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Thursday, 27 December 2012

RIP Uncle Roy


It is with great sadness that I have to announce we lost Paul’s Uncle during the early hours of Christmas Eve.

December has been a very busy month with my husband’s Birthday, Christmas parties and from the 20th a Wedding, a birth, a death and my nephews 16th Birthday on Christmas Day.
Paul has been suffering with a bad cold over most of this month which unfortunately resulted in him having an epileptic fit so that spoiled a lot of his birthday plans as he was so tired L It really has been a challenge and I know that as a person I have come a long way as I didn’t get depressed or overly upset and that really is something worth celebrating.

However, no matter how busy we have been it all gets knocked into perspective when you are told your Uncle is in hospital and in a very bad way. It was made worse that we could not visit as the hospital was closed due to the Norovirus. We had a call on morning of the 23rd December to say he was very ill and unlikely to make it. We rushed to the hospital and it was like a ghost town. Normally you have to struggle to park and the hospital is bustling with people visiting and personnel going about their normal working day. We had to wear a plastic apron and rubber gloves before we could go into the ward and only go in one at a time.

This was only the 2nd time I have seen anyone who was dying and it was really upsetting. When Paul’s Grandad was going he was very peaceful and unfortunately in this case that was not so. It was obvious he was in distress, he had gone blind earlier in the week, could not talk anymore and seemed to be trying to tell us something. I found it very distressing and could only stay in there for a few minutes. We all stayed at the hospital for 3 or 4 hours and then Paul and I went home as there was nothing else that we could do.

We both had sleepless nights and I got up at 3.30am and pottered around on my computer. We found out later that Roy died at 4am on Christmas Eve and thought it was weird how we were both wide awake at the time.

Christmas has been a very subdued affair. I haven’t even put up my Christmas tree this year which is unheard of as I love decorating my tree. For some reason it just seemed like Christmas represented a lot of hassle this year and my heart wasn’t in it. I feel that intuitively a part of me knew something wasn’t ‘right’ this year.

This card I gave to Roy’s partner Sarah who stayed with him right to the end. It had initially been made for one of my team mates on One Stitch At A Time as we all got together to make a digital condolence book for her. It was made quite a while ago but has been on my desk for quite some time. Most of my cards get blogged straight away and then put in a box but this one hadn’t, again very strange……..

Anyhoo this last few days has again put things into perspective. I am living for today, enjoying every minute I can and wearing my ‘best’ clothes instead of saving them to gather dust in a wardrobe as you just never know when your time is up.

Materials Used in this card are as follows:-
Card Size – A5” Square
Image – Sunflower Collage by Gingerloft
Sentiment – Freebie from McMahon Five Designs
Paper – Mariposa Stack by DCWV
Embellishments – Decorative paper strip by Papermania
Tools – Distress Ink pad, Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Quickuts Cookie Cutter Die
Techniques – Distressing, Diecutting

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order):-


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Sunday, 29 April 2012

OSAAT # 111 - Here Comes Summer


There's a new challenge today at One Stitch At  A Time and the theme is

Here Comes Summer

Our sponsor this week is Creative Craft World and the prize is 3 Promarkers of the winner’s choice




Please head on over to the Stitchy Bear Store to check out all the lovely digis on offer from our great designers. There are some freebies available and there is a selection of cut price Monthly Specials that change often, there really is so much to choose from thanks to our very talented designers.



Also, to keep ahead of all the latest news you can become a follower at the
Stitchy Bear Store Blog




Don’t forget that we have changed the prize structure. You must use a store image to win the main prizes and all other entries will be in a draw to win $3 to spend in the store

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For this challenge I have used this serene image from Gingerloft Digi Stamps called Rustic Bench. I can just imagine siting on such a bench listening to the tweety birds, it looks like a very restful place to be J

I coloured the image with Promarkers and Flexmarkers, added a couple of small glittered butterfly stickers and cut it out using a Nestabilities die. I created a mat with a larger die and some dark green paper from a Costco folder.  The floral paper is from a First Edition pad called Boho Chic. I adore the papers in oranges, browns and greens.

I have used some handmade paper string to create a crinkled layer and made a bow from this and some raffia. The ribbon has been recycled from a box of chocolates, the raffia from  a plant label has a couple of metal charms tied into it. The sentiment is included in the download and has been cut into a banner shape and curled up at the edges.

With all the awful weather we have been having lately let’s hope this challenge heralds a change in the weeks to come J

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Please pop over to OSAAT to see the fab cards from my colleagues on the DT. I look forward to seeing your entries for this challenge

Materials Used in this Project are as follows:-
Card Size – A5
Image – Rustic Bench by Gingerloft Digi Stamps
Paper – Boho Chic First Edition pad by Dovecraft
Embellishments – butterfly stickers, raffia, paper ribbon, gold ribbon, metal charms
Tools – Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Nestabilities die
Techniques – Diecutting, recycling

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order):-


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Sunday, 12 February 2012

OSAAT #100 Anything Goes



There's a new challenge today at One Stitch At  A Time and the theme is

Anything Goes

We are sponsored this week by Creative Craft World who are offering 3 Promarkers



And the fabulous  Stitchy Bear Store  who is offering a Mini Collab for the winner



The DT are all using products from the new Collaboration pack. There will be a new one available every 2 weeks and it will be free with a purchase from the store of only $7.

