tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31043178853053319342024-03-06T01:12:14.596+11:00A Consuming Passion... ...with paper and thread.A Consuming Passionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612936319700958627noreply@blogger.comBlogger1152125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104317885305331934.post-8164040581898732392019-08-27T12:08:00.000+10:002019-08-27T12:08:02.481+10:00Help needed :)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Just taking a look at my blog.......yes it's been way too long!!!<br />
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So much has changed both here at home and in blog land. I've been reading about Cookies and the need to give them a mention here! I understand that there should be a notice that has been kindly added for me, but I can't see it. Just wondered if anyone out there could give me a heads up.....is it there, should I make further inquiries.<br />
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I've made it back to my craft room and just might have the occasional thing to post here, that is if I can sort this page out :)<br />
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Just dropping in to wish you a safe and happy Christmas. Hope you get to spend the festive season with friends and family and that Santa is good to you.<br />
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We're spending time at home for the first time in a few years, so, very happy about that. We'll have friends with us, which is great. The weather is a bit changeable at the moment but I'm thinking it'll be WARM!!<br />
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The house is decorated, menus organised with the last few bits of shopping to be picked up Friday. Yep and gifts wrapped, under the tree....not bad ah! <br />
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I have to own up to only making a few Christmas cards this year, some place cards and a couple of gift packages. Just can't seem to get back into my papercraft........maybe next year.<br />
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I'll leave you with a peek at the bits I did manage...........<br />
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MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!</div>
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Some Bon Bons using the Envelope Punch Board. The little pouch and all these place cards were cut using the Silhouette.</div>
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Some therapeutic colouring (mostly Sassy Cheryl's digital images) using Copics and (below) Prisma Pencils.</div>
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It's been an age I know, but I've had little to share. Time to sit and play has been limited and I've missed my little craft space. The boss and I have been enjoying all kinds of different outings as well as sorting a few things in the house and garden.<br />
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Walshie and I are off to Sydney for a few days so I thought I'd better get a few treats ready for Halloween. The shops are full of everything Halloween, never used to be like this :)<br />
Anyway here's a selection I have ready after a bit of Pinterest research. :-)<br />
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Walshie likes the lollies on sticks with a tissue wrapped around to form ghosts. I had fun printing the faces and using my Cameo to cut the ghost and bat chocolate wrappers. I managed to use up a few more googly eyes too ......I have so many :)</div>
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I've managed a little sewing, nothing too exciting but I thought I'd share them with you here.</div>
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I've taken to walking around the house with my phone. Nothing to do with calls but more to do with the health app which counts my steps!! I added a pocket to the front as well as a pen loop so this little purse comes shopping too. </div>
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I have a growing collection of pens, so to keep them all together this was the perfect project.</div>
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I've added a couple of new journals/notebooks to my stationary collection ready for next year. The first is a great size to carry around in a handbag at 6 x 4 inches. </div>
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Just enough space to jot down quick notes each day, before writing up my Journal.<br />
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The second is a Leuchtturn 1917 that I plan to use as my Bullet Journal. I've been using a normal notebook to date, but this one is gridded and the quality of the paper is great. </div>
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No more scribbled notes on scraps of paper or individual notebooks for sewing, computer stuff etc. everything goes in here. I keep an index so I can find everything though next year I plan to colour code my pages too.</div>
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first things first, thanks so much for all your comments to my last blog post. I appreciate your thoughts and for the time being, will leave things as they are :-). </div>
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This last week has been quite busy in our house, how about you? Spring is in the air so the boss and I are doing a little more work outside. The weather has been perfect for it too.</div>
