tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82924540348557395402023-11-15T22:27:11.213-08:00In My Little CornerCome and see what I have been creating In My Little Corner.Marlieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090571547794030958noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8292454034855739540.post-16106054675466867072013-02-27T08:07:00.002-08:002013-02-27T08:09:00.698-08:00What I have been up toBoy does time fly. <br />
I have been working on some swaps over the last few month.<br />
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Here are a few things I have been working on.<br />
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I made some altered mouse traps. I made the flower out of some trim I had and added a small rose to the center. Most of the stamps where from CTMH, the small bird cage is from Prima. All paper is from CTMH, and I made the small charm as well. <br />
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For a stick pin swap I came up with this one. The tag and the bird with cage are from a Tim Holtz die. The flower I took apart and removed all the plastic pieces and glued a small flower into the center. I had painted and distressed the bird cage. It is hard to see, but the background is painted and I heat embossed in white a script stamp. The bird and the cage are on pop dots, and the stick pins are stuck under the bird. I added some trim and cut lace for the bow. <br />
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Here is a chunky charm. I used again the Tim Holtz tag die, and a swivel clasp. I made charms out of glass beads, and a number of charms. I also added a fragment charm and a stamped image on shrinky dink. <br />
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I know my pictures are not the best. I have still not mastered taking decent pictures and am still having a hard time with the settings etc. <br />
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Thanks for visiting me in my little corner.<br />
MarliesMarlieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090571547794030958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8292454034855739540.post-19188232672179031942013-01-01T06:55:00.001-08:002013-01-01T06:55:25.021-08:00Happy New Year!How come that time just flies so fast. It was just Thanksgiving, Christmas came so fast, and of course now the New Year. Hopefully things will slow down a bit. <br />
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So, I usually do not make New Years Resolutions. But, I will make one exception, when it comes to my crafting world. <br />
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Like so many, I have just way to much crafting supplies. To much paper, and to many of everything. It is just getting out of control. I have no more space to go to, I am already taking over parts of my living room. I was just contemplating what I could move onto my shelf that would look pretty, like a big jar of ribbon scraps, or my laces. What will be next? My bedroom or even the kitchen. We live in a rather small house, and space is very limited. So I am constantly tying to figure out what to move where, and that takes time away from what I would like to do. <br />
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So, for the year 2013 I will go on a "Stash-Diet". I have done that before for a while (about 6-9 month), but not for a whole year. Now I will have to still get glues etc and stuff I may run out of and truly need, but no purchases of "extras". Of course I will use my gift card and money I received at Christmas for something fun, and any gifts etc I may receive during the year of course. But otherwise I will work very hard on not buying anything new. Boy that will be hard. But I think I can do that. <br />
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And my other resolution is to start an Art Journal. I have started a small one last year, but have not done much, mostly sketching. I have a nice big book, and I would love to try out mixed media techniques. I do have enough paint, pencil, inks, etc to make it work. And I have decoupage glue and lots of paper. So nothing should stop me.<br />
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Of course I try to be a better blogger. I am still having a hard time with loading pictures. The whole process seems to long. So I will have to research if I am doing something wrong, or if it will just get easier with practice. <br />
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So, this week I am going to unearth my desk, again, and start on my 2013 journey.<br />
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I hope you will all have a fantastic crafty year as well.<br />
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Thanks for visiting me in my little corner,<br />
MarliesMarlieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090571547794030958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8292454034855739540.post-76495807706722294112012-11-26T18:02:00.000-08:002012-11-26T18:02:00.715-08:00It's been a whileHope you all had a fantastic Thanksgiving weekend. <br />
I can not believe that it has been a while again since my last blog. Well I have been playing hard the last three month in my little corner. I have joined two online sites, Mini Album Scraps and Your Paper Pantry. And I have been participating in some swaps. For those who are not familiar with the above mentioned sites and swaps, here is a brief description. You sign up for a swap, in my case I have done the following: Stick pin, Charm, Embellishment, Rolodex, and ATC (Artist Trading Card) swaps. You send in the number of requested swap, and follow guidelines of the swap, like theme for the month etc. Once the hostess has received the swaps (yes there is a deadline) she will mail you back the same number of items that you had send in. For example, for the stick pin swap I send in 3 sets of 3 pins. If 5 people participate you will receive 3 different once back, so you will not have one from everyone. But those swaps have been so much fun. And it is nice to get something that you may not have come up with. <br />
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I got to upload my pictures the next couple of days, and hopefully I will be back to blogging at least once a week. I have now a big list of things to do before Christmas. So no swapping till after the New Year. <br />
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Thanks for visiting me in my little corner.<br />
MarliesMarlieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090571547794030958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8292454034855739540.post-83044018842108108162012-10-03T10:59:00.001-07:002012-10-03T10:59:55.462-07:00Missing in actionWow, it has been over a month that I have posted. All is well in my little corner. I have been busy and participated in my first swaps on two different sites, Your Paper Pantry and Mini Album Scraps. What fun I had. All swaps where mailed in on time, and now I am eagerly awaiting the return of swaps. I have watched recently some more swap videos on Youtube, and all in the sudden I feel so inadequate. I just hope that my creations are up to par. <br />
But I had a good time and I am trying again. I have already signed up for a few small swaps. <br />
I will show my creations in the next week or so. Right now I am rearranging my craft corner, and I will have to clean my desk from my creative mess. As I was working on my swaps, I just left everything I pulled out on my desk. So now I got this hot little mess on my hands. <br />
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I have gone to some yard sales this last month and was lucky enough to find a few things, that I now need to find a home for. So for the next day or two I am organizing and cleaning my little corner (my vacuum cleaner was out of commission for about 3 weeks, and sweeping just did not pick it all up).<br />
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Thanks for visiting me in my little corner.<br />
MarliesMarlieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090571547794030958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8292454034855739540.post-80787844263780037732012-08-28T08:08:00.001-07:002012-08-28T09:51:45.013-07:00LOVE ITI am so excited. I got my first copic markers. I have been eyeing them for a long time. I have a few Prismacolor markers. But the first few strokes with my sketch markers and I am in love. They feel so nice going over the paper and they seem to blend so much nicer. I still have to get the right paper. <br />
The reason I got the skin color once first, is so that I can practice coloring nice faces. If I like the results I can start working on getting more. <br />
They are an investment, and of course I would just love to get them all, who would not. But, like so many of us, I have to budget my purchases. And in general I am waiting for things to go on sale, or I have to have a good coupon (40% or more) before I buy a bigger (more expensive) item. I waited over a year to get a good deal on my Big Shot, so I have a bit of self control. So getting my collection of copics growing will probably take me a while. But it is all good. It's worth waiting for something like that. <br />
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Hope you all have a fantastic scrappy week. <br />
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Oh and I also joined Your Paper Pantry recently. I have signed up for 2 swaps and am so excited about that. I am done with sketching out my ideas, and I pretty much have all I need already. I may have to get a few small things. Will probably show glimpses during the month of my creations, but will not reveal the completed projects till after it has been delivered to the recipient, so that the surprise will not be spoiled. <br />
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Thanks for visiting me in my little corner,<br />
Marlies<br />
<br />Marlieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090571547794030958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8292454034855739540.post-91307908837934969232012-08-10T10:52:00.001-07:002012-08-10T10:52:42.465-07:00Mini AlbumI have been paper crafting for a while, but hardly ever do any layouts. I think I only do them when I am at a workshop etc. I am still organizing my pictures (it's been years in progress, I am the worlds biggest procrastinator). A few years back however I tried my luck on a mini album. I love the format and the way it is more decoration, even without pictures. So far I have only made them as gifts. But I am hoping to do some for myself this year. But I still have ideas on a few that I am trying to do as gifts as well.<br />
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Here are a few pictures of an early mini I made for a friend of mine.<br />
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Well, can you guess what her name is. The cover had her name on, I covered chipboard letters with paper. I paper was from my stash. It is an older paper pack. But I love the natural earth tones.<br />
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She is such a sweet lady, and just adores her hubby. When I saw that paper I just had to include it in the mini, and added the "my husband" stamp (from CTMH).<br />
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The cake stamp is also from CTMH, and I used prisma pencils to color it it. I made my own tags and tried to distress them. I think I used the distress inks. But it is to long ago to remember it for sure. I even added a few ribbons, something I still have a hard time remembering to add to my cards, minis etc. I am not very frilly so adding ribbons and flowers I have to try to make sure I add them. <br />
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Here I added a few more tags for family pictures and journals about her family.<br />
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I did make my own pages by cutting up some recycled packaging I think. Now I have this nice stash of purchased chipboard album, I however still like to add extra pages in between by making my own. One can never have to many pages in a mini. They really should be called "chunky mini's" <br />
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There where more pages in this mini, but these where the nicest once. Well more soon.<br />
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Thank you for visiting me in my little corner.<br />
MarliesMarlieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090571547794030958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8292454034855739540.post-11272686487497237762012-07-16T07:40:00.000-07:002012-07-16T07:40:54.033-07:00CardI have been having some technical problems these last few days. But I am able to get on today. Yeah.<br />
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So I looked at my photo archive to see what I can find to post today, and I came across some cards I made 2 and 3 years ago. <br />
I never would have dreamed of ever having a blog at that time, so I did not keep good records of technique and what I used etc. Not that I am so much better at keeping track at this time. Still learning in the progress, but I am having fun with it at least. <br />
