tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26228658335882286242024-03-05T09:11:36.552+00:00Pixie’s Place My little world for creating all things artyDebshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09954708402210045995noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622865833588228624.post-54198538240191623522014-03-20T21:15:00.000+00:002014-03-20T21:15:34.820+00:00Spring Flowers for Gran<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Evening everyone! Happy Spring equinox!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Its officially spring and almost weekend and boy I can't wait! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I actually managed to leave work a bit earlier this afternoon to take my young lady to the doctors...nothing too drastic just an infection and antibiotics to clear it up! Pretty sure she'll be back to normal and giving me even more cheek by the end of the weekend! LOL </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Also gave me some extra time to catch up on my blogging! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shhhh ;-))</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway my card this week is one that I made for Mother's day, for my Gran. An amazing lady who loves the cards that Mom and I have made for her. She loves them that much that she has proudly displayed them in frames around her bungalow!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Image is a digi from from Tiffany's Garden called 'Dogwood branch'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Its coloured using my promarkers and prisma pencils for some extra highlights. I spent ages colouring this image and was really pleased with the finished image. I used the colours in the background papers for inspiration!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The papers are from Papermania and the sentiment is from Lili of the Valley.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The flowers and lace were from Wild Orchid Crafts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am entering this card into the following challenges:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://wildorchidchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/">Wild Orchid Crafts - Spring Fling</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/">Papertake Weekly - For Mum (or Girlie)</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks so much for popping by and I hope that your spring is full of sunshine... and not like the rain we've had here in Doncaster today!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks so much for coming to visit last week, it really cheered me up as i</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ts been a busy week again at work but at least its now the weekend!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today's card is one I made for my beautiful Mom. We have an amazing Mom/Daughter relationship but the best thing about it all is that she is also my bestest friend in the whole wide world! (and my biggest blog fan! Haha) Love you Mommy!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The image is from Lili of the Valley called 'Summer days'. Here's a close up of the image, coloured with Promarkers and Prisma pencils</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The butterfly is from my stash of goodies, bought from one of many a craft fair trips!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The inside was decorated with matching papers and a few pearls but I can't seem to remember where I bought the quote from though. Have a feeling it may be one of Mom's that I 'borrowed'! (Haha, love you Mom!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://wildorchidchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/">Wild Orchid Crafts - Wings and things</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://abc-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/">The ABC Challenge - G is for Girls</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.co.uk/">I Love ProMarkers - One for the Girls</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks again for stopping by, I'm off to visit you all now! Have a fabulous spring sunshine filled weekend!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wow, I can't believe how long its been since I was last on blogger! Its been a busy few years but I am now trying to ensure that I make some time for myself!! A hard task but someone has to do it so it may as well be me! LOL </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Work has been, well still is, manic. My teenage daughter is being a typical teenager and forever keeping me on my toes if not on the edge of them!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Think the puppy dog is also going through the teenage years... again, at 5 years old. She is so cheeky and yet so adorable at the same time!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have still been making the odd cards here and there, mainly just for family. Still spending a fortune on new stash though...Mom and I are always at the craft shows and visiting our many friends in the crafting world! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So that leads me onto my card. Its one I made a while ago but fits in with the 2 challenges I have entered it into, namely <a href="http://abc-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/">ABC Challenge - F is for Flowers</a> and <a href="http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/">Make it Monday</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The image was from Saturated Canary called Violet, coloured using promarkers and prisma pencils. The flowers are from Wild orchid crafts. The little flower charm was recycled from a broken necklace that I had. Far to pretty to throw away and looked beautiful on this card!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So that's all from me for now, best get making some new cards for some new challenges! Can't wait!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Huggles x</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The sun is shining here in Doncaster! I haven't seen it all week so I am quite enjoying the rays this morning whilst drinking my morning cuppa!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today I thought I'd share a card I made for a friends husband. It was his 50th birthday and she wanted something different for him! Apparently he loves playing darts and is in the local team, so that's where this idea came from!</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First of all I embossed and glittered the numbers 50 and put them to one side. I found some brown, wood effect paper in my stash that I had completely forgot about. It fitted into my theme perfectly! I then lightly sanded it to give a more worn look. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm going to enter this card into the following challenges:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://cardsformen.blogspot.com/">Cards for men - Boys and their Toys</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/">Make it Monday - Anything goes</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://trulyscrumptiouschallenge.blogspot.com/">Truly Scrumptious - Something forgotten</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks so much for popping by and I hope that you like this slightly different card! Have a fabulous weekend!</span><br />