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I've managed a few blog visits, not always leaving comments (sorry) but always great to see what people are doing. How about <a href="http://maritzalisa.com/diy-double-sided-floral-envelopes/" target="_blank">THESE</a> envelopes from Maritza. Therese, always inspires (amazes) me with the amount of work she shares both on her <a href="https://lostinpaper.wordpress.com/2016/09/06/video-copic-rainbow-cake/" target="_blank">blog</a> and with YouTube videos. Over at Instagram Kylie shared beautiful cards <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BJ69jCGDUuT/?hl=en&taken-by=craftykylier" target="_blank">HERE</a>. I also love checking out <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BJ5Tjvsgf1A/?taken-by=aina.kristina&hl=en" target="_blank">Aina </a> who is a Planner..........I love her style. Brush lettering is one of my interests and Sharisse from <a href="https://piecescalligraphy.com/blog/" target="_blank">Pieces Calligraphy</a> is another inspiring spot on the Internet</div>
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It's all about HEARTS for me this week. </div>
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I got the sewing machine out to complete a sewing project I started a year ago in the UK!</div>
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I'd taken a couple of cross stitch patterns with me, always good to have when travelling. Whilst over there I found the pretty heart fabric and thinking about our new bedroom (it was all about the new house last year) thought a cushion for the very white chaise would be great. So I worked the cross stitch to match the fabric.......and it's been waiting!</div>
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The cushion looks pretty against the all white chaise with the smaller heart, a piece I embroidered a few years back.</div>
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I did spend some time with card and colouring pencils this week too. Joanne Fink's <a href="http://zenspirations.com/" target="_blank">Zenspirations </a> </div>
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Beverley at <a href="http://www.uniko.co.uk/uniko-simply-cards-papercrafts/" target="_blank">Uniko Studio Stamps</a> shared that Uniko was featured in Simply Cards and Papercrafts, with some of her lovely images available for download. Lovely images, one of which was a heart wreath which I couldn't resist adding to my weeks work.</div>
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I cut away one of Beverley's floral designs and added her sentiment over for this gift tag. Easy to do on the Silhouette using the Print & Cut feature. Just a little twine to add the tag to the folder folder.</div>
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It's been a couple of weeks or three since I last posted to my blog. The Boss and I offered to 'dog sit' our friends Golden Retriever whilst they spent 3 weeks in China. To lessen the stress on the dog we agreed to stay at their place for the duration, which has worked quite well except that I didn't bother to take any craft bits with me. We've spent lots of time walking the beach, enjoying the late winter weather here, it's been really lovely.</div>
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Last weekend we spent a day in our house, Walshie took the dog out for a couple of hours so I could sit and play....... It was nice to make a card and guess what.....It's my first Christmas card this year. Yeah I know, but September tomorrow.....four months to go!!!!!</div>
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I hope you can just see the sparkle from Wink Of Stella added to the flower and holly.</div>
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To finish off some pretty red Sprinkles from <a href="https://www.sprinkleberry.com.au/" target="_blank">Sprinkleberry</a>.</div>
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<i><span style="color: #999999;">Things have changed so much here since Ian retired. We spend much more time together which means I'm not posting to my blog as often as I used to in the early days. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #999999;">I must admit when we moved house (the second time) I was horrified at how much stuff I'd accumulated. I gave away heaps and vowed to think before I bought in future. As for my cards, I had quite a few boxes, more than I would use... so they went to Lifeline. Since moving I don't think I've bought one new stamp! I'll always make cards, just not so many :).</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #999999;">My Blog name seems all wrong now..........my interests are slightly different. I've been doing a bit more sewing and cardmakers don't really want to see that! </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #999999;">My Blog followers number 202 but I think it's probably more like 10.......so why not start again!</span></i></div>
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In our part of the world we've had a mixed bag weather wise. Four days of almost non stop rain before the sun eventually came out at the weekend. </div>
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We've been planting in the garden ready for the growing season so for us the rain was well received, though for many it meant soggy conditions with trees down and leaves everywhere. </div>
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I took advantage of staying inside to catch up on snail mail. I have a few friends who prefer a letter over an email, do you?</div>
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Todays card is one I popped in the envelope with my letter. It uses a sweet image from LOTV . I coloured the image with Copic Markers then went back over it using my Prisma pencils to add some shading detail.</div>
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Sadly the friend receiving this card is in the UK so that's not an option but a long newsy letter is the next best thing :)</div>
