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Today's pic My migraine tablets :( Hope for a better day tomorrow. TFLx

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It has been a busy weekend this weekend! DS1 came home and I spent the weekend showing him around blogland so he can start one, the trouble was that Wordpress is not as familiar to me as Blogger, so it was a steep learning curve for me too! Anyway, we got there in the end! last night, after he went back to Uni, I managed to fit in my Project Life pages. I printed out the pictures using my

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 Just ordered these two sets of stamps  from Studio Calico today at their reveal, but was very lucky to get the last two sets I think! Really wanted the Jenni Bowlin file tab punch, but missed out on that. Spent today with Mum and Dad,  totally forgot to take any pictures of them! Was showing dad Google maps and how you can walk down the street anywhere in the country! He was very impressed

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We found some more old photo's at mum and dads house last week, when I was there, some I had not seen for ages, from when dad was young. Mum and dad called on Sunday and brought them for me to scan, so I can get a good look at them close up as they are rather small! I just get sucked right in, my investigating moves from one thing to the next, take this photo for example This photo is my

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This is the left hand page. I used my main photo of Barney on his 14th birthday and also a hand cut title from a file that Ali Edwards had as a free download. If you are lucky enough to own a die cutter, the file is available for that, but I printed it and hand cut it (yes, really) and added it to the layout along with a journaling card about the week. The pictures for this weeks pages are all

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Happy 14th Birthday to Barney, xxx

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Barney, 2 minutes ago, laid near the clean laundry on the stairs, waiting to go to bed! Late in the day photo today! TFLx

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Yesterday and today  have been pretty much wiped out with a headache which came on when I got in from work last night. I therefore did not manage a picture yesterday, but today I managed quite a few, so that makes up for it. I had to go on an errand in Hull and when I looked at the sky, it inspired me to take a few pics.  This is the maritime museum, (housed in the former Docks Offices building

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Sharing another layout from my album, using stamping in Versamark ink for a shadow effect border. Ran the cardboard flower shapes from Basic Grey through the Cuttlebug with an embossing folder, to add some texture, then frayed the edges of a fabric flower for the lower layer. The flags are held in place with Washi tape. Today's photo is of my blog an everyday part of my life and sanity!! Lol!

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 A layout of my son on his 21st birthday, using one of his cards, from his elderly grandparents on the layout.  Mum and dad on their 56th wedding anniversary in December. Used a glimmer mist and a Studio Calico mask. A layout about making my December Daily album for 2011. Used some Washi tape here. My photo for today was taken this morning, whilst walking Barney. The sky was blue and there

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I have spent today getting my project life folder up to date and completing the double page spread. I am learning as I go along. I thought this week was going to be a slow week, but by taking a photo a day I had plenty to choose from. I have learnt how to email photo's from Instagram on my i-phone which is speeding up the procedure. I did try to use i-cloud, but as I don't have a MAC I need to

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Another couple of layouts off the production line, for my 50th year album. November layouts Christmas Cake, about the cakes I made this year in individual tins......  and Christmas countdown crafts, the projects I made for the 2011 Christmas countdown on my blog. I tried to use card stock for the background on both of these, but it was not easy! The top one was using a sketch and I misted

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I got in the craft room yesterday after printing off the remaining photo's for my weekly layouts of my 50th year album. I got a few done and hopefully more will get finished today. I really like January for getting to grips with my "unfinished symphonies!" Last year I finished off loads of part-done projects and I am determined to get my 50th year album completed, so I can focus more on Project

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 Barney very very wet after his walk!  My coffee pod treat after walking the dog! Doing the laundry, wont this look old fashioned in years to come!

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As promised here are the remaining "month in review" layouts for my 50th year album. I did not get home in daylight so took the photo's under the daylight lamp.  Here is October The journaling goes around the edge of the page. Then here is November The journaling is on each poppy. Finally here is December I have not done my journaling on this yet, I may have to create a pocket on

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Today started well at 7.30am with the delivery of my monthly scrapping kit. Not many extras this month, but I did purchase the grid background stamp, that I hope to play with tomorrow at some point, after work.  Today was a work day and then two hours restraint training after work, so chilled out tonight watching cooking on Food Network! I did do a whole bunch of review layouts for my 50th year

