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Keeping track of my creative life

You can't use up creativity. As more you use, the more you have. - Maya Angelou

To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. - Joseph Chilton Pearce

Regine’s Review of the Year 2023

Regine’s Review of the Year 2023

As every year, I am starting my review with Christmas of the previous year:December As you may remember from last years review, I had a hip replacement surgery on the 6 December. After a few days in hospital I was sent home. For the next 6 weeks, my best friend was an...

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East Coast Trip 2023

East Coast Trip 2023

East Coast Holidays In February my good friend Petra arrived from Germany and stayed with me for 2 weeks, before we flew out to Sydney for a 3 weeks trip. First stop was Sydney. We had a hotel very central and could walk everywhere. It was my first real test for my...

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Regine’s Review of the Year 2022

Regine’s Review of the Year 2022

As every year, I am starting my review with Christmas of the previous year: Christmas Eve 2021 I spent Christmas eve at my friends Tahereh and Melvyn's place with almost 30 people. Their patio was beautifully decorated and the table was set in a festive design with...

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Regine’s Review of the Year 2021

Regine’s Review of the Year 2021

Last year I said: "it was a strange year and hopefully we can tick it off as a one off" but looks like we are going to be stuck with COVID for a long time to come and continue to have to live with it. Hearing the news about the 4th wave in Europe, I am considering...

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Regine’s Review of the Year 2020

Regine’s Review of the Year 2020

Regine’s review of 2020 As you all will agree, this was the strangest year we ever had. Hopefully we can tick it off as a one off. Here some highlights from my year: Christmas 2019 Christmas day 2019 was spent with my dear friends Vada, Ben and Charlotte and later in...

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Regine’s Review of the Year 2019

Regine’s Review of the Year 2019

This year again time has flown by.  Here my highlights:Bavarian and Australian Christmas Last December I had Verena and Michi visiting me from Bavaria. Due to my busy lifestyle I didn't get around to decorate my home, but Verena - with help from Michi -  was helping...

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Regine’s Review of 2018

Regine’s Review of 2018

This year couldn't go fast enough for me - at least for the first 6 months - but lets start with a review of my last Christmas. I stepped on a plane to Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania 5 days before Christmas to visit my friends Jude and Jon. All I had to do was...

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Regine’s Review of 2017

Regine’s Review of 2017

Another year gone by in no time and still lots has happened. Lets start with Christmas 2016: I celebrated my first Christmas back home with my family in Germany since I migrated to Australia in 2002. Of course my visit was jam packed with spending time...

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Regine’s review of the year 2016

Regine’s review of the year 2016

This year gone by like a whirlwind and had a couple of interesting surprises in store! I clearly can remember the idea I had at the end of last year: Between Christmas and New Year I will fix the corner of the ceiling in my living room, where paint is hanging down! So...

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Regine’s review of the year

Regine’s review of the year

I can't believe it, we are already in December again und of course I am in "Christmascardcreationstress" like last year! But let's start at the beginning. The year started quiet and relaxing. Just the usual activities like going to the outdoor movies with my friends...

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Using up scrap

Using up scrap

Recently I went through a bag with all sorts of matching papers. I decided to take it apart and file the papers according to colour into my stash. However it also had a lot of pretty pattern scrap coming with it: just strips, squares and circles. I can't bring myself...

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Fancy border die cuts

Fancy border die cuts

Some time ago I went for a craft session to my friend Vada. That was quite a challenge for me as usually Vada comes to my place and hence I have got all my supplies on hand. This time I had to pack a bag with things I may want to use. I had a full basket of stuff with...

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Cards with Quotes

Cards with Quotes

I do have to say I love quotes and I struggle to walk past a stamp set with nice quotes. I always find myself drawn to them and end up buying them 😉 But hey, life is short and since I am not spending a lot of money on other things like cloths, shoes, bags etc. I...

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Cards, cards, cards

Cards, cards, cards

After creating lots and lots of cards, I thought I showcase some of them. Funny enough, every year when we go into autumn I suddenly get the urge to create cards with beach, shells, summer and nautical themes. I guess its my way of trying to keep the summer a bit...

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Baby Collage

Baby Collage

You probably thinking by now you getting spammed with so many new post emails from me in the last couple of day, but don't worry, it won't last, I am just trying to catch up a bit. Here another art work I have done recently. Again, I was inspired by an image I saw on...

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Christmas 2014 Album

Christmas 2014 Album

Wow, I almost forgot about that I made this album in January and February. It's like a mini scrapbooking album with photos from Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. It is a spiral book with pages in various sizes and designs and it had already the Christmas design paper...

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Shadow boxes

Shadow boxes

I bought some shadow boxes in one of the craft fairs ages ago and as they were just hidden in my cabinet I almost forgot about it. Some months ago I saw a design on the internet that triggered my mind to pull out these shadow boxes and finally fill them. The first box...

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Autumn Wreath

Autumn Wreath

I have been quiet for a quite a while, but I haven't stopped being creative. So I will just showcase my work without much words. Here an autumn wreath I created by die-cutting lots and lots and lots of leaves from brown cardboard paper, beige soft paper and...

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