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  • Autumn Days

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    This weekend sees the start of my challenge for Outlawz Sunday song and rhyme. I chose a song I can remember from primary school assemblies. As this is my challenge I thought it would be a challenge for me to make several cards!! Always a glutton for punishment! I didn’t get as many done as…

  • Music Maker

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    The Sunday song and rhyme challenge for May 26th is based on a rhyme called Music Makers, from his book A Children’s Treasury of Milligan. Spike Milligan (1918-2002) was well know for his crazy comedy and nonsense rhymes. Ironically he also suffered from severe depression. For this rhyme I decided I would focus on one…

  • Oh Christmas Tree

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    The Outlawz progressive challenge for December is an image from Anne’s Digital Art. I coloured the image using Microsoft paint and used backing papers from the Works Classic Christmas party paper pad. Wording drawn on Cricut Joy. Baubles and star highlighted with Glossy accents (doesn’t really show in picture) The challenge runs until Dec 31st.

  • Thank you

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    The Outlawz challenge for November 12th is the poem Thanksgiving Time When all the leaves are off the boughs, And nuts and apples gathered in, And cornstalks waiting for the cows, And pumpkins safe in barn and bin, Then Mother says, “My children dear, The fields are brown, and autumn flies; Thanksgiving Day is very near, And we must make thanksgiving pies!” …

  • New Years Resolutions pt 7 Quit

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    Jane Shaw
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    At the beginning of each year many of us think this will be the year we make changes and get more out off life and become happy. In reality, not much changes and by the end of the year we feel bad for not having achieved anything that feels worthwhile. Apparently the top 10 New…

  • New Year resolutions part 3 Organisation

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    Jane Shaw
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    Today is February 1st, I am not sure where January went. It feels a bit daft to be talking about New Year Resolution still, but I am only at number 3! They may have to change to resolution of the year Well it’s that time of year again where we all think this will be…

  • Tyger, Tyger

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    Jane Shaw
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    The Outlawz challenge for 22nd January is to take inspiration from William Blakes poem The Tyger, written in 1794. Tyger Tyger, burning bright,In the forests of the night;What immortal hand or eye,Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies.Burnt the fire of thine eyes?On what wings dare he aspire?What the hand, dare…

  • Holidays for 2023

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    These are the main bank holidays and celebration days for UK in 2023, occasions you may want a card or gift for. Source https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/?country=9 on the site you can view holidays for other countries and religions. 1 Jan New Year’s Day2 Jan ‘New Year’s Day’ observed3 Jan 2nd January (substitute day) (Scotland)5 Jan Twelfth Night…

  • 52 weeks to 52 week 2

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    Jane Shaw
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    Been trying to get to grips with the Cricut, very hit and miss and it is physically easier to use than my other, but frustrating working out how to use it and getting it to do what I want, but will get there in the end.  Of course it needs accessories to go with it, so…

  • 52 weeks to 52, week 1

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    With week one starting with my birthday there were a busy few days. On my birthday we went to York, a 35 min drive away with the intention of doing the York cat trail. We found a few, but then others were further away so we just wandered around and got some lunch at Dutch…