tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59401142040720986962024-03-14T05:53:33.320+11:00Creative StudioJudith Tetleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16931162406710958603noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940114204072098696.post-61149952168243104432014-10-09T22:26:00.003+11:002014-10-09T22:26:47.691+11:002014 Aussie Notecard Swap Update Three<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The following pics are of Aussie Notecards that I swapped.</div>
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The first one is 'Furry Friends' which I made for Linda in May.</div>
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The second one is 'Sweet Girls' which I made for Vicki in June.</div>
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The third one is 'Vintage Sewing Room' which I made for Tanya in April and the fouth one is also 'Vintage Sewing Room' which I made for Linda in April due to one of the girls being unable to participate that month.</div>
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Judith Tetleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16931162406710958603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940114204072098696.post-83764304621498651672014-10-09T22:07:00.002+11:002014-10-09T22:07:28.418+11:002014 Aussie Notecard Swap Update Two<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Blogging Friends, here are more pics of Aussie Notecard Swap Cards. </div>
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The first one is Linda's 'Steampunk' which she sent to Janette.</div>
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The second one is Janette's 'Steampunk' which she sent to Tanya.</div>
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The third one is Diane's 'Hello Birdy' which she sent to Jenny.</div>
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The fourth one is Jenny's ' Bold and Bright' which she sent to Linda.</div>
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The fifth one is Janette's 'Bold and Bright' which she sent to Jenny.</div>
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Aren't they fabulous cards!!!</div>
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Judith Tetleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16931162406710958603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940114204072098696.post-44872967949340045972014-10-09T21:38:00.003+11:002014-10-09T21:38:40.129+11:00Aussie 2014 Notecard Swap Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Hi There Blogging Friends! My goodness it has been a long time since I put up a blog post. Here is some catch up pics of my Aussie 2014 Notecard Swap.</div>
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Below is my 'Steampunk' March Card which I made for Jenny and the following card is the 'Steampunk' card I received from Tanya.</div>
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Judith Tetleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16931162406710958603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940114204072098696.post-1848064929657999782014-03-09T01:24:00.001+11:002014-03-09T01:24:44.856+11:00Chunky Goodness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Hi There Blogging Friends. I've had a very nice time this week playing around with the 'Encrusted Jewel Technique', which was developed by Fran Seiford from Stampendous.</div>
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The range of products available under the name 'Fran-tage' are just fabulous. Embossing powders have been given an "aged" look by the addition of burnish gold embossing enamel and embellishments such as mica, colour fragments and glass glitter add a gorgeous sparkle. </div>
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I wanted to combine the technique with my stamping so here are the results.</div>
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I decided that this lady needed a mat for her feet and her hat embossed to balance the chunkiness. The chunky shabby white enamel and some of my glass micro beads were perfect to throw into the mix.</div>
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I decided that this one needed a shimmery border to give a dramatic affect to the bird stamp. I used the lovely Aged Pink Embossing Enamels, Mica Flakes and Shabby White Enamel.<br />
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I didn't want to put any white on the next one so; I started with the Aged Hunter Green Embossing Enamel then covered it with Utee and added some sparkle that I had sitting in my stash. I love the affect of the Utee on top of the enamel.<br />
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I also wanted to see how a dress would look so; I used the 'Aged Green' and 'Aged Hunter Green' with the 'Chunky White' embossing enamel and was delighted with the way it came out. The sweet girls hair has been done in the 'Aged Ochre Embossing Enamel'.<br />
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One of the things I also had in mind for this technique, was to use the enamels to create foregound under trees or in general stamped scenes. I applied alcohol inks for the background scene, embossed the tree in normal embossing powder then; used the 'Aged Green Embossing Enamel' for the foreground. Loved how the burnished gold bubbled up to create a rocky type of affect.<br />
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If you haven't tried this technique yet, you don't know what you are missing. Australian crafters can buy the products from 'Craftonline'. You can also see Fran demonstrate her technique on You Tube. Just search for the Stampendous Channel and you will find her. Have fun!Judith Tetleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16931162406710958603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940114204072098696.post-32246451562734589452014-02-23T13:03:00.000+11:002014-02-23T13:03:14.205+11:00Second Page of My Glue Book<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Hi There Blogging Friends! I have just finished the second project for my "Glue Book". The challenge was to make a small Accordian book with the same theme as our first page, which was 'Girly'. I decided to put my girls in a Dolls House and after making the Accordian book, I set up a layout in my glue book so that the little Accordian book could be tucked inside. I'm pretty happy with the result.... </div>
