tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17528676441245848002024-03-13T12:35:06.749+00:00Krafty Karen's Fantastic PlaceKraftyKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12414480551327007813noreply@blogger.comBlogger1219125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752867644124584800.post-83505888591016505512018-01-01T01:46:00.000+00:002018-01-01T01:46:43.762+00:00Hello 2018 - long time no blog!!Hello again Blogland!!<br />
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No resolutions are being set at Parkhurst Towers this year as I never ever stick to any of them but I thought tonight was as good a time as any to revive ye olde blogge and get back to sharing some of my crafty makes.<br />
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I have no idea how prolific or not I might be, but I am looking forward to taking part in some of the crafty challenges that I use to take participate in. <br />
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To kick things off I am taking part in one of my favourite blog challenges and that is the <a href="http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/pbsc-december-winter-or-christmasmore.html">Penny Black Saturday Challenge</a>. December's challenge was Winter or Christmas and I made this card for Mr P for Christmas.<br />
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The stamps both sentiment and image are from T for transparent set 'Christmas Hugs' which were new for Christmas 2017. The image was stamped twice and coloured with Promarkers and then one image was fussy cut out and mounted with pinflair gel over the base image for some dimension.<br />
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The heart dies are by Cheery Lynn and the background paper is by Craft Creations.<br />
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Well that was pretty painless - it seems that blogging is like riding a bike and you don't forget how to do it!! Fingers crossed I can now regularly remember to photograph crafty makes and come here to upload themKraftyKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12414480551327007813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752867644124584800.post-4682831925912912752017-04-04T00:01:00.000+01:002017-04-04T00:01:05.725+01:00Memos, Mail, Me on a Monday - the best convention ever editionOnce again it is Monday so it is time to go and give a little wave to Sian over at <a href="http://fromhighinthesky.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/memos-mail-me-all-roads-lead-to-home.html">From High in the Sky</a>. I am recovering from a wonderful convention, our third convention at Port Zelande, Netherlands (sixth time for the band) and then a glorious extra five days spent in NL. I am not feeling the blues too much because at the end of the month I get to do the UK convention in Leicester (it will be after that I get the post convention depression). <br />
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For me this shot sums up the awesomeness of the whole weekend - three amazing gigs by a band that just somehow keep getting better and better, shared with 3,000 people from all over the world. (photo by the super talented Phil Slessor).<br />
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And when we weren't at gigs we were socialising, catching up with some of those friends we only get to see every two years. I even learnt how to do a little crochet, the weekend always supports a different charity and Denise and Margriet made lots of roses to sell. On the Friday afternoon they held a crochet-along and offered to teach people how to make the rose brooches.<br />
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And exchanged little gifts<br />
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Sadly all good things do have to come to an end - we were very grateful that the convention ran for four days instead of the usual three but on the Monday morning we had to say farewell to our lovely cottage mates and we then made out way to Nijmegen to catch up with old friends and spend a few days enjoying the Netherlands. The weather was glorious and I sat out on our hotel balcony enjoying the first strawberries of the year - not what I was expecting to do on 28th March!!<br />
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I finally made it the Keukenhof - I have always wanted to see the beautiful gardens here and I was not disappointed. Sadly this was the only bad weather day that we had - it stayed dry but was pretty cold and windy. But it meant that the park was fairly quiet and Mr P didn't get too hot pushing me around in the chair.<br />
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Killing 35 minutes in the shuttle with silly selfies!!<br />
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And now I am back home, this Monday finds me catching up with laundry, taking a food delivery from Mr Tesco (the freezer was virtually empty) and frantically preparing for a retreat next weekend.<br />
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I am going to dash now, there is so much to do and pack before this Friday. If you get a chance do go and give a wave to Sian!!KraftyKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12414480551327007813noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752867644124584800.post-32137604875391663872017-03-20T21:04:00.000+00:002017-03-20T21:04:47.340+00:00Memos, Mail, Me on a Monday - the Pink or the blue arsed fly edition - take your choice!!Hello I am still here - alive and kicking!!!! Just barely any time to blog at the moment, even though I want to <insert face="" here="" sad=""> But I am busy in a good way - lots going on with the parents at the moment plus uber-busy-ness for myself too. The first convention of the year is looming, I have been baking for Queen and country - I swear we have no real food in our freezer at the moment - just cakes LOL!! </insert><br />
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And I have another retreat coming up as soon as we get home from convention #1 and a break in the Netherlands.<br />
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So first all of what has the post yielded this week - well there was this - can a girl ever have too many scarves??? The answer to that question is a big fat NO!!!!!!! There is no such thing as too many scarves and to prove it I now have a pink scarf with flamingos on - it will match the new hair!!<br />
