Sympathy Cards

I find Sympathy cards, along with masculine cards, the hardest of all to make. I seem to have had to send a few of these out in the last couple of weeks so I decided that I would be a mini production line and make a few to have on standby.



I was really pleased with how it turned out. Now to tackle masculine cards......


Happy crafting.

Candle Box

Tonight at Crafters Anonymous we made this candle box. The class was taught by Jane McGladesmith. I love the idea of this box and I know I will make it again and again filling it with different things (chocolates; booties; jewellery the list goes on)




Happy crafting.

Catch up

It is a very chilly day today - we had a huge frost - brrrr. I have my fire going so my lounge is warm and toasty. Only thing is I am now upstairs in my craft room and its freezing!
I was looking at my photos today and I realised I had not posted pics of the last two classes that we have have at Crafters Anonymous.
The first pic is a "Star Card" that was taught to us by Sharna. I must admit I made a bit of a hash of the card as I misread the measurements. I should stick by the builders code "measure twice and cut once". Once I had the correct measurements the card was able to shut properly.



The second pic is the "faux postage" technique that Tia taught us. Its a great technique - lots of fun things - tearing, sponging, stamping.


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Birthday Cards

It was my Birthday yesterday and here are the two handmade cards I got. The first is from my online buddy Julia - it is so stunning IRL. The second is from my 9 year old grand daughter. Love it - the coloured wool is from her great gran's crochet project!!!



The card below is what I made for my eldest son's birthday.


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Moving House

I made this card for my online buddy Julia. Her and her family have just moved house. I am so jealous she has a new, big craft room!!!

I attended the last Ustamp bloghop and as soon as I saw the tutorial (designed by Lorri Heiling) I knew that I was going to make it for her.


I love the window box - a perfect resting place for a little bird!

Thanks for dropping by.

Tea/Coffee/Chocolate....

What can I put in here.....?




Isn't this a great idea? We made this last night at Crafters Anonymous in our Monday night Online class. The very talented Anne showed us how to do it. Anne's version had a permanent lid (put it on after filling the caddy) but I read the instructions wrong (well I thought I had) so I decided to make mine into a flip top lid. I'm pleased with the finished result. And I can see myself making more of this caddies as gifts.

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How excited are they?

On Saturday the Crusaders played the Sharks at Trafalgar Park in Nelson. Unfortunately I didn't get to see the game as I was busy cooking hot dogs and chips for all the spectators. I took my two grandchildren with me and two of their friends. As it was a do or die game for the Crusaders they decided that they had to be flying the flag for the red and blacks. But the best part of their night was having their photo taken with Richie McCaw. My 5 year old grandson was beside himself as Sonny Bill was wearing different coloured boots - who would have noticed that!?



After their win they have now travelled to South Africa to play another do or die game - fingers crossed!!!! We are hoping that the Crusaders win and the Blues win and then the final will be played in Wellington - which would mean a trip to Wellywood to watch it!

Happy crafting