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have to check later about the cloud design edger punch ek success round binding edge stamp english alphabet number rolling decoration stamp vol 2 i bought mine from here on ebay but please note i m just sharing one place where they re available it s not a sponsored link and i am not promoting the seller or their products i m just sharing stash love posted by julie kirk at 14 34 7 comments labels plundered pages birthday card otter robin fliptail the otter playhour annual jack and jill comic english alphabet number rolling decoration stamp vol 2 email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday 16 october 2012 3d project nostalgic countdown to christmas hello warning today s post may contain traces of christmas and my sister s as yet undelivered birthday present do not read this post if you re someone who s still kidding themselves that christmas is aaaages away in fact you lost that excuse when we passed the 100 days to go point and you re my sister you know who you are granted there may be more of you in the former category than the latter but still i wouldn t normally blog a gift before i d given it but the whole of the 3djean design team blog are sharing their similar projects this month and so i m fitting in with that don t worry about it spoiling the surprise for my sister when we were growing up and probably to this day of the two of us she was the one who didn t feel the need to turn the house upside down searching for christmas presents because it would spoil the surprise and i don t even think she opened up easter eggs early carefully peeled the foil off pilfered the sweets from inside and then wrapped it all back up again that would have been me so now we ve got that clear let s move on to the project in question see bottom of post for full supplies list it s based on an idea from design team members effie and jean so i can t take the credit for transforming what is listed as a wooden keyholder into a clever christmas countdown but once i d seen theirs i adapted it in my own way to fit in with some supplies i wanted to use and to create a nostalgic vintage feel as usual all of the dt began with the same blank canvas and came up with very different results you can keep an eye on the 3djean blog for the further examples coming soon and there s a non festive take from effie already there for further details and tips on how to achieve a similar look visit my 3djean design team post here and i ll see you back here soon julie supplies used available from 3djean alterable wooden keyholder pion fairytale of winter vintage image sheet pion winter bird patterned paper pion christmas poem patterned paper plus twine velvet ric rac jute mesh buttons all from the ribbon girl elasticated gingham trimming used beneath the eaves from a local haberdashery tim holtz idea ology fasteners trinket pins glittery deer from boyes kaisercraft tiny alpha stickers from merly impressions posted by julie kirk at 09 56 7 comments labels 3djean scattered scarlet design team christmas wooden keyholder vintage nostalgic pion papers advent calendar countdown to christmas vintage image ribbongirl email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday 10 october 2012 cardmaking with plundered pages tips for personalising projects using vintage images hello hello stamped images are great but kind of predictable you buy the stamp because you like the image you use the stamp because you like the image it looks how you expected and while it may be lovely there was never an element of surprise of delight of uniqueness and the same goes for images you choose in die cuts decoupage chipboard and stickers etc etc which is one of the reasons i so often turn to my vintage books my plundered pages when i want to find a special focal point for a card or any project like i did here and often as was the case here i don t actually turn to the collection of books or pages and sift through for an appropriate image right then and there right when i need to make a card because more often than not images leap out at me at other times times when i m just browsing or when i ve just got a new old book to get to know all of a sudden i ll turn a page and suddenly cry oh look it s effie and alice granted it s not always an image which looks exactly like my friend her cat but you get the general idea i turn a page and without me having to search for it i instantly recognise someone or something and it feels like such a treat a bespoke one of a kind beautifully drawn and coloured perfect for a personalised card treat and you can guess what comes next can t you scissors i snip out the serendipitous find when i see it regardless of when the recipient s birthday is or whatever the occasion if there s an occasion at all and i keep them safe for future reference and gradually i end up with a file of perfect images which look tailor made for friends and family i get asked if i sit for hours looking for just the right word or image to use on my scrapbook pages art journals etc and the answer is no not really i occasionally seek out something specific but as i hope this post shows there s more fun more pleasure more surprises to be had when you just let the old books show you what they can offer and go with what s there make it work interpret it your way make it yours or your friend and her cat s but if this all sounds too free and easy for you here s some more graspable advice tips for collecting vintage pages try out the idea of keeping a file filled with suitable images for future reference snip out and save pages sentences titles etc which chime with you which remind you of something or someone whenever you spot them treat vintage pages in the same way as you would any other stash build up a supply over time you d never turn to the first sheet of patterned paper you could find and expect it to suit every project you had planned be patient and collect pages together from various sources at various times and you could even visit the vintage paper packs section of my shop and browse through the specific themed packs to see if there s anything to suit a project or a person you ve got in mind recent additions include christmas packs horses and anatomy but if there isn t anything which fits you perfectly off the peg then you can commission your own bespoke plundered pages pack filled with as many themes styles ideas as a you can think of and b i can find amid my collection or you could test the waters of vintage papers with a serendipity pack a 50g envelope filled with mystery pages which once you start looking are bound to feature something which strikes a chord these are now even better value at 3 50 or try a pack of general text pages at 4 00 these are great starter stash booster packs which currently come in 3 variations foreign language text numbers diagrams and general mixed text if you re a vintage novice then i hope some of the ideas here get you interested in introducing some lovely old surprisingly suitable pages into your work and if you re a collector of them already i hope this helps you use some of that hoard if you have any questions comments or collections to share please do us book cutters ought to stick together julie posted by julie kirk at 09 23 7 comments labels plundered pages vintage papers etsy cardmaking personalised cards vintage illustrations tips text pages foreign language pages email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday 7 october 2012 storytelling sunday the shocked policeman s mother in law hello as it s the first sunday of a new month sian of from high in the sky is once again hosting her storytelling sunday drop in on her here to find out more now let me begin my ears are always open for snippets of fabulous funny and found conversations and if you re a regular here you ll know that after i ve had my ears open for these snippets of fabulous funny and found conversations i tend to scribble them down in my notebook and then blog about them here and my friends know this too friends in whose company some of these conversations can occur from time to time and which they don t always want recording and broadcasting but believe it or not there s one thing they yell at me more often than julie don t you dare write that down and that s julie you have to write that down not that they make it easy for me as you ll see if you read on the shocked policeman s mother in law location my local monthly crop ie a community centre room full of women time mid london 2012 olympics topic of conversation propriety prevents me from repeating it so i m going to have to improvise let s just say that someone no not me had a photograph on her phone which a friend of hers had taken of an athlete while on tv a male athlete a close up of a male athlete in tight clothing please try to keep up don t make me spell it out i didn t see the photo but those who did got into a hilarious argument about the merits of the subject matter and its decency and this argument resulted in someone who was in favour using a how shall i put it shall we say she used a vivid turn of phrase about the matter a turn of phrase you might not say in front of a child or a vicar or a hang on i m getting to that because after a second or two a head poked through the kitchen hatch in the corner through into the room we were all in and amid our gales of laughter an authoritarian male voice suddenly declared in mock shock well i never thought i d hear that word coming from a craft group and the man in question was a police man well then that was unexpected for him for us in general and in particular for the person who d just said that word although really we think he can t have hung around many craft groups if that shocked him however he then came through into our room and continued to question the suspect while drinking the cuppa and after his rather startling entrance he turned out to be a really friendly dare i say old fashioned beat bobby so friendly in fact that he told us he d been thinking about telling his mother in law about our group as he felt she might benefit from the crafting and the company perhaps that was until he d heard what it was he d heard though before he left we told him the date of our next crop and the organisers did give him their contact details but as of yet perhaps unsurprisingly we ve not yet heard from the shocked policeman s mother in law thanks for dropping by to read my story today i hope you weren t too shocked julie p s don t forget to visit sian to browse through other people s stories too i m still away but will catch up when i m home p p s i found the rather appropriate image to illustrate my story in a 1978 playhour annual posted by julie kirk at 08 30 24 comments labels sian fair from high in the sky storytelling sunday stories policeman crop olympics london 2012 email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday 4 october 2012 places to find me this month other than here because you re already there hi hi i dno t know what it is but while i m pretty good at linking you up to things i ve done online eg guest blog posts i m really not great at keeping you up to date with when my work s published in the real world so i thought i d put that right this month with a quick run down of where you can find the fruits of my crafty labours in print the latest issue of papercraft inspirations the first christmassy themed issue of the season and it features my festive flavoured pockets masterclass and a few non festive fun patchworky themed cards too you can find out more about the magazine here then there s an interview i did with a young photographer for featuring magazine who ve now published their 2nd issue and you can find out more about that here just to let you know i decided to step down from my role as contributing editor to featuring way back in may but thought i d wait for an appropriate time to share that update here and now you know and this is the second time i ve been featured in somerset memories and it was such a treat to to get to write about how i incorporated found phrases into six of my layouts you can find out more about the autumn 2012 issue here and finally from tomorrow afternoon for several days you can find me eating crafting and generally pretending the outside world doesn t exist in a cottage in the middle of north yorkshire well if you re one of the 7 other people i ll be with you can if you just turn up at the door be warned we have at our disposal sharp crafting implements several atg guns and a woodshed don t say you weren t warned see you soon julie posted by julie kirk at 11 39 10 comments labels magazines papercraft inspirations featuring somerset memories email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday 1 october 2012 art journaling recipe card journal week 4 lsned hi hi hi happy new month to you as september is now nothing but a fond ish memory a ship that s sailed a tea coloured ring mark on the worktop of the year this is my final post documenting my learn something new everyday during september journal so here are all the remaining pages september 22nd that blurry word is not a secret that i ve blurred out it s the word books but the ink has bled into the gesso i thought gesso was meant to stop just that shows how much i know september 23rd james didn t watch the programme in question and only came in towards the end when he asked have you been crying through this one too seems like i ve got myself a whale wailing reputation september 24th september 25th september 26th september 27th believe it or not i know i tell you about all kinds of all kinds of things here but in the outside world i can tend to play my cards pretty close to my chest i need to remind myself to share some things some times september 28th september 29th september 30th thanks dad shimelle who hosts learn something new every day suggested we try to summarise out learning experience during the past 30 days by creating a closing page and fortunately i already had 31 cards ready because when i decorated and dated all of my recipe cards at the start of the month so they d be all there for me to just add my lesson plus some themed extras i merrily created and dated one for september the 31st quite clearly my mind was in other places during september closing page or september 31st as i like to call it thanks for all your kind comments during this project they as always were a treat to find waiting for me in my inbox if you d like to catch up with any of the previous lessons plus the folder in which i m storing the finished journal you can find everything here week 1 week 2 week 3 and the folder is here now i must go and decide what to do with myself after completing this month long project i m sure i ll think of something soon julie posted by julie kirk at 20 03 8 comments labels art journal journaling learn 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