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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.

Monday, 12 October 2026

WAKEY, WAKEY LITTLE BLOG

Hi Everyone

I hope October is being kind to you.

Lots of admin work going on here and definitely not enough crafting for my liking .. .. .. but a little play this morning produced this and satisfied my itchy crafty fingers:

This used:

Image: Floral Bouquet Clipart by Pixalora (via Etsy)
Sentiment:  DigiStamp Boutique (sadly no longer trading)
Design Paper:  Pink Petticoat (also sadly no longer trading)
Hot Fix Nail Heads
Ribbon
Silver Mirror Card
Corner Rounding Punch
My Trusty Sewing Machine

I am taking this over to the As You Like It Challenge where they want to know what our favourite fabric embellishment is.

To be honest I love all types of fabric embellishment but use ribbon the most (mainly because I have lots of it leftover from my years of making wedding stationery and I am determined to use it all up)

I am also taking it over to the Little Red Wagon Challenge where the theme is "stitches".  Plenty of those to be looking at!  LOL!!

So that is me for today .. .. .. back to the admin now that I have had a bit of light relief.

Enjoy what is left of the day.  Quite nippy here today .. .. and the nights are drawing in too 😞

8 comments:

meg said...

A beautiful image in gorgeous colours,your card perfect for so many occasions hope you are keeping well xx

JanR said...

Wonderful card, Jules! Such pretty colours and your sewing is super! Thanks for joining us at Little Red Wagon.

HilaryJane said...

That's such a lovely image and you have matched those muted colours perfectly with your ribbon and papers. Hope you get through all your admin stuff soon. It is surprising how it can build up xx

Lorraine said...

A very pretty card Jules, love the rich colours of those flowers.
Lorraine x

Eve said...

Hi there Jules!
Phew! I was very worried about you in your absence. So glad you are ok.
What a beautiful card to come back with and to scratch those itchy crafty fingers!! LOL!!
Hope you make some headway with the dredded admin - boring!!
Take care and squeeze in more crafty time soon - cross fingers!
Love Eve xxx

Aunty Sue said...

Julie's another stunner love the image and so many good companies gone but not forgotten. We have lots of rain and heating on odd days with weather up and down. Take care

LesleyG said...

Beautiful card, glad you had a bit of time to make and share xxx

Aquarius said...

A gorgeous image and it's good to hear that you managed to take a little time out from your admin duties to have a bit of crafting time - excellent way to recharge the batteries. Hugs x