tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52414530943730601982012-02-15T23:37:05.629ZWelcome to the ramblings of a 50 something wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend and crafty individual..........My name is Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16567522553631637150noreply@blogger.comBlogger3271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241453094373060198.post-37354940578598747992012-02-15T00:31:00.000Z2012-02-15T08:05:00.817Z

Well it's Wednesday once again (you blink and it's back) and I for one have had a pretty productive week. As I'm sure you know, I'm telling you this because Wednesday is the day we start what is becoming a marathon journey around fellow bloggers desks, seeing what they are up to, saying hi, and generally having a good old snoop round. This is the brainchild of Julia at Stamping Ground so hop on

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I bought the Serif  Craft Artist programme about 6 months ago now and am really loving its capabilities. When I get time to play with it I am always surprised by how easy it is. I especially like scrapbooking - this layout took me 10 minutes (you could say it shows!!) but if I was doing this with real papers etc I would still be trying to find two that matched that I was prepared to cut up (

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Just a quick post from me. A few ATCs to show. Lots to do today so must not get distracted on the pc. LOL. Have a great Sunday.

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I have been nominated for the Liebster Blog Award by Fuschia. Thank You!! "Liebster is a German word, meaning dearest or beloved, but it can also mean favorite." The Liebster Award is given to smaller bloggers who have 200 or less followers in the hope it will bring them new followers and friends. The tradition is that it is then passed on to five other blogs to help them too. If you want

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So, just exactly where was I working? And how many pairs of scissors does one girl need? Oh dear. What a mess!! ALL my desks were fine and dandy until I got a call to make an emergency card. I recently did a commission for a 'shoe' card (here). Great idea, use the guillotine as a storage shelf. Ah, another pair of  scissors. You can never have too  many pairs of scissors. Someone

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If I do say so myself. Not often I'm tempted to keep my giveaways and fob you off with something else but am quite pleased with the way this turned out ...... but I'll stick to the original plan, especially as I already gave you a sneak preview before I went away. My original inspiration came from two projects in February's Craft Stamper Magazine - 'Their Hearts Connected' by Louise Crosbie

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is Ann B of Anne's Stamp Pad. Anne is a new follower to my blog which is really nice (and gives all you regulars a break from getting more of my old tat LOL).  Ann, I have left you a message so I hope you get back to me soon. I am also very grateful to all my new followers and have done my best to contact you about a RAK but I do need to remind you that err... I need an address to send it!! I

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to crash through that 150 followers mark :0(.  Obviously my 'goodies' aren't enough to tempt you, we shall have to do better!! I also haven't heard from my two new followers - I have tried to contact you but sorry ladies, if you don't get your addies to me somehow I won't be able to send you anything!! I shall  be offline for several days, but the January giveaway will continue through to the

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Another week has whizzed by. Hardly needs saying does it? Had a great day today (it's Tuesday as I am writing this, well technically Wednesday as it is well after midnight, but I digress..) did HW, shopping, mum visiting, made two cards for men (just the hardest!!) ordered some prints using machine in store (a first) and bought and set up a digital photoframe. Feeling very productive,

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I nearly didn't bother uploading these tags as they were made for the Try it on Tuesday challenge and the week will be over in about an hour - but I'm here now so I may as well!! This week was an anything goes challenge to the theme of 'Do You Believe in Fairies'. I had been playing with some mica paint backgrounds and thought they would work well with this silhouette Fairy stamp from Personal

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Is it going to be one of those years? Every birthday card needs a number it seems. We started off with two 21sts on 31st Dec and Jan 5th and this week I have had an 18th, a 21st and an 80th. I was also asked to make another 21st but had to decline as I would not have had time to do it. As it was I used Anna Marie templates and followed her samples pretty closely so I could do them without

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I read somewhere that the lovely Julia of stamping ground who hosts the WOYWW event each week takes her photo standing on a chair. So I thought I would give it a go. Yes, I can see the attraction. However not a lot to look at from any angle. A couple of cards in production, and two altered art projects. The red frames from last week have been subdued with a layer of gesso (to see what