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I resolved end of last year to only buy one stamp set from each new Penny Black release this year - I broke that resolution this week!!!! The new release was divine and I narrowed it down to two sets and three cling stamps in the end - ooooops but they are all so lovely and I know I will use them lots and lots!!<br />
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And it is also the time of the month when we get our monthly Birchbox - a lovely selection this month, I think I will use everything in the box this time.<br />
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And on to today, I have mainly been blonde since I was 16, apart from the odd flirtation with auburn and some red streaks over 7 years ago, I have pretty well stuck with the same blonde highlights. So this month I fancied a change and thought that convention time was as good a time as any to have a complete change and I fancied pink - I didn't want fluorescent pink or candy floss pink but something that would last more than one wash - so this is how it turned out -<br />
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It will fade down to a much softer pink after a couple of washes and I think I like it, I do a double take in the mirror at the moment LOL - and tonight under artificial lights it looks more red than pink, in fact Mr P even called me Ging-er earlier - he likes to live dangerously LOL!!!!!<br />
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The rest of today has involved deciding what Marillion t shirts to pack for the convention - I only have a couple to choose from!!!! (There are about 10 t shirts missing from this photo) - I will get it down to about 8 eventually!!<br />
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But I must dash now - my packing is calling me, I need to have most of my stuff and all the foodstuff packed by tomorrow evening and my to do list is growing by the minute. If you get a moment go and say hello to Sian over at <a href="http://fromhighinthesky.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/memos-mail-me-hippity-hoppity.html">From High in the Sky</a> and if you have time please join in with us Mondayers.<br />
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<br />KraftyKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12414480551327007813noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752867644124584800.post-87050213904451449352017-02-27T23:30:00.000+00:002017-02-27T23:30:47.946+00:00Memos, Mail, Me on a Monday - the edition where I pretend to be uber organisedIt is time for my weekly round up of the weekend and the mail received and to join up with Sian over at <a href="http://fromhighinthesky.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/memos-mail-me-divert-me.html">From High in the Sky</a>.<br />
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The weekend sped by - I have yet another cold (despite taking every supplement to boost and turbo charge the immune system known to man) - we think this is cold # 9 since the beginning of December. I am beginning to get seriously fed up with having a red nose, sore throat and chesty cough - it is getting so boring now. On Saturday evening I went out with a load of the office staff and volunteers from Children with Cancer Fund for a lovely Italian meal - I dosed myself up with Lemsip and felt vaguely human for a couple of hours. It was lovely to catch up with everyone as I mainly work from home with the work that I do for them, so it was nice to go out and feel like part of the team. Of course being a dreadful scrapbooker I didn't take a single photograph LOL!!<br />
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Sunday was then spent getting ready for next weekend's crafty getaway to Hereford with a load of crafting friends. We have a passenger in the car this year so I can't just grab a bag of dies, a box of stamps, a bag of punches and a huge pile of cardstock/patterned paper and wing it like I normally do, this year I need to be disciplined and restrained with my packing. So I have made up loads of card kits - die cutting my pre-coloured stamped images and their mats and pairing them up with papers and cards. I used the lounge floor to lay them all out and make sure everything was paired up properly. I lost count after a while but I think I have enough to make about 60 cards - that should be enough for a weekend I hope!!<br />
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I also prepared a huge pile of sentiments to save me having to pack sentiment stamps -<br />
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And today I started on packing my holdall - I am hoping to have everything packed by tomorrow night as a friend arrives here on Wednesday to travel with us and I want to spend time with her, not doing the packing.<br />
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This might come as a shock but I didn't have anything nice in the post at all this week - I didn't even have any bills, it was a very boring week mail-wise.<br />
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Well I am going to get on as I am now going to finish packing up the small craft tote with all my tools, scissors and adhesives in. Have a great week everyone and hopefully next week I will be able to show a huge pile of cards that I made at the weekend.KraftyKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12414480551327007813noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752867644124584800.post-45267576303750421602017-02-20T23:21:00.000+00:002017-02-20T23:21:33.309+00:00Memos, Mail, Me on a Monday - the edition with the green heartsIt has been Monday all day today so that means it is time to drop by and say hello to Sian over at <a href="http://fromhighinthesky.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/memos-mail-me-sheep-ahoy.html">From High in the Sky</a>.<br />
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It was one of those over before you know it weekends, one of those weekends where at the end of it you wonder if you actually managed to achieve anything. It was pretty quiet as Mr P was working lates, so on Saturday I headed over to my parents, where we watched the final Hunger Games film - I still think the first two films were the best and had the better story lines - it might have been better to have made a longer film for the final book rather than splitting it into two films, but that does seem to be the trend these days with film franchises. <br />