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When I arrived home I found a small set of Stained Sharpies in our local Office Works. These are designed to colour fabric...how could I resist!</div>
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I had a small piece of Homespun fabric sitting around so started playing. I used the markers to draw around star shapes, filling the shapes with colour. A simple colouring job, nothing too fancy. These Stained Sharpies are almost fluorescent (quite bright). I added dots and a striped border before carefully ironing to set the colours. I put some scrap paper over the inked area just incase the colour transferred. It didn't.</div>
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The piece was sitting on my desk for a few days so I thought to use it in a zipped bag, big enough to carry all my Sharpies. A quick, easy project adding some leather tabs as well as a small timber star. </div>
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Now all my Sharpies are together and stored as recommended 'in a horizontal position'.</div>
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Didn't wash the piece but don't expect any problems.</div>
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My day wouldn't be complete without a visit to Pinterest. I'm sure I'm not alone. I have so many collections over there...... of all kinds!</div>
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I've been thinking of late that perhaps it's time to cull some, maybe discard the ones I've no further interest in, or those I've tried and added to my repertoire. Time consuming but for this 'neat freak' the idea appeals . Does anyone else do this?</div>
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Recently I've been fascinated by folded book art, I'm not sure about the words but I've seen some amazing hearts. Don't be surprised to see something here one day :)</div>
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For a while too, I've been following Planners, Filofax and Journal 'keepers'......is that what you'd call them? I really admire those people who keep a diary and make it a thing of beauty. I always had a Filofax in my handbag when I was working. It's lounging on a shelf these days. I couldn't have managed without one, but it's something I've let slip. I do have a stack of notebooks around the place thought, keeping different ones for household stuff like window sizes, paint colours, that kind of thing. Sewing notebooks with lists of all my different thread colours, needles and sewing machine feet. I always take a notebook away with me when we travel too, but it would be great to have a system that keeps everything together or at least that is inter-changeable.</div>
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Can you guess where this is leading? I thought a <a href="http://www.travelers-company.com/" target="_blank">Midori Travellers Notebook</a> might be just the thing for me. A compact folder I could switch around depending what I needed at any given time.</div>
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Faux Midori's are everywhere around the web, and to be honest if you can get hold of some reasonably stiff leather it's not hard to make your own. Notebook/Diary printable pages are available through etsy as well as quite a few very generous people offering their versions to download for free.</div>
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Search Pinterest, you'll see the favourites popping up often. You can add pen holders, book marks and all kinds of charms and decoration to personalise your notebook.</div>
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I thought before I purchase a Travellers Notebook I'd have a go at making a 'Card Dori' using some heavy weight brown card. Mine measures 8.75 inches x 5.5 inches wide (wider than the real leather ones).</div>
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I dyed my elastic using a pink Copic marker adding a small heart charm.</div>
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I snagged some great images <a href="https://www.craftsposure.com/blog/free-printable-planner-stickers" target="_blank">HERE</a> to cut as stickers for my Planner. Easy to do with a Silhouette Cameo :) Small stamps are perfect for page decoration along with Washi Tape, if this is your style.</div>
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Browsing Instagram I've seen so many creative planners that also include beautiful calligraphy. How cool to see beautiful penmanship becoming so fashionable again.</div>
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What about a 'Fabric Dori" I made this one on a wet afternoon and this time I got the lacing right for the spine elastic.<br />
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It looks much better and....... fancy..... I got to use some eyelets and my self setter! It's been a while since they've seen the light of day!<br />
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I also read that LG make a pocket printer....gasp! It connects to your mobile phone enabling you to print off a photo straight away. Now you can add photos directly to your travel journal. So cool and definatley on my wish list!<br />
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So thank you once again Pinterest, I've enjoyed jogging around seeing everyone's ideas and as always am amazed at how many crafty people are super generous, sharing !</div>
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Oh yes, in case you're wondering, after mulling over all the different options (and there really are lots) I finally ordered one. The genuine Midori Travellers Notebook all the way from <a href="https://www.thejournalshop.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a> in the UK. It has some travelling to do before arriving in my mail box LOL!</div>