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Right. First giveaway of the year and I'm late. And I have an idea that is going to make you happy or fall asleep before you get to the end of this post. Still, read on!! First, two altered slide mailers, one of these will constitute the main prize for this month's art draw. As you can see I've gone a bit oriental in honour of Chinese New Year which this year signifies the beginning of the

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An explosion of red paint that's what!! Needed a messy crafty fix so I've got two altered slide mailers on the go and a couple of canvases that might become a shadow box, or might not, haven't decided yet. Why red? Well, firstly the cap on the paint has snapped off and the tube itself has cracked (yes, at one stage there was red  paint everywhere until I realised what had happenned) so it's a

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in the production of these cards. Well strictly speaking, no new papers. I'm trying desperately not to make any new promises I won't be able to keep but using up scraps has to be something all of us crafters would like to do. So three cards made entirely from scraps or bits left over from old papers and kits. This first one is a birthday card for my nephew - stars and cake will have to do,

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Thought I'd done with cards for a while but no, first week of January is riddled with birthdays and 2 are special 21st ones. In the 'sales' I succumbed to a Kanban kit I have had my eye on for a while. It is the Safari Boutique collection and based on animal prints with lots of gold foiling. I'm not usually a fan of all that foiling but on this kit it seems essential and just right for a

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Apologies for combined posts. Will keep it short. Well the random number generator thingy chose no 5, which is Shary, a new visitor to my blog I think which is nice. Shary, I have left a message or emailed you (sorry am doing this all the wrong way round, need to go and see what contact options I have for you via your blog) for your contact details. January giveaway will be along in the New

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for the December giveaway, closes tonight at 9.00 pm.

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A quick card which I made using this week's challenge at Inspirational Card Sketches. And a tag, which I can just squeak in to the current Try it on Tuesday challenge. Feeling a bit low today, bound to be coming down with something just in time for Christmas - typical!! Good job everything's pretty much done, just got to  get through 3 days at work. How're your preparations coming

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Just thought I would post a few of my favourite cards made this Christmas.  This one features a clarity stamp - amazing how you can colour something red and add a bit of white glitter and it becomes Christmassy! This is a very simple card but I really liked the way it turned out.            I'm having a bit of a love affair with baker's twine at the moment, can't seem to do a

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later than I had intended, and not to my original plan but hey what can I say? My birthday celebrations and a succession of Christmas parties have wrecked my schedule  - I have been absent from my craft room for most of the last two weeks but have been having a good time!!! I knew it was a good decision to get all those crimbo cards done in November, I would be in a mad panic now if I hadn't.

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Well I am on holiday this week so no excuse not to take part today as it is a 'home' day for me. Here is my desk, lookimg remarkably uncluttered. I really must finish off or throw out some of those glitter glues, they are overtaking the place. Christmas is still out (is it too boastful of me to say I should be finished with my Christmas cards and gifts by tonight? At least that is the

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is KATHLEEN. Please contact me to confirm your address details. Thank you to everyone for playing - the December giveaway will be along shortly. Cindy

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Made this vintage bookmark for a Christmas swap over on Flickr. The stamp is from Clarity stamps and the background is made from grungepaper run through the cuttlebug in an embossing folder to give it a bit of texture. There is a Christmas tag to go with it but I'll think I'll keep that secret for now - there have to be a few surprises at Christmas!! Still making crimbo cards and pressies,

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I can't believe it is Wednesday again and time once more to visit the desks of the crafting great and good. If you want to nose about, or feel like baring your all (so to speak) hop over to see our hostess Julia at Stamping Ground and join in. Here's mine. There's a fair bit of inky messiness going on today and I am sure the workspace bit is getting smaller and smaller. I will have to put a few

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to prove I haven't gone into hibernation again. The Christmas cards are continuing apace, but I am a bit loathe to put too many up - you never know who's looking!! Anyhow here's a tealight card I tried out, another tutorial from Stampartic. Very simple and a nice little gift. It would also be nice a bit smaller with just 4 tealights I think. And a birthday card for friend,

