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Thank you for visiting my craft blog. Here you will find my crafty makes using a variety of techniques. I try to include a brief description of items and techniques used to make handmade cards, scrapbook pages, bookmarks, tags, ATCs, jewellery, boxes, altered books and other crafty projects. You can click on an image to view a slightly larger version.

Monday, 15 April 2013

Puzzle (secret message) card

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on the shelf open open further to reveal the secret message inside I have been watching some youtube videos on how to make the...
Sunday, 31 March 2013

Natural surfaces sketch

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Finally on the last day of the sketchbook challenge for March I have had time to do a sketch.  The theme for March was Natural surfaces...
Saturday, 30 March 2013

Camel birthday card

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Happy birthday Ceara For this card I used an old photo which was not great but I really wanted this image as her gift (gold camel charm ...
Saturday, 23 March 2013

Spring fold card

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Happy birthday Connell This is my version of a spring fold card.  It makes a nice change from the normal shaped cards and it stands up w...
Friday, 22 March 2013

New home card

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I made this card for our great friends who have moved into a fabulous house which they are doing up.  I hope the move went well what with ...
Saturday, 9 March 2013

Seeds art journal page.

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After watching some of Milliande's seed journal videos and I took few photos last year of some seeds I found in my garden with the in...
Thursday, 7 March 2013

Amy MacDonald review (HMV Picture House gig)

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I normally post about my creative bits’n’bobs but today I am sharing my personal review of the recent Amy MacDonald gig at the HMV Picture ...
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Thursday, 21 February 2013

Octopus card

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Happy birthday John An octopus may not be the first idea you have when making a card for someone but John has mentioned them a few times...
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Thursday, 14 February 2013

Steampunk cards

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I was in a bit of a hurry the other day to get a couple more cards finished.  I wanted to do a couple of steampunk cards but not in the...
Wednesday, 13 February 2013

Napkin card

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Happy birthday Tegan This was a fun card to do but it didn't turn out quite as I had expected it to.  Tegan likes this kind of scrap...
Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Tarte tatin sketch

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To encourage me to try sketching a bit more for practice I have joined the sketchbook challenge (see button in right hand column) and this...
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Tuesday, 29 January 2013

Old cottage watercolour on news print

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This was a fun exercise we did last November in class.  You tear a piece of newspaper and glue it to your board or in my case watercolour ...
Monday, 28 January 2013

Straw bales watercolour

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Today I have decided to rake out some of the projects I started last year but never quite had the time or inclination to finish them.  Thi...
Sunday, 20 January 2013

Slide mounts

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I haven't done much in the way of crafting for  a while and Heather reminded me tat I said I would alter a few slide mounts for a 's...
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