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This is my first double page layout for my Project Life album. The left hand side is the reverse of the title page 9 pocket layout and the right hand side is a three pocket page protector. I have used a combination of credit card prints and a photo collage printed at 6x4 and trimmed in two sections on the left hand page,  interspersed with some journal cards with printed quotes.  The right

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Took DS2 for another audition. Went down on Friday as he had an early start on Saturday Morning. Hubby and I amused ourselves, shopping at Bluewater - never been to such a big shopping centre! I was quite exhausted by the time we picked J up to come home. He did not finish until 5.45! What a long day. Got stuck in some roadworks on the M25, so was quite late home. Had a nice meal at

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Hard to take photo's of things in page protectors, but this is my album title page finished for Project Life. Used things from my Studio Calico kit and some off cuts of My Minds Eye Life Stories card. I am liking this format, but already have a problem keeping week one to a double page spread, as I have taken a photo a day! Need to rationalise this!  Just received a great October Afternoon grab

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I decided to brave it and take some self portraits with my i-phone this morning using Instagram, bearing in mind the 'Project life' and 'photo a day' projects I have embarked upon suggest it! This is something I find really scary! I decided to use them as my profile pic too as I have not updated that for nearly two years! I am quite liking the 'post fifty' laughter lines, more than I

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I have spent a lot of today, in between times, downloading some free items from Oscraps (no connection) and some in the retirement sale here. I decided for what I would use out of it, it was worth the money, as I wanted some digital templates for photo collages on my 8.5 x 11 pages. There are plenty of journaling and date elements in there too! Bargainous! I have also been cooking, again, as well

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As part of the Project life album I am also taking part in a "photo a day" class over on Studio Calico. I enrolled in the class and read the PDF's which gave me some tips. One of the designers who is featured, mentioned the whole project is a good way to really get to grips with shooting manually on your camera. With that in mind, I have dug out my camera handbook and Photoshop Elements book and

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Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. : Einstein Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. : Oprah Winfrey Happy new Year to everyone out there in blogland! I appreciate you reading my posts and hope that you find something of interest in them! I wish you all a happy and healthy 2012! Happy project life year! TFlx

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I have decided to have a go at project life in 2012. Having completed my December Daily for the last 3 years, I felt this was a good project to tackle! Also having done an album of my 50th year in 2011, next year is hubbys 50th year so that might be a nice way to chart it! DS1 will graduate and DS2 will go to dance school in London, it is also the Olympic year, so I think there will be plenty to

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I am caught up to the 25th! Just need to add Christmas day journaling! Finishing the final pages of the year today, whilst cooking puddings for New Year's Eve and vacuuming the mess from Christmas! Join me tomorrow, when I share my 'project life' ideas for 2012! TFLx

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To mum and dad today!

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I have the photo's taken for the rest of the Dec daily, and some days are blogged on here, but I have as yet not printed them off and done the two together since Dec 21st. I have it planned so it should not take too long. Today I am going to get cracking! Hubby is back to work today, so as long as I process the washing, wash the floor and walk the dog, I am giving myself permission to craft! Here

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it's cooked! Except mine was not a goose it was a turkey, however it was cooked..... and ready by 7am Christmas morning!!!! LOL! Because I cannot set my automatic oven correctly! I set it to cook for 5 hours and set the start time for 7am except that was not how my oven works, you set the END time and it works out when to start it!! LOL! I came down at 7am to find the kitchen full of cooked

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The 23rd Dec was DS1's 21st. We had a great party for some of his friends! Photo's for the Dec daily, but not printed off yet! Mum and dad came for Christmas. Set mum to work on Christmas Eve, helping with the veg! We ended up having Christmas at home as unfortunately my sister was unwell. Had a last minute scramble to get everything, but managed ok.

