tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73956994101631037172024-03-12T23:55:40.084+00:00Heavenly CraftsLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705554730825952349noreply@blogger.comBlogger188125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7395699410163103717.post-84565029877841000652016-08-07T16:11:00.003+01:002016-08-07T16:11:50.018+01:00New website!!!!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well, after months (years?!!!!) of planning, designing, and much nagging of my eldest son, I finally have my official craft website up and running. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is still very much a work in progress as we have exported all these blog posts to the new website but the photos haven't exported correctly.... I need to sprnd time copying over all the photos which will be quite some chore in view of the fact that there are nearly 200 blog posts, sigh :( !!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Do please come and join us on the new website and let me know what you think! I'm planning on more regular posts, tutorials, Stampin' Up! news and sales, and a gazillion other things as soon as I can find some spare time!!!</span>Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705554730825952349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7395699410163103717.post-22627728512199851172016-05-07T12:08:00.001+01:002016-05-07T12:08:08.100+01:00Color me happy!<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I was given a chance to play with some of Tracie Stroud Designs' kits last week and look what I found in the store:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Aren't they gorgeous? Well, what </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">better way to use these than in a small colouring book. so of course, I then needed a kit for the covers and I used the Equanimity kit and Artsian papers:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I love all those papers and the artsy effects ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">All I did was print out some of the papers then cut them down to 4" by 4". For the colouring pages, I opened a blank A4 file and then added guidelines at 4" and 8" horizontally and vertically to create four 4" by 4" squares. I dragged each colouring jpeg into one of the squares, resizing them to fit into the 4" by 4" space. then all I had to do was print and cut out each square:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I added a binder ring on one corner to hold the pages together. I then just printed some of the mandalas from the kit, adding a doily to one and a punched paper layer to the other as decoration for the front covers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">These were so easy to make and would make a great children's colouring book for when travelling to help keep them occupied. Mind you, this would probably be better with older children due to the more complex patterns!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Of course, me being a hybrid girl, I couldn't just use it as a digital kit now, could I? I ended up making two cards and an album, just using the kit plus cardstock, lace, ribbon and bling from my stash. Firstly, the cards:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Whilst the watermelon is an svg file, it also comes as a pdf so rather than go to the bother of using my Cameo, I just cut it out by hand. The greetings are from Stampin' Up! stamps sets. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The first card was printed on photographic paper whilst the second was on plain cardstock. The colours are definitely better in real life on the photographic paper but thanks to the wonders of Photoshop, the plain card looks just as good in the photo! ;) In real life, the colours are much more drab, so I painted the watermelon using a clear Wink of Stella brush.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Apart from the ribbon, lace and bling, everything else is straight from the kit. I'll be writing a full blog post for The Hybrid Chick showing how I made this in due course, but here are the photos of the pages:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It was really quick and easy to put together, deciding which papers and embellishments to use and then print took longer!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Well, I need to get on with some work now, so I hope to be back in a day or so with another post.</span></div>
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Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705554730825952349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7395699410163103717.post-14256639765703141962016-04-25T14:33:00.001+01:002016-04-25T14:33:41.209+01:00Cards and gift box<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Well, I can't believe it is so long since I posted here. I really do need to get my act together and post more often......</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So what has been happening recently? Well, life has, as per normal, been hectic and I never seem to have a spare minute. Why can't there be more than 24 hours in a day and 7 days in a week? I need more time to even begin to scratch the surface of my to do list!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Anyhow, yesterday afternoon was spent putting together a set of gift cards and a matching box....or rather six sets of gift cards and boxes! I was finishing off an article for The Hybrid Chick blog and this is what I ended up with:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Fortunately, the wedding was the next day, but it did end up all being a bit of a rush. By the time we got to the hotel where we were stopping for the night, I was so tired I ended up shutting the boot of the car on my glasses. since I was wearing them at the time, this resulted in me having a rather lovely graze that was luckily hidden by my glasses. One of the few occasions when I have been thankful I wear glasses, although if I didn't wear them, I probably wouldn't have ended up having them scrape all down my nose with disastrous results!