tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78823511578969638192024-03-06T12:48:29.697+11:00A Creative Day In The Life Of ColAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02554097369634463954noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882351157896963819.post-33207841323302422242015-02-24T13:53:00.000+11:002015-02-24T13:53:58.040+11:00Greeting Friends<br />
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Today I am sharing with you a scrapbook single page layout I am doing for the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/aussiecrafters/" target="_blank">Aussie Crafters</a> February Snazzy Sketch. <br />
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Here is a copy of the sketch<br />
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I kept the shabby chic theme in my layout which to me is beige creams and pinks. I had loads of fun creating this page and have never done this technique before, it finished up beautifully and I certainly plan to use it again - I wish I could credit someone for the brick idea but it was all me I so totally invented it!<br />
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If you would like to follow along you will need:<br />
1 sheet 12 x 12 Dk Brown card stock<br />
1 sheet 12 x 12 Beige Card stock<br />
Pink (machine) handmade paper<br />
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flowers<br />
Wording<br />
Basic paper crafting tools.<br />
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I used a washi tape in a cream colour with an antique script on but you can use any washi tape you choose. Starting in the top left corner tear off bits about 2cm in length and place them in as straight a line as possible, leaving a gap of about .5cm between each piece. I used a washi tape that will contrast with the colour oage you are using so it really shows up.<br />
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On the next row I start a little in from the edge of the page so that that the brick effect starts to show. <br />
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When I got to the 3rd row I started skipping the middle ones so that I wouldnt waste washi tape that would end up being hidden behind the heart. <br />
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I don't have a big enough heart die that would have suited this sketch so I cut one on the Silhouette. I am very sure my freehand would have been alot more shabby than Shabby chic ....... At this stage I could use the heart to measure the area that didn't need washi tape bricks.<br />
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For the font I took advantage of the extra space at the bottom of the page I cut the heart out from, and used the area to cut out the Letters for Je T' Aime. I put this onto pink (machine) handmade paper and fluffed the edges. <br />
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After sticking down the heart I left the edges loose so that I could thread some raffia thru the lacey edge, on the side before sticking on the pink roses. I also tied a bit of raffia into a loose knot at the top of the heart and put a couple of roses on top of the knot. I also added a photo of my amazing mother to the middle of the heart.<br />
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The finished page, the text didnt come out as vivid as I would have liked in the photo, it looks a bit lilac and washed - strangely it is the same colour as the heart. Im a crafter - not a photographer ;)<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02554097369634463954noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882351157896963819.post-25591493915278709442015-01-19T20:18:00.002+11:002015-01-19T20:18:34.011+11:00Greetings Crafters<br />
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Today I want to share with you a card I made for the sketch challenge over at <a href="http://www.aussiecrafters.com.au/" target="_blank">Aussie Crafters!</a> Here is the sketch:<br />
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Being school holidays, we have been spending so much time at the beach and with this stunning new Kaiser Craft paper pad (sandy toes) I just treated myself to, I decided that my inspiration for the January Sketch would be have a beach theme!</div>
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The papers are too divine .... I used the following printed designs from the Sandy Toes 12 x 12 pad ...</div>
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they are such lovely washed or weathered designs. I also got the collectables but didn't use any on this card.<br />
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I cut my card to A5 using a white 250gsm card, scored and folded it in half. I would have maybe been tempted to twist or flip the sketch but as this is an inspiarional sketch for the Aussie Crafters I know that for some members this will be their first sketch. You are more than welcome to flip it to any degree and even mirror it if you wish.<br />
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I used the printed designs in the following way and inked the edges with denim distress ink for dimension. <br />
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The card looked very empty and instead of using something from the Sandy Toes collectables I decided to colour up one of <a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/sailor-boys-set/" target="_blank">Mo's little sailors</a> they are too darling for words! <br />
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I chose the standing one simply because it would fit best on the particular spot on the card that I wanted to fill. I printed him on X press graph x blending card and coloured him in with copics .....<br />
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I fussy cut him on the silhouette and stuck him in the front most panel, I love the colours I used for both the background and the sailor however I think that I could have used more greys in the colouring it seemed warm and washed till i put it in the background.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Thanks for visiting and if you would like to try out this challenge by all means ...... if you are a resident in Australia - why not join the Aussie Crafters and submit your sketch to the challenge and stand the chance to win a prize.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">To create your own love notes blackboard where you can leave a short little message for your loved one each day you will need the following: </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Wooden MDF Fence background</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Wooden MDF heart</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Blackboard paper / self adhesive</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Paper roses </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ribbon </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Decorative paper / old wood pattern paper</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">X-PRESS IT Triple Tac Glue</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">X-PRESS IT CLEAR GEL glue</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Kraft knife / scissors</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Paintbrush</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Make two holes in the top of your blank wooden heart and make sure all the edges are smoothed. Cover the front of the heart with a thin layer of <b>X-PRESS IT Triple Tac Glue</b> using your paint brush. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cover the heart with your blackboard paper and smooth out all bubbles with a cloth, brayer or the side of your hand. Trim the edge of the paper as close to the heart as possible to leave a neat clean finish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> The two little holes will be visible through the blackboard paper, use a pencil to poke through the paper to make two new holes. This will be where you thread your ribbon through.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Using the <b>X-PRESS IT Triple Tac Glue </b>paint a thin layer onto each panel of the picket fence background and apply the patterned paper face up onto the glue, again smoothing out any air bubbles. Repeat the step for each panel completing the panel before moving on as the glue might start to dry. Once all the panels have been done, move it aside to dry, a couple of hours should do it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Once it is dry, put on a thin coat of the <b>X-PRESS IT Triple Tac Glue </b>to seal your project.<b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Apply <b>X-PRESS IT Clear Gel Glue </b> around the edge of the heart and stick each bud into place creating a border around the heart. Hold each bud in place for a couple of second until its stuck securely. Next tie your ribbon through the two little holes and tie a knot in each piece to secure it. Once you have done that you can hang it on your little fince and write on a special message for your Valentine with chalk!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As always if you have any queries or comments on this project or any others on my blog I would love to hear from you!</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02554097369634463954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882351157896963819.post-38473127729545685632014-01-15T18:38:00.002+11:002014-01-15T18:38:57.051+11:00Greetings,<br />
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I know it has been a hundred years since I last posted but with our move and Christmas and a full house I am only just hitting the ground running ....<br />
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Toward the end of last year I started a group called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/aussiecrafters/" target="_blank">Aussie Crafters</a> on Facebook mainly to meet and socialize with other crafters in Australia. I had no idea what a success it would be, we have so many stunning ladies (and a gentleman or two) and the group is so active with its second swap underway and a challenge with a gorgeous prize sponsored by <a href="http://www.xpressgraphx.com.au/c/293/adhesives-other" target="_blank">Xpress-It</a>. We have an amazing design team and me! lol I am the extra bit on the side of the ACDT - unofficial member if you will! Join the group and meet the other fantastic DT members Jacinta, Mel and Rose :)<br />
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The first task of the ACDT this year was to create a Valentines Project with the theme STUCK ON YOU!!<br />
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So next up is my first project entitled "LOVE NOTES"<br />
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Till next time<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02554097369634463954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882351157896963819.post-29810831149420240372013-10-28T13:04:00.001+11:002013-10-28T13:04:06.169+11:00Creative Creations DT - Sassy Studio Designs - Books<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Greetings</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have been very busy with Halloween and Christmas cards and crafts so it was really refreshing to do a card that was very different.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This card I did for the the <a href="http://creativecreationschallenges.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">CREATIVE CREATIONS DT </a>the theme of the challenge is Books (inspired by books) I chose to do this cute little Fairy Sassy tinker from <a href="http://sassystudiodesigns.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">SASSY STUDIO DESIGNS</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We would love if you would come over and play, take part in this awesome challenge and strand the chance of winning 4 Digi's from Sassy Studio Designs!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have always loved the story of Peter Pan and Wendy, and Neverland has always appealed to me and always been somewhere I could like to see my self living. It has all the things that appeal to me, and fairies yes fairies like Tinkerbell ... I love tinkerbell! She was essentially the only female in Neverland and yet managed to keep all the boys in line, what a woman!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">One of my favourite quotes from the book:</span><br />
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<b>“When the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a
thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the
beginning of fairies.”
