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Change a word challenge

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Well, it has nearly been a month since I completed a layout - I have been busy - busy good - and also on a short break in Central Australia. Today, I wanted to create a layout, and here is what I came up with, a double page layout. When my sister and I went on a cruise in April this year, I found out that there would be a 'pink' moon on 11 April.  I was excited when on boarding our boat I found out we were on the side that the moon what be appearing. So come 11 April, I was ready with my camera. Unfortunately the sky did not come to the party and the pink I was expecting so why? Why is it called a pink moon?  Off I went to Google and found the following explanation: A pink moon is heading our way Tuesday – but those expecting to see a literal pink sphere sailing above us in the sky may be disappointed. Any full moon that occurs in April is called a ‘Pink Moon’ simply because of the pink flowers, such as North America’s wild ground phlox, which blossom in April and...

Sewing on scrapbook layouts

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For the past couple of weeks I have been leading a group of ladies, at a local community group, as they complete scrapbooking layouts.  I concentrated on showing them techniques they could easily replicate.  This week I wanted to include sewing machine stitching on their layouts. This is a layout I completed and it shows my sister and I enjoying pancakes with Raspberry Sauce in Berlin, Germany and yes we are still eating our way around Europe!!! Here is a close up of some of the stitching.   I went to Pinterest to locate a sketch that I thought would be ideal for including stitching for beginners onto paper. I wanted straight line stitching with no curves.  Here is the sketch I found.  It is from Shimelle . Thank you Shimelle for the inspiration. The other good thing about this layout was that I could show them how to use 6" square patterned paper and it would be a good way to use papers from your stash. Thank you for looki...