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Photo frame made from a chipboard frame with embossing powders melted on it, then stamped all round to add texture, finished with mica powders to add colour and a rose in corner.  The little girl is my grand-daughter aged c15 months

This card was made with 6x6 square card base, with a slightly smaller piece of design paper adhered.  I cut a Cricut emblem from the Paper Lace cartridge out of bazzill card and attavched it to a mirri board mat and place these centrally on the card.

Handmade journal for family history stories.  Double strength covers with holes punched for wires to go through. Edges of covers are inked inside and out.  Tree emblem cut from Cricut cartridge and layered 3 deep.  Large cut-out lace emblem slightly smaller than book cover adhered centrally with tree placed on top.  Ribbon tied round trunk of tree.  Large letter K cut from Cricut cartridge, embossed with Art from the Heart and placed on larger unembossed K.  Flower set into top of K.    Journal word cut from Cricut cartridge, embossed with clear embossing powder and placed at bottom edge of cover.

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Having just posted photos of my 3 latest items to the Chocolate Baroque site, I've had to remove them as they are not made with CB stamps etc.  So will have to post them here instead.  When I've sorted out how to post them here, I'll open a gallery.  She says!  How do I do that?????????????????????

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Graphicus owner, Glenda Waterworth, has - together with husband Adrian - launched a new company on the 1st April 2011.  The new website is terrific, with lots to interest crafters, groups to join, forums to chat on.  Highly recommended, take a look!

For those of you who follow my  family history research adventures, that intrepid traveller - my daughter Rachel - and I are off to Ireland at the end of this week to have a look where our 'olds' lived and worked.  We are basing ourselves in Dublin, but will spend some of the time having a look at County Tipperary.  Here's hoping that the weather is good, the Irish hospitable, and the Irish pubs live up to expectations!  Will report back upon our return.

Only just made it!!!!!!!!!

No, not an arty item, but just managed to squeeze a post in for March.  Its the last-day syndrome again!  After several photos taken by OH and a few - minus bottom third of face - taken by self,  I decided that I just daren't scare anybody with my own face on my new page at Chocolate Baroque.  Decided Holly the Hound was a much safer bet.  So I prepared the photo to send, and I don't know what's happened, but the photo has gone to PLACE UNKNOWN.  I don't know where to go to retrieve it even!  Definitely 'wearing purple with a red hat' today.  When I've sorted myself out I'll post again.  Now where did I ..... ?

Rob's Card 2011

A card to post at last, but I still have no talent for photography!  I thought this card - for my son-in-law Rob didn't look too bad for a quickie-make.  My photo makes it look horrific!  The cutting room floor doesn't help much, either!

I was actually going to post 2 cards tonight, this and a card for my youngest daughter Rachel.  I took 2 days over it and   

... now I can't find it anywhere.  I shall have to  start from scratch and do it all again.  Will try to post a photo of the Journal that I've made.  Tomorrow.  When I'm less fragile.

And They're Off!!

Well, not quite this minute, but won't be long.  That intrepid traveller - my daughter Rachel - and I are off to look for clues in Ireland to where our Olds lived.

I started researching our family history  roughly 6 years ago.  I never expected the research of the Irish lot to be easy at all.  It wasn't.  I still tear my hair out sometimes when I'm not sure if one body belongs to the family or not.  Dad's side of the family were easy in comparison.  No lies,  nothing way out of normal, and they only left one mystery that I doubt will ever be solved - the name of my Gx3 Grandfather's father.  His mother died  when he was 3 years old, and never parted with  that information

Whether it was the difficulty of researching the Kennedy line, or the challenge perhaps, but they have grabbed my attention and won't let go.  Once upon a time I was the most organised of folk, but now I have box upon box of notes on the back of envelopes, in my craft room, falling out of books that I'm just about to give away,  etc.  I do the same research over and over because I can't find that scrap of paper with the death reference on it.  They throw up questions that I can't answer at all legs of the research, and lie abominably.  AArgghh!

To go  with the family tree, I  am doing a journal.  I completed the book yesterday, and have got the first chapter ready typed to go in.  The pages will be decorated slightly.  If I can ever find out how, I shall upload the cover to the Graphicus wotsit.  At least I'll try.  I've just spent a whole afternoon trying to improve my blog in readiness.  5 years ago I would have done it in minutes.  As I get older it seems as though I 'unlearn' stuff!