24 Sunday May 2015
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Another day of being sick on the couch, another day of some colouring in therapy! (I guess it makes a change from washi tape though!)
It’s good to do a bunch of images at once though so you can do a bulk card making session later on!
I think these flowers are my favourite:
And these are kinda cute too:
I’m looking forward to feeling well enough to start making some cards with all these pretty pictures!
23 Saturday May 2015
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I have been sick for a few days and really can’t do anything other than lie in bed or on the couch. I was going a little stir crazy and decided to do some water colouring.
I got out my Papillon Potpourri set from Stampin’ Up! and made myself some colouring in sheets.
The best part of this stamp set is the matching punches, so I wasn’t too fussed about being neat about the stamping or colouring as I will be punching them out for some future card making.
I used my blender pen with some pastels and water colour pencils. A nice way to feel like I was doing something a little bit active while still lying down. I didn’t get too far before needing another sleep, but here are my butterflies:
I try to use a few colours and then blend them together to look a bit more realistic.
Stay tuned for these showing up on some cards soon 🙂
Thanks for reading.
Caro x
21 Thursday May 2015
Posted in Home decorating, Washi tape
Ok at some point I will find some time to do some card making and stop writing about washi tape, but I’m on w bit of a roll at present (ha ha ….)
I have had a few tea light candles sitting on my bench for a few weeks and looking at them just then I decided they could do with some prettying up.
Much better!
I’m thinking a bunch of these scattered around at my next BBQ/dinner party would look awesome!
Caro x
20 Wednesday May 2015
Posted in Home decorating, Washi tape
Just a quick post today to show you another stool I covered with washi tape. Yellow tones this time.
I’m not normally a fan of yellow and red together, but they do look kind of cute side by side!
Thanks for reading 🙂
Caro x
19 Tuesday May 2015
Posted in Home decorating, Washi tape
Hello!
I have to say I am a little bit happy about what I’m going to show you today!
Until recently, I have been using an IKEA wooden stool (Frosta $14.99) as a bedside table in my son’s room. I recently bought him a new fancy bedside table so the stool has been sitting around while I figure out what to do with it.
It’s about 6-7 years old, and while I have definitely gotten my 15 bucks worth, it’s really not that inspiring! 
But then this afternoon inspiration struck – washi tape!!! Twenty minutes and a few rolls of washi tape later and voila!
Now I have a fancy new side table / stool / plant stand / piece of art!
Is there nothing you can’t do with washi tape?!!
Hmmm. I can sense a trip to IKEA in my future ……
Thanks for reading.
Caro x
16 Saturday May 2015
Posted in Home decorating, Washi tape
As you know, I was recently given a gift of lots of rolls of Washi tape. Normally I’d make cards with them, but I’ve also been looking for creative ways to use washi tape around my house.
Today’s idea is from something I saw on Pinterest – washi tape on wood coat hangers for your wardrobe.
It takes a little practice to stick the tape down smoothly with no wrinkles, but that is the beauty of washi tape – you can pull it off and start again and it is still your friend!
A group of these would make a cute little house warming gift!
Thanks for reading 🙂
Caro
13 Wednesday May 2015
Posted in Thoughts and comments, Washi tape
Love chap stick? Wish the tube was a little classier? Washi tape to the rescue!
I’ve had a few comments pulling this little number out of my pocket 🙂
Caro x
11 Monday May 2015
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On the weekend I attended a wedding that was actually a vow renewal ceremony, as the couple had been officially been married for some time but wanted to have their “big day”. Which posed a little bit of a challenge on the card front!  I played around for a bit with the idea of I Do x 2.  Here’s what I came up with:
I chose the colours (Night of Navy, Very Vanilla) to match their wedding invitation. Â A dark coloured card base can be a bit of a challenge when it comes to writing the message, so I used my labels framelits to make a nice space to write the message. Â Â 
I was pretty happy with how it turned out – and it’s nice to have a little bit of spare time to be making cards again!
Thanks for reading
Caro x
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