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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.

Thursday, 9 January 2025

MAKE NEW FRIENDS - BUT KEEP THE OLD

Hi Everyone

I hope your New Year has got off to a good start.

I am quite pleased with mine so far .. .. .. apart from the rather unpredictable weather!

Crafting has taken a nice little up-turn now that home renovations have slowed down, and that is making me feel super happy and creative 😊.

As part of my organisation mission I have been sorting out my image and design paper downloads and it has been quite exciting to re-visit and fall in love again with lots of digital goodies - some of which are now very, very old .. .. .. but still very, very beautiful and of course there are the sparkly new ones that are still waiting to get an airing too!

Hence the title of this post.  For as exciting as it is to come across new digital designers and their work .. .. .. I still love and miss my favourite designers from the past .. .. .. especially Pink Petticoat, who morphed into The Lovely Studio but are now nowhere to be found .. .. and of course the ever lovely DigiStamp Boutique who had the most gorgeous images but sadly stopped trading.  

But all of their hard work and images / sentiments and design papers I have accumulated over the years are timeless and I just know I will be using them always.

So as the old saying goes "make new friends, but keep the old, the new are silver but the old are gold" and today I am sharing a bit of the old:

This used:

Dandelion Clocks - Pink Petticoat (as with most things from Pink Petticoat the design came in lots of colourways which matched their patterned and plain design colour range)
Sentiment:  LOTV Embossed Labels
Corner Rounding Punch
Ribbon
My Trusty Sewing Machine
Nail Heads
Diamond Stickles

No snow here yet .. .. and hopefully it stays that way.  


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