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where crafting is everything and all is lovely and calm ... eek!Planetsusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759000585982268669noreply@blogger.comBlogger339125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461508705596205463.post-68742168948282448052018-02-19T12:30:00.000+00:002018-02-19T12:30:28.353+00:00INTERNATIONAL ART AND SOUL - CHALLENGE NO 27 - USE STUFF YOU ALREADY OWN (IN YOUR STASH)<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hi there - this fortnight our theme is 'Use stuff you already own' I'm interpreting that as old stuff in my stash! Well not only is my stash old but so is the card - cheeky or what!!! An ex-colleague wanted a card for his son who is a big fan of BMWs and also relaxing!!!! I made it back in early 2016 but have never posted it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I understand that his son was really pleased with this card - I think (though cannot swear to it) the BMW strip was in a card kit I had way back when I started card making. All the papers were in my 'Bits and Pieces' box and the digi had been sitting in my box of images waiting to be coloured.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This really is a great reason for getting out your old stash and actually using it!!! We are looking forward to seeing your creations in our challenge - you can enter (<a href="http://intaas.blogspot.co.uk/2018/02/ch27-use-stuff-you-already-own.html" target="_blank">here</a>) - oh and while you're there check out the work of my very talented teamies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Must be off now as we're going into town to pick up a small TV and some inks for my much loved and much used printer!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Big hugs to you all - take care and if you are feeling a little poorly (Sue J), I really hope you get better soon.</span></div>
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Planetsusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759000585982268669noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461508705596205463.post-83500173838432205992018-02-17T15:11:00.000+00:002018-02-17T15:11:50.869+00:00CHRISTMAS CRAFTS ALL YEAR ROUND - FEBRUARY - MAINLY RED<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Good afternoon to you all - I was just wondering whether you had managed to enter a creation into our CCAYR challenge this month - there's still time!!! Our theme is to use mainly red and you can make anything you like as long as you stick to the theme!!! I did a Christmas card because, as I am always saying, you can never be too early - sorry to be so joyful about Christmas already!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lots of hugs to you all and take care.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Love </span><span style="font-family: awpaws; font-size: 60pt; text-align: right;">Sue</span><span style="font-family: awpaws; font-size: 26pt; text-align: right;">xxx</span>Planetsusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759000585982268669noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461508705596205463.post-66060043042072500412018-02-06T20:15:00.002+00:002018-02-06T20:15:25.312+00:00INTERNATIONAL ART AND SOUL - CHALLENGE NO 26 - TEXTURE<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hi there everyone - this time on the IntAAS challenge we are looking for texture on your creations. I decided to have a play with some Cosmic Shimmer Texture Pastes - 'cos I hadn't played with them before - typical moi!!! Mind you, now that I've had my first go, I don't think it will be long before I have another play -they really are beautiful. Because this was new to me I struggled a bit with how to embellish and finally decided to keep it totally simple with just a few gems and a die cut sentiment - tra laaaaa!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Although I initially struggled ('cos I'm not used to these pastes) I ended up really enjoying myself and I'm also pleased with my end result! Our theme runs for two weeks and we'd love to see any of your projects as long as they have texture - simple really! Pop over to the IntAAS Challenge blog (<a href="http://intaas.blogspot.co.uk/2018/02/ch26-texture.html" target="_blank">here</a>) and check out the creations of my teamies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway I'm orf now 'cos I'm just watching Blue Planet II - I lurve this type of programme sooo much!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Big hugs to you all and take care!!!</span><br />
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Planetsusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759000585982268669noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461508705596205463.post-60196586270213105162018-02-03T13:21:00.000+00:002018-02-03T13:21:00.194+00:00CRAFTY CALENDAR CHALLENGE - FEBRUARY - TWO OR MORE LAYERS<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Good afternoon peeps - well today it's the start of the Crafty Calendar Challenge for February and our theme is 'Two or More Layers'. Pretty easy one for me 'cos I love layers on cards! I've used 'Ted and his Shed' from Dr Digi, as soon as I saw him he made me smile!</span><br />
