tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11713301978382936012024-03-14T04:50:46.527+00:00Handmade By MirellaJUST me AND my CRAFTY lifeMirellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184585360168449804noreply@blogger.comBlogger328125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171330197838293601.post-8738877649162351882023-10-30T19:59:00.008+00:002024-01-20T18:53:59.219+00:00Wonderbly Christmas 2023 gift guide + a discount code (25% off & free shipping)<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hi Everyone,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">With Christmas slowly approaching, and people starting to plan and seek for gift ideas for their loved ones, I thought that I would share with you a few of my recent discoveries in the personalised Wonderbly books range. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I wrote a similar blog post last year, so - if you're looking for additional recommendations - please make sure to pop over <a href="https://www.handmadebymirella.com/2022/11/wonderbly-christmas-gift-guide-whopping.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">====</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">FOR THE LITTLE ONES</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">====</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Wonderbly have kindly sent me one of their recent personalised Christmas stories, <a href="https://shrsl.com/4ak3t" target="_blank">"Your night before Christmas"</a>, which I feel is somewhat of a Christmas version of their best selling <a href="https://shrsl.com/4ak3w" target="_blank">"Lost my name"</a> book. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Taking into consideration how much my kids (now aged almost 6 and 8) loved, and still love, reading about the little girl who lost her name, I had no doubts that my little Hanna would be thrilled to get a Christmas version of the story. And I was not wrong - just look at the smile on her little face, as her older sister explored the story with her for the first time.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4KLPZ9PDHyOkYFV5EHNU-LtVRXJzvm04ZoZy6UiixyJM3iZRsRL9PniYvA-113GfG01iMaqHQZ7sJ0eOohu6m4ioymmb_dNtbvOEfkSV7FDBI1skb2Jccn-z0WeF2RvRLD2-6OsZbFQkYy5wMRzII0_0502zUvFpnoxu_6-aQuSfUzD4T0v4BSdMwiuk/s3024/Hanna%20and%20Amelia1.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4KLPZ9PDHyOkYFV5EHNU-LtVRXJzvm04ZoZy6UiixyJM3iZRsRL9PniYvA-113GfG01iMaqHQZ7sJ0eOohu6m4ioymmb_dNtbvOEfkSV7FDBI1skb2Jccn-z0WeF2RvRLD2-6OsZbFQkYy5wMRzII0_0502zUvFpnoxu_6-aQuSfUzD4T0v4BSdMwiuk/w640-h640/Hanna%20and%20Amelia1.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwxDn0awJHv1reVhaSAcWmp2gPRABk3c3XgjiZwmww_XMi0_gHuCSC41pmB643udzKXoVQwZ8VaeUVufF5OlEGUM_x1z3mGKacKOLNWVX0jTPxABnfmgNeG3_vwvBFFbkwbgwJvAtb5mGnwyylXqSvK92QjZO7F-ItECJFTzX_B5RUclRHqqawz5NvNEs/s3024/Hanna%20and%20Amelia2.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwxDn0awJHv1reVhaSAcWmp2gPRABk3c3XgjiZwmww_XMi0_gHuCSC41pmB643udzKXoVQwZ8VaeUVufF5OlEGUM_x1z3mGKacKOLNWVX0jTPxABnfmgNeG3_vwvBFFbkwbgwJvAtb5mGnwyylXqSvK92QjZO7F-ItECJFTzX_B5RUclRHqqawz5NvNEs/w640-h640/Hanna%20and%20Amelia2.heic" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As always, the story is full of beautiful and colourful images and illustrations, and the quality of the book is fantastic. We thoroughly enjoyed the journey searching for Hanna's name through Christmas wonderland. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg28PyW0-Mz5Gmbriqdg9m5E3RDv6ohbwRpslrKgDFk6jxGTnMoSF7oXpxcX1mvrVX_ICEMOz9RRMYEtEJ0DOIxswi1U81twl-panCwU66tBlZ_RAWuXwusr7perJkArBKbKZQVDPp-EWI6UuG-9OVKMbeScwc80rscWsncAmwmQGBWaLfcUiUoi4QR5Fg/s3024/Your%20night%20before%20Christmas,%20Wonderbly1.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg28PyW0-Mz5Gmbriqdg9m5E3RDv6ohbwRpslrKgDFk6jxGTnMoSF7oXpxcX1mvrVX_ICEMOz9RRMYEtEJ0DOIxswi1U81twl-panCwU66tBlZ_RAWuXwusr7perJkArBKbKZQVDPp-EWI6UuG-9OVKMbeScwc80rscWsncAmwmQGBWaLfcUiUoi4QR5Fg/w640-h640/Your%20night%20before%20Christmas,%20Wonderbly1.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR1XQn90JSVL16ueqaWps0iGfzlTLUzPXnSLDbsHRgrSlLz3_hDF-ikc7qRqmbwHUkynA_1XC4uKWG_fFEMRqZzHZCByb_g4RsKro42ryibLBC3OKs6-5cbNc5zjJ2sApcdXPSAhvoQWRbjlxCcGsNSaU1m71BnBy9WRfHmfldLnkeTkPRQissMmXayFU/s3024/Your%20night%20before%20Christmas,%20Wonderbly2.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR1XQn90JSVL16ueqaWps0iGfzlTLUzPXnSLDbsHRgrSlLz3_hDF-ikc7qRqmbwHUkynA_1XC4uKWG_fFEMRqZzHZCByb_g4RsKro42ryibLBC3OKs6-5cbNc5zjJ2sApcdXPSAhvoQWRbjlxCcGsNSaU1m71BnBy9WRfHmfldLnkeTkPRQissMmXayFU/w640-h640/Your%20night%20before%20Christmas,%20Wonderbly2.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj541T2tMHrZKKQMatRsJFkMk3Z_EWP7BSpx9rLuJH18O3g5PhYkFyMEBFI2EFHspt2XnmclGvr9Wu9JpcjhgpTROhYzvl5M8j8wIR5iSTrWOMgFFEVkl1yVJYjRe34aGUbzOowo7Cl1SgA9EuSUvyQTmAtJYkayBPyWY4lKv9bnyRotO2ijXdejQp617U/s3024/Your%20night%20before%20Christmas,%20Wonderbly3.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj541T2tMHrZKKQMatRsJFkMk3Z_EWP7BSpx9rLuJH18O3g5PhYkFyMEBFI2EFHspt2XnmclGvr9Wu9JpcjhgpTROhYzvl5M8j8wIR5iSTrWOMgFFEVkl1yVJYjRe34aGUbzOowo7Cl1SgA9EuSUvyQTmAtJYkayBPyWY4lKv9bnyRotO2ijXdejQp617U/w640-h640/Your%20night%20before%20Christmas,%20Wonderbly3.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgta7jt-UBIFpcMMlKn3a0PtmGWCnU3pEXHCB8OthyrXLGvru095-kWw-RP74lF0dkrHg6Njfd9ezhwPFfNF-9iZAoJ-baWpjQz1MJqvlW7HuGeF2gnfKQSjXeiZ0K6QsWHsKvwTua0ZmgwJMOeGYkIAyHhxu6RQtCp3YdwYH5KWykfqXGSgwIEH1FtIF0/s3024/Your%20night%20before%20Christmas,%20Wonderbly5.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgta7jt-UBIFpcMMlKn3a0PtmGWCnU3pEXHCB8OthyrXLGvru095-kWw-RP74lF0dkrHg6Njfd9ezhwPFfNF-9iZAoJ-baWpjQz1MJqvlW7HuGeF2gnfKQSjXeiZ0K6QsWHsKvwTua0ZmgwJMOeGYkIAyHhxu6RQtCp3YdwYH5KWykfqXGSgwIEH1FtIF0/w640-h640/Your%20night%20before%20Christmas,%20Wonderbly5.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: justify;">In this book, aside from the usual personalised dedication, you can also add a photo of your child at the beginning of the story, which I thought was an additional special touch. </div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The only constructive feedback I have for this lovely story is the rather low amount of options in terms of choosing the looks of the main protagonist - whilst a few skin tones & hair styles are available, I wish there were better options in terms of haircuts (in our case, we were lacking the option of a little girl with a fringe), eye colour/shape, etc. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">All in all, the girls enjoyed it, and they confirmed that they recommend it for a Christmas pressie! :o)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">====</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">FOR OLDER KIDDOS</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">====</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">If you're after a present for a slightly older child (or not necessarily a Christmas-themed one), Amelia (age 8) and I recommend the "<a href="https://shrsl.com/4ak3x" target="_blank">You are extraordinary</a>" self-belief journal for kids. Amelia got this for her birthday back in August, and she has had lots of fun with the information pages & activities included. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In a few year's time, it will also be a fun reminder of what she was into at the age of 8!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcZVmWNc4oZJHqvPUmwlVV2sfCZTq8Wq95_7WspPiFWmD4KtxMb5xBoxbjlLlCE337-UnBYMgWWJ1jRFDdo80FW3AtqKN66al3GphIp559rEg2vPH4CYUXDipqi-xsHWod-xy2D7dkqdMNlAGIvSfzaxpH82BzaRnhpmK3M-QtBQzLJu3URv1XVRHzboY/s3024/You%20are%20extraordinary,%20Wonderbly1.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcZVmWNc4oZJHqvPUmwlVV2sfCZTq8Wq95_7WspPiFWmD4KtxMb5xBoxbjlLlCE337-UnBYMgWWJ1jRFDdo80FW3AtqKN66al3GphIp559rEg2vPH4CYUXDipqi-xsHWod-xy2D7dkqdMNlAGIvSfzaxpH82BzaRnhpmK3M-QtBQzLJu3URv1XVRHzboY/w640-h640/You%20are%20extraordinary,%20Wonderbly1.heic" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">One of Amelia's favourite pages is the "extraordinary by definition" section, where a dictionary of made-up words using her names & surname has been created:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSsKXN9hYIE0FqiHJEcgaVzrGD_RvUmrINAcySXogbwtmsSvWMLH1EReDVWJzYW2nsaxyOyRRhgwqMVN3TotsvCVoiL7odP500IPxEk1GqWMXe7CpO2QSd6GVwX5NSTknj-07VjtK5L68VCEWEsEreUV0oaI5mfIozno70sI7DEZqNSzlNZDUUQ7c9fb8/s3024/You%20are%20extraordinary,%20Wonderbly2.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSsKXN9hYIE0FqiHJEcgaVzrGD_RvUmrINAcySXogbwtmsSvWMLH1EReDVWJzYW2nsaxyOyRRhgwqMVN3TotsvCVoiL7odP500IPxEk1GqWMXe7CpO2QSd6GVwX5NSTknj-07VjtK5L68VCEWEsEreUV0oaI5mfIozno70sI7DEZqNSzlNZDUUQ7c9fb8/w640-h640/You%20are%20extraordinary,%20Wonderbly2.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The nice thing about this journal is that there are sections just for reading (and contemplating!), some are dedicated to colouring & doodling, and then of course there are also sections that need to be completed by its owner:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4WWNzXGC15eCVLA3KAQCxZaPCVPuWwzzBmvcD04QeLQdwywP6SXz8LGMXlTXM_Ry7z1ESc2HH9a4FDW0UWHq7gVV9VG81G5cfqev_24EEePrpKJ6_Q1KHFAF-2d08P7TSkb8KVAhjUVCixlQ0Gd3zXZzA1RxidxOvvFzOSL15UEjVoCYfOlCaYtlqr2w/s3024/You%20are%20extraordinary,%20Wonderbly4.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4WWNzXGC15eCVLA3KAQCxZaPCVPuWwzzBmvcD04QeLQdwywP6SXz8LGMXlTXM_Ry7z1ESc2HH9a4FDW0UWHq7gVV9VG81G5cfqev_24EEePrpKJ6_Q1KHFAF-2d08P7TSkb8KVAhjUVCixlQ0Gd3zXZzA1RxidxOvvFzOSL15UEjVoCYfOlCaYtlqr2w/w640-h640/You%20are%20extraordinary,%20Wonderbly4.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7nXN9-LKSQn5c4si2Y575SY3J9RO0wXWZzH8Kk2TjzSEOEbbR-zJ9V0J5FNRtrFADcYuP3gsDi6Q0KDsjLPZpmWDz2n6eH8Z9dRgZngziOo0Fy2MCwnNjlkL2LahQw9KC9XWvScNSYj4ht3qhzDuAtHdZFvvWox3V-pTduBazNep-Kfim98reSaTSOAs/s3024/You%20are%20extraordinary,%20Wonderbly5.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7nXN9-LKSQn5c4si2Y575SY3J9RO0wXWZzH8Kk2TjzSEOEbbR-zJ9V0J5FNRtrFADcYuP3gsDi6Q0KDsjLPZpmWDz2n6eH8Z9dRgZngziOo0Fy2MCwnNjlkL2LahQw9KC9XWvScNSYj4ht3qhzDuAtHdZFvvWox3V-pTduBazNep-Kfim98reSaTSOAs/w640-h640/You%20are%20extraordinary,%20Wonderbly5.heic" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But, there are also some surprising activities included:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisPor2Uas1eJZxFMHDdrSBEh3PPeT3gBMzpA7p3v_Uvs9PlinqNEXZROK7rPvKMekTpbU5fvBPHxjh7xdl4U0WwG4k6ablM02bIWx7_l2yXHfPAfhW0OsBBfeM5LcCCaqQ0Z2YT8Yz3_9DlrUucUQqgq1q9YpUdcQ7ZwFtPfCxjD5lPRsA7aJW9IP2y5k/s3024/You%20are%20extraordinary,%20Wonderbly3.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisPor2Uas1eJZxFMHDdrSBEh3PPeT3gBMzpA7p3v_Uvs9PlinqNEXZROK7rPvKMekTpbU5fvBPHxjh7xdl4U0WwG4k6ablM02bIWx7_l2yXHfPAfhW0OsBBfeM5LcCCaqQ0Z2YT8Yz3_9DlrUucUQqgq1q9YpUdcQ7ZwFtPfCxjD5lPRsA7aJW9IP2y5k/w640-h640/You%20are%20extraordinary,%20Wonderbly3.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We highly recommend this journal for any child that can read and write. Amelia has a couple of similar journals already, but she really enjoyed exploring this one, as the personalisation made it just that tiny bit more special.</span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">====</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">FOR ADULTS</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">====</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Finally, a little recommendation for those adults in your life who already "have it all" (have a peek at what Wonderbly offer in their range for adults <a href="https://shrsl.com/4ak3y" target="_blank">here</a>). </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Last year, we tested out the adult version of the <a href="https://shrsl.com/4ak3z" target="_blank">"Where are you"</a> books on Granddads and Uncles, and they were a big hit (you can read more about these in my <a href="https://handmadebymirella.com/2022/11/wonderbly-christmas-gift-guide-whopping.html" target="_blank">Christmas post from 2022</a>). </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Earlier this year, Granny received <a href="https://shrsl.com/4ak42" target="_blank">"The book of Everyone" (birthday edition)</a>, which she absolutely loved. This is now also available in a <a href="https://shrsl.com/4ak43" target="_blank">Christmas edition</a>, as well as a <a href="https://shrsl.com/4ak46" target="_blank">couple's</a> and a <a href="https://shrsl.com/4ak45" target="_blank">milestone birthday</a> edition, amongst others.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSwMksDow9av2GZoP3OvefCRx8VrnWICsXwR8QXCLO8V5nwvKut30q3spW9CImYajYuN34_cMtC2hyphenhyphen0IpQxozwzK9ZyV-TCwCwWEnOjVhM3CFXdD8fsBIs9B7qIcescMlqwGV4CXR61dMmfHRMr1tHKWQwfdquF0GcIL9os_MGPWI1duulqwfKuNst5eY/s3024/The%20book%20of%20everyone7.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSwMksDow9av2GZoP3OvefCRx8VrnWICsXwR8QXCLO8V5nwvKut30q3spW9CImYajYuN34_cMtC2hyphenhyphen0IpQxozwzK9ZyV-TCwCwWEnOjVhM3CFXdD8fsBIs9B7qIcescMlqwGV4CXR61dMmfHRMr1tHKWQwfdquF0GcIL9os_MGPWI1duulqwfKuNst5eY/w640-h640/The%20book%20of%20everyone7.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8oEr6bAs8Bay9gXBlaE630UYoxmaHEJdnoKzwCK9BbACb_2nOzcDBtUDyHBFg56rrv68Wrok9eAY8Oziurd1jamjipQutLRKY1Qutr0IzROK2zuEHr4PHQl3W5fyA9AGrWXab20bSjlsxoFofOAxtMES4m2EwJYb3tNMe28CzBzyhq3-8xW6NK2Sx-Bw/s3024/The%20book%20of%20everyone6.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8oEr6bAs8Bay9gXBlaE630UYoxmaHEJdnoKzwCK9BbACb_2nOzcDBtUDyHBFg56rrv68Wrok9eAY8Oziurd1jamjipQutLRKY1Qutr0IzROK2zuEHr4PHQl3W5fyA9AGrWXab20bSjlsxoFofOAxtMES4m2EwJYb3tNMe28CzBzyhq3-8xW6NK2Sx-Bw/w640-h640/The%20book%20of%20everyone6.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">There is room for LOADS of personalisation in these books, and we especially loved adding lots of photos to it (I won't be sharing them on the blog for privacy reasons, sorry!). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIbZgl_VLFbd1I22x7kF0f0lx6su77Ww2hYTcVAyoQgM7eQDzbBE_-XVNJsC6kcwshnfCAJ51ljUf8OGGwjIK57B85dbXqqI2GIQCko4Qgd80p5hvC-5MQz5rMxdWQBpD7FQj9tq3FimAdkjK-eLcblGYRczNbxAjwd6GqfbarMDlf4GXbjGiQQHAGoHc/s3024/The%20book%20of%20everyone2.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIbZgl_VLFbd1I22x7kF0f0lx6su77Ww2hYTcVAyoQgM7eQDzbBE_-XVNJsC6kcwshnfCAJ51ljUf8OGGwjIK57B85dbXqqI2GIQCko4Qgd80p5hvC-5MQz5rMxdWQBpD7FQj9tq3FimAdkjK-eLcblGYRczNbxAjwd6GqfbarMDlf4GXbjGiQQHAGoHc/w640-h640/The%20book%20of%20everyone2.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimdGnuIfCsEXi3H_ktiSWZbZJ14fi5YsZftChgVKqzhp-25JxfHGC-iSRcN0aAHFnIeItsrQkNqrVLNFVrmlEfAIvlw_GXFYcgTCjXipEOUuw5_b0zPReY9OSM1RSPFPwiz8wFkfMPAyt3EHLPo_WYmaKRqo48oAbTDGW4sRv2TKt6bo8QTvSZW9xJJU0/s3024/The%20book%20of%20everyone4.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimdGnuIfCsEXi3H_ktiSWZbZJ14fi5YsZftChgVKqzhp-25JxfHGC-iSRcN0aAHFnIeItsrQkNqrVLNFVrmlEfAIvlw_GXFYcgTCjXipEOUuw5_b0zPReY9OSM1RSPFPwiz8wFkfMPAyt3EHLPo_WYmaKRqo48oAbTDGW4sRv2TKt6bo8QTvSZW9xJJU0/w640-h640/The%20book%20of%20everyone4.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">The only disappointing part of the book we created was the Global Times section, dedicated to events from the year the recipient was born - we feel that a bit more effort could have been put into this page for some of the dates (s0me have this section filled to the brim, so you might be more lucky!). </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We overcame this issue by adding cut outs from more recent newspapers where Granny was featured, which was also fun! 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Unfortunately, at the time of writing this blog post, I have not received my copy of the book just yet, hence I am unable to share my opinion about it. But, stay tuned in the coming weeks! :o)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">====</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">MORE IDEAS NEEDED....?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">====</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">If you are looking for additional inspiration for Christmas gift ideas that Wonderbly offer and recommend themselves, have a peek at their <a href="https://shrsl.com/4ak4b" target="_blank">Early Christmas Gifts recommendation page</a>. I am sure that you will find something for everyone over there. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">====</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">DISCOUNT CODES - what you have all been waiting for :o)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">====</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: small;">Affiliate disclaimer: if you purchase your books via the links in this blog post, or use the below coupon/discount codes, I will - </span><u style="background-color: white; font-size: small;">at no additional cost to you</u><span style="background-color: white; font-size: small;"> - get a small commission from the sale, as I am a Wonderbly Ambassador, but please rest assured that all of my above opinions are honest, and I would not be putting that much effort into writing a long post about something that I don't personally endorse or believe in! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">Make sure to come back to this post once you're ready to purchase the Wonderbly books of your choice, as I will keep updating it throughout the rest of 2023 with the best discount code I have available. I would imagine they will have something special planned for Black Friday! ;o)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;">IF YOU ARE READING THIS BEFORE DECEMBER 1st 2023, use</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;"><b>BFRIDAYOGIYQW</b> for a whopping <b>25% off</b> <b>AND free shipping</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;">After December 1st 2023,<b>BAIWVDNA</b> will give you 15% off your entire order</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">Happy shopping, and let me know in the comments what caught your attention, or which books you already have in your Wonderbly collection!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">Mirella </span></span></div>Mirellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184585360168449804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171330197838293601.post-19574580094980544852023-03-22T21:40:00.005+00:002023-03-22T21:41:47.693+00:00A sweet and simple (& quite quick to make!) card for a friend - for any occasion<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hi Everyone,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I hope you're all doing well! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I shared this sweet card over on my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/handmadebymirella/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> recently, and so I thought that I would pop in in here, too! My plan is to go back through some of my favourite Insta shares, and post about them here on the blog, to share more info about the process, products used, etc. It shouldn't all be about the Insta love! ;o)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcewBi3J_uB1CY1IRBbvDCIkbNLPjODPYGyIP7bvhTeulIjN2sx51vR_K8KIrz73Vfm9jEabVxlgEGj47Yc0Kit_406Vmbg4k7Rmms2ceK1GMLOkTHFpTzMdBejd1gU-VbYEXXJhQ6HemL5WoMmO3VYgIAWONCsUWZoYMfnftOG_FShv-6CLt9SN2m/s1080/MFT,%20weather%20with%20you2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcewBi3J_uB1CY1IRBbvDCIkbNLPjODPYGyIP7bvhTeulIjN2sx51vR_K8KIrz73Vfm9jEabVxlgEGj47Yc0Kit_406Vmbg4k7Rmms2ceK1GMLOkTHFpTzMdBejd1gU-VbYEXXJhQ6HemL5WoMmO3VYgIAWONCsUWZoYMfnftOG_FShv-6CLt9SN2m/w640-h640/MFT,%20weather%20with%20you2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This sweet any occasion card came together rather quickly, as the colouring is not very complicated, and the background took literally just a few minutes - so, if you're a beginner, or you're under time pressure - it might be a great design idea to go for. Plus, you could use any critters you have, to achieve a similar effect. Changing the background colour combo would make it a great card for a male friend, too (I, of course, went for a more girly look this time - you know me, I love cutesy & pink!).</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To achieve a similar look, all you need is to gently blend on some ink for your background (I used pink & purple, and left a bit of white around the edges, focusing on more intense shades towards the center of the panel). For a bit of interest, I added some shimmery splatter, and cut the panel with a stitched die. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I coloured & die cut the adorable images by MFT, and stacked them one on top of the other, to make the scene more fun. I chose for the critters to stick out from the ink blended panel a little bit, too - this adds a bit of an "unexpected" element to the design, and makes it more interesting (+ notice that all of the coloured images are popped up with foam tape, yet again - to add some interest!).</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Finally, I stamped the sentiments, and adhered the whole panel to a grey card base. The enamel hearts, some while gel pen highlights, and a black gelly roll for the critters' eyes were the perfect final touches - when you make a simple enough card, little details like this can make a big difference!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhou2ThTDRkiNtIkCDnWCQuicdPBjTaaJtZ95AiwSu6hIgZit8LUn3GHYxOZm_Xx-C1pfBAfj5wUxqpzUq7qor0bh38uD7wKxYTaXZ83pQOyT4BsHetoGwhaPcc0cSOebyFOe5p5vACTCjAG9XfKO2GBPKEvwSN1X-W9JSZSZYexJwz337fnC0dpCPP/s1080/MFT,%20weather%20with%20you1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhou2ThTDRkiNtIkCDnWCQuicdPBjTaaJtZ95AiwSu6hIgZit8LUn3GHYxOZm_Xx-C1pfBAfj5wUxqpzUq7qor0bh38uD7wKxYTaXZ83pQOyT4BsHetoGwhaPcc0cSOebyFOe5p5vACTCjAG9XfKO2GBPKEvwSN1X-W9JSZSZYexJwz337fnC0dpCPP/w640-h640/MFT,%20weather%20with%20you1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />What do you think? I believe it's really adorable. </span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Stay safe and crafty,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mirella</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">SUPPLY LIST</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">(please see affiliate disclaimer & essential supplies info </span><a href="http://www.handmadebymirella.com/p/disclaimer.html" style="background-color: white; color: #2b7cff; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(43, 124, 255); font-kerning: none;">here</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">):</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Stamp & Die set: MFT Weather with you. Sadly, looks like it's discontinued, but some crafty stores still have them in stock - google it! :o)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Embellishments: <a href="https://shrsl.com/3zmdg " target="_blank">Doodlebug Rainbow Hearts</a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span></p>
