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Viola Mahr

Singapore

a simple girl with a love for handmade beauty

Interests: music, handmade craft, graphic design, cooking, sewing, housekeeping :)

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~ THIS BLOG HAS MOVED!!! ~

Dear Ladies, I am pleased (I guess...) to share the news that I've made the decision to move from Typepad to Blogger. From this day forward, read new posts and browse the archives at: www.violamahr.blogspot.com I will be doing a post up there in a moment, so scoot over and... Continue reading

Posted Aug 14, 2012 at Viola Mahr

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Thanks Aunt Cherry I hope you are doing super yourself! :)

Commented Jun 15, 2012 on what's been happening around here at Viola Mahr

what's been happening around here

I just can't decide if I deserve to have a blog or not. Why do I keep one when I never post? I make cards sometimes.. (sometime being in the past). I leave cute things on my desk so they can get all dusty and make me sneeze.. (thank you... Continue reading

Posted Jun 15, 2012 at Viola Mahr

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Nina.B.Designs blog hop #3 ~ die-cutting non-paper products

* Due to technical issues my post did not go live on time as scheduled; I sincerely apologize! It is up now (obviously) =) * Welcome to another NinaB Designs blog hop. The NBD team and I have something exciting for you today. The challenge was for us to make... Continue reading

Posted May 15, 2012 at Viola Mahr

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Nina.B.Designs Blog-Hop #2 ~ and a Challenge

Welcome to the NinaB Designs's 2nd blog hop! We had a great time last month and we just want to thank you for your enthusiasm and encouraging words. The NBD team has new projects to show you today featuring NinaB Designs Spellbinders™ Paper Arts (Home Sweet Home and Sewing Elements),... Continue reading

Posted Apr 15, 2012 at Viola Mahr

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paper piecing ~ Nina.B.Designs

This fun card was created with stamps and dies designed by Nina Brackett........... she is super talented and super sweet! The leafy stems were stamped with Happiness Is... and for dimension, I stamped a few extra stems, trimmed out the leaves, and adhered them with foam dots. By the way,... Continue reading

Posted Apr 7, 2012 at Viola Mahr

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more projects ~ Nina B. Designs die-cuts

These three cards were embellished with die-cuts created with Nina B Designs' Spellbinders™ Home Sweet Home dies. this one uses the two pieces of the house-shaped dies. Super cute and very fun to add details to! The roof was made from kraft cardstock, and the lower half was cut from... Continue reading

Posted Mar 30, 2012 at Viola Mahr

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wedding weekend - March 10, 2012

Hi! I'm creating a few more projects to share and doing some blog designing, but in between i decided to post a couple of (un-professional) photos from my sister's wedding two weekends back. I know, I had a sister married last december, but this is a different one =) disclaimer:... Continue reading

Posted Mar 22, 2012 at Viola Mahr

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Nina.B.Designs ~ Dream Team Blog Hop

**Winner is MICHELLE! More info on Nina's blog HERE. Thanks everyone who joined in the hop!** Welcome to the first-ever Nina B Designs Dream Team Blog Hop! I think I'm just about the only one on Nina's brand new Dream Team that didn't get a post in on the day... Continue reading

Posted Mar 15, 2012 at Viola Mahr

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Vanilla and Roses!

Hello! I have a card to share with you today, filled with Crafty Secret's goodies. I love the "Vanilla" and "Rose Oil" stamps that came in the Vintage Labels clear art stamp set. Also, I used patterned paper from Love Mail creative scraps and stamped the green border on the... Continue reading

Posted Jan 30, 2012 at Viola Mahr

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sending you smiles ~

Hello! It's been forever since I posted some craft-related thing on the blog. I just went to check my feedburner list and was astonished to see that there are 365 subscribers. Thank you to all of you and I hope my post today will make my long pause in blogging... Continue reading

Posted Jan 22, 2012 at Viola Mahr

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wedding weekend - December 17, 2011

Flowers flowers everywhere. One of my big sisters was married this past weekend and it was so good. My awesome sisters did a whole spread of home-made goodies and the wedding cake along with the buffet meal. And my amazing Mama did the flowers. I just puddled around helping abit... Continue reading

Posted Dec 22, 2011 at Viola Mahr

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Crafty Secrets *NEW* CD!

