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Fathers Day Cards

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           A few ideas for Fathers Day which is coming up this Sunday in Australia. Last Fathers Day card, once again using Bazzill patterned paper and Spellbinders Dear Old Dad dies. Thank you for visiting my blog this week and I wish all the Dads out there a very happy day on Sunday.

Fathers Day Cards

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                     A few ideas for Fathers Day which is coming up this Sunday In Australia. I have used Bazzill patterned paper, Spellbinders fancy tags and chipboard gears .

Fathers Day Cards

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                           A few ideas for Fathers Day which is coming up this Sunday in Australia. A cute little puppy card which would be perfect for a small child to give to Daddy on his special day. I have used a laser cut card, Bazzill patterned paper and 3d image all from  Blue Edge Crafts .

Fathers Day Cards

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A few ideas for Fathers Day which is coming up this Sunday In Australia. Here is another idea for a card for Dad . I have used Bazzill patterned paper and Spellbinders Dear Old Dad dies as well as Labels Six. The greetings are from  Sticker Store

Fathers Day Cards

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A few ideas for Fathers Day which is coming up this Sunday in Australia. This card was made using Bazzill patterned paper, Spellbinder squares and scalloped squares and the word cut with Cuttlebug Olivia alphas.

My Ekka Entry - Page Nine

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Page Nine  The last page has a waterfall card which opens up to show more photos and journaling inside.  Back Page. I hope you have enjoyed seeing my album Thank you for visiting my blog.  I hope you come back soon.

My Ekka Entry - Page Eight

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Page Eight  The first of two pages dedicated to Ron and I . The first page has a flip up card with our wedding photo on the front. 

My Ekka Entry - Page Seven

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Page Seven Page Seven has a crossover card with slide out tags with photos and journaling. 

My Ekka Entry - Page Six

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Page Six The next two pages are dedicated to my children Page six has double side tags with photos of various stages of their lives. 

My Ekka Entry - Page Four and Five

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Page Four and Five  Page Four is a simple one photo page with a tag  Page Five has another fold out album showing photos of my brothers and sister .

My Ekka Entry - Page three

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Page Three has a three fold step card which opens out to display photos of me during  my childhood  Thank you for visiting my blog this week.  I hope you will come back next week when I continue looking at my album.

My Ekka Entry - Page Two

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Page Two  Page Two has two lift out double tags which open out and display photos and journaling .

My Ekka Entry - Page One

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Page One  Page One is a fold out  mini album and devoted to my Dad and Mum. As you can see the album folds out into many layers . I have embellished the front page with a Graphic 45 tag onto a chipboard  frame and added a charm chain. I have also added a photo taken at the Ekka. I loved the way they displayed  my entry with a mirror behind it so all of the case could be seen. Sorry the quality of the photo is not better.

My Ekka Entry

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Today I would like to show you the case for my mini album I have covered the front and inside lid with A Ladies Diary paper and embellishments,hand made flowers and a double sided tag tag. 

Royal Queensland Exhibition

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The Royal Queensland Exhibition also known as the Ekka has begun in Brisbane and will continue for the next two weeks. My entry into the Fine Arts section this year is an interactive mini album and a case to hold it.   I am thrilled that my entry has been awarded First Prize in the Open Off The page section  and also Best Exhibit overall in the scrapbooking section.   Over the next few days I would like to share my project with you. The theme for my album is My Lifes Journey  I have used Graphic 45 A Ladies Diary paper and embellishments.  

Brown Bear

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To finish the week I thought I would show you my little Brown Bear. We had the misfortune to be held up with a landslide across the highway on one of our trips interstate so Brown Bear was hand stitched in the car while we waited for the road  to be cleared. He is only a small bear, about 6" tall. Thank you for visiting my blog this week I hope you have enjoyed it. 

Altered Bird Cage

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I recently completed altering this bird cage which has been sitting in my craft room for some time. I have used a bird house from Blue Edge Crafts, which I painted and decorated with patterned paper and flowers etc, also Twiddleybitz chipboard leaves, metal birds cut for me by my friend Mandy.

Brown and Blue Tag

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I made a tag as a little added extra for my partner in the Brown and Blue swap at Craft Mad . I have used Spellbinders Bird Sanctuary dies 

Monthly card swap at Craft Mad

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Our July swap over at  Craft Mad   was to make 2 cards for our partner using brown and blue. I love these two colours together and this is the second of my cards that I sent to my partner. I decided to make a card suitable for a man for my second swap card .I have used My Minds Eye paper. 

Monthly Swap at Craft Mad

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Our July swap over at  Craft Mad   was to make 2 cards for our partner using brown and blue. I love these two colours together and this is the first of my cards that I sent to my partner. I have used some paper from my stash, a Spellbinders label die and a Fancy That flourish die and silk flowers    

Christmas All Year Round Card Challenge

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Time for the August Christmas All year Round Card Challenge at Craft Mad. The theme for this month is Spots  This is my sample card  Thank you  for visiting my blog this week. Have a great weekend.

August Craft Mad Card Sketch Challenge

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The theme for August Craft Mad Card Sketch Challenge is Cupcakes. I have made a sample card which I would like to share with you.  I have used a Couture Creations embossing folder for the background