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 I finally got around to decorating the mini Christmas cakes I made here with marzipan.  We have decided to go without icing again this year and have done the traditional toasted marzipan. I did this yesterday whilst drinking a mug of mulled wine and watching "The Holiday" movie on DVD! Well, it is Christmas after all! Last night the boys went (unwillingly) for a photo shoot I had booked as

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Last night I had a mega catch up on my missing Dec Daily pages. This is when you are really glad that you printed off a photo each day and also blogged some of the days you missed! I had to go right back to the 9th of December and do up until the 19th! Yesterday the boiler stopped working again! We only just had it fixed a few weeks ago! Another new part! Not the same one of course! The plumber

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I needed to! I was so behind. I have not photographed them yet though! I am now up to the 13th! Hubby went to a meeting in Manchester on Thursday 15th and was given this bag of Swedish Christmas goodies, so that will be Thursday's photo taken care of! I bought a new Christmas CD which arrived this week. I am a bit of a Michael Buble fan, so his Christmas album was a must! That will be the page

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Sorry I have been MIA, but I have been to London again, with DS2 to audition for dance/musical theatre schools - (him that is, not me!!!) Went down on an early train on Monday morning, back late on Tuesday night after his audition at Italia Conti. My niece came with us and we had a fun time, shopping and visited the Christmas market under the London Eye to drink some Gluhwein!

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Every year we go to the Christmas festival in our town and this year was no exception. I was trying to find some different pictures to those I take every other year, but you can't not photograph the reindeer! Just tricky to get near enough! And baby reindeer too! Steam organ, sweet stall and roast chestnuts! All spells Christmas to me.  Went to London first thing Monday morning, got

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Yesterday was my sister's birthday and I had to go back to my September pictures folder to find a photograph of her, with her daughter! Happy **th Birthday! I am feeling a little brighter with my cold now and a little more festive! I am having breakfast listening to carols on CD as today is the annual festival of Christmas in the town and we are going to have a mooch round. Catch up later! TFLx

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Here are my pages from Saturday onwards. I have been laid low with a cold, but I have still been doing my pages, just not had the energy to photograph them!  I cut up the red 'Ask' typography table mat and have used it on the page here. Sunday was all about the outside lights and the cards. I created a digital page with my snaps of hubby putting up the outside lights and there is some

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Monday was hubby's birthday and he took a day off work so we could go out for lunch together to celebrate. We had a lovely Italian stew at a restaurant in town. We came home later to receive the Tesco online shop and then spent the evening putting up the Christmas trees. This year will be the first year without a real tree. I am sad, but they had got so ridiculously expensive, it made sense to

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Do you remember last year, I brought back a Gugelhupf tin from Germany? It caused quite a stir when my case was x-rayed, they thought it was a bomb and had to check! Well I decided to have a go at making one yesterday, so I downloaded a recipe from the Internet and popped it in the oven. It is really just a marbled cake. but it was made using icing sugar and cooking oil instead of margarine

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I had a quiet day yesterday just doing my school planning, so I grabbed a short window in the craft room to scrap days one and two of my December daily. For day one I decided to use the Christmas lights switch on photo's from the night before. Here is page one with an Ali Edwards overlay on it - yes I went digital! Then I embossed the date. I wrote in white pen for the journaling and added

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I may just sneak this post in before midnight, but I have had a very busy day! I have had a few friends around for a craft fayre tonight and we had mulled wine and mince pies, so this morning I was busy baking! I want to do a little bit about the history of mincemeat for this post too, so I have been doing some research.  "Custom dictates you should eat a mince pie on every day of the 12

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The key to success with the December daily is to have a grab box of "go to " items from completing the pages, so here is mine. I have used an RUB box and put in some off-cuts of patterned papers from the pages I made, some ribbon, buttons, a few different alphabets, some Christmas trimmings and embellishments from last years add on kit, some Smash stuff and some library pockets. these will

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I was doing all this crafting for Christmas for the Christmas Countdown and my school Christmas fayre. I did a mock up of my stall at home on the dining table first, before going to school so I could be able to set it up much more quickly on the night. I bought a large patchwork double duvet  cover for the table drape and added some of my DIY bunting to the front. I then used some of my picnic

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 I was watching two squirrels, from my office desk, playing together in the trees! Could I photograph them????? Could I heck! Here they are disappearing behind the hedge,  here is one but not the other!  Here is one and the tail of the other!!! Decided to go for single shots instead! Even then the branches were getting in my way! Not bad though, through glass and handheld on

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Our central heating boiler packed up last night about half past ten, so we are experiencing a cold winter chill - indoors!!! Why do these things always happen at a weekend????? I may be forced to do the ironing just to warm up!!!!  Well it is an option I have thought about, but as yet have not been that desperate! Fortunately we were invited to my sisters for lunch today, so as long as we can

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Now my Christmas countdown is over and my little Christmas Craft fayre at school is done, I can finally turn my attention to advent which starts tomorrow (in the church year). I was reminded by my son that I need to search out the advent calendars, but I decided to do a cost cutting exercise on the chocolates that fill the calendar (much to my sons disgust!!) and make them myself! You might be

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I love Shaker style! This simple Shaker style angel is my final project of the countdown. She is based on a a small conical glass vase from IKEA and makes a great ornament for a mantle or window sill. You will need: Small glass conical vase IKEA or similar (or a glass bottle of some kind)  Fabric off cut in plain linen for wings Scrap of wadding or interfacing for the wings A fat quarter of

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 Before you mention it, I know I have made these before, two years ago, but they were a real winner, so no apologies for making them again! They are slightly updated from last time. You will need: Paper plate A squeaky meaty toy (chop, chicken or hotdog!) Some munchy sticks, I use the packs containing the different colours Other chews including mini bones and chicken twisters or similar Cling

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Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse!!! I love Mailig Mouses!!! (Can I say that???) Lol!  I have been looking for a pattern that I could adapt to make my own mouse. I finally found one here that I could alter slightly, so this is what I used. I downloaded the pattern from there and then altered the mouse to have a longer snout.

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There are many uses for these decorated tins. I have used one as a gardeners seed tin, filled with packets of seeds and plant labels. Another I have filled with recipe cards. I left the recipe cards blank, but you could put some family recipes in it and give them to someone who is just setting up home.These tins were in a set of 3 from IKEA, but any tins would do.I covered them with Cosmo Cricket

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I know that candles are featuring many times in this countdown, but these just make great gifts at a reasonable price. I got my Chinese take out box template, from a box I bought in America, but there are plenty on the internet to download and use. I cut off the lid sections, so it fitted on a 12x12 piece of card, so I could add a cellophane cover, to allow you to see what is inside. The

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This winter white wreath is for an internal door or decoration, as it is made from cardboard. Keep away from flames. You will need; A twig wreath or similar for the base Thick white card with a slight sheen (from Ryman) Tim Holtz Tattered leaves die Cuttlebug or similar die cutting machine Wire and beads Buttons Ribbon to hang it up Hot glue gun 1. Die cut your leaves from the thick white card.

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These would make great teacher gifts to brighten the desk up as well as being fun ideas for the colleagues at work! I have put this up in my craft room and it is going to stay there all year! May take one to school too! You could make them using paper off cuts too if you want.  It is a little bit of fun, a self assembly kit that you either stitch or staple together. I stapled mine with a Tim

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If only!!! I wish chocolate did grow like this!  As ever, I look for a more interesting way to give sweets each year and there are many "big kids" who love these just as much as the smaller ones! In 2009 we had Christmas Tapas and 2008 sweetie blooms, so this year a variation - a chocolate daisy plant! These are basically a plant pot, lined with tissue paper, Filled with chocolate bars! For the

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Sorry this is a late post! Busy, busy day!!! I have made two of these, one with a kitchen theme and one with a general theme. You will need: A metal display board to alter Various backing papers of your choice Maya Mist PVA glue & foam spreader Chipboard embellishments Magnetic tape of old fridge magnets Silicone glue Cropadile Big Bit and two large eyelets Ribbon Buttons or lace to embellish

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Aprons are always a nice gift to give at Christmas and this Cath Kidston inspired apron was easy to make. I actually got the pattern from a "Tilda" Homestyle book but it is just a series of rectangles.  It is like the chefs wear, in that it is tied at the front, so that you can tuck a hand-wiping towel under the belt for use as you work. You could use these for presents with a cookbook or some

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This idea came from this blog post here I thought what a brilliant idea, so I decided to make a few myself. This is how I did it.You will need: Patterned paper off cuts for the top 6 x 12 inch piece of embossed card, Coredinations or Bazzill card stock Calendar booklet - bought or printed off at home and stitched together Double sided tape Buttons and twine for decoration 7" x5" Envelope for

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Having been given these rather nice tall jars (very large Bonne Maman, 2lb jars I think, from France) I decided to revisit a previous popular crafting project I saw in Germany last year and have made a few times since - candle jars. The printing on the candles was done as in this project here, but this time I used small lantern candle with small transfers. Here are the ones I made this year using

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"Upcycled" the new buzz word for saving something from waste and changing its use! I found an old encyclopedia that was being thrown away and made this cute advent calendar from the pages! There is still loads of pages left over to make more! You could make it with coloured papers if you prefer. Scrapbook paper might be expensive at two boxes from each sheet, you would need twelve sheets.