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Thanks so much for your visit today :-), till next time..........</div>
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After having a 'craft room tidy' I was left with some odds and ends on my table. So rather than throw them in the bin I thought I'd use them to make some small 4" noteletes which are always good to have around.<br />
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The background paper was the last of some embossed card and just enough for my 4 cards, well with a little improvisation! (see the card below which is a white base card).<br />
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I used up some die cut shapes that were in my 'just in case' file. Not sure how long ago I started that one but it clearly didn't take off. The strips of DP are bits I'd popped back into 6x6 inch paper pads..........again not one of my better ideas. 'Use it or throw it' is my motto after our last house move!<br />
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I cut the envelopes using my Silhouette Cameo and sheets from a 12 inch paper pad that I'm trying to get through! The address stickers were also cut on the Silhouette. <br />
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Mood when finished: Good, it's amazing what you can do with odds and ends :-)<br />
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Thanks for dropping past, till next time......<br />
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I hope my Australian friends are keeping warm.......It's our first winter in Australia for a few years so the boss and I are feeling these cold evenings.......or is it an age thing? :(</div>
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I thought I'd share a card using another LOTV image<br />
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When I coloured this image I had in mind old photos given a pop of colour, I love the look!<br />
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To my eye they look taupe though here they look more grey!</div>
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I've got quite a collection of downloaded files from <a href="https://creativemarket.com/" target="_blank">Creative Market</a>. Today I'm using one of them. Infact, it's one of this weeks<a href="https://creativemarket.com/daria_miazhevich/720540-BirdsPlants" target="_blank"> FREE</a> files from the artist Daria Miazhevich . </div>
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I just love the colours she uses. This Alpha I thought was perfect to cover a lined notepad.</div>
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I've used another of the patterns to create labels using my Silhouette. Mmm love the birds on this one.</div>
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Here's the finished project. I printed a sheet of A4 paper to use for wrapping..... did I say I love this pretty design??? </div>
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I picked up a bunch of Sharpie pens whilst we were in America........not that we can't get them here, we can, but Walmart had these for $10US ....BARGAIN! I only went in for milk, you can imagine what the boss said :)</div>
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I have, instead made some bookmarks. Always handy to pop in with thank you cards!</div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Add some boiled water to a clean, empty milk carton. This heats that horrid glue they use to add a label. After a minute the label should come off clean. Any glue left can be taken off using eucalyptus oil.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Next you drip dots of <span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 12.32px; line-height: 17.248px;">Isopropyl alcohol </span>randomly over the coloured plastic strips and watch the colours meld into each other. ( if you lay the coloured plastic flat you get the circles but on my pink and purple ones I held them up to let them run.)</li>
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I love to colour this Popcorn Bear and thought he'd cheer up my Mum. She's worrying about the situation back in the UK and says she hates turning on the TV because it's all doom and gloom.....poor thing.</div>
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It so happens that our friends are celebrating an anniversary and this sweet image seemed to fit the bill!</div>
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I started by chosing some Kaisercraft 6 x 6 design paper in blue/grey and green with a touch of pink.</div>
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(Is it 'blue and green should never be seen'.......can't think why....)</div>
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I had a couple of urgent cards to make this week but first, I needed to move my craft room into the other spare bedroom. The layout of the first room put my desk under a window and it was so warm and the light so bright, I just couldn't work. This room gives me better wall space on two walls with a smaller window. I think it will be a much happier space........well I hope so cos I don't fancy moving everything including a bed around again!!!</div>
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My 'boyfriend' celebrates his birthday today, one urgent card is for him :-) . We plan to spend the day at his favourite place with breakfast and a walk around the bay. Fingers crossed this lovely weather lasts.</div>
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Whilst moving stamps around I came across my LOTV folder, such pretty little designs I couldn't resist stamping out a few to colour. I chose this one for Ian........</div>
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I know when he sees his card he'll say something like......."chance would be a fine thing" haha!</div>