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It's Wednesday again, and another chance to go for a wander through blogland's crafty desks courtesy of Julia Dunnit at Stamping Ground. Although I am home today I wasn't going to post as I won't be around much to blog hop  - but then I thought, just get on with it!! I had a rare crafting afternoon with my mum AND my sister yesterday and she brought along this sleigh stamp which I had to have a

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Was trying for a Christmassy feel for the November giveaway , not sure I pulled it off!! As usual, my mediocre photography skills let down a rather cute little bird house. It is very small, about 3" high and is basically an altered chipboard house. I just used some paints and metallic rub on (also used the PVA technique on the roof to get the distressed look) and finally found a use for the

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sorry about the post title, running out of ideas!! Not much going on, after a really hectic week last week with 3 children's activities and an Open House, I am feeling rather 'flat'. After the initial feeling of euphoria that I was no longer marching (make that running) to keep up with deadlines I now feel a bit unfocussed. Always have been a 'work better to a deadline' kinda gal. Hey ho. Maybe

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Well this week I am so early Julia's post isn't up yet, perhaps because it is only just past midnight!! But I am at work tomorrow, so will have no time to post in the morning. So what's on my workdesk this week....... Nada. Nothing. Tidy though eh? Here's the thing, I have been in this room every waking moment the last few weeks making cards and bits for my MacMillan Open House on Monday (it

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In the midst of this week's card making frenzy in anticipation of my Macmillan Coffee Morning tomorrow, my mojo suddenly rebelled and commanded me to have a go at making paper shoes (One never ever questions one's mojo, or it might just get up and go). I had seen a tutorial after followed a link from my blogging buddy Astrid's site to the StampARTic blog. OMG what a gorgeous place, full of

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for the October giveaway. There were so few entries this month (and one was anonymous and so I would have no way of contacting them) that Mr Random Generator did not have to work very hard. In fact, he selected no 1, which is my dear cyber friend Georgina. I know she is a little bit nuts about halloween so I guess she'll appreciate it. Well, haven't decided on the giveaway for November yet,

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Here's my completed canvas. Did the drawing about 6 months ago and finally incorporated it into a canvas. Made this one for myself. It's upside down. Why I don't know. I've never had a picture upload the wrong way round before. Ooops! Well, just lean to  the left. Sigh. Life's too short to worry about these things. (Addendum: discovered that  if I save it on my pc skeewif it uploads the right

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But my excuse I was at work 9 -8 today. This is how I left it last night, so it has er, been like this all day!! Terrible photo but I'm trying to be quick so I can sit down and have a jolly little WOYWW browse with a cuppa before bed. The debris on the desk represents last nights card making efforts - 10 cards, pretty good for a gal who can spend an hour agonising over which shade of black

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This will be a quick turnaround as it's a topical - well halloween - theme and it would make sense to get it in the post to the 'winner' before it's all over. It's actually designed to be a photo frame (I think) so you could easily replace the image I've used with one of the kids (or yourself!!) in appropriate Halloween mode. All I have to do now is find a box to post it in!! Usual 'rules'

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Viv of Viv's Visual's. I will go and leave a message for you Viv as I think you may be away. Hope you enjoy!!

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Now the sun has decided to shine for a few days thought I would just remind you that my summery September giveaway closes tomorrow. Picture on the side bar, go HERE to join in. Have just had my breakfast on the patio. It is a truly beautiful morning, the kind of day that makes you glad just to be alive.  Hope the sun is shining on you wherever you are. Cindy x

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Well I'm writing this at midnight Tuesday just before I go to bed - have no energy left to clear up but I have had a very productive day and honestly, it looks worse than it is. I will post just before I go to work and then catch up in the evening as part of my resolution to get more involved in well - EVERYTHING!! No challenges for me so far this week but I finished off a journal page today (