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The wedding went well though and I am now officially a mother in law, but hopefully not a too terrifying one....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now the wedding is over, this has meant that I can get creative with something other than night of navy and whisper white cardstock. I was lucky enough to be able to play with the Heartsong collection from Snickerdoodle Designs at the weekend:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Isn't it just scrumptious? I just love those birds, they are so cute! </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You can find the whole collection (and the papers, clusters, etc. are sold separately too ;) !!!) at <a href="http://www.thedigichick.com/shop/Heartsong-Collection.html" target="_blank">The Digichick</a> and it is definitely well worth a look.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Anyhow, I got carried away with this kit, as you will see in later posts, but started off making simple bookmarks:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">These were so quick and easy to make and only took one sheet of photographic paper, less than two sheets of plain cardstock, and a little patterned paper and ribbon. Full details of how I made these are on <a href="http://www.thehybridchick.com/2015/11/simply-sunday-bookmarks/" target="_blank">The Hybrid Chick</a> blog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Well, that is a short update from me as I now have to go run a payroll (I do lead such an exciting life ;) ). I am going to try to post more regularly, just don't hold your breath though as time has a nasty habit of running away with me as there just never seem to be enough hours in the day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have been meaning to finish making this gift box and post it for ages and finally had some free time yesterday. Why is it that whenever you want to get something finished, there are always six million other things that have to be done first?!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I used cutting files from Valentina's Creations (the pictures are linked to the store so just click on those if you want to take a closer look):</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Aren't they both neat? The box cutting file was actually so easy to use and the rosettes were just as easy - I just needed to cut two of those. The most complicated/fiddly part was putting the rosette together!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Anyhow, full details are can be found </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.thehybridchick.com/2015/03/quick-and-easy-gift-box/" target="_blank">here</a></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> on The Hybrid chick blog so go take a look and see how the box and rosette was made and then why not have a go yourself? You don't even need a cutting machine to make these as you can easily hand cut the box file from the pdf and use an edge punch on cardstock to make the rosette!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">But, with the tax return panic now being over, I can get back to the serious business of crafting! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Last last year I made some tile coasters and have just got around to posting about them on the hybrid chick blog:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They were so easy to make and full details are on the Hybrid Chick blog (just click on the above photo to be taken straight to the blog). These were a lovely change from cards and albums, and made a lovely gift when tied with ribbon:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In fact, they </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">were so easy to make that</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I ended up being carried away and used up a whole box of tiles (a pack of 25 from Homebase which cost less than £5) to make even more coasters. Here are just a few of them:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">However, I have managed to get chance to make one or two things between preparing tax returns and accounts. The first of these was some Christmas cards using these digital supplies:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Aren't those clusters gorgeous? And just look at these:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Full details of how I made the cards can be found <a href="http://www.thehybridchick.com/2014/12/quick-and-easy-christmas-cards/" target="_blank">here</a> but it really was just a case of printing off two clusters on a sheet of A4 cardstock or photo paper (after adding a greeting), then cutting and folding into cards. I added embellishments onto the cardstock ones (glitter glue, pearls, gems, etc.) and left the photo ones untouched:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then yesterday, I was able to find time to make gift card holders for the girl;friends of my two eldest sons. For these, I used the Keyhole Gift Card Holder cutting files from Paper Garden projects:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Why not give both of these a try? They were really quick and easy and when time is at a premium, that is an added bonus!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was pleased with how it turned out. It was made using a digital kit, Laughter is the Best Medicine by Kimeric Kreations, which you can find at The Digichick store:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Full details of the completed album along with links to the video instructions can be found on the hybrid chick blog <a href="http://www.thehybridchick.com/2014/11/advanced-album-making/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well, I'm off for a day's bookkeeping at a client's now, so hope you can get some time to craft today!