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A few weeks ago I took part in One World One Heart on my main blog, and naturally I offered up sets of my cards for the giveaway. All the cards have now been posted and are on their way to people in the UK, America, and the Phillipines!! But, not to worry - I took photos - here is a selection of some of the ones I made.

The heart holding teddy was a freebie stamp from one of my card making magazines and I am really pleased with the way it looks, however, I am not so pleased with how badly I’ve lined up the punched holes with the eyelets – there must be a way of lining them up better! (Perhaps I am just not used to my crop-a-dile yet)

I adore my two birthday wishes cards. It has taken me a while to figure out how to use patterned paper properly – I usually make very simple and clean cards, but need to more than that! Anyway, the patterned paper and button comes from my very first Stampin’ Up paper stash!! (Thanks Hayley!)

I cannot remember where I first saw a similar card to the two above, but if I remember correctly they had the same embossed centre with a phrase in the middle. I just added a bit of detail by having a a flower to the side with a ribbon attached – I think that it looks just lovely (even if I say so myself!!)

So, you see, even if I have been the baddest blogger you’ve ever come across, I have been making cards!!

P.S. I am a right ninny!!! I have just had a look at a crop-a-dile tutorial (I love youtube!) and have found that the tool actually has moveable guides - d'oh!

Birthday Card

It’s my nephew’s fifth birthday on Sunday and so I have bought him two basic reading books that look a bit fun – The Giant Postman and The Perfect Monster. It was actually quite hard to pick out a couple of books at Borders that are suitable for a boy who is just starting to read by himself.

Anyway, the books have been posted, along with a birthday card of course. I just loved this peel-off cow sticker, and although I could have given it some funky colours it just didn’t seem right, so I have made it a black spotted cow.

Sheeesh!

I promise I am still here and still alive just not making many cards at the moment!!

I pinky swear that I will post some cards soon!!! ;-)

A badge?!?

I meant to say something earlier but somehow clean forgot!! Clare left me a badge on her blog today! Look......!

I am quite sure I don't deserve this as I haven't made many cards lately! But hey....I like getting bloggy awards from bloggy friends! Thank you so much Clare!

Now, apparently what you are supposed to do with this one is pass it on to seven other bloggers that you like, so I am going to go blog-hunting.

And I want to pass this on to my precious followers (all four of them!! ;-))

Crafting and Living in Japan

All Things Pink and Fluffy

The Lilac Diary

Oceans of Imagination

And a few others...

Kath's Blog

My Stamping Addiction

Blog that Spike Built

Bitty Dot Challenge

Capture the Moment is hosting a rather large Papertrey giveaway at the moment. In fact they are having a festival of celebrations at the moment with several giveaways over the last few days (and the coming few days!!)

I have not had much luck with the Papertrey giveaways at the moment, but that is probably because the powers that be KNOW that I am not actually making many cards at the moment!!

So...when I found the latest sketch challenge on Capture the Moment - (it's cool - you have to download a connect the dots thing in order to work out what the sketch is!!) - I decided that it was way past time to make a few cards!!

Those were the three cards that I threw together and I think that the only one I am not so keen on is the middle one as it needs more.....something. Anyhoo - if you'd like to put yourself in the running for what looks like the biggest stash of ribbon you'll ever see just go and visit Capture the Moment!

Blog Hop!

Hey - the Funky Fairies are having a blog hop for 24 hours where you can download some pretty papers and things!! Don't miss it, it ends at 9am tomorrow morning and if you are stuck at home with a snow day, then you should have time to do this!

Fortunately I am on a week's leave from work anyway - it is snowing here, but not enough to have a snow day!

Anyway...go and visit Hannah's Crafty Blog to get started on the Funky Fairy Love Train!!

a crafty meme!

This I found on Beans on Toast, and thought that it was good fun!! I had to promise to repost the original post so here it is....

A PRESENT FOR YOU!

The first five people to comment on this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you.This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

* I make no guarantees that you will like what I make.

* What I create will be just for you.* It’ll be done this year. (Homemade stuff can take a little while.)

* You have no clue what it’s going to be. It may be a story. It may be poetry. I may draw or paint something. I may bake you something and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you, that’s for sure!

* I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.The catch? The catch is that you must repost (i.e. copy the above stuff so that you then offer to make five people stuff!)

Eeeep!

I am so sorry I haven't posted lately - been too busy doing the following.....

.....reading all those fab blogs on One World One Heart - lots of amazing art stuff and other stuff to win - you still have until the 11th February to enter most of them (some go on to the 12th)

.....playing chess with my youngest brother - played four times...lost four times!! Arggghh!

.....watching Scrubs right from the start. Had never seen it before, but youngest brother has introduced me to it - so so so funny.

Will make some cards soon I promise!! Particularly as I am off work this week coming - yaaay!

One World One Heart

Have you heard of One World One Heart? It's a rather large giveaway carnival that is going on and I am taking part through my other blog, so do pop over to see my personal blog to see what I am giving away and then head over to One World One Heart and visit all the other amazing bloggers!!

The event goes on until the 12th February so you have plenty of time to see what is going on out there in the blogiverse!

Cuttlebug Challenge 14

This week's challenge from the Cuttlebug blog is all about using your favourite folder. I don't have all that many folders at the moment, in fact, I have three. The birthday one, the swirls one, and the snow village scene. Yep, that's it!

In any case the challenge was very timely because it's my Dad's 60th birthday next weekend and so this week my favourite folder is the birthday one! ha ha!! I am sure that we all have favourites that change on a weekly basis depending on what's going on. (And don't worry - he is the LAST person in the entire universe to look at this blog!! He may look at my personal one but only if Mum points out something to him!!)

The blues work well here for a masculine card I think and it's a simple card that, even if I say so myself, looks good! (I am definitely embellished challenged as I prefer the simpler cards, so I might try the 2RedBannanas challenge next - a creative ribbon challenge)

P.S. Is it just me but does everyone else want to to type Cuttleblog instead of Cuttlebug blog?!