Mina's Journal

Edit these in 'Word'. Just open the file and change the text. Just click on the pic to go get them. :)

Yes! More Halloween stuff! Had some fun making these houses for Halloween. Turned into a set of spooky houses. These things are easy to make. Have a go! Get the orange one : Full instructions are on this post. Read this baby and you'll have it down for the rest of the pop up house cards. Get the blue one Get the black one Get the green one :)

Just had to show you these. Darcy's first day at kindy. The 'Lucky Shot' title of this post has more to do with capturing the pictures, I think, than Darcy's ability.  ....careful aim..... tongue in the right place...take no notice of Naaz (pronounced 'Narz')....she's got that camera out again... ...BOOMFAH!....I did it!!!... I don't know who was more elated, getting the photo was pure luck! Very thankful, I am, for lots of things in my life. Every now and then I have to stop and say 'How did I deserve this?' I'm not going to ponder on the answer - just going to go around enjoying the good. These downloads for Thank You Cards are at the post in the link: Easy Printables: Thank You Card Templates :)

Been really busy lately with a few projects. I've been up to my neck with Valentine projects - there are so many hearts floating about the place - its just not funny! If you want the downloads to make these Easy Peasy Easel Valentine Cards - go see the post! :)

More Rainbow Bunny Stickers. Easter not far away now. Put this page of 20 rainbow bunny stickers in your craft stash! Download More Rainbow Bunny Stickers :)

Another cute frog mini card. Two cards to a download page Download Froggy Card :)

Frog Mini Card. ATC sized, two and half inches by three and a half inches, with rounded corners. Fun and funky and bright! For all those who love frogs! You get two to a download page. Blank inside for your own message. Fits most happy occasions. Download Frog Mini Card Enjoy :) Another Froggy Card

Heart Shapes for you today. Plain and simple. Download Heart Shapes Password is 'hearts' Enjoy! :)

Circle of Friends Cartoon Stickers. This first pic shows a close up of the detail of the 'stickers'. You get four large and eight small badge-type 'stickers' for your pages, letters, envelopes or projects. Download Circle of Friends Cartoon Stickers Password is 'circle' (no apostrophes) Happy Crafting! :)

Nice wee project here for Valentine's Day. Small cards in a gift tag shape with inpapers. Once you have printed: Trim cards and inpapers. Fold all pieces in half lengthwise. Apply a strip of glue next to the fold line of the back of the inpaper and stick to the outer card matching the fold lines. The inpaper looks good if its able to flap about a bit. Write your message and you're done! Valentine Mini Tag Cards - password 'valentine' (no apostrophes) Happy Crafting! :)

Some people like to create their own images for Window Cards. This template fits a project I did elsewhere.   You guys are so clever, I bet you could find other uses for it!  Blank Window Guide Template . Password is 'love' (what else?) Remember, no apostrophes. :)

Here are some romantic tiles to use in your projects. They will fit a Window Card project I did elsewhere.   Essentially the cards were made from office paper, folded horizontally then vertically to make an A6 sized card. A window was to be cut through the front and inside left pages and an image was to be stuck to the inside right page, so you could see it from the front. Well, these images fit those. I'm sure you creative types will find other uses for them. Click the pic to go grab them. Password is 'love' (no apostrophes!) :)

Card Making Techniques Sometimes in your paper crafting endeavors you might want to cut window shapes from your printed projects with scissors. If you have used office paper to print on, the paper is quite flimsy and cutting out the windows can make extra crumples and creases in it. For projects children are going to make (and therefore they will be using scissors instead of a craft knife) here is a simple method to get around the problem. Cutting Window Shapes Slightly bend the paper (loose bend) and make a cut in the center of the window. Make cuts to each of the corners from the center. Cut along the window edges.   There should be minimal creasing and crumpling. Happy Crafting! :)

Here's the printable project sheet for the Simple Pop Up Card I was playing about with earlier. The project sheet has two pop up pieces to play with and the instructions. You can see the instructions online here . Here is the project sheet . Password is 'simple'

Was playing about with some watercolours, paper and a ready-made card. Decided to do it in a graphics program. Here are the instructions: Cut out the pop up piece. . Fold in half Fold along the other blue lines Cut along the black lines up to the fold Apply glue to the outside edges on the WRONG SIDE of the pop up piece Attach pop up piece to the inside of the ready-made card, placing the middle folds of the piece and the card together. Arrange the middle struts to look like this. Well done. See the download post .