</span>Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705554730825952349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7395699410163103717.post-68897500190819283242014-10-24T08:21:00.000+01:002014-10-24T08:21:42.328+01:00Art journaling for beginners<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well here I am hanging my head in shame for not having posted at all in the past twelve months....it's not that I haven't been doing anything, it's just that there never seems to be enough time in the day to get everything done :(. So I ma not making any promises that I can't keep but I am going to start to try to post more regularly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, if you have been wondering what I have been (and even if you haven't ;) ), here is a look at what I have started to do:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As you can see, I have been trying my hand at art journaling and have just started the first of (hopefully) many pages at The Hybrid Chick. You can take a look at how I made this page <a href="http://www.thehybridchick.com/2014/10/art-journaling-for-beginners-part-1/" target="_blank">here</a> as full details are shown. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have also made some tile coasters so will be posting about those in the next few days. These are actually really easy to make, it just takes patience waiting for the glue to dry ;).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But best of all, I am off this Saturday on a Graphics 45 album making day. I am so looking forward to this as I love making albums. The only problem is, I never want to use the albums when I have finished as I don't want to spoil them ;). </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll post some photos of the G45 album when it is finished, so you can let me know what you think.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, I need to make sure my youngest is getting ready for college, so I hope to be back soon with more updates.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy scrapping!</span>Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705554730825952349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7395699410163103717.post-85863207430110134762013-10-25T13:39:00.001+01:002013-10-25T13:39:57.107+01:00Time fliesWhere, oh, where, does the time go? It seems like only yesterday since I was posting photos of a gift box and card I had made but since then, months have gone by. I have been on holiday to Wales, visited my daughter in Plymouth, attended the Stampin' up! Creative Tour in Loughborough, been on a line dance weekend in Caernarfon and am now well into the tax return season and filing deadlines, yet again! My Dad has finished his chemo and is now slowly recovering from all the drugs they pumped into him and I am still fighting fires here at work as I bounce from one deadline to the next. I definitely think someone needs to organise me!!!<br />
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So, on the craft front, I will be at Meeting Point House in Telford tomorrow, wearing my Stampin' Up! hat (or ratyher, my SU! apron ;) ). If you are in the area, please do call in and see what everyone is getting up to. I need to finish off several times tonight ready to take with me tomorrow, so hopefully, the hours in today will stretch themselves out so I can get everything done!<br />
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I have actually made some hybrid items for The Digichick recently. Take a look at these notebook cards:<br />
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Full details of how I made those are on The Hybrid Chick website. I am in the process of now making a calendar., trying to get a head start on my Christmas presents. I'm hoping to get this finished over the weekend, so will let you have a look at it then.<br />
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In the meantime, I have also just finished using a starter kit of Ariel 3-in-1 pods. This is a new product designed for your washing machine that holds the cleaning materials in three separate compartments, each cleansing material designed to do a separate job: one is for cleaning, one for removing stains and the final one for brightening the clothes. This is the box that arrived on my doorstep:<br />
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They smell absolutely gorgeous and the thing is, the smell lingers on the clothes long after they have been washed too! I must admit, I was not impressed with the green plastic box they came in though. Either I don't know my own strength, or the plastic is very flimsy as the first time I opened the box, I took the lid and part of the top of the box off!<br />
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I will probably buy these myself in the future, depending, of course, on the price (I know, my middle name is scrooge!!!) but if you get chance to try these out, I would definitely have a go to see what you think of them. You just have to be careful not to let any damp get into the box as otherwise, the pods start to dissolve and you end up with liquid all over your hands....!!!!<br />
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Well, this was a slightly longer update than anticipated. I need to get back to sorting out payments to subcontractors for one client and adding up meal tickets for another in order to work out sales for the year. I lead such an exciting life!<br />
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<br />Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705554730825952349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7395699410163103717.post-36673276730303079182013-07-24T08:36:00.000+01:002013-07-24T08:36:03.326+01:00Flower gift box and card<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well, I've been playing with digital templates again and I found some gorgeous box templates at The Digichick. This is one I got my hands on the other day:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is sooo easy to use and I combined it with some rose flowers that I have used before:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The large flower on the box was made using the Blossom Punch from Stampin' Up. Full details of how I made these will be posted on the <a href="http://www.thehybridchick.com/" target="_blank">Hybrid Chick</a> blog shortly so why not go take a look and let me know what you think?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Happy Scrapping!</span>Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705554730825952349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7395699410163103717.post-65531349449422401742013-07-02T12:21:00.001+01:002013-07-02T12:21:48.954+01:00Skinny gable box<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It really was too nice to be working a week or so ago! I just think we get so few really lovely days here in the UK, we need to make the most of them and sitting here doing a cash flow forecast is really not in my top ten list of favourite things to do on a sunny day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'd spent the morning at a client's premises taking photographs as he'd asked me to take some photos of his new camping and caravanning site so he can put them on his website. This probably counts as my first real photographic assignment (and I got paid too!!!!)! I take photos for pleasure, and occasionally manage to come out with a couple of good pictures, and having seen one I took of the bridge at Ironbridge, my client seemed to think I knew what I was doing.....do you think it would be wrong of me to have kept quiet about the fact that I don't know how to work all the buttons on my camera yet?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here's the caravan and camping site - looks so peaceful, doesn't it? All you can hear are the birds singing and ok, yes, the traffic from the nearby main road, but the peace and the views more than make up for the noise of the traffic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Anyhow, it was really lovely that morning, being out in the sunshine and listening to the birds sing. Shame I had to come back indoors to do my real job, eh?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But, despite all the work, I have had chance to get crafty, and was able to get my hands on this new release from Girl Boy Girl Designs:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705554730825952349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7395699410163103717.post-73406739739542621722013-07-02T12:12:00.000+01:002013-07-02T12:12:20.461+01:002013-14 Stampin' Up Annual Catalogue<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You may or may not be aware that in my spare time (what little I have ;) !), I am a Stampin' Up! independent demonstrator. I have a separate <a href="http://www.heavenlycrafts.com/stampinheaven/" target="_blank">Stampin' Up! blog</a> for all m y Stampin' Up! creations, information and so on, and I thought I would just take this opportunity to let you know that the 2013-14 Annual Catalogue was released today:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My wish list is an arm and a leg long!!! There are some gorgeous "must-have's" in the catalogue and I dread to think just how much it will cost to get everything I <del style="color: #555555; line-height: 1.5;">want</del> need!!! There have been several changes to the colours and there is a new 2013-15 InColor Collection. I'm currently waiting for my order of new goodies to arrive, as well as my supply of catalogues as I haven't even got one of the new ones myself yet. I'm planning on spending some time going through the catalogue in detail as it is just not the same having a copy on screen! I'll be back as soon as my goodies arrive with some examples of what can be made ;).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To download the pdf of the catalogue to your computer, just click on the link in the right hand sidebar. Alternatively (or as well!), you can also purchase it from me for £5.00 which includes postage (UK only) - just click on the 'Buy Now' in the right hand sidebar. I've finally found out how to add the paypal button to my blog so there'll be no stopping me now ;)!<span data-mce-style="font-size: 16px;" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;"> </span></span></div>
Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705554730825952349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7395699410163103717.post-21724397734412894292013-06-07T15:39:00.000+01:002013-06-07T15:39:40.851+01:00Flowerpot<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have been so busy with work (you know, that thing that stops me crafting but just about pays the bills) that I have barely had time to think these last few weeks. I'm running late with my Hybrid Chick project (again :( ) but take a look at what I used for my last one:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Isn't that just gorgeous? I just love that kit, there are so many scrummy papers and embellishments in it! Best of all, it comes with a flowerpot template:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You just can't beat having a digital kit and a hybrid template combined - the best of both worlds ;)!!! So naturally I had to have a go at this and look see how it turned out:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Of course, I had to force myself to use my brand new never been used before Stampin' Up! Floral Frames Framelits dies - now that's real dedication for you!!! As you can imagine, it was a real chore breaking into that and using it for the first time ;)!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For further details on how this was made, please take a look at the <a href="http://www.thehybridchick.com/2013/05/joie-de-vivre-flowerpot/" target="_blank">Hybrid Chick</a> blog. The Hybrid chick team have also come up with some amazing creations so you will find plenty of inspiration there ;).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In the meantime, I shall go back to pretending I am preparing cash flow forecasts whilst in reality looking out through my office door into the garden and the lovely sunshine that I just want to be sitting outside in!