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I had some lovely mail this week - I had some vouchers for Ernest Jones and some Christmas money so I treated myself to some Chamilia beads for my bracelet. I had looked in our local store and having set my heart on some red beads they had already sent back all their Christmas beads. Luckily online they still had lots of Christmas stock and a very handy three for the price of two offer so I was able to get two nice red beads plus a lovely heart that is part of the new range.<br />
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A little bit of crafty stuff came my way too - I don't know why but when I first started buying the spellbinder nestability dies I never got the ovals - they are not so easy to get now, I am waiting for the large plain ovals to come from the US but in the meantime the scalloped ovals and some fancy floral ones have arrived. Also some lovely music themed fabric - I have a project in mind for it and you will just have to wait to see what it will become. I now need to track down the small plain and scalloped ovals.<br />
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Monday has found me doing the usual mixture of laundry and housework, also I am getting ready for tomorrow's WI meeting. In the WI we celebrate February by joining in with the <a href="https://www.thewi.org.uk/campaigns/current-campaigns-and-initiatives/Climate-Change/show-the-love-make-a-heart-to-wear-and-share-on-valentines-day">Show the Love</a> campaign - green hearts will be in abundance at tomorrow's meeting with lots of different crafts to join in with - I will be doing some simple cardmaking with green hearts on my table. So my final job of today is to get packed up ready for tomorrow.<br />
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Have a great week everyone and if you share about your Monday and mail then don't forget to go over and visit Sian and give her a wave!!<br />
<br />KraftyKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12414480551327007813noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752867644124584800.post-82708297503308756542017-02-14T23:34:00.001+00:002017-02-14T23:34:53.502+00:00Valentines cardsI had a new stamp to get inky for my Valentines card for Mr P. It is from new Penny Black T for transparent set 'Hearts Aplenty'<br />
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The papers used are Basic Grey 'Two Scoops' and the sentiment is from Stampin' Up. The image was coloured with Promarkers.<br />
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The second card used a digi-stamp from the Flirty Flamingo set (<a href="http://www.thelovelystudio.co.uk/pink_petticoat_boutique_images.html">The Lovely Studio</a> formerly Pink Petticoat). Again the image was coloured with Promarkers, die cut with a Stampin' Up labels framelit and mounted onto pink glitter cardstock<br />
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And as always I had to make a jokey cash cow card using Penny Black 'From the Folks'<br />
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The sentiment was made with Stampin' Up alphabet stamps and the crystal heart is from Majorcrafts.<br />
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<br />KraftyKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12414480551327007813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752867644124584800.post-59931055626625566142017-02-13T23:48:00.000+00:002017-02-13T23:48:28.808+00:00Memos, Mail, Me on a Monday - the edition with yet another band t shirtYay if I get on with this post it looks like it might appear on my blog whilst it is still Monday - lets keep everything crossed that my photographs play ball when I try to upload them!!<br />
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It was a cold but quiet weekend - Mr P was mainly on lates so I was left to potter about quietly on my own. It was a weekend of recovering from round one of root canal work and hypothermia. The root canal work wasn't as bad as people suggested it might be but on my return home I got locked out of the house for 45 minutes and I had no gloves. It was all Mr Ps fault - he went for a shower leaving his keys in the door. This meant that the front door can't be opened and with the bathroom being at the back of the house and the fan heater going it meant that he didn't hear my frantic banging on the front door and the continual ringing of the phone till he finally came out of the bathroom (and it was shave day so he was an extra 20 minutes in there!!). My poor hands were the same navy blue as my coat by the time he let me in, but don't worry he is doing penance and as luck would have it the details came through that afternoon of the 2018 Arundel retreat and he agreed there and then that I should go on it LOL!!!!!<br />
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Apart from spending Saturday evening with my parents, we watched the third Hunger Games film on DVD (we will watch the final one next week), I spent the weekend at home, mainly crafting and working on some Valentines cards - here's a sneaky peek of what you might see on the blog tomorrow -<br />
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This week was a quiet week for crafty mail but I did receive my monthly Birchbox -<br />
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Some more lovely pamper treats to try and the small sizes make them handy for packing for holidays and weekends away.<br />
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I also got another Marillion t shirt - you would think that I had enough by now, with over 20 hanging in my wardrobe but I just had to have this raspberry pink one. The ladies tour shirt at the end of last year was a beautiful teal coloured one but it sold out really quickly so they had to quickly get some more but couldn't get that colour so got pink and purple instead. I had emailed the band's website to find out if they had any left in the alternative colours and as luck would have it they did have a pink one left in my size. So this little beauty dropped through the letterbox at the end of the week, it will definitely be worn at this year's conventions!!<br />
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I had better wrap this post up before it becomes Tuesday with a reminder for you to drop by Sian's blog <a href="http://fromhighinthesky.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/memos-mail-me-good-in-goods-out.html">From High in the Sky</a> to give a wave to Sian and see what she is up to this Monday.<br />
