Tag: Outlawz challenge

  • Autumnal Palette

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    Jane Shaw
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    The Outlawz Colour challenge for November is based on this palette and image Having been working on a Remembrance Poppy project for a local care home, I came across a stitching pattern that I liked and decided to create it in the colours of this palette. The pattern is from Form-a-Lines, I stitched it with…

  • Halfway There

    Halfway There

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    The Sunday Song and Rhyme for November is based on this rhyme by A.A. Milne. A.A. Milne is best known for writing Winnie the Pooh, but he also wrote several books of rhyme.  This rhyme was first published in his When We Were Very Young collection in 1924.  It was then published in a double collection, along with…

  • Colours of Autumn

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    Wow I can’t believe it is now September, where did the summer go? We had many plans for the Summer, but it all seems to have chaotically passed us by. Now we are counting down to my daughter moving to University. My craft space is full of her stuff and I don’t know if I…

  • Flower showers

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    The August Tuesday Colour challenge card is based on this image I tried several idea with his one, but couldn’t get them to work. I finally settled on an image from Cricut Design space created by Diva Watts designs. Cut with my Cricut Explore 4 using the colours in the image. Mounted on backing paper…

  • Don’t ask!!

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    It’s time again for the Sunday song and rhyme challenge at Outlawz. The poem this month is called the Zebra Question by Shel Silverstein an American writer and cartoonist, born in USA in 1930. The poem was published in a book called Light in the Attic, published in 1981. At first I was not sure…

  • Spring awakening

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    The rhyme for the Outlawz Sunday Song and Rhyme challenge is I couldn’t find any information about the author or the verse. For my card I chose an easel card from Craft with Sarah which I think I got as a free download at some point. My inspiration was the line “Flowers that were gone…

  • All things bright and beautiful

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    The April Tuesday colour challenge at Outlawz is based on this gorgeous bright palette I thought they would be beautiful colours for flowers and with the challenge starting just after Mother’s Day (in UK) I chose a Mother’s Day design. I have just got a new Cricut Explore 4 so wanted to try something a…

  • How many colours?

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    Jane Shaw
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    This month Outlawz Colour Challenge was set by me and I chose a rainbow and this image I have just realised that the image reminds me of the Children’s TV programme Rainbow which was broadcast in UK from 1972 to 1992, so very much part of my childhood. Rainbows are actually an illusion, caused by refraction, internal…

  • Beware of the Cat

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    Jane Shaw
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    The rhyme for March is called The Little Folk, by Shirley Barber a British author and illustrator. Her works were written after she emigrated to Australia in 1965. Shirley started out as an artist designing wallpaper. Most of her written work is about animals or fairies. Anyone who knows me will know how much I…

  • Aqua and Pink

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    Jane Shaw
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    I am nearly a week late with this blog. In my defence I have been busy with my daughters 18th birthday. I decided to make her a memory and message book, but didn’t realise just how much time it would take and plenty of blood sweat and tears involved. Thankfully she loves it, but I…