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705554730825952349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7395699410163103717.post-36130814215076693282013-05-09T09:40:00.000+01:002013-05-09T11:50:53.297+01:00Creations by AR: Customer blog hop - Mom's favourite colour<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Welcome to the Creations by AR customer blog hop! I hope you are enjoying the beautiful creations by the other participants, and that you find mine of interest. This is the last blog in the hop, and you should have come here from <a href="http://www.raissastamps.com/my_weblog/" target="_blank">Raissa's</a> blog. The other blogs are (just in case you missed any!):</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://craftingwithprincesslisa.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Lisa Eisner </a></span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://scrapalajen.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jennyfer Leung</a></span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://kreativfenster.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Diana Auberle</a></span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://handmadeheartfelt.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Mary Roberson</a></span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://sunshinelollipopsandbutterflies.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Gigi Lorenc</a></span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://www.atimetostamp.com/" target="_blank">Deb Speijers</a></span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://lenoriaslidlbits.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Lenoria Kelly</a></span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://bluepoohbear753.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Rhonda Miller</a></span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://carmenscreationss.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Carmen Mitchell</a></span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://www.raissastamps.com/my_weblog/">Raissa Spatola</a></span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://heavenlycrafts.blogspot.co.uk/">Lynn Clifford</a> (I'm the last stop!)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Comments for the blog hop prize will close at midnight (EDT) on Saturday 11 May. The winner will be announced on Sunday 12 May on <a href="http://craftingwithprincesslisa.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Lisa's blog</a> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">and on the </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Creations-by-AR/154314751303824" style="text-decoration: none;">Creations by AR Facebook Page</a></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">. Speaking of the CbyAR FB Page, if you haven't already done so, you may want to 'Like' the page so you can be kept up-to-date on all the latest happenings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well, I know Mother's Day in the USA is coming up soon, but we had ours way back in March here in the UK! So I decided to use one of Adela's templates to make a tag holder. Also, I know the theme is Mom's favourite colour", but being a mum myself, I cheated and used papers that I really like rather than pinks and girly colours! I'm afraid I do love grunge and Tim Holtz papers!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is the template I used:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Nice, eh? It is actually a really easy template to use too and so simple to print it out on a sheet of A4 plain white card stock to make a template. Of course, you can just print it out with digital papers and make the carry all in one easy step, but I wanted to use papers from my stash, hence the need for an actual template.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Also, in order to create the tag holder, I needed tags, so I made another card stock template from one of the tag templates from the Library Pocket set:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I then broke into my Tim Holtz card stock stash, using a sheet of Kraft Resist for the carry all, and a sheet of Lost and Found card stock for the tags. Once I had cut everything out, this is what I ended up with:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here is the carry all:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And here are the tags (I also punched four tabs for the top of each tag using my Stampin' Up! tag punch):</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In order to make the base for the holder/album, I cut some card stock 4" by 6" from the leftover sheet of Kraft Resist, scoring it at every 1/2". I then concertina folded it and added the strong red sticky tape to each end on the reverse side:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The edges were then adhered to the bottom of each side of the Carry-All:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I decorated the outside of the carry all with butterflies cut from another sheet of the Kraft Resist paper and here is the finished article:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This only took about an hour or so to make, as they are both such easy templates to use (and I am all for an easy life ;)). It would make a lovely mother's day gift holder, especially decorated with flowers which is what I intend to do next, once I have got this set of accounts and query letter out to my client later today!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Don't forget to go visit everyone else on the blog hop to see what they have made and to leave a comment so be in with a chance of winning a template from the store!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://www.atimetostamp.com/" target="_blank">Deb Speijers</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://bluepoohbear753.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Rhonda Miller</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://www.raissastamps.com/my_weblog/">Raissa Spatola</a></span><br />
