Tag: Friday Smiles

Book Print Tags and renovation Update

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At Tag Tuesday the current theme is to make a tag using book print. I had so much fun with this, that I made two. The first was inspired by the Fall season, and will make a fun bookmark to give away. The second tag, was inspired by Wilma at Empress Wu Designs. I love […]

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Tag and Journal Spots, 25th Birthday, and Funnies

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Happy Labor Day Weekend ~ I’ve been busy creating for a swap inspired by Tracie Fox’s Video (HERE) on making tags for junk journals. If you decide to watch the video, you can skip the first 8 minutes if you just want to watch her create. I watched her use her tearing ruler, and thought […]

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Cat Junk Journal and Friday Smiles

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Hello everyone! Something crafty I’ve learned during our shut in time is to create junk journals. I have lot’s of bits and pieces already saved, so it was the perfect creative outlet for me. I’ve completed a Garden Journal that I’ll have to post, and started one on Windmills, Beaches, and also one on Hope, […]

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Friday Smiles, Clusters and a Get Well Card

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Here we are at Friday again so I’m joining in with the group at A Stitch in Time. This week I tried my hand at making clusters out of recycled tea bags, paper, and other bits and pieces. I watched a video HERE for inspiration. I have small pieces of “stuff” sorted by color already […]

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75th Birthday and Friday Smiles

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My neighbor and friend turned 75 today so I made her a birthday card. I found inspiration at Double D Challenges to make it beachy, and found the design at Sweet Sketch Wednesday. Lot’s of stamping and fussy cutting shells which I had done about a year ago on vacation for such a time as […]

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Happy Anniversary, and Friday Smiles

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I needed to make an Anniversary card for hubby, so I looked to the challenge blogs for inspiration. The sisterhood of crafters: requested stenciling, The Male Room requested the use of die cuts, and Freshly Made Sketches, provided the sketch: Since it will be 20 years that we have been wed, I wanted to use […]

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Friday Smiles, X, Y, and Z ScRapbook

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Today was hard ~ I went to the dollar store which is 5 min. from my house and this is what the shopping center looks like: Apparently the owner of the shopping center was informed that tomorrow will be a protest, so the owner in fear had all the shop fronts boarded up. Honestly, I […]

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Tag Tuesday, T and U, and Friday Funnies

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I made another tag for “Tag Tuesday” where the theme is anything goes. I recently joined back up with a site called Swap-bot. you create and exchange handmade items or letters etc. with other people regionally or internationally. I participated years ago, and decided to rejoin so I’d have some happy mail in my box. […]

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Postcards, Letter M and N, Plus Friday Smiles

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I found a collection of postcards at a yard sale years ago and Lisca at Scrapping cavewoman has reminded me of the find.  The study and collecting of postcards is called “deltiology.” Postcards were first printed in the 19th century, but it took some time for them to gain in popularity; many people did not […]

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H is for Hat and Hair Dye, with Friday Funnies

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I finished the letter H for Sarah’s scrapbook ~ Hat and Horse ~ ” I ” will be for Ice cream and Iguana. I’ve heard that the hair dye aisles are empty now just like the toilet paper! it makes sense since we’re over a month in quarantine now. I did a curb side pick […]

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