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Planetsusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759000585982268669noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461508705596205463.post-71498374763035800532018-01-21T13:05:00.000+00:002018-01-21T13:05:01.580+00:00INTERNATIONAL ART AND SOUL - CHALLENGE NO 25 - DO SOMETHING DIGITAL<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Good afternoon fellow blogsters - I'm just here to post my next card for the IntAAS DT Challenge and it's flippin' freezin' - we've actually got a snowstorm going on outside - well six flakes and a bit of wind constitutes a snowstorm here!! Back to the card - our theme is to do something digital. I've made a card with digital papers and a digital image but you can also make a totally digital creation on your 'puter if you wish - I just haven't a clue where to start with that idea though!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Good afternoon everyone - I'm here to post my mid-month Challenge card for CCAYR - now you might have noticed that we have changed our name from Christmas Cards All Year Round to Christmas Crafts All Year Round - this is because we are more than happy for you to create whatever you like (as long as it goes with the theme that is!). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Good afternoon everyone - well here's my second card for 2018 and our theme is White on White chosen by my friend <a href="https://christinescardsandcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/white-on-white.html" target="_blank">Christine H</a>. She did say that we could add a smidge of another colour so I added some light blue to make the scene through the window stand out a little. In actual daylight the blue is a lot paler than shown but I think the camera flash altered it slightly. I've seen similar cards to this on t'internet and I really wanted to make one just like them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We'd love to see your WOW creations - the challenge runs for a fortnight and you can enter <a href="http://intaas.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/ch24-white-on-white.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Whilst you're there check out the DT creations, they are gorgeous and really inspirational.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway must be off now places to go, people to see, cards to make - you know how it is. In the meantime I would like to wish you a wonderful 2018, if you are under the weather at the moment I'm hoping you have a speedy recovery too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy New Year to you all - hope you had a good one whether you celebrated or not! I hate New Year so I was tucked up in bed with me hot water bottle fast asleep zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So - here's my first card for 2018. Over at the Crafty Calendar Challenge site we have a theme of Mythical Creatures - examples are in the title of the post but if you can think of anything else we'd love to see what you come up with. I used 'Growing a Flower' from a Day for Daisies - isn't she gorgeous?</span><br />
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Planetsusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759000585982268669noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461508705596205463.post-20230066913114093862017-12-11T09:00:00.000+00:002017-12-11T11:15:31.403+00:00INTERNATIONAL ART AND SOUL - CHALLENGE NO 23 - LOTS OF SPARKLE<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Morning everyone - this fortnight over at the International Art and Soul challenge our theme is - whoopee - 'Lots of Sparkle' and as I'm in full Christmas mode I made another Christmas card!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I use images on most of my cards, 'cos I love to colour and use markers - this must stem from when I was a little girl and I had </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">those lovely Crayola crayons - but this time I just used my dies. The snowflake die-cut is sitting in an embossed 'reverse' shape of itself, which is explained in the video link in the next paragraph.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One of the ladies in an FB group I'm in told us about a lady called <a href="https://www.jennifermcguireink.com/2017/12/reverse-die-impressions-giveaway.html" target="_blank">Jennifer McGuire</a> (I've added a link to her page) and she did a technique called 'Reverse Die Impressions'. Well I watched the video and was totally drawn in, many of you will probably have seen this but it's new to me and I wanted to try it out. I won't explain how I did it 'cos I wouldn't do it justice. Just take a peek at Jennie's handiwork - it's beautiful and I must admit I'm quite pleased with the results of my efforts too!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Soooo it's all up to you now - as I said yesterday I know it's a busy time of year but if you have any last minute cards to create, make sure they sparkle and enter them into our challenge (<a href="http://intaas.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/ch23-make-it-sparkle.html" target="_blank">here</a>). We'd love to see your creations although, of course, they don't have to be Christmas cards!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Catch up with you later and thanks again for checking out my blog. Sending you big hugs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">First of all apologies to 'the boss' aka Sue J 'cos this should have been on last weekend! Without any further delay, here's my card for the December 'It's Christmas' challenge over at <a href="http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/its-christmas-with-our-december.html" target="_blank">Crafty Calendar</a>. I love that image from Bugaboo - they're so kind to let us play with these!</span><br />
