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A very warm welcome to my teeny, tiny part of the huge world of blogging. This is where I share my passion for making hand made greeting cards. So - why "Always with a Heart"? Well this is for two reasons. Firstly, it is because every card I produce carries a heart on it somewhere. This can be big and bold or small and almost hidden - the fun sometimes is just trying to find it! Secondly it is because I put my heart into everything I produce. I hope that any visitors enjoy seeing what I post. If you drop by then please leave me a comment so that I know you called. It would be nice to know that you have found my heart in what I do.

Tuesday, 19 May 2026

BLASTS FROM THE PAST

Hi Playmates

I hope that you are all doing well and your week has got off to a good start for you.

I am on a mission to use up my old paper packs/pads that are taking up valuable space in my craft pod .. .. .. some of which only have a few pages left.  

My share today uses just one sheet from a very old paper pack and rectangular sketch one from my sketch library:


This used:

Backing Paper:  Papermania "Capsule Collection - Parisienne Blue"
Sentiment:  Unmounted Stamp Company "BD-FR-01 Word Frame" Circadesign.co.uk (very,very old)
Memory Box Dies:  "98261" Kaleidoscope Butterfly and "98262" Moonlight Butterfly
First Edition Craft "Nesting Stamp Dies"
Sizzix Thinlets Flower Dies - Tattered Florals:  661806
Ribbon
Hot fix Nailheads
My Trusty Sewing Machine

and Sketch One from my rectangular sketch library

So lots of old stash gathered together and used for this little creation and I think I have fallen in love with navy and gold as a colour combo.

11 comments:

Sarah said...

Very pretty and the navy and gold looks very stylish. Well done using up the straggler pages Jules xx

meg said...

Beautiful colour combo and layout Jules,easy to spot the heart on this gorgeous birthday card

LesleyG said...

A very luxurious card Jules, definitely a good combination, paired with one of your fabulous sketches! xxx

Aquarius said...

Another of your great sketches and you're right the colour combination certainly works well.

Pauline C said...

Very stylish card Jules … I really love everything about it xx

Elaine Stark said...

A beautiful card. It is sometimes quite satisfying to use up the remaining odd papers, I have so many. Elaine

Lynne said...

Blue and gold make a very elegant card Jules. I'm on a mission to try and use scraps at the moment, but they never seem to go down!

HilaryJane said...

Love the gold highlights on the dark blue and that lovely sparkly butterfly. Good luck in using up that paper. I am glad you are findng a little time to craft now xx

Eve said...

Hi there Jules,
I love your beautiful butterfly card - very classy!
Good luck with using up your paper pads, I have a mountain to get through .. .. but still buy more!!
Hope you are keeping your head above water and manage to squeeze in some crafty time.
Love from Eve xx

Liz said...

Beautiful card Jules, lovely take on the sketch. I don’t think I’ll ever use up all my patterned papers, they seem to multiply on their own!
Liz xx

Sarn said...

SUPER Sketch and a gorgeous card made with it, as always! Congrats on using up some of your older papers too. Never easy! xxx