Author: Jane Shaw
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Knitting Poppies for a Good Cause
It’s time for the Outlawz ABAC challenge for October. As always ABAC means Anything But a Card and there is no theme for October, so anything goes. As we enter October, the evenings are drawing in and the trees are turning wonderful shades of orange and gold. I always find autumn colours inspiring for crafting,…
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From Norway to a Colour Palette: My October Challenge Card
Blink and you miss it—that’s how I feel about the whole summer! I was still waiting to do some summer activities, and suddenly everyone was talking about Halloween and Christmas. My brain can’t keep up. When I started preparing my October creations for the Outlawz challenges, I couldn’t find the theme for the Twisted challenge.…
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Crafting at Sea: My Beading Challenge Bracelet
The Outlawz Anything But A Card challenge for September has no theme. Whilst on holiday aboard a Fred Olsen cruise to Norway there were some beading classes. I never imagined doing craft classes at sea, but on days where you are sailing all day they run classes in a lovely bright room up at the…
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Crafting a Bread and Butter Poem Inspired Project
The inspiration given for September Outlawz Twisted challenge is a poem by A A Milne. He is best known for writing Winnie the Pooh, but also wrote a lot of poems. The King’s Breakfast The King askedThe Queen, andThe Queen askedThe Dairymaid:“Could we have some butter forThe Royal slice of bread?”The Queen asked the Dairymaid,The…
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Creative Stitched Card Ideas for August Challenge
Welcome to August and the next Outlawz Twisted Challenge. This month’s twist is to use a sketch in your design. I did not follow the sketch literally, but instead used the shapes as inspiration for the main image and sentiment. I created a stitched card using a pattern from Craftsuprint. I chose not to use…
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It’s Always Tea Time
The months are flying by, and as we head into August, it is time for a new set of challenges at Outlawz. This month’s Anything but a Card challenge has no set theme, so I decided to create a framed shadow box for an Alice in Wonderland-themed tea party at my local care home. The…
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Unglutened Bakers – An amazing new Gluten Free Bakery in Wakefield
A few weeks ago, a post popped up on my Facebook feed about a new gluten-free bakery opening. I often see posts about gluten-free bakeries, but they are never in my area, so I was quite surprised when I clicked on it and saw that it was in Wakefield. Wakefield is only about eight miles…
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Fun Yarn Projects: Octopus Craft Challenge
Outlawz Anything But a Card Challenge July 2026 I was trying to think of woolly activities to do with the residents at the care home and I saw a really cute octopus that could also use the polystyrene balls I have in the cupboard. So with grey multicolour yarn. I cut lengths of the yarn…
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Creative Get Well Card
Outlawz Twisted Challenge July 2026 – Greetings Theme I have to admit I did misunderstand this challenge as when I looked someone had added a get well soon image, I thought that was the theme instead of general greetings! I did not realise till I had finished my card. Next time I will check the…
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Time for a change?
I am writing this because I feel a bit lost and would really value some thoughts from anyone who has been through something similar. I have just celebrated my 55th birthday and our 25th wedding anniversary. I am not quite sure how either of those happened so quickly, but they have made me feel very…