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Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705554730825952349noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7395699410163103717.post-39467327751061785122013-05-01T20:58:00.003+01:002013-05-01T21:01:35.133+01:00A4 mini albumLife seems to have been really hectic around here recently with one thing and another. I'm now taking my Dad to hospital once a fortnight for chemotherapy as he has cancer - he found out just before Christmas so that was a present he didn't want to receive :(! He now has a PICC line in his arm and has the drugs intravenously at the hospital and is then sent home with a pump attached containing more drugs which take 48 hours to get through the PICC line. There is then another trip to the hospital to get the pump removed, which I do if it is a weekday (my brother is doing the weekend trips).<br />
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He seems to be doing really well though, and apart from being very tired, has had no side effects to mention, which is a real blessing. Mind you, there are people praying for him in my church and I have a friend in the USA who has her church praying for him too so you can take your pick as to which you think it is - the power of prayer, the right dosage of chemo, his age and fitness, or whatever. I know what I think and I thank God he is doing ok.<br />
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Apart from that, life goes on here pretty much as usual - I'm overworked, underpaid, totally unappreciated, lol!! I really don't know where the time goes and 24 hours in each day is nowhere near long enough to get everything done ;). I am having great difficulty getting any decent crafting time in...sigh!!!<br />
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Still, look see what I found the other day:<br />
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Not bad, eh (I am sooo modest!!!!)? It was made form one sheet of A4 card stock but obviously, the embellishments and tags were printed on extra card stock and heavy weight paper. </div>
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This is a quick look at the inside pages:<br />
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I am really pleased with how it turned out and cannot believe how easy it was to make. It took me at least twice as long to write it all up as it did to actually make it! Further details on how to make this cab be found at <a href="http://www.thehybridchick.com/2013/04/quick-and-easy-mini-album/" target="_blank">The Hybrid Chick</a>. Please do take a look and let me know what you think. <br />
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Well, it is the May Day bank holiday here this weekend and I have a craft fair to make samples for, a walk planned with my son (unless he can wriggle out of it somehow ;)!), our eldest son is coming home for a day and I am taking part in a line dance demonstration, so with bookkeeping at a client's all day tomorrow and a very exciting trip to the cancer centre at the hospital on Friday, I reckon I am pushed for time yet again!<br />
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Well, whatever you are doing this weekend, I hope you have fun and enjoy the bank holiday - apparently, the weather forecast is for good weather (unbelievable I know - sunshine in the UK on a bank holiday is practically unheard of. We usually get rain, buckets of it!).<br />
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<br />Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705554730825952349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7395699410163103717.post-12922843108469488732013-02-24T13:34:00.004+00:002013-02-24T13:35:20.740+00:00Quick and easy cardsNibbles Skribbles recently released a really neat kit, Soar:<br />
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Isn't that bird adorable, and just look at the little owl?!!! Even better is the fact that it is currently on special offer, only $2.92!<br />
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Now the great thing about digital kits is that was well as using them for scrapbooking, you can also use them to make some really quick and easy cards. Take a look at these:<br />
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For the first card, I used the kit flowers for the cluster then added the leaves and butterfly. For the second card, it was just the bird, cloud and wordart from the kit. Nothing could have been simpler! I printed them out, cut the printout down to size, added ink around the edges and adhered them to the base card.<br />
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So if you are looking for a quick and simple birthday card, why not try something like this? It is so easy, you will kick yourself for not having done it before!<br />
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<br />Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705554730825952349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7395699410163103717.post-39363064857392452992013-02-22T20:26:00.001+00:002013-02-22T20:26:46.855+00:00Organiser<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have obviously got the bug as regards wall hangers, because look what I made for The Hybrid Chick blog:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is has a clear report cover above the background papers so I can write in each month's appointments as well as my to do list, and it is now hanging on my desk as a reminder of everything I have to do. I am sure I will find this so useful, much better than umpteen different post it notes and scraps of paper with snippets of information on them!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It really was easy to do - an A4 piece of chipboard, a sheet of patterned paper and then I made the calendar holder from a template and the to do list is actually printed on the background paper.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Full details of how I made can be found at <a href="http://www.thehybridchick.com/" target="_blank">The Hybrid Chick</a>, so why not pop along and take a look? There are also some amazing projects by other Digichicks, and it has always been my "go to" website for hybrid ideas! You are sure to find some inspiration there!</span><br />
