I chose the paper to match the card. 

For the personal touch I used the Stencil Alphabet dies. The stars came from the Champagne Bottle die set. Both from the John Next Door range. 

Their anniversary was last week. We gave them some rhubarb flavoured gin and tonic which they liked. This week sees both of their birthdays. We are having a day out with them on Wednesday to celebrate. 

Have a good week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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