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J.M. Barrie</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="st">For this card I used an A5 card folded and then a pop up of Sassy Tinker on the inside, I coloured her with copics and the paper in the "book" is Pebbles.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="st"> The thought behind my card was to make the base look all old and vintage as the original Peter Pan was written in 1911 and then I made lil Tinker Sassy all bright as she is known and loved in the Disney movies today, the contrast is just beautiful.</span></span><br />
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<span class="st"> </span><br /><b>“One girl is worth more use than 20 boys.”
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J.M. Barrie</b><br />
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<b><br />“All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.”
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J.M. Barrie</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thanks so much for reading till the end, as always if you have any queries about this or any other project you have seen here I will be happy to answer what I can, ALL comments will be greatly appreciated.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02554097369634463954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882351157896963819.post-32610260914638414212013-10-24T17:41:00.001+11:002013-10-24T17:41:11.091+11:00Challenge - Outlawz - Awareness Card - MS<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Greetings, </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">So here today I will proudly display a card that I finally finished late</span><span style="background-color: white;"> (Due October 17th) , I keep threatening to get my cards in on time and yet they are nothing but empty promises ... This challenge really struck a cord with me because I am such an avid supporter of MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Awareness. Not many people know what this disgusting disease is and some very naive people think it can be cured by taking a holiday or changing your diet!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Well its real and sadly there is NO CURE!!</span> It is destroying lives every day, it steals and robs family members from their families and steals futures out from its victims feet! So even tho I was too late I decided to make this card anyway. The ribbon colour for MS awareness is orange so I coloured my card theme orange and I am going to share it with as many as I can. If you would share it too that would be so great, lets UNCHAIN the ignorance and rumors and start reaching and teaching people the truth about MS!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">An awesome guy Johann I know from the <span style="color: orange;"><u><i><b>MSSA</b></i></u> </span>group, he runs a project called Unchaining MS is a project to raise awareness for multiple sclerosis,
including an annual bike trip. Next trip provisionally between 26 Apr -
10 May 2014. I love the slogan of his organisation and he kindly agreed to let me use it on my card!! If you would like to find out more click <u><i><b><a href="http://www.unchaining-ms.co.za/" target="_blank">UNCHAINING MS</a> </b></i></u>to go his website or find him on <i><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/UnchainingMS" target="_blank">Facebook</a></b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here is my card I will still post to The Outlawz - <span style="background-color: white;">October 17th</span> challenge but not for a prize :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I bought this digi from <b><a href="http://www.kennykdownloads.com/" target="_blank">KennyK</a></b> and the name of this gorgeous image is <b><a href="http://kennykdownloads.contentshelf.com/product?product=I130114000000716" target="_blank">Viki Lee Vicous</a> </b>I did wonder if she was any relation to Sid ;P </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I dont use orange much when colouring as a choice, I will if I am colouring something that is obviously orange, but given the choice I usually opt out. So this was a challenge for me but in a good way as I got to make friends with all the oranges in the bunch :) The reason I chose her was that I wanted an image of a girl that couldn't be reconned with and Vikki here was the perfect match ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I did alot more shading on her hair than you see here, but for some reason it didn't come out when I photoed it, the streaks look really obvious, but I love how unintentionally her hair looks like flames! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I searched the for a beautiful ribbon back ground paper that I could use but I could only find pink, so I made my own, I have sheets of this paper available in acetate and card and I can also do different coloured awareness ribbons if you like. Just send me an email <a href="mailto:ribbonpaperblog@cafecreate.com.au" target="_blank">here</a> and I can give you more details. I also printed the slogan from Johan on acetate as I had not yet decided which colour I was going to to the background. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I think it all came together nicely and I really enjoyed making this card!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As always thanks so much for visiting and reading to this point! Your comments (good or bad) are always welcome and very much appreciated. If you have a query about this or any other project you have seen on my blog please let me know and I will do my best to help you out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Till Next Time, Keep it crafty,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Joy Fold Christmas Card</span></h2>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1 Sheet of card stock (25cm x 15cm) (green)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1 Sheet of card stock in a different colour (10cm x 20cm) (red)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Printed Christmas themed paper about 3 different sheets</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sentiment or Christmas embellishment</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Basic tools : Cutting knife or trimmer, craft mat, metal ruler, paper glue, embellishment glue.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Step One</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Cut out the 25 x 15 cm piece from one of the sheets of card, I used a dark green, and score it at 15 cm. Next cut a 10cm x 20cm piece of card from the other colour (in my case red) and score that down the center at 10cm. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fold your 2 piece of card on the scored line. Cut out the pieces from the printed paper in the following sizes: A) 14x14cm, B) 9 x 9cm and C) 14 x 9cm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b> Step 3</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Open the large card - the small fold should open to the left, paste A (square of printed paper) onto the right hand side of the card and paste B the smaller square of printed paper on the FRONT of the smaller folded card. <b>NOTE: the smaller card should open (backwards) to the right!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Close the large card and paste the remaining piece C on the outer side of the card. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Making double sure that the large card opens to the LEFT and the small card opens to the RIGHT, put some glue on the back of the small card and paste it in the center of the INSIDE of the larger card.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> To check that it is correct open both cards, fold the larger one, and then fold the smaller card over the front of the larger card. It should look like the pic above.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have been so busy sewing (yes I do sew ..... more about that in my next post)but still managed in between to get my fix of Copic Love and an awsome Kenny K image for the September <a href="http://creativecreationschallenges.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Creative Creations Challenges</a> Design Team.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We were given this sketch, and as cute as it was I still flipped mine 90' to the right!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am so in the spirit of Christmas ALREADY that I <i>had </i>to choose a Chistmas image, the one I chose from <a href="http://www.kennykdownloads.com/" target="_blank">KennyK </a> and the gorgeous image I chose was <a href="http://kennykdownloads.contentshelf.com/product?product=I130117000000820" target="_blank">Santa's Cookies</a> she is such a cutie!! I also had this beautiful KC Christmas paper that I just got and wanted to use so I got colouring!