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Planetsusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759000585982268669noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461508705596205463.post-77360865680287886292017-11-26T12:48:00.000+00:002017-11-26T12:48:56.207+00:00INTERNATIONAL ART AND SOUL - CHALLENGE NO 22 - BUTTONS AND BOWS<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Good afternoon fellow blogsters. This fortnight our theme over at the IntAAS Challenge blog is 'Buttons and Bows'. As it is nearly Christmas I thought I would be able to fit buttons and bows into a Christmas card without too much trouble. In my stash I've had some really tiny buttons for a while and I decided to use them as 'berries'!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a 7" x 7" card so the wreath had to be quite large and the thought of using my two 'pine spray' dies over and over again through the machine was too daunting so I used my 'fern' punch and asked the maestro for his help. I promised that he would get a mention in my post!!! Bless him - he sat there with a piece of green card and punched out over 65 of these fronds (I think it was nearer 100 by the time he'd finished but I've got some left for other cards). I cut out a few holly leaves to add to the design so I wasn't idle (sorry for giggling here!!!) The sentiment is stamped and embossed with red embossing powder and I curled it slightly to make it stand away from the centre of the card. The gold tape around the edge is quite glittery and shiny but it doesn't 'shed' glitter all over the place. I love this tape sooooo much and have it in three different widths.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope you have the time to enter our challenge this fortnight (<a href="http://intaas.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/ch22-buttons-and-bows.html" target="_blank">here</a>) - we all love to see your designs and whilst you're there why don't you check out the work of the rest of the DT.</span></div>
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Planetsusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759000585982268669noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461508705596205463.post-74509474672830719872017-11-15T08:00:00.000+00:002017-11-15T08:00:15.956+00:00CHRISTMAS CARDS ALL YEAR ROUND - NOVEMBER - CANDIES, COOKIES OR GINGERBREAD<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Good morning fellow bloggers out there - I'm posting my mid-month reminder for the CCAYR Challenge today. I've had this stamp for a while and thought as the theme included cookies (although over here </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">we'</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">d call them biscuits) this little cutie would be perfect.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really enjoyed making this card because it was an idea which just came to me - like a light bulb moment!!! Since having my own blog and becoming a DT member I've started using loads of digi images but my last three cards (one not yet posted) have all been stamps and I'd forgotten how rewarding it is to get a crisp image from a stamp I've inked and 'plotted'.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6" x 6" white card blank - Create and Craft (very old stash)</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">House Mouse Rubber stamp - 'Christmas Fireplace' set from Joanna Sheen</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sentiment stamp - 'Merry Little Christmas' set from Apple Blossom Clear Stamps</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope you can join in our challenge (<a href="http://christmascardsallyearround.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/november-challenge-candiescookies-or.html" target="_blank">here</a>) we have a lovely crafty prize for the winner -</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll say tara now 'cos I'm scheduling this one for tomorrow morning - hope I've done it right, I won't have time to fiddle with it 'cos we're going swimming and I'm hoping to manage at least 60 lengths before they kick us out!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lots of big hugs to you all and I hope you are feeling OK.</span><br />
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Planetsusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759000585982268669noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461508705596205463.post-34159820056528098262017-11-12T16:09:00.002+00:002017-11-12T16:09:58.518+00:00INTERNATIONAL ART AND SOUL - CHALLENGE NO 21 - AUTUMN COLOURS<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hi there peeps - I'm posting a card I made for the IntAAS challenge this fortnight where our theme is 'Autumn Colours' - wonderful!!! I decided to do something a little different this time. I used a stamp that I've had for a while now to make an A5 card which is also quite simple in design (definitely simple for me that is). Although it doesn't show very well in the pic, I stamped several images and then layered the open flower heads onto the main picture. I'm not normally one for this technique but I did think that it would look good if I shaped the flowers a little.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The stamp has a little border around it so I coloured that in a 'russety' brown then added the green and orange matting layers with a little black border to co-ordinate. I shall be putting this one in my box for a future birthday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check out the cards that my teamies have made, then why not make one yourself and enter our challenge (<a href="http://intaas.