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I've already blown my August budget, so I'm trying hard not to obsess over all the
gorgeous new Halloween sets I keep seeing.
I don't even make more than a couple of Halloween cards a year, but it's still hard to resist those goodies.
Have you splurged?
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"Relaxing Hobby" they said.
Have you tried die cutting and gluing these teeny, tiny charms
to a delicate bracelet piece? Argh!
One breath of wind and they would have been scattered across the craft room floor :o)
Challenge
Congrats on reaching Challenge #400 💖
I was inspired by the bracelets and the blue/coral colour palette
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News of a new baby is always a delight - so this card was a joy to make,
and I love this cute giraffe.
For the background I tried out some faux embossing. Simply using die-cut stars in the same colour card as the base. I think it turned out really cute.
Of course, after sticking on all those stars, I decided to add a small panel of mint green on top, so most of them were covered up - but I know they're under there! :o)
Challenge
(Just playing for fun)
Favourite Safari Animal, and Why
It's a giraffe!! They are such cute and gentle creatures and did you know,
a giraffe's spots are unique. They're like fingerprints.
Also - my grandson's favourite giraffe fact - their tongue is so long
they can clean their ears with it :o)
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This week, my dh and I, celebrated our 41st wedding anniversary.
Wow! That seems a crazy long time :o)
I am so happy I found my soul mate all those years ago 💘
As we've just come back from the beach, this seemed a cute stamp to use for the card.
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We've just had the most amazing week away in Abersoch, North Wales.
Have you been? It's our second time there and I would thoroughly recommend it.
The beaches are stunning.
So this is a thank you card for our dd, for inviting us along to share the fun with our youngest grandson.
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I know we haven't even had summer yet, but I'm already thinking of 'back to school' cards.
I have 3 special family ones to make and here's the first.
For a special girl who is starting big school.
Hello... or howdy! :o)
Today I'm sharing this birthday card with a bit of cowgirl charm, and a sprinkling of pretty blooms.
I could definitely stomp around the dance floor in these boots :o)
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I had so much fun making this card.
I think the recipient is going to love it.
It's a wrapped shaker - so the shaker bit is made with some scrap, plastic packaging,
wrapped around the card, and secured with DS tape. So easy!
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Well, what a change in the weather this week.
Here in Yorkshire, we've had just about non stop rain. It's lovely.
No sarcasm here - I LOVE the rain :o)
And it gives me time to play in my craft room.
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I am definitely not great at fancy ink techniques,
but this one was so easy I had to give it a go.
Direct to Paper Inking
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Today I'm an elf!
I'm excited to be joining Jo, over at the
I'm thinking... building a snowman, kids on sledges, penguins with scarves, birds on snowy branches, you get the idea.
I'm looking forward to seeing all those snowy scenes, so I hope you'll play along.
Here is my card, using one of my favourite stamps.
I stamped my image and coloured it with copics.
For the landscape, I found a little stamp with those flower tufts on, which just helped to ground the image a bit.
The sky is distress ink and my snow is made with a white gel pen, through a snowfall stencil.
