Golden Wedding Anniversary Card

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How is your week going? We are getting as much sorted here at home before we head off on Friday to help our daughter and son-in-law with their move. I think I will be mostly cleaning. Friday is also the day my husband finds out about his voluntary severance. I hope is it a good day. 

I was asked to make a 50th Anniversary card for a friend to give her husband. When I get a commission like this I usually make my own card to give the happy couple. 

For the background I used one of the dies from the Sam's Circles die set from the John Next Door range. 

All the other dies I used are from Crafter's Companion. 

I have had this Crafter's Companion die for a while and this is the first time I have used it. It is rather pretty. 

This is the commission card. All the dies I used are from the John Next Door range. 

The anniversary was last weekend. It is a shame that they couldn't celebrate the way they wanted to . I think they had a few family and friends round. Celebrations are so different now. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Golden (50th) Wedding Anniversary Cards

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Good Afternoon. I hope you are having a good day. It is bright and sunny here today. I have already been out this morning. I do like to get out for a walk most days. This weekend we are visiting both sets of parents. I also need to sort some things out for my sister. Sunday will be a quiet day. On Monday we will be collecting my cards from the Hampshire Open Studios event. I have sold a few cards and I have received two commissions not too bad really. I do hope I get asked to participate again next year.

There is a very special couple at our church. They are in their 70s and they run a lot of activities for older people and people with dementia. Today is their 50th Wedding Anniversary. I just had to make them a card to celebrate.

I went with a gold and white theme. 

Here is the detail of the Oakham Lattice die set from the John Next Door range. You can always tell when I have used John Next Door dies as the floor is covered in lots of little bits. The sentiment and numbers are Crafter's Companion dies. The pearls made a nice addition to the design. 

This is one of the commissions I was asked to make. It is for the same couple that I my card was made for. This card used the Butterfly Heart Dies from the John Next Door range. I just love how you get so many butterflies you can use. 

That's all from me this week. I will be back after the weekend. I do hope that you have a good one. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 20 at the Crafter's Castle

Happy Crafting

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Happy Anniversary to our Daughter and Son-in-law

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I have had a bit of a slow start here today. It is a bit of a strange day for me because it not only is the 2nd Wedding Anniversary of our daughter and son-in-law but it is also the anniversary of my dad going into hospital and us not being sure if he would come home. He did come home eventually but everything changed. 

I am sharing the anniversary card that I made for our daughter and son-in-law. I think they will be opening it today.  I did tell them that I would be blogging it today. So much has happened to us all in those last two years. 

I treated myself to the Butterfly Heart dies from the John Next Door range. I used the border die to create a kind of lacy effect. 

I cut the die in white and backed it with gold. I had fun trying to find some of the butterflies to fit back into the die. 

The sentiment was cut with a Signature die. I backed it in blue as in the background there is blue patterned paper. 

I don't usually share the insides of the cards that I make. I was rather proud of this one. I think it would look  nice in a  frame. 

Here they are on their wedding day. We all had such a lovely time we were at Bristol Zoo. 

I hope they have a lovely day today. I know they are both very busy people. 

I would like to enter the following challenges: 

Challenge 118 at Sparkles Monthly Challenges

Challenge 96 at the A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge blog

The Wedding Season Challenge at the Daring Cardmakers Challenge blog

Have a great week

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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A Kaleidoscope of Butterflies

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How is your week going? Yesterday a lovely friend took me out for the day. Unfortunately I ended up with a really bad headache. I had to come home early and our evening plans were cancelled. I think the headache was a reaction to all the stress there has been lately. My mum is now home and she will be living upstairs. I am not sure if it is because of the dementia but she sleeps a lot.

Last week when I was making the wedding card with  Butterfly Heart die set, from the John Next Door range from Crafts Too, I couldn't believe just how many beautiful butterflies there were that came away from the die. So being me the WASTE had to be made into a card.

I used my Hougie board to emboss the background. 

I went a bit mad cutting more butterflies to add to the ones I already had. 

This is a Crafter's Companion die. 

There you have it quite a simple card to make. I couldn't let those butterflies go to waste. 

I would like to enter the following challenges: 

Challenge 353 at Pixie's Snippets Playground

Enjoy the rest of the week 

Happy Crafting

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Wedding Card made with my new Dies

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How has your week been? I have been invigilating but that is finished until after half term now. Today I will be helping at a Felting Workshop. I am hoping that I will be able to make another phone case as the one I made before fits my phone and my camera. For an update on my parents: my mum is still hospital and my dad is being taken to  visit her by a very kind neighbour. We will be going up at the weekend.

I have been a bit naughty and treated myself to some new dies from the John Next Door range. I just couldn't resist all hearts and butterflies in the Butterfly Heart Die Set.

I decided to make a wedding card. Hearts and butterflies are just so romantic. 

I added another heart to the centre of the two butterfly hearts this was so the sentiment would show up. The gold sentiment has a white shadow. 

I added congratulations too. 

My daughter has already bagged this card. She is having to miss a wedding in August as she and her hubby have a very cool trip to Poland lined up. She liked the idea of this pretty card. 

Have a great weekend. We will be mostly  hospital visiting. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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