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/ch21-autumn-colours.html" target="_blank">here</a>). You have two weeks and as this is definitely the right time of year to be making Christmas cards (although some of you will be finishing off your cards by now!!!) </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">why not try autumnal colours</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway enough of me - I'm off to play with some House Mouse stamps - yum! Sending you all big hugs ....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Love </span><span style="font-family: awpaws; font-size: 60pt; text-align: right;">Sue</span><span style="font-family: awpaws; font-size: 26pt; text-align: right;">xxx</span>Planetsusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759000585982268669noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461508705596205463.post-35716898991520256432017-11-05T14:37:00.000+00:002017-11-05T14:37:05.155+00:00CRAFTY CALENDAR CHALLENGE - NOVEMBER - AUTUMN COLOURS<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello friends and fellow bloggers - I'm posting a card for the Crafty Calendar November challenge where our theme is 'Autumn Colours'. I know I've gone on about this before but autumn really is my favourite time of year because of the absolutely amazing reds, yellows, russets and oranges - and yes I tried to get them all onto my card!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When you see the picture it does look extra 'busy' because of the leaves I stamped onto the background card. I used my ancient Perfect Pearls on them and in real life they look more subtle but the camera insisted on picking up every bit of the pearly sheen - typical!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7" x 7" White Card blank - Anna Marie Designs</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really enjoyed using these colours with the berries and leaves and love how the camera picks up all the different hues but I must apologise for the fact that the Perfect Pearls are shining so much that they have almost obliterated the 'Best Wishes' sentiment in the top left corner. That aside I do hope you can enter our challenge (<a href="http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/autumn-colours-november-challenge.html" target="_blank">here</a>) this month, we have a fabulous crafty surprise for the winner!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lots of big hugs to you all and don't forget to check out my DT teamies' cards!!!</span><br />
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Planetsusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759000585982268669noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461508705596205463.post-36107579607303892702017-10-29T12:00:00.000+00:002017-10-29T12:00:10.097+00:00INTERNATIONAL ART AND SOUL - CHALLENGE NO 20 - TAG OR CHARM<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Good afternoon out there - I'm posting my card for this fortnight's challenge over at IntAAS. The theme is use a tag or a charm and as it's so near to Christmas I made another card to pop into my 'collection'.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">7" x 7" White card blank - Anna Marie Designs</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">LOTV - Trio of Penguins - Penguin Waving, Penguins Balancing, Bobble hat Penguin</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Creative Expressions Embossing Folder - 'Snowflake Lattice'</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">I hope you can enter this challenge (<a href="http://intaas.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">here</a>) - you can make anything you like as long as you follow the theme and we love checking your creations out.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Lots of hugs to you all</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hi there - just here posting a reminder card for you to check out. We'd love you to enter our challenge this month over at the <a href="http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/halloween-octobers-challenge.html" target="_blank">Crafty Calendar</a> blog - this time of year our challenge is Halloween so even if you don't take part in the celebrations you can still make a card or some other Halloween creation. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Must add this in here, I started this post on 18 October ready for adding my card and scheduling. The maestro asked me to help him look for some sort of charger thingy, I ended up being distracted and sorted all my drawers - and I mean ALL of them - in every room! Sorry Sue J - you know how easily my mind wanders!</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">7" x 7" White card blank - Anna Marie Designs</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">All Dressed Up image - 'All Dressed Up for Mummy'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Hugs to you all - and take care of yourselves plus all your pets on Halloween especially!!</span><br />
