Review of the year Final...

Happy 2018!!

This is the last review of 2017 tomorrow we start with new projects.  I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of my Blog Family a fantastic 2018 I hope this new year brings Peace Harmony and lots of crafty goodness!


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Review of the year October...

Happy New Years Eve,

We are fast approaching the end of the review of 2017 and the start of 2018! To arrows post will be the last review of the year covering November and December as I have new projects to post form the 2nd!

here we go with October.

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Review of the year September...

Happy Saturday,

This is the second Saturday I have off this year so Im going to enjoy just playing in the craft room!  Heres the posts I loved from September.

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Review of the year August...

Happy Friday,

I can't believe we have reached august already so heres my three favourite posts form the summer

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Review of the Year July...

Happy Thursday,

I can't believe we have reached July already and the launch of my own range of Craft Products the John Next Door Range.  Art was  a lot of hard work and I still cant believe we pulled the whole range together so quickly bit I really am proud of what we have achieved.

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Review of the Year June...

Happy Wednesday,

I hope everyone had a really nice Christmas its back with the review of the year and this time we reach June...

This is where I got to play with all the dies I had bought over the last year but had never got out of the packet or at least made a projects with them.


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Review of the year May...

Happy Boxing Day,

If you want a change of scene I will be on Hochanda today at 10am and 2pm showing some fabulous sale and bonus items from Crafts Too and Aladine / Izink ( a great bonus on the dye based inks!)

We have reached May in the review of the year so here's my three favourite Projects and posts from May 2017!

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Review of the year April...

Happy Christmas Day,

I hope everyone in my blog family has a wonderful Christmas day !

We have reached April in the review of the year so here's my three favourite Projects and posts from April 2017!

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Review off the year March...

 Happy Christmas Eve,

We have reached march in the review of the year so here's my three favourite Projects and posts from March 2017!

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Review of the year February...

Happy Saturday,

It February in the review of the year another three of my favourite projects...


I love this  mix of my circle sentiment stamps and the silver gilding flakes, this took an age to  make I'm so glad I've found the gilding sheets now so much quicker.

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Next one of my first attempts at colouring using alcohol pens since my college days!


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Next a watercolour version using m,y large lily stamp.

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Review of the year January...

Happy Friday,

Every year at over the Christmas period I review the previous year and pick my top projects from each month.  This year is no exception so today we start with January 2017!

I start with this card the first of my BVItage Friday where I took a set of older dies and made a new card.  I will be reviving this next year using dies form lots of different companies and ranges!

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The next two shots are peerage projects I made when I got to play with Alcohol inks ( who remembers me setting light to it on air!)

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Review of the year 4...

Happy Friday,

We have reached the final part of my review of the year with a visit to October, November and December the final three months and choices!  starting with October and although most of us were heavily into Christmas cards the classic simplicity of this card just outshone ( for me at least) all the others!  Click HERE to see more detail on this one.

Now november and more blue! I love the complex layers of this card and the simplicity of its making (Honest)  Click HERE to see how this one was made! 

Finally December and It had to be this card if only because it is Charlie form Hochanda's favourite as well as one of the only cards I have framed to put on my wall!  Click HERE to see details on this one.


I would love to hear which of all the cards I have featured is your favourite !

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Review of the year 3...

Happy Thursday,

Today I share the third part of my review of the year where I pick some of my favourite creations of 2016!  WE reach summer today with July, August and September First off with July.  I had to choose the section of project I made using my newly launched festive range featuring my Christmas Shades paper pad and stamps.



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Now over to August and how a bout a little drama!  I simply love this card and have kept it on my wall in the craft cave!  Click here for details on how this was made.

Finally over to September when thought turned to winter and christmas however thought id choose a non christmas as we have this all around us at the minute.  This card inspired by Julia Watts just sings to me!  Click HERE to see how this card was made.

Don't forget to let name know what your favourite is!

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Review of the year 2...

Happy Wednesday,

Here we are with the second part of my Review of the year and this time we reach spring into summer with April, May and June.

I chose this as my favourite form April the card I made for Sali using kitchen fool!  Click HERE to see how this card was made.

Over to May and this creation using Sue Wilsons elegant paper pad and my sentiment stamps.  Click here to see how this card was made.

Finally for today we travel to June and this creation with the lattice frame all my blog family will know my love of a good lattice and this was no exception it also features my favourite Periwinkle blue so a double win!  Click HERE to see how this card was made.




Don't for get to tell me which card you preferred!

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Review of the Year...

Happy Tuesday,

As per usual at this time of year I like to do a review of the cards I have made and shared this year. I will be splitting this over the next 4 days so we start today with January, February and March.

I just had to go with this box I made using the Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions hexagonal box as I still love it!  To see how this was made click HERE.

For February I chose this card I simply love the colour and style of this card.  To see how this was made click HERE.

Finally for today its March and this creative offering.  To see how this card was made click HERE.  This black and white card is the second card on the post so scroll down to see it lol.





It would be great to hear which card was your favourite form the first quarter off the year!

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Review day 4...

Happy Tuesday,


Here is day 2 of the review of 2015 and we enter the real spring, once again here is a section of cards and projects that have been my favourite, form each month, this year.


Lets kick this off with October and this giveaway card that was won by Tressa, Aqua and white a sneak peak of my personal home Christmas colours for this year.

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For November it had to be my favourite from the new launch of dies by Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions.  I have a small dose of stripletitis ( caught from Mrs Duck) so the technique of making a striplet into a frame came out again for this one!

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Finally for this year it had to be my favourite from my winter stamp launch.  It seems so long ago now especially as I am beavering away on my Spring collection ready for launch in late February.

The snowdrops stamps are, only I'm sure in my opinion, perfect for spring as well.  This is specially appropriate this year as I believe they are already starting to emerge due to the mild weather.

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That's it for this years review it would be great to hear which of the 300 or more posts I have made this year have been your personal favourite!

Enjoy...

Review day 2...

Happy Sunday,


Here is day 2 of the review of 2015 and we enter the real spring, once again here is a section of cards and projects that have been my favourite, form each month, this year.


Lets kick this off with April...

A pink card, which is not usually my colour however it was June and I seem to be using more and more pink!

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There has to be one card using my favourite background from Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions this year the Canadian.  I have done a quick count and I seem to have made at least 30 cards that feature this background this year, deffo a firm favourite!

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There is always a blue card or two in my faves list and I simply love the three panel approach, especially if you can add some ribbon woven through the aperture!

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Back tomorrow with the next three months,

Enjoy...