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</span>Debshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09954708402210045995noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622865833588228624.post-79005004344214810312012-01-21T12:22:00.002+00:002012-01-22T09:22:31.328+00:00The Golden years!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Morning Everyone,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks so much for my lovely comments last week. It was fabulous to hear from you!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This week I have a birthday card that I made for a young lady who turned 80!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I coloured the digi image using my prisma pencils and then lightly glittered the middle of the flowers (You can't see it very well on this photo!).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I then inked the edges of the paper and the image with Tim Holtz distressing ink.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I cut the 80 using my cuttlebug and then triple embossed the numbers with gold embossing powder. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The green ribbon edges are actually tucked under the card so there were no free edges sticking out. Just liked the look of it and thought I'd try it for a change.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The cream rose looked lost when I first put it on so it got some burgundy ink treatment to its edges to make it stand out. Lastly some gold corners just added that finishing touch!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://raisethebarchallenge.blogspot.com/">Raise The Bar - Ring in the new year</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://2sisterschallengeblog.blogspot.com/">2 Sisters Challenge - Embossing</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://thepixiecottage.blogspot.com/">The Pixie Cottage- Embossing</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/">Make it Monday - Anything goes</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for looking! Hope that you all have a great weekend! Its a bit of a windy one here today!!</span><br />
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</span>Debshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09954708402210045995noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622865833588228624.post-9960889947687115342012-01-07T11:48:00.001+00:002012-01-22T09:20:55.702+00:00New Beginnings<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hi Everyone,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy new year to you all and hope that 2012 brings you everything that you wish for!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Its been a busy start for me as I have just returned to work full time after almost 8 years of part time hours! Not quite sure how I'm going to fit everything in, but I'm sure that I'll find a way eventually!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Been browsing through the blogging world this morning and there are some fantastic cards out there for the start of 2012! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've decided, that for my first card challenge this year, I'm going to enter the first ever <a href="http://liliofthevalleythursdaychallenge.blogspot.com/">'Lili's Little Fairies' New Beginnings Challenge'</a>! It just seems so appropriate for my current new start too!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I made this card for my daughter's teacher who recently got married, another new beginning! I wish them lots of happiness!</span><br />
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</span></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Image is 'Wedding Couple' from <a href="http://www.liliofthevalley.co.uk/">Lili of the Valley</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Flowers and Heart pins from <a href="http://www.wildorchidcrafts.com/">Wild Orchid Crafts</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sentiment from <a href="http://www.littleclaire.co.uk/">Little Claire Designs</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Papers from <a href="http://bmd-creations.blogspot.com/">Bearly Mine Designs</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Embellishments and Ribbon from various Craft shows</span></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's a close up of the image that I coloured using mainly Prisma pencils, but the skin was coloured using my promarkers! I accented her dress using some clear microbeads. They just glistened beautifully when the light caught them and made a change to using glitter!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just thought I'd add this one too! It's my little Jack Russel, Cassy, trying to muscle in on the action! Think she's my biggest fan!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hope that you like my latest post, I promise to keep up this year! It's one of my many new year resolutions!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lots of hugs and new year best wishes</span><br />
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</span>Debshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09954708402210045995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622865833588228624.post-37112907403778040922011-11-27T19:46:00.001+00:002012-01-22T09:24:06.000+00:00Teenage boys<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hiya everyone,</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://foxycards.blogspot.com/">Mom</a> is putting me to shame in the blogging world so I thought I had better try and catch up! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I made this card for a young lad who bought his dream Harley Davidson motor bike for his 18th birthday! He'd been saving for years I believe! Congrats to him!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Harley Davidson Image is from their website I think. It just matched the colours that I wanted to use. I then spritzed the whole image with a gold spray to add a little more shimmer to the card! The paper is from a Papermania I think. I then added some red and gold gems to compliment the colour scheme.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The number 18 is cut out of cardboard using my cuttlebug, then triple embossed with red tinsel embossing powder. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The image that I used is from <a href="http://www.kennykdownloads.com/">Kenny K</a>. She is called Racy Roxie! I loooove his images. There is always one available to fit just about any occasion!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is a close up of the image I coloured, using promarkers and Prisma Pencils. I used glossy accents on her glasses and her shoes!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I decorated the inside of the card to compliment the outside! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hope that you like it, and many thanks for stopping by! Sorry its been so long since I've posted!!!!!!!!!!</span><br />