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Planetsusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759000585982268669noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461508705596205463.post-41416870090303881242017-10-17T08:30:00.000+01:002017-10-17T08:30:01.634+01:00CHRISTMAS CARDS ALL YEAR ROUND - OCTOBER - MONOCHROMATIC BROWNS<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Good morning out there - what a peculiar day again! This weather really is so weird and I definitely don't like these odd coloured skies. At least it's nice and reasonably calm (!) in the craft room - lol. Anyway today I'm posting a mid-month reminder card for the CCAYR challenge. Our theme this time is Monochromatic Browns - loved this challenge to be honest!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love monochromatic browns and this one was right up my street! The pre-coloured image is from Lily of the Valley and the leaves on her floral wreath were a little green so I went over them with a few brown Promarkers to dull them down a bit. Hope you can join in with us this month, Christmas is getting nearer and nearer so you need to be creating all those cards!!! Being cheerful keeps me going dontcha know!!! You can enter our challenge <a href="http://christmascardsallyearround.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/october-challenge-monochromatic-browns.html" target="_blank">here</a> and while you're there please check out the DT cards, my teamies are really clever!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lots of hugs to you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Love </span><span style="font-family: awpaws; font-size: 60pt; text-align: right;">Sue</span><span style="font-family: awpaws; font-size: 26pt; text-align: right;">xxx</span>Planetsusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759000585982268669noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461508705596205463.post-44732628203245551492017-10-16T12:39:00.000+01:002017-10-16T13:08:30.504+01:00INTERNATIONAL ART AND SOUL - CHALLENGE NO 19 - NOT SQUARE OR RECTANGLE<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hi there - I'm here with another challenge from IntAAS with the theme 'Not Square or Rectangle'. I've posted a couple of cards that I 'created' for last Christmas which were made for 'easy posting'. They are really small - cut from a 5" x 5" card - and flat, so that I could post them anywhere.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Kaisercraft Paper - 6.5" x 6.5" </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">'Just Believe' pad</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I hope you can join in our challenge (<a href="http://intaas.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/ch-19-not-square-or-rectangle.html" target="_blank">here</a>) this fortnight - you can make anything you like as long as it fits in with the theme - what about gift boxes?? We'd love to see them on the blog and although we aren't sponsored there's a great badge for the Winner's side bar!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Anyway must be off now as I have to catch up on that TV programme 'Liar' - I seem to have got myself hooked, although I do tend to shout at the screen and the maestro keeps wondering if I'm shouting to him!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Lots of hugs to you all and please take care, the sky is a very peculiar colour today - Yukky Yellow!!</span><br />
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Planetsusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759000585982268669noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461508705596205463.post-48351109130352878452017-10-07T11:23:00.000+01:002017-10-07T11:23:11.493+01:00CRAFTY CALENDAR CHALLENGE - OCTOBER - HALLOWEEN<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hi there all you crafty peeps! Oh my it's October already - this year has just flown by and it seems really weird because we're on holiday in the sun and here I am scheduling a Halloween post!! I expect back home it is cold - definitely not 30 deg as it is here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">Anyway here's my card for this month's Crafty Calendar Challenge. I chose this fabulous witch from Dr Digi- although I think she's more giggly than gruesome!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I am now back home - couldn't manage to finish this on holiday 'cos I was busy snorkelling - I shall explain about that later on - burnt bum and everything!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Our leader (or Lady Boss as I like to think of her) works really hard on our blog so I would like to encourage you all to enter this challenge. We love seeing what you come up with and Sue manages to get fabulous sponsors for our prizes - just look at those two above!! Two sponsors means two winners so come on and join in the challenge (<a href="http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/halloween-octobers-challenge.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">h</span><span style="color: purple;">e</span><span style="color: orange;">r</span><span style="color: purple;">e</span></a>).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Oh well just off for a little nap - I was awake and rarin' to go at 7.10 am (me awake at 7 !!!!!) - still think I'm on Maldivian time! Now I'm flagging again and there's a pile of ironing 10 ft high - methinks that will have to wait until tomorrow. Oh and Biscuit is really chuffed to be back home - he's flat out on his dad's knees with his head on one arm of the chair and his back paws on the other - the cat I mean not the maestro!!!</span></div>
