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notes on paper february 2009 skip to main skip to sidebar pages home website shop filed away 19 3 february 1 january 2 18 7 october 1 september 1 july 2 june 1 february 1 january 1 17 31 december 1 october 2 september 3 august 1 july 3 june 4 may 3 april 5 march 2 february 4 january 3 16 45 december 3 november 3 october 5 september 3 august 4 july 3 june 3 may 4 april 3 march 4 february 6 january 4 15 79 december 6 november 4 october 7 september 8 august 8 july 8 june 9 may 7 april 3 march 8 february 5 january 6 14 103 december 6 november 9 october 5 september 8 august 14 july 11 june 11 may 10 april 11 march 6 february 5 january 7 13 151 december 8 november 8 october 21 september 12 august 16 july 19 june 9 may 11 april 16 march 11 february 9 january 11 12 153 december 7 november 7 october 8 september 14 august 16 july 13 june 8 may 20 april 15 march 15 february 23 january 7 11 173 december 8 november 14 october 15 september 17 august 18 july 18 june 18 may 13 april 11 march 12 february 15 january 14 10 165 december 14 november 9 october 13 september 10 august 16 july 10 june 18 may 15 april 19 march 20 february 12 january 9 09 72 december 8 november 3 october 7 september 5 august 9 july 4 june 4 may 6 april 5 march 7 february 6 scrap like you mean it i told you we could the early bird all you need is round here a bag for every occasion january 8 08 8 december 3 november 5 i m here to write make crack the funnies and share ideas and experiences you can make yourself at home there s tea in the pot life isn t about finding yourself life is about creating yourself george bernard shaw thursday 26 february 2009 scrap like you mean it you know shimelle s scrap like you mean it weekly challenge on ukscrappers well in two weeks time march 12th crafty templates will be sponsoring week 11 which is based around scrapping with fabric and leo has put together a special quirky kit for the occasion and you need it but don t take my word for it have a look for yourself there s also a cupcake design fabric option too so it s got cupcakes russian dolls crochet trimmings luminous yellow ruffled ribbon one of leo s signature rosettes with a badge in the middle i could go on what s not to love and if that s not enough to convince you how about the fact that it costs a mere 4 00 4 00 so give starbucks a miss for one day or make your own sandwiches for lunch tomorrow and then revel in the loveliness that is the fabric sundae quirky kit you know you want to now the hard sell s over with i think the marketing lecture i sat in on today has had an effect on me here s something pretty to look at a sneaky peeky of my layout using the kit which you can see in full on march 12th my but those dolls are cute posted by julie kirk at 17 20 5 comments labels crafty templates quirky kit scrap like you mean it shimelle ukscrappers fabric email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday 25 february 2009 i told you we could if you ve been following my notes on paper from the beginning you may be familiar with this my very first blog post in which i detailed my adventures into the unpredictable realms of circle journal land at that point i left you with the cliff hanger about whether or not my long lost cj would be returned unto me as some form of christmas miracle so what do you reckon happened yeah that s right absolutely precisely nothing happened my stocking was bare no mysterious unmarked parcel on the doorstep nothing at all it remains lost in the pit of crafting disasters you get the picture however my team members stayed true to their intention to replace what i had missed out on and their entries into my new journal came rolling in i ve posting them here as they all sent me their work individually so unlike when a cj travels around the group no one got to see any anyone else s contribution so here is my saying yes cj take two my front cover my introduction page complete with envelope containing the whole stray cj saga it s all about saying yes this layout was created using my gauche alchemy acme kit it includes two pockets into which i ve tucked lots of tags on the backs of which i ve written lots of things i ve said yes to over the last year these range from taking a screenwriting class and a banana frog workshop to entering the best of british scrapbooking competition and more sarah said yes to saying no roo said yes to new skills tracy said yes to climbing mount snowdon cla re said yes to a flight in a microlight margaret said yes to a 3 day sponsored walk my page you decide on the what and the universe will see to the how this is an idea which i truly believe in and have fittingly celebrated it here with lots of glitter the vintage music sheet was from a qtea kit in 2008 and i was delighted to see that the song lyrics on it matched this idea perfectly stop hiding behind a pillow whenever the sky looks gray get up get out and meet the sun half way the quote on there in the pink speech bubble has a similar theme but is a touch more risque it reads ethel thought she d pull it and see what happened and is actually from a playing card sent to me by my friend anna who else i worked on my own pages for it while i was at my local crop and have shown everyones work to the ladies who d initially warned me about the perils of cjs before i began they were extremely impressed by the quality of the work that has obviously gone into it and have come to their own conclusion that perhaps the best way to secure yourself a good circle journal is for people to pity you i hope that this isn t strictly true but rather selfishly i don t mind if it is right now i now finally have my very own completed circle journal at last my page hope blooms so has my tale of good crafty folk chipping in to save the day restored your faith in human nature and left you feeling warm and fuzzy yet well read on and you may get even warmer and fuzzier there were two of us whose cjs went awry and two of us who were given a second opportunity karen arranged to have audrey as her recipient in the uks secret santa advent swap she then used all her powers of subterfuge to get us to each contribute to a journal entry which she turned into a wonderful christmas day surprise for audrey a complete strong women circle journal the sign in page it was a hard year for many on our cj team and in between sharing news of bereavments ill health moving house falling off bikes that was me we sometimes found time to talk about papercrafting i don t mind admitting that once we knew all the cjs were in their rightful homes and that our chat thread would soon be closed some of us yes that ll be me again felt a little adrift and a touch teary we had ourselves a theme song to get us through at the same time as being fully aware that we sounded like a gang of emotional drunks do you remember what it was ladies how about one more for the road and now the end is near and so i face the final curtain thank