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Mirellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184585360168449804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171330197838293601.post-39773882955109790202023-03-11T09:00:00.000+00:002023-03-11T16:15:45.474+00:00Brandbassador - want to join in? <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hi Everyone,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A bit of a different post today, as I thought that I would share with you some of the ins and outs of becoming a <b>Brandbassador</b> - both as a brand looking for out-of-the-box marketing solutions, as well as an ambassador of a specific brand (which I have a tiny bit of experience with). </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCYs4JIML-1B28zDJuARMsEFMS5qbnjhC8Zqt2SKa9pogbw0HVd1RLpy351z5EHKWPUlYW-0rHbOe7Ee5WGC2fkRC6wEuSEipQDs99CWIMzDn8Y387bByE5t4xkybZiwG1cGL8pRvLGgGXTOtoWv-dcHhuuLo94yTmbO8BWw8m5du8bNm3XVA4RZAN/s225/BB%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCYs4JIML-1B28zDJuARMsEFMS5qbnjhC8Zqt2SKa9pogbw0HVd1RLpy351z5EHKWPUlYW-0rHbOe7Ee5WGC2fkRC6wEuSEipQDs99CWIMzDn8Y387bByE5t4xkybZiwG1cGL8pRvLGgGXTOtoWv-dcHhuuLo94yTmbO8BWw8m5du8bNm3XVA4RZAN/s1600/BB%202.png" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I first came across the <a href="https://www.brandbassador.com/en-gb/" target="_blank">Brandbassador</a> app thanks to a brand that I had been a big fan of for a few years - they reached out to me, and invited me to become their ambassador. I initially thought that the invitation was perhaps a bit out of place, as it felt like this would be an invitation that should go to an "influencer", but I quickly realised that the core idea behind Brandbassador is that it's the ambassadors (aka fans, followers & people who actually know, use & love the products) who should spread the word about a brand that they stand behind, as opposed to the influencers, who share the product with their followers purely for a profit. Whilst I believe that both relationships can be very beneficial for a brand, the idea of a true ambassador - and not a transactional influencer - pitching a product to me truly resonates with me.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I took the plunge, and became one of the Brandbassadors for <a href="https://shrsl.com/3qykf" target="_blank">Wonderbly</a> (which is the brand mentioned above) - a fantastic publisher of personalised books for kids & adults alike. I had nothing to lose, really - I had already purchased many of their products (both for my own kids & as gifts), and have been recommending them to friends and family for years. So, why not try to be rewarded for my preaching? :o) </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2h2uX1wnDJmytge_AfY3gle4NhjYjJX8eqRbrMVAYSIJWDtSRBU3RVV_H_5qSXylE-vxDVkzLAZXcdnfsE8QK7jvtAmPrhk3p7zlYjBX9ts21B6oY3fjznG0767QaQTx4GI9nNzNCnjCc53hSe7MorPkUTJgFNBM8cYSap1EZWb4SuIclFpDy_jvB/s225/Wonderbly.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2h2uX1wnDJmytge_AfY3gle4NhjYjJX8eqRbrMVAYSIJWDtSRBU3RVV_H_5qSXylE-vxDVkzLAZXcdnfsE8QK7jvtAmPrhk3p7zlYjBX9ts21B6oY3fjznG0767QaQTx4GI9nNzNCnjCc53hSe7MorPkUTJgFNBM8cYSap1EZWb4SuIclFpDy_jvB/s1600/Wonderbly.jpeg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">I have been Wonderbly's "official" ambassador for a couple of months so far, and I have really enjoyed that experience. The Brandbassador app makes everything really easy & fun: as an ambassador, you get various "missions" suggested to you and - if you choose to accept them & meet the required criteria and challenges - you get rewarded (with product, discounts, gift cards or - indeed - cash). The missions range from something as simple as liking/commenting under a social media post, through sharing your opinion about a particular product (that you frequently get to test out yourself first) or creating content describing your favourite product, all the way to creating personalised discount codes that you can share with friends, family, and other interested parties. If your discount codes get used - you might get awarded with a small commission, at no additional cost to the purchaser. </span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Yes, I know, all of the above does sound like exactly what influencers would be involved with, but the key difference here is that you can become an ambassador without a huge social media following, and your "super power" is not hundreds of thousands of followers, but the mere fact that you love & stand behind the product that you're sharing with others. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Let's address the elephant in the room - unless you are somewhat of an influencer (e.g. have lots of followers or are really good at your use of social media), the Brandbassador programme won't exactly make you rich! But that's not really what it's all about. The fun here is in being able to use the products you already know and love, perhaps getting some of the products for free or at a heavily discounted price, and - with a bit of luck - making a bit of a "pocket money". And if you are a bit competitive, too - you'll simply enjoy participating in the missions and challenges! :o)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">If you are <b>interested in becoming a Wonderbly Ambassador</b>, please feel free to <b>use <a href="https://api.brandbassador.com/s/1auj78" target="_blank">this link</a>.</b> As always - if you have any queries or questions - please reach out, I am here to help & offer any guidance I can!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">====</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I am afraid that I cannot speak much in terms of my own experience with Brandbassador from the other side, e.g. from a brand's perspective, but I can totally see how a brand could benefit from using the Brandbassador app - as far as my understanding goes, it's extremely easy to engage with the ambassadors, and to create the fun missions and challenges. There are loads of options of data & engagement analysis, and the Brandbassador team themselves are excellent at assistance & guidance - they're very approachable, too (this I actually know from experience)! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Just having analysed my own little involvement as a brand ambassador, I am pretty shocked with how much revenue my love for a product managed to generate for Wonderbly! And, honestly, it makes me happy and proud! :o)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Brandbassador have done an excellent job themselves, explaining everything a Brand needs to know before joining in, so I think the best thing I can do, is simply share some of their content:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">1. <a href="https://www.brandbassador.com/en-gb/resources/everything-you-need-to-know-about-ambassador-programs-for-brands" target="_blank">Everything you need to know about the Brand Ambassador Programs</a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">2. <a href="https://www.brandbassador.com/en-gb/resources/what-is-ambassador-marketing-a-full-overview" target="_blank">What is Ambassador marketing? </a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">3. <a href="https://www.brandbassador.com/en-gb/resources/influencer-marketing-a-guide-for-fast-growing-brands" target="_blank">A Guide for fast growing brands</a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">====</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJhAiEyX6YkfdCERdgj8n4ORV2za-pnxrI3kVHxAeUpZs-4QXXesAlcVrAOSoCSPFd9OCx4Efv4xMH3YeOGoOEovLoSp9Fl7fJIm2-czwoV_WCt9bw9zEcGB6v-rLKBtkGk5zeXgfQAnWe7otuKuapxWn2ZKJcfPj54IUPvt98rOwW-Fw51yCW1fNh/s579/BB.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="87" data-original-width="579" height="60" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJhAiEyX6YkfdCERdgj8n4ORV2za-pnxrI3kVHxAeUpZs-4QXXesAlcVrAOSoCSPFd9OCx4Efv4xMH3YeOGoOEovLoSp9Fl7fJIm2-czwoV_WCt9bw9zEcGB6v-rLKBtkGk5zeXgfQAnWe7otuKuapxWn2ZKJcfPj54IUPvt98rOwW-Fw51yCW1fNh/w400-h60/BB.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Are you a Brand looking for a fun marketing program like Brandbassador?</b> Would you like to find out more, and see if this is something you could benefit from? <a href="https://www.brandbassador.com/en-gb/community-referral-strategy-session?firstName=Mirella&Email=mirella.kurzak@gmail.com" target="_blank">Click here</a>, and check out your options today! This link will allow you to<b> book a 1-2-1 strategy session with the lovely Brandbassador peeps</b>. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Let a new exciting chapter of your journey to success begin... :o)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mirella</span></p>Mirellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184585360168449804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171330197838293601.post-58853962478898897142022-12-15T13:00:00.012+00:002022-12-27T18:27:14.920+00:00Get Cracking on Christmas 2022 - December & a giveaway! <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hi Everyone,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I don't know how it is even possible, but it's almost Christmas, eeek! I hope you're all more-less prepared? I am done with most of the things I was hoping to be done with, but - as always - there are still a few bits & bobs outstanding... Upwards and onwards, WE CAN DO IT!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[by the way, if you are searching for a fun & personalised book to gift to someone this Christmas, why not check out my post <a href="https://www.handmadebymirella.com/2022/11/wonderbly-christmas-gift-guide-whopping.html" target="_blank">here</a>?] </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">====</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">If you are unfamiliar with the Get Cracking on Christmas initiative, please check out Jenn Shurkus's blog </span><a href="https://shurkus.com/blog" style="font-family: georgia;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: georgia;">. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I have been having a bit of a crafting hiatus this year, due to a complicated house move & loads of renovations afterwards, so I sadly only managed to participate in Christmas card making (and any kind of card making for that matter!) a few times over the past few months. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Here's the summary of my Get Cracking on Christmas of 2022:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTff8Q6tvuWAuL61n694iEsEqHdVjZ-BpNDR12YptCcegqq-qpydZRiFqmsI0miF5Ma0nrq74b07LTwKeSIrIqide6yS5EKXnsGvgVRQMcMLR0V6Yb9icXu1_OOXrzygogDraV3GNznal8eO-TK7aKJLisPJfqg_Iai9wjSNK9XX8dyrhqcNryRA3d/w640-h640/Trinity%20Stamps,%20Jingle%20all%20the%20way.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Which one if your favourite? I am obsessed with the MFT Polar Bear one, but each of them represents something that I enjoy & like. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">====</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">And now, for the </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">GIVEAWAY</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">part (for those of you who participated last year & earlier this year - I am keeping it the same, as everyone seems to really enjoy this idea!)...</span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I am giving away 1 stamp set (with coordinating dies, if applicable) or 1 die set, up to the value of <span style="text-align: left;">€15,</span><span style="text-align: left;"> from my Instagram Destash Page (</span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/destashbymirella/?hl=en" style="text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">@destashbymirella</a><span style="text-align: left;">) - so the real value of the item you choose might be much higher than that, really, since my destash prices are of course already reduced in comparison to the original prices of the products. There are both new and used stamps/dies there, so it's up to you what you want to choose! If you prefer a few smaller items instead of one bigger one - we can chat about that, too! It's meant to be fun! :o)</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Rules?</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">- be my follower on Instagram (@handmadebymirella), following my destash page (@destashbymirella) or this blog is optional but always welcome :o)</span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><strike>- leave me a comment here, letting me know what caught your eye on the destash page (that doesn't mean that this is what you have to choose as your prize, if you are the winner - we can agree on that later); alternatively, let me know which of the above cards is your favourite & why</strike></span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">- <strike>I will choose the winner after Christmas, on December 27th, and will announce them here in this blog post. The winner will then have 2 weeks to contact me, via the "Contact me" tab on the blog</strike></span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">- Please note that I cannot guarantee that all of the items currently listed on my destash page will still be available there on and after December 27th, since I might make sales from it in the meantime (I doubt it, since people usually shop for other things around Christmas, but you never know!). But I do hope that you will find something for yourself there either way :o)</span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">- open internationally, and if for some reason I am unable to post the prize out, due to Covid 19 restrictions or others, we'll come up with a solution, I'm sure!</span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Updated on December 27th:</i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>THE WINNER IS DENISE BRYANT - CONGRATULATIONS! </b>Please reach out to me via the Contact Me tab, let me know what you have chosen and what your address is, & I'll arrange for the prize to be sent out. You'll have until January 10th to claim your prize. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">====</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>The last few years brought a few nasty surprises to the world, </i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>so here's to hoping that 2023 is THE year of positive change! </i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">As always, stay safe & crafty (I am wishing that the second part comes true for me!),</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mirella</span></p>Mirellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184585360168449804noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171330197838293601.post-36672248061251687072022-11-20T21:26:00.025+00:002024-01-20T18:57:53.289+00:00Wonderbly Christmas gift guide + a whopping 25% discount code (+ free shipping)! <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hi Everyone,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Can you believe that Christmas is just around the corner? For me, the last couple of months have been a blur, between changing jobs, moving homes & a gazillion renovations... I haven't had the opportunity to craft much, sadly, but I am hoping to get back to card-making in 2023! Woohoo, can't wait! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In the meantime, I thought that I would share some of my recommendations for (mostly!) Christmas-themed personalised books & stories for the big & little Special People in your lives, from the Wonderbly range. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">If you have never heard of the <a href="https://shrsl.com/3qykf " target="_blank">Wonderbly</a> books, you can read more about them on my blog <a href="https://www.handmadebymirella.com/2022/08/wonderbly-are-personalised-stories.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://www.handmadebymirella.com/2022/08/im-name-o-saurus-review-of-wonderbly.html" target="_blank">here</a>. I can wholeheartedly recommend all of the books in the photo below, as I have had them tested on my own kids (that's not to say, of course, that their other books are not worth your attention - I just haven't had the chance to review them myself... yet):</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiax0cSFQbjldXRWynRYeSLQPWiiTYkKW5HfhShuRC5vfOEmHi6Js49PzLluPnAgvl0jlO91v5c9C-mt2oZ48d7pOC1WobRSrOEOCvnJxlAp-qA_4xCyq4u2Iax-C3Op6mYdxV_S6f6LPZ7izAcMITBlTicB1kzNI7sOUgFJBm3O00I82kSj_zeRAXu/s3024/Wonderbly%20personalised%20books%20and%20stories.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiax0cSFQbjldXRWynRYeSLQPWiiTYkKW5HfhShuRC5vfOEmHi6Js49PzLluPnAgvl0jlO91v5c9C-mt2oZ48d7pOC1WobRSrOEOCvnJxlAp-qA_4xCyq4u2Iax-C3Op6mYdxV_S6f6LPZ7izAcMITBlTicB1kzNI7sOUgFJBm3O00I82kSj_zeRAXu/w640-h640/Wonderbly%20personalised%20books%20and%20stories.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">There's definitely a good bit to choose from on the Wonderbly website for <a href="https://shrsl.com/3sxiu " target="_blank">Christmas themed books</a>: there are options for <a href="https://shrsl.com/3sxix " target="_blank">Baby's First Christmas</a>, there is a fun <a href="https://shrsl.com/3sxj0 " target="_blank">family option</a> where you can personalise the story with kids & parents/carers alike, and there are some other lovely Christmassy options like <a href="https://shrsl.com/3sxj4 " target="_blank">The Elf Who Saved Christmas</a>, <a href="https://shrsl.com/3sxj6 " target="_blank">Christmas wishes</a> and the <a href="https://shrsl.com/3sxj7 " target="_blank">Christmas snowflake</a> story. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">However, if your child already has some of the personalised books in their collection, and you're looking for something a little bit different - <b>my recommendation would be</b> the <a href="https://shrsl.com/3sxjh " target="_blank">Bumper Christmas Edition of "Where are you?"</a> (or just the <a href="https://shrsl.com/3sxju " target="_blank">original version</a> of same, if you're not into Christmas-specific books/gifts). This is a book that will keep your child busy & excited for hours, will allow their imagination spread its wings, and will make you - the adult - giggle, too! </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgupJvjnvGY1QpU3SC1bQ0dNo4JUJQh5-opbSd_HuYJjMQt8I8tdMncPjcR7uETfV5WiHbQzFhqOjzafKP0J08XODTX9iHI9zuyE9RwUqvd4ArZzTUzzn4Tors5uPX7YdWedZ1FD2PXHTSfJwvDyxdz04GViQrcFYkcRhvvlL-YoTsI9bI_9NFWbgwe/s3024/Wonderbly%20Where%20Are%20You%20Books.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgupJvjnvGY1QpU3SC1bQ0dNo4JUJQh5-opbSd_HuYJjMQt8I8tdMncPjcR7uETfV5WiHbQzFhqOjzafKP0J08XODTX9iHI9zuyE9RwUqvd4ArZzTUzzn4Tors5uPX7YdWedZ1FD2PXHTSfJwvDyxdz04GViQrcFYkcRhvvlL-YoTsI9bI_9NFWbgwe/w640-h640/Wonderbly%20Where%20Are%20You%20Books.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My kiddos already have the standard <a href="https://shrsl.com/3sxju " target="_blank">"Where are you?"</a> version of the book, as well as the <a href="https://shrsl.com/3sxjw " target="_blank">"The journey through time"</a> version, and - I kid you not! - they have been keeping their respective copies in their beds for weeks now. Just before they go to sleep, or early in the morning when the rest of the household is still sleeping, they like to open one of the pages and explore. And every now and again we sit together, and I read & explain the more complex parts of the missions to them, keeping them busy during those "boring" afternoons. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Unsurprisingly, my 4 year old and my 7 year old find the books interesting for different reasons, but I love the fact that even the 4 year old (who cannot read herself yet) finds the book entertaining. The girls love not only the fact that the books are personalised for them, but they also find the artwork really fun, creative and the more they look at the pictures, the more fun stuff they discover. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVrjTkN7QKQ_Cg8hauvvouTrOT2m-y5IauLxpBj5yTRU3QfP09qKcUce0ucsSRxfvWv6utoect8rMown7SUtcxHCEIJ69LERF2qlJ3AGZAF2JOreYCNf_4MY5uRrmPLE2nbkTYULlYHn-AkLgwsjGEG_4RvNpwTphEwxUkzZy3J0EKoFJZr_j7W_Br/s3024/Wonderbly%20Where%20Are%20You%20Bumper%20Christmas%20Edition7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVrjTkN7QKQ_Cg8hauvvouTrOT2m-y5IauLxpBj5yTRU3QfP09qKcUce0ucsSRxfvWv6utoect8rMown7SUtcxHCEIJ69LERF2qlJ3AGZAF2JOreYCNf_4MY5uRrmPLE2nbkTYULlYHn-AkLgwsjGEG_4RvNpwTphEwxUkzZy3J0EKoFJZr_j7W_Br/w640-h640/Wonderbly%20Where%20Are%20You%20Bumper%20Christmas%20Edition7.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">The Christmas version will be a present for the girls' cousin, since the Christmas bumper version is pretty much an expanded version of the original "<i>Where are you</i>" book we already own (<b>so this would be the only reason I might not be recommending it for you - if you own the original version already</b>). </span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnJ_UzVBukKpx49szc01hhNHfsBEZn-ff4rJP6v4yAaAMW42aaxUqW3B1fhnr31kC_QHIOscsxxniQMx90l_C10u9NexuyMsO4rIE47vACxlPY5mTzPVQuMTnaSOYSSNkvZyQ8No3EhCI2ZHolkTV1ICIAYWeVzX30nJ6T_7QcKNV_1gLeorzyisgz/s3024/Wonderbly%20Where%20Are%20You%20Bumper%20Christmas%20Edition6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnJ_UzVBukKpx49szc01hhNHfsBEZn-ff4rJP6v4yAaAMW42aaxUqW3B1fhnr31kC_QHIOscsxxniQMx90l_C10u9NexuyMsO4rIE47vACxlPY5mTzPVQuMTnaSOYSSNkvZyQ8No3EhCI2ZHolkTV1ICIAYWeVzX30nJ6T_7QcKNV_1gLeorzyisgz/w640-h640/Wonderbly%20Where%20Are%20You%20Bumper%20Christmas%20Edition6.