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Above is made with a CTMH stamp set, so much I remember. It do like the little bird, and I think I will do that one again, just will try to layer more paper etc. But I always like the image. It is made using the egg as the body.<br />
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Also a CTMH set,I fussy cut the images and colored with pencil. I do not think that I even knew about the odorless mineral spirit at that time. Paper is from my stash, and I do not remember what it was. I just loved the leaves. It was a birthday card for a kids birthday.<br />
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Thanks for visiting me in my little corner,<br />
MarliesMarlieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090571547794030958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8292454034855739540.post-78310205772291890582012-07-10T07:47:00.001-07:002012-07-10T07:47:45.065-07:00Card<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a card I made for someone special to me. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">The paper is from CTMH, paper pack You Rock, and the stamp set is also from CTMH, A Little Buzz. I colored the dragonfly in with Prismacolor pencil and blended with Odorless Mineral Spirit. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">I cut the circle and the scalloped circle using my spellbinder dies. I inked the white circle with distress ink.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Marlies</span></div>Marlieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090571547794030958noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8292454034855739540.post-83895025864287567792012-07-09T20:40:00.003-07:002012-07-09T20:41:49.284-07:00My Little CornerI love having a little corner where I can create. Yes, sometimes I dream of having a big room on my own, just for crafting. But I am just happy and grateful to have a space I can call my own. And actually having a space in the middle of the house keeps us all connected. <br />
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There are some struggles in keeping a small space that is exposed tidy, and usually it looks like a battle zone, in which I have so lost that battle. I do have a pretty nice size desk (6' wide), but somehow I just manage to get it cluttered up in no time. I do like to have things handy, and I have to store things on, around and under my desk, so I am constantly prioritising what I really need to have close by. <br />
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One thing I love is functioning containers, if they are pretty as well - that's a bonus.<br />
I will share with you today, and in the next few weeks some pictures of things I have in my corner. <br />
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This is how I store my small acrylic paint bottles. I got so lucky and found the rack in a local thrift store. <br />
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It does have room for bottle on both sides, and it spins. Since space is limited I can not spin it around freely. On the back side I have also bottles stored, but they are for painting on tiles. And since I do not need them as often they are on the side against my large shelf.<br />
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MarliesMarlieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090571547794030958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8292454034855739540.post-46189699756236518452012-07-08T08:35:00.000-07:002012-07-08T08:35:15.085-07:0010 Best Tools<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, what are your favorite tools? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Here is a list of tools I like. Not necessary in that order, and I do not always use all of them each time I craft.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"> 1. <em><strong>ATG Advanced Tape Glider by Scotch</strong></em>. I love it. It looks big, but it is super comfortable, and easy to operate. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"> 2. <em><strong>Corner Chomper by We R Memory Keeper</strong></em>. It cuts chipboard or multiple layers of card stock without any problems. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"> 3. <em><strong>Ranger Non Stick Craft Sheet</strong></em>. I keep mine on my desk at all times. It cleans up easy. Just remember it is not for cutting on. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"> 4. <strong><em>Tweezers</em></strong>. My fingers are just as nimble in holding small items, or when heat embossing. I like the reverse action kind.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"> 5. <em><strong>Big Shot</strong></em>. I have a small Cricut as well, but I have really fallen in love with my Big Shot as I can cut out shapes with thicker materials. And of course, embossing folders.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"> 6. <em><strong>Craft Knife</strong></em>. I have a couple of different ones, and do not necessarily have a favorite. But they come in handy. I use a craft knife to lift small sticky items like bling and place it on my projects. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"> 7. <strong><em>Distressing tools</em></strong>. I love them all, the plain nail files, detail files from CTMH, to foam blocks from the hardware store. . </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"> 8. <strong><em>Scissors</em></strong>. A few good pairs are a good choice, small once for fussy cutting and bigger once for big jobs. I also like to keep a utilitarian type scissors at hand, for cutting packaging and hard stuff. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"> 9. <strong><em>Ruler/t-square</em></strong>. We all have to measure something. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"> 10. <strong><em>Heat gun</em></strong>. Mine is from Marvy and I had it for a very long time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Just to let you all know, I am not paid for advertising, nor do I sell any products. The above list is just what I like to work with. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Thanks for visiting me in my little corner,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Marlies</span>Marlieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090571547794030958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8292454034855739540.post-16920055371708750402012-07-07T07:48:00.001-07:002012-07-07T07:48:44.952-07:00CardSo a couple of month a dear friend of mine had a Birthday, and I made her this card. I had just gotten my first Spellbinder dies and was so excited to try them out. The reason I had finally gotten some is that some of my favorite ladies on YouTube use them quiet frequently when making cards. I think they are perfect for card making. Again, like so many times I try something new I was a bit intimidated. But now I just love using them. Another nice thing about Spellbinder dies, they do not take up a lot of space.<br />
