MerryMade Crafts etc ...

It was Dad's 80th Birthday back on the 22nd February.  So that weekend I was busy with visiting family. It was so nice to catch up with my sister and her husband as well as our son and his girlfriend.    My Aunt was in town too and our cousin and his family came over for the family party.   Of course, had to have something a little special and different for a card so I had been checking out Pinterest for the past month or so.  I saw a couple of cards like the one above and thought it was a bit of fun.  Sorry can't share any links as all the Pinterest ones I find just go to a photo.  Everything was printed on our computer and then I just layered it up.  The card I made from two manilla folders joined together.  I needed the large size for the inside. I saw this idea all over Pinterest and adapted it a little for the chocolate bars that we have available here. Again, I printed this all out on the computer then I punched out ea...

More of my craft room re-organisation.  Note the curtains to the left have now been replaced with those in the photo below.  I have updated my ribbon storage from these two plastic drawer holders to……. First I will share photo of pattern on the curtain up close.  Not sure what the pink tinge is that shows in the photo but they are a grey with a nice satin shine on the embroiled flowers. These are the boxes that I bought to store my ribbons in.  They are 'Bits and Bobs' drawers from Kmart. When I put my ribbons in I was wondering how would I know which colour is where.  I decided to add a bit of colour to the room and cover the front of each drawer with corresponding colour of Graphic 45 paper.  Had to search a little harder for pink, brown, gold and silver. Tadah! All done.  The pink and brown finally arrived and the gold and silver I could not find anywhere in Graphic 45.  So I decided to put to use some emboss...

I made this quick and simple card for our son and his girlfriend when they moved into their first ever place together last year.  A square and a triangle which I have doodled around the edge with a fine tip pen.  Added a little heart and finished withe the peg and new home sign.

At Christmas I was given a Joy Craft Magnetic Folder.  At the time I thought I don't really need this as I had all my dies stored in their original cases to which I had adhered magnets for the dies. The magnets are the black strips you see in the photo above.  Then I thought I might as well try it out and was surprised at how many dies this folder could hold.  So I ordered another three from Blue Edge Crafts.   The photo above shows all the packaging from the dies that now fit nicely in four of the magnetic folders sitting at the rear of the pile.  How neat is that. Now I have words and nature etc folder. Octagon and Border Folder. Circles, Flowers and Leaves Folder. Ovals, Labels Folder. Now they sit neatly on my bookshelf with labels from my labelmaker making the dies easy to find.

Tidying up my photos today and found another group of cards etc that I have not shared with you.  So I am busy uploading and scheduling now.   When I saw this block I knew this was the post for today since it is Valentines Day.  Hope you are all enjoying your day although it is just like every other for my husband and I as we don't tend to do anything special.  I believe it's a big marketing ploy and I have 364 days or 365 days in this year to tell my husband I love without waiting for Valentines Day. Now these blocks are all from 2015 and I have sent them off to my partners for the Craftmad Quilt Block Swap.  Sadly, I can't remember what the block pattern names are.  This block headed to Beth down in South Australia who requested pastel pink, green, lilacs and cream. Mrs A in the UK should have this in her collection.  Mrs A asked for shades of pink, burgundy and cream. This one headed to Mandy down in South Australia.  Man...

Home from our walk and coffee this morning. What a beautiful start, clear skies and so much cooler than last week it was a pleasure to be out there. Breakfast now followed by housework and then I think some crafting in the air conditioning before heading out to the garden late this afternoon. Lets see if that is what happens. Have a good one everyone.

Our view from the barge as we were leaving Townsville.  The huge rock is Castle Hill - info here.   Although we didn't take a car across to Magnetic Island we took the barge across as it was a cheaper option and not as crowded. Heading towards Magnetic Island - info here .  We hired two of these little cars to zip around the island the other was blue trim.  So much fun.  We arrived at Nelly Bay and headed over to Horseshoe Bay where we swam for a while then back to Arcadia beach for some lunch.   After lunch we found some Rock Wallabies across the road. Sunday, we drove up the top of Castle Hill.  This is a good spot for running, walking which we had planned to do but early in the morning.  But it was way too hot then.  Crazy people were walking up there in the middle of the day as we drove up.  Isn't the view amazing.  Townsville is so green at the moment……green is not something that Townsville ...

This starburst card I sent off to my Craftmad friend way back at the beginning of January.  The papers are all stamping up scraps I had collects.  I roughed up all the edges and then added ink.  The sentiment is computer generated.  Finished with a little bling. Have a wonderful weekend everyone, we are off visiting our son and his girlfriend.

Another catch up post.  These cards I sent off to my Craftmad partner for the November card swap which was all about funny/comical cards.  I found this one hard to do and think I was late sending them to my partner as I struggled so much.  In the end I had fun creating this upside down sheep out of a cottonball and free hand cutting the legs and head.  I added a 'Get Well' sticker and then handwrote the sentiment. Both card designs I was inspired by cards on Pinterest. This was fun to create and used up a lot of googlie eyes that I don't seem to touch these days now that the kids are no longer kids.  The monster itself I made by adding blobs of copic refill colours.  Sentiment is computer generated.

Time for something different.  This is the final block I sent off to my Craftmad partner for the 2015 block swap.  Mandy had requested tropical, blue, yellows and green.  I got to choose the design so went the Card Trick block.  I really love the brightness and how well the fabrics went together. I am still sorting through my craft room.  Everything went back in its right containers yesterday after a couple of years of quick clean ups and putting gear where it could fit. So nice to know everything has a spot.  Now the labeller will be working hard so I remember where the right spot is. :-) Good news came out of my cleaning and tidying yesterday.  After cleaning every room in this house from top to bottom I finally found a small brass sign that went missing after our renovations, two and a bit years ago.  I so knew it was here but it was not any of the places I had been looking over those two years.   This brass sign is very s...