I've changed my name & a manly card

Hi everyone,

Firstly I just want to say no you are not going crazy! This is/was Pajalus Paper & Fabric Addiction.  As you can see I have decided that I needed to have a bit of a change.  I felt that my blog's name didn't really suit who/what I do.  Since the majorityof what I blog about is cards & most of my cards are made from scraps.  I felt that I needed to change the name of my blog to reflect that.  Then decided to go the "whole hog" & change a few other things as well.  Hope you like the new name/look :D.

Now onto the important stuff - my latest card ;-D  which is for Mike. 

What do you think?  Is this blokey (manly) enough?  Like many of you (I'm guessing) out there, I don't have much in the way of manly stamps, papers, etc.  So as per usual I had a rumage through my ice cream bucket of scraps & found these bits of Curio papers from Basic Grey to make the "bones" of my card.  I then had a good look through my Hero Arts stamps to see what I could use.  The tree seemed ideal, as it reminded me of saying (which I can't remember) about how trees can stand tall in strong winds, it seemed to be a good idea at the time.  Then the band behind the sentiment is just one section from CG112 Hello (go here to see the stamp).  I really like the way it turned out.

Happy crafting every one :) xoxoxoxoxo 

Sunshine & a card

Hi all,

Yes I'm still here ;). I don't think I will take sunshine for granted ever again. We are the lucky ones really. Other than localised flooding in all the usual spots (no where near us), which we knew about, there isn't any major damage to the Sunshine Coast at all. Plus for the last three days we've had Sunshine & it's been wonderful. We still get the occassional rain shower, but nothing like it's been.


As you can see I made another card with those scraps (I seem to have a lot of scrap!) I guess when you're on a roll - go with it?! I am hoping to do some more cards this week. Em starts back at Pre-prep so maybe I can squeeze some work in whilst she's at school & Lil' is sleeping.

Hugs to you all & Happy crafting everyone xoxoxoxoxo

A flood update

Hi all,

I just wanted to ask you all for your good thoughts for those directly affected by the floods. Tonight it's worse than ever......................

Here is an article on what has happened "locally" (the south east corner) in our state.

Thanks & keep dry xoxoxoxo

Thank you cards

Hi every one,

I just thought I'd post a few cards to cheer myself up, after that last gloomy post. These two cards I thought might be ok for Jay Gee's Nook's latest challenge.
I loved the colours & the fact that my scrap "bucket" had a lot of these colours in there. So it was a good thing all round.

I also want to thank both Alice & Dawn for their wonderful help in giving me tips on how to use this new version of blogger. I'm so grateful for your help - huge hugs to you both :D xoxoxoxoxo

TTFN & happy crafting xoxoxo

Rain, rain go away!

Hi all,

Well it's been bucketing down here in Queensland for some months now (yes I mean months!). Just in the last 24 hours here (Sunshine Coast) we've had something like 300mm. Which I think is close to 5 inches (am probably wrong) of rain. It's so wet here at the moment our earthworms are all coming out of the ground or they'd drown.

Em was suppose to start a week of swimming lessons, but today's lesson has been cancelled due to localised flooding. The way the rain is pelting down at the moment I think tomorrows lesson will be cancelled as well.

For those of you who don't know a large part of Queensland is underwater at this very moment in time. They say an area the size of New South Wales (another state of Australia) is currently underwater & it's all heading south, so it's coming our way soon. I think they are saying it's one of our biggest national distasters. The problem with so much of Queensland going under is now the price of food will sky-rocket. We grow alot of fruit, plus meat & grain here. Also the mining industry has been hit hard as the mines (all open cut) are now lakes. My heart goes out to all those that have lost everything. Let's hope the sun remebers how to shine & comes back soon.

A CPS challenge

Hi everyone,

This is my latest challenge card. I tried to keep everything to a minium - trying to do different things. This card is made from scraps, even the flower, button & ribbon are leftovers from other projects. As you can see I did my best to stick to the sketch. I had to put the circle up the other end as the giraffe was looking the wrong way. The stamp is Hero Arts cl173.

Well Lilly is awake again, so have to go rescue the dh (he needs his beauty sleep!) Happy crafting everyone xoxoxoxoxo

Jingle Belles - Inchie Challenge

Hi everyone,

Yes I'm back again, with my second post for today. I don't know what happened to the old blogger that I could use :(.

This card I made tonight for Jingle Belles Inchie challenge. I am hoping that it still counts even though I have put the inchies onto black strips, which makes them look like they aren't one inch square. I used Copics to colour the ornaments & Tumbled Glass Distress ink around the edges of the squares just so they didn't look so stark. Then mounted the inchies onto the black c/s, which I then mounted onto some of my "precious" Fa la la paper. Which I then mounted on some green shimmer bazzil.

Since I am computer stupid, you will have to put up with my one card posts for awhile (until I figure things out). This is about my third or fourth attempt at these two posts.

TTFN & happy crafting everyone :D