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Soooo pleased with myself for being self disciplined and finishing this page for my altered book at last. Some time ago, (don't go there) I signed up for the Alphabet Discovery Workshop started by the fabulous Trish B. The idea was to do your ABC pages in a random order which the group was following. It's a kind of get on with it yourself group, no one is chasing you and perhaps because of that

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Had a nice week (well, apart from the toothache saga but hopefully that's all sorted now). Made these three ATCs for a swap where the Woman's face had to be the  main focus of the ATC. But while I was at it I kind of got  into a bit of a splodgy, inky messy place.... initially I was just trying to use up some of the ATC sized card I have cut out from when I used to make an ATC a day (

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Well here is a little project I made for my Art n Soul group on Flickr. I sat down to do it last week (at the last minute of course, we'd had about two months) thinking 'aaah, gothic arch, simples...'. Then I re-read the instructions and realised the theme was Music!! Hadn't registered that at all so there followed a frantic hour of searching for music type papers and images. Couldn't think

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Though who knows how long any of it will last!! Just got back from a great break in Spain with the family - seriously, I did NOT want to come home! Here's why:- Just heaven. Still, since I got back have managed to get my new pc up and running, so far so good, so expect to see me about a bit more. Feeling very disconnected with everything and very out of touch but I will get there. Have also

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what I hear you cry, posting a giveaway before he end of the month? Whatever next!! Well that's it, a summery altered slide mailer conceived when I thought we were going to have a summer. Don't know about you, but I've had a winter woollie on today and I will be wearing full winter regalia to go to bed tonight. Brrrrr!!!! Anyhow, this is a bit of summery nostalgia for you. Usual rules apply,

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for not being about. I have had a really bad virus on the pc which keeps blocking me from everything google related - yep, makes it pretty impossible to do most things!! So I just haven't been bothering to come on line lately as it means using someone else's pc and it just all gets too tedious..... Still, I have a new machine coming so hope to be back on line properly soon. Haven't uploaded the

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Well that was a week and a half!! Mum got rushed in to hospital last Wednesday with suspected appendicitis. They duly whipped it out on Friday, and she came home late Saturday but days and late nights at the hospital on top of working left me pretty whacked!! Then we had the joys of the London riots... Ealing is a couple of miles away from our house and we had our own local hooligans who had a go

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SUSSIE!!!! I have your addy so will post out Friday. Thanks for playing!!Now you may have noticed that I am a bit late posting.... well the pc saga goes on. We have finally decided that the basic problem is google, I have somehow got a redirect bug attached to google on my machine. Trying to fix that over the weekend we managed at one stage to lose everything and had a dead pc (heart stopping

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Well a card and a few ATCs. And a couple of things I can't show you yet. I started the ATCs about 10 days ago.... story of my life really as I am sure you are very, very bored of hearing. Anyhow these are all for trade if anyone is interested.Just had one of those days when everyone b******* off and left me alone and I suddenly thought - right, I'm going in that craft room and I'm not coming out

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It's that occasional Wednesday when I am home so I have actually been in my craft room today prepping the samples for my some of my summer children's activities (err,... isn't this your day off? thought work was done at work... well think again). Anyhow it needed to be done and now I'm feeling a lot less anxious. When I popped over to Julia's blog just now she said her desk looked a little grown

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as I am seriously time challenged this month due to prepping all the summer Children's activities at work - have gone a bit mad this year so now I am paying the price for over committing myself!!!So the upshot is I haven't been doing much crafting and although I have a couple of things in reserve I thought I might share something with you and have a slightly different giveaway this month.As some

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You may recall that I mentioned in my last post that I was going on holiday. Well I had a lovely week in Portugal and came back very relaxed and happy. (Do you like my digital scrapbook page? First one I've ever done).While I was away, my darling OH (bless 'im) decided we needed a faster broadband which he duly had installed - it's brill. He neglected to consider however how many different places

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I read a quote the other day, not sure who by, but it was something like 'If it wasn't for last minutes no a lot would get done'. Well, I'm thinking of adopting this as mt personal mantra as omnce again I am up against it in both my personal and professional life. Today I have to go to work where I need to prep for a children's craft activity the first day I return, plus sort out another while