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Time for another cooking project! These mini Christmas cakes are simple to make and great little gift ideas. I used Delia's Christmas Cake Recipe and divided it equally between the baked bean cans and it made 10. Next time I would probably fill them less full and make twelve. You can decorate them however you like, like this idea on the BBC Good Food site.  Wrapped in a cellophane bag, they would

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Today in pics for my 50th Year album. TFLx

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You can never have too many cards! Some months are worse than others for lots of birthdays, but we all need cards at sometime or other! I have made a card keeper box before, but this time I am making a folder with twelve pockets that people could use for each month and I am including a range of cards, 1 in each pocket, including a few Christ,as cards. A simple and cheap gift to make, that anyone

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I was just reading on the BBC news website, that this is the first year without any known survivors of World War One. I became very interested in World War One, when researching my family tree here. As today is also a Pallindrome (the same read one direction as the other,) I intend to take photo's throughout the day for a page for my 50th Year album. TFL

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I harvested the lavender from my new lavender hedge here in my garden this year. I am not sure I did it early enough, but still, I bunched it up and hung it upside down in the garage for a few weeks and it dried out nicely. It is loosing some seeds but I am collecting those for lavender bags later. I wanted to make some unique gifts using it. I sourced some handmade Lavender soap made with Olive

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Last year we had candy cane reindeer or was it a moose??? This year I got this idea from Martha Stewart.com but I used my own template and face ideas. You will need: Calendar and mouse download (you only need the 3 mouse pieces - save the calendar piece for another project.) Felt in various colours Beads for eyes and nose Candy Canes Fabric glue 1. Download the template using the link above and

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You can never have too many notebooks! I am busy filling one right now with all my ideas and lists for this Christmas countdown! What a great gift idea. I have left mine plain to add a title later, but if you know what it is going to be used for, you could decorate the cover. I have used a floral fabric and a vintage map to cover mine. A selection of hardback notebooks Fabric or vintage paper map

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Mugs with mug warmers seem to be the trend this year! I have made these simple mug warmers from Cath Kidston fabric off cuts and filled the mugs with treats for a couple of hot chocolate drinks! You will need; A mug of your choice - as straight sided as possible Fabric off cuts Polyester Wadding off cut Paper pattern (Mug warmer template for my mug is here) Ribbon to tie the mug warmer 2 Hot

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The art of letter writing is diminishing in these days of technology, but there are many times you need a 'Just a note' card and they are always well received because of their rarity! here are some sets I have made as presents, using an embossing folder, simple but effective. You will need: Some Kraft card stock blanks ( I made my own) and matching sized brown envelopes Coredinations card stock

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Although I have wanted to have a go at these, I have never done so before. This year is the year! I watched Heidi Swapp here and this clip here and decided to have a go myself. This is what I came up with as my technique, which is a mixture of the two! You will need; A plain pillar/church candle, pale inn colour Tissue paper Ink jet printer Wax paper (sold for food use) Heat gun 1. First stick

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This idea comes from this blog I found here. I usually make shortbread at Christmas and last year it was shortbread camels, reindeer and Scottie dogs! You will need to make them nearer the time, but why not try this out now! I use my own shortbread recipe. You Will Need; 6oz Plain Flour 4oz Margarine or butter 2oz Caster sugar two sizes of plain cookie cutters ( mine are double ended fluted and

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These are a great gift for old and young. Grandma's love them and now young people love them if they match their bedroom or bathroom scheme. Also good for the auntie who has everything! You will need; Wooden coat hangers with a hook on a screw thread that you can remove easily and put back. If you are going to pad them yourself you will need to wind them with wadding.  Be careful with your

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When I was young, I loved having one of these on my bedroom door, saying "keep out!" on one side and "come in!" on the other. I have developed it a little further as a gift idea, for my that reluctant teenager there is the "please tidy" and "tidy yay!" option... or there is the "My room" and "My mess" option! or just the plain and simple welcome... Whichever one you choose, they are a lot of fun

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It has taken me by surprise, but the Christmas countdown is upon us and my annual 25 projects in 25 days needs to get underway! Normally, I have a countdown to the countdown! But I just realised last night when I was attending all the Halloween callers at the front door, that tomorrow was the first of November and therefore, project 1 was due! Can you believe this is the fourth year??? I

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Random.Org chose number 3, so Dawn can you email me and I will get the Studio Calico paper pack in the post to you.

