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Go floral
Today I'm sharing my last dt project for the Cardmadfairy's Digi Days challenge, the rest of the design team and I are taking an extended break to give us all time to try new things, catch up with old...
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Article 14
Sorry this is such a short post this morning but have left this to the last minute and I've got to post and run off to work very soon!The theme is Black, white and grey at Squigglefly this week and...
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Monochrome Madness
Good morning, it feels like ages since I've been here although it's not actually been that long but I have been so busy it seems longer! Last night my husband, Neil, and I went to see our lovely...
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Something a bit different
For this week’s challenge at Squigglefly try out a new TECHNIQUE or use a favorite old one! Just make sure if you want to be in the running to win a free digi image - you will need to use a squigglefly...
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No embellishments
At Charisma Cardz challenges this week the theme is No embellishments- I didn't think it would be that hard but it really was tough staying away from the flowers, buttons, ribbons and all the other...
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Om, om
Back today with another monochrome card for this week's new challenge from Squigglefly, the fab images are from designer Lynne Stansbery and can be found here, I liked the fact that there was no...
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New baby
Strange morning - at 8.45 my husband said “I thought you were working” - “No, said I, got the day off and planning to paint sew and craft all day” “It says on the calendar that you're working all...
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Shaped card
I have a friend with a 50th birthday imminent so when I saw that this week's Charisma Cardz challenge was for shaped cards I knew just what I wanted to make :o)I printed the 50 backwards onto the...
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Squigglefly does Halloween
This week the Squigglefly design team was getting ready for next month with this week's Halloweenchallenge . I quite enjoy making the occasional halloween card but rarely sell them or even send them -...
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Another new challenge from Charisma
Something for the guys is the theme of this week's challenge at Charisma Cardz. I don't do nearly enough cards for boys or men so it always is a bit of a challenge for me, not only to come up with an...
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Squigglefly Challenge Day
Yes it's time for a new challenge from the team at Squigglefly, my card is a bit last minute as I've been ridiculously busy with preparations for all of this month and next's craft fairs - I have at...
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Don't be Square!
It's a little while since I've blogged and shared a card - life is particularly hectic at the moment with craft fairs every weekend so I've been concentrating most of my crafting time on making monkeys...
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He likes skiing, camper vans, holidays.....
I was commissioned to make a card for the 60th birthday of an aquaintance’s husband, the brief was that he liked skiing, holidays, camper vans and cars - well the cars was the only one I left out. I...
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First Christmas card of the season!
I'm way behind this year because my focus has been so much on sock monkeys, so much so that I'm seeing them in my sleep!! These two are Wenceslas and Stefan :o)However it was time to make a start on...
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Christmas is getting close
Christmas is coming up so fast now I've had to admit defeat and buy a few Christmas cards or all my friends and family would still be waiting for their cards in January! It's the first year in about...
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Happy Birthday Charisma
Here I am back with a new project at long last - actually a full month since I last posted and I've no idea where the time went! I'm going to try my best to be a better blogger this year :o)This week...
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A new space to sew
I recently cleared out our porch to accomodate my sewing machine, my supply of socks and of course a couple of boxes of finished sock monkeys :o) It's so great to have a little space for my sewing...
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Hearts and flowers
This week's challenge at Charisma Cardz is all about hearts and flowers and we all used images (this one is Clementine) from Stampfairy - our sponsor for the week. I decided to do some paper-piecing on...
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Love
Can you believe we're already at the end of the first week of February - only another week until Valentines Day which is, this year, followed closely by Mother's Day with Easter hot on it's heels -...
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Only one layer
One layer cards are always a challenge, for me at least, but that is what the Charisma Cardz design team have chosen for this week's challenge! The image must be stamped directly onto the card - no...
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Who's for a sketch challenge?
I took a quick break from preparations for my first craft fair of 2013, the house is now full of monkeys and other stitched items such as spectacle cases and felt brooches - only 1 more day to get it...
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Die Cuts
Die cutting is what is required for our challenge this week at Charisma Cardz, so I have die cut the edge of my card with a Tim Holt 'On the Edge' die and I have used a die cut chipboard bird from Maya...
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Have a Hoot
Today's new challenge at Charisma Cardz is a little unusual but it's also a challenge I enjoy - limiting the colours to just a couple makes me think a little harder than a palate that's wide open! This...
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Don't be square
The challenge at Charisma Cardz this week is to create a shaped card and one of our sponsors Time for Tea provided the lovely digi images that the design team have used for our cards. I have coloured...
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No digis allowed
Today's card is for the new challenge from Charisma Cardz where the theme this week is no digis, I have used stamps and a punch from Stampin Up and paper from Basic Grey. Sorry no time for chat, have...
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