Mind over Matter..

I’m sorry I have been missing the last few weeks.. It’s been a traumatic time here at home. My little dog Luna got attacked by a much much bigger dog and required three lots of surgery to save her. It’s taken a little while but I am so happy to say she is back to her lively cheeky self. In between all that my husband had a hospital visit, and of course mum and dad are always on my carers list. As happens, life has returned to new normal, and I have managed to do a little crafting and have a build up of papers I haven’t played with yet. Today’s cards are made with Mind over Matter ( by Uniquely Creative) I love this paper , but these are the only cards I have made with it so far as I got distracted by the next lot of papers, which you will see next week and probably the week after next because I couldn’t stop once started. Anyway back to this week…The top card is a book card and I made a box with a clear lid to pop it in. I inked the edges of everything on all these cards and didn’t have to add too many extras ..The paper speaks for itself. The die on the bottom card is an older spellbinders die. Til next time..stay safe….
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Vintage style cards..

This weeks cards are all made with High Tea paper collection and matching Creative cuts. I enjoyed a little bit of fussy cutting and only added a little bling and lace! The weather here has not been conducive to card making..the humidity has made the cardstock limp and the glue super runny.. We have a small cool change on the way ,hopefully its enough to dry everything out so that I can go back into the craft room! Til next time, stay safe…
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High Tea!

Three cards today made with uniquely Creative High Tea paper collection. I love the soft tones of this collection, and the fact that I could get out my flower and lace collections! A bit of a shabby feel on the first one. Til next time ..stay safe!
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Happy New Year!

I hope you all had a safe and happy new year.. here’s to more crafting and doing what you love! I spent the break with my family, reading and starting a new cross stitch project. I am ready to return to the craft room, now that our weather has cooled a little for now!. This weeks cards are made with Rainforest Retreat( Uniquely Creative paper collection) This paper was perfect for this design with lots of elements to pop out of the folding box. I have a youtube clip ( helens card designs) on how to measure and make this box. Its great because it folds down flat for posting.Til next time..stay safe….
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Rainforest retreat..

What gloriously happy and bright this paper collection by Uniquely Creative is! On the first and third card I did some embossing, stenciling and inking, but on the second and fourth it was all the papers and matching creative cuts. I’m afraid there has been little crafting happening here as its been a week of processing the cherries off the tree.. 13 kilos this year, turned into pies, pie filling for the freezer, cut,pipped and frozen for smoothies and muffins, eaten and given away. Onto the Apricots! til next time, have a safe and happy Christmas, and thank you for tuning in look at my creations and read my musings! Stay safe ! xxxx
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Last Christmas cards for this year!

Here are the last few Christmas cards for this year. I didnt make as many as usual because my normal avenue of sales have been closed due to the ongoing pandemic. These ones have a couple of different dies including a terrific Merry Die from Uniquely Creative which is where the papers come from as well. I have been busy preparing for Christmas…Im finding it difficult to find some presents I wanted to give, so have to search a little further afield but what I am most looking forward to is having my family together this year. Material things don’t matter when we can all be together. For now though ..stay safe!

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Days of December part 2…

What I loved about this paper collection by Uniquely Creative is how versatile it is…vintage, cute, or traditional..all bases covered! The lower two cards were part of a class I did with my retirement village ladies. I had a class with them yesterday too, our last card class for the year as they take a break to prepare for their Christmas celebratons. The weather is still mild here, we have had a couple of humid days and no crafting could be done on those days as the cardstock was just too floppy! Oh dear!

til next time, stay safe….

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Days of December..

have thoroughly enjoyed creating with this paper collection from Uniquely Creative called Days of December. Lots of vintage opportunities, as well as really cute little images. you can see I created in a couple of different styles with these four cards. I have had another good week of creating, but I have packed up Christmas and moved on to some very bright cards which I will show you all in a couple of weeks once we have caught up with my Christmas makes.The weather here is still not summer, but I am not complaining! Quite enjoying the mild spring weather and even the occasional hail and thunder storm.Til next time, stay safe…
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The final few of Merry and Magical…

I thought we were ready to move onto a new paper collection, but when I checked my photo files there were these last few cards made with Merry and Magical ( Uniquely Creative) and none of the cards I have made in the last couple of weeks with the other paper collection I bought for this years Christmas card making. That needs checking into! Anyway, we have these few and I have added some stamping, die cutting,embossing and bling to these ones. It’s been a very quiet week around here, and I have even found some time to do a bit of reading and I have finally finished the album I made featuring my two puppies!
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Merry and Magical..part 3..

Here is the last of the Merry and Magical series.. I have a few more but next week we will move on otherwise we will still be looking at Christmas cards next Easter!! The whole series is on my instagram account at helengreco30. We have had some very wild weather here this week, not at all usual for this time of year..the hailstones were as big as golfballs, the wind was 100kph and the damage has been phenomenal. We were lucky, nothing to report, but my mum and dad who live just down the road have a lot of damage to their back verandah so I will be sorting that out for them next week. In the meantime, today is a nice mild day, I have a roast in the oven, I have been crafting this morning so all is well! Til next time, stay safe….
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