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outside of card, had a go at the 'dots' background on this



















here is the inside of the card

297 stitched & challenge

9.

another stitched topper used, only 3 to go :)


oohhh her cheeks look a bit pink dont they?










entering the following challenges...

http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com/ roses
http://www.amberscraftsandstuff.com/ flowers
http://www.thepixiecottage.blogspot.com/ stitching
http://ynschallenges.blogspot.com/ stitching

8. quickie swap card

7. online group challenge card. to incorprate the following...
black, border punch, button & blue ribbon


made this using a new score board i bought recently at the Harrogate craft show.


entering the following challenges
http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/
http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.com/
http://thecraftypad.blogspot.com/
http://creativeinspirationschallenge.blogspot.com/
http://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com/
http://craftyourdaysaway.blogspot.com/

swap card

6. easter swap card.

it didn't take long to make this card as tilda was already coloured in.







entering this card for the following challenges


http://www.palspaperarts.com/ easter/spring
http://paperromancechallenges.blogspot.com/ colour
http://www.thepixiecottage.blogspot.com/ easter
http://www.scrapbooksisters.blogspot.com/ easter animals
http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/ anything goes
http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.com/

296 - stitched & swap

5 - shaker card swap

used another stitched topper for this shaker card

swap cards

4 - butterfly swap

used two matching papers same design one light one dark so able to lay top one to match bottom one.
this is rather a 'busy' card for me but i like the result.
love how tilda is 'standing' on the leaves!

entering this card in The Pixie Cottage challenge









whoooo the above card made it to the top three!








3 - group sketch swap

used a lot of oddments on this one
this was the best ribbon i had in to go with the other colours i was using
but a denser ribbon would have been better though the overall result isn't too bad
this year i want to use what i have in and see how long i can go before i buy anything (though i say it each year!)

swap cards

first cards of the year, not been doing much crafting since xmas. lost my mojo, too much other stuff affecting it.
had a bit of a tidy in my craft room yesterday and have now sorted out some of febs swaps/birthday cards from my spares box.




2. dry emossed swap card

the embossing is done on light grey vellum though it looks much darker in the picture

1. oriental swap card


used a new martha stewart border punch

at last some good news for us
hubby had to go in hospital on wednesday for an anigiogram and they managed to unblock the artery they could not do last time in august.
he came home the next morning and has been painfree since :)
been taking it easy and resting though i had to tell him off for trying to run before he can walk lol,
fingers crossed he continues to be ok