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I did this one first ....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Copic colours I used were: E51, R29, B12, G02, Y02, R37, R59, G05, B23, E43, E37, E33, W-3, YG63, E47, BV29, YG23 & colorless blender. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I really liked the red and blue but then her face was a sun kissed for someone living in the snow ... lol so ......</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Then I did this one .... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This one is alot lighter and the tones alot more muted but it still has a festive feel. I did a much lighter complexion here and this time with darker hair. <br /> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Cpoic colours I used were: E51, C-5, YG03, BG15, YG63, E43, G00, R29, R00, R0, E57, YG11, RV29, R37, E31 & colorless blender.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />I am not sure which image I prefer they are both so different, I am a little biased asz chartreuse is one of my favourite colours. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thank you for reading this far, I really appreciate it! As always if you would like more info or have any comments on these or any other proects you see on my blog I am happy to share any advice or info :)</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02554097369634463954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882351157896963819.post-86616249120705532982013-09-24T17:54:00.003+10:002013-10-01T16:58:52.964+10:00Creative Creations Challenges - Early Christmas<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Greetings,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Christmas is coming .. its coming and those of you who know me will know that its my all time favourite time of the year, Christmas is like a hobby, an obsession ooooh I am just SO excited!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">That explained you will understand my absolute delight when I was given this image to do for a challenge on<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: blue;"><b><a href="http://creativecreationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Creative Creations Challenges</a></b></span></span> my first Christmas crafting for 2013, it has really inspired me to start some other crafts now too, I need to fix up and add some additions to my advent calendar, I bought a 1:12 Christmas cupboard which I want to do a room in and a couple of quilts and other sewing projects. Some X-stitch decorations and a couple of secret projects (those being all the UFO's i have from all the passed Christmas's shshshsh)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So here is my Christmas candle card, I (of cos) coloured it with copics, and then put it onto the stunning new Kaiser craft a Christmas paper.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am really embarrassed about one little feature on this card, no laughing now guys!! Have a look at the "joy" tag .... could I have stuck it any lopsided? Oh my word this card making business is tricky! The rest I am very happy with it was a challenge trying to get the curves and the shadows of the holly leaves, but i do like them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As always if you have any comments or suggestions please share or if you require more info about this or any other project I will happily share. Thank you so much for visiting!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Greetings and L'shana Tova Umetuka to all my Jewish Family and friends.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This here will be the Rosh Hashanah issue lol I have been as crafty as my bug would let me be, somewhere in the haze of last week I managed to put together the following creations. I have my amazing husband to thank for the Apple and Honey picture above - his work rocks! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I was also really honoured to be asked to take a fruit salad, now you must understand, this would be the first EVER thing I have been asked to take to MIL for any meal whatsoever. I have been waiting years for this privilage as I don't keep a kosher kitchen. Clean, germ and yuk free but not kosher :( </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I know I have been rather quiet for a while its just since DH has started working inter-state that I feel I might go crazy - with him it feels like he has taken half my day lol. I have been busy doing a craft group at one of my DD's schools they are making polymer clay mosaic mirror's and I also had two really awesome sessions of card making for the schools fathers day stall fundraiser, the girls and I were really productive even with all the laughing :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have been sorting out my craft space / area it is so small and in my bedroom at the moment so I am trying to be as compact as possible so as to keep it still looking like a bedroom and not invade DH's space too much ... when it is all neat and tidy and finished being sorted (if that's even possible) I will share some pics with you :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In the mean time I have been spending every free minute working on another colouring picture, I spoiled myself and bought both the wonderland collections from MAKE IT CRAFTY I adore their stuff and find it so magical to colour :) I have been wanting to do another big image like the steam punk tree house, and decided this should be it :) I will be entering this image for their design team!! I feel really passionate about Make it crafty ' s amazing digis's and Zoe is a breath of inspiration so please hold all your thumbs, cross your fingers and toes and pray that I get accepted :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I used two designs in this image the mad hatter from make it crafty's Mad Hatter digi Stamp - Code: digi-mad-hatter. I plan to colour them all but this guys face, his expression is so often how<i> </i>I feel I look! </span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02554097369634463954noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882351157896963819.post-24722514004247931782013-07-11T23:53:00.005+10:002013-07-11T23:55:33.020+10:00<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Greetings,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I wanted to share with you a little project I have been working on. Yes its colouring lol ....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am so totally inlove with these "little houses" from <a href="http://www.makeitcrafty.com/little-houses-collection-digi-stamps.html" target="_blank">makeitcrafty</a> they are adorable and really take you on a trip to a fantasy world, the artist must has such a beautiful imagination, to be able to create such amazing life like little places to live.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">They are SO much fun to colour and the detail is absolutely AMAZING, I chose to start (yes i plan to colour them all) with a steam punk tree house, it is just so gorgeous. <a href="http://www.makeitcrafty.com/steampunk-treehouse-digi-stamp.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> is a link to the tree on the shops website. I bought myself the digi of the tree, and started colouring .... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My medium of choice was my copics and my daughter is also colouring one with pencil water colours. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I did "borrow" my colour choice from the website where I bought the digi, for two reasons ....1. I believe the artist who drew the design had the perfect colours in mind while creating the design and two, It was the biggest image (full A4 page) that I had ever coloured and felt rather intimidated.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The combination of copper, wood, brass and silver made this digi so much fun to colour. The light that was shining from the inside looked both warm and mysterious at the same time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I started with the copper coloured pieces and started with the lightest shades of peach and worked on from there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Next I moved onto the tree trunk, the thing I found most challenging was getting the light to look as tho it was bursting from inside the trunk, It took many layers of colour but I think I eventually achieved the look I was going for.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I took a little break from colouring the trunk which after an hour had started morphing on the page, and coloured the leaves on the branches the challenge here was getting the clump of greenery on the left to look further back than the greenery on the left, it was all about the strength of the colour and the shade and direction of shadow on the branches, I am happy with the effect I achieved. I also did a bit of red. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I had "rested" enough and did more layers and shading on the trunk and roots, at school whenever we could choose the theme of our art I always drew / painted / sketched an old tree with knotty branches and huge roots - it was just my thing and I loved it! So I think that also helped when I was choosing which little house to start with. As I mentioned i also did a bit of red this helped to expose the white wood on the balcony, which until I coloured the red, just blended into the house. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> In this image i was practically finished I smoothed out all the shading on the tree and I have to toot my own horn as I was most impressed with the effect of the door and the little canopy above the door, Iit really looks 3 dimensional and i was really proud of that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The above picture I took showed the colours up beautifully but was taken at a really odd angle and made the tree rather fat and short *giggle*, so then I retook the picture and it didn't turn out as clearly as the one above but the proportions are better. I have been asked to colour one for someone and they are going to frame it :) What an honour!! I also want to frame this one and possibly do the others and frame them as a set. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I understand that this image is designed to be coloured with markers or pencils, and that the challenge of the craft is to get the metal to look like metal and the wood to look like wood etc by only using one medium, HOWEVER .....I would love to use foils and accentuate certain parts of the image with foils to give it a real metallic look. I am not sure yet if it will add a whole lot to the image or completely ruin it. For now all my foils are still packed in boxes in my garage, so it will give me extra time to contemplate my foiley dilemma.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thanks so much for reading this post. It always amazes me that someone would acctually get to this point of the post, so if you did - THANK YOU!! As always your comments and queries on this post or this project are most welcome and I will endeavor to answer you soonest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Till next time Keep it crafty.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I wanted to share one of my latest cards with you. I made it for my mom inlaw who is so special and has us over for dinner every Friday night and insists we don't do or bring anything. The thing is that there are 5 of us (DH and three kids) so I always feel that when ever we go to someone for a meal we <b>ARRIVE!!! </b>My inlaws live on their own and make no mess so to have ALL of us over for a meal EVERY Friday is quite amazing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What is more is that it is not just Friday food - no one pot wonders, no fish n chips, there is always AT LEAST 3 courses, starts with soup and there are usually two choices of soup, then stunning salad and sometimes fish, then a truly devine main meal, always beautiful tasty meat and veggies and then ALWAYS ice cream AND another pudding and then if you have any space left cake or biscuits and tea! It is amazing and I so enjoy these Friday night dinners! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I grew up in a house (Catholic) where it was either fish on Fridays or a toasted sandwich - end of the week food always delicious but definatly not a few course traditional feast (my DH is Jewish) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />So it is VERY difficult to try and portray our true gratitude for this amazing meal each week. We look so forward to the beautiful Jewish traditions, to the lovely time with no technology, just chatting and sharing the evening. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So I made my MIL a card, I bought the digi from Mo Manning at <a href="http://mosdigitalpencil.com/"><cite></cite></a><a href="http://mosdigitalpencil.com/%E2%80%8E" target="_blank">mosdigitalpencil.com/</a> and it is called Bekka with Challah- I LOVE this image, look at her beautiful face and she looks so humble and kind. When I saw this image I knew I would have to do it for someone VERY special!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is the completed card, I did it blue and white and coloured with Copic Markers. I made an easle card. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As always if you have any queries or comments about this post or this project I will be most grateful to receive them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Till next time keep it Crafty...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Wanted to share quickly what I have been up to today. Yes colouring again ....well these actually took me the whole week to colour but were finally put onto cards today!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">These are both for a challenge over at OUTLAWZ in the group Alcahol markers. The theme was Weddings or anniversaries, I had this little image by<a href="http://sliekje.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank"> sliekje stamps</a> her digi's are all so very cute and I cant believe that she has them all freely available on her blog, she is a gift herself to share her talented so freely! Thank you!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For this card I pulled out the old cuttle bug and made a piece of lace which I threaded white ribbon thru, the little fern leaf that I use so so often to make the little leaves either side of the roses broke today, it is one of my oldest punches, and also one of my favourites. It made lovely little Christmas trees and added the perfect little sprig of greenery to any bouquet. I will miss you my beloved punch! I coloured the darling little couple with Copics not too happy with her hair, and the shading on her dress didn't come out at all, so I need to make a note to work on those two things in future, mastering blondes and taking photos of copic white clothing!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Otherwise I like this card it is very gentle! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have been colouring up a copic storm of late, I still don't know where lots of my stash is, buried somewhere in boxes in the garage, I find bits and pieces now and then and its like Christmas with each thing I find! So copics are easy, they are all in an Art Bin suitcase (with no magnetic sheets) and I can print out what I need and pop them in the case, I can colour in the car, I can colour in the dining room, in front of the TV, or even in bed ;) a thought just popped in my head ... couild Copic also be a verb for eg. "do you Copic in bed?" hmmm interesting ... back on track now- so for the few competitions and challenges I have entered recently I have used a coloured image on a different background. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So I will share a couple of my pics and cards with you, I have so enjoyed playing with these fabulous pens but as you will no doubtly see I still have a very far way to go, lots to learn!! I have put my name down for a colouring class with Copic Australia but as yet they havn't got back to me, so what you are about to see is my self taught attempt at <i>Colouring with Copics</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> This cute little Koala is an image I got from<b><a href="http://digitaldelightsbyloubyloo.com/" target="_blank"> Digital Delights by Louby Loo</a></b> and it is called <b>Ice cream Roxy </b>it is such a cute little bear, it was for a challenge on <b><a href="http://outlawzchallenges.ning.com/" target="_blank">the outlawz</a></b> and the theme was ice cream. I really liked how the sand cam out i just tore a piece of scrap card and it worked so well, as luck would have it if i tried that again on purpose i probably couldn't do it again ....</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> This card is one I made for my nephew in South Africa who loves his soccer, I did a step card with the player upfront and the net on the third step it didn't work out exactly as I had envisioned it but I liked it none the less! I 3D'd the right boot and the ball with foam squares, I got the image off the internet it was a colouring page that i found.</span><br />
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one is a Penny Black image it is so beautiful as it so clearly depicts
the love between a girl and her dad! I really like the way I did his
denims I was a little nervous to try a denim but really like the way it turned out,
