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2025 - No Craft Spending - We WILL bust my stash and make pretty things!!!!!
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A labour of love birthday card for my special Niece! 😊
project 22/52 ✅ (all from stash)7 -
Oooh, love the pop out aspect on that card Rach!Make £2025 in 2025- £751.88/£2025
Make £2024 in 2024- £852.21/£2024
134/200- bust my craft stash 2025!
166/200- bust my craft stash 2024! £106.80 spent
211/200- bust my craft stash 2023!3 -
I finally got round to using some of my cotton lite yarn and completed this waistcoat/vest top just for me 😊

project 23/52 ✅ (all from stash)11 -
@jennypennysaver - I have made 2 bags, one as a general summer shopping bag and a bigger one to carry around my craft stuff indoors
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just back not good but positive is can be sorted with op and a week of radiotherapy and they will try to work it all in school hours - they understand special requirements - so all in all its all good
annoying but good (goes to show that routine mammograms are awesome!)
hope everyone has a good day x8 -
Forgot to attach picture!!!! Ignore mess - we are playing

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An easel fold football card for my nephew

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@Auti so sorry about your diagnosis, wishing you a speedy and successful treatment. Those baskets are great!
@CraftyRach your cards are fab, I love both. I have the same paper pad as the first one, it is lovely.
I have continued to make Xmas decs from the ribbons from rosette tails. I have now run out of pins so am calling it a day.

2025 craft items finished 11/12
2024 craft items finished 18/12 books read 48/12 craft spend
2023 craft items finished 6 big, 8 quick craft spend £89.228 -
Beautiful decorations 😍Be Kind. Stay Safe. Break the Chain. Save Lives. ⭐️2025 Savings Pot Challenge: As a monthly amount, running total = £677.00
Jan £5.00 Feb £12.74 Mch £23.26 Apr £32 May £43 Jun £50 July £62 Aug £71 Sep £80 Oct £90 Nov £100 Dec £108 Grand Total £677.003 -
Lovely decorations.
Crafty Rach, what is the green paper you've used? It looks really effective.4 -
It’s a flocked self adhesive paper I have had in my stash for many years, so I can’t even tell you where I got it from 🙂
Crafty Rach, what is the green paper you've used? It looks really effective.
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