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I mentioned something about the books being fun for adults, too, right? Well, not only are many of the picture scenes giggle-worthy, if you read the book in detail - you might find a lot of the information really funny (and I would actually say that some of the info will be more amusing for the adults than for the kids, which I personally found great - it's kind of like "Shrek" or "Frozen 2", where - depending on the age - the audience gets something different from certain scenes). Want an example? Go on the search for "Herb Girls", who just *might* remind you of a certain girl band from your own childhood, LOL. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMCG7lm0b61gtJR4t8Euwd2l6xAQ6cANwCqzGBqC0maIJWS4eGbbRnvXrxXdZYqXWtcXooUSuNsxH9_0sxgxT2xNcW90W1rS0kB5A4V-vdoeDWZXYD1YxoW1TClM0eWOBtKm37CGqy3p2QdwxVNslo7bOqyz-CYvRd-r0mO0JtNCnGUL7fgJihKHUT/s3024/Wonderbly%20Where%20Are%20You%20Bumper%20Christmas%20Edition8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMCG7lm0b61gtJR4t8Euwd2l6xAQ6cANwCqzGBqC0maIJWS4eGbbRnvXrxXdZYqXWtcXooUSuNsxH9_0sxgxT2xNcW90W1rS0kB5A4V-vdoeDWZXYD1YxoW1TClM0eWOBtKm37CGqy3p2QdwxVNslo7bOqyz-CYvRd-r0mO0JtNCnGUL7fgJihKHUT/w640-h640/Wonderbly%20Where%20Are%20You%20Bumper%20Christmas%20Edition8.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And speaking of adults - <b>if you have one of those adults in your life who "has everything" and "is impossible to get gifts for"</b>, Wonderbly created </span><a href="https://shrsl.com/3sxlv " target="_blank">an adult version</a><span style="font-family: georgia;"> of the "Where are you" series, which I may or may not be acquiring soon...! Just saying! ;o)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;">IF YOU ARE READING THIS BEFORE DECEMBER 1st 2023, use</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;"><b>BFRIDAYOGIYQW</b> for a whopping <b>25% off</b> <b>AND free shipping</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;">After December 1st 2023, <b style="font-size: medium;">BAIWVDNA</b> will give you 15% off your entire order.</span></span></span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <i>[As always, please let me know in the comments if the codes no longer work - I can hook you up with a new one!] </i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small; text-align: justify;">Affiliate disclaimer: if you purchase the books via the links in this blog post, or use the above coupon/discount codes, I will - </span><u style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small; text-align: justify;">at no additional cost to you</u><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small; text-align: justify;"> - get a small commission from the sale, as I am a Wonderbly Ambassador, but please rest assured that all of my above opinions are honest, and I would not be putting that much effort into writing a long post about something that I don't personally endorse or believe in! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I have no idea if I will manage to write another blog post before Christmas, so just in case I don't:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <i>I wish you a wonderful & magical Christmas, </i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>and here's to 2023 full of fun, love & new adventures!</i> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mirella</span></p>Mirellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184585360168449804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171330197838293601.post-82432583011410486882022-08-30T20:07:00.027+01:002024-01-20T19:26:53.786+00:00I'm a Name-O-Saurus - review of a Wonderbly personalised story for any dinosaur lover<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hi Everyone,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I am back with a review of yet another fun <a href="https://shrsl.com/3qykf " target="_blank">Wonderbly</a> story that has recently been added to our collection. Please note: I am one of the Wonderbly Ambassadors, and I received the book as part of our collaboration - in order to provide you with an honest review of it. If you are not familiar with the personalised books for children by Wonderbly, please have a read through my blog post <a href="https://www.handmadebymirella.com/2022/08/wonderbly-are-personalised-stories.html" target="_blank">here</a>, where I share their pros and cons (in my opinion) as well as mention some of our favourite options from their offer. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">First things first - I have to tell you that we have a big dinosaur lover in our household! Our little 4 year old Hanna is absolutely obsessed with anything dino-related, and she's definitely a proof that stereotypes (e.g. "dinosaurs are only for boys") are frequently wrong. Therefore, when Wonderbly kindly offered to send me the <a href="https://shrsl.com/3qykn " target="_blank"><i>I'm a Name-O-Saurus</i></a> story, I had no doubts that it would be popular with at least 50% of our offspring. :0) It was a no brainer - I chose for the book to be focused on Hanna, or should I say, our Hanna-O-Saurus. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI7LlV81lIIDTADfnQWEZW6qixpjUZKLYgIcEwyc2k7f2g7TZHFUFQ0d-LvwVu-Kyw9Arwrh8V6KoWP_2mFzAr76I4RLHynAGHFVvJ4JtRuHFVzSQQZesLQZIflH361riTW2KWqSfXJiGtsspQWMCsG-GRsI__PgMq15610M1l_0-VVI4qxn5B--1y/s3024/I'm%20a%20Name-O-Saurus,%20Wonderbly2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI7LlV81lIIDTADfnQWEZW6qixpjUZKLYgIcEwyc2k7f2g7TZHFUFQ0d-LvwVu-Kyw9Arwrh8V6KoWP_2mFzAr76I4RLHynAGHFVvJ4JtRuHFVzSQQZesLQZIflH361riTW2KWqSfXJiGtsspQWMCsG-GRsI__PgMq15610M1l_0-VVI4qxn5B--1y/w400-h400/I'm%20a%20Name-O-Saurus,%20Wonderbly2.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We got the hard cover version, which I was very excited about as these present themselves really well on the bookshelves. Hanna was delighted to be the protagonist of our new book, and she got even more excited when she realised that (in the story) she would get to spend some time amongst dinosaurs! There has been a lot of stomping, running, flapping, roaring and dancing in our house over the last few evenings, and the fun story even got Hanna's older sister engaged in dino-shenanigans!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The pictures & colours in <i>I'm a Name-O-Saurus</i> are really fantastic, and we have all been having lots of fun trying out various versions of new dino-names, based on all of our family members. The story has a decent rhythm to it, and I personally have really been enjoying reading it aloud - it's fun to emphasise all the various actions that Hanna & the dinos perform. The dinosaurs in the story are popular enough that both my daughters knew their names straight away & were able to tell them to me just from looking at the pictures, which was a proud moment for them. Finally, I also like how the story teaches kids that whilst they might not have certain skills that some of their friends might have, they too have abilities that they can share & teach to others. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I really wish the story was available in more languages than English, but I am quite sure that Wonderbly are working on that in the background (fingers crossed). Also, I feel that the protagonist personalisation could do with a few additional options for each gender, e.g. longer/shorter hair, a few additional hairstyles, skin tones, etc. I have a feeling that the dino-themed story will be really popular, and so I secretly hope that the personalisation options will get reviewed & expanded. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Do you have any dino-lovers in your family/amongst your friends? If so - consider gifting them <a href="https://shrsl.com/3qykn " target="_blank">this fun story</a>, so that they can join in on the exciting adventure with some pterodactyls, triceratops, velociraptors and others. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2htSrTRsz3dk5rui0AVx5Qkvyea_LxRSuE0mUG-ErzkScAVixKcDbK1kLG3jrluHC2RLSmd58YtvAy9s4tYihtX-o1-fTDlpBsudYovl5GuzPA0775HWLIm-fBSB-_omCTM5k8W6tJTJ803DFOKsD2LMduGm-rStWEPyFnhTFQEYVI_jQmmH4Ayp/s2722/I'm%20a%20Name-O-Saurus,%20Wonderbly1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2722" data-original-width="2722" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2htSrTRsz3dk5rui0AVx5Qkvyea_LxRSuE0mUG-ErzkScAVixKcDbK1kLG3jrluHC2RLSmd58YtvAy9s4tYihtX-o1-fTDlpBsudYovl5GuzPA0775HWLIm-fBSB-_omCTM5k8W6tJTJ803DFOKsD2LMduGm-rStWEPyFnhTFQEYVI_jQmmH4Ayp/w400-h400/I'm%20a%20Name-O-Saurus,%20Wonderbly1.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">If you would like a bit of help with the cost - I have a </span><b>15% discount code</b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> that can be used towards your entire purchase on the </span><a href="https://shrsl.com/3qykf " target="_blank">Wonderbly website</a><span style="font-family: georgia;">. Please note that the code is only valid for a certain amount of time & uses, so if you have tried it and it's not working - feel free to contact me either via the comments below or the "contact me" form, and I will do my best to get you a new one! Current code:</span><b style="background-color: white; color: red; text-align: center;"> </b><b style="background-color: white; text-align: center;">BAIWVDNA</b> (as previously stated, I am currently affiliated with the brand, so your purchase using my code will result in me getting a small commission from the sale, but this is absolutely at no additional cost to you!). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="font-family: Times; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;">IF YOU ARE READING THIS BEFORE DECEMBER 1st 2023, use</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;"><b>BFRIDAYOGIYQW</b> for a whopping <b>25% off</b> <b>AND free shipping</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;">After December 1st 2023, <b style="font-size: medium;">BAIWVDNA</b> will give you 15% off your entire order.</span></span></span></span></div></span></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">If you are interested in becoming a <b>Wonderbly Ambassador yourself</b> - join our team to complete fun missions via social media & earn rewards (free books and other perks!). Follow this link, and feel free to reach out to me if you have any queries or issues with signing up: <a href="https://api.brandbassador.com/s/1auj78" target="_blank">https://api.brandbassador.com/s/1auj78</a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Have fun amongst the dinosaurs, </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mirella</span></p>Mirellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184585360168449804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171330197838293601.post-46164455041254668262022-07-21T13:00:00.003+01:002022-08-06T23:10:42.362+01:00Get Cracking on Christmas 2022 - Christmas in July<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hi Everyone,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I think I write this every month, but somehow time seems to be totally flying - can you believe that it's July already?! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This July is a special & quite complex one for our little family - it's my birthday month (there was no time for big celebrations, but maybe next year!), but also the month when we finally get to move houses, have many friends and family from abroad visiting, and when my youngest daughter will need a few procedures done in the hospital. Lots of positive excitement, stress, a bit of anxiety... but I am staying positive, and fingers crossed that I'll have nothing but good news for you in August! Keep us in your thoughts and prayers, please. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In terms of crafting, 2022 has been pretty poor for me so far, due to other things happening in our lives, but I am excited to create a little crafty nook for myself in our new house, and hopefully at least some aspects will become less hectic now... Lots of (probably years of) renovations ahead of us, so let's see how it all pans out! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">If you are unfamiliar with the Get Cracking on Christmas initiative, please check out Jenn Shurkus's blog <a href="https://shurkus.com/blog" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This month, we are celebrating "Christmas in July", and so some of us might have sweet surprises/giveaways for you! Want to know what mine is? Keep reading! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I have a relatively simple card to share with you today, but I have to say - I am really loving the result, and might make a few more in various colour combos & even backgrounds made with various mediums! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As you know, I have only recently started playing with alcohol inks (yes, I am totally late to that party!), and - whilst I was practising - I ended up making quite a lot of various backgrounds. One of these got used for today's creation. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I am generally a fun/cute critter and a punny sentiment kind of gal, but today it's all about the traditional sentiment, bling and... not so 100% traditional colours! In fact, when my daughter saw the finished card, she was first mesmerised by all the bling, but then she asked "Why is there no red colour, mama?"... Well here you go, I am a rule breaker! LOL</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This fun sentiment stamp is by <a href="https://shrsl.com/3l4sx" target="_blank">Trinity Stamps</a>, and since I love its price point and potential - I I wanted to share it with you early enough in the year, before it sells out closer to Christmas! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtPtcH9wlB_vB_aqXJ1A3TbhzybvgjqQB2z86nMD20-4xXWc1-nsaq-uLQEf-JiJlm8ds2ssNHewfpM-6oXryD2cBnpBuDBd2YHR98az_c_H7cXSA2QIli2KgJqbq1Sl4EC_q4fJyElvP2w9GO7exI3i2Ceim-Tgikkt67krQ_WlVEEpwSqXnhBHE7/s1080/Trinity%20Stamps,%20Jingle%20all%20the%20way1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtPtcH9wlB_vB_aqXJ1A3TbhzybvgjqQB2z86nMD20-4xXWc1-nsaq-uLQEf-JiJlm8ds2ssNHewfpM-6oXryD2cBnpBuDBd2YHR98az_c_H7cXSA2QIli2KgJqbq1Sl4EC_q4fJyElvP2w9GO7exI3i2Ceim-Tgikkt67krQ_WlVEEpwSqXnhBHE7/w640-h640/Trinity%20Stamps,%20Jingle%20all%20the%20way1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_OZG_O7TPZJzo6LA31UHGg1O7bsRL9wYaT5MnlgfJVzFaNSB1XCjcAo9KNj5mna16tRpuDC82w7rNffSsKXJ5nfYfuJVZT-9pjHRrQZbi1TfX38zpIOd8ko7j3kmuutxPhNN9nmwiGWLYyrLFOsRrAwrUFhSARIH0U2HTryM7JRuKuHFLxfO1jINa/s1080/Trinity%20Stamps,%20Jingle%20all%20the%20way2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_OZG_O7TPZJzo6LA31UHGg1O7bsRL9wYaT5MnlgfJVzFaNSB1XCjcAo9KNj5mna16tRpuDC82w7rNffSsKXJ5nfYfuJVZT-9pjHRrQZbi1TfX38zpIOd8ko7j3kmuutxPhNN9nmwiGWLYyrLFOsRrAwrUFhSARIH0U2HTryM7JRuKuHFLxfO1jINa/w640-h640/Trinity%20Stamps,%20Jingle%20all%20the%20way2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjtSk23pWvsL-286QCv7mKVQlmzjDSB5SU95UH55-9xH0UkUqVk4EqmittH5gZNKoh6-oakitEDnXoxa5F5t_BjpyIx1mNlHjHW0NIvYp911SA6bILNNtxC-nR5C6PI-HNHkvEk5GQ_DHL8NpE8XABhUZ8oEXad6VuZVJVsEoqTnkve_SNyVvkWk-/s1080/Trinity%20Stamps,%20Jingle%20all%20the%20way3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjtSk23pWvsL-286QCv7mKVQlmzjDSB5SU95UH55-9xH0UkUqVk4EqmittH5gZNKoh6-oakitEDnXoxa5F5t_BjpyIx1mNlHjHW0NIvYp911SA6bILNNtxC-nR5C6PI-HNHkvEk5GQ_DHL8NpE8XABhUZ8oEXad6VuZVJVsEoqTnkve_SNyVvkWk-/w640-h640/Trinity%20Stamps,%20Jingle%20all%20the%20way3.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEiiEQgwwv0dPnew0_5QqBQJlxO3dLYa0HHuQvUZMs5E0KOsRJ-jsZlPb5pthez7NgEGPovEEQH8wa419NtpiaUt1CIRy75DfwotnIPsVMngpeYF3V_A0m4BwolSeGzXSLrCA2Gp_nDn6_W1tKgpG4gZ-y7c8VC3fZ2_qx4LoBKIzlfx2E_RI2iNfZ/s1080/Trinity%20Stamps,%20Jingle%20all%20the%20way4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEiiEQgwwv0dPnew0_5QqBQJlxO3dLYa0HHuQvUZMs5E0KOsRJ-jsZlPb5pthez7NgEGPovEEQH8wa419NtpiaUt1CIRy75DfwotnIPsVMngpeYF3V_A0m4BwolSeGzXSLrCA2Gp_nDn6_W1tKgpG4gZ-y7c8VC3fZ2_qx4LoBKIzlfx2E_RI2iNfZ/w640-h640/Trinity%20Stamps,%20Jingle%20all%20the%20way4.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">I hope you enjoyed this bling galore! Do you think non-traditional Christmas colours are okay, or are you personally more about the reds, the greens and the gold? I, actually, am a bit of both!</span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">====</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And now, for the <b>GIVEAWAY</b> part (for those of you who participated last year - I am keeping it the same, as everyone seems to really enjoy this idea!)...</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I am giving away 1 stamp set (with coordinating dies, if applicable) or 1 die set, up to the value of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">€15,</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> from my Instagram Destash Page (</span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/destashbymirella/?hl=en" style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;" target="_blank">@destashbymirella</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">) - so the real value of the item you choose might be much higher than that, really, since my destash prices are of course already reduced in comparison to the original prices of the products. There are both new and used stamps/dies there, so it's up to you what you want to choose!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Rules?</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><strike>- be my follower on Instagram (@handmadebymirella), following my destash page (@destashbymirella) or this blog is optional but always welcome :o)</strike></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><strike>- leave me a comment here, letting me know what caught your eye on the destash page (that doesn't mean that this is what you have to choose as your prize if you are the winner - we can agree on that later)</strike></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><strike>- I will choose the winner on the 6th of August, and announce them here in this blog post. The winner will then have 2 weeks to contact me, via the "Contact me" tab on the blog</strike></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><strike>- Please note that I cannot guarantee that all of the items currently listed on my destash page will still be available there on and after August 6th, since I might make sales from it in the meantime. But I do hope that you will find something for yourself there either way :o)</strike></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><strike>- open internationally, if for some reason I am unable to post the prize out, due to Covid 19 restrictions or others, we'll come up with a solution, I'm sure!</strike></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Winner </b>[post edited on August 6th]<b>:</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thank you so much for commenting & participating in my giveaway! The random number generator chose comment number 5 as the winner, so <b>Janis</b> - congratulations, and please contact me with your name & address details, as well as the prize you would like me to send your way! :o)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Stay safe and crafty Peeps, and good luck with the giveaway</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mirella</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">SUPPLY LIST</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">(please see affiliate disclaimer & essential supplies info </span><a href="http://www.handmadebymirella.com/p/disclaimer.html" style="background-color: white; color: #2b7cff; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(43, 124, 255); font-kerning: none;">here</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">):</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><u>FROM TRINITY STAMPS:</u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><a href="https://shrsl.com/3l4sx" target="_blank">Jingle all the way stamp set</a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><u>FROM SCRAPBOOK.COM:</u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">
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</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><u>FROM SIMON SAYS STAMP:</u></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Trinity Stamps: <a href="https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=199868&u=1253548&m=24698&urllink=www%2Esimonsaysstamp%2Ecom%2Fproduct%2FTrinity%2DStamps%2DJINGLE%2DALL%2DTHE%2DWAY%2DClear%2DStamp%2DSet%2Dtps099%2Dtps099%3Fcurrency%3DUSD&afftrack=" target="_blank">Jingle all the way stamp set </a>(sorry, no photo for some reason!)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><a href="https://shrsl.com/3l4ss" target="_blank">Waffle Flower A2 Layers dies</a> (sorry, no pic for some reason!)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Studio Katia: <a href="https://shrsl.com/3l4sv" target="_blank">Gold sparkle crystals</a> (as above!)</span></p>