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Well not really a second anniversary for me, as I'm an intermittent participant at best. But I do love a good celebration, so I am joining in this week. This is how my desk looks at the moment:Mmmm. Lots of product on display but basically the same artwork that was there last week. Perhaps the other direction looks better....Perhaps not. I think I was looking for something last night. The floor

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Laura of 'Pop n Stick'. Congratulations Laura, once I have your addy the fan will go off to you this week. June's giveaway will be along in a few days, just need a little more drying time lol. Lots of layers. Here's a little teaser. Yeah I know, vintage collage again but that's what I've had out this week. Hope you all had a good weekend. It was a Bank Holiday here in the UK and I've just

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Well it's my once-every-four-week Wednesday to be at my desk so I'll join in with the shinnanegans (sp?) this week. Here it is:- Ha, I say that like it was easy, when the truth of the matter is when I uploaded the photo I didn't change the automatic naming thingy and it took me 10 mins to find where I had uploaded it too. LOL. Considering how long I have been using pcs (the internet was a baby

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May giveaway is finally here. I am still having lots of problems signing in to blogger, not sure if it's my pc or some other problem but its very tedious as I am usually on a very tight schedule timewise.Anyhow here is the May giveaway which is a fan ATC. It is a concept I saw on Laura's blog, (in fact I've just popped over and there is an awesome new sample to see!!) and she very kindly posted

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just a quick post to show a set of ATCs made using the faux metal technique ie tin foil. The last one I made went AWOL when sent off for a trade so I have been trying to get in the groove to make a replacement for my swap partner. And this afternoon I succeeded, not before time!! I cheated a little bit because the words are attached OVER the foil but I think it kinda works. 'DREAM' looks a little

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Still out in the garden, (we have worked so hard these last two weekends) so no new crafting to report on!! But I am pleased to announce that the winner of the April giveaway is: Maureen one of my few cyber buddies who I have actually met a couple of times. So that's all folks, thanks for taking part and I'll be back shortly with the May giveaway. Hugs Cindy

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Don't answer that!! I did say I was going to be here more often but come on, look at the weather..... the garden has to take priority and we have a big project we are undertaking in the back garden. Here's is a pic of my son whose been helping his dad (in itself a minor miracle). They have just taken down one of the bay trees which I grew from some free cuttings (sob!!)and trained into standards.

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Bit late posting both of these challenge entries but I honestly don't know where this week has gone - a familiar cry I know, but I have been crafting (well, after a fashion) prepping my kids craft activities for work. Anyhow let's not dally as I have to go and get ready for work in a few minutes.First is a tag which was supposed to be an entry for the Sunday Stampers 'Blue' challenge - how mad am

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Hi there, guys!! Well I've been here for hours trying to do things on the pc, I'm not sure if it's me getting too old to cope or just my hardware is all giving up the ghost - everything seems to be a chore these days!!Anyhow, finally managed to get my pc and printer talking so that I could upload the photo of the April giveaway.Not such a great photo (not sure I can entirely blame that on the

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Ooh, hope I've managed to get that fixed now. Haven't been able to post for a while. Fingers crossed.Anyhow, I digress. The winner of the March giveaway is Karen, who I hope will contact me, I've left a message on your blog Karen. We had very few entrants last month, I'm not sure if that was because you didn'tlike the prize, I confused every one by combining it with PIF or some other reason.