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Love those vintage girls!</div>
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Hi There Blogging Friends. I've been wanting to work on a "glue book" for a long time but had never got to make a start.<br />
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Well; that was until Amy over at 'The Altered Place' started up a Journal Lab group and prompted us all to make a Glue Book.<br />
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I had previously read, that it was important to use a vintage book that was "sewn" at the spine, not glued at the spine, so I searched my local Op Shop until I found one. It is about 5.5in x 8.5in (14cm x 21.5cm). Here are some pics of it...<br />
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I glued four pages together with Gel Medium then; lightly washed Gesso over each new thick page. The subject for our first page was "Girly" so I gathered up a mixture of papers and vintage images.<br />
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Now here is the cute card I received from Linda for my Aussie 2014 Notecard Swap. The subject was 'Bright and Bold, so Linda couldn't go wrong with red, blue and yellow. Love it!</div>
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Below is my 'Bright and Bold' card that I sent to Diane. The pink background was created with Dylusion sprays and the poppies embossed in glitter black. The butterfly was stamped and coloured with Pitt Art Pens and flooded with Glossy Accents. I teamed it with the black and white spot paper and aqua cardstock. Not my usual style but I enjoyed creating it.<br />
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Hi There Blogging Friends! I just couldn't wait to show you some of the fabulous cards that my swap girls created for our first month of this years 'Aussie Notecard' Swap.</div>
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The first one was created by Linda and sent to Vicki. The colours are gorgeous and the sweetest little bird is gently resting on some beautiful flowers and foliage. The delightful saying "life is a matter of moments" just begs us to slow down and smell the flowers....just love it!</div>
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The next one was sent to Linda by Tanya. Don't you just love these two sweet birdies, sitting close together and brushed over with a sweep of gold. The beautiful mauve roses and bit of bling make it "oh so dreamy"!<br />
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The next one was created by Janette and sent to Diane. It is a beautiful mix of pretty background paper, sweet flowers, glitter glue and the boldest little birdy of all; the Blue Wren. Janette was true to the species by ensuring that the colours of her birdy were as they are in the wild. A wonderful card Janette!<br />
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Finally; here is Jenny's creation that she sent to Tanya. What a fantastic view from Jenny's rustic window and best of all a little birdy stopping by on the outside window sill, to share a little message. The colours are beautifully executed for the creation of a gentle and thought provoking card.....love it also!<br />
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These are just a few of the cards from ladies that do not have blogs. Next post will be a sneek peek at February's subject 'Bold and Bright"..........oh its a lot of fun!Judith Tetleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16931162406710958603noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940114204072098696.post-17936325898423117602014-01-22T22:52:00.002+11:002014-01-22T22:52:33.668+11:00Aussie Notecard Swap and Card Making in the Heat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hi There Blogging Friends! Here is a pic of the card I made for Janette in my Aussie Notecard 2014 Swap. The January theme was 'Hello Birdy' and at first it appears that my birdy was flying by his birdcage, but the second pic will reveal that he was flying to spend some time with his girlfiend who is in a very secret place.</div>
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Below is the card I received from Vikki. We are all trying to do some sort of technique or something different with our swap cards and I just love the fact that Vikki did her own artwork on the my card. Isn't it the sweetest birdy!!<br />
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and.....like most people in Australia at the moment I have been feeling the hot weather, so I sat in front of my air-con for a couple of days and made the cards below. It was fun playing with my dies, embossing folders and punches.<br />
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Hi There Blogging Friends! I started 2013 with one tag swinging on my sweet vintage coathanger, but it now has 12 gorgeous tags from the lovely ladies that participated in my 2013 Aussie Tag Swap.</div>
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It is such a joy to look up at it from my studio desk and remember all the delightful months of opening the mail to find such talented pieces of work. Thankyou to those who participated!</div>
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Below are a couple of tags that I didn't show on my blog, so here is an upclose look at the December tag I received from Vicki.....'A Summer Christmas'. <br />
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and the November Tag I received from Elaine; 'Fashions on The Field'</div>
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and the September Tag from Tanya; 'Time'</div>
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Also, this was my 'Pumpkin Patch' tag which I sent over to my partner in USA from 'An Altered Place'<br />
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Finally, this is the November tag I created for the 'Fashions on the Field'.<br />
