A COUPLE OF CARDS May is a busy month for my hubby and me. His birthday is on the 19th and mine is on the 30th, and in between, on the 24th, is our wedding anniversary and the kitties' birthday. This year they are six! I can't believe we've had them that long…
DEVON COUNTY SHOW, 2023 Friday was my hubby's birthday, and since the Devon County Show usually falls around this date, we decided to go, and make it a birthday treat - actually a joint birthday treat as my birthday is at the end of the month. It is always the best day out…
ORIENTAL STYLE ALBUM - FIFTH PAGE - CIRCLES WITH CIRCLE TO SQUARE FOLD-OUT The next page to come up in my Oriental style album was green, and both background papers featured circles, so I decided to run with this. Although the predominant colour is green, there are touches of dark red so I…
ORIENTAL STYLE ALBUM - A COMPLEX POP-UP, AND SOME VIDEOS AT LAST! ALSO KITTIES AND EASTER I have been busy with the Oriental Style Album, creating more elements and working on some videos of the work in progress. Eventually I shall make a flip-through of the whole album, once the project is completed,…
SOME EMBELLISHMENTS FOR THE ORIENTAL ALBUM, AND A FAN POP-UP I've been working on a few embellishments to go in my 8 x 8-in Oriental-style album. Some of the pages really don't need much adding to them so I'm keeping them simple, and splashing out on the other ones. I've been following various…
A PINK PAGE IN MY ORIENTAL-THEMED ALBUM Having made a large collection of elements ready to create embellishments for my 8 x 8-in Oriental-themed album, I was keen to start working on the pages. I decided to leave the second spread for now and work on the next one which has a pink…
PREPARING EMBELLISHMENTS FOR THE 8 X 8-IN ORIENTAL ALBUM, AND A NEW CUTTING BLADE Before making the various pockets and interactive elements for this album, I thought I would prepare some embellishments. Once these are done, I will be able to determine the size of the various elements. New paper cutting knife I…
8 X 8-IN ORIENTAL STYLE ALBUM The other day I watched an excellent video from Dawn's Inspirations on how to make an album using an 8 x 8-in paper pad. I have got a couple of these that I bought at craft shows and have never used. I am trying to use up…
CURIOUS CABINETS MINI-ALBUM A little while ago I came across a wonderful YouTube video showing how to make a "one-page wonder" mini-album from a single sheet of 12 x 12 inch card, which you score and cut, and then fold and glue. This results in a 3 x 3 inch mini-album with alternating…
STUDIO HOUSEKEEPING, CURIOUS CABINETS, DECORATIVE STRIPS AND KITTIES I've been pretty busy lately with a lot of cooking (why does everything run out at once in the freezer?) and various other domestic tasks, and by the time all that gets done, there's usually no energy left for studio time which is very annoying.…