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<br />KraftyKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12414480551327007813noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752867644124584800.post-68118454581913447582017-02-07T16:14:00.000+00:002017-02-07T16:14:56.725+00:00Memos, Mail, Me on a Monday - errrr except it is now TuesdayWhoops I didn't get here yesterday to join in with Sian's <a href="http://fromhighinthesky.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/memos-mail-me-do-what-you-love.html">Me on Monday</a>. I do have a note from my Mum though LOL - I spent yesterday in hospital waiting rooms with her whilst she had more intra-ocular injections done and they found that she has another problem in her good eye. It was also Dad's birthday yesterday but as we knew we were going to be at the hospital we went out with them on Friday to celebrate early.<br />
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It was a good weekend but one of those weekends when I just forgot to take any photographs. We spent the day in town on Friday and had a birthday lunch with Dad. Then on Saturday I had my monthly crop - a productive day with another two layouts finished from the 'to be finished' pile and another two layouts done from scratch plus a third one started. Sunday was a lovely lazy day filled with bacon sandwiches, roast dinner, Prosecco and card making. <br />
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It has been a pretty quiet week mail wise apart from this lovely package -<br />
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This is the problem when you join the WI craft group and start learning new crafts - at our meeting last month we did some silk ribbon embroidery - I will shortly be making this into a card and of course I need more supplies and a book to help me do more!!<br />
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It was Dad's birthday yesterday and this is the card that I made for him -<br />
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The image is a new stamp from Stamping Bella called Calvin Loves His Computer and the papers are leftovers from a class kit, I think they are Echo Park 'Happy Days'. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up.<br />
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I also gave him this card with his birthday money in - we made it last weekend as one of the Stampin' Up make and takes at the retreat.<br />
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Right I had better pop over and see Sian at <a href="http://fromhighinthesky.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/memos-mail-me-do-what-you-love.html">From High in the Sky</a> and make my apologies for being late LOL!! Hope you have a great week everyone!!KraftyKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12414480551327007813noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752867644124584800.post-47847955327500364792017-01-31T00:59:00.000+00:002017-01-31T00:59:44.856+00:00Memos, Mail, Me on Monday - the decorated bags editionIt was Monday when I started this blog post and then I got distracted by some emails and alas it is now Tuesday but never mind I will still sneak this in as a Monday post LOL!! As you know the drill - on Mondays we check in with Sian at <a href="http://fromhighinthesky.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/memos-mail-me-sleep-is-good-books-are.html">From High in the Sky</a> to share about our weekends, look ahead for the week and share our mail.<br />
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It was a fairly quiet week as I try to shake off yet another cold and recover from last weekend's retreat. I pushed on with getting all the charity newsletters ready for the post - I should have photographed them all when I was finished but I forgot so these are all that are left to go in the postbox (I had about treble this amount but they can't go to the postbox all at once as it is just a small one in the wall of the old railway station)<br />
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In an effort to try and boost my immune system I am adding in some other supplements to give myself a boost. I eat lots of fresh veg and fruit but it doesn't seem to be doing me much good at the moment. I also take vitamin C, B and echinacea and was reading that vitamin D plays a big role in immunity and many of us are deficient - so am going to try adding in some vit D to see if that helps.<br />
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As a little pick me up I have treated myself to a new nail polish from the new OPI Fiji collection. I love blue and grey nail polishes and 'I Can Never Hut Up' ticks all the boxes for me, it is a lovely grey with a blue shimmer through it.<br />
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I spent the weekend catching up with my parents and making a start on some decorated bags.<br />
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Right I will make this all for now and go and give Sian a wave. I have the first WI meeting of the year and a trip into town to look forward to this week. Hope you all have a great week with lots of lovely things in the mail!!KraftyKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12414480551327007813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752867644124584800.post-71314201779063176392017-01-24T01:10:00.000+00:002017-01-24T01:10:04.416+00:00Memos, Mail, Me on Monday - the Arundel retreat editionIt has been a lovely but tiring weekend - Wendy and I spent it with a load of other crafters at a beautiful hotel on the outskirts of Arundel. There was plenty of lovely food, prosecco, wine, chocolates and lots of crafting going on. I completed another three layouts from the to be finished pile and did another 6 layouts from scratch plus made four cards and decorated a bag for a challenge. It was just so lovely to chill out and not be distracted by home stuff and be able to totally focus on craft stuff. <br />