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We are now underway with our 2014 swap the 'Aussie Notecard Swap', so my next post will have some pics of our first subject 'Hello Birdy'.......pop back to check them out!</div>
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Hi There Blogging Friends. After a successful year of swapping Tags with fellow Aussie's, I've decided to host another swap for 2014.<br />
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The 2014 swap will be 'Note Cards'. Each participant will create one Note Card a month to the theme. The idea is; that by the end of the year everyone in the swap will have a nice collection of note cards to use for mailing to family and friends. All the information is at the top of the page under the heading <strong>'Aussie 12 MONTH Note Card Swap - 2014" and will be for Australians only.</strong><br />
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Aren't they lovely. What about joining in and creating some of the cards that you've always wanted to make. Our first three subjects are;<br />
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January 2014 - 'Hello Birdy'<br />
February2014 - 'Bold and Bright'<br />
March 2014 - 'Steampunk'<br />
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To sign up; <strong>EMAIL ME you will find the link in my profile</strong>! Closing date for sign ups is Saturday 30th November at 5.00pm.<br />
<br />Judith Tetleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16931162406710958603noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940114204072098696.post-2320954580012464202013-10-29T19:21:00.002+11:002013-10-29T19:21:33.044+11:00A Painful Journey But Still Crafting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Hi There blogging friends! It has been quite awhile since I have been able to do a post due to having to have knee replacement surgery on my right knee. All I can say is it is one big "ouch" with weeks and weeks of crippling pain while you try to learn how to walk again. Unfortunately; I will only just get over this one and I will have to go back in to have the other knee done, so there isn't much else happening in my life at present.However; during this time I made a special easel card for my aunty and uncle who celebrated their 70th Wedding Anniversary. My mother is on the left and my aunty is on the right of the picture.<br />
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Next is a canvas I have just completed. Love the butterflies flying freely.<br />
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Then; my September Aussie Yearly Tag Swap 'Peace" and<br />
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my September Tag 'Falling Leaves' for my overseas swap at 'The Altered Place'.<br />
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October's Aussie 12 month Tag Swap 'Time' and<br />
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The Altered Place October Swap......'Witches'<br />
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Judith Tetleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16931162406710958603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940114204072098696.post-51408630844103867622013-08-06T00:11:00.002+10:002013-08-06T00:11:24.329+10:00Here's the Full Peek!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Hi Again! My swap partner Diane has let me know that she received her Aussie Tag Swap tag for the month of August - 'The Great Outdoors'. So here it is!</div>
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My tag was inspired by the song which had a line that went..... "up down pedal, up, up down...gotta getta across to the other side of town".......do you remember it? I can't remember the title but that line is humming around in my head on repeat mode....lol! I am loving the little birdie paper clip that I used to hold the mini tag on.</div>
Judith Tetleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16931162406710958603noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940114204072098696.post-74997216256231543572013-08-04T22:31:00.000+10:002013-08-05T11:25:03.636+10:00Still Crafting!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Hi There Blogging Friends! I am still having enormous problems with using Blogger, and have only just managed to get this post up. I've been working on Mixed Media Canvas Art over the past few weeks. Below is one of the finished ones with the theme 'Butterfly Garden' and the following picture is a sneek peek of one I have just completed for publication.</div>
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This tag is my 'Vintage and Lace' tag for my partner in the Altered Place Swap for August. I loved creating this one.</div>
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and this pic is a sneak peek of my 'Great Outdoors' tag for my Aussie 12 months of Tags swap for August. My partner should have it soon.</div>
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<br />Judith Tetleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16931162406710958603noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940114204072098696.post-7532749634639461812013-07-10T20:02:00.001+10:002013-07-10T20:02:29.679+10:00Now I am up to date - July Tag Swapping<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here are pics of this months swap tags. The subject for my Aussie 12 months of Tags for July is; 'Beauty of a Tree'. My swap partner Elaine decided to send me a "money tree".....there is no arguement that it would be a beautiful tree to have in my back yard. Thankyou Elaine!</div>
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Below is the tag I sent to Tanya. The background is done with alcohol inks; which was my first effort with the product. I enjoyed it so much that I just couldn't stop playing with them. The following pic is a card where I also did the background with alcohol inks. The tree's are embossed with two different embossing colours.<br />
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Here are my June Swaps. The first tag is the one I did for my partner Elysia in Canada for the June 'Altered Place' Tag Swap. The subject was 'Everything is coming up Roses'.</div>
