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  • My Country

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    The latest Sunday Song and Rhyme challenge is based on poem My Country by Dorothea Makellar (1885-1968) Dorothea was an Australian poet and this poem was written about Australia when she was 19 and in London. She was born in 1885 and travelled widely in Europe, so would have been away from home for long…

  • 2018 makes so far

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    It’s been so long since I wrote a proper blog post.  Things always seem so hectic.  As usual, I have just about recovered from Christmas and New Year, when Emily and Rob’s birthdays arrive and this year they were quickly followed by half term.  Add into the mix a leaking radiator, a new washing machine,…

  • Summer Makes pt2

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    At the end of last school year I made couple of teacher cards, but only photographed one of them, the were very similar Made in the school colours for one of Emily’s class teachers who is also the music teacher.  Lettering from Stitching Cards.  Blackboard and girl die cuts and backing paper created with Craftville Backing Paper…

  • Summer Makes Pt 1

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    Well autumn is well and truly here.  I love the colours of autumn and the falling leaves, but am finding the heavy rain this year rather depressing. The Summer went busily and fast as ever and now the kids only have 3 and a half weeks to the next holiday!  My daughter has just gone…

  • October makes

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    I am rather frustrated as I have typed quite a bit of this post already and then lost it!! It’s been a long and hectic month and right now my head feels full of cotton wool and I wonder if I should really be writing at all, but I need something to distract me so…

  • April Makes

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    Card from Dee Crafts, papers printed using Craftville backing paper builder.  Union jack paper is paper strips from Yellow Moon, water made using Sizzix grass die and sun using Sizzix sun sizzlet.  Greeting created with powerpoint. Made using my own photo of sun rise through Emily’s bedroom window with dreamcatcher in front.  Dotty card blank from Dee craft. May…

  • February Makes

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    Iris card from Dee Craft and baking paper made with backing paper maker at Craftville.  Really pleased with this one made for my nephew.  Love making my own backing papers so I can personalise the designs. A couple of quick makes using postcards from postcard store and card blanks from Dee Craft. Pattern from Cardbroidery and baking paper printed from Craftville Another…

  • January makes

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    Made for my daughter 9th birthday using 3 different patterns from Stitching cards, home-made backing paper from Craftville. For a friends daughter, pattern from Cardbroidery, backing paper and card from Riverbank Revels. Made for my husband using pattern from Craftsuprint and home-made backing paper from Craftville.  it’s a difficult pattern as if any of the holes are marginally out of line it…

  • Tractor and a Rugby Ball

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    This tractor is using a pattern from Stitching Cards, its actually a road roller, but I thought doing it in green and black it looks like a tractor. This rugby themed card is made using a pattern from Craftsuprint.  I had to cut the aperture myself, which was quite fiddly, but I loved doing the iris folded…