5 Aug 2014 | craft-projects
I have got that template to create a accordion card with as many panels as required. So I decided it’s time to use it again. I kept it all colour coordinated and used just one piece of patterned paper. The front was quite colourful while the back had the light...
3 Aug 2014 | craft-projects
My latest toys are some word dies and I can’t stop using them! After I saw some really nice ideas on some other blogs and Pinterest I got stuck into it and now I am addicted. I started off with some basic techniques, but got more and more advanced as well as...
6 Jul 2014 | craft-projects
I am so happy to be back making cards and I gone crazy straight away. First I had two square pieces of paper left over from my photo album. Both were papers I didn’t really like very much and therefore had altered by spraying them heavily with Dylusion ink. The...
22 Jun 2014 | craft-projects, stories-from-my-life
Finally I am finished with my photo album! Yuhuuu, I am so happy that I made it. It took me almost two months, but it was worth doing it. But now I am so ready to do cards again. Today I packed away all the unused cards and pocket pages etc. I still have a fare bit of...
25 May 2014 | craft-projects
Yesterday was my favorite day of the Year: I was visiting the annual Quilt and Craft Fair! Sadly without my friend Vada, but this time Linda came with me. We left in the morning and at 9:40 am and came home around 5pm! So we spent the full day in there! There is...
13 Apr 2014 | craft-projects, stories-from-my-life
Or better why wasn’t I thinking? Clearly, I was not thinking when I did my grocery shopping last weekend. I was so in the fruit mood that I purchased a rock melon, a huge water melon, a bag of plums and a bag of grapes. While I do eat quite a far bit of fruit...
28 Feb 2014 | craft-projects
What could be better then just following the season, especially in summer? I have got a whole stack of paper, rub ons, stamps and embellishments and all of these reminds me of summer. Sometimes its even just the colors I am using that represents summer for me. But...
27 Feb 2014 | craft-projects
Well, I am calling it a series, but there are only four cards. I am sort of pulling out something I like to use and it seems to become a habit to create a couple of cards in the same color scheme. Since I have been quite busy over last last weeks and didn’t get...
16 Feb 2014 | craft-projects, stories-from-my-life
Finally, after quite a long wait, the donkeys are loose! On Friday, 7th February 2014 was the official opening of El Mexicano! Since I have been involved a bit with programming the webpage and also creating policies and procedures, work flows and a bit of IT set up...
9 Feb 2014 | craft-projects
I needed a baby card for a boy and I didn’t have anything left that worked, so I started making baby cards and while I was at it, I made a whole bunch of them. Well, I have to say I made a bargain buy sometimes last year which included a pack of 13 double sided...
28 Jan 2014 | craft-projects
I found this fantastic Stamp set with matching Die set just before Christmas and I couldn’t resist buying it. Its all about music instruments and there are lots of them. Of course I was sitting down and started using them straight away. I had purchased a...
26 Jan 2014 | craft-projects
We are now going back in time to December 2013, as I have a number of cards I haven’t shown yet. I had this new paper pad for quite a while and after I had finished with all the Christmas cards, I pulled it out and started using it. With the brown and black...