now I have to work on taking better photos lol. This one was for a
challenge that Copic Aus was hosting for the koala Kids with cancer
foundation where they donated $10 for each card they received in for the
challenge to the foundation, as well as all the cards that were entered
had to be get well cards and they too werte given to the children. A
totally worthwhile attempt at an amazing prize - that I didn't win :( 75
Copics to the winner OMG I would still be celebrating :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> This one is Dr Marci from La La Land Crafts, she is a cutie but not one of my absolute favourites, she doesn't have that cupi (sp) doll look, or those precious Mabel Lucie Atwell qualities that I seem to be so fond of - and apparently have been since I was a little child. But she is cute and I love all the different Marci characters so there may be a couple more in the future :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is one of my favourite digi's and sadly the blog I got it off no longer exsists, I I think if I not mistaken it was called something like mijnstemples.blogspot.com I wish I knew what had happened because then I could credit these lovely images, If anyone knows any more details, please share! She has such a sweet darling little face and the lines in the drawing are so fine, its a really lovely artist and very easy to colour, I also made this card for the copic challenge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This card is not coloured but it handmade and for those of you who are not fluent in reading hebrew, it says Shabbat Shalom, I made it for friends we went to for Friday night supper, the little candles are symbolic, but the rest of the card was just pretty :) I made an easle card and decorated the bottom with a simple rose and left space for the message. It was really well received.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you have managed to get to here I thank you for taking this time to read this long post, and look at what keeps me busy - sometimes during the day but mostly during the night LOL. I will dedicate a post to my night crafting soon as its a rather lot I have to say! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In a <span style="color: blue;">desperate</span> attempt to keep me and my three year old interested in our busywork activity of the day, I cam up with such a cool idea. He loved it and I loved it because it was a medium very different to the ones we usually work with. When we moved to Australia (gosh almost 6 months ago) on our first grocery shopping trip I was faced with so many strange brands and really odd looking packaging.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">How do you buy food in a foreign country? Do you buy the most expensive - it must be the best...? Or do you go with the cheapest - less money wasted if it turns out to be awful? I usually go somewhere in the middle, I am a real sceptic when it comes to home brands / no name brands but here in Aus it seems that Woolworths offers two brands one is their Home Brand and the other their Select brand, so far I have been really impressed with most of the select brand goods BUT ...... There are still some areas that I am just not prepared to budge .... things that spring to mind are Tastic Rice, All Gold tomato and onion gravy, Royal Baking Powder, and spray n cook. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I didn't know how easily accessible these things were here in Melbourne, and settled for some strange brands when doing our first grocery shop. Rice was one of those things that I purchased as it is a staple in our family, it goes with so many dishes I make, but as said above it has to be TASTIC rice. When my MIL came back from a trip to South Africa she bought me two bags of this treasured ingredient, YAY we could eat normal tastic rice again!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This left me with a smile of note but also some left over (not mentioning brand names) rice! I thought of donating it to the cooking class at one of my daughters schools but with all the hygiene policies (we cant even donate old toilet rolls or egg boxes to school) in place I didn't even try, so Ben and I divided up all the rice into plastic bags and we put a drop of gel food colouring into each one and shook shook shook - this was a whole bundle of fun on its own! We made music while shaking and shook in fancy ways and silly ways and had a good laugh.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Then we left it overnight to soak in a little in the hopes that when we used it the next day it wouldn't colour our fingers too much! I decided on a cold / craft glue for our project, it was very thick and didn't have good spread ability so i diluted it a smidge with some water, we applied it with a plastic knife. I drew an outline onto a 260gsm piece of cardstock with a permanent marker, I chose an ice cream with big easy to fill shapes. Ben applied a little glue to each section and then sprinkled on his colour choice of rice. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It came out perfectly and he really enjoyed it, I had to giggle because true his boyish nature, half way through he decided that the lifting and placing of the rice needs a sound effect, so we had a crane lifting the rice ... he is too cute! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So I highly recommend making yourself a batch of coloured rice, its cheap easy and supplied loads of creative fun! Any questions ... happy to answer them :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Next I had to make a card for the birthday girl, keeping with the grease theme I made her a card, with her favorite scene from Grease - bad sandy at the end. Singing her best song You're the one that I want! I found the perfect picture at <a href="http://www.squigglefly.com/" target="_blank">squigglefly</a> I love their stuff and they always have the odd cute digi's for under $1 so when you have done your shopping and want to just round off you can grab a bargain. These were two separate images Heartthrob Ritchie and Dazzling Sue, They were really fun to colour lots of area to work in, I would like to be able to take credit for the "shine" in her pants and his shoes but I cant :( the awsome patent leather effect is thanks to Glossy Accents. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Once coloured I cut the images out and stuck them on card that I had pre printed with a random funfair image I found on google. I really love the effect and i think this has to be one of my favourite cards :) You know that feeling you get when you make a card and it just "works" this is one of those! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Then came the cake!! In South Africa I did so many cakes and cookies with edible prints on that I eventually bought my own edible paper and printer, I would have loved to have put some of the images onto the cake that I had used on the invitation, but do you think we could find the edible paper .... NO! I have the printer, the ink cartridges and a head FULL of ideas, but no paper. We still have so much to unpack, our garage is still full of, well um ..... my craft stuff ;) So not being able to print a Grease logo for the cake I had to improvise so I just rolled out a piece of plastic icing, drew the outline of the logo onto it and then coloured it in, It came out quite well, not as neat as I would have got from the printer, but that wasn't an option. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I cut out music notes and records out of icing and made some stars on florists wire, I had about 2.5 hours to make this cake from start to finish and I did it, i kept checking the clock and getting a count down from my DH. I had thought the stars would be enough on top but when I was done it needed more so I grabbed the teen's little mirror-ball and placed it on top, it finished the cake and looked perfect. The 11 on top were sparklers and when lit gave a real sparkly effect. A great success!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was a really fun party and gave me loads of excuses to craft, the girl was spoiled and danced the night away with her friends. If you ever need help putting a Grease party together and need some help, please shout I now consider myself an expert LOL</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I entered this challenge over at <a href="http://outlawzchallenges.ning.com/" target="_blank">OUTLAWZ Challenges</a>, by now they must think I am mad, I seem to enter my card to the challenge 2 seconds after the new one is posted LOL oh well maybe I will get there one day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It has always been my aim to be a proverbs wife and when that happens I do hope I will be more organised and on time. Here is my latest offering ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It is a digi from <a href="http://www.squigglefly.com/" target="_blank">Sguigglefly</a> and its called graduation celebration - very cute stuff in their shop, could have spent a fortune if I had a fortune to spend ;) I coloured it with my favourite medium Copics *sigh* I love my Copics....</span><br />