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Hopefully soon I will get some decent light to photograph my layouts. But in the meantime some of the week's mail. Some of the happiest mail is managing to find two pairs of slippers online - big deal you may say - but Mum and I both have the same foot condition and have to wear orthotics, which are impossible to wear in slippers. We both love Rohde shoes and their mules have a built in arch support, but since the factory shop closed in the UK it is very hard to find a retailer in the UK, especially as I am a size 3. I periodically do a little search online and was thrilled to find a stockist that not only had Mum's size but mine too - so that is a present sorted for Mother's Day (and don't worry Mum is not online so she won't see this!!)<br />
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And the mail that I will be sending out this week is sending out the annual newsletter to the Friends of <a href="http://www.childrenwithcancerfund.org.uk/">Children with Cancer Fund</a>, so I had better get back to stuffing envelopes.<br />
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Hope you have a great week, if you get a chance go and say hello to Sian over at <a href="http://fromhighinthesky.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/memos-mail-me-love-pug.html">From High in the Sky</a> and see what the other Mondayers have been up to.KraftyKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12414480551327007813noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752867644124584800.post-34999247778872690272017-01-19T10:00:00.000+00:002017-01-19T10:00:18.491+00:00Uplifting OccasionOne of my all time favourite Penny Black stamps is Uplifting Occasion and it was one of my earliest Penny Black purchases and helped put me on my slippery slope of Penny Black addiction!!<br />
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I made this card for a cat-mad friend's birthday. The image was coloured with Promarkers and glittered with Black Stickles.<br />
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The sentiment is by Stampin' Up and the sentiment mats are SU punches.<br />
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I am entering this card into the <a href="http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/january-anything-goes.html">Penny Black and More</a> and the <a href="http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/pbsc-january-anything-goes.html">Penny Black Saturday Challenge</a> - both challenges for January are 'Anything Goes'<br />
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I used Stampin' Up 'Frosted Medallions' and Pool Party ink and cardstock.<br />
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The sentiment is from SU 'Good Greetings' set and heat embossed in silver. The stars were punched from silver glitter cardstock with a EK Success border punch and the silver thread is from my stash.KraftyKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12414480551327007813noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752867644124584800.post-84279878006610873952017-01-16T16:19:00.000+00:002017-01-16T16:19:22.602+00:00Memos, Mail, Me: It's MondayIt's Monday (again) and for once I am being a bit organised and not dashing in at the last minute before it becomes Tuesday!! So as it is Monday you know the drill by now, it is time to say hello to Sian and the other Mondayers over at <a href="http://fromhighinthesky.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/memos-mail-me-its-monday-and-im-not.html">From High in the Sky</a>. For this year Sian is focusing on the mail that has dropped on our doormat over the past week. It has been a good week mail-wise for me, not a single brown envelope, no red cards of doom from postie, just the usual junk and a couple of pieces to make me smile.<br />
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Those who know me well, know that I am a Penny Black junkie - I am trying to rein the habit in but I just can't resist so I try to limit myself to just one or maybe two items from each new collection. There is a new Valentines collection just been released, I had done a pre-order a couple of weeks ago and this dropped on my doormat at the weekend.<br />
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I can't wait to get these inky and coloured in, I already know which one I will be using for Mr Ps Valentines card.<br />
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Sian's post last week reminded me that due to the visitation of the plague to Parkhurst Towers I never did order my Christmas present to myself, so I got straight onto Etsy and sorted that out. I wish all my mail was delivered wrapped like this -<br />
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I almost didn't want to unwrap it and inside was this little gem - <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/498265029/snipped-tales-a-book-of-collaged-stories?ref=shop_home_feat_1">Julie Kirk's Snipped Tales</a><br />
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I have only had a little flick through so far, it is hard to put it down and I say just one more tale, oh go on then, just two more. <br />
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The weekend was a pretty quiet affair, Saturday evening was spent with my parents, hearing more tales from their Christmas and New Year cruise and we watched The Hunger Games - can you believe I have never seen any of the films?? It was pretty good and Dad has the next two films on DVD for us to watch. Sunday I threw caution to the wind and started packing all my kits for next weekend's retreat - yes I know a tad early for me but I have decided to be ahead of the game for once. I hope I have packed enough kits - not always easy to tell how much I will get done in a weekend and I know there will be challenges set over the weekend, so I have put a small box of spare photographs into the tote as well. I still need to pack all my crafting bits but that should be fairly easy as my tote and bag are crop ready most of the time - the joy of having a regular monthly crop to go to. <br />
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I am sure this week is going to go quickly, I have the retreat to prepare for but before that I have the chiropodist, the hairdresser and my ears being syringed to look forward to - I can't wait to hear again and be able to dispense with the subtitles on the TV - the poor spelling and appalling grammar is driving me mad LOL!!<br />