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I coloured with my Prisma pencils and layered this card, adding some cork for the Birthday Sentiment as well as some AnnaBelle twine.............</div>
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Kind of a sweet male card......Happy Birthday Walshie xoxo<br />
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We're home again after our trip to Disney and Houston. We left Houston in the pouring rain, without quite a few of the passengers who should have been travelling with us! The weather making connecting flights a nightmare, though to be honest it was good for us giving us more space on the 14.5 hour flight through to Auckland! We arrived in Sydney as an East Coast low was in full flow!!! Gale force winds and flooding rain, so our drive back home was pretty horrible too. </div>
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The sentiment, inked in black to a strip of velum wraps around the Patterned paper with the addition of some Sprinkles to complete.<br />
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The roses on this antique printable called for a soft pink and green background. I added a doily with a little rose pink shading for a lacy layer. Die cut leaves and a flower, with fish tail tabs, some ribbon and Sprinkles finish off my Thank you card. Hope you like it :)</div>
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We'll be in Houston, Texas when this post goes to air. Our trip to Disney included most of the theme parks and ended on a high, with the fireworks display and night time parade. More about the trip soon.<br />
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Walshie and I both have a sweet tooth. We are careful not to let it get out of hand, but every now and then we indulge :-)</div>
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I tried a new recipe the other week for a Caramel Slice. It's something we both quite like with a good strong cup of coffee. OK, this recipe should be on the naughty list, but occasionally, what's the harm, we live in a house with stairs, we get plenty of exercise 😉</div>
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I followed all the steps exactly but I thought it might be a fail. The fudge had to be cooked in the microwave, which I think is a bit hard to judge. It didn't look too much like fudge, so when I got to the <i>pouring on melted chocolate,</i> I said to Ian this could be a waist of a good block of Cadbury's. He was a bit miffed as I'd sent him to the shops to buy said chocolate! Still I carried on.</div>
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Anyhow after the slice spent the night in the fridge we cut into it to have with coffee, yum we both agreed it was seriously good and better than cafe bought. Though I should add that a little goes a long way!</div>
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So I'm sharing the recipe with you. Oh go on, you know you want to try some :-)</div>
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The base:<o:p></o:p></div>
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stirring every 2 minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You need the
fudge to thicken a bit and be a golden yellow colour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(this is the bit I found difficult)<o:p></o:p></div>
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120c<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>until firm.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I have a card to share today using another of my old sets from GKD. This card takes me back to when I started and it was all about layers and embossing. I still think this style makes an attractive card, though CAS cards are all the go now. What do you think?<br />
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I used Copics to colour this image and a Spellbinder die to cut it. Mmm, love these pretty spring crocus flowers. Think I might pop some bulbs in a pot this year :)<br />
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My first Christmas card this year........I can't quite believe it!<br />
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Whilst Blog surfing I noticed cards made for a Christmas Card Challenge, which kinda fitted in with my post toady. A search of my Christmas stamps brought out this one that hasn't been used for a while!!!<br />
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One of the first sets of stamps I bought was from Gina K in America, so I picked this pretty Christmas image designed by Teresa Mombar for GKD. Stamped in Memento ink so I could colour with my Copics. </div>
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A loopy die cut to match the coloured bow and a few Sprinkles to complete......easy peasy!</div>
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<i><span style="color: #444444;">The picture below was taken when we started collecting our boxes from the storage unit, back in March.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #444444;">I thought I had a great system with all my boxes numbered and a typed list of what was packed away into each box. What I should have arranged was for the removalist to stack certain boxes last. That is towards the front of the unit. All my kitchen stuff seemed to be at the back and garage/garden equipment at the front. So that was a fail!</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #444444;">When it was time to move in, we spent ages sorting through the unit, taking around 6 boxes at a time back home to unpack. Poor Ian was beside himself by the end, though still thought it was better than having the removalist do the second run!</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #444444;">Unpacking boxes is a bit like Christmas. Well it is when you haven't seen stuff for twelve months! </span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #444444;">HOWEVER, we realise now....</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #444444;"> a. we had loads of storage space in the last house.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #444444;"> b. we keep way too much stuff.</span></i></div>