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On Monday I decided to make some chocchip biscuits, the recipe I used was my mom's and apparently she got the recipe from my Aunty Lolly (Loraine) they are divine, but, being me the emellisher I had to go just a smidge further, where the recipe called for 300g of chochips i put in 100g of each dark, milk and white chocolate chips, and then it also calls for 300g peacan nuts yummmm....<br />
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Looking into this bowl of choc chip heaven, I was faced with a rather interesting question, do I make this particular recipe for the actual biscuits at the end or for the mixture? Come on you have to admit, there is nothing quite like cookie dough, it kindof transports you to your childhood in a single taste, its that absolute forbidden taste - if you were caught pinching dough from the bowl before mom was finished baking, the pleasure of having waited, watching each ingredient being added, salivating, waiting, maybe catching a choc chip that jumped out the bowl when mom turned on the mixer, but that waiting until the moment when your mom handed over the bowl and it was YOURS!!!<br />
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I love cookie dough and if it has choc chips in - then all the better! My DH and kids love to lick the cake mixture bowl, i don't, so when it comes to cookie dough everyone is vying for their blob, this makes me wonder ...... why bother baking the cookies at all? <br />
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I think I bake them because, oh my word there is nothing nicer than a delicious choc chip cookie that is crispy on the outside and has a slightly gooey center, this with a coffee ...... bliss! <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02554097369634463954noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882351157896963819.post-23095472324461961102013-06-08T18:12:00.000+10:002013-06-08T18:12:10.452+10:00Greetings<br />
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I almost fainted when I saw the date that I last posted, omg its like two years ago - wow I have been really busy -<i> </i>obviously not with my blog ;P<br />
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I do however intend to change that and do hope to make more regular posts as the title of my blog IS a creative DAY in the life of col, and not a creative post in the lif of col.<br />
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So just to get you up to speed, I have since my last post immigrated with my hubby and family to Melbourne in Australia, I miss my mom terribly and wish to have her here with me, I also miss Evelyn and my little boy Jo, more than I have words to express. Look at this darling ...<br />
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A huge piece of my heart got left behind in South Africa with this little man. I also miss my garden, my garden here in Oz is about a 1/4 of the size of my old garden and very uniform, cirtainly not the wild country garden I grew with 10 years of love, dedication and bounceback in SA.<br />
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Our new house is beautiful, each of the kids has their own room and I am pleased to report this has put a much welcomed end to the teen and tween fighting. We also have a walk in cupboard in our room which is wonderful, other treats in the house are a lovely hidden laundry. I also have this fabulous grass, it is astro turf type stuff but looks so natural, I was really anti in the beginning because, my main garden aim was keeping the grass green and weed free, now it is just that with no work .... Getting used to it!<br />
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Also getting used to this foreign thing they call housework, not my favourite but has to be done, and being me it has to be done perfectly, which does take some time and energy, but I am getting used to it and it is becoming more normal, I have gotten into a couple of good routines and nearly everything has a place!<br />
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Not working - but still having to do all the housework and mom stuff leaves some time for crafts, I try to do at the very least one project a week, I enjoy it, its my thing and I need to not loose what I learn.<br />
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So, now that I have brought you up to date, I will post a couple of the interesting activities I have been up to lately.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02554097369634463954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882351157896963819.post-19461719543544141432011-08-28T05:47:00.000+10:002011-08-28T05:47:17.888+10:00The Advent Calendar - Finally(24/03/2011) <br />
Greetings friends<br />
I have finally got a few spare minutes on my hand and instead of starting a new craft I decided that I should let you all see my advent calendar :)<br />
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So here it is :)<br />
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This is what the calendar looked like when I bought it! It is made of super wood and i had big ideas for the middle section!<br />
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It took a while for me to get started on the decorating because i had to find the perfect colour and design. I had a picture in my mind of what I wanted and wasn't really prepared to budge even a little.<br />
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I started by painting the front area and borders white and the sides a nice dark green. <br />
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On a visit to my moms shop I was browsing her scrapbook paper and she asked if I was planning to scrap a page LOL what a joke - I explained that I was looking for "wall paper" for my advent calendar - she laughed :) I explained that it had to have a classic olde look, be pretty, have reds and not be too busy, that once my furniture was in it would take all the attention, she found the PERFECT piece for me it was as if she had seen the image in my head, so yay we now had wall paper!!!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now it was time for the absolute fun part, the furnishing of the little room!!! I had been shopping for this for AGES and would now finally get to use all the goodies that Jess and I had made, bought, found and collected! First the chairs, I got these cut for me by laser and then I just had to assemble them, I did this and then took votes on whether I should paint them or not - the not won hands down! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At the miniature and Christmas market we bought the little metal nativity scene, and the baking tray, the tree, the advent wreath on the table, and the Christmas cards. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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The cushions on the chairs as well as the advent wreath on the table will look familiar to Erna as the fantastic creator of these little treasures. I made the cake (as I do) and the little stockings hanging on the table are buttons :) the coke was donated by Jess from her collection of "little things" and all I needed was a plate for the cake and a table to put all these treasures on!! It didn't take too long as I found the perfect little plate while looking on the internet for a ceiling light. At the last miniature fair for the year in Parkhurst Jess and I found this little table it was a dining room table or a side table but I took a little off the bottom of each leg and turned it into a coffee table.<br />
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The match box is just there to show the size relation it didn't end up becoming a permanent feature :) BTW!<br />
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Next came the lights which I got from The Miniature House - online shop and they just suited so well! The only sad bit is that these lights guzzle batteries like I have never seen before - stealing the (lime) light from the tree and the other fairy lights. Here you see the hanging ceiling lights and the red satin curtains.<br />
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The hanging garland type decor in the back I made as I had nowhere left on the table to put my Christmas cards, but that needed lights too :) I finally tracked down the creator of the beautiful Christmas tree I bought and managed to get somemore little lights which I twisted around the green, hung on some cards and put it up! What you see poking out the bottom is a framed Christmas picture I printed :)<br />
