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WOYWW 151 – masterboard and homemade stamps

Posted on 25/04/2012 by

Hello all.  Happy WOYWW.  Do pop round Julia’s Stamping Ground to see what that funny, unpronouncable acronym is all about (I say WOWEE, right or wrong. How about you? Let me know in the comments and we can compare) My … Continue reading →

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BIG CARDS – King of Spades!

Posted on 02/04/2012 by

So happy to move on to a different colourway.  I expect I’ll be relieved to move BACK to red with the hearts. And, horror of horrors I find my whole process is in jeopardy as there seem to be a … Continue reading →

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BIG CARDS – Ace of Diamonds!

Posted on 26/03/2012 by

Yay!  I have completed a suit.  The final Diamond is DONE.  As I implied last week I did use the wax paper resist OVER paint and I love how it turned out. I started by blobbing some different shades of … Continue reading →

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BIG CARDS – 2 of Diamonds

Posted on 19/03/2012 by

I have one corner of the binding of my quilt to finish but that will have to wait till tomorrow. Today, I am carrying on with my BIG CARD project.  This is the Two of Diamonds. A couple of interesting … Continue reading →

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WOYWW 145 – a card!

Posted on 14/03/2012 by

I managed a card from my stamp play yesterday.  No overall shot of my desk as it’s too dark now to get a decent photo – and my desk is a mess anyway so nothing new there. I’m splitting my … Continue reading →

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Still making stamps

Posted on 13/03/2012 by

I had fun making stamps yesterday and decided to try out a few of the new dies I got to see how they might work. I had a bit of sticky-backed fun foam laying around and that seemed to be … Continue reading →

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BIG CARDS – 6 of Diamonds

Posted on 20/02/2012 by

Amazed that I have stuck with this, frankly.  I have a very short attention span for long projects. As usual, I began with Distress ink – Barn Door, Worn Lipstick and Spun Sugar. I then took a big stamp – … 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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Lovely Valentines Day card

Posted on 20/01/2012 by

…if I do say so myself. Oh and it took AGES.  I may write it up or do a YouTube doodah but that will have to wait for another day. I had planned NOT to post today, as I was … Continue reading →

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52 cards – a year long undertaking

Posted on 16/01/2012 by

OK, so here’s the deal.  I had a plan for 2012 – I had this deck of cards, which you mat recall from a triptych card I did last year: I wanted an interesting base to experiment with art-journaling techniques, … Continue reading →

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