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We went to Southport and the tide was in!!!!! Now if you know Southport, you will know that even the pier does not reach the sea!! Lol! I had to get out of the car in the rain and photograph it! I think this is the first time in 50 years I have ever seen it!! You can see how pleased dad was! I took mum home to Southport to stay for a night in a hotel to revisit old haunts, in the town where she

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I suddenly realised I had done a layout for August review and missed July. I remember making the photo collage, but I had never printed it out, so here it is. Went all bright and funky on this one in red and yellow. Used some red washi tape again in polka dots and tartan. Some journaling, but not much. I have been buying things to start making for a craft fayre I have agreed to do. I was not

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Sometimes I go all rash and creative!! This layouts was one of those occasions where I went "off piste" for me! I got all arty with paint! It happened by accident actually, I was experimenting with my new Jenni Bowlin paint dabber in duck egg on some green Bazzill card stock and squeezed a bit too hard and the lid came off! i then had to spread the paint with a credit card (not a current one, i

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Today is the first day of half term! I managed to do a little crafting yesterday and prepared my December Daily album from these reclaimed items. The same as my previous two December Dailys, it is made from a mixture of brown paper bags, envelopes, paper carriers, plastic diary covers, photo wallets and postcards. The trick is to not make it too thick at this stage. By the time you have added the

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This time last week we were in London so DS2 could audition for dance school, yesterday, we heard that he has got in! Just finished the London layout in time, with lots of memorabilia! Will need to do a success one now!! Needs to audition again in April but definitely has a place, but will still go on some other auditions, just in case he gets a choice! All those years of dancing have paid off!

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I posted a layout the other day using one large picture and I was inspired to do this by Laura Kurz a designer over at Studio Calico. Not my normal style, but here layouts are always simple and wonderful! Here is a layout I scraplifted from her here; I turned the layout round and then added some circles I punched out, some flat and some with 3D foam pads, one was a badge too. I distressed the

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I was asked by a colleague to make a baby album for her friend and I came up with this little paper bag mini. You have seen me use this cover decoration before, but I just love it for baby projects.  A mixture of flaps and pockets and little tags for journaling. Used Basic Grey papers Kioshi. Cut the mount board cover using a Tim Holtz on the edge die.  Managed to do more research

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80 - I flit about making layouts from June, then August, then September, then last weekend in London! There seems no rhyme or reason to it, but eventually it will be an album (or two) of my fiftieth year in pictures!! Here is a layout from September, my mum's 80th birthday to be precise.  20 - I decided to go 'large' on the picture and then added an Ali Edwards overlay of number 20 for the actual

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The weekend in pictures. Went to London, the weather was like thismy son auditioned here......whilst I spent a lot of time here.......and here......then we both did a lot of this......and this.....and this.....before doing some of this.....and this.....and coming home on this.....first class, eating this.....and drinking this!Great weekend. We now have to wait and see! TFLx

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Yesterday was another glorious day weather wise and it reminded me to do the page for October that I had decided on, to reflect our record breaking temperatures this month for my 50th year album. I had heard that the local temperature on October first was record breaking, so I printed off the details from my BBC local weather blog, on to some cardstock, including a photo I took on that hot day. I

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I joined in an eyelet challenge over on the SC message board, except I did not read it correctly and only used two eyelets, when I was supposed to use more!! Never mind, it was fun and it made me use something that I have not used for ages!!! I saw an idea similar to this in a magazine and thought I wanted to give it a go. I used baker's twine and then trapped butterfly between the two threads.