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First of all, many thanks to everyone who left a message about my mum. She is out of hospital now and doing fine, it seems it was a very minor stroke but we will have to keep an eye on her and she has new meds to take probably for ever. She's a tough old bird I'll give her that - she didn't say anything for 24 hours because 'she didn't want to make a fuss'. Anyhow it's Wednesday again....and I

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Haven't got much to say today, still not very well and mum got taken into hospital this afternoon for suspected (minor)stroke. We'll know more tomorrow when they have run some tests. So here's a little birthday pressie (it's a hanger) and card I sent to a dear friend (you know who you are lol). Once again I used the Crafty Individuals stamps and papers I won in December. Here's the fan for my

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First things first. Apologies, I said I would upload this Saturday and it is Sunday. I missed Saturday. I slept. Because if I wasn't asleep I was coughing. I have been coughing since Tuesday. Now I am sneezing as well. I am not impressed. A three week cold that gets worse instead of better? Enough said. Anyhow, here is the giveaway, a paper fan. It was the prototype for the one I have made for a

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Well, I am only home one Wednesday in 4 so don't get around to this very often but thought I might just do a quick post. If you want to join in or find out what it's all about pop over to see Juliayou'll be most welcome and you never know who might pop in to see you!! Well here it is in all its glory but actually quite tidy for me!! In fact it was pristine last night as I tidied for a friend who

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I have been getting severe withdrawal symptoms as I have had so few trades lately so I am trying to make a few more ATCs. I felt a sudden urge this week to try out some image transfers and these are the results. It does amuse me when I look back that I instinctively seem to turn to the same images again and again. Obviously its partly because I like them, but if I have managed to transfer them

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I'm loving these little canvases - you can use them for all sorts of things (even painting on lol!!). However on this occasion I have reversed one and used it to make a little goddess shrine. This is my entry for this month's Alter it Monthly challenge. This month is being sponsored by ARTchix. Her body is just a piece of triple embossed mountboard that has been stamped in to. The little clay

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Wowee, all over again for another year. I have barely scratched the surface of OWOH myself as I have had the most awful cold - I have managed to get to work but sitting at the pc with streaming eyes and nose has been a no no. So, after painting that lovely image, all I need to do now is announce the winners of my door prizes. Firstly the winner of the 'diptych' is Aimee of Misty Moon Creations.

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Gotta be quick!! I'm sooo late posting these... First My entry for Try It on Tuesday.., the challenge is a tag with the theme 'Hearts and Flowers' Here's another ATC I did for a swap...Had to be 'HOT' colours. Finally another faux metal technique thingy ATC using kitchen foil. Available if anyone wants a trade. All Hearts!! Well, kinda appropriate...

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Well hello there!! Whether you have arrived here as a regular reader or via a link from the wonderful One World One Heart Blog you are very very welcome. My name is Cindy and I regret very much that I was late in coming to the wonder that is OWOH. This is only my second year as a participant although I have been blogging for a while. I don't have any special skills, I just love art and craft,

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Number 9!! Which is Nancy, stateside. Hi there Nancy, yes I have been very remiss at getting back to you - have missed Valentine's now I think but will speak to you soon I promise!! Only a quickie as I have oodles to do tonight before I collapse into bed and it is already late. So 'congratulations' Nancy, and thanks to everyone for joining in. Please remember to return for OWOH, which is primed

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Oh dear back again!! Sooo, what's on my desk this week? Well, thought I would do a side shot this time and it is actually a bit tidier than the last time people came to visit! I have been busy prepping a piece of altered art for my one world one heart door prize - it's nearly finished so we know there will be at least one (heaves sigh of relief). There has been a lot of red and black paint,

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Well thought I'd try and get your attention after yet another long absence. Work, work, work and no art makes Cindy a very bad blogger!! Well here it is at last, the January giveaway.A few months ago my boss asked me to make her a book to have all the staff birthdays in (actually there are SO FEW staff now it wouldn't take a mensa like mind just to memorise the list) but she does like to give me

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Well, got half an hour to kill while I'm waiting for the dreaded hair dye to take, so I thought I would join in with this just for fun weekly bloghop. Errr...... the desks don't have to be tidy do they?Blimey, what's all that shiny stuff.... could it be the sun streaming in? Haven't seen that in a while. Sorry about the state of it, and yes this is how I usually work. My current WIP is the