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<div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Mirellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184585360168449804noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171330197838293601.post-11328996570551322022022-07-17T11:08:00.020+01:002024-01-20T18:54:58.185+00:00WONDERBLY review - are the personalised stories & books for children really so wonderful and - most importantly - worth it? <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hi Everyone,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">If you have come across <b>Wonder</b>bly books before, you probably <b>wonder</b>ed if they indeed are as <b>wonder</b>ful as the name suggests, right? What makes them special? Are they worth the expense? </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Before I start my review, I would like to come clean - I have recently become a Wonderbly Ambassador, and I am writing this review with that role in mind, however - as you'll read in the next few moments, I have been a big fan of their stories for years now (hence why I became the Ambassador in the first place - I have been stalking their brand for a good while & using/buying their products, too!), and so I can assure you that my review is absolutely honest, and the opinions (both good & bad!) are my own. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>How it all started... </i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I came across the Wonderbly website a few years ago, and I fell in love with the idea. A one of a kind personalised book with original artwork, printed just for the recipient - what's not to love?!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Back then, only a handful of stories were available, but even they were enough to get me interested. "<i>The little girl/boy who lost her/his name</i>" seemed so fun!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I ordered one as a christening gift for a friend's baby, just to try it out, and... I got hooked! I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of the books, too. After the first order, I must have made at least 5 or 6 more, before I had kids of my own and could finally have my own children become the protagonists of the stories...</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuJx4RDlaMiszL-O9N3AbtXZFN8ZsKULQpqWclw0bKbmnyP5i_Zu9dbYAI2R0PM4wpCYBit9d7-Hg6pw_6BTheVj0D_YWsLSSmg1k-LhKM_0PUShJxmClKnUR0C_LqcviT3bk95xX5cddFvJ4looDFkggze-SpOP5zsMT9nyxholsS748cmW6vHoiP/s3024/Wonderbly%20Children%20Books%20and%20Stories14.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuJx4RDlaMiszL-O9N3AbtXZFN8ZsKULQpqWclw0bKbmnyP5i_Zu9dbYAI2R0PM4wpCYBit9d7-Hg6pw_6BTheVj0D_YWsLSSmg1k-LhKM_0PUShJxmClKnUR0C_LqcviT3bk95xX5cddFvJ4looDFkggze-SpOP5zsMT9nyxholsS748cmW6vHoiP/w400-h400/Wonderbly%20Children%20Books%20and%20Stories14.heic" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>What I like:</i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">1. <b>Personalisation</b> is of course the number 1 factor for opting for these books - it's extremely exciting for kids to see their own name and a little character that looks very much like themselves feature in the stories. When my kids were very little - I was probably more excited than them about this fact, let's be honest, but as they grew bigger, their excitement kept growing, too! My daughters are 4 & 7 now, and they are both equally enthusiastic and curious about the stories & artwork. "<i>How did they know what I look like, Mama? How did they know that I am older/younger?</i>". Every time the stories are read in our household (and it's VERY often, trust me!), the <b>wonder</b>ing begins... One thing to note here is that not all stories have the same level of personalisation, so if you're after a lot of information specific to the recipient, as well as the possibility to really customise the physical characteristics of the protagonist - you might want to play around with the various available stories, to find what you're after!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">2. <b>Preview</b>: when making my first order, I was quite surprised that I got to preview the whole story before committing to my purchase - I would have expected to be able to read a few lines from random pages, but being able to see everything page by page was new to me. I really enjoy this feature, as it helps me determine whether or not the story I am after will be a good fit for its recipient(s).</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">3. <b>Options for siblings</b>: the newest addition to our own Wonderbly book collection is "<i>That's my cake"</i> - it's one of the options where siblings are featured together in the same story. It's been a real hit with my girls - they are literally squealing with excitement whenever we reach for this book, and they know their respective characters' lines by heart - I don't even need to read half of the story anymore, LOL! It has definitely made our evening story time much calmer, as there is no fighting over whether it is "a story for babies" or "too boring cause I am too little for it". Plus, you get more value for your money, too (since it can be gifted to more than one child), which is always a bonus in my eyes.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">4. <b>Artwork & quality</b>: this is a bit of a tricky one, as art is obviously very subjective. I must admit, I personally find some of the characters in the stories and some of the colour choices a bit scary/gloomy, but to be perfectly honest - my kids have never seen these that way! So maybe it's just an age thing? Not sure, but either way - most of the illustrations that I have seen so far are truly wonderful, original and fun, and - like I previously mentioned - the quality of the books is really great, too! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">5. <b>Free note/dedication</b>: as if getting a story personalised with your own details was not enough, Wonderbly also let the purchaser add a free note/dedication at the start of the book. They even help with some really lovely and thoughtful suggestions on what the message could be (which varies, depending on the story you're ordering)! In my opinion, it makes the books even more special. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">6. <b>Soft/hard cover</b>: it's lovely to have the option to decide whether the book should have a soft or hard cover. We have tried both, and either option appears to be really durable, but of course the hard cover makes the books present themselves on the bookshelf even better!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">7. <b>Language variety</b>: I absolutely love the fact that the stories can be ordered in various languages - I have friends all over the world (and I am sure that I'm not the only one!), and it is great to be able to surprise them & their little ones with a present in their native language. I have tried a few of the available options so far, and have been told by the recipients that the translations were really well done, so I can only hope that it's the case for all of them!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">8. <b>Age variety</b>: you can find a story suitable for pretty much everyone amongst the Wonderbly collection at this stage (teenagers might be a bit tricky, but then again - teenagers are tricky to please anyway, LOL) - and they don't even cater only for children anymore; there are options for adults, too (including Grandparents)! I am yet to try these out, so I cannot comment much on them, but the ones currently available look really fun, and Wonderbly's offer keeps expanding every so often! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>Are there any cons...?</i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">1. <b>Price</b>: let's address the elephant in the room - these books are definitely not cheap! And even though we really enjoy them, we probably won't own the whole collection (especially as they keep coming out with sooooo many fun new options!). However, I find these to be a great gift/keepsake for special occasions, and this is precisely the reason why I have been and will be purchasing these. I have honestly gifted more of these than I have purchased for our own family - maybe I should start saving on gifts for others? ;o)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">2. <b>Artwork</b>: because of the subjectivity of the interpretation of artwork, I am putting this category in both the pros and cons. As stated above, I personally found some of the colour & character choices potentially a little bit scary (for kids, not for me!), but it's important for me to write it again - my kids don't see these the same way I do. That being said, other kids might react to them differently. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">3. <b>Rhymes & rhythm</b>: at times, I find some of the lines a little bit clunky - the rhymes are not ideal, and the rhythm just isn't quite there. However, these are in a minority, thankfully, and to be honest - they are not the only stories that sometimes struggle with such issues (or maybe I'm just too harsh & picky?!).</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">4. <b>Missing Polish translations</b>: this might sound really random and at the same time overly specific, but as a native Polish person - I am very much missing the possibility of being able to order the Wonderbly stories in Polish, both for my own kids as well as for my friends'. I am aware that many other languages are obviously overlooked also, but - since this is MY review - I am sticking to MY pros & cons! :o) Not all of the stories appear to be currently available in the 12 languages Wonerbly are offering either - fingers crossed that this will change over time! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>In conclusion:</i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Pricing is a very important factor for me, so I will definitely keep buying these and gifting them to the special people in my life, but they will be purchased for special occasions & as a treat for my own kids. I hope that they will keep bringing as much joy & excitement to all the recipients as they have been so far! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>Do I/we have a favourite?</i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Our current favourite is "<a href="https://shrsl.com/3qykl " target="_blank">That's my cake</a>", and there are a good few reasons for it: firstly, it's the newest addition to our collection, and we all know that <i>new</i> usually equals <i>the most exciting</i> in children's world. Secondly, it's fascinating to my girls that they are both featured in the story (it's the first Wonderbly story for siblings that we have), and that there are so many details in the book that they can relate to and are about them (loving the age difference facts!). Personally, my favourite part is that the book teaches them to work together and to share, and we have started referencing to the story in our every day life when having trouble with the above (and it is helping!), which is a big bonus. Finally, we have the hard cover version of the book, and it's simply sooooo pretty! :o) </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-9VRHGjeEgbDTIf2GV9rIhqzUOaV5eYDjzRegCuVn2M-sSL00SGzr4ESeyOmIxcBg4DvI64xb8gdoKam-lY9JpgCfvKhp_mzwHkz4omELfIJwlczQVvrvArlX-_XmdQL3em7sjspCxn_o812O_WbWpETC8EQJjvugUq5pdTKMKm3qmjQFZzMR6T7j/s3024/Wonderbly%20Children%20Books%20and%20Stories9.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-9VRHGjeEgbDTIf2GV9rIhqzUOaV5eYDjzRegCuVn2M-sSL00SGzr4ESeyOmIxcBg4DvI64xb8gdoKam-lY9JpgCfvKhp_mzwHkz4omELfIJwlczQVvrvArlX-_XmdQL3em7sjspCxn_o812O_WbWpETC8EQJjvugUq5pdTKMKm3qmjQFZzMR6T7j/w400-h400/Wonderbly%20Children%20Books%20and%20Stories9.heic" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUKvs-oHBdX0pmGGu8FD3NMv2EGo_acxfRVoXBZZ7XNRksmxCerihbLiV0wOen2upniSUoEVbvLuBg3bYCg5ZSobecydjPd1kAL0uqj2l-KFQzvg13WXuVp4wQRqhS7xs9RkayDxk21b91xgCJMv4a-9J5kpgFAkyIqO6c41UTIxFnl67uLsbVEH2k/s3024/Wonderbly%20Children%20Books%20and%20Stories16.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUKvs-oHBdX0pmGGu8FD3NMv2EGo_acxfRVoXBZZ7XNRksmxCerihbLiV0wOen2upniSUoEVbvLuBg3bYCg5ZSobecydjPd1kAL0uqj2l-KFQzvg13WXuVp4wQRqhS7xs9RkayDxk21b91xgCJMv4a-9J5kpgFAkyIqO6c41UTIxFnl67uLsbVEH2k/w400-h400/Wonderbly%20Children%20Books%20and%20Stories16.heic" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">If you are new to Wonderbly, however, and want to get a book for just one special little person in your life - the "<a href="https://shrsl.com/3qykh " target="_blank">Lost My Name</a>" series is a bestseller for a reason & is available in loads of languages, too - everyone loves to see their name spelled in a book! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>The fun part - discounts & an opportunity to join in:</i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">If you are still reading - I hope that you enjoyed my review, and that it helped you decide whether or not the Wonderbly books are for you (they're worth a try, trust me!). If you have any questions - please let me know in the comments, or via the "contact me" form. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">If you would like a bit of help with the cost - <b>I have a 15% discount code that can be used towards your entire purchase on the <a href="https://shrsl.com/3qykf" target="_blank">Wonderbly website</a></b>. Please note that the code is only valid for a certain amount of time & uses, so if you have tried it and it's not working - again, please contact me either via the comments or the "contact me" form, and I will do my best to get you a new one! <b>Current code:</b></span><i style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"> <b>B4S2YLL</b></i><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;">(as previously stated, I am currently affiliated with the brand, so your purchase using my code will result in me getting a small commission from the sale, but this is absolutely at no additional cost to you!). </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;">IF YOU ARE READING THIS BEFORE DECEMBER 1st 2023, use</span></span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;"><b>BFRIDAYOGIYQW</b> for a whopping <b>25% off</b> <b>AND free shipping</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;">After December 1st 2023, <b style="font-size: medium;">BAIWVDNA</b> will give you 15% off your entire order.</span></span></span></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Finally, if you are interested in <b>becoming a Wonderbly Ambassador yourself</b> - </span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">join our team to complete fun missions and earn rewards (free books, gift cards to the Wonderbly store & even some $$$!). Follow this link, and feel free to reach out to me if you have any queries or issues with signing up: <a href="https://api.brandbassador.com/s/1auj78">https://api.brandbassador.com/s/1auj78</a></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I hope you and your kids get to enjoy these fun & magical stories together,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Stay safe,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mirella</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p>Mirellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184585360168449804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171330197838293601.post-5618894134072491182022-06-16T13:00:00.033+01:002022-06-16T13:00:00.184+01:00Get cracking on Christmas - June 2022<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hi Everyone,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">How have you all been? I know that I have been missing in action (again!), but we've had loads on our plates recently, and there is more to come yet! We finally managed to get the house sale and purchase sorted (only took 13 months!), and - all going well, we'll be moving in July. There are tonnes of renovations ahead of us, so probably a 1-2 year long project (before we're at least mostly done), but I sincerely hope that I will manage to find a temporary corner somewhere for my crafting time, and that my mojo is back at some point, too! Truth be told, the house situation has been really stressful, and I just needed a break from pretty much everything for a while, so hopefully now, bit by bit, I'll go back to my old beloved habits! :o)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>This year, just like last year, I am joining Jenn Shurkus in her "Get cracking on Christmas" initiative - we will be encouraging each other, and our readers/followers, to create something Christmassy every month. It can be a card, a tag, a decoration... whatever you really want to! It saved me two years in a row now, with having enough cards in my stash for posting out in late November/early December. No stress, no drama - love it!</i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Do you want to join in? You can read all about it on Jenn's blog <a href="https://shurkus.com/blog" target="_blank">here</a>.</i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Today's card is rather simple, as the long break from crafting has made me quite rusty, but I am still very proud of it, given the circumstances. I used the super cute Mama Elephant stamp set called Gingerbread Cookies, and I already have a few more ideas for this set, so maybe one day I'll manage to use it again, LOL! Where have the times gone when I could craft for hours each week?! </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje1_OWTa4NJcSoTumbAR-TmYEpBRBAWAlKVF_ErmRPHpmUjcKKZ6GwKRjVi8zQHaQhjEyqmIcSDuiloGFgcJ_-nx7xDa2rJjmLPp70ziksUNSwPDwQaP2GIzWMIADxkpwT4lYXxD4YOcYExvPleLeS5pQpik2f-to2DRzucLYxF_37qkWDMF3K9V8E/s1080/Mama%20Elephant%20Gingerbread%20Cookies2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje1_OWTa4NJcSoTumbAR-TmYEpBRBAWAlKVF_ErmRPHpmUjcKKZ6GwKRjVi8zQHaQhjEyqmIcSDuiloGFgcJ_-nx7xDa2rJjmLPp70ziksUNSwPDwQaP2GIzWMIADxkpwT4lYXxD4YOcYExvPleLeS5pQpik2f-to2DRzucLYxF_37qkWDMF3K9V8E/w640-h640/Mama%20Elephant%20Gingerbread%20Cookies2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I coloured the cute images with Copic markers & fussy cut them - thankfully, the shapes are relatively easy, so no major issues there (plus, I actually really love fussy cutting, as you know!). To add a bit of "glam" to the cookies, I made their buttons golden. But I think it would be really fun to use white gel pen, to imitate icing, too.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr0D4lBY66PHFZRbC5RGWk97nQskh34bT8dxprz6CjB-QcTkGXloK0ecWh_acA1eUiH7lP_yNaiV6HBJKnQCsNDueb7OwHOKIBXJCnQw5WPuqkjayOXAH-3FJHjDJulE99XyuPyLvc-i28QccD6Nve8it7QE2D5dlyqL2yBadnq4TzMXuLcNzU1R9Q/s1080/Mama%20Elephant%20Gingerbread%20Cookies3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr0D4lBY66PHFZRbC5RGWk97nQskh34bT8dxprz6CjB-QcTkGXloK0ecWh_acA1eUiH7lP_yNaiV6HBJKnQCsNDueb7OwHOKIBXJCnQw5WPuqkjayOXAH-3FJHjDJulE99XyuPyLvc-i28QccD6Nve8it7QE2D5dlyqL2yBadnq4TzMXuLcNzU1R9Q/w640-h640/Mama%20Elephant%20Gingerbread%20Cookies3.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">By the time I was done with my images, however, I was running out of crafty time and so I took a bit of a shortcut for the background - it's actually a washi tape, the whole thing! It adds the whole card a bit of a whimsical feel, which I really love. But a more traditional Christmassy background would absolutely have worked, too!</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT81QLPWDjgypJ4Glvq5MnEZlUusJO-b2MsxjxXw-63HWXBuEfXCBJFV3mZ_iJ2bM16ba2Nocvg2jYISKufyUslfb1-TU9boML_o5xb-wxJQxnC5n3GIZwMzstdRzlvJHH2oBNpSZsvvorDH-6eS2AF9FMYozrVlpHxzFFQ27zG7kp7wKpZXoWKFBY/s1080/Mama%20Elephant%20Gingerbread%20Cookies4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT81QLPWDjgypJ4Glvq5MnEZlUusJO-b2MsxjxXw-63HWXBuEfXCBJFV3mZ_iJ2bM16ba2Nocvg2jYISKufyUslfb1-TU9boML_o5xb-wxJQxnC5n3GIZwMzstdRzlvJHH2oBNpSZsvvorDH-6eS2AF9FMYozrVlpHxzFFQ27zG7kp7wKpZXoWKFBY/w640-h640/Mama%20Elephant%20Gingerbread%20Cookies4.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">With just a bit of adhesive and matting, the card came together relatively quickly in the end, and there is a fun surprise inside, too! </span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl45ntt7639lY4OnqBCiHy1bPsuhWBpj39778-SZLHfvXV7Cs4n_wGIoLCFSuDACVUfpz0_zNadFYCUXFku-TtChvqXLkxtmP9IyXXJYLaBvN_VhYSvLiyyT83ELBECQIMjUW9vwtlu3v9OK0gkGpXPXN4wHJerttA3IHWl3fIu6qgEEKKJIuxm88c/s1080/Mama%20Elephant%20Gingerbread%20Cookies1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl45ntt7639lY4OnqBCiHy1bPsuhWBpj39778-SZLHfvXV7Cs4n_wGIoLCFSuDACVUfpz0_zNadFYCUXFku-TtChvqXLkxtmP9IyXXJYLaBvN_VhYSvLiyyT83ELBECQIMjUW9vwtlu3v9OK0gkGpXPXN4wHJerttA3IHWl3fIu6qgEEKKJIuxm88c/w640-h640/Mama%20Elephant%20Gingerbread%20Cookies1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I hope to join in next month again (I have been doing rather poorly with building up my stash this year, I'm actually sending more cards than I'm making - but every little bit helps!), and we all might even have a surprise for you in July - stay tuned and make sure to come back! :0)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Stay safe and crafty,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Mirella</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">SUPPLY LIST</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">(please see affiliate disclaimer & essential supplies info </span><a href="http://www.handmadebymirella.com/p/disclaimer.html" style="background-color: white; color: #2b7cff; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(43, 124, 255); font-kerning: none;">here</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">):</span></p>