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Planetsusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759000585982268669noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461508705596205463.post-59892312973818400632017-09-17T12:00:00.000+01:002017-09-17T12:00:06.346+01:00INTERNATIONAL ART AND SOUL - CHALLENGE NO 17 - A SPECIAL DAY<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Good afternoon folks - hope you are all well and I'm sending lots of love to my friends in the USA - please keep safe and sound.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Well today I'm posting my card for the IntAAS fortnightly challenge where our theme is 'A Special Day'. This can mean a birthday, anniversary, christening, confirmation, birth etc etc. I made a birthday card for my friend who's having her 40th very soon!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sentiment typed and then silver foiled using my Minc machine</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">Sorry this is a short post but we're off out in a little while - woo hoo!</span><br />
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Planetsusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759000585982268669noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461508705596205463.post-31871427583986615142017-09-15T14:34:00.000+01:002017-09-15T14:34:40.169+01:00CHRISTMAS CARDS ALL YEAR ROUND - SEPTEMBER - USE LEAVES<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hi there folks - I'm just posting my mid month reminder for the CCAYR Challenge where our theme is 'Use Leaves'. This was definitely a good one for me 'cos I love using holly, ivy, mistletoe, poinsettia leaves on my Christmas cards - oooh and a little bit of spruce doesn't go amiss either! Having said that I chose ivy leaves 'cos I thought they would complement the holly growing over the cottage door - and now I'm singing!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Daisy Mae Draws b/w image - 'Winter Wonderland' from The Hobby House</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Die-Sire 'Holiday Holly' Embossing Folder - Crafters' Companion</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mini Ivy Flourish die - Joanna Sheen Signature Dies</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'Warmest Wishes' die - Festive Collection from Creative Expressions Dies</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Snowflakes die-cuts (from my 'extras' box)</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Copics/Promarkers/Flexmarkers</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stardust Stickles</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pearls - stash</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Love the look on that little snake's face - he's a corker!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I do hope you can enter our challenge this month - as I said at the beginning there are sooooo many different types of leaves that represent Christmas and I for one just love using them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway must be orf now 'cos it's a busy time for us as we're going on holiday soon and I need to be organised - well I can only manage to be organised once a year and this is it!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Soooo I'm sending you some big hugs and I'm looking forward to the sunshine!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Love to you all </span><span style="font-family: awpaws; font-size: 60pt; text-align: right;">Sue</span><span style="font-family: awpaws; font-size: 26pt; text-align: right;">xxx</span>Planetsusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759000585982268669noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461508705596205463.post-33052743182614235942017-09-04T12:00:00.000+01:002017-09-04T12:00:22.950+01:00INTERNATIONAL ART AND SOUL - CHALLENGE NO 16 - LACE AND/OR PEARLS<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Afternoon everyone - just posting my card for the IntAAS challenge this fortnight where our theme is Lace and/or Pearls! For someone who rarely (if ever) has any baby cards to make, this is the second one I've posted in two days!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7" x 7" White Pearl Card Blank - Anna Marie Designs (cut into a circle)</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Digi Image - LOTV 'Balloon Basket'</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sentiment on card - LOTV Clear Stamp</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First Edition - 'It's a Girl' </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8" x 8" Paper Pad</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Spellbinders Dies - Grand Circles Nestabilities dies</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Spellbinders Dies - Grand Decorative Circles One Nestabilities dies</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Spellbinders Dies - Opulant Ovals dies</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Spellbinders Dies - Francy Frames and Tags Two die</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Joanna Sheen Signature Dies - Gypsophila die</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Joanna Sheen Signature Dies - Pine Cone Sprig die</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PoppyStamps Dies - Garden Sprig die</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Copic markers</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wild Orchid Crafts - flowers</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stardust Stickles</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lace/Pearls - Brenda's Lace and Ribbon Supplies (FB)</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ribbon/Charm/Edging Peel Off - stash</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;">I do hope you can enter our Lace and/or Pearls challenge (<a href="http://intaas.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/ch-16-lace-andor-pearls.html" target="_blank">here</a>) we'd love to see your creations. You can also check out the work of the IntAAS team if you need any inspiration.