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A couple more spare minutes - well not acctually but I want to tell my GREAT news and made a deal with myself that I would not post again until this one was finished!!<br />
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Above are all the specially hand chasen and handmade little gifts under the tree, A paint set for our artist Tori, A frog statue for our frog collecter jess (and in the box underneath the frog is a set of icing tools), a wooden toy hammer bench for Ben, A smart work shirt for Al, and a cupcake tray for me :) Gifts for everyone and so perfectly chosen!<br />
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i had a very thin piece of glass cut to fit in front of the scene to protect it and keep little fingers out, it will also hopefully preserve the little scene for many years to come. On a visit to Annmarie to find more lights for the Christmas tree she had a little gift bag decoration that when wound up, played Christmas music, so I bought this and took the mechanism out of the little paper bag and attached it at the back of the calendar. So now with the pretty lights on and festive music playing on a wind up box, it gives goose bumps to all who have seen it :)<br />
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Here is a photo of the completed project.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02554097369634463954noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882351157896963819.post-61461361558688651852011-03-17T21:45:00.000+11:002011-03-17T21:45:42.933+11:00<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Greetings special friends, </span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Just a little update :)</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It has been a long hard road, mom spent a good part of February in hospital where she underwent many tests and scans, it was discovered in the MIR of her spine that she has a hernia on her spine - they were going to operate but then decided against it as she is is not all the mobile and doesn't take part in any sports - so from now on she will have to just watch Rugby and Wrestling and be satisfied with that LOL! <br />
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She is still staying with me, and she is doing a little better, she had a couple of rather nasty seizures in hospital and was put onto medication for that, but as we know heat is not a very good friend of MS and her hospital ward was extremely warm, much like sitting in the sun really!<br />
So I spose we could put down the progression to the heat and the fact that she refused to eat ( I hardly blame her) and just got more and more depressed in hospital.<br />
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She was discharged and was so very happy to come home :) She has been much better since she got back home ( to my house) and is eating well again and has not (touch wood) had any more seizures! <br />
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I went to a meeting with her Neurologist - what a stunning woman! And she gave us the news of the treatments available to her. . . there are two available that she can afford, the first is that she is a suitable candidate for a clinical trial of interferons, this was good news until we found out that there is only a 50% chance she will be given the medication and 50% chance she will receive a placebo. We never have been gamblers so we decided that this was not an option, the Dr also said if she did get the placebo she wouldn't have much of her life left :( with no medication. The second option is to go onto a drip for 5 days and intravenously receive a very high dose of cortisone, the reason it is given with a drip is that it is such a strong dose that the damage it would do to the recipients insides is terrifying. So my mom will be hooked up to the drip - and be in hospital - even after much detesting, and receive a whole big fat bunch of good juice! <br />
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We have heard and I have researched that this treatment can last for about a year, worst case it will last for 6 months and best case ( but very unlikely in this instance) is that it lasts and lasts and she won't require another one again. Wouldn't that be amazing - oh we can all dream! So early April I will be taking my mom off to start she will, as I said be in hospital for 5 days and then for about a week following the treatment her immune system will be be non-existent and she will be susceptible to any bugs, viruses and other assorted and unwanted uglies in the air. So we have to keep this precious lady super safe and cared for during this difficult time!!<br />
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I will let you know how the treatment goes but in the mean time please continue to keep her in your prayers - if you have met her you will know why she deserves your prayers and if you haven't just trust me, this is one very special lady!!</span></div><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As you will have noticed I have not posted since the 22nd November 2010 - which is, roughly when my world started falling apart. My mom had been not too well since about September but we were assured that with time and some regular physio that she would soon be as right as rain. This didn't happen tho and her physio even suggested that she may have parkinsons, but we scort of scoffed at the idea - this healthy wonderful mom have a debilitating disease NO WAY!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As the days went on she got worse, lost more use in her left arm and started having moments when the left side of her face would just have no control, and then the scariest - she started falling. This was very scary because it happened at very random times, her legs would just give in. If she was in bed or even sitting it was ok but if she was standing or walking it could be so dangerous. So I called our GP under the advice of the physio and due to the obvious need (and to be honest out of sheer desparation) and he saw mom that afternoon, it was a Friday early in December, he did the usual ears, throat etc checking and then asked about her recent symptoms and said it sounded like MS so we both said oh, ok. He recomended that mom go straight for an MRI which is not that easy when you have no medical aid, however I made a plan as I didn't like the urgency in the doctors tone. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So off we went to the Flora clinic to get the MRI - took the results and the scans back to the doctor who had waited for us (even after hours) we decided that this MS must be serious if he had waited for us. Oh well, what ever it was the doctor could fix it . . . so we thort! He took a brief look at the scans and with a very solemn face confirmed "my mom had MS" - which stood for???? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">He then pointed out the little gray-white patches, the scaring on her brain and it started to become very real and very very scary! But still at this point we no clue just how scary things would become.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Mom's symptoms progressed so fast, that by Christmas eve we had to cut her food into tiny bits for her because she couldn't use a knife and fork, the shaking had gotten so much worse and in what seemed like no time at all she was having episodes of violent muscle spasms and by the end of December she couldn't even use a pen or a pair of scissors. The doc had also referred her to a Neurologist at the JHB hospital as he said the medication for MS was so very expensive, we had no idea just HOW expensive. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So we went off to the JHB gen at night as we agreed that there may not be that many cues at that time, we were correct and the only wait was for the doctor to actually get there. He looked at mom for all of about 3 seconds - scribbled on a piece of paper and mumbled next . . . so we asked what we should do now and he again mumbled that we should come back tomorrow and pointed to the ward number on the piece of paper he had just scribbled on - so bright and very very early the next morning (mug n bean muffins and cappuccinos) off we went to the JHB gen again, found parking . . . found the ward . . . and found the note on the door that stated CLOSED!! will re-open on 3rd January 2011. OK thanks guys!