Please head on over to the Stitchy Bear Store




to check out all the lovely digis on offer from our great designers. Also, to keep ahead of all the latest news you can become a follower at the Stitchy Bear Store Blog



Stitchy is offering some great time sensitive offers so please make sure you are signed up to the newsletter to be the first to get the gossip!

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Myself and Choccy have used this lovely image called Dolphin Kiss from Gingerloft. The image has been coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers and I really enjoyed shading the dolphins in the different shades of blue grey. I used a Nestabilities die to cut the image and distressed the edges with a small black inkpad.

The base card is a sheet of white card with a pale blue wavy paper from by Dovecrafts. I used a 4” wide brown lace with a strip of blue card which had been trimmed with a Martha Stewart bubble punch and overlaid this with a metallic ribbon.

The heart die cuts are from Let’s Make Cards packs and the sentiment is from Kanban mounted onto a scrap of blue card.

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Please pop over to OSAAT to see the fab cards from my colleagues on the DT. I look forward to seeing your entries for this challenge

Materials Used in this card are as follows:-
Card Size – A5
Image – Dolphin Kiss by Gingerloft
Sentiment – Kanban
Paper – First Edition range by Dovecraft, other card from scrapbox
Embellishments – Lace, metallic ribbon, die cuts
Tools – scissors, Promarkers, Flexmarkers, Martha Stewart border punch, Nestabilities Die
Techniques – Punching, diecutting,

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order):-



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Sunday, 23 October 2011

OSAAT #85 Embossing



There's a new challenge today at One Stitch At  A Time and it we want you to do some
Embossing, wet or dry

Please head on over to the newly re-vamped Stitchy Bear Store and sign up for the newsletter to get the latest news. In the spotlight this week we have 
Terri from Delicious Doodles

Stitchy is offering some great time sensitive offers so please make sure you are signed up to the newsletter to be the first to get the gossip!

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For my card this week I have used Santa’s Clothes from Gingerloft and had so much fun with this fab image. I coloured it with Promarkers sticking to just black white and red throughout. I created a second layer and mounted the elements onto 3d foam. Using some puffy paint from Woodware I added this to where the snow and fur would be and heated it up with my heat gun. It never ceases to amaze me how this stuff puffs up and transforms your project J

The paper and sentiment are from a Debbi Moore magazine freebie and I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder for the snowflake background. The red and black card used for the mats is all from my scrapbox, yay!!

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Please pop over to OSAAT to see the fab cards from my colleagues on the DT. I look forward to seeing your entries for this challenge

Materials Used in this card are as follows:-
Card Size – A5
Image – Santa’s Clothes by Gingerloft
Paper and Sentiment – Debbi Moore
Embellishments – Woodware puff paint
Tools – scissors, 3d foam, heat gun, Cuttlebug embossing folder
Techniques – Decoupage, Dry embossing,

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order):-


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Sunday, 24 July 2011

OSAAT #72 - Pearls & Swirls



There's a new challenge today at One Stitch At A Time it is to feature
Pearls & Swirls on your design.


We have 2 prizes up for grabs this week from Digi's With Attitude




If you don't already subscribe to the Stitchy Bear Newsletter I would suggest that you sign up as you will always be kept up to date with the latest image news.

In the spotlight this week is my team mate Josephine who is extremely talented. I am honoured to work with her on 2 DT's and she constantly amazes me with the work she produces. We are very lucky to have her.

Pop over to the store and make sure you sign up for it. While you are there don't forget that for the Month of July we have a new store collab with the theme of Weddings & Sympathy which is free with a $10 purchase.


We have an amazing opportunity for you too. To celebrate the ad campaign we are having in Papercraft Essentials Magazine and to reward our loay followers we are having a "Pretty in Print" contest.


Who wouldn't want the opportunity to be published ? Please click on the link above to be taken to the post on OSAAT which explains all the rules for entry.

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For my card I was fortunate to use a Gingerloft image called Vintage Peacock. This is the 2nd Peacock card I have done this week and the lovely thing is that both the images and the style of the card are very different.

The image has been coloured with Promarkers in shades of blues & turquoise.(another blue one Janey xxx) I have added some blue glitter glue and a smattering of a clear Sakura glitter pen. The image was matted on scrap card and mounted on 3d foam.

The card layout is from a sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches. I covered an irridescent card with a sheet of embossed metallic paper by Kanban. The paper has the most gorgeous silver swirls in it and it is so very elegant. It fitted the challenge them perfectly but more importantly I think it really complements the grace and beauty of the digi design. I used matching blue paper to create a ribbon with a Martha Stewart punch.

The three lines on the sketch i couldn't think what to do. Twine didn't seem classy enough and i had no very thin ribbon that I felt would look right then I suddenly remembered funky fibres......remember them???? I have a tub with assorted fibres and wools etc and found the PERFECT MATCH for the colours and everything, don't you just love it when that happens?? All the card required to finish off was a sentiment from my stash and some Kanban pearls which are in a dark bluey grey.


Materials Used in this card are as follows:-
Card Size - A5
Sketch - Tuesday Morning Sketches #103
Papers - Kanban
Image - Vintage Peacock by Gingerloft
Tools - 3D Foam, Martha Stewart Doily Punch, Promarkers
Embellishments - Pearls, Sakura Glitter, glitter glue, Funky Fibres
Techniques - Punching

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order):-
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