Tag: stitching cards

  • Latest makes Summer 2018

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

  • One More Step Along The World We Go

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    Well I survived my birthday, got some lovely presents and visited  Kitty Cafe Leeds for tea and cake 🙂 There is an amazing selection of teas and lots of cute cats so that’s me sorted We have been back again twice!!  It’s not cheap as you have to pay per person per visit plus anything you eat…

  • 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,…

  • X Box card and more

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    I don’t know where the year is going to and my making is so slow, with family demands and Christmas drawing ever closer, but I like to make things it gives me pleasure and a make me forget about feeling ill for a while, mind you I have to find a balance or I feel…

  • Latest makes

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    Pattern from A&N, die cut letter and mounted on glitter sheep card   Pattern again from A&N.  This was a commission card for a 50th birthday.  It took a long time to find a wolf pattern, but this one worked so well to get the kind of design we wanted.  It is stitched using Madeira variegated thread, mounted…

  • 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…

  • June Makes

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    It seems to have been a very muddled month this month and been doing several things, but not really feeling accomplished. It was my Birthday and Wedding Anniversary in the middle of the month so extra energy was required for that.  Last week I began recycling my birthday cards into new cards, which have been…

  • May makes

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    Due to space limitations on my web hosting I am now using smaller images in posts, but if you hover over image and click it will enlarge. Blanket made from PomPon baby Yarn, Orange/Blue for new Niece or Nephew.  Nephew arrived 1st June.  I  started the blanket with a border, but realised that the bottom edge…

  • So many ways to present

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    I was asked if I could make a 16th birthday card for a girl who was into vampires and zombies and not a girly girl.  After discussion we decided on a Sweet 16 card on black card.  Using the pattern from Stitching Cards. As with all card orders I want them to be perfect for the…

  • April Makes

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    April has been a difficult month.  My Dad died unexpectedly on April 2nd so my creativeness has used been in other areas, planning a funeral; creating and service sheet and writing a eulogy.  It was hard to know what to do at first, but then the ideas began to flow and we created a service…