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2021 The Year in Review

The downward spiral In 2020 we longed for the normality of 2019. In 2021 we thought that perhaps 2020 hadn’t been so bad after all. “Three weeks to flatten the curve”? Hmm. The majority are ruled by fear and are willingly giving up their basic freedoms and submitting to totalitarianism. However, for the…

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31st December 2021

Cats / Computer / WOYWW

WOYWW 649 Tidying Up Again, Ephemera, Printer Provocations and Heat-Seeking Hibernators

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Not a great deal, truth be told. After my recent card making marathons I'm taking a bit of a rest! I've had a few bad fatigue days, especially yesterday afternoon and evening once I'd sorted out all my grocery delivery in the morning. I spent the time…

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10th November 2021

Card Making

Cards / Cats / Paper Art / WOYWW

WOYWW 648 Patchwork and Monochrome Cards, New Stash and Sleepy Kitties

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? More patchwork cards I have been making some more pachwork cards. I had cut a lot of squares, and I made a hexagon template to cut them down into this new shape, concentrating on the reds and purples. I liked the inked squares I'd done before, so…

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3rd November 2021

Cancer / Cards / Cats / Digital Art / Health Issues / Paper Art / WOYWW

WOYWW 647 Stamping Jig, Perplexing Paper Patchwork, Stash Old and New, and More Inkscape Fun

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Personalised stamp jig On Thursday afternoon I went through all the cards I'd made recently, and stamped my "Handmade by..." stamp on the backs of them. I used the jig I made according to Jennifer McGuire's instructions and it works an absolute treat! I made it about…

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27th October 2021

Cards / Cats / Digital Art / Food / Paper Art / WOYWW

WOYWW 646 A Flutterby of Butterflies and a Giveaway, and the Love of Dirty Socks

A What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Sweeping Thanks on Inkscape Last week I showed you the new hot foil plate I got - Spellbinders Sweeping Thanks. This is a nice big sentiment that will fit on a variety of card sizes, even the smallest if you place it diagonally. I checked to…

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20th October 2021

Cards / Cats / Digital Art / Paper Art / WOYWW

WOYWW 645 Sheba Working Overtime, Foiled Again, and Cracking the Carding Code

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Sheba (my Cougar cutting machine) has been earning overtime wages this week for all her hard work. Cutting, cutting cutting... lattices and fun with squares. Cracking the Carding Code I think I have finally cracked the code with card making. For too many years I've had a…

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13th October 2021

Cancer / Cards / Cats / Digital Art / Food / Health Issues / Laminator / Paper Art / WOYWW

WOYWW 644 Printed Sentiments and Other Digital Stuff, Cards, Playing in the Studio, and Stupid Bots

My apologies again for visiting so few people last week. I've been so busy, and I was keen to spend some quality time in the studio being creative. Only so many hours in the day, and those hours seem to get shorter by the day! What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? I have…

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6th October 2021

Cards / Digital Art / Laminator / Paper Art

A Sticky Mat, and Butterfly Cards with Laminated Napkins

After my less-than-spectacular results yesterday, I had a really fun and creative afternoon in the studio today. I had a small job I wanted to do, and this had a spin-off which was unexpected, and not at all what I imagined I might be doing. Following Jennifer McGuire (see my previous post), she…

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2nd October 2021

Paper Art

Ink Techniques by Jennifer McGuire

This week I have been experimenting with a couple of techniques demonstrated by Jennifer McGuire on YouTube. My results have not been stellar so far, but I'm on the road to success! Distress Ink Transfer The first was her Distress Ink Transfer technique. I was intrigued by this and thought her results were…

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1st October 2021

Cancer / Cats / Digital Art / Health Issues / WOYWW

WOYWW 643 More Storage, Digital Designs and a Smiley Salad

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Unbelievably, I managed two afternoons running in my studio this week! More storage and organising I am making very good progress with storing my various stamps and cuts etc. I have now laminated the dividers for the stamps I've sorted so far. The system matches that of…

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29th September 2021