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As part of the current Stamp Man Challenge, I have to select my favourite project of 2010 ..... not as easy as it might sound!!Would it be a little book? Or perhaps an art doll?Possibly an ATC.....Or some kind of construction... A card even...,So so hard to choose,.......... but I have finally decided to go with this stampboard frame. Right so off to do some bloghopping which is the second part

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well, think I peaked a bit early with all those Tim Holtz tags, haven't been on here in over a fortnight!! Seriously, after being very organised initially with loads of cards ready for Christmas, at the end of November I was asked to take my Christmas cards to a lunch meeting - they nearly cleared me out which left me with a huge panic to get everything done...... and then snow came and half of

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Here are the last four tags, and finally a challenge I have managed to complete pretty much on time (some of us do have to work you know!!)Tag 9 - Paper RosetteWho knew that this would be so easy to do? I don't have the die, but I took a piece of 12 x 12 paper and ran it through a punch to give a scalloped edge and then used the scallops as a guide to fold it. The tinsel not so easy to stick on -

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A few more tags......Tag 5 - enamelled metalsFirst of all, I really didn't get the brushing the sides of the tag, didn't seem to work for me at all!! I had no metal numbers so just triple embossed some chipoard ones which gives a similar effect. What I really liked about this tag was the idea of using distress embossing powder on metal to make the flowers. I only have one colour of dep - Tea dye

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No 4, Netty!! Well I have your address so no problem there. Should be on its way tomorrow. Enjoy!!

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Here is my interpretation of Tag 4 of the 12 tags of Christmas. The main techniques in use were using 'faucets'. One of the uses Tim suggested was to put an image behind and bling it up with a bit of stickles - works really well!! But what kind of faucet is that I hear you ask? Well it isn't, because I don't have any, but that's why I was playing with the melt pot. I thought that I could make my

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Of course I am talking about the wonderful Tim Holtz and his wonderful 12 tags of Christmas. Each day he posts a different christmas tag for your delight and inspiration. Obviously he is showcasing his products but there are still plenty of ideas and techniques that you can adapt and play around with. As I said I have wanted to do this before but never had time.... but this year it is going to

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First of all thanks to everyone who sent me cards for my birthday - I have a stunning display up and will pop round to say thank you properly as soon as I can. Am having a quiet day, partly in my craftroom and partly with my DD who has decided to keep me company. This evening I am out with my darling hubby for a quick meal and then to see Bill Bailey at the theatre. Brill!!OK, now we are back to

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Well, I know you guys won't mind if I tell you that regretfully I have decided to combine the November and December giveaways - my art time is really under pressure at the moment and it will give me a little time to catch up.I really did start this on time for November, but I have been fiddling with it for ages whenever I can get a minute in the art room. However I have decided it is finished and

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Thought I'd maker a quick post of a couple of things I've done recently just to prove I am still here. As I feared, working 4 days a week instead of two has dramatically cut down my art time so I'm just getting to it as and when. Still, I have a clear day in my art room today - a special treat as I have been so busy!Here's is a little Autumn Fairy Art Doll I made for a swap on fantastic Paper

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There is a lot to get done this week on the art, heart and healing course. We are altering a board book and the first exercise is a page dedicated to our younger selves and the wishes we might have had for ourselves at that age. The main technique that we are trying out is image transfer, a great favourite of mine.I only have this one (easily available!!) image of myself as a young child which I

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SHERRY. As requested the green one will be wending its way to you this week. Hope you like!! Thanks everyone for playing, it was a bumper number of entries this month. The next giveaway will be along shortly so don't forget to pop back!!

