Mina's Journal

My visits to the city are cursory at best. If I have to go - its quick. In and out of stores. Takeouts - drive throughs. Yesterday was different. I found a cabinet. $20. Went to go get it. Great nick, Queen Anne legs - mate said it was mahogany - but I don't know. I just love it. Was also Darcy's birthday. Piled him and his brother into the truck -  loves McD's, those kids. Been years since I went into one of those joints. They've really spruced things up.   I figure they must pretty much look all the same... but I was a bit wide-eyed...   All in all - a fun day. Happy Birthday Darcy!  :)

Apparently, I nearly died as a child from chicken pox. Just started school was bedridden for six weeks. I don't remember much of that. But I DO remember I was in Mum & Dads bed (don't know where they slept) and I DO remember Dad coming in with a small newsprint jotter, a roll of sellotape, scissors and a pen. He thought I needed something to do and I wasn't very impressed. Should he show me how to make something? How about a bag? Yeah right. (1) Fold the bottom bit up. Put tape on the sides to hold it together. (2) Chop off the top corners. (3) Now fold that top bit down. (4) Chop off a long bit of paper. I was pretty interested by now. (5) Tape the ends to the bag. (6) He drew a flower on it. I was amazed. Now you've got a purse like Mum's. No you haven't. He put five cents in it. NOW you've got a purse like Mum's, hers has money in it. Gave me a kiss and went to work. Therein began my love affair with paper. This simple thing....

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! :)

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! :)

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!) :)

Just in time for Valentine's Day! Romance plus! A page of images to use in your romantic craftings. Card making, scrapbooking and more.   Click the image to go to the download link. Or right click and Open Link in New Tab/Window if you don't want to leave here just yet. Password is 'love' (without the apostrophes). :)

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'