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Mirellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184585360168449804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171330197838293601.post-4743547238580322222022-04-21T13:00:00.052+01:002022-04-21T13:00:00.216+01:00Get cracking on Christmas - April 2022<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hi Everyone,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hope you're all doing well! I have been taking a break from crafting for a while (again! ugh), and I probably won't be back "full time" for a while yet, but hey - I am here today! :o)</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This year, just like last year, I am joining Jenn Shurkus in her "Get cracking on Christmas" initiative - we will be encouraging each other, and our readers/followers, to create something Christmassy every month. It can be a card, a tag, a decoration... whatever you really want to! It saved me two years in a row now, with having enough cards in my stash for posting out in late November/early December. No stress, no drama - love it!</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Do you want to join in? You can read all about it on Jenn's blog <a href="https://shurkus.com/blog" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Today's card is a cute winter scene, created with some alcohol inks and goodies by MFT and Mama Elephant. I have only started playing with my alcohol inks in the last few weeks, and I am far from where I would like to be with this medium, but the learning curve is so fun with these! I wish I had more time to play, though, but I know that one day - the time will come! It has to! LOL</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Have you tried using alcohol inks yet? </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I sat one evening and created a lot of various backgrounds - and now I am trying to find a way to use them. I thought that the one used for this card was apt for a winter background, with the greens, teals/blues and a touch of yellow. It also happened to go more-less with the current colour challenge over at the MFT blog, which was a nice bonus!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Here's the finished card - what do you think? </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrVmQ0kTLWWTbDgkqohVARFSe9BbrwlCY35uSIM9-2BZjY0sJJs7v090_fkoFcy6bZ-_AgTrpKXiOIFcsAcvHCvkxFVHrxZQV59mwhOu6glPJT8C266cFv5b75YxUj9l9HV_E6Hjna_BSMao9v1KjyYOREYztmzvvnahOyCdobXtxYdFhhnXxq8Ix8/s1080/MFT,%20Festive%20Friends1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrVmQ0kTLWWTbDgkqohVARFSe9BbrwlCY35uSIM9-2BZjY0sJJs7v090_fkoFcy6bZ-_AgTrpKXiOIFcsAcvHCvkxFVHrxZQV59mwhOu6glPJT8C266cFv5b75YxUj9l9HV_E6Hjna_BSMao9v1KjyYOREYztmzvvnahOyCdobXtxYdFhhnXxq8Ix8/w640-h640/MFT,%20Festive%20Friends1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfv28_GViBxrm6u8k4kO0jPPYNGVpSe1wF84kP-BPQ0h_RmB4754N-p59BE9Bi7rmogkxODxzNfeNqp8ED7g5oGpl_OkNCjzPOulvgyQOX3pN3D6wMaxzIZJ1D9Rq_oZkVJFhG_hM7NOqaFVX-acjXRNfVUrV1K_xzkGGyjBXrcwQ5xpFRi7_ILW61/s1080/MFT,%20Festive%20Friends2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfv28_GViBxrm6u8k4kO0jPPYNGVpSe1wF84kP-BPQ0h_RmB4754N-p59BE9Bi7rmogkxODxzNfeNqp8ED7g5oGpl_OkNCjzPOulvgyQOX3pN3D6wMaxzIZJ1D9Rq_oZkVJFhG_hM7NOqaFVX-acjXRNfVUrV1K_xzkGGyjBXrcwQ5xpFRi7_ILW61/w640-h640/MFT,%20Festive%20Friends2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZErhzJ6s6e_s-1RvGNkxxQxktVrb_g1Ed0pmpDwJxAfqVWfQE3n3-9qJ9O9yHDqbziAXTfNMlR4YUl-RX30Qn-KlPvn0Vac556Z_zd8jKiDf_vwdzwZyCPCqWgMDPG82v0dgO76sFokaZqrtsZybsqWyOasj7o074JGgRvdl3zMVaj2fzIYhVYY0f/s1080/MFT,%20Festive%20Friends3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZErhzJ6s6e_s-1RvGNkxxQxktVrb_g1Ed0pmpDwJxAfqVWfQE3n3-9qJ9O9yHDqbziAXTfNMlR4YUl-RX30Qn-KlPvn0Vac556Z_zd8jKiDf_vwdzwZyCPCqWgMDPG82v0dgO76sFokaZqrtsZybsqWyOasj7o074JGgRvdl3zMVaj2fzIYhVYY0f/w640-h640/MFT,%20Festive%20Friends3.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">I am considering adding some sequins to it - should I, or do you think I should leave it the way it is? All ideas are welcome!</span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Stay safe and crafty,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mirella</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">SUPPLY LIST</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">(please see affiliate disclaimer & essential supplies info </span><a href="http://www.handmadebymirella.com/p/disclaimer.html" style="background-color: white; color: #2b7cff; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(43, 124, 255); font-kerning: none;">here</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">):</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">Stamp set: MFT, Frosty Friends for the image & Christmas Selfies for the sentiment (appears to be discontinued? 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Mirellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184585360168449804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171330197838293601.post-57534158090619185162022-02-17T13:00:00.024+00:002022-04-19T22:01:20.160+01:00Get cracking on Christmas - February 2022<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hi Everyone,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Today I'm back with another Get Cracking on Christmas card for you. This year, just like last year, I am joining Jenn Shurkus in her "Get cracking on Christmas" initiative - we will be encouraging each other, and our readers/followers, to create something Christmassy every month. It can be a card, a tag, a decoration... whatever you really want to! It saved me two years in a row now, with having enough cards in my stash for posting out in late November/early December. No stress, no drama - love it!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Do you want to join in? You can read all about it on Jenn's blog <a href="https://shurkus.com/blog" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As always, I am full of excuses - I may sound like a broken record, but February has been so far YET AGAIN a very busy month... I honestly can't remember when it hasn't been busy at this stage, haha! Hence, for now, only one Christmas card gets added to my stash this month. But at least I made cards for other occasions (you can check them out on my Instagram account!), too. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Quick and simple today, with one of my favourite non-traditional Christmas colour combos - pinks and teals. I might make a few more, similar cards with the other penguins from this set - they're so cute!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhuKtckVhkdhLFQEBMmpTcDBOaRV4j3u9m6hHQeyZDy1SNP5NMD-MKFMmm2xM3Y4_6D_LHfHG6aohB0n-ivRLcLRIC3T6H5MHiRhyfhn3yS_Sx1rujDTs389Mu9nN_adoSPIHuDbBt3iao6vEGSFV0-B0LsHmk-PopcfdwRtMXeVX0wKYyHf9YBsUIS=s1080" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhuKtckVhkdhLFQEBMmpTcDBOaRV4j3u9m6hHQeyZDy1SNP5NMD-MKFMmm2xM3Y4_6D_LHfHG6aohB0n-ivRLcLRIC3T6H5MHiRhyfhn3yS_Sx1rujDTs389Mu9nN_adoSPIHuDbBt3iao6vEGSFV0-B0LsHmk-PopcfdwRtMXeVX0wKYyHf9YBsUIS=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><p style="text-align: justify;">All it took was some Copic colouring (although, I must say, I failed at colouring that image a few times!), and some fussy cutting. You cannot really tell, as the paper appears to have "swallowed" the inked background, but I actually inked some Antique Linen Distress Oxide in the background. I then sprayed it all with some very fine mist of white Copic Opaque White (toothbrush for the win!), to imitate a bit of a snowy scene. I sprayed it with some glittery goodness, too!</p></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6LdZBhBa_hwq2dwVq7nRCy-mPo3IYuRhWSpmrFy2djC8i_CDWi_NbS6YYpNtTsI7qXV5396gMHOckPt-kUXKKNq7zc6esnm82G5erLrOXoo1VHo5aWM8cpWEoPSeuozwzZd_JEDZpV32LCqcBZnbSAZsQ8T8I6XaNCz-bC-Nu1XMujrmp_40iXC6C=s1080" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6LdZBhBa_hwq2dwVq7nRCy-mPo3IYuRhWSpmrFy2djC8i_CDWi_NbS6YYpNtTsI7qXV5396gMHOckPt-kUXKKNq7zc6esnm82G5erLrOXoo1VHo5aWM8cpWEoPSeuozwzZd_JEDZpV32LCqcBZnbSAZsQ8T8I6XaNCz-bC-Nu1XMujrmp_40iXC6C=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">The fussy cut image has been popped on foam tape, for some additional interest & dimension, the sentiment (which I love, by the way!) is just stamped directly onto the card. For some final va va voom, I added a few enamel dots here and there. I haven't actually planned that many, but my glitter spray bottle appears to have been clogged a bit, and it created splatters where I didn't want them, so the enamel dots came to the rescue ;o)</span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgav6SzSPiil4f4ZsYVsXhyBu21MYK0BAP9zS6sBQ3ufj5bAvata6rMhxVAINP8h69Wxf6KkpSC3P-pXVf3M-ejqP7Oota48XvbDypNLN7vbUeSKxQYOGzsVUS2Mz4tO9VhANIvuwdjm8kQXMVM54o1kSKk4q4btvTVpMPgCT0G-S6I2mF8wDWzsxbn=s1080" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgav6SzSPiil4f4ZsYVsXhyBu21MYK0BAP9zS6sBQ3ufj5bAvata6rMhxVAINP8h69Wxf6KkpSC3P-pXVf3M-ejqP7Oota48XvbDypNLN7vbUeSKxQYOGzsVUS2Mz4tO9VhANIvuwdjm8kQXMVM54o1kSKk4q4btvTVpMPgCT0G-S6I2mF8wDWzsxbn=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2Izw6gUFlCWHKU_qGf_xS8aasHimlZdFHwnq6420h4jORu8TRr1vbgHBfwwlAonU_-srpfsYCq15bT-noK4LxAeOVf3AavgwPfVAG9oH9gidrIQGtk68MtoKYatz9YOozhDgwRt7NbAArwFBLzNXg58y5AkZMCPUm52b4kezFT2BlgSGwFDrBlDr_=s1080" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2Izw6gUFlCWHKU_qGf_xS8aasHimlZdFHwnq6420h4jORu8TRr1vbgHBfwwlAonU_-srpfsYCq15bT-noK4LxAeOVf3AavgwPfVAG9oH9gidrIQGtk68MtoKYatz9YOozhDgwRt7NbAArwFBLzNXg58y5AkZMCPUm52b4kezFT2BlgSGwFDrBlDr_=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><p style="text-align: justify;">And that's it, folks - clean, quick and simple as can be! I am actually proud of myself - I am generally really useless at CAS designs, but I think I am getting better - the lack of hours of crafty time is forcing me to embrace that style!</p></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">How has your 2022 been going so far?</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Stay safe and crafty,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mirella</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">SUPPLY LIST</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">(please see affiliate disclaimer & essential supplies info </span><a href="http://www.handmadebymirella.com/p/disclaimer.html" style="background-color: white; color: #2b7cff; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(43, 124, 255); font-kerning: none;">here</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">):</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">From MFT:</span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, palatino linotype, palatino, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.2px;">
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It can be a card, a tag, a decoration... whatever you really want to! It saved me two years in a row now, with having enough cards in my stash for posting out in late November/early December. No stress, no drama - love it!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Do you want to join in? You can read all about it on Jenn's blog <a href="https://shurkus.com/blog" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My goal last year was to create at least two cards every month. This year, I would hope to do the same. That being said, in January I only have one card for now to share, ha! ;0) But at least there is that one!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">An easy-peasy card with some dry embossing (I am using the embossing folder from <a href="https://www.handmadebymirella.com/2022/01/3d-embossing-folders-what-is-fuss-about.html" target="_blank">this post</a> again!), Copic colouring and stamping. LOVE the end result, and I didn't even put any bling on it! I am still considering some shimmer, though - should I sparkle it up a bit?!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiH47OhQnMVppIF9pqt7s7N6OsRhUN-U0dgrKOpvyTyNYlCotDSkuaVfDzn7V59lUm3CoGhntGERVB0_lvV4hGIXO2BcshQs8qKnQcf9MKF_hK1m6HOVydu0kO7LaVJZ12_PQmYPMk-G4xzwb3bAtVlAO5JQardIFhgMxfLXarTGwPhrt5pXle8Vb3W=s1080" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiH47OhQnMVppIF9pqt7s7N6OsRhUN-U0dgrKOpvyTyNYlCotDSkuaVfDzn7V59lUm3CoGhntGERVB0_lvV4hGIXO2BcshQs8qKnQcf9MKF_hK1m6HOVydu0kO7LaVJZ12_PQmYPMk-G4xzwb3bAtVlAO5JQardIFhgMxfLXarTGwPhrt5pXle8Vb3W=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-ld4vsZ0UOQhkCmLQeV9vlrrI9IMGNRH7m4cWlS6S_-WEFZx4P9ZwazyFkuSXXDLzgC-d2UGxUaB0f-CE6s598jqh7gBgoyV6clix0FJcvLobn-RblHJdbIcRF9F0y7eKnB3QZLII5KwIejsDt73g4lhjYgONC8epAAaKMK6mQaREBr4xj9K4py4S=s1080" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-ld4vsZ0UOQhkCmLQeV9vlrrI9IMGNRH7m4cWlS6S_-WEFZx4P9ZwazyFkuSXXDLzgC-d2UGxUaB0f-CE6s598jqh7gBgoyV6clix0FJcvLobn-RblHJdbIcRF9F0y7eKnB3QZLII5KwIejsDt73g4lhjYgONC8epAAaKMK6mQaREBr4xj9K4py4S=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIag-yWUFzlVKks6OZphJsUWSIE6I61buqtiwBjxkYOwy7p2QwU5MLlu-Ayp0H5oPwBu3l3K8m-bFci4hD49rpyvIynMggW09ctO_ubJJMb_Uj3j166JgYkxM5id_rrVkwu1d6B3_BW00cmxSzbeUT9AEBl_M1Wrn0fUWJPX0nh_I1cf5rAkwF5qFW=s1080" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIag-yWUFzlVKks6OZphJsUWSIE6I61buqtiwBjxkYOwy7p2QwU5MLlu-Ayp0H5oPwBu3l3K8m-bFci4hD49rpyvIynMggW09ctO_ubJJMb_Uj3j166JgYkxM5id_rrVkwu1d6B3_BW00cmxSzbeUT9AEBl_M1Wrn0fUWJPX0nh_I1cf5rAkwF5qFW=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Soooo - who's joining in this year? </span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Stay safe and crafty,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mirella</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">SUPPLY LIST</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">(please see affiliate disclaimer & essential supplies info </span><a href="http://www.handmadebymirella.com/p/disclaimer.html" style="background-color: white; color: #2b7cff; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(43, 124, 255); font-kerning: none;">here</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">):</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">Stamp set: MFT, Christmas Selfies (appears to be discontinued? But can be still purchases from smaller retailers, like Seven Hills Crafts <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/christmas-selfies-stamp.html" target="_blank">here</a>)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">Enamel dots: Altenew "New Day", but <a href="<a href="https://www.shareasale.com/m-pr.cfm?merchantID=24698&userID=1253548&productID=1217613580" target="_blank">Doodlebug RAINBOW HEARTS Shape Sprinkles Adhesive Enamel 7251</a>" target="_blank">these ones</a> would work really well, too! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">FROM SIMON SAYS STAMP</u></p>
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Mirellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184585360168449804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171330197838293601.post-8147948598439858682022-01-15T19:17:00.004+00:002022-08-13T23:19:00.840+01:003D embossing folders - what is the fuss about? :-)<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Happy New Year Everyone! Here's to hoping for a great 2022!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Lots of companies have recently been releasing 3D embossing folders, and I was wondering what the fuss was about. Most of us would have had embossing folders in our stashes for a while now, and - if you're like me - you probably don't use them too often nowadays, do you? I used to be obsessed with the embossed texture, but I do tend to forget about my folders nowadays... Therefore, I was not hugely interested in the new hype... Until I tried one out, of of curiosity, that is!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I must tell you, these 3D folders are a whole new experience! The dimension is amazing, and they somehow seem to be much kinder on the paper also (I used to get lots of cracks in the past, but maybe that was just lack of experience and using different, paper, not sure?), which is great!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Now, don't get me wrong, I will definitely not be using these on every single card, but when I do want some additional interest to the background, I will be remembering about my 3D folders for sure! These backgrounds are also fantastic for CAS designs, as the designs are so interesting that just a small sentiment, a bit of bling, or a small image will totally be enough! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Here's one of my most recent cards, with an <a href="https://shrsl.com/3hihv" target="_blank">Altenew folder</a> & <a href="https://shrsl.com/3hihx" target="_blank">image</a>. The white Neenah cardstock was covered with some gilding polish (another item in my stash that I love, and that I constantly forget about, but you can read more about it <a href="https://www.handmadebymirella.com/2019/03/new-product-im-in-love-with-cosmic.html" target="_blank">here</a>), and then embossed - and it took it beautifully! I am so in love! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgODn6nCbUtOQbhA0yEYSVGbW9d1GJxwcpmUFkjyF7KgkYcRFg2xmHvBI9aOyrD5vu2bIQp4N2fGjx971MGQQJnDOwfJVhTTyjonqgC1_fHwfNHejbd87UQ6gXDn5rdC89oYtc5_JQqBQJNQV6ALLFQdbKwqoY5toh02wjzj-SVt18LeZSRQYvX79YX=s1080" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgODn6nCbUtOQbhA0yEYSVGbW9d1GJxwcpmUFkjyF7KgkYcRFg2xmHvBI9aOyrD5vu2bIQp4N2fGjx971MGQQJnDOwfJVhTTyjonqgC1_fHwfNHejbd87UQ6gXDn5rdC89oYtc5_JQqBQJNQV6ALLFQdbKwqoY5toh02wjzj-SVt18LeZSRQYvX79YX=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1gxTZisfTFINmYvDyoZ8i9ysRi-Va3Fwgo3BsNVZTiX4qDq3gwAqdMpSs-pCPFNldeBVANVE8VIehThkKHJNyL6IT78OcKWzqSfaQmQnEDIUQetQQkPsEvck_lTPfTHDIlbSe7vr6Ht9bIdudIoPrFP6DkUMaFh4LgHed0r_SnzymTE5gCqcQd1wg=s1080" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1gxTZisfTFINmYvDyoZ8i9ysRi-Va3Fwgo3BsNVZTiX4qDq3gwAqdMpSs-pCPFNldeBVANVE8VIehThkKHJNyL6IT78OcKWzqSfaQmQnEDIUQetQQkPsEvck_lTPfTHDIlbSe7vr6Ht9bIdudIoPrFP6DkUMaFh4LgHed0r_SnzymTE5gCqcQd1wg=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Have you used any of the new embossing folders yourself? Share your thoughts! :o)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Stay safe and crafty,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mirella</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><b style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">SUPPLY LIST</b><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">(please see affiliate disclaimer & essential supplies info </span><a href="http://www.handmadebymirella.com/p/disclaimer.html" style="color: #2b7cff; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; 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The next few weeks will hopefully finally be somewhat nice, although very very hard emotionally - there will be lots of people missing this year on my Christmas list :0( Thankfully, the Christmas joy that having children brings will somewhat balance it out! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">If you are new to Get Cracking on Christmas, please check out Jenn's blog <a href="https://shurkus.com/blog" target="_blank">here</a> - she is the master-mind behind this initiative, and is the best one to explain it! :o)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I have to tell you - the idea of making a few (or even one!) Christmas card each month has worked wonders for me, and whilst it might be somewhat awkward at times to create christmassy or wintery scenes in the middle of spring or summer - there's nothing awkward or stressful about having a pile of cards ready to go, come late November/early December! Therefore, I will most definitely be joining in next year again. <b>Do you want to join our Christmas crew, too? Get in touch with Jenn! </b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Today's card is something that I started working on weeks ago, and never fully finished... I am still not 100% sure if it's finished to my liking or not, but the longer I faff with it, the less ideas I seem to have, so I'll just leave it as is at this point. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">What do you think?</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjW7OfRB7aWlL8H60tWPQEuKQzd78YQ4_a_8Y5k6TKxbRKMaTZgWJDufx4HquOwMPo626jOE7y5FH_ydY6Ld5yGt-ZlrM9vFYRHgo31rlHIuwy_74jtsvy-tc8QW1ot6QWz4AkMpvB-7HGCEXPQ9rb3zlD8aShjmBV52O5y9ZM_wqfJtDWz2SjlidXn=s1080" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjW7OfRB7aWlL8H60tWPQEuKQzd78YQ4_a_8Y5k6TKxbRKMaTZgWJDufx4HquOwMPo626jOE7y5FH_ydY6Ld5yGt-ZlrM9vFYRHgo31rlHIuwy_74jtsvy-tc8QW1ot6QWz4AkMpvB-7HGCEXPQ9rb3zlD8aShjmBV52O5y9ZM_wqfJtDWz2SjlidXn=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbgfKZoSLJJPtFp2sfvMCy_sliTfskK60LQVtRYIsqT7L_BV6xuIPFhy7efs18tI9go29H88giPZ6UfDTjigFIpk6z9CFkCw2Q0KpbVW5_k05lKLpEC_eQYICmR58WD4Z2luFoEGPyV8LT9U7VVg_HK5KXIvykPI_W2ywI8n4vj1OU3VKvmlrvnRdk=s1080" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbgfKZoSLJJPtFp2sfvMCy_sliTfskK60LQVtRYIsqT7L_BV6xuIPFhy7efs18tI9go29H88giPZ6UfDTjigFIpk6z9CFkCw2Q0KpbVW5_k05lKLpEC_eQYICmR58WD4Z2luFoEGPyV8LT9U7VVg_HK5KXIvykPI_W2ywI8n4vj1OU3VKvmlrvnRdk=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1-bPcHckm4mdIFh1EwjCsv2H22ERgHKSqNPlYZD8YOoFGnst6D4BZoawArYy9uvYnLuKV7DoH2yNxcy-5R2ZZ_WYs7XBWXaTb3QRVL91fxbN-63kpX1k0SJ5zCrDPodiZGNtzJhiyhvPNpLhdOagj4HwpjcoZJxT-NTHHMY0KSUCjrjQqHgluzT5b=s1080" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1-bPcHckm4mdIFh1EwjCsv2H22ERgHKSqNPlYZD8YOoFGnst6D4BZoawArYy9uvYnLuKV7DoH2yNxcy-5R2ZZ_WYs7XBWXaTb3QRVL91fxbN-63kpX1k0SJ5zCrDPodiZGNtzJhiyhvPNpLhdOagj4HwpjcoZJxT-NTHHMY0KSUCjrjQqHgluzT5b=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">It is quite masculine, and not girly & cutesy, and I think this is why I am so unsure about this design, LOL! Either way, I am delighted with how the reindeer's nose turned out! </span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">If you want to see all my makes from 2021, please check out the blog post <a href="https://www.handmadebymirella.com/2021/11/get-cracking-on-christmas-2021-november.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I am not sure if I will be posting here before the end of the year, apologies for my lack of activity in 2021, I truly hope that 2022 will be truly craftylicious! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In the meantime - I hope you have a lovely Christmas (even if it's a bit of a sad one, like mine, but let's find some hope and comfort in this celebratory time!), and a fabulous New Year 2022! Here's to a really really healthy and safe one!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Stay safe and crafty,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mirella</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">SUPPLY LIST</b><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">(please see affiliate disclaimer & essential supplies info </span><a href="http://www.handmadebymirella.com/p/disclaimer.html" style="color: #2b7cff; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(43, 124, 255); font-kerning: none;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">):</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Stamp & Dies - MFT, Festive Friends (appears to be discontinued, sorry! However, some stores like <a href="https://sevenhillscrafts.co.uk/festive-friends-stamp.html" target="_blank">Seven Hills Crafts</a> still have the stamp set for sale! )</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Papers & embellishments - scraps from my stash</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><a href="https://www.shareasale.com/m-pr.cfm?merchantID=24698&userID=1253548&productID=575431480" target="_blank"><img alt="Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 25 Sheets" border="0" height="150" src="https://simonsaysstamp.blob.core.windows.net/images/products/1_75581_TH.JPG" width="150" /></a>