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<br />Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705554730825952349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7395699410163103717.post-73437276288149677362013-02-22T08:41:00.000+00:002013-02-22T08:42:12.558+00:00Wall hangersWell, when I visited our local craft shop a couple of weeks ago, I noticed she had some chipboard in stock. Now never having used this (I usually end up using used cereal boxes as the base for the covers of albums, etc!), I thought I would give it a go. So, armed with a sheet of chipboard I decided to make a small wall hanger. Well, to be honest, I actually decided to make a large A4 size hanger (but I haven't sorted out the photos for that yet ;) ) and then made a further two small hangers using the left over chipboard. Mind you I would never have believed chipboard was so hard to cut (even though it is kind of obvious....! ). I ended up using my craft knife and struggled using that at first.<br />
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For the first hanger, I used a gorgeous mega kit from The Studio:<br />
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This was so quick and easy to make, I can see me making many more of these in the future. It really is just a case of printing the paper (or cutting out paper from your stash), adhering it to the chipboard and then adding the embellishments. I used a 50:50 mix of PVA glue and water to coat the chipboard and the underside of the paper, and then stuck the two together.<br />
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Here's a close up of the flower:<br />
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Truly scrumptious right?!!!<br />
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I then used a completely different kit from The Digichicks but can't show you that yet as the kit hasn't been released. I'll be back over the weekend with photos of that along with one or two other things that I have been making :). But right now, I have to go run a payroll and prepare two VAT returns.......I know, I lead such an exciting life, you have to wonder how I cope! <br />
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<br />Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705554730825952349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7395699410163103717.post-82670325517698296612013-02-11T18:24:00.003+00:002013-02-11T18:24:41.373+00:00Creations by AR: Customer blog hop winner!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well, a big thank you to everyone who hopped with us this weekend and left comments. The winning comment actually came from this blog and was left by Jess! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you send Lisa an <a href="mailto:lisawhs808@aol.com" target="_blank">Email</a>, she will get your new template to you!</span><a class="email" href="mailto:lisawhs808@aol.com"></a>Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705554730825952349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7395699410163103717.post-9271948677290893762013-02-10T16:33:00.000+00:002013-02-10T16:33:11.894+00:00Mini album<br />
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like ours, the empty rolls end usually up on the floor waiting for someone (i.e.
me!). So, when I heard mention of toilet
roll holders, I immediately googled this and what do you know, Dawn Griffiths
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These are the tags and you can <i>just </i>make out the delicate patterned paper (as well as where I ended up putting some of the tags through my Big Shot twice as I didn't run them through far enough the first time! Oh well, we all make mistakes......):</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here's a close up of that flower. Isn't it gorgeous? It does need a gemstone added to the centre though, but I have put mine away somewhere and can't find them....this is what comes of working all hours in January, as my office is a complete tip, there are papers everywhere, I can find nothing and have not got the energy to even make any attempt at cleaning it up! The spirit is willing but the flesh is so very weak - I keep sitting here telling myself I really must tidy the office but then I really do <i>need </i>to finish Case 2 of the Criminal Minds game I was given for Christmas, make an envelope album and a wall hanger/organiser, mini boxes to hold truffles and card/envelope sets, work on my Stampin' Up! blog and set up a FB page for it, spend some more time seeing out how my new tablet works (my treat for all the hard work in January ;) ), prepare more cards, gift boxes, and "stuff" for the craft fair next month, watch some films, create some tags in Photoshop,.....the list just goes on and on!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But don't forget the bird, and all that fussy cutting I had to do! I just wish I had some white feathers to hand to make the bird look even more realistic (the ones shown here are on the printout!).</span><br />
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Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705554730825952349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7395699410163103717.post-40559930939881950992013-02-09T17:09:00.001+00:002013-02-09T17:09:47.659+00:00Blue heart gift boxWell, it is Valentine's day coming up so of course, you need a suitable gift box for that special person in your life. After a quick search on the internet (I just googled "heart box template" - so easy!) , I found a suitable template and then used a digital kit I had had for a while but not used.<br />
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The kit is actually called Blue Rhapsody (and yes, I know hearts are supposed to be red, but the kit was too gorgeous not to use!):<br />
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Now you'll have to agree that is one gorgeous kit, right? It actually just shows how busy I have been (can you hear the violin strings playing in the background?) since this is a Christmas kit and it is now February when I am using it! I've linked the preview above, so if you wanted to go check the kit out, just click on the picture and it should take you straight there.<br />
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As you can see, I added some Cadbury's buttons (left over from yesterday!!!) so I hope hubbie appreciates these later this week ;).</div>