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Have a great week everyone and don't forget to say hello to SianKraftyKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12414480551327007813noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752867644124584800.post-45210685061126353212017-01-09T22:24:00.001+00:002017-01-09T22:24:34.479+00:00Me on Monday or Getting back onto the blogging horse!!Hellooooooooo ............ long time no see ............... I can't believe how long it has been since I was last here!!!! I have a long list of excuses which include following Marillion's UK tour, getting a lurgy, getting over the lurgy, going away again in December and coming back home with another lurgy - which took hold and became laryngitis, a chest infection and an ear infection. So Christmas has been a very quiet affair - partly because both DH and I couldn't even speak and I haven't been able to hear anything either - what a pair we have been.<br />
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But excuses no more - I am back and hopefully I might be able to keep up some kind of regular blogging schedule - we shall see. I would like to say that I have been crafting up a storm in my absence but sadly I haven't - I just haven't felt like it - but I do have a lot of stuff from last year that I haven't even photographed yet so I won't be running out of things to blog anytime soon.<br />
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So anyway it is Monday and a good a day as any to get back on the blogging saddle and join in with <a href="http://fromhighinthesky.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/memos-mail-me-its-monday.html">Sian</a> and the other Mondayers. Our new twist for this year is to look at some of the mail we have received and weave a favourite piece into our blog post. <br />
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Well this is what I found on the doormat this morning - not favourite mail at all!!!!!<br />
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Since the ear infection I can hardly hear and I keep missing delivery drivers and getting the 'note of doom' - sadly no neighbours were in this morning so my parcel has been whisked away again but hopefully will be reunited with me on Wednesday. <br />
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I did have one piece of happy mail in the week that I managed to hear the door for and that is a new phone - I have finally come into the technological age and have a phone that not only sends texts and makes calls but connects to the interweb thingy and takes photographs which meant for our first crop of the year on Saturday it didn't matter that I had forgotten to pack my camera - I was still able to take some photos on my phone!!<br />
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Yes I have actually done some scrapbooking!!!!!!<br />
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I still have to wait another 10 days till I can get my ears syringed - I can't wait to be able to hear again and stop using the subtitles on the TV. <br />
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Anyway have a great week everyone, it feels good to be back in blogland once more and if you want to join in and be a Mondayer too then pop over and wave to Sian at <a href="http://fromhighinthesky.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/memos-mail-me-its-monday.html">From High in the Sky</a><br />
<br />KraftyKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12414480551327007813noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752867644124584800.post-15809657067650873792016-11-22T00:08:00.000+00:002016-11-22T00:08:35.949+00:00Memorandum Monday - the one that is all about the fundraiserJust a very quick whizz in to say hello and wave to Sian at <a href="http://fromhighinthesky.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/memorandum-monday-its-not-ice-skating.html">From High in the Sky</a> for Memorandum Monday.<br />
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It was the weekend of my fundraiser at home and the weather was pretty vile, but a few souls braved the weather to come along and support me. Early indications are that I have made at least £70 for <a href="http://www.childrenwithcancerfund.org.uk/index.php">Children with Cancer Fund</a>.<br />
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The rest of the weekend has been about catching up on lost sleep - I did burn a bit of midnight oil getting all of my cards finished and putting the house back straight again - I rearranged all the furniture to fit all my tables in!!<br />
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This week I can now turn my thoughts to getting ready for Christmas - I need to do a count up of the cards that didn't sell to work out how many more I need to make. Also Marillion's UK tour kicks off in Aylesbury on Sunday so I need to get packing as we are seeing them for four out of the six nights. We are looking forward to not just the gigs but a chance to catch up with so many of our friends who also support the band.<br />
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Have a great week everyone!!KraftyKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12414480551327007813noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752867644124584800.post-12082760447663134512016-11-13T20:45:00.000+00:002016-11-13T20:45:16.217+00:00I'm Dreaming of a Pink ChristmasIt is with great joy that I can say that one of my favourite digi-stamp designers is back in business - Pink Petticoat is now <a href="http://www.thelovelystudio.co.uk/pink_petticoat_boutique_christmas_images.html">The Lovely Studio</a> and to start with she is re-introducing all the previous Christmas collections and designs including these <a href="http://pinkpetticoat.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/festive-mr-fox-more.html">flamingos</a>.<br />
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I love love love these digi-stamps and have been busy making Christmas cards for my open house fundraiser next Saturday.<br />
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The background papers used are all from Craft Creations own range apart from the very bright pink one which is Basic Grey.<br />
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I coloured all the images with Promarkers and added a hint of Stardust Stickles for some sparkle.<br />
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The dies used are mainly a Stampin Up/Sizzix thinlet set and the snowflakes are All Occasion dies with various brands of glitter cardstock.<br />