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</span>Debshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09954708402210045995noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622865833588228624.post-75180631725541554382011-07-10T16:26:00.001+01:002011-11-27T19:50:47.021+00:00Looking for my 'mojo'!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Hi Everyone,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Its been more than quite a while since I was last on my blog, but believe me I have been looking at all yours! Looking for inspiration and trying to find my 'mojo'!!! Its disappeared completely and I'm struggling to get it back!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">So yesterday I made a real effort to sort out my craft room and found lots of bits and pieces that I had completely forgot about it! So hopefully now that I've had a good sort and a reorganise I'll find my 'mojo' that's been missing for so long!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Looking forward to Kenny K's blog hop and new designs! I've downloaded a few more of his designs for my Dad's birthday next month! Might be just what I need to get going again!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I also found this picture of a card I made some time ago now, whilst sorting through my computer files for ideas, and it has given me a few ideas for some cards that I need to make for some friends at work! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well that's all for now but I am determined to be back soon... with my 'mojo' and some new cards!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Yesterday was my mom's very special birthday, the age we shall not reveal! Does a true lady ever? I wanted something that was fun and girly but showed a little of her beautiful nature and kind heart! I found this digi image and knew that it was perfect for her!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I have had the paper for quite some time now but never found the courage to cut and use it, but it was perfect for this image so I took the plunge! So glad I did as I was chuffed to bits with the result and so was my mom when she received it!!!! Don't think the photo does it justice though!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Here is a close up of the image I used!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The flowers and heart pin are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the ribbon is from a stall at the local market! The punch is Martha Stewart and the embellishments are from my stash.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The flowers were 'blinged' with gold glimmer spray just to add that little bit of glitz! The image was coloured using promarkers and my prisma pencils! Then I sprinkled the fairy wings, and 'champagne' with some glamour dust.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The word mom is printed off my computer and then placed on a tag that sits just behind the main image, the tag wishes her a very happy birthday!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I also decorated the inside to compliment the front, but silly me, I forgot to take a photo before I wrote my message inside!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Hope you love it as much as we do! I have decided to enter it into my very first challenge, the Wild orchid Challenge, Mum's are Special! Wish me luck!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Hope that you are all enjoying the sunshine! I most definitely am, and hope that it continues as I am enjoying some well needed R&R with my daughter this week!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Thought I'd share this lovely little lady with you! I love these digital images from Wee stamps, they are gorgeous! I had such fun colouring her with my promarkers and newly acquired prisma pencils! Never thought I could love a pencil sooo much! LOL!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The papers are from Nitwit Collections and the flowers and lace from Wild Orchid Crafts! The sentiment was from a free collection of stamps on one of the crafting magazines!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I decorated the inside of the card to compliment the front!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Its been a while since I last put a post on my blog, but I have still been busy making cards! I made this one for my friends youngest girl who is mad about street dancing and base ball caps!! I thought that this Kenny K Image suited her perfectly and again I have used one of my favourite colour combinations...shocking pink and black!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Here's a card that I made for friend who's birthday was on Sunday! I used Lili of the Valley stamps and found some really pretty card in yellows and greens! Colours that I don't often put together! The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts with some small embellishment flowers mixed in! I coloured the stamp using promarkers and inked the edges using distressing ink from Tim Holtz! Hope you like it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">i can't believe that we are over half way through January already! Where does all the time go!????</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Well I have been busy making cards as I have a few friends and 1 family member who's birthdays fall in January! So here goes with the card I made for my brother's birhday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I used the Wacky Wheels decoupage kit from Le Pashe and glitzed it up a bit! My brother used to have one of these before he moved to Germany so it fitted him perfectly! Happy Birthday Bro!!! Cards for men aren't as easy for me as real girly cards so I hope that he likes it?!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I haven't had any time for crafting, so I am keen and eager to get going again. Santa was good to me and I got some lovely crafting goodies from family that I can't wait to try out! Sleep, however, is required first!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I have posted a card I made for my Dad to give my Mom on their Ruby Anniversary in October last year! Still playing around with my flower arrangements but loved the way the little charm was able to fit on the swirl below the flowers! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been busy this week and was asked to make a 16th birthday card. I just love the digi downloads from Kenny K, I have used this image a few times already and I love the way can can personalize it for the person your making it for! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the papers from a stack of papers I have had for some time, think they are papermania. Love the black mixed with shocking pink colour theme, always an eye catcher I think, not to mention very 'girly' at the moment! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I glitzed up the flowers with some stickles and added a few small pink embellishment flowers for a little more sparkle! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hope that you like it!</span>Debshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09954708402210045995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622865833588228624.post-90151024673831508732010-12-05T11:47:00.001+00:002011-03-05T10:53:23.157+00:00Frustration!!!!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So frustrating! Trying my hardest to work out how to personalize my blog, but make it easy for me to use! Some of the templates available are not that user friendly! Think I've found one that appears to work so far! Now to try and download some photos....</span>Debshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09954708402210045995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622865833588228624.post-60850200996699405572010-12-03T19:44:00.002+00:002011-03-06T11:50:53.627+00:00Help!???<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hey Guys, I'm totally new to this and have absolutely no idea what I'm doing! Should be fun finding out! (Or extremely frustrating! LOL)</span> <br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've decided to give blogging a go as I've been card making for about 2 years now and after seeing so many others sharing their creations, I thought I might share some of mine! I'm still attempting to find my own style but looking back I can really see how far I have come in a relatively short time!</span>Debshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09954708402210045995noreply@blogger.com1