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Showing posts with label Happy Retirement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Happy Retirement. Show all posts

Tuesday, 12 April 2022

Apollo Background and Summer Vintage Leaves

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going? I have manged to pick up a cold which has laid me low for a couple of days. I also need to arrange to have the stitches removed from the back of my hand. Apart from that everything is fine. 

Here are my latest makes for the John Next Door range. Unfortunately these dies were delayed in the post. This meant that I only had time to make three samples. It was lovely to see all these cards  on catch-up on Create and Craft. 


I had the Presscut Apollo Background die and the John Next Door Summer Vintage leaves. I placed a patterned paper behind the background die. Not all patterns work behind this die. The sentiment was made with the Stencil Sayings die set. 


Here I cut the Apollo die twice and I cut one in half. It was fun lining up the halves behind the centre panel. I do love how the skeleton leaf has a background. I used the Double flag dies for the sentiment on this one. 


I found one of my inky backgrounds and used it behind the Apollo die and for the background. In the background I used just the skeleton leaves. 

Here are all the cards together. It is lovely to have been able to use these dies. I wonder what I will be making next. 

 Happy Crafting
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Monday, 31 May 2021

Happy Retirement

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How has your weekend been so far? Some people get an extra day today. Which is nice. We have had a lovely weekend so far. On Sunday we visited our daughter and son-in-law to celebrate our daughter's birthday. We spent our time having walks with the dog and enjoying afternoon tea. They really do live in a lovely place with walks right on their doorstep. On Thursday last week we had our second jabs. This time neither of us had any side effects. 

On Friday last week our sister-in-law retired. She was the last one of our little group that was working so I had to send a card. 


The background is made with the Tartan die from the John Next Door range. I am looking forward to using this die for Christmas card. I did extend the die a little to make a larger card. 

I used a selection of Stencil dies from the John Next Door range to make the sentiment. 

The Stencil Alphabet die set was used to make the name. 


I know she loved her card. I think she had a good send off too. In a few weeks will be able to have a celebration. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:
Challenge #98 at Crafting Happiness Challenges
Week 626 at the Allsorts Challenge blog

Have a good week. 

Happy Crafting

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Wednesday, 30 December 2020

My Special Cards from 2020

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How has your week been? There is something special about today for us. We are allowed out again we can go for walks  and do our food shopping. The self-isolation ended at midnight last night. It has been very strange not to be able to go out for walks. 

I usually do some sort of round up at the end of the year. I do like to look through my cards and see what I have made. 

January 2020


Here is one of the thank you cards I made. The original post is HERE. 

February 2020


In February I went to the Farnborough Craft Show. We stayed overnight and then I did a workshop with John Next Door and my hubby visited his  parents while I was there. I am so glad we did those things. There was really no clue what was coming. These are the cards I made at the workshop. 

March 2020


This is the card I made for our friends once we had gone into lockdown. The original post for this card is HERE. 

April 2020


Who could forget Captain Tom Moore and all the money he raised for the NHS. This is the birthday card that I sent along with many other people. The original post for this card is HERE. 

May 2020


Here is a Get Well card I made with an image from Bugaboo stamps. I started following Barbara Gray's Shac Shack in March and I learnt to colour with pencils. The original post for this card is HERE 

June 2020


Here is the Father's Day card that I made for my hubby. I had also joined the Claritystamp Fresh Cut dies Club. I used one of the dies to make this card. The original post for this card is HERE. 

July 2020


This is the waterfall card I made for my father-in-law's 96th birthday. He likes a nautical themed card and if there is a bit of movement that is good too. The original post for this card is HERE. 

August 2020


In August I was invited to sell some of my cards at a Hampshire Open Studios event. It was held in my friend's garden and house. All precautions were taken. I did sell quite a few cards. This one is made with a Claritystamps Fresh Cut die. The original post for this card is HERE. 

September 2020


In September we went to a wedding. It as a lovely day. It was such a privilege to be there with only 30 guests allowed. Our daughter drew the image and the roses frame. I added lots of dies from the John Next Door range. This was the first of some collaborations between me and our daughter. I don't think I ever blogged this card. 

October 2020


On 23rd October 2020 our daughter and son-in-law moved to their new home. I drew this image for them. I is based on one of the doodles from Barbara Gray's Shac Shack. I missed a trick as I should have drawn their house which I did for their Christmas card. This is the blog post where this card is featured. 

