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A Special Card For a Special Lady

It is Caths Birthday again and I always feel the pressure to step up a bit with my card making for her. She does such beautiful work herself. I came up with this little creation for her using my Tim … Continue reading

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Happy Valentines Day

Not a day we make a fuss about anymore, but still a day. I decided to make an effort and so I made a card for the day. I had an idea of cutting out a heart and having a … Continue reading

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Inspiration has Struck

The time between christmas and new years here is often a time to do little, eat a lot and recharge after the year. This year has been no exception to that. While recharging I had every intention of getting out … Continue reading

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Christmas Card for 2011

This year I decided to make just one christmas card for everyone. I started early so that I would have time to trial a few designs if need be. Sammie had wanted a stamp of santa in his sleigh with the reindeer … Continue reading

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Babies and Birthdays

Richard and Kelley are expecting a baby soon. I am making Kelley a nappy bag as a gift, more about that later. She did not want a baby shower so I am going to take her out for a girls … Continue reading

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Time to move house

Well not us, but my cousin moved and so I made her a card to go with her housewarming gift. This was a tricky one as I didn””t have anything that implied a house or moving, so I had to … Continue reading

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Escaping Birthday

I had an idea for making the bird in the cage into an escaping bird so I had to give it a try. I cut the cage so that it looked like the cage door is open, and I cut … Continue reading

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Silver Anniversary Card

We have been invited to a Silver Wedding Anniversary this weekend, and so this required another card. The couple are not people we know well, but rather people in our homeschool group. They are lovely people and 25 years is … Continue reading

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Three Rows Done

Just to prove that I have been doing things other than card making, I thought I should update what has been happening with my Dear Hannah quilt. Today I finished the last block of my third row of the quit. … Continue reading

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Happy Anniversary

For our Anniversary last month Bevan gave me my very first Tim Holtz Die. The caged bird one, I couldn””””t wait to use it. It has taken a little while for me to collect all the bits I wanted to … Continue reading

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