Some exciting news from Crafty Secrets! A brand-new CD full of lovely designs you're sure to enjoy. It's G.O.R.G.E.O.U.S my dears........ you are going to LOVE IT!! It's full of beautiful patterned papers and images, overlays, and designs... suitable for printing on any kind of paper you like. For myself,... Continue reading

Posted Nov 25, 2011 at Viola Mahr

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The Craft's Meow ~ November release

HAPPY NOVEMBER! :) here is my card for The Craft's Meow november release! you will LOVE all the stamp sets Lisa and her creative team have worked so hard to design. This card uses Vintage Greetings... lots of cute snowflakes in the set (two of which you can see in... Continue reading

Posted Oct 31, 2011 at Viola Mahr

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The Craft's Meow ~ Vintage Ornaments and Vintage Greetings

Vintage Ornaments: a new stamp set to be released November 1st at The Craft's Meow. Full of lovely vintage-style stamps with sentiments for the holidays. I picked out the "For you" sentiment and circular ornament stamp to create a scalloped border on this card. can't get a minute to upload... Continue reading

Posted Oct 30, 2011 at Viola Mahr

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The Craft's Meow ~ season's greetings

Previewing "Season's Greetings" for The Craft's Meow November release... this set is FULL of sentiments in the loveliest fonts. I used the large frame to stamp on the background (Webster's Pages patterned paper) in green, and added a banner strip with some lace, ribbon, a sparkly gem, and pearls. Also,... Continue reading

Posted Oct 28, 2011 at Viola Mahr

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The Craft's Meow ~ the merry best

Previewing a new stamp set for The Craft's Meow's November release, a fun and cute set called "The Merry Best" -- I picked two of the baby snowflake stamps in the set and stamped away to create a patterned background as you can see in the photo above. and a... Continue reading

Posted Oct 28, 2011 at Viola Mahr

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well my dear, I read your blog BECAUSE you don't post too much about your work!! seriously, your quilting is lovely, but is sooooo way out of my league.... for the life of me i couldn't quilt. it's the pretty things i admire on your blog, along with your TOTALLY ADORBS boys! :)

Commented Oct 28, 2011 on On being nice at Simplify

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Crafty Secrets Design Team ~ Gift Bag/Envelope Challenge

Welcome to the October challenge for the Crafty Secrets' DT! This project was SO FUN!!! Let me show you .... Each of the DT members used a tutorial that you can find HERE to create a paper sack from an envelope. And we each got to pick a theme, so... Continue reading

Posted Oct 24, 2011 at Viola Mahr

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the craft's meow october release ~ blog hop

I'm SORRY my post is up late!! Why do I always do things like this! I used some of the cutest-ever leaves from Fruity for You .......... .......... the most cunning little fence from Fall Fun ............ ....... and this wonderful little sentiment from As We Gather Together. Some flowers,... Continue reading

Posted Oct 1, 2011 at Viola Mahr

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Brads and Burlap ~ birthday card

Hello my friends, today I have my last September card for Pixie Dust Paperie. If you have not taken a look at September's kit, Tecolote, go check it out now. And my post for this brad-y-licious card is here on the blog. Hasn't this been a fun month using this... Continue reading

Posted Sep 27, 2011 at Viola Mahr

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Pixie Dust kit Card Set ~

Hi and happy weekend! :) Something is wrong with these photos, but...nevermind. Ok, so this card set is really not quite "me" ......... but all the same I loved working with what I had in the Pixie Dust Paperie kit! hard to believe September is almost over and my month... Continue reading

Posted Sep 23, 2011 at Viola Mahr

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Crafty Secrets DT Challenge "Retro inspiration" ... {red}

Warning: this is officially known as "retro-fail"... I tried. at least I think I did :) the only thing that came to my mind when I thought of "retro" was: red. So I made a red card. Duh me! Cherry-patterned paper from Crafty Secrets' Vintage Patterns CD {I can't wait... Continue reading

Posted Sep 19, 2011 at Viola Mahr

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Pixie Dust Paperie: "Friendship" Card

My friends, I am SO tired I can't think straight. I will let you read a little bit about this Pixie kit card here on the pixie blog. The stamps I used are from Crafty Secrets' Garden Girls set...... so fun and sweet. Hope you've had a moment to grab... Continue reading

Posted Sep 16, 2011 at Viola Mahr

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{special delivery}

hello! are you having a nice day? it's almost midnight here and I need to skip off to bed. But I decided to post first....... and you know this is so funny I want to laugh AND scream and punch myself at the same time. Remember in my last post,... Continue reading

Posted Sep 13, 2011 at Viola Mahr

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