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Below is the tag I made for Elaine in my Aussie 12 months of tag swap for June. The subject was; 'Queen for a Day'. This sweet girl reminded my of Princess Diana and if there was anyone I would wish to be Queen for a Day, it would be her.<br />
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Below is Tanya's tag which I received as her interpretation of 'Queen for a Day'. Wasn't it a clever idea to think of the Queen of the Cards? I love the way the girls in my Aussie 12 months of Tags swap are stretching their imaginations and creating such different tags.<br />
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Also; in June I made a giant tag for a birthday swap in my local Papercraft Artists group. We all celebrate our birthdays in the same month and swap a tag of any shape or size. I had a great time creating this cute house. I've only recently purchased the window die and I love it!<br />
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Hi There Blogging Friends! I am just about beside myself with the frustration that I am having with trying to post to my blog. Things just are not working for me anymore. I'ts the absolute pits and is preventing me from posting. I've been trying to get a post up here all day and even now it is sloppy and full of frustration. My curser keeps freezing to the one spot...just will not relocate, the Post Setting dialogue box is open and won't close and the screen won't scroll down. I am so disappointed as I "used to " love posting to my blog when we had the old styling. One more day like this and it will be goodby blogging from me!<br />
Below are some of the lovely tags I have swapped over the past few months.<br />
The first gorgeous tag of mother and daughter was sent from Diane in my Aussie 12 months of tags swap for the Month of May, and the subject was 'Remember Me"....just beautiful!<br />
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The tag below was received from Vicki in our Aussie 12 months of tags April Swap. The subject was 'Red Poppies". Just love the way Vicki has created a jigsaw pattern. I feel it demonstrates the broken lives of those who have served our country.</div>
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The following two tags are my Red Poppies and Remember Me sujects that I sent to the girls.</div>
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Judith Tetleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16931162406710958603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940114204072098696.post-53895590246328278452013-05-12T23:35:00.002+10:002013-05-12T23:35:20.554+10:00Tag Swapping for May<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Hi There Blogging Friends! Our theme in The Altered Paper Tag Swap (USA) for May was 'Floral Bouquet'. So; I decided to create this mixed media tag for my partner Amy. </div>
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My Aussie Tag Swap theme for May is 'Remember Me' as a tribute to all the wonderful Mothers in the world. Here is a sneak peek of my tag. Can you guess what the white bar is in the top left hand corner ??</div>
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Judith Tetleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16931162406710958603noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940114204072098696.post-32852257075236614892013-04-21T17:16:00.002+10:002013-04-21T17:21:29.736+10:00Sewing & Tag Making<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Hi There Blogging Friends! As always; life is hectic, but I have still managed to do some sewing for my local craft group and to make tags for the two tag swaps I'm in all year.</div>
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Firstly; here is my tag for my own 'Aussie 12 months of Tags' - month of April. </div>
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Our Subject was 'Red Poppies' as a tribute to fallen soldiers in world wars.</div>
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Next up, is the tag I made for my USA partner in 'The Altered Paper' 12 month Tag Swap. The subject was the letter A, so I thought my friend overseas would enjoy being watched over by a sweet Angel...<br />
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Next are pics of my sewing efforts for a new theme in our local craft shop. The theme for mothers day was gifts in mauve, purple and teal green colours.<br />
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I made this "Memory Cushion" as a main item in the display. It has a pocket to pop special photo's in, which I thought any Mother would love....</div>
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The ladies in the photo are my Grandmother on my Mothers side and one of my Aunties....both deceased now but still dearly loved.</div>
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Hi There Blogging Friends! I am late with this blog post thanks to an unusal problem with my camera. It all revolved around new re-chargeable batteries which seemed to corrupt the download system from camera to computer. I've finally got around it by using some older software, but still have to work out how to fix it. Anyway; I wanted to show you our darling Aussie 12 months of Tags Swap for the month of March, so here they are.....I chose this vintage image of a girl with her bunnies and kept my tag in the softer tones..isn't she gorgeous;</div>
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and here is the vibrant tag I received from my partner Elaine (yes, it was Elaine and not Tanya..got it the wrong way round, as I sent mine to Tanya...phew!)......gosh I love it Elaine!</div>
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Hi There Blogging Friends! Oh what a gorgeous February tag I received from my Aussie partner Tanya in our 12 month long tag swap. Take a look at the beautiful colours and the details for our subject "Love".</div>
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I've also been making some cards and trying hard to keep them simple but elegant. I relied on my lovely 'Stampin' Up' Butterfly Stamp Set and Punch to get the look with these cards below...</div>
