Tag: Cricut Joy

  • Our Last Summer

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    The challenge for Aug 4th is my choice of song and I chose Our Last Summer by Abba. The song was released in 1980 and featured on the Super Trouper Album and was inspired by a summer romance Björn Ulvaeus had in Paris. I can still recallOur last summerI still see it allWalks along the…

  • Dolphins

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    Yet again I nearly missed this one, I thought I had another week to make it. I had been looking at ideas all week, but not started to make! So this one was made in a bit of a hurry. The poem is Summer’s Splendor by the Sea by Patricia L. Cisco Summer’s splendor by…

  • Sunset Tuesday

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    In my haste to get things made, I forgot to do the blog for this one, also caught out by July arriving much sooner than I expected it! I think after each month we need to add a month, that might just about give me chance to catch up! The image we were given to…

  • 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…

  • Where are the fairies?

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    The Sunday song and rhyme challenge for June 9th is based on the rhyme Where are the Fairies, Written in the early 20th century by Cicely Mary Barker, who was unable to attend school due to epilepsy. She wrote the rhymes and did the illustrations. Fairies were popular at this time, due to Queen Mary…

  • Winner Takes It All

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    The song I have chosen for Sunday Song and Rhyme challenge for 12 to 25th May is Winner Takes It All by Abba. The song was released in 1980. I don’t wanna talkAbout things we’ve gone throughThough it’s hurting meNow it’s history I’ve played all my cardsAnd that’s what you’ve done tooNothing more to sayNo…

  • Easter Greetings

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    The Outlawz challenge for this fortnight is Easter themed using the rhyme Happy Easter by Bill Hoeneveld I used a Cricut image from Crafty Mama Studios.  It has 12 layers to cut and stick together so is quite time consuming, it is also quite thick on the front of a card so not ideal for posting.  Mounted…

  • Another Snowman

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    The Outlawz Sunday Song and Rhyme Challenge for January 21st is based on the poem The Snowman by Wallace Stevens One must have a mind of winterTo regard the frost and the boughsOf the pine-trees crusted with snow; And have been cold a long timeTo behold the junipers shagged with ice,The spruces rough in the…

  • Angels

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    The Outlawz Sunday Song and Rhyme challenge for December 24th to January 6th was based on the rhyme Beneath the Wings of Angels by Clay Harrison, I cut a layered Angel image with my Cricut, quite time consuming with so many layers, but looks very effective. The image is from Design Bundles. The backing is…

  • Snowman

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    My card for Outlawz Progressive challenge for January. The Snowman image is from Cara Malmarose. I used Lunapic to colour the image and cut it out by hand after many attempts to cut it with my Cricut Joy Extra. The backing paper is from an old card making magazine. Wording is drawn on My Cricut…