Madcap Manor

 Hi, guys! My Church has recently introduced a system whereby, instead of sending individual cards to each other, we all sign one BIG card to wish us Compliments of the Season!This year I wa...

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 Hi, guys! I have been spending many weeks (many, many weeks!) making Christmas cards.  The latest batch uses the December 2023 Sheetload of Cards by Alicia of Call Me Crafty ...

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 Hi there! I have been busy preparing a class on making Christmas cards for our branch of the Mothers' Union at the end of the month.  I have been cutting reams of paper and mirror card...

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 Hello there! This is a very late post, but I've just been messaged by my son-in-law that he's received his birthday card, so at last I can post it! Since Brexit it has taken so much longer ...

http://maggiescardage.blogspot.com/2023/08/bear-birthday-card.html

Good morning! Happy August!I have been experimenting with stamped backgrounds, trying out various colour combinations of Altenew dye inks.  I'm not very good at lining up layering stamps, bu...

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 Hiya! During this very wet July I have been spending time in the craft hovel with the gorgeous July kit by Love from Lizi.  I used images from the stamp set to make backgrounds in...

http://maggiescardage.blogspot.com/2023/07/love-from-lizi-july-kit-handstamped.html

 Do you guys know about the lovely Alicia's monthly 'Sheetload of Cards' sketches? She gives instructions on how to cut patterned papers to make cards with her sketch.  I took 2 ve...

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Hi there! Well, it's been a busy fortnight: appointments at the local hospital and specialised eye unit (I have a tear in one retina) which involved lots of staring into bright lights, trying not...

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 Hiya! This is the card I made for my daughter's birthday, using items from the Love from Lizi March 2023 kit, 'Spring Friends.'  It does seem to be still available on her web...

http://maggiescardage.blogspot.com/2023/06/a-bridge-card-for-birthday.html

 I took a break at the end of February, thinking it would only be for a month - and now it's the beginning of June.  I apologise for being missing in action.  I have had a lot of d...

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 Oh, how embarrassing! I thought I had scheduled this post, but.... no, I forgot to click the 'publish' button! D'oh!This is my last DT post, as I'm taking a break.Anyway, here is our latest...

http://maggiescardage.blogspot.com/2023/02/my-time-to-craft-502-rainbows.html

Here is a picture of my new granddaughter Fiadh, who was born last Friday, and her brother Oscar, who is 6.  Ye Olde Manne and I will be visiting at the beginning of March and I can't wait!!...

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Good morning! I have some sad news and some happy news.  I am stepping down from all my Design Teams, including Dream Valley.  It was my very first DT, back in 2011 and I still get a ki...

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 Good morning! I hope you're all keeping well.  I am very excited to tell you that my daughter Sacha is in hospital because her baby is on the way! So this weekend Ye Olde Manne and I w...

http://maggiescardage.blogspot.com/2023/02/my-time-to-craft-christmas-54-snowflakes.html

 Good morning! We have a new Challenge for you at My Time to Craft! where the theme is Vintage or Shabby Chic.  This is always a challenge for me, as both are outside my comfo...

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Good afternoon from sunny Hertfordshire! Well, it's sunny now that the freezing fog has lifted.  Brr! It's so wintry these days - but we can all cheer up by making cheerful Christmas cards! ...

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 Good morning! We are having a Design Team call at Dream Valley! If you're interested, check out the blog post.  We welcome crafters at all levels of experience - this was my very ...

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 Good morning! For the latest challenge at My Time to Craft Christmas we would like to see traditional colours of red, gold and green.(Are you now humming 'Karma Chameleon' by Cult...

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 Hi there! Welcome to the 500th Challenge at My Time to Craft! Our theme is Numbers - we'd like to see numbers on your background, focal point, sentiment, ephemera, whatever s...

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 Edited to add: oops, I made a mistake when scheduling this post, apologies that it's late!Good morning, my lovelies! It's January 24th, and it's only 11 months until CHRISTMAS EVE! I mentio...

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 Hi there! We have a new challenge at Dream Valley to brighten your Monday! We would like to see Square cards.  Our sponsor is the fabulous Polkadoodles an I used&nb...

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 Good morning, all! There's a new challenge at My Time to Craft Christmas which is to use patterned paper.  I used some old digi papers from Nitwit Collections' Mooey Chr...

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 Hi there! It's never too soon to start thinking about next Christmas! So we have our first Challenge of 2023 at The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge to inspire you! Remember, it ...

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 Happy New Year! Our new challenge at Dream Valley is all about new beginnings: a new house, new job, new retirement, new baby,,,, anything new!My daughter is expecting a baby girl...

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 This is tough for me, because there are so many techniques I enjoy! It's a bit like being asked 'What's your favourite book?' To which my answer is always 'The one that I'm currently readin...

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