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Lots of hugs to you all</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Love </span><span style="font-family: awpaws; font-size: 60pt; text-align: right;">Sue</span><span style="font-family: awpaws; font-size: 26pt; text-align: right;">xxx</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Good afternoon peeps - hope you are all feeling well and are enjoying the 'odd/few' hours of sunshine that we keep having!!! Well I'm here to post my DT card for the Crafty Calendar Challenge this month. I made this card a couple of months ago for a (swimming) friend who has just become a grandma! When I saw our theme was 'Kids/Babies' I wanted to post this one as I was really pleased with it and I hadn't posted it before so here it is!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The lady I made this for is a really good </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">friend</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> to me and is always offering her support when we go swimming. With her encouragement I've built up my 'lengths' from 10 - back in 2016 - to 70 which I did last Friday - 64 lengths equals a mile!! Anyway she loved this 'cos she didn't expect it!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7" x 7" White Pearl Card Blank - Anna Marie Designs</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Digi Image - LOTV 'Heaven Sent'</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Papers - LOTV 'Shabby Shack' 8" x 8" pad</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'Stitched Cloud' die - Memory Box Dies 30053</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Scalloped Round Frame die/Train die - Unbranded dies</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sentiment - Typed then 'Minc'd' on my foiling machine</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Copic markers</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pearls - stash</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope you can enter our challenge this month (<a href="http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">here</a>), there's a voucher for our winner from <a href="http://www.wildorchidcrafts.com/" target="_blank">Wild Orchid Crafts</a> - super!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don't forget to check out the work of my teamies - they've popped some gorgeous work on the blog for you to look at.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway must be off now - crafting to do, places to go, stash to buy!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Take care and lots of love to you all, especially those of you who are going through a bad time at the moment - I'm sending you big hugs of course.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Love </span><span style="font-family: awpaws; font-size: 60pt; text-align: right;">Sue</span><span style="font-family: awpaws; font-size: 26pt; text-align: right;">xxx</span><br />
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Planetsusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759000585982268669noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461508705596205463.post-75671575729167178622017-08-15T12:59:00.000+01:002017-08-15T14:23:43.810+01:00CHRISTMAS CARDS ALL YEAR ROUND - AUGUST - USE THE COLOUR YELLOW<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hi there - today I'm posting the mid-month reminder for the CCAYR challenge where our theme is 'Use Yellow'. I must admit that I struggled with this one at first and then I found an LOTV Art Pad in my 'stash' and there's quite a bit of yellow in this image - thankfully! After that it was easy - I suppose I'd never thought of the yellow glow from a light coming through a window - duh! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I used quite a lot of gold sparkly bits on here too, just to bring out the yellow light from the window and the surrounding bricks. Naturally this looks much more 'yellowy' irl!!! Typical! </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">6" x 6" white card blank - stash</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Image - LOTV Art Pad 18 'Winter Wonderland'</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">First Edition Paper - 'Christmas Village' 8" x 8"</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">DCWV - 'Glitzy Pastels' stack 6" x 6"</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Christmas sentiments - LOTV Christmas Label clear stamps</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Crafts-Too Dies - Oval Stitch hole die</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Creative Expressions Dies - Festive Collection 'Holly Accessory kit' dies</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Stardust Stickles glue</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Gems, Gold Glitzy tape, white tassel, snowflake dies - all unbranded</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We'd love to see your Christmas creations - using yellow - of course! You can enter our challenge <a href="http://christmascardsallyearround.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/august-challenge-use-yellow.html" target="_blank">here</a>. While you're there why not check out the beautiful creative work of the two Teams. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Anyway must be off to do a little bit of ironing, it's swimming tomorrow and I'm really looking forward to it - I actually managed 50 lengths last Friday and 44 on Wednesday - wish they'd do an Olympics for OAPs, I'd enter!! I'm kidding of course 'cos I would probably be giggling far too much to be able to swim!