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Hi, my daughter actually asked me....Mum, to make a card for her. :-)  Our daughter is arty enough to make her own cards but has gone through a stage of handmade is a little daggy.  Now she is working and things cost, I think her view is changing.  Anyways, she had already wrapped the presents with this wonderful paper and ribbon, so that was the starting place of my card.  I had just received my order of a variety of coloured glitter card stocks from Blue Edge Crafts and I knew that there was one that matched the ribbon perfectly.  Next I had to try out a die that I had borrowed from a friend, sadly I have now returned the beautiful die and can't remember the name.  I hand cut the number 18, first printing the number on the rear of the card stock as a guide....and I actually remembered to mirror the number before printing.  The stars are punched.  Finished with a white happy birthday sticker from Sticker Store . I have been...

This month over at Craftmad our Quilt Block to swap was 'Oh Sussanah!'.  I did enjoy putting this block together.  Not too many triangles to worry about.   One more block to go and then fingers crossed I get my act together and put the quilt together ready to lay on our lounge as a decoration for Christmas this year. Have a great day.

Again, I have to say I really enjoy technology.  My niece down in Medowie, NSW sent me a message via facebook the other day asking if I had any fabrics she could make into hair bows.  I was chuffed to have been asked so dug out all my fabrics and took photos and messaged them back asking which she would like.  Saved posting fabrics that she would not even used.   So choices were made and I cut them into 11" x 11" squares as that apparently was what the pattern asked for.  Today, I received the following photo of the bows that Nellie made with her chosen fabrics. How clever is she!!!!!  I think they all looks awesome.

This was the winning Wedding card.  My husband had asked me to make a wedding card for one of the guys at work that was getting married. I made two, always got to have a choice, the o ther card is here.  I found a wonderful t emplate on Lynn's blog and put it to use.  It was just fun putting it all together. I embossed white paper for the dress and added a piece of ribbon and a bling split pin. I hand cut the pieces for the tuxedo and added to square split pins for the buttons.....couldn't find any small round ones in my stash.  On the inside I added a black vine sticker ( Sticker Store ) to the top and bottom. I had to use the top of a trophy to hold the card closed for the photo.  I made a white spotted vellum envelope for the card....it was nice seeing the bride dress and tux through the envelope.

My friend Gloria recently swapped stamps, dies and embossing folders with me.  It's nice to try something new and also fun to see what you have when pulling everything out for your friend to choose. :-) Last week my husband asked me to make a wedding card for one of the guys at work.  I thought I would put Gloria's Cheery Lynn - Border Die - Lace Rose and Flourish to work.  Whenever, I cut a fine detail die I always add a layer of baking paper just to help the cut come out.  I loved the look of the cut baking paper I decided to use it as a shadow.   Now I have a love hate relationship with this card.  As in the photo above I see a hot mess.  In the photo below I like the end result. :-) I also tried out my first ever alphabet dies, they are from Impression Obsession (IO).  They cut beautifully.  Originally, I was going to put Congratulations along the bottom of the card.  Who knew that word was so long....   :-) ...

Just had to share.  A friend gave this to me as a present last Christmas and I have just pulled it out ready to start on Christmas cards for this year.   This Cardmaking pack has everything you need for 16 cards and some little gift tags.  All the 3D paper tole sheets are in individual cellophane sleeves.  It has the card base, envelopes, stickers and 3D foam squares.   Yesterday, I started with the 3D paper tole sheets which are all die cut and they come out so easily and at this stage appear to be cut very nicely to the image. I haven't started assembling yet but if you are looking for something that has everything ready for you to go this is the best I have had.  By the way I have nothing to do with Reddy Creative Cards just think this is a great pack. Oh, I found this link.   Reddy Creative Cards. Edit:- It's now Saturday, have taken the dog for a walk, hung out washing, tidied the house and just finished my first of these ca...

Hi everyone, I have had the sewing machine catching up on a couple of the Quilt Block swaps for Craftmad.  I managed to get all of these done last month just slow putting up photos now. :-) Each month at Craftmad three of us have swapped a block use traditional coloured christmas fabrics. For the month of July we created a Fly Foot Block. August Block - Greek Cross.  Now this one came together so nicely I would like to try this block again in other fabrics. September Block - Nelson's Victory. The more I work with triangles in my quilt blocks the more I appreciate what beautiful work people create when I see handmade quilts on displays.  Getting those triangles to line up keeps me very busy.   I have certainly changed my habits since I did my first couple of quilt blocks.  I then used un-rinsed, fabrics, un-ironed, used pencil marks for measurements then cut them with scissors, and then just whacked the pieces together and sewed. ...

Hi everyone, this is the second card I did for the Craftmad September Card Swap - Male cards using no blue.  I saw a wonderful card over on Tami's Blog with a video tutorial on how to do this Pinwheel Technique.   So very easy and great way to use scraps of paper.  I so have to get in and set my photo box thing up again so I can share nicer photos. It's Monday, and a long weekend here for Labour Day.  Also the last day of my two week break so back to another form of normality tomorrow.  I have really enjoyed my time off although some of it was hard work.  Moving 5m mulch....but my gardens are happier.  Helped hubby finish off a new divider thing on the back verandah.  He constructed it all (using Jarrah decking slats) with a little help from me holding timber at times but then we both painted the three coats of oil to protect the timber from the sun.   Chopped down a huge Black Wattle Gum in the backyard.  Just as well as the tr...