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Just one week since DS2 passed his driving test and what a week it has been! He has never been in since! He also found out about some auditions for dance schools so I am very excited but can't share just yet!! The application forms had prompted some posed photo's which I wanted to use in a layout to mark this stage in his life, for my 50th year album. Some times I sit in the craft room and I am

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Back in June I photographed my lavender hedge. It has been in two years now and is doing well despite the harsh winter. In July I decided to have a go at cutting it and drying it. I was not sure when to cut it and in fact may have left it too late, but I figured if it all dropped off the stems I could use it in a bowl around the house for fragrance. I picked this much!! I tied it into smaller

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Yes! Can you believe it I still had a couple of pages left to do for June! This is one of them, Father's day. I challenged myself here to use plain papers only and had a sort of paint shade card idea as inspiration. I used my Fiskars anywhere square punch on this calendar die cut page and then put the colour block papers behind the apertures. I stamped a Studio Calico note stamp for journaling

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Very rarely do I tackle a double layout, but I did one this week! I had three photo's from DS2's birthday in June and wanted to group the two party ones together, whilst the one recording him and his brother - rarely seen together these days - deserved its own page. The colour scheme came from the photo's where he is wearing a tan jumper in one and a red shirt in the other - somehow I had to

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 It is with much relief that I can announce he passed his driving test on Thursday am at 11.20!!! I was so nervous I washed everything in sight in the house whilst I waited for news! We have fresh clean bed linen and towels throughout the house! I had to keep busy!! He rushed home so that we could sort out the insurance and he could drive straight off to school and he has not been in since!! I

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I think I am addicted! This year has prompted my new hobby of collecting vintage mismatched china tea sets. It started with some for my party, but now I find I am unable to pass a charity shop, and if there is a pretty tea set, I am hooked! I had to find a novel way to store them and I hit on the idea of vintage picnic baskets. I am now surrounded by four in the computer room here! I think I must

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 I am not doing too badly with my 50th year album. Have just looked and it is week 40 and I am up to 37 layouts! Although two of them are in my book of me at the moment from the party! Still got some holiday ones to do for August, new hall wallpaper and DS2's AS results, the christening and then R's 18th, Mum's 80th in Sept as well as our Scottish trip! Plenty of layouts left to do! As you may

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DS2, having only had his 17th birthday in June, Is taking his driving test this week. Thought it was about time I scrapped the photo's of his first lesson and his success at the theory test!! Another layout based loosely on a sketch.  Tip: I always use a spare piece of Kraft card stock or old book pages, in the bottom of my pizza box when I am spray misting, that way you get to collect all that

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I posted the collage print of this the other week, but this is what I did with it, again I used a sketch to help my mojo. I have had difficulties with these review pages as the photo takes up so much space, but I am still finding ways to treat them all differently. I picked some blue and orange /yellow papers to reflect the holiday snaps and used some of my travel clips from my recent SC kit as

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a) I scrapped  b) the weather!!!! Yesterday I awarded my self the afternoon in the craft room, otherwise I might never have got back into scrapping. So, armed with a scrapbook magazine for inspiration and some photo's I had shelved for the 50th year album, I set to!! I really got into it and the idea of using sketches from the magazine was a great idea to overcome the block! This layout was based

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 We went away to bonnie Scotland last weekend to visit friends near Troon and spent a lovely day walking near the beach without a coat last Saturday!! Can you believe it?? I took two coats for the weekend and did not wear one!! Windswept? Yes! But the sun shone! And we had ice cream!! I even sampled "tablet" a bit like our fudge, how I have missed that Scottish delicacy I don't know! It's great

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Celebrated mum's 80th birthday this week! My niece Helen made some fab trifle cupcakes and decorated the cake! TFLx

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Finally, after I had promised it days ago, I have just photographed my Portugal, paper bag album, even though it was dark by the time I remembered!! I made the basic album from a mixture of bags, some paper bags from my Studio Calico kit, some plastic shopping bags from Zara and Promod where we shopped on holiday and a paper carrier from Mango too. I made them all the same size, then laid them on

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Here we are back at school and into week two already! As usual the start of the term has been hectic and getting back into a routine has been tricky! Keep forgetting to plan tea before I go to work and arrive home thinking "what on earth can we have for tea??? DS2 has booked hos driving test now, so most days, I have been out with him for extra journeys. Last night we were at our friends son's

cannycrafterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06140744746544241228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357504752862067122.post-37957434477527105292011-09-05T21:27:00.003+01:002011-10-23T19:08:47.120+01:00

Just created my August review collage, before I forget what we did in August! Lol! I have already created July's collage, just not scrapped either of them yet! The 50th year album is off track!! Today was back to school for a training day and I have a long list of "to do's" that have still never got done!!! Friday I had a crown preparation at the dentist which was definitely not nice! I broke a

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