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To cover the box, I printed out one of the papers and trimmed it to size. I cut out one of the small flowers and added the gemstone. The colours didn't photograph too well in the artificial light (there is no way I was going to go outside in the rain to photograph this ;) ), so sorry for the poor quality.</div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well, now that the pressure of the tax filing deadline has passed, I have some free time in which to craft, finally! I do miss the scissors and glue when all I have time to do is work, work and then even more work on top of that....</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Anyhow I thought I would try something different this time around and it turned out the Adela Rossol was having a customer blog hop. Now, if you have never seen any of Adela's templates, you are in for a real treat if you go check them out at <a href="http://creationsbyar.com/">creationsbyAR.com</a>. There are some amazing templates there, and they would all definitely keep me out of mischief for quite some time! Not only that, but if you leave a comment on each blog or on the <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ao9Z0brKNgZxnjRi8s1CSr_h2YZaUkOphqfqedWxX5thPlp0-WLzzbyqQvVEZJVD1Y8klPjYbmIw0k8wlvSgjej3l2cLQvCzZLbns0OQVgDLzybQAZfBU8zfwxZDrhRmAO7uwdNu4lCilRhLppVXMwJVKvoOl0C13jFoJdWp3b4=" target="_blank">Creations by AR Facebook</a> page, you are automatically entered into the draw to win an as yet unreleased template - brilliant! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">......I wanted to make more than just a card. I mean, we buy these templates, right? But do we really need to restrict ourselves to just the one type of use? Why not get as much use out of them as possible, adapt them, play with them, have fun with them? Yes, this library pocket set makes a great card front, but if you don't cut the flaps for the pocket on one side, you can also make a mini album!!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I actually used a digital kit for this album, one I have had for a while but due to pressure of work (as always :( ), hadn't actually used. I fell in love with this kit as soon as I saw it, and it seemed perfect for a romantic Valentine's album:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Love those papers from the kit. Of course, you can use any papers and I am already part way through another album using Stampin' Up! papers.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I then decided to use another of Adela's templates that I have, <a href="http://www.creationsbyar.com/TRAY-CHIC_p_82.html" target="_blank">Tray Chic</a>:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Isn't that neat? I again used the same digital kit, this time with added Cadbury's buttons!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The buttons add the perfect finishing touch, don't you think?!!! Of course, they are not going to last long in this household!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Please do take a look at the other entries in the blog hop. Adela has some gorgeous templates and they have done some amazing work with them. Your next stop on the blog hop is <a href="http://sunshinelollipopsandbutterflies.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Gina</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Please remember to leave a comment below (and on the other blogs) to be in with a chance of winning an as yet unreleased template from Creations by AR. <span style="font-size: small;">Comments will be accepted through midnight Eastern time on Sunday, February 10. The blog hop winner will be announced on Monday </span>February<span style="font-size: small;"> 11 on the Creations by AR
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<br />Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705554730825952349noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7395699410163103717.post-39002163985125233222012-12-29T21:38:00.003+00:002012-12-29T21:38:52.752+00:00Scalloped rectangle album<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is just a flying visit as I am in the middle of tax return filing season and don't have much free time at all. However, I thought I would just pop in to show you what I have been working on! I've been using a kit that is slightly out of my comfort zone - I mean, you are looking now at someone who only goes to the hairdressers twice a year for a perm and the thought of journalling about that really does not inspire me! Still, there were some lovely papers in the kit and some neat elements. But really, you need to see what I worked with, don't you?!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's a kit from Nibbles Skribbles and I just love the colours in it and even though I really like the journalling tags, I didn't actually use them this time around, preferring instead to leave space for more photos in this album. Mind you, I can see some of these being really useful as the front of birthday cards and so on, so I know I will get more use out of this kit ;)!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Since it is a kit with a hairdressing theme,
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I managed to persuade hubbie that the current Sizzix sale was too good an opportunity to miss so wangled a scalloped rectangle album die just before Christmas. I also managed to sneak in a reindeer die too, so it was definitely my lucky day ;). So for its first outing, the scalloped rectangle die was used for this album and here it is:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You'll see I added ribbons from my stash on some of the pages, as well as on the binder
clips to finish it off. I'm actually really pleased with how it turned out and I love the album die - a real bargain at £8!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Oh, well, better get my nose back to the grindstone I suppose.....I;m in the middle of analysing a bank account and I can hear it calling my name loud and clear!</span></div>
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