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I made this card today for a friend and I love how

A very woody card with just a hint of white relief

A very woody card with just a hint of white relief provided by the Prima flowers 🌸 and white splatters. I made this for the wood grain challenge over on A Vintage Journey last week. White wood grain cardstock (coloured with DI) and the wood veneer cardstock both from a specialty paper pack from @altenewllc Bigz branch 🌿 and trinket box 🎁 dies from @sizzix @tim_holtz
And I'm so used to staging my cards on this slice of wood that it didn't even occur to me that it was MORE WOOD till someone mentioned it in a blog comment 😂 . Scroll through to see close up in second pic and my original plan in the third
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Happy Caturday! Still very cold ❄ here so plent

Happy Caturday! Still very cold ❄ here so plenty of excuses to cuddle up and watch our favourite shows
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I have some Snarky Cat 😻 escapades to share wit

I have some Snarky Cat 😻 escapades to share with you today. I was inspired by the wood grain challenge over on A Vintage Journey and couldn't wait to get started putting this together. .
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So the story is that these two 😻 😻 are doing what cats usually do - getting into mischief by being curious. The more daring of the two thinks he can totally climb to the top of the log pile - it's safe he says. The other 😻 stays on the ground fretting and offering helpful advice and encouragement when it all starts to go wrong lol
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. It's hard to judge scale in this picture so to give you an idea of size, the brown background is a full sheet of 8 x 11 cardstock, or roughly A4 size, then the frame extends that a little more. Full process/ step by step on my blog from last weekend .
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Wow insta just ate my caption 😔 anyways I was s

Wow insta just ate my caption 😔 anyways I was saying that this is a recent AJ page celebrating one of my favourite artists and songs with a little cameo appearance by Marie and a lot of recycling.
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I made another project featuring Queenie here, thi

I made another project featuring Queenie here, this time framed in gold and with this great wallpaper background to hang it on. It would make a cool birthday card too 🎂 Paper is from the Little Street Cafe collection by @majadesigninsweden and has some lovely pink and yellow papers, plus vintage cafe, cakes and coffee motifs. I can see I'm going to be using this collection a lot - in fact it also features in a future project which I'll post soon. Meanwhile more info on the blog, links in the usual place...
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A very purple art journal page featuring Queenie h

A very purple art journal page featuring Queenie here in her masquerade mask and surrounded by a lot of glittery heat embossed elements, mostly cut from Tim Holtz dies - Yaass Queen! This would work also for a birthday card for those fierce friends in your life!
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Here's a closer look at Find Your Path - Create Wh

Find Your Path - Create What You Need - Finished!

Working on something new with this little guy cent

Working on something new with this little guy centre stage

Happy Valentine's Day! . . . . #cardmaker #cardsof

Happy Valentine's Day!
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Unrequited Love Cats - meet Lovesick Cat and Belov

Hey there February, how are ya? A new month means

Hey there February, how are ya? A new month means a new challenge @mtw_challenge and this one is a rusty beauty. This is my DT project which is a page for my art journal that I plan to stitch back in. Gelli printed background, this great truck 🚚 and chain 🔗 frame chipboards from @gypsysoullasercuts (scroll my feed to see my earlier card with similar chippies and technique) @tim_holtz paper dolls, word stickers and snippets and lots of paint. All paint, no special mediums! Swipe 👈 to see more views and challenge board. Join in, it's lots of fun with lots of prizes!

Nothing is impossible! . Including finishing my ta

Nothing is impossible!
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Including finishing my tax on time! 😊 now time to 🎨 .
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You are enough 💜

You are enough 💜

... every person is a different kind of artist 🎨 .
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Still time ⌚ to enter the @mtw_challenge Mini Ch

Still time ⌚ to enter the @mtw_challenge Mini Challenge and show us your fab cards 🎴 tags, ATCs and postcards

When you have that feeling of being watched and th

When you have that feeling of being watched and then you turn round to find...
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