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Lots of big hugs to you all and take loads of care. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Love </span><span style="font-family: "awpaws"; font-size: 60pt; text-align: right;">Sue</span><span style="font-family: "awpaws"; font-size: 26pt; text-align: right;">xxx</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "awpaws"; font-size: 26pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;"><a href="http://abcchristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/p-q-and-r-for-people-quick-and-or-red.html" target="_blank">ABC Christmas Challenge</a> - P Q and R - People, Quick and Red</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "awpaws"; font-size: 26pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;"><a href="http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/challenge-161-christmas-animals.html" target="_blank">Dream Valley Challenge No 161</a> - Christmas Animals</span></span></div>
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Planetsusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759000585982268669noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461508705596205463.post-58852635086856745392017-08-06T12:00:00.000+01:002017-08-12T16:46:47.459+01:00INTERNATIONAL ART AND SOUL - CHALLENGE NO 14 - BOXES AND BAGS<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Good afternoon everyone - hope you are having a good weekend - bit wet for August here though!! Anyway - this fortnight over at International Art and Soul our theme is 'Boxes and Bags', so I decided to make a hexagonal gift box.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Perhaps I should leave this lying around to see if the maestro can fill it with a nice little gift - sorry that was a daydream I was having! LOL. Bless him, he's always treating me so I'm not complaining at all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We really would love to see your crafty bags or boxes so why not have a go and enter our challenge (<a href="http://intaas.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">here</a>). While you're at it, we'd love you to become a follower - that would be amazing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Nip over to the blog to check out my teamies' creations - they are so talented and inspirational.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Big hugs to you all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 26pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;"><a href="https://colourcrazychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/wk-31-anything-goes-craft-challenge.html" target="_blank">Colour Crazy Challenge Wk 31</a> - Anything Goes</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 26pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;"><a href="https://craftingbydesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/august-anything-goes-challenge.html" target="_blank">Crafting by Design Challenge (Aug)</a> - Anything Goes</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 26pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;"><a href="http://daisychainchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/challenge-11-anything-goes.html" target="_blank">Daisy Chain Challenge No 11</a> - Anything Goes</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 26pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;"><a href="https://daydreamerchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2017/07/welcome-to-day-dreamer-challenges.html" target="_blank">Day Dreamer Challenge No 1 </a>- Anything Goes</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 26pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;"><a href="http://emeraldcitycraftschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/challenge-2.html" target="_blank">Emerald City Challenge No 2</a> - Anything Goes</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 26pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;"><a href="http://makingmemoriescrafting.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/challenge-8-anything-goes.html" target="_blank">Making Memories Challenge No 8 </a>- Anything Goes</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 26pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;"><a href="http://nordsalten-hobbyklubb.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/160-fargeutfordring-bla.html" target="_blank">NordSalten Hobbyklubb Challenge No 160</a> - Blue</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 26pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;"><a href="https://sheepski-designs-challenges.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/challenge-5-flower-power.html" target="_blank">Sheepski Designs Challenge No 5</a> - Flower Power</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 26pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;"><a href="http://southerngirlschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2017/07/challenge-165-flower-power-team-trace.html" target="_blank">Southern Girls Challenge No 165</a> - Flower Power</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 26pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://thatscraftychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/anything-but-cards-challenge.html" target="_blank">That's Crafty Challenge</a> - Anything but Cards</span></span></div>
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