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</div>Mirellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184585360168449804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171330197838293601.post-67880825166903132672021-11-18T13:00:00.003+00:002021-11-18T13:00:00.212+00:00Get Cracking on Christmas 2021 - November <p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hi Everyone,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Can you believe that Christmas is in just over a month?! It's honestly blowing my mind! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I have been very inactive here, and in general on social media, as well as in my craft-room recently... I apologise if any of you feel left out with lack of comments and interactions from me - I hope that 2022 might be better from my side in relation to that aspect. I lost two very close family members over the last few months (one as recently as a week ago), and with the pandemic and restrictions it has taken a huge toll on me... So please bear with me, as I am trying to get over a huge emotional whirlwind! I miss my therapeutic crafty time, but at the same time I just don't feel ready for it at the moment...</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">If you are new to Get Cracking on Christmas, please check out Jenn's blog <a href="https://shurkus.com/blog" target="_blank">here</a> - she is the master-mind behind this initiative, and is the best one to explain it! :o)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I don't have any new makes for you this month, so I thought that I would share with you the cards I made throughout this year, for the Get Cracking posts. In case you missed any of the previous months - you might find these projects & photos inspirational; or perhaps you already forgot about some products/ideas that you have seen here on my blog before, and it might just give you that nudge to try them out!?</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">January (more info on these cards <a href="https://www.handmadebymirella.com/2021/01/get-cracking-on-christmas-2021-january.html" target="_blank">here</a>):</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KHimocygJNg/YZQTHO1oRqI/AAAAAAAA86U/TwDdiktxvH8TXe5sBYH-fQETwer-w7h8gCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Woodware%252C%2BPeaceful%2BNight%252C%2BGet%2BCracking%2Bon%2BChristmas1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KHimocygJNg/YZQTHO1oRqI/AAAAAAAA86U/TwDdiktxvH8TXe5sBYH-fQETwer-w7h8gCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Woodware%252C%2BPeaceful%2BNight%252C%2BGet%2BCracking%2Bon%2BChristmas1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n7yvgUS7blM/YZQTHIi7Y-I/AAAAAAAA86Q/zRfZQT53n1QW2E9v5owE3ghKheSe0jc4QCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Woodware%252C%2BPeaceful%2BNight%252C%2BGet%2BCracking%2Bon%2BChristmas4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n7yvgUS7blM/YZQTHIi7Y-I/AAAAAAAA86Q/zRfZQT53n1QW2E9v5owE3ghKheSe0jc4QCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Woodware%252C%2BPeaceful%2BNight%252C%2BGet%2BCracking%2Bon%2BChristmas4.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">February (more info <a href="https://www.handmadebymirella.com/2021/02/get-cracking-on-christmas-2021-february.html">here</a>):</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zhLAPEFrfNY/YZQTYQNXYUI/AAAAAAAA86g/aEYl83OC47IY7O4x_AxdRhaFvzn2ODPoACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Hello%2BBluebird%252C%2BQuiet%2BChristmas2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zhLAPEFrfNY/YZQTYQNXYUI/AAAAAAAA86g/aEYl83OC47IY7O4x_AxdRhaFvzn2ODPoACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Hello%2BBluebird%252C%2BQuiet%2BChristmas2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tMLmgHRTLkU/YZQTYdhd90I/AAAAAAAA86k/9Bcgz_rj3XEi_3Vnhf7WJNc_ThNEPQkQQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Quiet%2BChrismas%252C%2BHello%2BBluebird1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tMLmgHRTLkU/YZQTYdhd90I/AAAAAAAA86k/9Bcgz_rj3XEi_3Vnhf7WJNc_ThNEPQkQQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Quiet%2BChrismas%252C%2BHello%2BBluebird1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">I took a break in March, so here is April (more info <a href="https://www.handmadebymirella.com/2021/04/get-cracking-on-christmas-2021-april.html">here</a>):</span><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s6i-6P1-dik/YZQTrF3ceHI/AAAAAAAA860/iWmu6E_VBncV_pJBOxU7Xy0CJ3tuiZ_WgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/PinkFresh%2BStudio%252C%2BMerry%2BLittle%2BChristmas1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s6i-6P1-dik/YZQTrF3ceHI/AAAAAAAA860/iWmu6E_VBncV_pJBOxU7Xy0CJ3tuiZ_WgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/PinkFresh%2BStudio%252C%2BMerry%2BLittle%2BChristmas1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vwrOjvj8EDs/YZQTrEf_Q4I/AAAAAAAA86w/QEtrYk6j0HQ3NwBA47qvgMr_etvZPoGvQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/PinkFresh%2BStudio%252C%2BMerry%2BLittle%2BChristmas5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vwrOjvj8EDs/YZQTrEf_Q4I/AAAAAAAA86w/QEtrYk6j0HQ3NwBA47qvgMr_etvZPoGvQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/PinkFresh%2BStudio%252C%2BMerry%2BLittle%2BChristmas5.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I skipped May again, but June is one of my favourites of this year (more info <a href="https://www.handmadebymirella.com/2021/06/get-cracking-on-christmas-2021-june.html" target="_blank">here</a>), it's so cute, and I love the colours:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wAM4loqq1UE/YZQUE3_CwkI/AAAAAAAA87A/jbklW85nuz0Rrb0elZVrHBQClLRaev6kQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/MFT%252CFestive%2BFriends1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wAM4loqq1UE/YZQUE3_CwkI/AAAAAAAA87A/jbklW85nuz0Rrb0elZVrHBQClLRaev6kQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/MFT%252CFestive%2BFriends1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Okay, okay, I love the July ones also, haha! (<a href="https://www.handmadebymirella.com/2021/07/get-cracking-on-christmas-2021.html">click!</a>): </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o8WIBCESYh4/YZQUY9LddzI/AAAAAAAA87M/KlqQgbAV8_stCIZrIKvumCptJq4Im7RUACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Simon%2BSays%2BStamp%252C%2BCenter%2BCut%2BSnowflake%2BCling1.jpeg"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o8WIBCESYh4/YZQUY9LddzI/AAAAAAAA87M/KlqQgbAV8_stCIZrIKvumCptJq4Im7RUACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Simon%2BSays%2BStamp%252C%2BCenter%2BCut%2BSnowflake%2BCling1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i6z741iei-E/YZQUYtnYVNI/AAAAAAAA87I/QETVTiCqickDbQcTvgHw3kK1DMujYlpsACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Simon%2BSays%2BStamp%252C%2BCenter%2BCut%2BSnowflake%2BCling4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i6z741iei-E/YZQUYtnYVNI/AAAAAAAA87I/QETVTiCqickDbQcTvgHw3kK1DMujYlpsACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Simon%2BSays%2BStamp%252C%2BCenter%2BCut%2BSnowflake%2BCling4.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KYXPeOPk1I0/YZQUY95WrCI/AAAAAAAA87Q/wLAnzbdLedYXlfSAhghhGWaKTkBQ6Yw6QCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Simon%2BSays%2BStamp%252C%2BCenter%2BCut%2BSnowflake%2BCling7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KYXPeOPk1I0/YZQUY95WrCI/AAAAAAAA87Q/wLAnzbdLedYXlfSAhghhGWaKTkBQ6Yw6QCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Simon%2BSays%2BStamp%252C%2BCenter%2BCut%2BSnowflake%2BCling7.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">August was truly magical, and these are so easy to make, too! (more info <a href="https://www.handmadebymirella.com/2021/08/get-cracking-on-christmas-2021-august.html">here</a>): </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UilRzD_Vgg8/YZQUxRDgMDI/AAAAAAAA87c/iwiWAQyB5i00KQ5jKHzrOHnNkgpeELJZgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Trinity%2BStamps%252C%2BTree%2Bof%2Blights6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UilRzD_Vgg8/YZQUxRDgMDI/AAAAAAAA87c/iwiWAQyB5i00KQ5jKHzrOHnNkgpeELJZgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Trinity%2BStamps%252C%2BTree%2Bof%2Blights6.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">And September was the last time when I properly crafted :( (</span><a href="https://www.handmadebymirella.com/2021/09/get-cracking-on-christmas-2021-september.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">click</a><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> if you want to read more): </span></p></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2spdVnMiFw4/YZQVGIk3m9I/AAAAAAAA87o/xs9P9e6M0qEplez18WgL38ZzoJLcfRdMACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Kraft%2BChristmas%2BCards2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2spdVnMiFw4/YZQVGIk3m9I/AAAAAAAA87o/xs9P9e6M0qEplez18WgL38ZzoJLcfRdMACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Kraft%2BChristmas%2BCards2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GPZZCLGOfDQ/YZQVGBqeSpI/AAAAAAAA87k/XLG8OkIQ8T4BaKYJqMsG1Q1rOKkcgKrRQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Kraft%2BChristmas%2BCards5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GPZZCLGOfDQ/YZQVGBqeSpI/AAAAAAAA87k/XLG8OkIQ8T4BaKYJqMsG1Q1rOKkcgKrRQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Kraft%2BChristmas%2BCards5.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ghRVJ6DTwOY/YZQVGP-VNPI/AAAAAAAA87s/j92k0bpLYfYC_WzliGFn5xiKxhLVM6T7QCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Kraft%2BChristmas%2BCards8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ghRVJ6DTwOY/YZQVGP-VNPI/AAAAAAAA87s/j92k0bpLYfYC_WzliGFn5xiKxhLVM6T7QCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Kraft%2BChristmas%2BCards8.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />I feel very honoured to have been part of the Get Cracking inspiration group, and I hope we'll continue with this next year. It's great to work on our Christmas stashes throughout the year, and have some cards all nice and ready for when the final stretch creeps up on you, LOL! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">As it turns out, my Daughter's card design that she made at school will be our Christmas card for 2021, but I am still delighted to have these all ready to go, for when I need them. You can never have too many Christmas cards, am I right?</span><p></p></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Have you been working on your Christmas stash throughout the year with us? If so, share your links in the comments below, so I can have a peek! :o)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Stay safe and crafty,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mirella</span></div>Mirellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184585360168449804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171330197838293601.post-7562101426348521222021-09-16T13:00:00.001+01:002021-09-16T13:00:00.215+01:00Get Cracking On Christmas 2021 - September<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hi Everyone,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And so it is September already! My 6 year old recently asked me, how many days until Christmas, and I realised that it's just around the 100 day mark now, wow! Time really does fly...</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">If you are new to Get Cracking on Christmas, please check out Jenn's blog <a href="https://shurkus.com/blog" target="_blank">here</a> - she is the master-mind behind this initiative, and is the best one to explain it! :o)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Today's cards were inspired by a piece of patterned paper that a friend of mine gave me. They are three very easy designs, mostly made out of die cuts, and some small bit of stamping/heat embossing/splattering or simply doodling. Funnily enough, the third card was made out of scraps I was considering throwing away, and I think it's actually my favourite of them all now!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">For the first card, I was planning to use only die cuts, but in the end I opted to lightly stamp the deer image - I think it looks better that way. I added some "scenery" detail with a white coloured pencil, snowflakes stamped with VersaMark Ink, and there is some golden detailing on the deer itself (see close-ups). A delicate gold heat embossed sentiment, and voila - ready! Apologies for the not so great photos - the weather has not been kind here recently, plus somehow my camera got confused with the limited colour palette on the card!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kSycdbvEeB4/YUJRjCXR2KI/AAAAAAAA7xI/fPM1VqTSE8AmlMWTChUOoUYsMHaZfOGlQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Kraft%2BChristmas%2BCards2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kSycdbvEeB4/YUJRjCXR2KI/AAAAAAAA7xI/fPM1VqTSE8AmlMWTChUOoUYsMHaZfOGlQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Kraft%2BChristmas%2BCards2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q-HfkLIAzVE/YUJRjMVSH-I/AAAAAAAA7xE/iwGdQ7xmB4sW4vXfyD_ZB-X7juG5sAFKACLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Kraft%2BChristmas%2BCards3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q-HfkLIAzVE/YUJRjMVSH-I/AAAAAAAA7xE/iwGdQ7xmB4sW4vXfyD_ZB-X7juG5sAFKACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Kraft%2BChristmas%2BCards3.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AW-aNvZj3p4/YUJRjCdYP3I/AAAAAAAA7xM/4kc1VzjtFC8J0AE9Yu1xH9pzf1wk7cR4QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Kraft%2BChristmas%2BCards4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AW-aNvZj3p4/YUJRjCdYP3I/AAAAAAAA7xM/4kc1VzjtFC8J0AE9Yu1xH9pzf1wk7cR4QCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Kraft%2BChristmas%2BCards4.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The second card is probably the closest one to the patterned paper that inspired me in the first place - I couldn't believe it when I saw these little tree clusters amongst my stamp sets (by the way, I tried to link to all the sets used at the bottom of the post... I am sorry, I used a random mix of stamp & die sets, to match the ideas I had in my head...you definitely don't need them all to create a similar look - challenge yourself to see what you have in your stash & use that! You might have to, since some of the sets are retired already, LOL)!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Dg4m51btJwc/YUJTCt6g70I/AAAAAAAA7xk/UV4K8G1FVKwIkdQKfe_niv_yotMUiwJ0ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Kraft%2BChristmas%2BCards8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Dg4m51btJwc/YUJTCt6g70I/AAAAAAAA7xk/UV4K8G1FVKwIkdQKfe_niv_yotMUiwJ0ACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Kraft%2BChristmas%2BCards8.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bEKrFc4PbRI/YUJTCreWxTI/AAAAAAAA7xg/b_iBJ7GxtNccxPTW2erB1qgWLEN42aUhwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Kraft%2BChristmas%2BCards9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bEKrFc4PbRI/YUJTCreWxTI/AAAAAAAA7xg/b_iBJ7GxtNccxPTW2erB1qgWLEN42aUhwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Kraft%2BChristmas%2BCards9.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And finally, the card made of "scraps" and leftovers... I was doodling on these trees purely for fun, as I was then going to throw them away... In the end, they helped me create my favourite card for today. One woman's trash can be the same woman's treasure, as it turns out, LOL!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1-wNW-Q8jdw/YUJTf_3BZ6I/AAAAAAAA7x0/4IHOPfMPjEwKxlf-jcB5-hywGceXL4D5QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Kraft%2BChristmas%2BCards5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1-wNW-Q8jdw/YUJTf_3BZ6I/AAAAAAAA7x0/4IHOPfMPjEwKxlf-jcB5-hywGceXL4D5QCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Kraft%2BChristmas%2BCards5.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lNkxttsFjHI/YUJTf983WPI/AAAAAAAA7x4/aYdqZIyTsEQFoTKgjvNminiJ1ZdYK-XswCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Kraft%2BChristmas%2BCards6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lNkxttsFjHI/YUJTf983WPI/AAAAAAAA7x4/aYdqZIyTsEQFoTKgjvNminiJ1ZdYK-XswCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Kraft%2BChristmas%2BCards6.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EYUQNSfKnbU/YUJTf7yc_qI/AAAAAAAA7xw/qZGzr5ULYwENYBfhqSC5Yx_RpET8dmKDACLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Kraft%2BChristmas%2BCards7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EYUQNSfKnbU/YUJTf7yc_qI/AAAAAAAA7xw/qZGzr5ULYwENYBfhqSC5Yx_RpET8dmKDACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Kraft%2BChristmas%2BCards7.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Here is the patterned paper that I used for inspiration. Now I challenge you - create something inspired by this patterned paper, and let me know in the comments where I can see your makes! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Gn1vKalMMw8/YUJTxp2D5JI/AAAAAAAA7yE/IuB8sL_7an8sL5geV2rbZnwWy2NnoC1cwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Kraft%2BChristmas%2BCards1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Gn1vKalMMw8/YUJTxp2D5JI/AAAAAAAA7yE/IuB8sL_7an8sL5geV2rbZnwWy2NnoC1cwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Kraft%2BChristmas%2BCards1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Stay safe and crafty,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mirella</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">SUPPLY LIST</b><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">(please see affiliate disclaimer & essential supplies info </span><a href="http://www.handmadebymirella.com/p/disclaimer.html" style="color: #2b7cff; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">here</span></a><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">):</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">"Peace on Earth" sentiment - is from Quiet Christmas by Hello Bluebird </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">Most of the sentiments & some of the trees - "Trio of trees" by MFT (retired)</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">Deer die cuts - "Delightful Deer" by MFT (I believe also retired?)</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><u style="font-size: 13.2px;">FROM TRINITY STAMPS SHOP:</u></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><u style="font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></u></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://shrsl.com/35ve3" target="_blank">Joyeux Noel Stamp Set</a> </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><u style="font-size: 13.2px;"><a href="https://shrsl.com/2ot20" style="color: #1f61ad; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Joyeux Noel Coordinating Die set</a></u></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><u style="font-size: 13.2px;">FROM SIMON SAYS STAMP:</u></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><u style="font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></u></div>