November 2020


On the very last day of November my husband retired. He had been working at home since March. Then in June his job changed and he became unhappy. The chance of voluntary severance came up he applied and got it. This is the card I made for him. The original post for this card is HERE. 


Also in November I was asked to be a Guest Angel for the John Next Door design team. I was sent the Shutter card die set to use. This is one of the cards I made. I have a little secret and I am sure not many people will read this far. I am now a permanent John Next Door Angel. I already have my next set of dies to use. The original post this card was in is HERE. 

December 2020


Here is my own doodle used for a Christmas card. I do so love doodling. I have learnt so much from Barbara Gray. This is one of the really positive things that has come out of 2020 for me. The year everything change, when we could no longer take things for granted. The original post for this card is HERE. 

Wishing you a Happy 2021

Who knows what will be ahead of us this year?

Happy Crafting

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Sunday, 1 November 2020

A Bit More Time to Craft Extra Challenge for November - Anything Goes

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

I hope you are having a good weekend. The first of the month is always busy in blogland and today I have two posts going live for two different Design Teams. 

The first is for the November Challenge at the A Bit More Time to Craft Extra Challenge. The theme is always Anything Goes and there are gorgeous digi papers to win. 

I think I have mentioned on here that my hubby is retiring on the 30th November. He is taking voluntary severance which means we get a bit of extra money. Oh the plans I have in my head already. He needed a card. Here it is.


It is perfectly fine to share this card now. My hubby is very supportive but he follows none of my social media platforms. For this card I used the Mix and Hue Digi papers. I used the Stitched Flag dies from Creative Expressions to make the flag across the middle. I used a leafy embossing folder in the background 

Our challenges are lots of fun. Click on the logo and you will be taken to the challenge. 


This image came from a HunkyDory pad of images it just seemed appropriate. 


Our garden does need a lot of attention so I expect my hubby will be out there a lot when he is retired. 

Enjoy the rest of the weekend. I will be back very soon. 

Happy Crafting

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Sunday, 30 September 2018

Retirement card using my favourite Pollyanna Pickering Snowy Owl picture

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your weekend going? Yesterday we went up to London to attend a friend's 60th Birthday party. It was lovely to have a catch up. Today we are meeting our daughter in Southampton. She is starting a new job tomorrow and she wants some new work clothes. I want to treat her to a new work bag.

I can't believe this is the last day of September. I realised if I did one more blog post this month I would do better than I did in August. My friend retired last week and I decided to make her a card.


I made the card this way so that I could use one of the matching inserts. The background paper came from an american paper pad that I have had for a while. The doily's I have had for a while too. I really am trying to use things that are in my stash. 


This has to be my all time favourite Pollyanna Pickering picture of a Snowy Owl it is gorgeous. I still have a few left on the pad from Creative World of Crafts. I used my Spellbinders matting and layering dies to cut the image and the mats I used. 


This is a Spellbinders poppy die I often go back to this die even though I have other poppy dies. 


The picket fence is a Marianne die. The sentiment was cut with a Britannia die. 


I will get this in the post on Monday. It should be nice and flat for posting. Enjoy the rest of the weekend. It is October tomorrow. 

Happy Crafting

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Monday, 18 September 2017

Retirement Card

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends

Well that was a busy weekend. I hope you had a good time too. I had a great time at Ally Pally I bought some new bits (it would be rude not to) and I met up with some lovely people. My back was very good too which helped hugely.  On Sunday we went to talk to our nephew and his fiancee, in Aldershot,  about their wedding invitations.When we got home we went to an extension warming . Back to normal today.

My husband asked me to make a retirement card for someone at his work. He gave her the  card last Friday so it fine for me to share it now.


I found the image on an old card. The image set the tone for the card.  The paper was left over from the wedding. The flowery strip in the middle came from the bottom of the card. The die top and bottom of the image is the Ursa die one of Sue Wilson's Gemini dies. 


I can't remember the name of this little character. I am sure someone will know. It just seemed to be a good image for a lady's retirement card. 


This is a Britannia die. I have a few of their word dies and they are very useful. 


The flowers were cut with Petite Peony Cluster die from the finishing touches collection from Creative Expressions. 


The extension warming we went to was at the house of my friend who  is an artist and she runs felting workshops. She asked me if I would be happy to help at these workshops and I said yes. I am very excited and I will be learning a new skill. My first workshop will be next week.  Have a great week. 

I would like to enter challenge 12 at the Daisy Chain Challenges. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie


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