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Sharing a couple of quick makes today to fill in whilst we're on holidays :)<br />
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As the moving day got closer I realised there were a few people I needed to send our new details to. Most family and friends received the information with a Christmas card but there were a few 'locals' I needed to cover.<br />
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A pack of small cards with matching envelopes from the Reject Store. This sweet set from Avery Elle, washi tape and my intense pencils.</div>
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http://a-consuming-passion.blogspot.com</div>A Consuming Passionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612936319700958627noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104317885305331934.post-84721464313488875782016-05-12T09:00:00.000+10:002016-05-13T16:45:15.162+10:00And now for something a little different.......<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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thinking that I would share more than just my handmade cards and paper projects. Cards took over pretty much from the get go, with the occasional sewing project thrown in, but not many.</div>
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Being away in the caravan with limited space and still wanting to do something creative, I did a bit of crocheting. Starting with a couple of round 'baskets' some little slippers and a small stash of 'granny squares' ready for a throw. </div>
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This Buffet or Sideboard as I call them, was one of the first items we bought when we moved to Sydney from the UK all those years ago. It moved with us and has served us well in three homes. However in the new house it just didn't go and I was loath to part with it.</div>
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I knew just where I wanted to stand it but it needed a face lift.</div>
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My first project consisted of a couple of picture frames and a vase that I crackled.</div>
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Then I jumped right in and started on the sideboard, removing doors, handles and drawer fronts I masked the inside. I'd decided to leave this in its natural state. A good wash then two coats of Duck Egg Blue. (my piece was very dry so it took 2 coats) Next a wash of warm white paint, just to give the piece a soft beachy look, a clean dry cloth took some of the white paint back.</div>
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I'm happy and 'the boyfriend' likes it too. For a couple of days work I get to keep my sideboard and the storage it offers. <br />
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http://a-consuming-passion.blogspot.com</div>A Consuming Passionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08612936319700958627noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104317885305331934.post-64366134770484760092016-05-08T09:00:00.000+10:002016-05-08T11:03:16.052+10:00Happy Mother's Day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I saw a pretty card over at <a href="http://unikostudio.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Beverley's</a> blog for the </div>
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These pretty colours are just perfect for the beautiful Autumn weather we're enjoying on the mid north coast of Australia.</div>
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I used stamps and a die from <a href="http://www.uniko.co.uk/" target="_blank">Uniko Studio </a> for todays card.<br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><i>The house is coming along, more blinds fitted with shutters to come. We had to admit defeat and order two new bookcases, between us we have 'lots' more books than we thought and nowhere to put them!</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><i>We've just had a fence added to the side of the house which encloses our garden nicely. Mind you once the hedge grows you won't really see it from the front....LOL.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><i>I'm sharing another little project I've completed here on the blog soon.......something a bit different....... Can you guess?</i></span></div>
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Thanks for calling past, hope you're enjoying a lovely weekend.</div>
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What fun to reconnect with some of my favourite stamp sets. </div>
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Mother's Day called for a card for my dear Mum .....87 this year. She lives and takes care of her two storey home with a pretty garden on her own.....amazing!</div>
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I wanted a bright cheerful card so chose this lovely set from Annabelle Stamps. Stamping to cover a piece of bright white card in the inks above. </div>
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Once happy with the layout I added the sentiment in black ink and some bling.<br />
Adhering the stamped layer to black card before adding to my top fold card made the images pop!</div>
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Love the font for this sentiment and the gold inked flower centres.</div>
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