What happened to Ocotber?

I can’t believe that it’s suddenly November and I haven’t blogged for over a month. . . Sometimes life just gets a bit busy and some things have to be let loose . . . . . and as it seems the world doesn’t end if I don’t get around to blogging, it was the [...]

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Time to start trimming the tree

 This was another card that I made while I was away- Relaxation can be so inspiring! For this card I’ve used Kiwi Kiss, Bashful Blue, Riding Hood Red inks and used Holiday Treasures DSP and the wonderful eyelet punch. I think that this will feature at some card classes later in the month. It’s a [...]

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Three’s a charm

The lovely, lovely Leonie shared her beautiful tri-fold shutter card and I just had to try it. . .

There are so many gorgeous versions of this card out there in crafting cyber-land, I wasn’t sure if I could make a decent version, so  not wanting to “waste” any of my new papers, I used scraps of [...]

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Joy fold card – what a joy to make!

I’m not sure why this card is called a Joy Fold card . . perhaps someone called Joy thought of it originally? Or maybe because they are simply a joy to make ~

I’ve used the Good Friend stamp set, Good Morning Sunshine DSP and some chipboard covered with SuperNova glitter . .spangly! Here’s how it [...]

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Two little bits of paper . . .

As you can see, all I’ve used on these great little cards is 2 pieces of paper. A 9.9cm x 19.8cm piece of cardstock and a piece of Urban Garden DS paper. Because it’s double sided, you can make your cards with a floral theme or flip them over and get a masculine stripe. Ohhhh [...]

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Circle Circus

This was the card we made at last weekend at my Sunday class at the Chelsea Heights Community Centre -  it’s a tri-fold card. 

 We got to play with the Circle Circus stamp set – I’ve stamped it in four colours and then punched the different layers with various punches (mmmm circle scallop, second favourite after Oval scallop [...]

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Don’t forget your Embossing Buddy

So this is what happens when you forget to swipe your embossing buddy over your card stock before you heat ‘n’ stick ‘n’ glitter . . .

 . . .you get it everywhere! Loads of gentle brushing and then some firm tap-tap-tap with the brush on the back of the card stock eventually gets it off.  [...]

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More Fifth Avenue Floral

I’d always known that the different coloured roses all had a different meaning, but I decided to look it up when deciding what to put on a friends birthday card. After looking up the meaning , I decided that yellow was the perfect colour for a friend (Primary Significance: Friendship, Joy)!  So here it is.

After [...]

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My 2 cents worth . . . and a bright bird

After the news from Pamplona this weekend just gone, I thought this was quite apt ~

’nuff said.
Onto some cards n’ stuff. I mentioned that I had been making some cards for upcoming classes, so I better make good on my promise of some show n’ tell otherwise you will think that I am slacking off [...]

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I wish you well ..

My roommate in Canberra  was so excited and inspired by convention that she has started workshops at her home, in her brand new workshop/craft space – – you go girl!  Danielle had her big open day last week and classes start in August.  So if you’re in the Oxley Park, NSW area, why not drop [...]

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