Giddyanni

Update 2. January 2024

Despite our insanely high postage charges, we only receive mail once a week so if you have sent me a swap and I don't react.. it will get here at some stage, don't worry.

Sending a postcard outside the country costs as much as sending a letter which weighs 100 grams or 3.5 oz, isn't that crazy? The upshot is that I stuff an envelope to the limit, LOL!

Another price rise, groan. A letter, any weight up to 100 grams, sent to outside Denmark now costs a staggering 7.35 US Dollars or 6.70 Euros. ugh!

I have been making cards for about 16 years, mostly to give to friends and family but I do sell some too, mostly commissioned cards for special events.

I am a paper crafter ( can't sew/knit/crochet to save my life, LOL) who makes mini-cards, cards and boxes. I really enjoy making personal cards for people; the creative challenge rocks my boat! My crafting mainstays are metal dies, embossing folders, handmade/ unusual, textured papers.

I'm learning to stamp; steep curve but I'll get there. Update, getting better but still room for improvement. For some reason, I cannot get my head around colouring in the stamped image. Hmm.

Just dipping my toes into mixed-media, what messy fun!

Have now a craftroom of my very own; it's Heaven ( You call it Chaos, I call it Home) I'm as happy as a pig in poo :o)

Have tried painting but I'm a numpty at mixing colours; everything turns out brown or grey. Can draw but not very well, room for vast improvement.

With the postal charges being so high here, very few people send snail mail so I've found other ways to use my colourful Preciousses. Gift-card holders, boxes, bookmarks, cards with decorated envies are some of the items I like to make.

SWAP LIKES:

Items that I can use on my makes

• Gems and pearls, self adhesive

• ANYTHING that can be used with my CB or ebosser

• Papers and cardstock, preferably with small patterns and unusual textures. I'm running out of blues, turquoise and dark reds ;o)

• Anything Tim Holtz.. just love his stuff :0)

*Adhesive printer paper, we can't get it here

*Patterned vellum

*Small, flat buttons in all colours

• Narrow gold and silver ribbon to add to cards

• Quotes, particularly Groucho Marx and W.C Fields

  SWAP DISLIKES: Please don't send me

  • Loose glitter, it makes me wheeze and sniffle and my papers fly everywhere!

• Babyish, childish or cartoon items; I will simply give them away.

• Neon colours, I have too much of that already ;o)

• Torn, crumpled or "tired" items

Favourite authors have got to be Stephen King, Christopher Brookmyre,Anne Rice, Nick Hornby and Clive Barker. I also like Dorothy Dunnett, Ruth Atkinson, Fay Weldon,Christopher Priest and Monica Ali. At the moment I'm going through the bookcases and re-reading every single book, after which I will give them away, to make room for more books!

TV..watch it very rarely so no favourite programmes but I enjoy a good documentary.

Movies? Not a great movie fan ( perhaps because my husband falls asleep EVERY time, after about three minutes )but anything with Woody Harrelson, Nicholas Cage, Johnny Depp and Robert de Niro.

Music: Modern folk, zydeco, cajun.

Other bits and bobs.. I really enjoy cooking, it's relaxing. Recipes are always welcome! Recently invested in a sous-vide machine and it is the bee's knees! Update.. have also bought an airfryer, love it to bits.:o)

No allergies that I know of :o)

No children, no pets, oy how boring that sounds!

Computer and gadget nerd.

• Born in the UK with itchy feet, 67 years ago.

• Jobs have included: waitress, bartender, stewardess, salesperson, tourist guide, gopher, shop decorator, translator, teacher in computer skills. Jack of all trades, master of none LOL

• Good qualities ;o) A patient listener, creative, curious, openminded.

• Bad qualities:o( Perfectionist, drat.

• I no longer work and live in a house with a large and very unruly garden. We're not big on weeding so we have a motley crew of plants.

• I read a lot, but in bouts, mainly when my mojo has gone walkabout.

• Met my wonderful, kind and funny husband at a party 37 years ago and we just stuck like glue. We have very different interests and give each other room to enjoy them.

• If I weren't me, I'd be an orangutang. Or a cat.

• Favourite colours:Happy ones, particularly turquoise, blue, green and red. Just not together ;o)

• I really enjoy sunshine, the company of friends and family, good wine, learning new things and making other people smile.

• Also the smell of a newly cut lawn, silence,(have tinnitus which is triggered by noise),strong coffee, wrapping presents and going to car boot sales and fleamarkets.

• Fireworks, the sea, mountains and deserts.

• I love to travel, it's our hobby and covid 19 has definitely put a stop to that. :0( Still, long distances, short ones, doesn't matter.. it's the sights and experiences along the way that do it for me :o)

Love, love, love spring and summer and cooking food in the kettle grill; it all tastes so much better that way! Whole roast chicken or pork with the crackling, oh yum.

• Dislikes.. intolerance, meanness and lateness.

Loathe housework, going to the dentist ,shopping for clothes, earwigs, slugs and wasps.

I joined swap-bot because I love sending and receiving letters and packages.

I will be joining in swaps that are to do with card-making. I would love to do the "heavier" ones but our high postage costs make it too expensive, I just can't afford it :o(

If you don't receive something from me, let me know and I'll get it sorted. I'll read your profile and do my level best to find things that suit you and I send my swaps as soon as possible after partners are assigned.

Re. Rating, please rate! That way I know you have received you package/ envelope/ whatever.

That's it, I look forward to swapping with you! :o)

ESO: Happy Mail. @Petaltea angelled this swap as my partner didn't send me anything. Thank you, @Petaltea Update : my partner did, eventually, send the swap and the items I received were lovely.