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So we left - had a good cry in the car and started counting down the days till the 3rd of Jan! In the mean time (over Christmas and new year) I tried to fond a neurologist who would be able to see mom and get her started on the medication from the JHB gen - I also called my pharmacist to see just how expensive this medication was, if we all clubbed together maybe we could afford it for a couple of month, I was told that one dose of this medication would cost in the region of about R12500.00 this was for ONE dose - and as the pharmacist pointed out, what if she needed a double dose ie R25000.00 OH MY GOSH!!!!! ok so not an option - we might be able to swing it for one month but thats all! So the only choice we have is to sit and wait - hands tied till the 3rd Jan 2011. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">On the 3rd we went of bright and early again to the JHB gen and after waiting and then filling in a form and then waiting and then filling in a form and then waiting and waiting we were finally given a date to come back and see a neurologist! YAY YAY YAY we were finally going to see someone and get some help for my very special mom!!! until . . . i opened the little booklet and saw that the date to come back was the 23rd of Feb!?!?!? Thats like 2 months away I thort! So once again we play the waiting game, i did do lots of researh and investigating and reading up on MS and found some really helpful tips and tricks like just how useful an elastic band can be to an MS sufferer, to help them grip so many things like a glass or a fork or a pen so many things. So we got mom a whole BIG box :) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I also found a sight that had such a lovely post written by an MS sufferer - "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><a href="http://www.multiplesclerosis.co.za/site/" style="font-weight: bold;">Things you might want to avoid saying to someone with MS</a><b>" </b>I love it it is so apt and anyone wondering what they should or shouldn't say, should RTFM :)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">Another BRILLIANT find was this summary of the day to day life of an MS sufferer called MS SUX it is written with such truth and raw fact that it can really help someone understand what an MS sufferer is or could go through at times it is funny at other times it is very sad, but over all it is a very good read, if you have never heard of MS or are even not to sure what it is give it a read it will give you a whole new understanding of this ugly wicked disease that just creeps in and steals lives from such special people. </span><a href="http://multiplesclerosissucks.com/index.html"><b>MS SUXS</b></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="clear: right; color: #444444; float: right; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img class="img" src="http://external.ak.fbcdn.net/safe_image.php?d=d74130e0c8e9106d9333078c1862dd3b&w=90&h=90&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmultiplesclerosissucks.com%2Flogo.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; text-align: center;" /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thank you for taking the time to read my very sad story, it has a little bit of a happier ending tho - today my mom has been staying with me for one week and has been on anti-depressants for about 3 weeks and the improvement has been amazing, I cant believe its the same mom of two weeks ago. Thank you God and please stay near to my mom and continue shining your healing love on her. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I have been rather quiet of late BUT i have been really busy - hmm what have I been up to . . . I have been running a Christmas craft group each Thursday evening and it has turned out to be a major success, we first made our coke bottle top trees </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">We have now started with our Wreaths - I completed mine to see what was required before teaching it to the group :) Seriously loving the Christmas Paper Pack!!!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"> On a Tuesday night I go to my regular craft group and we have all been making mixed media trees - since we learned this fabulous craft we can't seem to stop! </span></span></span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">I have also been busy at work with many orders - this is my latest - its a little duck and daisy cake for a one year old girl :)</span></span></span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">I have al,ost completed my daughters teachers end of year gifts, I am really proud of them but doing 12 is really taking a while and half - yet those FRIKKEN FANTASTIC teachers who have tought my girls this year deserve the world!!! I can't say what I am making (just in case) so you will have to wait until after Christmas to find out!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">Also, squeezed in between my latest obsession (my advent calendar) I have completed and distributed my Christmas Eve dinner invites - this year the theme "A Silver and Red Christmas" The invites are kind of simple but because of their style they had to be PERFECT there was no room for lop sided borders, skew corners or mismatching fonts, so the big stress about these was getting them <i>just right</i>! I love how they turned out!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I plan to follow the same them thru out the evening with name cards menu etc - yes I might be going all out but its my fav holiday and it is my turn to host Christmas eve dinner this year and I plan to go ALL OUT for my 30 dinner guests!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">On the miniature front I have completed an entire house, to go with the little garden room and the lounge (previously posted about) I now boast 4 bedrooms - my girls did their own rooms and I was VERY proud! The little house has a bathroom and all the goodies that go with it :) I lost the kit - chen I bought months ago and recently found it so that is all that is waiting to go into the house, I have designed a cover for the house a little hard to explain so I will show you pictures when I receive it ( I am having it custom made to me design specs by a laser cutting genius) so more to follow on the 144ths.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ok I know you are waiting to hear about the Advent Calendar progress so I will end off this post and start on the next "Advent Calendar - Part 2"</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Lots of luv - till next time Keep it Crafty</span></span></span><br />
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</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have taken on a rather big project - I have been thinking about starting a dolls house asomewhere to collect miniatures, but I was absolutely blown away when I found this advent calendar </div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My imagination kind of ran away with me - I decided on the spot this was it and this would be my BIG Cristmas project for the year :)</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So I will be blogging on my progress, as this is really going to take some time - and if I don't finish, there is always next Christmas!!</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This thing is huge about 50 x 50cm, because the inside bit is 30x30cm, it is supposed to fit a scrapbook page into it - but when have I ever gone with the norm. . . ?So I decided that in this little 30x30x5cmspace I am going to do a 3D 1/12th Christmas scene!</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So far I have a beautiful chair, some filigree corners, the little wooden numbers for the drawers, beautiful golden tie backs for the red satin curtains, I have ordered and received - but have yet to make a little 1/12th "pull along wagon of blocks" and a 1/12th kit for a hobby horse, it involves sewing so it have kind of scared me a little as sewing is not one of my strongest talents. I will have to sew the satin curtains - so . . . </div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have seen a STUNNING little Christmas stocking cross stitch kit (also 1/12th) but the (I-think) 48ct fabric scared the living crap outta me, so I am gonna need LOTS more time to ponder on that one - but its soooo cute! I am really hoping I will find a couple at the miniatures and all things Christmas fair this weekend. </div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have settled on a really dark green as the main colour for the drawers and a more olde Christmas feel than a modern one but who knows it may end up being a little bit from olde world meets tomorrow. We will have to wait and see.</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So if you like you can follow my progress - keep the positive motivation coming - I am gonna need it!</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Till next time - Keep it crafty!</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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