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  • Memories

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    Jane Shaw
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    It is ironic that the last few months I have been plagued by memories and feelings of getting old and life passing me by. For my September Outlawz challenge I had chosen the song Memory from Cats and had chosen an image from the sponsor SBLeigh. At first I wasn’t sure how to put them together, except for…

  • Say it with Flowers

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    The Monday Greeting challenge at Outlawz is to create a card for a non holiday celebration and to include flowers. To be a bit different I chose to celebrate having a good friend, so hope that fits the criteria. It’s made with a flower and butterfly cut on my Cricut Joy and lettering written with…

  • Board Games

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    Jane Shaw
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    The Outlawz Twisted Thursday challenge for May is board games this is my take on Scrabble, created using First Edition Alphabet Tiles die. Its a bit fiddly putting them all together and I was lucky it fits on a card. I wanted it to say Happy Birthday to You, but couldn’t make it fit. Would…

  • 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…

  • August Makes

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    Not much crafting gets done in August being in the school holidays and holiday time.  Here are the things I did manage! Card made for my Sister in law and brother in law for their 5th anniversary, this card was scanned rather than photographed and doesn’t show it at best.  Card blank from Dee Craft, printed…

  • I want to resign!

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    The other day having a conversation with Rob as I was upset that I rarely get to do things I want or enjoy doing cos I am too worn out form doing every day stuff and was saying that people who work full time and do all their own housework get more pleasurable things done…

  • Where did 8 years go?

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    Today is Emily’s 8th birthday.  I have no idea where those 8 years have gone.  It’s been a hard slog a lot of the time, ME and parenting do not go well together, but we get by and are hopefully not making to bad a job of it! Emily just born A few hours old…