Grab and Cuppa and Pull Up a Chair .......

.......... it's going to be a looooooong post.
As some of you have noticed, I haven't been creating for the
longest time. Thank you for the emails I have received asking
about me and my family. No excuses other than I just haven't
had the time. Due to one reason or another life has been
extremely busy not leaving very much ME time, BUT I've
decided that is definately going to change.
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I celebrated my birthday a couple of weeks ago and with it came
the most stunning hand-made card from my dear friend Iris.
When I opened the card I suddenly realised what I had been
missing and decided that I would always make time for my
craft work.
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So, having decided that I headed straight to my craft room
and got to work.
First up I HAD to stamp a couple of the gorgeous Magnolia
stamps that were sitting unused and neglected on my desk.
I seriously can't believe how many of then haven't been
used yet!!!!
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This darling little is sitting waiting for her Prince.
I hope she doesn't have to wait too long.
Along with my un-opened stamps sat a pile of un-opened
Magnolia papers, which much to my pleasure, have
finally been used.
I just love the one with the roses on it.

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A little bit of glitter to jazz up the roses a bit.
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Now just because I haven't been making cards
doesn't mean I haven't been using my card
making supplies.

I recently discovered another use for my Cuttlebug

folders............

CUPCAKES!!!!!!!!!

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What do you think about that - embossing icing with

Cuttlebug Folders - now thats a way to justify spending

money on all that craft equipment!!!!

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Next to crafting, well maybe on par, is my next love of

baking and decorating Cup Cakes.

I love having friends over for afternoon tea and offering

them my latest creating or taking a tray of them to

friends houses.

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All the hard work is worth the effort when a 6 year old

oooh's and aaaah's at how pretty the cakes are before

eating them all up.

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Once the first Tilda had been inked and coloured it

wasn't too long before the next one was ready to be

put on a card.
I still can't get over just how long I've gone without

these little girls - they bring so much pleasure, not

just to the crafter, but to the recipient of the cards.

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This card would definatley have to be one of the quickest

ones I've ever made and didn't take much effort at all, but

none the less I was still quite pleased with the results.

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It's definately the addition of glitter that completes this

card.

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And finally - my green butterfly card.

I don't usually like to use green, I'm generally a pink

person, however I think it came together really nicely.

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I'm sure the inclusion of butterflies on this card

is what's brought it all together.

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I usually like to include a list of all items used

when putting together my blog posts, however

as I've included several different projects I've

passed on the items list this time around.

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If there is a specific paper or stamp you want

to know about, please feel free to ask.

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~ Peta ~