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2023 – End of Year Review

2023 - END OF YEAR REVIEW As usual, it has been a pretty eventful year, both personally and generally. See the end of this post for the most important aspects of changing world events and what they mean for us all. During the year, I have had various health issues to deal with…

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31st December 2023

Birthday / Cards / Digital Art / Mixed Media Art / Paper Art

A Couple of Cards

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…

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24th May 2023

Cards / Mixed Media Art

Tissue Box Cards

TISSUE BOX CARDS Over the past couple of days I have made two cards - a birthday card (due next month) and a Valentine card for my hubby (cutting it fine - got to be ready for tomorrow!). I thought I would make the two cards together as they would be using the…

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13th February 2023

Cards / Teabag Art

New Home Card

NEW HOME CARD This afternoon I made a New Home card, using one of my recently created teabag collage elements. I had cut out quite a few little houses from New Home cards we had received, and I chose one of these teabags for the focal image of my card. Here are the…

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5th February 2023

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Completion of the Second Teabag Mini-Album, Our Anniversary and the Kitties’ Fifth Birthday

Teabag Mini-Album Number Two After setting this aside for a period while I was busy with other things, I was keen to get back to it and complete it. Please refer to this post for details of recent progress. What I intend to do in this current post is to show the photos…

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25th May 2022

Cardiac / Cards / Cats / Digital Art / Health Issues / Paper Art / Studio Equipment

Progress on my Spray Ink Storage, A Birthday Card, and a Health Update

Storage for my spray inks It's been a good few days since I posted. I have been working hard on my ink pad/spray storage unit. This job has proved to be a lot more protracted than I had hoped, but I am on the home stretch now. From my previous post, you will…

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13th May 2022

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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

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

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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