Category Archives: card making

Playing cards

I said the other day that I had some trimmings to play with and posted the results for Cee’s monochrome challenge. These butterflies come in packs of two and have a thin transparent fabric over the wings which I didn’t … Continue reading

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CFFC: Colorful Monochromes

This week our topic is Colorful Monochromes. Your photos needs to be at least 90% one color hue. Thanks Cee I made a few Hello cards today and some were colour co-ordinated in blue, mauve and pink, including the cards … Continue reading

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Busy Day 8th May

We have had an excellent day. The weather was superb this morning and we managed to get two washloads dry outside before lunchtime. I have walked Maya twice so far, and she has been brilliant both times.  I made chilli … Continue reading

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Sunday Confessionals : Love what you create

This week, Oloriel says: I would like to invite you to share whichever of your creations that you want created whenever. Only requirement is that your creation is dear to you, and you want to share it. I was never … Continue reading

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Cards and Il Divo

Hubby took our friend to visit her sister today so I had the morning and early afternoon to myself. It is not often I listen to ‘my music’ as usually whatever is playing in the background on Hubby’s computer is … Continue reading

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Cards made today 26th March

A little while ago, I went into a craft shop and stocked up with some trimmings I could use. One was a decoupage of an cartoon elderly cyclist with two smaller pictures as well. The problem was the layer pieces … Continue reading

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Sunday Confessionals : Musical

This week, Oloriel would like us to create or share a previous creation that was in a way influenced by music. I inherited my Dad’s natural gift for playing the piano by ear and my music has seen me through … Continue reading

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Trying out something new

Several years ago I bought a lot of embellishments for my card making but never used them. These days, the decoupage kits I was familiar with are discontinued and I haven’t found any others as it seems this is now … Continue reading

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Card making session 13th November

I really got stuck in today and have made 21 cards. These and the ones I’ve already made  should be enough now for our friends and those I have to post. Stamps are not an issue as I have plenty … Continue reading

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Calendar Cards

I mentioned the other day that I’d bought a couple of cheap calendars to use for my Hello cards. I settled down to make some today and made 17 in total. Sadly two of the pictures were ruined when I … Continue reading

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