Monthly Archives: January 2012

WOYWW 139 – playing with watercolours

Posted on 31/01/2012 by

I am in an arty place at the moment.  I really need to focus on scrapbooking, and figure out a way to bring the arty techniques to layouts, but I’m just not there yet.  Maybe I’ll find the inspiration and … Continue reading →

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More Project Life printables – months

Posted on 31/01/2012 by

I had this idea in my head while I was working on the other ones.  Pretty minimalistic stuff, but I like the simplicity of those little and thin circles.  They are, again slightly smaller than 3 x 4 so you … Continue reading →

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Big cards – Nine of Diamonds

Posted on 30/01/2012 by

It’s quite interesting to me (QI to my BBC-watching friends LOL!) That when I do “art” I tend towards the messy, grungy, distressed look but when I design (like the Project Life Printables I did over the last couple of … Continue reading →

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Sunday-right-here (Project Life Printables)

Posted on 29/01/2012 by

The hardest thing about designing is stepping out of your own head to think about how others might like to use things.  Obviously colour is huge – I have my preferred colours, as do most people, but for me it’s … Continue reading →

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Project Life printables

Posted on 28/01/2012 by

This is one of those times when I dither.  It’s late here in the UK. And dark. and it’s dark in my room, with zero natural light. While I did TRY to improve the quality of the photos a bit, … Continue reading →

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Display Mini-book

Posted on 27/01/2012 by

Sometimes, I begin a project with a clear idea of where it is going.  This one was crystal clear in my mind, but the reality is that I got nearly to the end and veered off in a totally new … Continue reading →

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Printable word hearts

Posted on 26/01/2012 by

Just a quick one today as it’s DDs transition meeting.  I started these, gosh, ages ago, last year some time, but I wasn’t happy with how it was so I shelved it.  Got busy with other thing. Now that I … Continue reading →

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WOYWW138 – overstamping

Posted on 25/01/2012 by

Hello all you WOYWW-ers.  If you aren’t a WOYWW-er  click the link to pop over to Julia’s blog for your weekly desk-hop. So yesterday I did another window tunnel card (well, that’s what I am calling them.  Never seen one … Continue reading →

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Valentine’s Day window card

Posted on 24/01/2012 by

There are a lot of steps to this, and it would take 30 photos to show it all so I am going to condense things a bit for this blog post then do a YouTube doodah with all the photos.  … Continue reading →

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10 of Diamonds – big art cards

Posted on 23/01/2012 by

This week it’s the Ten of Diamonds.  I wonder if I will get sick of red in a few weeks, and if I should carry on into the Hearts (and more red) or switch to Spades, and then if I … Continue reading →

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