A Card A Week

I struggle with masculine cards sometimes, it's hard not to put on all the lovely embellishments I take a shine to and hearts and ribbons are not for the manly male!

So here is a card I made for my nephew who turned 19 last week (eek!)

More Catch-up Cards

I've posted 8 cards so far this year and I still have some catching up to do.

Brown spots and bunting 'With Love'

 

And fresh Spring colours with organza bows

 

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A Card A Week Catch up

A Card A Week

Catching up...

An orange Happy Birthday card..

..embellished with buttons in yellow and orange, paper ribbon and a double layer heart with a hint of sparkle..

 ..and a 'Happy Birthday' in one of my favourite fonts

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 And this week's card is in greys and greens..

..with a scalloped heart embellished with a tiny pearl heart and paper bow..

..and another Happy Birthday in this delicious font. 

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Textile Art Postcards

There's a pattern I keep trying to create for a book cover but every time I try my head refuses to make it work.  I'm convinced it will just fall into place perfectly one day, until then I'll just keep getting distracted by lovely little textile art pieces like these...

A Card a Week

A couple more cards for my 'Card a Week' project.

This time a birthday card for my lovely friend Jo...

 ...and a 30th birthday card for my big, handsome nephew Jason.

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How hard can it be...?

...to make a card a week for a year?  I should be organised enough to get this done, I mean, it's not like people change the day they have their birthday, is it?  I'm going to try to do this, and I'll even attempt to back-track over the weeks I've missed so far this year, too.

So here goes...

First up, a 15th birthday card for Jamie

followed by a 50th card for my sister-in-law from the beginning of February

fingers crossed for more to come!

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Ah Pinterest, how I love thee...

I do enjoy a gentle stroll through Pinterest.  Unfortunately, a gentle stroll soon becomes a marathon trek and I'm lost in all things yummy, shabby, crafty etc.

I have a board called 'One Day I Will Make' so I thought I'd maybe share a couple of my versions of items on this board.
My first altered bottle, an old sauce bottle transformed into a button storage jar...

 and a port decanter gussied up into a pretty bottle.

Crochet Hook Case

I finally got round to making myself a little crochet hook case.  It is crocheted in stripes with a scalloped edge and a pink felt lining.

My sister liked it so much she asked me to make her one, too!

Restocking

I'm slowly, but surely, restocking my Folksy Shop.  After a very busy year with more than a couple of hiccups along the way I'm finally getting back on track.  Of course Christmas is galloping madly towards me and I find I'm already clutching bundles of lists but I love my little online shops and want to make them an interesting browse.

So do drop by and let me know what you think.

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