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<br />KraftyKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12414480551327007813noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752867644124584800.post-26941241520443986312016-11-08T02:07:00.000+00:002016-11-08T02:07:13.372+00:00Memorandum Monday - the edition with a coffee cake, crop and new snuggly dressing gownWell I have just realised that I haven't blogged my Memorandum Monday yet and as I am still up as I can't sleep because I am full of a stinky cold, I will get on and blog now rather than waiting for the morning.<br />
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We had a lovely long weekend as Mr P had five days off from work. Friday we took my parents to visit my Uncle in Rye Hospital - he isn't doing too well at the moment so we keep everything crossed that he will pick up soon and get back to his old self. It was a dreadful day weather wise and the roads were a nightmare coming home with torrential rain and flooding on the marsh roads and yes there were those loony drivers that had to keep overtaking because they are in a hurry to get to the mortuary!!<br />
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Saturday saw the second crop for our new crafting group - we have gone from being the craft group with no name to the Seaside Crafters - the hall we meet in is off of Seaside and most of us at the group are Eastbournians so live by the sea.<br />
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I had a break from scrapbooking and got stuck into Christmas cards as I am replenishing my stocks ready for my next fundraiser which is only two weeks away. I got fourteen cards made and die cut a load of images ready for more cards -<br />
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Sunday we had a nice quiet day at home, we were both starting to develop our colds. I got the sewing machine out and made a pile of Christmas themed tissue covers - for my fundraiser and for our WI when we have a stall at our village Christmas Fayre<br />
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And Monday found us spending the day in town finishing our Christmas shopping. I still need to get a few online bits and pieces but otherwise it is all done, I try to get done before the end of November as trying to negotiate the crammed stores in December in a wheelchair is just no fun. I treated myself to a lovely new snuggly dressing gown - it is damson faux fur and is the softest cuddliest dressing gown I have ever had and it has a hood for extra snuggliness -<br />
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I will quite happily spend the rest of the winter living in my new dressing gown LOL!!<br />
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Please go and give a wave to Sian over at <a href="http://fromhighinthesky.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/memorandum-monday-take-seat-make-wish.html">From High in the Sky</a> who is in charge of Memorandum Monday. Have a great week and fingers crossed by next Monday I will be a little less snotty!!<br />
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<br />KraftyKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12414480551327007813noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752867644124584800.post-37034892936846181042016-10-31T22:11:00.001+00:002016-10-31T22:11:46.363+00:00Blogtober Day 31 - Memorandum Monday or Hooray I have managed to do four blog posts per week for the last month!!!Yay today is the last day of Blogtober and I managed to meet my goal of four blog posts per week. I still have a backlog of stuff to blog but at least the amount is not so daunting now. <br />
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Today is also Monday, so it is time to reflect on the weekend and pay a visit to Sian over at <a href="http://fromhighinthesky.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/memorandum-monday-sometimes-it-works.html">From High in the Sky</a>. It was a very busy, packed crafty weekend at the A Trip Down Memory Lane retreat. They hold two per year at the beautiful <a href="http://www.stokebynayland.com/">Stoke by Nayland Hotel</a>.<br />
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Wendy was my chauffeur and we took a rather loaded car with us (PS the back seat was pretty loaded too!!!!)<br />
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The rooms are beautiful but you don't spend much time in there<br />
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I was very productive, did 6 classes and got 12 layouts done and a thirteenth is almost finished.<br />
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And Monday finds me with all my crop unpacking to be done - I think I travelled quite light really!!<br />
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I have a busy crafty week ahead, WI craft class, my monthly scrap class and a crop to look forward to. Hope you all have a great week and if you get a chance go and visit Sian and give her a wave.<br />
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As soon as I saw the small tiles that Anita had cut from the paper I knew that it was going to be the perfect layout for some of my photographs from Christmas Eve 2012 when we visited Asilah in Morocco. <br />
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The circles were made with Liquid Pearls in Rose Gold.<br />
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Thank you Anita for another great classKraftyKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12414480551327007813noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752867644124584800.post-32307544429671574752016-10-28T00:35:00.000+01:002016-10-28T00:35:45.779+01:00Blogtober Day 28 - using up kit leftoversI had lots of bits and bobs of a magazine freebie paper pack leftover, so I started out by covering a load of card blanks with the papers. Then I matched stamped images (all of them Penny Black) that I had coloured a while ago with the card blanks. <br />
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The sentiments are a mixture of Stampin' Up, Hero Arts and Personal Impressions<br />
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Punches used are EK Success butterfly, Stampin' Up scalloped border and small flower.<br />
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That's a few more cards to restock my for sale box.KraftyKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12414480551327007813noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752867644124584800.post-41290568529757487752016-10-26T00:26:00.000+01:002016-10-26T00:26:00.967+01:00Blogtober Day 26 - Beat the Christmas Rush - the October EditionI need to up my production rate of cards the closer we get to December as I still have one more fundraiser to do plus I have my own cards to send. So I made 10 cards for this month's edition.<br />
