Tag: stitching cards

  • Autumnal Palette

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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…

  • 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…

  • Seeing stripes

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    The challenge for Outlawz May Tuesday Colour is black and white and one other colour and add stripes. Well what says black and white with stripes more than a zebra? Maybe not very imaginative? I created my card with the zebra pattern from Stitching Cards Wild Animal pack, I have had the patterns for a…

  • Leap Year

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    The Sunday song and rhyme challenge poem for this time is chosen by me. This year is a leap year, so at the end of this month we get an extra day. “Leap years are years where an extra day is added to the end of the shortest month, February. This so-called intercalary day, February…

  • Queen of Hearts

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    The Outlawz Sunday Song and Rhyme challenge for 2nd April to 15th April is based on the rhyme; We also had to use an image from https://www.mirtillamentecraftshop.it/, I think there were 3 to choose from. I chose one called the Queen of Hearts, but wasn’t sure how to link it to the rhyme. I decided…

  • Challenge 5th Feb

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    Jane Shaw
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    The rhyme for this Outlawz challenge is Wordsworth’s I wandered Lonely as a Cloud; I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o’er vales and hills,When all at once I saw a crowd,A host, of golden daffodils;Beside the lake, beneath the trees,Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shineAnd twinkle…

  • Crafty 2020 into Lockdown with Rainbows

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    The early days of lockdown were symbolised by colourful rainbows which were placed in people’s windows or chalked on the pavements as a symbol of hope and solidarity. Sadly over the months these rainbows faded along with people’s spirits and compassion. It was sad to see the rainbows fade and disappear and it felt like…

  • Where does the time go?

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    I seem to have missed the last few months of last year, it seemed to go from September to Christmas in a week!! I was actually trying to get ready for our fundraiser and school Christmas fair and also settling in our new kitten. As usual I did not get done what I would have…

  • Autumn makes

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    These are my makes over the Autumn, I don’t have the energy to describe them all, but if anyone wants to know which dies or patterns they are made from, give me a shout! Dolphin Made by Emily Ready to go to Emily’s school Christmas fair on Sat. Unfortunately we can’t be there, but hope…

  • Latest makes Summer 2018

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    Here are some of the things I have made over the summer.