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Mirellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184585360168449804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171330197838293601.post-52938055361695874902021-08-19T13:00:00.002+01:002021-08-19T13:00:00.212+01:00Get Cracking on Christmas 2021 - August<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hi Everyone,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Can you believe it's August already? Christmas is fast approaching, and if you still haven't started on your Christmas cards, why don't you join us, to build up your stash in advance? </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">If you are new to Get Cracking on Christmas, please check out Jenn's blog </span><a href="https://shurkus.com/blog" style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"> - she is the master-mind behind this initiative, and is the best one to explain it! :o)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Today's cards are real stunners, although in the photos they maybe don't look that nice - I find shimmery cards really hard to photograph, I'm sorry! </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B6ahSc0hMNk/YRwKUcoolXI/AAAAAAAA7VE/oEvffj_yRygfvVnnrMMQ9VuU1LDtgUBFQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Trinity%2BStamps%252C%2BTree%2Bof%2Blights6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B6ahSc0hMNk/YRwKUcoolXI/AAAAAAAA7VE/oEvffj_yRygfvVnnrMMQ9VuU1LDtgUBFQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Trinity%2BStamps%252C%2BTree%2Bof%2Blights6.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This fantastic Tree of Lights stencil by Trinity Stamps is a real must have in your Christmas stash, I believe - it helps creating gorgeous cards and timeless designs in no time! I was planning on adding a simple strip with a sentiment on top of the Christmas trees, but I honestly think that the images speak for themselves - I will make sure to add some nice stamped sentiments inside instead!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">What I believe really finishes these cards off are the gorgeous colourful baubles - not only do they add some colour & texture, but they also help with filling up some areas that I thought looked perhaps a bit empty.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dJQUYlG1G-8/YRwKijkWPLI/AAAAAAAA7VU/sjCK6HOTCjQ_bWKLRLxyjsgEKfElEh8gwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Trinity%2BStamps%252C%2BTree%2Bof%2Blights7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dJQUYlG1G-8/YRwKijkWPLI/AAAAAAAA7VU/sjCK6HOTCjQ_bWKLRLxyjsgEKfElEh8gwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Trinity%2BStamps%252C%2BTree%2Bof%2Blights7.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CmxxOOjLjhY/YRwKh6FefJI/AAAAAAAA7VI/FvPldbu89LUEWRrIgNa1M7ZccgHq2FwbACLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Trinity%2BStamps%252C%2BTree%2Bof%2Blights12.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CmxxOOjLjhY/YRwKh6FefJI/AAAAAAAA7VI/FvPldbu89LUEWRrIgNa1M7ZccgHq2FwbACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Trinity%2BStamps%252C%2BTree%2Bof%2Blights12.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Which colour do you like best?</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In case you're looking for more inspiration with this stencil, I also made a non-traditional card with it last year, which you can see <a href="https://www.handmadebymirella.com/2020/12/a-stunning-christmas-card-using-no.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Stay safe and crafty,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mirella</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">SUPPLY LIST</b><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">(please see affiliate disclaimer & essential supplies info </span><a href="http://www.handmadebymirella.com/p/disclaimer.html" style="color: #2b7cff; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">here</span></a><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">):</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">Glitter paper - from my stash </span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><u style="font-size: 13.2px;">FROM TRINITY STAMPS SHOP:</u></div><div style="background-color: white; 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Mirellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184585360168449804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171330197838293601.post-18351642274347962472021-08-01T18:31:00.008+01:002021-08-01T18:32:48.674+01:00Simon Says Stamp Blooming Meadow cards<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hi Everyone,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Happy August! I cannot believe that it's August already! 2021 seems to be flying by! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I am just popping real quick here today, to share with you two simple cards I made recently, with the gorgeous Blooming Meadow stamp & die set by Simon Says Stamp. I have tonnes of ideas for this set, but for now I created two cards by "colouring" the flowers with two tones of inks. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A lot of people wanted to know what supplies I used for these, so I decided that putting these in a blog post would be the easiest. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ixbt0cQPap0/YQbVQB8-D1I/AAAAAAAA69c/we837Y3Ixl4kpdd1X0dwQ0QHfdBVuXXoQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Simon%2BSays%2BStamp%2BBlooming%2BMeadow1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ixbt0cQPap0/YQbVQB8-D1I/AAAAAAAA69c/we837Y3Ixl4kpdd1X0dwQ0QHfdBVuXXoQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Simon%2BSays%2BStamp%2BBlooming%2BMeadow1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XLyHU02JYDA/YQbVP2Xf-7I/AAAAAAAA69U/CzJiJFh2TmAfXL5AZ2QmHnB880Q2nP3ZwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Simon%2BSays%2BStamp%2BBlooming%2BMeadow2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Mirellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184585360168449804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171330197838293601.post-63171368620660992062021-07-15T13:00:00.058+01:002021-08-01T16:31:39.281+01:00Get Cracking on Christmas 2021 - Christmas in July<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hi Everyone,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Can you believe that it's July already? We're past the half-way point to Christmas, eek! Are you getting ready with us? I hope so! But if not, it's not too late to join in on the fun! :o)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">If you are unfamiliar with the Get Cracking on Christmas initiative, please check out Jenn Shurkus's blog <a href="https://shurkus.com/blog" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This month, we are celebrating "Christmas in July", and so some of us might have sweet surprises/giveaways for you! Want to know what mine is? Keep reading! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I made three cards this month - all very alike, but at the same time slightly different. If you know me, you know that I am not one for mass-producing, and I pride myself in making all of my cards one of a kind (unless specifically requested otherwise). Looking at the photos and the cards themselves now, I find it pretty fascinating that all of these started with just a white sheet of watercolour paper... What a transformation!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I won't go into huge amount of detail of how I made these, as there isn't really much into it. The first two were simply a result of me playing with watercolours, or with watered down Distress Inks mixed with Liquid Pixie Dust, to be more precise. The third background was made by using up the remaining ink/paint I had on my glass mat, with different brush strokes, and a slightly drier brush. Add to that some heat embossing, a tiny bit of die-cutting, and a whole lotta mixed bling, and voila!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And, I must say a big thank you to Jenn herself - it was a card that I received from her that inspired me to go with that design! <3 </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The shimmer on these is insane, and I love the non-traditional colours, too! It's recently something I have been really enjoying on my Christmas creations. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0nqN1a9Pfzg/YO8-qI74PSI/AAAAAAAA6P8/PKlxtJDDDJg1ZCVycuQTHcfS7dTlJa1xQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Simon%2BSays%2BStamp%252C%2BCenter%2BCut%2BSnowflake%2BCling1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0nqN1a9Pfzg/YO8-qI74PSI/AAAAAAAA6P8/PKlxtJDDDJg1ZCVycuQTHcfS7dTlJa1xQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Simon%2BSays%2BStamp%252C%2BCenter%2BCut%2BSnowflake%2BCling1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9srtSDJa-EI/YO8-qHmJlAI/AAAAAAAA6QA/CWvKGUa-4rkCHjDH5BjrQblCVBTPFldAACLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Simon%2BSays%2BStamp%252C%2BCenter%2BCut%2BSnowflake%2BCling2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QrI0cSqwdLU/YO8-rqETJcI/AAAAAAAA6QY/zIVRKxwDyjADUhEHjadDzXAYJf6EfrWkwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Simon%2BSays%2BStamp%252C%2BCenter%2BCut%2BSnowflake%2BCling8.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4ycTFKQxEYQ/YO8-r4TCh5I/AAAAAAAA6Qc/6Mb8s9kiiCYrUs8B1C0VsBaemPzomSItgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Simon%2BSays%2BStamp%252C%2BCenter%2BCut%2BSnowflake%2BCling9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4ycTFKQxEYQ/YO8-r4TCh5I/AAAAAAAA6Qc/6Mb8s9kiiCYrUs8B1C0VsBaemPzomSItgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Simon%2BSays%2BStamp%252C%2BCenter%2BCut%2BSnowflake%2BCling9.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Now, for the <b>GIVEAWAY</b> part. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Edited on August 1st: The winner is SUZANNE H, congratulations! Please message me via the "contact me" tab, with the prize you want to receive from my destash page, and your address. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--sriGUz_jLk/YQa-HPTF4LI/AAAAAAAA69M/FhnpThya_CIrLMEKlYTFOiWJHKqo_kj9QCLcBGAsYHQ/s751/Screenshot%2B2021-08-01%2Bat%2B16.29.51.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="106" data-original-width="751" height="90" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--sriGUz_jLk/YQa-HPTF4LI/AAAAAAAA69M/FhnpThya_CIrLMEKlYTFOiWJHKqo_kj9QCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h90/Screenshot%2B2021-08-01%2Bat%2B16.29.51.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I am giving away 1 stamp set (with coordinating dies, if applicable) or 1 die set, up to the value of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">€15,</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> from my Destash Page (</span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/destashbymirella/?hl=en" style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;" target="_blank">@destashbymirella</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">) - so the real value of the item you choose might be higher than that, really, since my destash prices are of course already reduced in comparison to the original prices of the products. There are both new and used stamps/dies there, so it's up to you what you want to choose!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><strike>Rules?</strike></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><strike>- be my follower on Instagram (@handmadebymirella), following my destash page (@destashbymirella) is optional</strike></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><strike>- leave me a comment here, letting me know what caught your eye on the destash page (that doesn't mean that this is what you have to choose as your prize, if you are the winner - we can agree on that later)</strike></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><strike>- I will choose the winner on the 1st of August, and announce them here in this blog post. The winner will then have 2 weeks to contact me, via the "Contact me" tab on the blog. </strike></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><strike>- Please note that I cannot guarantee that all of the items currently listed on my destash page will still be available there on and after August 1st, since I might make sales from it in the meantime. But I do hope that you will find something for yourself there either way :o)</strike></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><strike>- open internationally, if for some reason I am unable to post the prize out, due to Covid 19 restrictions, we'll come up with a solution, I'm sure!</strike></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Stay safe and crafty,</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mirella</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">SUPPLY LIST</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">(please see affiliate disclaimer & essential supplies info </span><a href="http://www.handmadebymirella.com/p/disclaimer.html" style="background-color: white; color: #2b7cff; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(43, 124, 255); font-kerning: none;">here</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">):</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Bling - various from my stash, mostly from my "leftovers" box :o)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Polish sentiment - by Agateria</span></p>
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Mirellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184585360168449804noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171330197838293601.post-62854034578805216392021-07-14T20:37:00.002+01:002021-07-31T20:45:28.677+01:00Amelia's & Hanna's Teacher Cards<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hi Everyone,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Just a quick post today, to share with you the cards that my girls (age 3 and age 5) made for their teachers this year. The rummaged through my left-over images, and their own sticker stashes, and created these, totally unsupervised (not Mama's proudest moment, but I had something else to attend to whilst they were making these, so I literally didn't help at all!). </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Aren't they very cute? I think my favourite one is the one with the letter S turned into a snake - how creative is that?!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dtYEXoamlBg/YQWno1RNzpI/AAAAAAAA67U/bBcwoOH8oOcnm8z2eM3FZop5RQSzXoRjACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_0128.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dtYEXoamlBg/YQWno1RNzpI/AAAAAAAA67U/bBcwoOH8oOcnm8z2eM3FZop5RQSzXoRjACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/IMG_0128.heic" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wsIr-aUxiwU/YQWnoxelYNI/AAAAAAAA67c/esUhlP-L0dwIWND2WBgwkpro252GvHX5ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_0129.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wsIr-aUxiwU/YQWnoxelYNI/AAAAAAAA67c/esUhlP-L0dwIWND2WBgwkpro252GvHX5ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/IMG_0129.heic" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xncQ50sba5o/YQWno7qYd-I/AAAAAAAA67Y/KrWQZleL-PYB6dxJJXVlyoHXkhCN21olQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_0130.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xncQ50sba5o/YQWno7qYd-I/AAAAAAAA67Y/KrWQZleL-PYB6dxJJXVlyoHXkhCN21olQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/IMG_0130.heic" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8xbQBNPeb4w/YQWnqF9ZmAI/AAAAAAAA67g/DxsZqSonZLQdDkMjjiIjwouoclHheIwcwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_0903.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8xbQBNPeb4w/YQWnqF9ZmAI/AAAAAAAA67g/DxsZqSonZLQdDkMjjiIjwouoclHheIwcwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/IMG_0903.heic" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YTAsJ9tYEm4/YQWnqdYeSBI/AAAAAAAA67k/5zGUjsdL4kkOBai9VvVI56EuAHSHXK_2ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_0907.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YTAsJ9tYEm4/YQWnqdYeSBI/AAAAAAAA67k/5zGUjsdL4kkOBai9VvVI56EuAHSHXK_2ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/IMG_0907.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BpW-UbS6RBA/YQWntIz8RjI/AAAAAAAA67o/UlUeNn65O80BfNxfLUaZY4CQ-CvHx_qzQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_0126.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BpW-UbS6RBA/YQWntIz8RjI/AAAAAAAA67o/UlUeNn65O80BfNxfLUaZY4CQ-CvHx_qzQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/IMG_0126.heic" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I am going to enter these on the girls' behalf to the <a href="https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-kids-vacation-challenge-2/" target="_blank">Simon Says Stamp Kids Vacation Challenge</a>.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Stay safe and crafty,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mirella</span></p>Mirellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184585360168449804noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171330197838293601.post-10914248892199742432021-06-17T13:00:00.003+01:002021-06-17T13:00:00.218+01:00Get Cracking On Christmas 2021 - June<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Hi Everyone,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Long time no see! I have disappeared from the crafty world for a while (don't worry, I am fine, life simply got a bit busier recently than anticipated!), and it will probably still take me a while to come back on a regular basis, but I am popping in today, to share with you my new Get Cracking on Christmas 2021 make. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">If you are new to Get Cracking on Christmas, please check out Jenn's blog <a href="https://shurkus.com/blog" target="_blank">here</a> - she is the master-mind behind this initiative, and is the best one to explain it! :o)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I am planning to have 2 Christmas cards made this month, as always, but for now I am sharing only one with you - once the second one is finished (it's in the making!), I might add it here at a later stage. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It's hard to get back to crafting after a long break, at least I find it quite intimidating, so today's card is rather simple, but absolutely adorable! As you will see, I opted for rather non-traditional Christmas colours (love the pink/turquoise combo!), and kept the scene quite simple, as I wanted that super cute image to be the main focus of the card. I hope you like it:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0tZuGJ58ACA/YMkH46mgI5I/AAAAAAAA5RA/wi2I7Ic0ZmcbYKIj1INIC9zt-tboAjJrACLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/MFT%252CFestive%2BFriends1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0tZuGJ58ACA/YMkH46mgI5I/AAAAAAAA5RA/wi2I7Ic0ZmcbYKIj1INIC9zt-tboAjJrACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/MFT%252CFestive%2BFriends1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ruakCN6rqDU/YMkH47zcSzI/AAAAAAAA5Q8/ORWqjrPtlBojs74Q-CvLZiA1hpUgvA9dACLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/MFT%252CFestive%2BFriends2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ruakCN6rqDU/YMkH47zcSzI/AAAAAAAA5Q8/ORWqjrPtlBojs74Q-CvLZiA1hpUgvA9dACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/MFT%252CFestive%2BFriends2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XQwreFpoxBA/YMkH41quEUI/AAAAAAAA5Q4/NSdywchGUQoYRAA90CXTRylAGE08pGYGQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/MFT%252CFestive%2BFriends3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XQwreFpoxBA/YMkH41quEUI/AAAAAAAA5Q4/NSdywchGUQoYRAA90CXTRylAGE08pGYGQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/MFT%252CFestive%2BFriends3.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The background was created with some paste & a stencil, and I simply popped the coloured images on top of it, with foam tape. The scarves, hats and light bulbs are sparkly, but it's hard to capture the sparkle in photos, sorry! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Isn't it fun and cute?</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Do you like using non-traditional colours on your Christmas cards, or are you more of a traditionalist? I can't wait to hear your preference!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Stay safe and crafty,<br />Mirella</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">SUPPLY LIST</b><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">(please see affiliate disclaimer & essential supplies info </span><a href="http://www.handmadebymirella.com/p/disclaimer.html" style="color: #2b7cff; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(43, 124, 255); font-kerning: none;">here</span></a><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">):</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Stamp & Dies - MFT, Festive Friends (appears to be discontinued? 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Mirellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184585360168449804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171330197838293601.post-87956884959695140782021-04-15T13:00:00.076+01:002021-04-15T13:00:00.220+01:00Get Cracking on Christmas 2021 - April<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hi Everyone,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I took a little break from crafting recently, hence had no Christmassy post for you last month, but I am back and ready to rock and roll again!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As you know, <a href="https://shurkus.com/blog" target="_blank">Jenn Shurkus</a>, myself, and some other crazy crafters are coming together each month, to inspire you to make Christmas cards throughout the year, in order to avoid drama and tears in November/December ;o) I did that on my own account last year, and it worked a treat, Christmas was finally stress-free in relation to cards, so I am sticking to it from now on! Jenn is also organising some additional crafty fun, like a YouTube live on April 17th, so make sure to check our her <a href="https://shurkus.com/blog" target="_blank">blog</a> for more details. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Last year, I made these two fun cards, in case you're looking for additional inspiration --> <a href="https://www.handmadebymirella.com/2020/03/preparing-for-christmas-2020-march.html" target="_blank">CLICK</a>!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This year, I made two almost identical in concept cards, but with a completely different feel, due to different colour schemes. My husband finds one of the cards Christmassy, the other not at all (I guess he's a traditionalist), and I suppose I am usually all for the more traditional colours myself, but I must say - I think "pink Christmas" is a winner for me this time! I have tonnes of friends who don't celebrate Christmas as such, for different beliefs & religions reasons, but they still are in the Christmassy mood & I still want to send some of them a card in December, so I think the pink version will be perfect for one of them! Fun, contemporary and girly... </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lUNaxIQjM0Q/YHX1W7aD54I/AAAAAAAA4eo/-5EJj4L4xE8t_2172zSDyHdurBHEFkLtACLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/PinkFresh%2BStudio%252C%2BMerry%2BLittle%2BChristmas6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lUNaxIQjM0Q/YHX1W7aD54I/AAAAAAAA4eo/-5EJj4L4xE8t_2172zSDyHdurBHEFkLtACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/PinkFresh%2BStudio%252C%2BMerry%2BLittle%2BChristmas6.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I used the gorgeous Merry Little Christmas cling stamp set by PinkFresh Studio for my cards, and all I really did was some heat embossing, and some ink blending. Reds, whites and golds for the more traditional card, and pinks, whites & some navy for the other one. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">You will note that the red card has some detailing with a white coloured pencil, too - I thought it was a nice addition, and tied in well with the card base, and the heat embossed sentiment. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2kCBslE9D28/YHX2K01W5gI/AAAAAAAA4fE/L2wjoUdoDDw5NDNz91pYdFL1jZTiUsSzACLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/PinkFresh%2BStudio%252C%2BMerry%2BLittle%2BChristmas7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2kCBslE9D28/YHX2K01W5gI/AAAAAAAA4fE/L2wjoUdoDDw5NDNz91pYdFL1jZTiUsSzACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/PinkFresh%2BStudio%252C%2BMerry%2BLittle%2BChristmas7.