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Hi there Blogging Friends! My partner has received my February 'Aussie' Swap Tag with the subject being "love", so here is the full pic for you to take a look at it. Isn't this a cute display of love!</div>
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Hi there Papercrafting Friends! I've had a lovely week with a visit from my sister and brother-in-law which was just soooo nice and I've had several days of playing with card and paper, which I love.</div>
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Below is a pic of the gorgeous tag I received from my partner Diane in our first month of our 'Aussie - Monthly Tag Swap. The subject was 'Cool Waters' and hasn't Diane done a lovely job of interpreting the theme. I just want to sit in that chair!</div>
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I have been looking for a novel way of displaying my 'Aussie - 12 months of Tags' and was delighted when I saw this pic on a Pininterest repin. Sorry I don't know the name of the owner, but whoever you are....congratulations for a great idea!</div>
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I don't have a lovely ironwork hanger like the example, but I do have a nice vintage coathanger which I've been wanting to do something special with....so; here it is with my very first tag. It looks a bit lonely, but it won't be long and it will have eleven other friends to hang with.</div>
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I also got an early start on my local Papercraft Artists Groups next ATC Alphabet swap and created my letters 'C' and 'D'.</div>
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C is for CAT of course. I used Dylusion Inks on the gloss background card and sponged some Gesso over small sequin waste, then stamped a brick wall before stamping the cat. I just love the expression on his face. I think he is a bit "peeved" with the whole idea.</div>
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D for DRESS was very simple to put together. I embossed white card for the background then rubbed pastel chalk over the embossed pattern and layered it onto light brown card. The dress was stamped onto scrapbooking paper and given a little Bakers Twine tie at the waist.</div>
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I've also completed my February Aussie - 12 Months of Tags Swap. Our subject is 'Love', so here is a sneak peak!</div>
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and......I invited two of my friends to come over and have a papercrafting day with my sister and I and this is what the four of us did to my dining room table!! Unbelievable that four grown women could get in such a mess.</div>
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The last time I put a post up, I was able to upload directly from my computer, but not now it seems. The only way I could do this post was to upload my photos to the 'Picasa Web Albums' then select them from there.</div>
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Now I am way out on a limb with this blogger upgrade, but it all seems to be a long way round to do a post....uploading directly from my computer was easy...why make things so hard?</div>
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Anyway; 2013 swaps are underway so below is a pic of my first swap with the Altered Paper group. The subject for January is "Baby It's Cold Outside" and this lovely vintage photo of a bride and her bridesmaid in the snow tells the story well I think.</div>
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My own local group 'The Papercraft Artists' are having a year long swap of ATC'S with the Alphabet. January is A & B and I had a delightful time creating my A for Angel and B for Bee.</div>
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Don't those waves look real cool! The froth is textured paste. Will post the full pic when my partner receives her tag.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">Papercrafters, <u>in Australia</u> are invited to sign up for my 'Aussie - 12 Months of Tags Swap 2013'.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">Themes for each month relate to what is happening in Australia during that month.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">Each participant will be assigned a different partner each month.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">The swap will be one altered medium size shipping tag e.g. up to 6in x 3in.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">Mail date for finished tags will be the 12th of each month during 2013; except for January which will be the 18th January, 2013.</span><br />
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<strong><em><u><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">LIST OF THE MONTHLY SUBJECTS </span></u></em></strong><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">January 2013 - 'Cool Waters'</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">February 2013 - 'Love'</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">March 2013 - 'Autumn Inspiration'</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">April 2013 - 'Red Poppies'</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">May 2013 - 'Remember Me'</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">June 2013 - 'Queen For A Day'</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">July 2013 - 'Beauty of a Tree'</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">August 2013 - 'The Great Outdoors'</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">September 2013 - 'Peace'</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">October 2013 - 'Time'</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">November 2013 - ' Fashion'</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">December 2013 - 'A Summer Christmas'</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><em>Further information about the monthly subjects can be found by clicking on the page link 'Aussie - 12 Months Of Tags Swap 2013' at the top of my blog (just under the header)</em></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">SIGN UP'S CLOSE AT 5.00 pm (aussie time) Saturday 12th January, 2013.</span><br />
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