you cjs cjers x posted by julie kirk at 09 30 4 comments labels circle journal ukscrappers yes positive email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday 13 february 2009 the early bird i m early a fact which if you know me by now you ll realise is nothing new as i don t like to be late i think the only time i was really happy to be late was when i was born a week overdue i blame that on it being january and if there s anything i like more than being punctual it s being warm but my project of the day over on the banana frog blog has been brought forward to rescue a damsel in distress whose project for today is a little delayed so scoot over there today for some early st valentines day love which is only appropriate really as j and i are going out for a meal tonight instead of tomorrow see everything really does happen for a reason posted by julie kirk at 10 34 1 comments labels banana frog blog challenge love project of the day stamps email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday 11 february 2009 all you need is love definitely but how about all you need is love plus two free packs of banana frog stamps even better each month the frog blog sets a challenge for you to use banana frog stamps on a project and all you need to do to be in with a chance of winning is link to where you re showing off your project online and you can do that can t you there s a new banana frog flickr group you can drop it straight into leave a comment on the original challenge post or even facebook it basically bev has done everything possible to make it easy for one of you to win some of her stamps short of coming round to your house and assessing your work in person so get out thy bf stamps and get started there s no excuse not to the theme of this month s challenge is love so just show us something you ve made with any of your banana frog stamps and interpret the theme any way you like on any form of project it can be card making scrapping altered art mini books paper crafts fabric crafts hovercrafts in short if it s neither illegal immoral nor will it pose a threat to international security and it somehow involves banana frog stamps and love on it then we want to see it the above photo is not my entry to the challenge it s really a sneaky peak of my next project of the day for the frog blog which as i contribute on the 14th of each month appears in full on saturday and as it s st valentines day i ve gone a bit romantic on you pop over to the blog on saturday a to show me you care tell me you love me leave me a comment and b to see further pics of the card above and 2 other cards i ve created on the theme see you there saturday and in the meantime show us some love posted by julie kirk at 13 25 2 comments labels banana frog blog challenge love project of the day stamps email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday 8 february 2009 round here firstly i d like to say thank you for the compliments you ve been bestowing on the bag i showed you in my previous post everyone likes to think that their efforts with glue and scissors are appreciated from time to time so thank you for telling me so now it s my turn the rosettes i made were totally inspired by the beautifully funky handmade rosettes which leo from crafty templates makes and includes in her super cool quirky scrapbooking kits i think i ve mentioned before how i love round circular circley type round designs and embellishments haven t i so imagine my delight at getting little parcels in the post which include leo s fab circular creations below are some examples of the projects i ve made using the quirky kits and the rosettes this felt and patterned paper embellishment was part of the quirky kit christmas journal which is still available you lucky things i dare you to get a head start on your daily december 2009 project this red white delight is part of the somewhere in wonderland kit as is this black white polka dot darling i can never ever get enough polka dots ever and this deer little thing was from the first quirky kit the natureific kit i m not allowed to tell you about how i got the cutest new kit delivered this week which includes an utterly sweet and lovely fabric rosette in polka dot fabric no less which has a little something special in its centre nope i can t tell you about any of that as it s for a special highly top secret kit which isn t out for a few weeks so by all means go and bestow your love of the fabric rosette on to leo but if she asks why you re all suddenly interested you didn t hear it from me ok posted by julie kirk at 18 59 5 comments labels quirky kits fabric flowers rosettes crafty templates leo banks email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday 3 february 2009 a bag for every occasion this is my latest project using parts of my gauche alchemy acme kit it s a year long project inwhich i aim to photograph one outfit i wear each week and add it to the album as it will be an ongoing project i need an attractive way to store it and all the materials i m going to use on it so i ve made myself a matching bag i told you i liked clothes and bags the hessian bag i m using started life as a give away i received while attending a lecture commemorating 10 years of the fancy library on campus at work yes that really is how i spend my free time taking all of the fabrics which came with my acme kit i hand stitched lots of rosettes to cover up the printed design on the bag the idea of flowery ness as i don t usually use flowers on my craft projects was partly inspired by this very pretty project from my talented cropping companion hannah milburn which featured on the banana frog blog and partly influenced by another highly bloom y layout i made with the acme kit which you can see here i fixed the rosettes to the bag using my newest most favouritest product crafter s pick incredibly tacky glue i m not even being paid to say this but it s amazingly good it dries clear it held everything perfectly in place it is in fact incredibly tacky who d ve thunk it once i had everything glued into position i added loops of matching and clashing ribbons to the rosettes finally i cracked open my button bead boxes yes they are all colour co ordinated you d expect nothing less surely and sewed one into the centre of each fabric flower and here s the finished result complete with all it s contents safely tucked inside i think it s an improvement on storing it all in one of my plastic boxes and at least this way it won t look too out of place if i leave it lying around the house better still it s going to keep all my bits and bobs in one place within easy reach meaning i ll have no excuse for not keeping my 52 weeks of fashion album up to date famous last words eh posted by julie kirk at 20 52 8 comments labels gauche alchemy acme kit bag fabric rosettes my year in outfits storage email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest 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