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As I mentioned before, I have joined an online art course which started this week. Well, guess what, had no time or energy AT ALL to do art this week so I am already playing catch up, not that it really matters. It is called Art, Heart and Healing and is free to join. I managed to watch the first of this week's two videos on Monday, so had a week to think about the hard part, which is the

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I have just agreed to take on additional hours at the library and from next week will be working an extra two days so almost a full week, especially given the length of some of my days!! I have really been feeling unfocussed lately and although I enjoyed the extra free time in the summer I am now starting to miss life being as hectic as when I was gardening and designing. I'm hoping that putting

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for Tuesday Taggers, just to show my face so to speak. The weeks go soooo fast. There'll be another challenge tomorrow!! Anyhow must just mention that this week is sponsored by the Craft Barn - so it really is worth your while entering some of these challenges.The TT theme was 'Here comes Autumn' and my entry this week is an ATC, and the reason for that is because the original idea came from a

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Had a good couple of days craft wise this week, still inspired by my visit to Ally Pally last weekend. When I am there I usually make a bee line for the LB Crafts stall, because as well as all the yummy goodies there are usually loads of demos going on. Had a bit of a discussion about my distress technique, and was inspired by some monochrome hanging samples (well all the samples were pretty

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because there were only five entries!! Hope that this was due to my very late post rather than nobody liked the giveaway! Anyhow, the random number generator thingy came out as No 1, which was Netty, so I shall be sending this off early next week.I am much more organised for October, and will upload the giveaway tomorrow, just waiting for a ickle bit of distress stickle to dry.... Think you might

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First my entry to the Flickr ATC trade group 'Altered Ideas'. The current challenge is to use a colour swatch - rather more difficult than I had anticipated!! Still, here's my offering:and secondly, my final contribution to the UK Art Raffle as sadly this challenge blog is closing due to lack of support. For this I made a slide mailer with a slightly oriental feel. This again was a colour

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I realise I am in danger of becoming a bit repetitive but crikey, where did this month go? We are nearly at pay day and I still haven't uploaded this month's giveaway - this always happens when I am trying to be organised and get it done in advance!!!This was a relatively easy make, inspired partly by something I'd seen in craft stamper (and no, I am not going to go back through the issues to

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but I am crazy mad making cards to sell at My MacMillan Coffee morning in a couple of weeks. However, yesterday evening when I got in from work I had an overwhelming urge to take a break and make some art (no disrespect to card makers everywhere intended!). I really wanted to make sure I had an early entry for my altered art challenge group on flickr, 'Art n Soul' because I have missed so many

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This is going to be a long post, so feel free to jump to the end result. I don't often give detailed breakdowns of projects, largely because I'm sure other people can do it better, but I enjoyed this project so much I thought you might like to see how it developed.My starting point was the book 'Stitch, Cloth, Paper & Paint' by Angie Hughes and I would refer you to that for a real breakdown of '

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Always, always always running late lately. Perhaps I should just miss out September and catch up. Seriously, I just popped on to announce the winner of the August giveaway which is my dear crafting buddy Nayski. Even more tat from me to put on her shelf, good job she has more space now!!!(I'm laughing cos I just sent her something for her birthday, will upload that later).Also, after a few days

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Hey ho not much happenning here at the moment, it's all a bit boring. I seem to be very busy but not really doing anything that is making me feel very satisfied. Would help if the sun could decide to shine BEFORE 5.30 in the evening lol. Just when it's missed my garden completely. Also decorating, which seems to necessitate complete disorder throughout the house even when nothings happenning -

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wow, didn't July go quickly?! I have chosen a summery theme this month as I have been noticing that there don't seem to be as many butterflies this year, so I thought I would do some of my own. Used a lot of tissue paper and paint to get some lovely texture on the cover of this altered slide mailer and used a brand new stamp I got from Viv to make the butterfly on the front - I doubled it up,

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of challenge entries to post. Trying to be organised this month (no chance) as last month I was constantly chasing my tail. First, at Tuesday Taggers the theme is 'Black'. Harder than it sounds. As I am in mega card production mode I chose to make a card. First I stamped and clear embossed onto the plain black card using a Clarity swirl stamp - always an elegant look to a plain piece of card.

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Sorry I'm a bit late with the draw, slobbed in front of the box yesterday evening and didn't make it to the pc. I'm pleased to say the 'winner' is a wonderful artist, Cathy from across the pond. Which is rather spooky as I was talking about Cathy to my husband today, vis a vis the fact she lives in Alaska and some great photos she posted of a place called glacier gardens. If you haven't seen

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