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Handmade by Natty

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Handmade by Natty – Admirer of pretty things, collector of crafty stuff, spare time maker of paper bits and bobs...

Interests: Cardmaking, papercrafting, (window) shopping for new stash, bookworm, eclectic music lover, emotionally obsessed TV viewer, Parks & Rec when your world needs positivity and happiness

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Just add more...

This week over on the Daring Cardmakers blog, Miri has challenged us to express what we want more of in 2017 on our cards! Well, I would be very happy for 2017 to have more colour, brightness, and love in... Continue reading

Posted yesterday at Kool Kitty Musings

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Enjoying the sneak peeks from CHA?

Strangely this year, I don't think there's any ONE collection that has truly captured my attention. There seem to be a lot of repeats from last year in collections from Crate Paper, AC, and MME sadly so it looks like... Continue reading

Posted 5 days ago at Kool Kitty Musings

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Happy Friday everyone! Well done if you have survived the week because there were moments there where I didn't think I would! Yikes! This week over on the Daring Cardmakers blog it's my turn to set the challenge and I... Continue reading

Posted Jan 20, 2017 at Kool Kitty Musings

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Well this week has certainly been an experience!

Long time no post, I know... I've had a really busy and stressful week which included a day of being unable to work - so what better excuse than to go out for lunch in town and do a bit... Continue reading

Posted Jan 19, 2017 at Kool Kitty Musings

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Giving something new a try

Over on the Daring Cardmakers blog this week, Kathy has set us the challenge of creating a project using a technique that is new to us.... Well, I had many, many attempts at trying new-to-me techniques out but to no... Continue reading

Posted Jan 13, 2017 at Kool Kitty Musings

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A new gadget to play with...

I recently finally took the plunge and ordered a WRMK 1-2-3 punch board which makes envelopes, bows, boxes and other handy little elements. I snagged one in early January from amazon but the price seems to have shot up since... Continue reading

Posted Jan 9, 2017 at Kool Kitty Musings

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Elementally inspired

The Daring Cardmakers are back to welcome you into a brand new year of weekly challenges! We're sticking with one of our favourite challenges where on the first Friday of a new month one of the Design Team picks a... Continue reading

Posted Jan 6, 2017 at Kool Kitty Musings

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2017 Pantone card challenge - Island Paradise

Morning! I'm offering up this card for my interpretation of the Island Paradise prompt in this year's Pantone-inspired card challenge. Here's a reminder of the prompt for this lovely light blue tone: {Pinterest pin} And here's my interpretation: Paper: Crate... Continue reading

Posted Jan 3, 2017 at Kool Kitty Musings

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While the tree is still up...

I thought I'd best share the Christmas card I made for my niece's first Christmas. At the rate I was going with sharing projects and other things on my blog in late 2016 it's a case of better late than... Continue reading

Posted Jan 2, 2017 at Kool Kitty Musings

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A colourful year of creativity awaits: The 2017 card challenge

Hello everyone! Happy New Year and welcome to 2017! I know I've been awol the past few weeks but I needed to take a break from blogging and the PC while I wound up work projects right up to the... Continue reading

Posted Jan 1, 2017 at Kool Kitty Musings

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A decorative twist

Over on the Daring Cardmakers blog this week, we're taking a step back from the cards again and sharing ideas for those little extra handmade decorative accents. I've not had much free time available this past week, so I'm sharing... Continue reading

Posted Dec 9, 2016 at Kool Kitty Musings

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2016 card challenge - December card project

Well, I've managed to get another Christmas card made - this time for the main prompt for the 2016 card challenge. Here's a reminder of the prompt: {Pinterest pin} I was inspired by the mix of colours with blush pink,... Continue reading

Posted Dec 3, 2016 at Kool Kitty Musings

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December elemental inspiration

Happy Friday! Up over on the Daring Cardmakers blog today we have our last elemental inspiration dare of 2016. Here's our inspiration image for December: And as for the 3 elements I used... well they should be easy to spot:... Continue reading

Posted Dec 2, 2016 at Kool Kitty Musings

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2016 card challenge - December prompts

Good morning everyone! Welcome to the very last prompts of the 2016 card challenge. My how the year has flown by! As we've also entered December it's definitely a good excuse to feature a double Christmas/winter prompt selection. Here's the... Continue reading

Posted Dec 1, 2016 at Kool Kitty Musings

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Star of Wonder...

Over on the Daring Cardmakers blog this week, we're back to a card challenge! And it's one that could assist you if you've still got plenty of Christmas cards to make, because the challenge is to make a card inspired... Continue reading

Posted Nov 18, 2016 at Kool Kitty Musings

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Time flies when you're working solidly

It's been a nose to the grindstone kind of week! I have been putting extra hours and a whole weekend of work in on a large project that's keeping me busy the next few weeks. So it felt rather strange... Continue reading

Posted Nov 17, 2016 at Kool Kitty Musings

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Packages tied up with string...

...don't necessarily have to come in brown paper or be large! This week over on the Daring Cardmakers blog we've got the first in the series of new challenges where we take a step back from the cards. The focus... Continue reading

Posted Nov 11, 2016 at Kool Kitty Musings

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2016 card challenge - November Christmas card project

Morning! I'm back with my take on the Christmas prompt for the November card challenge. Here's a reminder of the prompt: {Pinterest pin} I was inspired by the grey knits, the woodgrain and white snowy decorations and the dimensional trees... Continue reading

Posted Nov 8, 2016 at Kool Kitty Musings

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2016 card challenge - November card projects

Well would you believe it? I've actually had chance to make something for this month's card prompts. I had fun trying to be creative with the main prompt: {Pinterest pin} I wanted to give it a wintry spin so I... Continue reading

Posted Nov 7, 2016 at Kool Kitty Musings

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November elements challenge

Morning! Well it's the first Friday of a new month, so it's time for a new elemental inspiration challenge over on the Daring Cardmakers blog. This month's photo has plenty of elements to choose from: I took a few things... Continue reading

Posted Nov 4, 2016 at Kool Kitty Musings

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It had to be done...

Apologies if you are sick of seeing Christmas everywhere and it's too soon for you, but well... I need to get my Christmas crafting thing on and getting the blog nice and festive will hopefully aid the creativity! That's my... Continue reading

Posted Nov 3, 2016 at Kool Kitty Musings

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Did someone say Christmas?

Well, now that Halloween is out of the way that means that we're essentially headed full steam ahead for Christmas! And so that time when I try and eke out some crafting for this year's Christmas cards if any are... Continue reading

Posted Nov 2, 2016 at Kool Kitty Musings

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2016 card challenge - November prompts

Morning everyone! Well, we've reached the penultimate prompts for this year's challenge. Hard to believe, I know! For the first prompt, I came across this lovely image while looking for THE desk calendar for 2017. I am so sad there's... Continue reading

Posted Nov 1, 2016 at Kool Kitty Musings

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Hey Little Magpie project catch-up - October

Well the time has come to share my last projects that I made for the Hey Little Magpie Creative Team a few weeks back. All the details can be found here on the blog. I used some choice picks from... Continue reading

Posted Oct 30, 2016 at Kool Kitty Musings

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Sparkle & Shine

Morning folks! Well, guess whose turn it is to pick the Daring Cardmakers Dare this week - yours truly! I've challenged the team and our readers to make a card that sparkles and shines. :) Full details are over on... Continue reading

Posted Oct 28, 2016 at Kool Kitty Musings

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