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I used card stock, stamps and ribbon from CTMH. I embossed the green card stock with a Cuttlebug folder, it is one of the damask once. It came in a 4 pack, and did not give a specific name to either of the folders. I liked it, as this one is a bit larger than the usual Cuttlebug folders. I used a size A7 card from Paper Studio for the base. The butterfly was heat embossed with embossing powder by Ink Expressions -black. </div>
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At the end of the school year I needed to make a bunch of Thank You cards for teachers. So I pulled out my scrap drawer and used a punch from Stampin Up. Not sure of its proper name, but it punches out two pieces to form a banner sign. While watching a movie I just pulled out papers that looked like they could match and punched away. I put two pieces of different papers together to make those little flags. Also from my stash are the alpha letter stickers I used to put the Thank You on the flags. I used an embossed card from DCWV and laid the flag pieces out, and adhered them alternating either flush to the paper or on pop dots. On the bottom row I added two blank pieces at the end. <br />
It is a very simple card as you can see, and it is done with nothing but scraps. I always keep blank cards and envelopes at hand, so I did not have to go to the store at all for this card project.<br />
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By the way if you are wondering what the background is. When I spray a project with glimmer type mists I line my box with packing paper When that is all prettied up I use it in projects. Free pretty paper, what can I say.</div>
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To me, one of the hardest cards to make are sympathy cards. I am at a loss for words at time. A friend told me that I probably should put a disclaimer out here and explain that English is my second language. But to tell the truth I have been here longer than in the country of my birth, and I was not an eloquent writer back when. So, there is really no excuse for me. I think we just all have different talents, and writing just has never been mine.<br />
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I made this one very simple again. I used an embossing folder (book cover 1). It is of the Tim Holtz Alterations line. I inked the raised portion with CTMH ink, and the stamp is by Hampton Art: RS4765 Watercolor Daisy, colored with distress ink and a water brush. The other stamp used is by Hero Arts: CL342 Everyday Sayings. The card base is from American Crafts.<br />
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Thanks for visiting me in my little corner,<br />
MarliesMarlieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090571547794030958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8292454034855739540.post-34816750386093103042012-07-04T06:35:00.000-07:002012-07-06T07:39:38.384-07:00Happy 4thHappy 4th of July to all.<br />
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This is a card I made last year. We had a graduation from Nursing School in the family. That was the first time I had used my Cricut, and it was so much fun. I just used paper and card stock from my stash, so I can not tell what paper I used. <br />
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Like so many times, when I work on a new technique or just about anything that I had not done before, I am very intimidated. I had my Cricut for many month and it just sat there. And it is the small one, so it is not as impressive looking as lets say the Cricut Imagine.<br />
So, if you have something that you have not used in your craft area, just dig it out and make a small project to start, who knows you may fall in love with it. <br />
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Thanks for visiting me in my little corner,<br />
MarliesMarlieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090571547794030958noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8292454034855739540.post-91092958156678403682012-07-03T12:42:00.002-07:002012-07-06T07:38:35.467-07:00CardWell here is another picture.<br />
I had 3 graduation cards to make this year, and since they where all for young men, I decided to make them all the same. I used CTMH paper again, and the stamp and coordination Cricut cartridge. Not a very fancy card, but I am still learning. I have had the longest love/hate relationship with making cards. They just never turned out so well. I have been watching a lot of stamptv (Gina K.) on youtube as well as videos from Amy at prairiepaperandink. I think these ladies are so talented. I hope that one day I will make cards that are in the same league.<br />
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A while back I made a couple of altered canvases. I used Close to my Heart paper and stamps. I colored the lace and the flowers with Lindy's Stamp Gang. The paper was distressed with distress ink. For the word "Create" I used different chip board letters from my stash. I just covered them all with the same paper. I used some rub'n buff to highlight some areas.</div>
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<span style="color: black;"></span>Marlieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090571547794030958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8292454034855739540.post-64777640883414762712012-07-01T16:28:00.001-07:002012-07-02T21:45:09.027-07:00Welcome to my blogWell here it goes. I have been trying to get this blog set up for a while. But I rather put my hands to paper and glue than trying to write about crafts. I have been following a number of blogs and watched countless hours of videos on youtube, and now I feel the time is right to try to get this going. I am not a writer, and if you look for pretty stories being written, than this blog is not for you. You will also very likely come across errors in my spelling etc. So if that will make you cringe, this is not the blog for you.<br />
But if you enjoy seeing what others <span style="color: black;">create</span> you are welcome to join me on my journey. <br />
In the next couple of weeks I am going to post my past creations, just glad I have been taking pictures of them. <br />
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