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	<description>Tutorials on Altered Art, Calligraphy, Cardmaking, Embroidery, Encaustic art, Rubberstamping, Scrapbooking, Sewing and other craft techniques</description>
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		<title>Mother&#8217;s Day Card</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We learned this card making technique at an all-day class (well, in one half of the day!) and I decided it was time to put the ideas into practice. My Mother-in-Law has a very green lounge so I decided to use green papers for this card. You can see in the photos below the 12&#215;12 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.craftyjo.org.uk/cardmaking/mothers-day-card/</link>
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		<title>Bookatrix and Brooch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had the Bookatrix board for quite some time but really don&#8217;t use it often enough! I was never happy with the cutting-out around the edges of the &#8216;book&#8217; but I think – since I was recommended to use decorative scissors to cut  around the edges – I&#8217;ve liked those that I have recently [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.craftyjo.org.uk/cardmaking/bookatrix-and-brooch/</link>
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		<title>Tri-Shutter 60th Birthday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A very good friend of ours, one of our GoldWing buddies, was sixty in December so I decided to make him a special card. It took me hours just looking through all our photographs to find suitable ones to use on the Tri-Shutter Card – partly because I get sidetracked very easily and get involved [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.craftyjo.org.uk/cardmaking/tri-shutter-60th-birthday/</link>
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		<title>Christmas Wreath</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many years ago a lovely lady called Pauline started to run a Holly Wreath Class in the community hall of Llanasa. She advertised it through the W.I. and it was incredibly popular. Obviously, being near Christmas, the weather was cold, and the hall was equally cold and totally charmless! We huddled near the wall heaters, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.craftyjo.org.uk/random-stuff/christmas-wreath/</link>
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		<title>Christmas Cards 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few years ago I decided to go green and not send Christmas Cards – instead I donated the money to charity. A couple of years later I decided that I really did enjoy making cards too much to carry on being green so I&#8217;ve gone back to old ways. This year, I had all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.craftyjo.org.uk/cardmaking/christmas-cards-2009/</link>
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		<title>Pumpkin Carving</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was David&#8217;s birthday on the 30th and so we took the opportunity for a &#8216;family meal&#8217; with his brother, Stuart, and his fiancée, Amy. We walked across to a local hotel – Plas Ifan, Northop Hall – and had a fabulous meal and whilst there Amy was compelled to buy one of their home-grown [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.craftyjo.org.uk/random-stuff/pumpkin-carving/</link>
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		<title>Stamping Workshop part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The afternoon session saw Gloria and Sue swap places and Sue proceeded to show us how to make this fabulous Star Book.
Again, we didn&#8217;t know what we were due to produce but had duly brought along &#8216;themed&#8217; stamps as directed. My theme was &#8216;Christmas&#8217;, Jan&#8217;s was &#8216;Faces&#8217;. Others you can probably recognise if you look [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.craftyjo.org.uk/rubberstamping/stamping-workshop-part-2/</link>
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		<title>Stamping Workshop part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have just had a full day crafting – isn&#8217;t that every crafter&#8217;s idea of a perfect day? Several hours amongst friends playing with stamps and inks!
We were not told what we would be doing during the two sessions but were advised what to bring along to work with. That&#8217;s always tricky – I never [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.craftyjo.org.uk/rubberstamping/stamping-workshop-part-1/</link>
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		<title>Joseph&#8217;s Coat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Joseph&#8217;s Coat is an interesting technique involving the laying down of colour onto glossy card in various layers. If you Google it you&#8217;ll find all number of examples (try &#8220;Joseph&#8217;s Coat craft technique&#8221; or you&#8217;ll get links to the Technicolour Dreamcoat!).
I started with some pale yellows and oranges on the glossy card with bits of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.craftyjo.org.uk/cardmaking/josephs-coat/</link>
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		<title>David&#8217;s Birthday Card</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My boys don&#8217;t like birthday cards (or Christmas cards, get well, congrats&#8230;&#8230;) but, &#8216;cos I like to make them, they get them anyway! David rides his bike everywhere, his only form of transport, so I decided to use the pushbike image on this card. His birthday is next week, I suppose I could avoid the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.craftyjo.org.uk/cardmaking/davids-birthday-card/</link>
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