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I used a lovely doily die from Penny Black and mounted a snowman from Stampin' Up set 'Snow Place' on top of it, the little santa hat is also from that stamp and die set.<br />
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The little white peel off sentiments are from Woodware and the sequins are from my stash.<br />
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It was another fairly quiet weekend, the weather was very autumnal and a bit wet at times so we mainly stayed close to home. I did go to my parents on Saturday evening to watch Strictly and as ever did a bit of multi-tasking and coloured in a load of stamped images ready to be turned into cards for my next fundraiser.<br />
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I also worked on another big batch of Christmas cards and it is a good job I started these as I have just realised that tomorrow is the 25th and I need to blog Beat the Christmas Rush - guess what I will be finishing off as soon as I have finished this blog post!! Hopefully I will get them blogged tomorrow.<br />
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Today has been a fairly quiet day, I went over to Brighton with Mr P this afternoon to the funeral of one of his friends' Dad. I hadn't realised that it was half term so the roads were pretty quiet and we had a very good trip there and back. I have a busy week ahead - I am going on the ATDML retreat on Friday so I have to sort lots of photographs out ready for my chosen classes plus some spare kits for if I run out of work to do. Luckily I keep my tote semi-packed most of the time so I just need to check that I have my favourite scissors, a trimmer and plenty of glue/adhesive packed - though there is a very good shop on site if I run out of anything - now repeat after me 'Karen you do not need any more patterned paper, Karen you do not need ......................'<br />
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I hope you all have a good week and I will hopefully have lots of retreat photographs to share next weekend - sadly the retreat does not clash with Halloween this year so there will be no dressing up.KraftyKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12414480551327007813noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752867644124584800.post-85836365743784678202016-10-23T11:00:00.000+01:002016-10-23T11:00:27.110+01:00Blogtober Day 23 - Dukes Farm Table GiftsWhen we have our little crafty meet up each year in Wales we usually all exchange small gifts and this year was no exception.<br />
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I had some little packs of nail gems which are great to use for crafting so I made a little box to put them in with my WRMK gift box punch board.<br />
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I decorated the boxes using SU Perpetual Calendar stamps in Daffodil Delight and Smoky Slate.<br />
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I then added a sweet treat on the top - white chocolate coins decorated with punched scallop circles and a LOTV round sentiment stamp.<br />
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In return I was given these lovely gifts -<br />
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Decorated mugs by Jessie<br />
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Journalling prompts from Jules<br />
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Easter chocs in a basket from Fiona<br />
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A box of embellishments from Gemma<br />
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Decorated pringle tubs from Sy (they didn't last long LOL!!)<br />
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Post it note pad from Dee<br />
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A brooch from Lisa<br />
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Mini bottle of wine from Mr P and washi tape from Lee<br />
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Quilted coaster and pot holder from Tara<br />
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When I got home I decided to make some more in different colour combos.</div>
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These use Pool Party, Smoky Slate, Wisteria Wonder and Blackberry Bliss</div>
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And Tip Top Taupe, Delightful Dijon, Mint Macaron and Watermelon Wonder</div>
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The stamps used are Gorgeous Grunge and Papillon Potpourri with a mini flower punch and the butterfly punch that co-ordinates with the stamps. All the greetings are from Personal Impressions. These are great cards when you need a quick batch in a hurry - thank you Sarah for the inspiration.</div>
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KraftyKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12414480551327007813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752867644124584800.post-53513387920046585122016-10-20T23:34:00.001+01:002016-10-20T23:34:13.763+01:00Blogtober Day 20 - Bring on the CakeI did this layout last year for a challenge on UKS but I have no idea now what the challenge criteria was. The layout is about the rainbow cake that I made for Mr Ps 50th birthday complete with sparkler candles - I'm not overkeen on getting too close to sparklers so I very nervously had to carry it out to him!!<br />
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The paper used is a really old one - Sassafras Lass 'Indie Girl'<br />
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The title is done with AC Dear Lizzy foam Thickers and the doiley was coloured with a yellow promarker. The die cut butterflies are Cheery Lynn and the little stars on the layout were done with a Derwent watercolour pencils and a Heidi Swapp stencil.<br />
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If you want to keep up with the others taking part in Blogtober then check out <a href="http://karmacraftblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/what-are-you-doing-this-october.html">Sy's blog here</a><br />
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