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Thursday, 3 July 2025

Index Card A Day 2025 - Week One 1 to 7

This post is about the first 7 ICADS I have made this year...

The first seven are based on these prompts:

01. glimmer

Using pencils and black pen

02. spring

Using dies, stamps and markers.

03. cobalt

Using pens, markers, pencils.

04. iguana

Using pens and pencils.

05. hydrangea

Using Stampin' Up stamp and pencils.

06. pretzel.

Using pens, pencils and markers.

07. midnight

Using a printed image, markers, pencils, white ink.

Happy Crafting!

Wednesday, 2 July 2025

WOYWW #839

It is Wednesday so I am linking to WOYWW at Sarah's craft shed

Can you believe it's July???

Follow the link to find out more about What's on Your Work Desk Wednesday and maybe join in... This is my post for WOYWW #839.

My desk looks much as I left it two weeks ago. We flew back from Queensland on Sunday - I haven't done any crafting yet!

It took me quite a while to open all my happy mail - quite a few swaps had arrived - I had posted 11 envelopes at the beginning of our trip - cards and junk journal bits. The blue tassel you can see hanging from one of my junk journals is one of the swaps I received...

I did make another of those envelope pockets - one of the places we stayed in gave their information in an envelope so I decided to upcycle it...

My husband and I like to trawl through all the charity shops - we didn't find much to bring back with us as we were flying, but I did find this lovely sewing bag which proved quite useful as it contained all sorts of bits and bobs including lace.

Apparently it had belonged to an old lady whose daughter had just brought everything to the charity shop when she died...

These are the prompts for Week 5 of ICAD - I am working on catching up!!

All for now...

Happy WOYWW!

Addicted to stamps and more. Make your mark. #496

This is my Make Your Mark project...for the Challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More

#1 #2 #3 #4

This set of ATCs I actually made to send to a friend of mine in the UK. I was making a mark in several ways. In all cases I used the Kate Crane cat stamp from Carabelle Studios.

To the first cat (#1) I added zentangle, using a Posca pen with a 0.7mm nib.

For the next three cats I stamped and embossed the image with black embossing powder.

The first of these cats (#2)was stamped directly onto a background with smooshed Distress Oxides and fussy cut. I then added this to scraps of green card and patterned paper from my stash.

The last two started with scraps of green card matted with Distress Oxide smooshed background.

I coloured Cat (#3) with pencils and Cat (#4) with markers.

Hope you will enter the Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge! Do hop over to see the fabulous inspiration from my team...

Happy Crafting!

12 Months of Christmas July Challenge - Anything Goes Christmas

This is my DT make for the July Challenge

of The 12 Months of Christmas Link up...

This month the theme is "Anything Goes Christmas"

Our sponsor is

Décosse's Dynamite Doodles

Today I have made a card using the paper from this:

Today my card is from an idea I spotted somewhere on the internet.

Happy Crafting!

Tuesday, 1 July 2025

July Gecko Galz Challenges

Don't we all love a challenge? Gecko Galz Papercrafting has many monthly challenges...

This month the main Challenge theme is

Star Maidens

Follow the link to share your make!

July 1st - 29th.

Feel free to grab our badge, and share on your blogs.

There is only one rule, and that is you need to use at least ONE product from Gecko Galz!!

It can be one of the free products, stamps, collage images, or digital papers!! It is up to you!!
The winner will receive a $25 Gecko Galz Shopping Spree

Today I have a sneaky peek of my July makes - see more of them later in the month

A tag book:

A page from a whimsical journal: