tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11931656261579649772024-03-14T09:12:16.587+00:00Corrine's Paper CraftsCorrine's Paper Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05733620084617243412noreply@blogger.comBlogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193165626157964977.post-9132901698876008822017-07-30T09:07:00.000+01:002017-07-30T09:07:23.524+01:00Blog Changes...<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">
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to the blog…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I’m sure most of us have been in regularly, and that is, no matter how I
approach the problem, I don’t seem to have quite enough time to be able to do everything
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commitments, doing all the preparation work for the shows and more mundane
things we all have to attend to such as housework etc., means I never seem to stop
rushing around trying to cram everything in.
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committed to writing three pieces for my blog every week, and the updates
appeared every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday.
But coming up with the ideas for the articles, doing the accompanying
photographs and actually writing them takes up a surprisingly large amount of
time. The stats say I have produced exactly
one hundred blog entries, not including this one – just thinking about that
makes me feel exhausted! So reluctantly
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So it’s goodbye to ‘Peek Of The
Week’, to the usual Wednesday update, and to ‘Photo Friday’. Going forward,
when there is another blog article I’ll tell people about it through my
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taking up other forms of social media that don’t take as long as a blog – maybe
Twitter, for example. But first I would
have to learn what Twitter is all about!
Again if I do become a ‘Tweeter’ I’ll talk about that on Facebook and I
hope you’d be able to join in on that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I’ll say goodbye to the regular blog
updates with mixed feelings – happy that I’ll now have more time in my life,
but sad because I’ve really enjoyed the creative process of producing a blog
and I’ve enjoyed the challenge of (mostly!) hitting the three times per week
deadlines. I’d like to take this
opportunity to thank everyone who reads these pages, because without you there
would be no point in doing it! And thanks for all the lovely comments people
have taken the time to leave about the blog articles; they are always a real
pleasure to read. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So it just remains for me to say,
Happy Crafting and maybe I’ll see you over on my Facebook page! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Corrine's Paper Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05733620084617243412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193165626157964977.post-53980156057399273332017-07-26T05:19:00.000+01:002017-07-26T05:19:52.726+01:00Beauty And The Beast<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">
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my job and I realise I’m very lucky to be able to do what I do – but I’ve been
very busy as of late. By close of play today
(Wednesday) I’ll have done nine TV shows (or is it eight? I’m confused!) in
just three days. While that might not
seem very much (after all, a show is only an hour long) eight or nine shows
means I’ve had to do an incredibly massive amount of preparation work – ‘prep’
work for them… these shows don’t run smoothly all by themselves (and sometimes
they don’t run smoothly at all, but that’s the joy of live television!) I’ve been so busy that I haven’t seen hubby
since Monday morning and I won’t see him again until this evening. And talk about ‘hot off the press’ – I’m
writing this just minutes after coming off air from the Tuesday evening 9pm
show with the lovely Martyn Parker. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But I want to talk to you about
the subject of the show I’ve just done – Beauty and the Beast – and to show you
some cards I made based on that theme. Sadly
I can’t use my lovely light box to take the photos because I’m in a hotel room –
but hopefully you’ll get the general idea.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As we launched Beauty and the
Beast some time ago, the show I’ve just done was able to offer some really good
discounts on the Beauty and the Beast range… and it was REALLY popular.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So much so that just a few minutes into
Tuesday’s 9pm show we heard that 50% of the stock allocated at the reduced
price had already flown off the shelves.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We are so lucky to be able to
bring you Disney licensed products. When introducing the Beauty and the Beast
Theatrical A Romance Beyond Words Limited Edition, Martyn explained the concept
of ‘Limited Edition’ as far as the Disney products are concerned. It sounds a little stark, but there is a finite
amount of these Limited Edition products and dies, and when they’re gone, they’re
gone – it’s not a case of us having a word with the buyer to see if we can get
more stock in for tomorrow; they only make a certain amount and then they
destroy the mould. Sounds harsh, but
then again doing that makes these products quite collectable in their own way. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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special affinity with Disney’s Beauty and the Beast because I have many fond
memories of cuddling up with my eldest daughter when she was about four years old
in front of the TV to watch the movie. She and I used to love watching that,
over and over again.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">She used to be
absolutely terrified of the Beast but still insisted on watching it!</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Beauty and the Beast was her introduction to
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viewers, and one lady emailed in to say she’d gone to watch the Beauty and the
Beast movie with her Mum, her daughter and her granddaughter… no less than four
generations all eager to see that movie – and that’s a shining example of the
enduring appeal of Disney! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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blog entry last Friday, but I had a prior engagement I wouldn’t have missed for
the World. There was no time to write and upload a blog. When my alarm went off
at half past five in the morning hubby and I had to leap out of bed, get ready,
put our glad rags on and head off to the railway station as we had a very early
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excitement? Last Friday was Graduation Day
for our son Kern. He’s finished a three
year degree course studying English Literature at Greenwich University. I hope
he won’t be too embarrassed when I say he’s worked really hard, put long hours
into his studies, and reaped the reward of achieving a First Class Honours
Degree! It’s a superb achievement and for
once I am lost for words when I try to express just how proud I am of him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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order of the day, which would involve my favourite tipple of Shiraz, and that meant forgetting about driving and instead catching the bus to the railway station at a time when
most people were going to work. Hubby
and I felt very self conscious – him wearing his new suit, me dressed up to the
nines, looking totally out of place on a crowded bus! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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uneventful, and once in St Pancras we had to head across London to
Greenwich. London was the usual noisy,
dusty, overcrowded jostling place it always is. I believe my attitude to London
is shared by most of us who don’t live there – which is, it’s nice, even
exciting, to spend a short time down there getting up to anything and
everything you don’t see in provincial cities… but it’s nice, really nice, to
get back to the relative peace and quiet of home. London is great in
moderation, but maybe I’m too old to enjoy the relentless pace of actually
living there full time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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very impressive Royal Naval College, and the graduation ceremony was held in
the beautiful chapel – the chapel of St Peter and St Paul. I won’t waste words
trying to impress upon you just how breathtaking this building is; instead I’ll
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phones – it struck me just how difficult this kind of meeting up must have been
before mobiles were invented! He went in to get fitted for his gown and mortar
board and then it was time to join the queue to have his photo taken holding a
scroll. Shortly after it was time for Hubby and I to decide how many photos of
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called Hannah, joined us, and we thought it a great shame that she couldn’t
join us for the actual ceremony – due to the size of the venue and the amount
of students there, tickets were limited to just two each. Fortunately she met
up with a friend and spent the time shopping and having coffee, then met up
with us afterwards.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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we joined the queue, clutching our tickets. For a reason that was never
explained to us, we were ushered upstairs into a box rather than sit on a pew
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Anyway, there’s lots of pomp and
circumstance and ceremony to these occasions, and it does add a great deal to
the whole presentation. At the start there was organ music then no less than
three ‘processions’ – a procession of academic staff, then a procession of
civic dignitaries headed by the Mayor, then finally the Chancellor, Pro Chancellor
and the Vice-Chancellor’s procession.
When these were all seated, it was time for the speeches. I won’t lie, I think everyone there was so
keen to see their son or daughter receive their degree that not much attention
was paid to most of the speeches – although I was smiling at the speech by the
Pro Chancellor – a chap I would guess is on the wrong side of seventy - when he
explained he had come from a poor background and was honest enough to admit he spent
far too much of his time at university in the bar but had somehow still managed
to make something of himself. A lesson for
all of us there I think!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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procession of students going up on stage to receive their degrees. Hubby let out an almighty shout of
celebration when it was Kern’s turn. I
don’t mind admitting I cried, and Hubby did too - but he's always been a softie anyway where the kids are involved! It was a fantastic thing to see and I felt so
privileged to be there. At the end the Chancellor officially conferred the
awards on the students and the end of his short speech was the cue for everyone
to whoop and holler and basically raise the roof to celebrate the end of a
marvellous few years of the students’ young lives. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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we were ushered out for drinks in a marquee, and that’s when it was time for
hubby to marvel at the technology on show; he was amazed that a DVD of the
whole proceedings was available to buy just fifteen minutes after the end of
the ceremony; and photos were available to buy of each pupil receiving their
award ten minutes after the end of proceedings.
Also on sale were lots of Greenwich University souvenirs, ranging from
sweatshirts, rugby shirts, tee shirts, mugs, pens, cufflinks, coasters… at this
point it would be easy to become cynical and see the whole thing as a money
making circus, but to me that would be missing the point; everyone I’ve spoken
to says University was the best three years of their life. Students have made great strides towards finding
their place in the World in that time and as such some have developed a great
affinity with the place, not to mention the friendships they have made with a
vast amount of people. But from
graduation day they might never see their University again, and more
importantly might never see their Uni friends again… so it’s only natural that
people would want to buy mementos, souvenirs, reminders of this hugely
influential time of their lives, so who would want to discourage that?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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leave, it was time to start the celebrations and so we all repaired to The
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who is an unashamed beer snob, because he had his first ever taste of a beer from America made with Cactus and Grapefruit! Much
more importantly Kern’s twin sister Jessamy was able to join us… she is also
studying in London but was delayed because she was unfortunate enough to be selected
for Jury Duty! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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two. After a while it was time to make
the 15 minute journey to The Brookmill, where we had a table booked. This is a real ‘local’ family pub, Hubby gave
the thumbs up to the beer selection, and the food was really good ... not many
pubs offer rabbit on their menu, and Jessamy was brave enough to order it and loved
it!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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then all too soon it was time for us to say goodbye and start the journey
home. We would have liked to have stayed
overnight but hubby had yet another 5.30 alarm call for work on Saturday. I
have to report we were still in Celebration Mode when we got on the train, so
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ourselves to a taxi home. I think it’s
fair to say we fell asleep the moment our head hit the pillow, and how hubby
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reading this, they might be bored, and (maybe rightly) think of this as just
yet another self-indulgent mother bragging about their offspring. If you’ve read this far,
then thank you for sticking with it. I
make no apology for my pride in my son.
Kern hasn’t had things easy; he once had disastrous A level results (he had too many friends and too good a
social life to be bothered with study!!!) but he buckled down after that and
really got stuck into his studies. I
remember, years ago, him telling me that he would never study English
Literature at degree level “because English Literature is for squares.” Years
later, here he is, absolutely loving English Literature and picking up a First
Class Honours Degree in the subject. He’s
starting his Masters course in September in Creative Writing and can’t wait! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Corrine's Paper Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05733620084617243412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193165626157964977.post-89950096337220302992017-07-19T05:24:00.000+01:002017-07-19T05:24:55.715+01:00Let It Snow!<div class="MsoNormal">
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excuses for yet again talking about Christmas makes in July. The clock is ticking and there are so many cards
to make! During a recent show Grace from
Manchester emailed us to say she’s already made nineteen Christmas cards. She’s got the message – well done Grace! Come to think of it, that was the same show in which Andy Love likened crafting to various sporting events and said that
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I made during the recent Christmas Fantasy shows. These dies are a completely different style
to the ones I normally reach out for, and as such they took me out of my
comfort zone. That’s no bad thing of
course, and I enjoyed the challenge.
Judging by the feedback we’ve received it seems clear that many of you
love these dies. In the set you get the Queen of Snowflakes, Snow Castle, Regal
Swan and Snowglobe Card Shape, and I had great fun mingling the dies in different
combinations. If you’re into Fantasy, Game of Thrones, Narnia, The Lord Of The Rings
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the Queen of Snowflakes. I coloured the Queen of Snowflakes myself but you can
download the Charisma images by clicking <a href="https://www.tatteredlace.co.uk/downloads/">here</a> which means with one
pass of the die through your cutting machine you have one fully coloured die
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snowflakes were cut from 250gsm card covered in Sticky Roll and after being cut
I dipped the sticky die cuts in glitter.
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moral of that story is, once you’ve made your Christmas card, look after it
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Corrine's Paper Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05733620084617243412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193165626157964977.post-55154641050494781342017-07-16T09:14:00.002+01:002017-07-16T09:14:36.755+01:00Peek Of The Week - Hubby's Birthday Card<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">
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making a card for someone who lives in the same house as you because there’s
always the danger that they might see it before it’s ready. Luckily I had no
such worries – hubby always stays out of my craft room because he knows if he
wanders in there is every chance I’ll give him a job to do! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and Henna Brown – to my blending mat, dusting these over the embossed
images to enhance them. I added a little bit of black to give that ‘shabby chic’
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ink before applying their clear embossing powder and heat setting. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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some years ago. At first glance it’s
just a picture of a tree but I think
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photo of a tree against a background of greenery, or yet more trees, it would
be unexceptional. But look at what is going
on behind the tree; it’s a Winter’s day and the Sun is setting on the horizon
at the bottom of the picture. In a couple of minutes the Sun will have gone and
darkness will quickly creep in – but before that happens there is one final
glorious encore of sunlight, lighting up the steel blue late afternoon Winter
sky, highlighting the white clouds and putting the tree in silhouette.
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reminder that we should think of what’s going on in the background of our cards as well as the
foreground. For example, let’s say you’re
making a Christmas card with Robin Redbreast.
So you put Robin front and centre of the card. That’s great as far as it goes… but what is
going on in the background of your card?
Nothing at all? Or is Santa
flying high in the sky on his sleigh in the distance, being pulled by Rudolph
and his friends? Or is there a snow-covered village or church behind the Robin?
Or maybe a frosty beautiful countryside scene of a patchwork of fields and
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might find people are drawn towards that detail and that becomes the reason why
they think the card is so great… Robin Redbreast suddenly becomes merely a
supporting actor and not the star of the show we all thought he was! </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Corrine's Paper Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05733620084617243412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193165626157964977.post-6331996055653199862017-07-12T05:23:00.000+01:002017-07-12T05:23:01.954+01:00Fantastic Foamiran!<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;">
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workshop with Ewa Constanga, run by <a href="https://lovetocraftandcreate.co.uk/">Love to Craft and Create</a>. We all
had a great time. The workshop was very popular too – although it was held in
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attendees choose whether they wish to attend one or both classes. I wanted to
learn as much as I could and get as much as possible out of the day (some might
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definitely the current 'Must Have' craft. And I can totally understand why. The
projects that you can pull off with this simple product are nothing less than awe
inspiring. A five minute browse on social media brings up a host of pictures of
some truly beautiful Foamiran flowers that people have made and shared. If you’re
anything like me, while looking at some of those pictures you’ll be thinking
the same thoughts I did – “I could never
do that!” – BUT let me tell you… you can. I had never made anything with
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choose how we added the colour. We used pastels and small pieces of kitchen
foam pad - nothing complicated or technical. The ‘Top Tip’ that Ewa gave us in
my opinion was to add green or yellow to the innermost tips of the petals where
they would form the centre of the flowers. This really lifts the finished
flower. Our aim was to make realistic looking flowers and I think this was
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of rolling involved to get the natural look on the petals… but don’t be put
off, it CAN be achieved. When shaping the petals care needs to be taken not to
flatten the edges- all that hard work shaping and rolling can easily be undone
by a bit of over enthusiasm! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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time to make this lovely poppy in the comfort of my own craft room. I didn’t use
any Dies to cut the petals, but I’ll put my hand up and confess right now to
using an iron – I hope Ewa doesn’t consider that cheating! The iron heats the
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current, as this die was launched in last Thursday’s Blockbuster, I
demonstrated it on air yesterday and again at 9am this morning. I’ll be showing you my take on the die on air
on Monday evening at 9pm… I hope you can join me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Collection is a really beautiful set of dies that work fantastically well with
the images on the accompanying CD ROM. The CD ROM includes ten colours for each
design with matching backing papers, and has been created especially to
coordinate with the dies in the collection.
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feminine birthday card; an almost completely white birthday card. I don’t know why I fancied an almost
completely white card, I just did… but almost as soon as I got that idea, I
decided that, no, let’s have just a splash of colour to enhance it. That’s the
great thing about crafting for me, the freedom to do just about whatever I want
on a project is very liberating and certainly increases the fun factor! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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really versatile die set, consisting of five dies in all. Stephanie has thought
of everything; including the two frames separately means you can cut the detail
into or out of your card stock, if you see what I mean. I decided not to use
these frames and cut the detail into the card, and I’m very pleased with the
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words gives us crafters so many options – we can trim them off in part or
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Corrine's Paper Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05733620084617243412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193165626157964977.post-4766519551376629082017-07-07T05:35:00.000+01:002017-07-07T05:35:42.421+01:00Photo Friday - Moon and Willow<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">
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not anything going on in the photo at all.
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about nine years ago. He was out in the countryside getting away from it
all. He found himself standing by a
river underneath a clear blue sky. Behind him was a thick forest that carried
on for some distance down the riverbank. In front of him was a very wide river.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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feel it’s a very effective solution, is to go very ‘minimalist’. What I mean by that is, if you can’t squeeze
a forest and a river into one picture, then just don’t bother trying. Instead, pick one or two or three elements that
suggest your surroundings, and put those together in one photograph. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">That’s what he’s done here. It was a clear blue sky, so that forms the
background to the picture. He can’t photograph
the whole forest, but he can suggest the idea of a forest just by including a branch
or two in the shot. At the time the Moon
was high in the sky, even though it was late morning. So he decided to frame
the Moon using the branches of a Willow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a lot about designing our cards from photos like these; I know I have. What I mean is, say you want to make a
Christmas card – Christmas images run through your head – a robin sitting on
top of a snow-capped post box; a child on a sleigh being pulled down the street
by his Father; a garland or a wreath of mistletoe and ivy; carol singers. The list goes on. Sometimes the temptation is to try to include
as much Christmas symbolism as we can in one card, but if you go the minimalist
route like this photographer, you’ll find that two or three elements – for example
a holly leaf and red ribbon – convey the Christmas message just as well as
including all the whistles and bells you can think of.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Corrine's Paper Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05733620084617243412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193165626157964977.post-76195903977594407942017-07-05T05:23:00.000+01:002017-07-05T05:23:24.049+01:00Our Lake District Mini Break<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">
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of his favourites – the scenery is absolutely spectacular. There are beautiful views everywhere you look
and the pace of life is wonderfully slow (for us tourists it is anyway, I’m
sure some of the people who work there, such as farmers, must work all hours). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of the wettest places in the UK, and we have had trips there in years gone by
when it rained non-stop for days on end.
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along the birthday cake I’d made without getting it squashed on the
journey. Luckily it ended up there still
in one piece! My hubby is quite older than me, and in his own words, if I’d have put a single candle on the
cake for every year of his age we’d have to have the local fire brigade on
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to the very top of Helvellyn, a mountain which is the third highest point in
England. Years ago we had tried on two occasions to get there but each time we
had to turn back because of the weather. It’s so high that you can get five different
types of weather walking up there! Mum
didn’t feel as though she would be able to manage it, and I was more than happy
to stay at ground level with her. My son
and his partner and our youngest daughter went with hubby while Mum and I
walked round a country house and gardens.
I’m pleased to say they did make it to the top after all these years! Third
time lucky! The difference in the weather was amazing. When they got to the summit the cloud
descended; while they were in winds of between 60 and 70 mph, with rain that
came so hard the drops stung their faces when it hit, Mum and I were wandering
around a garden wearing a light top, in a gentle breeze… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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there was the Fell Race. It started and
finished at the Fair but runners had to climb to the top of a very steep,
massive hill called Arnison Crag and back again. The record time was just less than 14
minutes, but looking at Arnison Crag I reckon it would have taken me closer to
14 hours! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lots of walking, lots of pub meals, lots of laughs. Hubby didn’t want to come home on the final
day, a sure sign that he’d had a great birthday! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hello again! Regular readers may have noticed I haven’t
updated my blog for a few days. I’ve had
a short holiday – nothing fancy, just a few days in the Lake District – but I’m
back now, batteries recharged, so here we go…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I thought I’d show you how to make a lightbox as these really do improve
photographs of our makes. Taking a
photograph of a card, for example, in a lightbox guarantees an even spread of
light and it also means your picture isn’t spoiled by having unwanted things in
the background – you know the kind of thing, a radiator, or a plug socket for
example. You can buy a professional lightbox for hundreds of pounds, or you can
make one for a few pounds within an hour…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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newspapers down in your garden and spray paint the whole thing white, inside
and out. A few thin coats of paint are much
better than one heavy spraying. (TIP: after spraying, if you want to take a
photo of what you have done, be careful not to get white paint all over Hubby’s
camera, like I did. It doesn’t do his
blood pressure any good, and he’ll spend the next hour pulling a face, stomping
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into the box through this slit. When the
card is in position and there’s only a couple of inches hanging out of the top
of the box you can make a fold across the card that’s outside the box to keep
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project using the lightbox, you can experiment with lighting and
backgrounds. Take your desk lamps and
place one each side of the lightbox so that the light from them shines through
the side ‘frames’. The light is gently
diffused by the cloth. (If you are
wondering what the ‘flaps’ in the front of the box are for, they help stop any stray
light from your desk lamps from entering into your camera lens).Experiment by
changing the bulbs – for example, you could try using yellow bulbs or daylight
bulbs. Experiment further by moving the
desk lamps up and down, have them at different angles, or just use one… alternatively
just use daylight. You can go further by
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your photos are instantly so much better.
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Corrine's Paper Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05733620084617243412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193165626157964977.post-31832405462257665632017-06-20T16:28:00.000+01:002017-06-21T08:57:51.453+01:00Christmas... in June???<div class="MsoNormal">
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I type this we are in the middle of a heatwave – in fact the lady doing the weather
forecast on the TV just now said we had the hottest day of the year on Monday.
Very soon Wimbledon will be starting,
and we’ll be cheering on Andy Murray while watching the crowd in their
straw hats tucking into their strawberries and cream, fanning themselves
in a desperate attempt to keep cool. So naturally at this time of year
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Corrine's Paper Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05733620084617243412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193165626157964977.post-3569699506588403862017-06-18T13:49:00.001+01:002017-06-18T13:49:49.063+01:00Peek Of The Week - It's All In the Detail!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First of all, apologies to my regular readers that there was no blog entry this Friday - I had a really busy week last week and I just couldn't find the time to sit down and write it. So, sorry about that...</span><br />
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<pre wrap=""><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You may have seen that I did some Cutting Craftorium shows on Thursday. These are such exciting shows to do. When I first got my Scan N Cut machine I never in a million years anticipated where I would go on this journey and the fantastic projects I would be able to make. The ScanNCut is an absolute must if you like doing 3D projects. You will amaze yourself with what you can make - I promise.
But what I wanted to show today is that even with a Scan N Cut and the brilliant USBs that our super talented designer Amy Dodd creates you still have scope to be able to craft and add your own take on the projects. I thought I would show this point with the Poinsettia that is on the USB. I demonstrated this on air. Here is the brilliant finished sample that I believe Amy made:</span></pre>
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<pre wrap=""><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Isn't it Fantastic? And it is all made from paper - honestly!
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<pre wrap=""><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When you first start to cut out the pieces all of the hard work is done for you and all you need to do is select your card stock of choice (but I bet this project would look out of this world created in fabric treated with Terial Magic) and set the machine to do the cutting. </span></pre>
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<pre wrap=""><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As you can see if you use the rotate functionality you can maximise your card stock. These are the large petals and I got two on a 12 x12 Cutting mat without any problems.
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<pre wrap=""><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They look great, but they also look a little flat. Put these together like this by all means but you won't get that Wow! factor. I used my gold pen to add vein details and gold gilding around the edges, and then my embossing ball tool to add in the detail and I think the effect is stunning. I hope you agree... </span></pre>
<pre wrap=""><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You could avoid the gold and add more natural looking embellishments - the choice is yours. But take your time, experiment, and generally have fun with it. And I am sure you'll agree that the Scan N Cut accompanied by the Cutting Craftorium USBs is a fantastic way to while away a few hours - and who doesn't want to be making Christmas decorations on the hottest day of the year!
But unlike a real Poinsettia you could give this to someone as a Christmas gift and it won't fade away quicker than the sound of Santa's sleigh bells!
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For those of you who saw the show
the other day, you’ve probably already guessed what I’m talking about. For any readers who still don’t have a clue,
let me tell you about the time the lovely Jenny Cleary and I had our Frou Frou
Moment!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We were on air, innocently going
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the screen. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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rather elegant young lady wearing a summery dress and high heels. It’s a beautiful die that has the usual
Tattered Lace snippability – for instance you can cut into the design and use
the dress as an embellishment, or create a two-toned dress with lots of cut out
pieces if that’s more to your taste.
Well worth having… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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unfortunate for Jenny and I) was the actual name of the die… it’s called Frou
Frou. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">At this point I’d better explain
to those readers who don’t know… The phrase ‘frou frou’ (pronounced to rhyme
with ‘shoe-shoe’) means many things, chiefly among all the definitions is “something
which is very frilly”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Britain, ‘frou frou’ is a pet name for… erm, that most private of all ladies’
areas. If you see what I mean. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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die she couldn’t believe it, and dissolved into helpless fits of laughter. I’ve
never seen or heard her laugh as much as this.
And this was happening live on air!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“Who made that name up?” Jenny
asks, and you can hear in the background laughter coming from the crew. Jenny
was laughing so hard she couldn’t speak, so I tried to say a little about the
qualities of the die but didn’t get very far as I found Jenny’s laugh far too
infectious and I couldn’t keep it together either, especially when Jenny
collapsed into hysterics, started thumping the table, and grabbed my arm, snorting
loudly! I was giggling so much I could
hardly breathe and both of us had tears of laughter. Neither of us could string a sentence
together! Someone in the gallery thought it would be a good idea to move away
from the die that was causing so much merriment and show instead a picture of
some glue and applicators, but we were laughing so hard, as were the crew, that
no one could say anything about the glue – or anything at all really. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In case you missed it, below is
the link to the video. I apologise for
the low quality of the video – it was taken on a mobile phone from the TV – but
although it’s low quality, I think it will still make you smile! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">One minute and forty eight
seconds of sheer unprofessionalism… and </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://youtu.be/b1AVQqCfs8g" target="_blank">Frou Frou Fun</a> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">!!</span></div>
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round, I’d like to show you a very simple card I made using the Tattered Lace
Velvet Lace dies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I’ve written previously on this
blog about <a href="http://www.corrinespapercrafts.com/2017/05/velvet-lace-ruffle-die-collection-is.html" target="_blank">the Velvet Lace dies and how much I love them</a>. With these dies, it’s all about the ruffle.
It’s the ruffle that adds texture and gives that three-dimensional look. <span style="background: white;">We’ve seen them on the catwalk and in the high street
fashionable clothes shops, and now ruffles are coming into papercraft, which is
the inspiration behind the design of these dies.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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shabby chic and ‘busy’, if you see what I mean.
As a contrast to all that, I challenged myself to come up with a design
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ruffle die to cut the largest green and purple circles, before turning to the
mini ruffle dies to create all the rest.
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felt I wanted to use something that would add interest to the card but at the
same time I didn’t want the card to become overly fussy. In the end I opted to use butcher’s twine
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the green ‘dots’ – they are called ‘Candy’ and they are from Craftwork
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Regular readers might remember that
<a href="http://www.corrinespapercrafts.com/2017/06/photo-friday-beware-of-killer-cows.html" target="_blank">last Friday’s ‘Photo Friday’ was all about Killer Cows.</a> Well, I don’t want to give you the idea that
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well, let’s call it something that cows produce. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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now, when hubby used to have an allotment.
His plot had been neglected for many years and he decided it needed some
manure spreading on it – and as the plot was 200 square yards it needed quite a
lot of the stuff! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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holder, decided he would come in on the deal. Apparently horse manure is the
best stuff for a garden but they somehow heard of this farmer who was selling
cow manure cheaply, so they decided that would be as good. At this point hubby told me three things that
made my heart sink…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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back I’ll never know how he managed this) he persuaded me to pitch in and help
spread the manure.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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men at the allotment had given permission for the farmer to dump the manure in
the car park on the strict condition that every last bit of it had to be moved
on to the two plots AND the car park thoroughly cleaned up BY THE END OF THE
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ordered six tons of the stuff!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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grown rhinoceroses! I couldn’t believe what I’d let myself in for!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">All of which explains why I was
standing ready at the car park with Dave and hubby with fork, shovel and
wheelbarrow to hand, on a dull November morning at 8am when I should have been
snug and cosy in my bed. It was cold. It was raining. I was about to help
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trailer full of the stuff. What a
character he is. Even though it was
breakfast time he was puffing on a big fat cigar (“it probably helps to hide
the stench”, Dave helpfully suggested). He had a light blue jumper on that was
covered in holes and I fancied I could see the remains of numerous breakfasts
all down the front of it… I would guess he likes to eat eggs. Lots of eggs… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jack gave us a lecture on the evils of the EU then told us he believed the
price of a pint of milk should be the same as the price of a pint of beer. As
the first of two loads spilled out over the car park he looked almost lovingly
at the steaming pile, smiled broadly and said, “There y’go, three tons of Daisy’s
finest!” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that it was fun. The first five minutes
was a good laugh – it was the rest of the day that was totally miserable!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It was hard work for all of us
but what made it worse was that, after about three hours, Dave was struggling. I
couldn’t believe it when he told us, somewhat unconvincingly, that he had to go
because there was a family get together at the pub that lunchtime that he
couldn’t possibly miss and that he’d totally forgotten about until now. He put
his gear away, locked up his shed in double quick time, and promised that he
would probably be able to come back and help us after the pub meal, but it
would probably last about four hours at least…!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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blisters, the aching back, arms and legs, and even being barely able to move
for two or three days afterwards. But
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my wheelbarrow, each forkful would uncover a fresh cloud of steam, and as I
bent over the stuff the steam would condense onto my face into tiny droplets of
water which would run down towards my lips.
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hot bath, I looked in the mirror and discovered to my horror that my face was
covered with tiny flecks of Daisy’s finest!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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suggests you “help out for a couple of hours in the fresh air” and it involves
manure, my advice is to just run. Run as
fast as you can, and don’t look back!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When I was a little girl my
favourite toy was Barbie. The reason I
loved her so much was because as time went on she just got bigger. I don’t mean Ken was forever feeding her
chips and ice cream while she did no exercise at all… I mean there was always
something new about her, new accessories, new things to do, so I never got
bored.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now I’ve become ever so slightly
older (!), my favourite toy has become the ScanNcut CM900.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I was on air recently with the lovely Rachel
Pierman demonstrating the CM900 with the Tattered Lace Scene Building USB and
Project Books 2 & 3. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After the show had ended, the thought struck me that the
reason I love the CM900 so much is the same reason why I loved my Barbie…
because with the CM900, well, with all the ScanNcut machines, there’s always
something new.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It scans, it cuts (the
clue’s in the name, I know!), it draws, it colours, it embosses, and the latest
feature is the foiling. The updates just arrive without me having to do a thing
and off I go, presented with a whole range of different things to play with.</span><br />
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ScanNcut. It’s all-singing and
all-dancing. It has a larger screen and
a wi-fi connection. Combined with
something like the Scene Building USB, things really do start to get
interesting. This USB gives me 175
cutting files, and they are all from previous collections – from the viewers’
favourite collections. This is a great
way of getting all those favourites together onto one USB and allows us to
really go to town and play with those scenes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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show, and that is, if you take those 175 cutting files and resize them, say, 30
times, you’re suddenly talking about each cutting file being the equivalent of
30 dies… and 175 multiplied by 30 means that on that USB stick you have the
equivalent of 5,250 dies! (she types, hurriedly using the calculator on her
phone)…!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was on air with me when I did my first ever demo of the ScanNcut. I can’t recall a single thing about that
show, it seems such a long time ago now, but Rachel remembered that I was very
nervous… and she said that’s what a lot of viewers are like when they first buy
their own ScanNcut! Apparently some
people are so nervous about it that they never take the machine out of its box!
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be like me… yes I was very nervous about the machine at first but now I’m
totally confident about using it. (I know I shouldn’t tempt Fate by typing
things like that because now it means I’m almost certain to mess things up live
on air the next time I use it in front of the cameras!) But seriously, I am now
confident about using it, and that change was brought about by just using the
ScanNcut many many times. So please, get
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Corrine's Paper Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05733620084617243412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193165626157964977.post-14346571278370032852017-06-04T13:51:00.001+01:002017-06-04T13:51:52.234+01:00Peek Of The Week - Red Admiral Butterfly<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">
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with it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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a backing paper with a butterfly theme, I found a co-ordinating mat layer and
put these both onto a seven inch square card base. I managed to create the faux border with a
really fine black liner pen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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focal point… hopefully when you look at the card your eye will be drawn first
to this butterfly before taking in the finer detail around it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Corrine's Paper Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05733620084617243412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193165626157964977.post-61695393266176470052017-06-02T05:07:00.000+01:002017-06-02T05:07:43.787+01:00Photo Friday - Beware Of The Killer Cows!<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">
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is a bit of a light-hearted one; it never fails to make me smile and feel a
little uncomfortable at the same time! Let me explain…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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my family and I have done many walks in the countryside in many parts of
England and Wales as we had lots of camping holidays. We’d buy a book of
circular walks, get the kids into the car, and off we would go. It introduced the kids to the countryside, and
we all got some fresh air and some exercise.
Plus, if I’m being brutally honest, it’s a cheap day out too!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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were very little they would often either complain that they didn’t want to go,
on the grounds that computer games are far more exciting, or they would just
sulk the whole time we were out. But
now, years later and the kids are all grown up, they have chosen to go on walking
and camping holidays of their own free will with their friends and partners and
they all love the great outdoors, so perhaps there’s a moral in there somewhere!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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though I love going for a walk in the countryside, there is one thing about the
rural life that I am totally terrified about.
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I know they don’t bite, or sting, and I know they don’t carry weapons. Despite all attempts at rational thought, I
freeze whenever I see the route of the walk take us through a field that has
cows in it. I used to start off by
trying to persuade hubby that we should walk around the field so we avoid the
cows altogether… but sometimes that’s just not possible. So then I find myself
clamping on to hubby’s hand, and positioning myself behind him, so he is
between me and the cows. My breath comes in short bursts and I feel the urge to
walk really quickly to get away from them.
I’ve even been known to walk quickly through a cow field, head down so as
not to make eye contact with them, all the time muttering under my breath, “Oh
God oh God oh God oh God…” while squeezing hubby’s hand so tight that he was in
pain!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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family all found this hilarious and they teased me about it. In our house every cow was called a ‘Killer
Cow’, an assassin trained in martial arts, sworn to hunt me down. I was the only one in our family that didn’t find
that remotely funny!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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was taken about three years ago while we were on a walk somewhere in Cornwall –
we’d gone on a short camping trip there.
It was a glorious day, lovely weather, great scenery, and I was really
happy… until we rounded a corner and saw these girls! They completely changed my mood and we had to
lengthen the walk by at least a mile because there was absolutely no way I
could bring myself to walk up to these animals, who, as soon as they saw us,
began to crowd around the stile that was the only entrance to the field. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the family teasing me about what they called my irrational fear of Killer Cows
until a couple of years later when hubby had taken himself off fishing. At the end of the day he was faced with a
choice – he had a walk of about an hour to get home, carrying a lot of fishing
gear, or he could take a shorter route that involved a walk across a cow field,
and I would pick him up in the car at the far end of the field… so that’s what
he did. I drove down to the field and
leaned on the gate waiting for him.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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appeared in the distance, walking slowly under the weight of all that fishing
gear. Without warning, one of the bigger
cows stopped tugging at the grass and looked at him. Then another cow did the same. Then another… <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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three of them started to run at him – I mean, really galloping! They were all
behind him but they were gaining on him rapidly. I shouted at the top of my voice, “Run! Run!”
He heard the panic in my voice and the thundering of the hooves on the ground,
and he didn’t need to be told twice. He
ran towards me and the gate, knowing that was his only escape. I’d never seen him run so fast before, even
though he was weighed down with his gear.
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me with a turn of speed that would do Usain Bolt proud, he then amazed me by
throwing his gear over the locked gate and doing a vault over it in double
quick speed that would have got a nine out of ten from the judges in an Olympic
gymnastic event! He landed in a heap at
my feet. His face was white. I won’t type out what he actually said but
roughly translated he meant, “Goodness gracious me!” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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briefly(?) about my youngest daughter Jessamy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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of Create and Craft will know that I’ve talked a lot (probably far too much, but
that’s a proud Mum for you!) about my daughter’s up and coming Final Recital. For
the last four years she has been studying music at degree level at a Conservatoire
in London, and the Final Recital is the last piece of the jigsaw. She studies
the flute as well as the piccolo. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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chasing a degree, the years have flown by and there have been plenty of ups and
downs; but at last, she reached the finish line, and the Final Recital took place
last Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Her brother, my hubby
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support and to constitute the audience that the recital requires.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We were very nervous – my nerves started the
night before – so I can’t imagine how nerve wracking it must have been for
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choose half a dozen flute pieces for the recital which would allow her to
display a range of playing, so classical pieces were interspersed with
contemporary tunes. Then in the weeks
and months leading up to the recital she had to practice, practice and more
practice! She also had to arrange an accompanist, a piano player, and rehearse
the pieces with him. If all that wasn’t enough she had to advertise the event
on social media, and produce the programme, writing programme notes describing
each piece as well as giving a pen picture of the composer, and writing a brief
biography of herself. She found that last part particularly difficult – I don’t
think anyone likes to write about themselves do they?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, a wonderful collection of imposing
white buildings.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Many of the rooms in
the buildings are practice rooms, and because it was approaching thirty
degrees, all the windows were thrown open. While we were walking past the rooms
it was fun to be able to hear all the different instruments in each of the
rooms – piano, trombone, drums, clarinet, all playing completely different
tunes.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">To make it even more difficult
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audience were ushered into the room. The three of us managed to get a front row
seat. The panel of judges sat at the
back, stern-faced… we found out later that this was the fifth recital they’d
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it to begin I couldn’t help thinking about all the things that could go
wrong. If the room is too cold the flute
could keep going out of tune. If the
room was too hot then perspiration could mean the flute could slip away from
the chin, and fingers could slip too, resulting in ‘bum’ notes. She could
forget parts of the one piece she had to play by memory, not being allowed to see
the sheet music. Or, as I mentioned earlier, her nerves could get the better of
her. Or what if the panel were just plain bored or jaded after listening to all those recitals in one day? It just seems so unfair that so
much can hinge on a 45 minute long performance after four years of hard work. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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each piece, and hubby told me to clap louder, as loud as possible, in case that
persuaded the panel to increase her mark!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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buzzing with excitement at the end. As usual she was her own worst critic.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I asked her flute tutor, Anna, how she
thought it had gone and she replied that overall it had gone very well and said
she believes Jessamy has the potential to get better and better.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Next we asked the accompanist and he said it
was “wonderful, amazing”.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Perhaps they
were both being polite, or maybe they were being truthful – neither my hubby
nor I know enough about music to tell the difference between a good performance
and a bad one!</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I guess time will tell,
and Jessamy doesn’t know when she’ll be getting the results of her assessment! But when I asked Jessamy how she felt it went, she said she'd got this bit wrong, that bit wrong, this bit could have been a lot better... the complete opposite of what the tutor and accompanist had said!</span></div>
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the end of her four year course as she walked away from the Old Royal Naval
College… but she’ll be back in September to begin her two year Masters
course. We went for a meal to celebrate,
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morning. After a very nice café breakfast
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after he’d polished it off!) we went for a walk in Greenwich Park. Later we
walked around the Queen’s House at the edge of the park and marvelled at the
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weeks ago. I love the affect that was
achieved. I just love fuchsias anyway, whether on cards or in real life, and
every year I always make sure I have one or two in my hanging baskets!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Corrine's Paper Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05733620084617243412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193165626157964977.post-92180528938540132972017-05-26T08:03:00.000+01:002017-05-26T08:03:38.159+01:00Photo Friday - Heroes<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">
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photo that means a lot to me or which moves me in some way, and here it is. Quite an ordinary, everyday shot of a guy
delivering the largest amount of pizzas I’ve ever seen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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streets of big cities it’s as though everyone is so busy, rushing around,
sometimes being quite rude and unthinking towards each other, everyone seems to
be wrapped up in their own little world, concentrating on their own
problems. But scratch the surface and
you’ll find that people, ordinary, busy, pre-occupied people like you and I,
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to saturation media coverage of the horrific senseless evil of the Manchester
bombing, but what a lot of the media haven’t reported is the incredibly
brilliant way that people from all over the city and beyond came together to
lend a hand, to stand together, to send out the message that we will carry on,
come what may. The roll of honour includes: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Holiday Inn, then posted on social media, saying, “They are waiting to be
picked up. We will keep them safe and we
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emergency services who hadn’t found time to eat;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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raising was arranged online to help support the families of those who had
passed away. The target of £300,000 was
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many many more acts of selfless bravery and kindness done by lots of other
people that I just haven’t heard about.
Reading about these people and the things they decided to do restores my
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Tuesday evening ready for publishing on Wednesday morning… but I don’t want to.
All day long the TV news has been showing coverage of the senseless and
barbaric events that occurred in Manchester and I’m sure we’ve all watched on
with heavy hearts. When considering
incidents like that, then greetings cards and papercraft becomes so trivial in
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decided to go ahead with the blog, as difficult as that is at the moment. A lot of people, politicians and top ranking
police officers among them, have been saying today that we should carry on as
normal and make it plain that we will never bow down to these savage acts of
terrorism. I've come to the conclusion that I believe they are right. So here I am, carrying on as
normal. I hope you manage to do the same…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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off at 4.20am sharp. How my hubby loves
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give you so much more than the basic essentials as you can use them for all
sorts of things. They are incredibly
useful, incredibly versatile. You can use them for Shabby Chics, for Clean and
Simples, you can add detailing, you can snip into them, you can use them for
mats and layering, for frames, for apertures… whatever you want to do, these
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22<sup>nd</sup> birthday and my blog last Wednesday showed you the birthday
card I’d made for my youngest daughter. For
today’s Peek Of The Week I thought I’d share with you the card I made for my
son Kern’s 22<sup>nd</sup> birthday. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lamenting the passing of the years, and I said then that I don’t know where the
time has gone. When I look at my son it
seems like only yesterday that I was picking him up and winding him after he’d
had some milk… but now he could pick me up, quite easily! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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keen on rugby and football and fishing, Kern has never shown much interest in
any sport. Instead he prefers going to
the theatre and going to concerts. He
has a girlfriend who shares his interests, and those interests perhaps explain why
he chose to do a degree in English Literature.
He graduates in July and begins a Masters in Creative Writing in September…
maybe I can get him to write this blog for me! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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created the three bold strokes of colour – and I was really happy about the way
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and mounted it on to the yellow card. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Corrine's Paper Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05733620084617243412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193165626157964977.post-25314397876753383922017-05-19T05:37:00.000+01:002017-05-19T05:37:12.068+01:00Photo Friday - If You Go Into The Woods Today...<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Welcome to another edition of ‘Photo
Friday’. Today I’d like to show you… a
giant Hare! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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last month I visited Chatsworth with my hubby and son as a birthday treat. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Chatsworth is lovely and I’d
encourage anyone to take a trip out there if they get the time and the opportunity. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We first went there more years
ago than I care to remember. My eldest daughter was still very young and the
two youngest were in a pushchair. I remember walking through the grounds of the
stately home for what seemed like hours.
It was a sunny day and we were all getting a little overheated when we crested
the brow of a small hill and there in front of us was a fantastic, enormous
sculpture of a giant Hare. Hubby was
just as taken with it as I was. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This Hare wasn’t the usual timid
animal that would turn and run at the slightest noise… this metal creature
reared up on his hind legs as bold as you please, banging his drum for all to
hear. He just looked fantastic. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So I was overjoyed when we went
back there last month and found him again! He didn’t look a day older!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Looking at the statue that second
time, and looking at this photograph now, makes me feel a little wistful. I think of all that has happened since we
first saw the giant Hare; some loved ones have passed away, some good friends
have moved on, never to be seen again.
But it’s not been all sadness as yet more loved ones have come into this
world, and some new good friendships have been forged. We’ve seen the children
grow up and fly the nest and we, like all of us, have made countless memories as we’ve experienced
both good, bad and indifferent. Yet
through it all, as constant as ever, the giant Hare is still there, banging his
drum with all his might. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And for some reason I like that
idea very much! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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