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">The red card is one of those that doesn't really make the right impact when photographed in the more traditional way (golden heat embossing is hard to capture!), hence why I started with the close up photos, as I think you can appreciate it more that way. In real life, it's truly luscious and gorgeous.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K3axCQVPuU0/YHX2kY04W-I/AAAAAAAA4fM/_CAZf5eKPW0CHutKOonwnWW8mIdz3dAyQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/PinkFresh%2BStudio%252C%2BMerry%2BLittle%2BChristmas5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K3axCQVPuU0/YHX2kY04W-I/AAAAAAAA4fM/_CAZf5eKPW0CHutKOonwnWW8mIdz3dAyQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/PinkFresh%2BStudio%252C%2BMerry%2BLittle%2BChristmas5.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">For the pink card, I went with an identical concept, just switched the colours & the embellishment placing a little bit. Also, instead of white pencil details, I opted for some metallic splatters, and some metallic gold paint around the edges. I love how the white, gold and pink goes with the navy!</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5P31P8b2F24/YHX3SL5t3hI/AAAAAAAA4fY/OL7gTM3aDxETodTyoj68G2WWddyXELU8gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/PinkFresh%2BStudio%252C%2BMerry%2BLittle%2BChristmas1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5P31P8b2F24/YHX3SL5t3hI/AAAAAAAA4fY/OL7gTM3aDxETodTyoj68G2WWddyXELU8gCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/PinkFresh%2BStudio%252C%2BMerry%2BLittle%2BChristmas1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kYjm-NJTA5s/YHX3SN2boWI/AAAAAAAA4fU/GoPjJdT5DZg8IZGCSodU7rKKMqmGP6IggCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/PinkFresh%2BStudio%252C%2BMerry%2BLittle%2BChristmas2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kYjm-NJTA5s/YHX3SN2boWI/AAAAAAAA4fU/GoPjJdT5DZg8IZGCSodU7rKKMqmGP6IggCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/PinkFresh%2BStudio%252C%2BMerry%2BLittle%2BChristmas2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Again, the gold details don't photograph super easily and well, but I hope you can see some of the details I mentioned before in the close-ups.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7Hqm8PaD8Sw/YHX3Sscr2cI/AAAAAAAA4fg/wejYARP0dIwtFs3CvRKINqI_3UVwOjUpwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/PinkFresh%2BStudio%252C%2BMerry%2BLittle%2BChristmas4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7Hqm8PaD8Sw/YHX3Sscr2cI/AAAAAAAA4fg/wejYARP0dIwtFs3CvRKINqI_3UVwOjUpwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/PinkFresh%2BStudio%252C%2BMerry%2BLittle%2BChristmas4.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tBglo3BF_X0/YHX3SOrHZQI/AAAAAAAA4fc/nNHtrRJxktQoQXoqEr4Fdz4sBZKpsXx8wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/PinkFresh%2BStudio%252C%2BMerry%2BLittle%2BChristmas3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tBglo3BF_X0/YHX3SOrHZQI/AAAAAAAA4fc/nNHtrRJxktQoQXoqEr4Fdz4sBZKpsXx8wCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/PinkFresh%2BStudio%252C%2BMerry%2BLittle%2BChristmas3.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So, which team are you? Team red or team pink? </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Stay safe and crafty,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mirella</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">SUPPLY LIST</b><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">(please see affiliate disclaimer & essential supplies info </span><a href="http://www.handmadebymirella.com/p/disclaimer.html" style="color: #2b7cff; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(43, 124, 255); font-kerning: none;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">):</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span></p><div><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">From Scrapbook.com:</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">
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Mirellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184585360168449804noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171330197838293601.post-53916653415194396432021-02-18T13:00:00.004+00:002021-04-13T21:25:57.169+01:00Get Cracking on Christmas 2021 - February<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hi Everyone,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hope you're all doing well! I have had a loooooong break from crafting, much longer that I had originally planned, but I am happy to say that I am slowly getting back into it. I missed making cards so very much, and I am finally becoming my happy self again, spending some evenings in my little crafty corner... I might not be fully up to speed yet, but I'll get there! :o)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Today, I am joining <a href="https://shurkus.com/blog" target="_blank">Jenn Shurkus</a> again, with her <b>Get Cracking On Christmas</b> initiative. My personal plan/goal, is to make at least 2 Christmas cards every month, but I currently have only 1 card to share with you. Make sure to come back in a few days, though, as I am planning to add a little something here, once it's finished (hopefully over the weekend). --> Update: now added!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This month, it's all about CAS-like designs, with the focus on a section of a background, and one image. I used my Trinity Stamps layered stencils for the backgrounds - they make masking off parts of your project so easy, and I love that I can use them over and over again. I used Distress Oxide Inks and some metallic paints for the night sky background, and I coloured the sweet image by Hello Bluebird with my Copics - going for a very simple, only partial colouring. I felt like I wanted a bit more of a pop of colour, and in the end I also added the little bird to my scene. For the sentiment, I opted for a more general one, rather than a Chrismas-specific one, as I have a lot of friends who don't really celebrate Christmas as such but I still like to be able to send them something, come December. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I die cut the panel with my recently favourite die by Pink Fresh Studio (get ready, you'll see it used A LOT on my coming projects!), and I adhered it to a wine-red card base.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And voila!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KtyS-HfCH7Y/YHX-GebUZ9I/AAAAAAAA4gg/i3wdhmifL38KxwGR5TjFe8vHKG95L3A4wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Hello%2BBluebird%252C%2BQuiet%2BChristmas2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KtyS-HfCH7Y/YHX-GebUZ9I/AAAAAAAA4gg/i3wdhmifL38KxwGR5TjFe8vHKG95L3A4wCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Hello%2BBluebird%252C%2BQuiet%2BChristmas2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QQK814so6ao/YHX-GIG1AgI/AAAAAAAA4gc/l9MG0X1vQFw4QI4LJDrVxzr65OYe6pThgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Hello%2BBluebird%252C%2BQuiet%2BChristmas3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QQK814so6ao/YHX-GIG1AgI/AAAAAAAA4gc/l9MG0X1vQFw4QI4LJDrVxzr65OYe6pThgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Hello%2BBluebird%252C%2BQuiet%2BChristmas3.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZkvcF-wmjzY/YHX-GPPNzfI/AAAAAAAA4gY/-VKXbSzRQyIpI2p5gprx635PtepZ2SjeQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Hello%2BBluebird%252C%2BQuiet%2BChristmas4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZkvcF-wmjzY/YHX-GPPNzfI/AAAAAAAA4gY/-VKXbSzRQyIpI2p5gprx635PtepZ2SjeQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Hello%2BBluebird%252C%2BQuiet%2BChristmas4.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YHmHY3-BagQ/YHX9jf7hBPI/AAAAAAAA4f8/bLcGInrY0b8W4ZUEoneqiDsPZrwoGzJ1ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Quiet%2BChrismas%252C%2BHello%2BBluebird1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YHmHY3-BagQ/YHX9jf7hBPI/AAAAAAAA4f8/bLcGInrY0b8W4ZUEoneqiDsPZrwoGzJ1ACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Quiet%2BChrismas%252C%2BHello%2BBluebird1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3uXICEu3Rtk/YHX9jBeaZQI/AAAAAAAA4f4/91fFyhF4viwBV8ZfxAPAtECXyNmmi0SLgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Quiet%2BChrismas%252C%2BHello%2BBluebird2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3uXICEu3Rtk/YHX9jBeaZQI/AAAAAAAA4f4/91fFyhF4viwBV8ZfxAPAtECXyNmmi0SLgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Quiet%2BChrismas%252C%2BHello%2BBluebird2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KOT96cmfsLE/YHX9jGz8vrI/AAAAAAAA4f0/kl5K9TNP5CYpV6UEh4gH5SeazTOSLv5PACLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Quiet%2BChrismas%252C%2BHello%2BBluebird3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KOT96cmfsLE/YHX9jGz8vrI/AAAAAAAA4f0/kl5K9TNP5CYpV6UEh4gH5SeazTOSLv5PACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Quiet%2BChrismas%252C%2BHello%2BBluebird3.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Are you going to crack with us this month? ;o) If so, please do share!</p></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Stay safe and crafty,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mirella</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">SUPPLY LIST</b><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">(please see affiliate disclaimer & essential supplies info </span><a href="http://www.handmadebymirella.com/p/disclaimer.html" style="color: #2b7cff; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(43, 124, 255); font-kerning: none;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">):</span></p><div><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">Stamp set: <a href="https://shop.hellobluebird.com/products/hb-2084" target="_blank">Hello Bluebird, Quiet Christmas</a></span></div><div><span><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">HoneyBee Stamps Bokeh Lights Confetti Mix</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">From Trinity Stamps Directly:</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">- <a href="https://shrsl.com/22pcz " target="_blank">Blending Buddy</a></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">- <a href="https://shrsl.com/2suem " target="_blank">A2 Foundations Oval Stencil Set</a></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span></p></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span></div>
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Mirellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184585360168449804noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171330197838293601.post-67635539983963482702021-01-21T13:00:00.006+00:002021-02-17T20:45:16.998+00:00Get cracking on Christmas 2021 - January<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Hello Everyone,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Happy New Year! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas, and that the first few weeks of 2021 have been good to you!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">For me personally, 2021 has been pretty crappy so far, I am afraid, but I am hoping that this means that it can only get better! ;0)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As you may remember, I promised myself to make 2-3 Christmas cards each month last year, and - whilst I didn't get the chance to blog about all of them - I did actually manage to keep myself to that promise! It made my pre-Christmas time really relaxing from the card-making & card-sending point of view (I had everything in the post by the end of November!), and so I decided to continue with this process in 2021.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To my delight, the amazing Jenn Shurkus invited me to join her in her initiative called <b>"Get cracking on Christmas"</b>, where like-minded Christmas obsessed and highly organised (yeah right) people like Jenn herself and I invite you to that little challenge, of making something Christmassy each month. Every month, on the third Thursday of the month, a bunch of crafters will be sharing their inspiration with you, in the hope that you will join in, and share your makes with us, too! Jenn will even be hosting a FB Live every month, where she'll be talking about how she made her cards, and share other crafty news with you - this will be a great opportunity to mingle, and perhaps even craft at the same time?! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Pop over to <a href="https://shurkus.com/cards/get-cracking-merriest-of-christmases" target="_blank">Jenn's blog</a>, to read all the nitty gritty details!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Here are my two cards for this month (you don't need to make two, this is my personal challenge for myself, to attempt 2-3 each month), I hope you like them! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ObArY02POu8/YAiaTj1v7oI/AAAAAAAA3Qk/xQfSOiHvPvs-n1Gs5eldz6kaLZL61-ObACLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Woodware%252C%2BPeaceful%2BNight%252C%2BGet%2BCracking%2Bon%2BChristmas1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ObArY02POu8/YAiaTj1v7oI/AAAAAAAA3Qk/xQfSOiHvPvs-n1Gs5eldz6kaLZL61-ObACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Woodware%252C%2BPeaceful%2BNight%252C%2BGet%2BCracking%2Bon%2BChristmas1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dFi1OkoRIzg/YAiaZ7i2mgI/AAAAAAAA3Qs/F2aQoidzOgwjtuTlwq6WZfI_nvdR9Pl9ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Woodware%252C%2BPeaceful%2BNight%252C%2BGet%2BCracking%2Bon%2BChristmas2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dFi1OkoRIzg/YAiaZ7i2mgI/AAAAAAAA3Qs/F2aQoidzOgwjtuTlwq6WZfI_nvdR9Pl9ACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Woodware%252C%2BPeaceful%2BNight%252C%2BGet%2BCracking%2Bon%2BChristmas2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dG4QvmRAXD0/YAiaZ1lgcAI/AAAAAAAA3Qo/1hDsstFlg1kFPE_FSzixZ6cySfCfaHRxQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Woodware%252C%2BPeaceful%2BNight%252C%2BGet%2BCracking%2Bon%2BChristmas3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dG4QvmRAXD0/YAiaZ1lgcAI/AAAAAAAA3Qo/1hDsstFlg1kFPE_FSzixZ6cySfCfaHRxQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Woodware%252C%2BPeaceful%2BNight%252C%2BGet%2BCracking%2Bon%2BChristmas3.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pUdJcM6Z1Pc/YAiaex8epZI/AAAAAAAA3Q8/a33o_jNMk8c_5vazK-bDk0sWXr5ZoVwmACLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Woodware%252C%2BPeaceful%2BNight%252C%2BGet%2BCracking%2Bon%2BChristmas4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pUdJcM6Z1Pc/YAiaex8epZI/AAAAAAAA3Q8/a33o_jNMk8c_5vazK-bDk0sWXr5ZoVwmACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Woodware%252C%2BPeaceful%2BNight%252C%2BGet%2BCracking%2Bon%2BChristmas4.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3gQZfZRfEMI/YAiae3f73gI/AAAAAAAA3Q0/q4WB-qiSrY8Q2sCT3L05PfvF6ybQqC5lgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Woodware%252C%2BPeaceful%2BNight%252C%2BGet%2BCracking%2Bon%2BChristmas5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3gQZfZRfEMI/YAiae3f73gI/AAAAAAAA3Q0/q4WB-qiSrY8Q2sCT3L05PfvF6ybQqC5lgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Woodware%252C%2BPeaceful%2BNight%252C%2BGet%2BCracking%2Bon%2BChristmas5.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q39jS8uogjE/YAiae7mKiQI/AAAAAAAA3Q4/aOtJ6Usc26w6bxmJbK2c3ygqy0Lsc-u6QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Woodware%252C%2BPeaceful%2BNight%252C%2BGet%2BCracking%2Bon%2BChristmas6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q39jS8uogjE/YAiae7mKiQI/AAAAAAAA3Q4/aOtJ6Usc26w6bxmJbK2c3ygqy0Lsc-u6QCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Woodware%252C%2BPeaceful%2BNight%252C%2BGet%2BCracking%2Bon%2BChristmas6.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">They were a breeze to make, since that lovely stamp set by Woodware pretty much does all the work for you.<i> I am sorry, I do believe that it's out of stock at most retailers at present, but keep an eye out, I am sure it will be back soon! </i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A bit of heat embossing with a touch of an ink dauber, or simply stamping and a tad of coloured pencil, and voila! I also sprayed these with some shimmery sprays (home-made, with the use of Perfect Pearls), but it was hard to capture in the photos - in real life, they sparkle beautifully!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">If you are new to my blog - welcome! I would encourage you to say hello over at my Instagram (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/handmadebymirella" target="_blank">@handmadebymirella</a>), which is where I mostly post my makes. I have had a hiatus since early December over there, but I am hoping to come back to crafting in February! There's also a destash page (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/destashbymirella/" target="_blank">@destashbymirella</a>) which you can check out, if you're after some goodies at reduced prices. I can post worldwide!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Oh, and in case you're curious what I made last year - hop over <a href="https://www.handmadebymirella.com/2020/01/preparing-for-christmas-2021-january.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">See you again next month!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Stay safe and crafty,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mirella</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">SUPPLY LIST</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">(please see affiliate disclaimer & essential supplies info </span><a href="http://www.handmadebymirella.com/p/disclaimer.html" style="background-color: white; color: #2b7cff; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(43, 124, 255); font-kerning: none;">here</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">):</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">kraft paper - from my local stationery shop (very thin, but with some tooth - cool for coloured pencils)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">golden accents - peel offs from my stash</span></p>
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<a href="https://www.shareasale.com/m-pr.cfm?merchantID=24698&userID=1253548&productID=575440529" target="_blank"><img alt="3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER .25 Inch Adhesive Glue Gun CAT 085" border="0" height="150" src="https://simonsaysstamp.blob.core.windows.net/images/products/1_65935_TH.JPG" width="150" /></a>Mirellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184585360168449804noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171330197838293601.post-14013216215577763782020-12-23T14:00:00.051+00:002020-12-23T14:48:51.904+00:00A stunning Christmas card using no stamping<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Hi Everyone,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">For the last time, it's my turn to share my makes over at the <a href="https://blog.trinitystamps.com/merry-christmas-everyone/" target="_blank">Trinity Stamps blog</a>. My term with the Team has sadly come to an end, but I am so grateful to have had that opportunity - being able to be part of the company's growth over the last 12 months meant so much to me!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As my final make, I have a beautiful no-stamping (and almost no-die-cutting) Christmas card for you - it's pretty much all ink blending and stencilling! And isn't the result simply stunning?</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">There's also a little bonus project over there, so make sure you pop over and say hello!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sez_rb87-NQ/X-EVGDzAkBI/AAAAAAAA2hk/GI9ytCMIySYzJEa8bXwEyv2l76wcGpR1wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Trinity%2BStamps%252C%2BTree%2Bof%2BLights1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sez_rb87-NQ/X-EVGDzAkBI/AAAAAAAA2hk/GI9ytCMIySYzJEa8bXwEyv2l76wcGpR1wCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Trinity%2BStamps%252C%2BTree%2Bof%2BLights1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas, and here's to hoping that 2021 is a little bit better and kinder to all of us!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Stay safe and crafty,</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mirella</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">SUPPLY LIST</b><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">(please see affiliate disclaimer & essential supplies info </span><a href="http://www.handmadebymirella.com/p/disclaimer.html" style="color: #2b7cff; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">here</span></a><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">):</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><u style="font-size: 13.2px;">FROM TRINITY STAMPS SHOP:</u></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><u style="font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></u></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://shrsl.com/22pcz " target="_blank">Blending Buddies</a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://shrsl.com/2ot0c " target="_blank">Tree of Lights layering Stencil</a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://shrsl.com/2ot0g ">Slimline Happy Snowmen Die Set</a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><u style="font-size: 13.2px;"><a href="https://shrsl.com/2ot20 " target="_blank">Joyeux Noel Coordinating Die set</a></u></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><u style="font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></u></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><u style="font-size: 13.2px;">FROM SIMON SAYS STAMP:</u></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><u style="font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></u></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><u style="font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></u></div>
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