July swaps received...

[Wellington]

I got this absolute beauty from Princess4Wiz yesterday:

It came with a wrap:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff110/Wellybobs/Card%20Swaps/Princess4WizJuly10wrap.jpg

and when I opened it, it looked like this:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff110/Wellybobs/Card%20Swaps/Princess4Wizjuly10open.jpg

[Wellington]

And in a little more detail:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff110/Wellybobs/Card%20Swaps/Princess4WizJuly10detail.jpg

A lush peacock ensamble of which I can't quite capture the rich colours - or the bling! I think the backing paper could be an Artylicious one from the Peacock Summer Party CD? If it isn't, someone else is designing Waterworth stylee LOL Each of the 'eyes' on the stamped Kanban peacock has been glittered (with an irridescent glitter, poss one of the HunkyDory ones?) & then a clear gem stuck on. The wing has also been glittered as well as the plume...It fair took my breath away when I opened up the wrap, thank you Princess :heart:

There's also an insert, with a verse:

"This card is for you, dear Wellington
And making it I had lots of fun

The CT Forum theme was bling
I made a hell of a mess with my glittering!

It was in my hair and all over the floors
I even found some on our poor doggies' paws!

The result was well worth it, I hope you agree
And it comes with love to you, from me!"

I certainly do agree!!!

[kitten_with_claws]

That's beautiful Princess3wiz, gorgeous card & I love the verse inside, that made me smile when I read it! Fabulous colours, love the background too, love all of it actually! :star:

[Princess4Wiz]

And in a little more detail:
A lush peacock ensamble of which I can't quite capture the rich colours - or the bling! I think the backing paper could be an Artylicious one from the Peacock Summer Party CD? If it isn't, someone else is designing Waterworth stylee LOL Each of the 'eyes' on the stamped Kanban peacock has been glittered (with an irridescent glitter, poss one of the HunkyDory ones?) & then a clear gem stuck on. The wing has also been glittered as well as the plume...It fair took my breath away when I opened up the wrap, thank you Princess :heart:

There's also an insert, with a verse:

"This card is for you, dear Wellington
And making it I had lots of fun

The CT Forum theme was bling
I made a hell of a mess with my glittering!

It was in my hair and all over the floors
I even found some on our poor doggies' paws!

The result was well worth it, I hope you agree
And it comes with love to you, from me!"

I certainly do agree!!!

Thank you, Welly! I'm so glad you liked my card. You are quite correct in your deductions. The paper is from the Artylicious 'Peacock Summer Party' CD and the glitter is Angel Whispers from Hunkydory! The verse is all mine LOL. Perhaps we should call you Inspector Wellington now? :giggle:

Oh and congratulations on your Race for Life achievement! I admire you greatly for doing it!

Hugs,
Beth. x

[Princess4Wiz]

That's beautiful Princess3wiz, gorgeous card & I love the verse inside, that made me smile when I read it! Fabulous colours, love the background too, love all of it actually! :star:

Thank you, Kitten.

I was very nervous about my first card swap, and I'm so happy that Welly liked it! :whew:

I had great fun creating it too.

Beth. x

[Phree]

Gorgeous card Princess4Wiz, and your poem made me laugh - I can so relate to the glitter thing - on me, on hubby, on the dogs and everywhere else too!!!

[Millburn]

I certainly do agree!!!

I do too, that is a real work of art :D

And Beth, it is the best fun isn't it? doing the swaps :up:

[Princess4Wiz]

Gorgeous card Princess4Wiz, and your poem made me laugh - I can so relate to the glitter thing - on me, on hubby, on the dogs and everywhere else too!!!

Hubby isn't too fond of glitter, Phree, so I have to be a bit careful! The dogs don't seem to mind too much though :giggle:

Beth. x

[Princess4Wiz]

I do too, that is a real work of art :D

And Beth, it is the best fun isn't it? doing the swaps :up:

Thank you, Millburn!

I really did have fun making it, even though I had the collywobbles after I'd posted it!

Beth. x

[Millburn]

I really did have fun making it, even though I had the collywobbles after I'd posted it!



Just a lot :D, but I think of the fun making out weigh the collywobbles; just, and I know it stretches me; dependant on how stressfull my world is, & the wee step of improvement so a bit more ful-fillment each swap card gives me, and I know I'm not the most original card maker; my reason/excuse is that I'm a technologist/scientist not an artist, but I adore trying for another card maker (my DH did pass comment tonight, about why I put in so much for some people that get my cards to just go uh!! and he kind of gets that I don't care about uh! I just enjoy the making :D) but I do know that when I make a card for one of you; you know it took time, time that I was trying to make you :D I know how much I enjoy the cards I recieve :up:

[LoobyLou]

Gorgeous. I absolutely love this. The fun verse finished it off too. No more collywobbles for you Beth!

[budgie]

Gorgeous card Beth!

[Princess4Wiz]

Gorgeous. I absolutely love this. The fun verse finished it off too. No more collywobbles for you Beth!

Thank you Looby :happy:

I expect I'll still have collywobbles for a while, but as my techniques gradually improve I'm sure they will lessen.

Beth. x

[Princess4Wiz]

Gorgeous card Beth!

Thank you, Budgie.

I can't wait to get paid at the end of the month so I can order your infamous House Mouse stamp from JS!!!

Beth. x

[Victoria]

WOW Beth. What an amazing card. Well done. I'm really really impressed.

[Princess4Wiz]

WOW Beth. What an amazing card. Well done. I'm really really impressed.

Thank you very much, Victoria :blush:

Beth. x

[Impossible Princess]

That is absolutely stunning, Beth, amazing!!! :clapping: xx

[Princess4Wiz]

That is absolutely stunning, Beth, amazing!!! :clapping: xx

Thank you very much, IP :happy:

I had a ball making it!

Beth. x

[Little Jan]

Wow that card is lovely Beth, I still get the collywobbles when I send a card, and now looking at what all the newbies are making its going to get worse LOL

[Wellington]

Snotty doodles! Keep forgetting to post mine off - sorry KWC. I've had it made since last Friday :doh: I 'll write it on the back of me hand in stazon...

[Mistyblue]

Simply stunning Beth! You should be proud of that card & yourself for making it. The verse was a lovely touch also :)

[Marzipan]

my georgeous bling card from Angie thank you soo much i love it

[kitten_with_claws]

Hhe hee, that's a cute image, is that really a kitty with little fairy wings? lol :cool2:

[angela]

Thanks, glad you like it, the stamp is indead a kitty with wings, I recieved the stamp of a very kind Budgie, it's a lovely stamp

[budgie]

Glad you like the stamp Angela. Lovely colours, and love the sequin bling!

[Princess4Wiz]

Lovely card Angela, and the bling is perfect with it!

[Millburn]

that is just .... :D :up: love it :D

[LoobyLou]

The little girl is so quirky, I love it, and a cat with wings, most unusual.

[Impossible Princess]

Fab, funky card - love the colours and the little girl's dress :up: xx

[LoobyLou]

WOW, WOW, WOW, I cannot believe the card I recieved this morning from Kitten. Not sure if you are all gonna get the same effect I did when I opened up the envelope, but she truly has blinged it up..... thank you Kitten I simply adore this little beauty

http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww54/TwistedWitch1957/Kitten.jpg


I'm gonna be a longggggggg time with my pokey tool picking this little lot off ....... only joking Kitten I wouldn't part with this for anyone!

[budgie]

That is gorgeous kitten!

[kitten_with_claws]

Glad you like it Looby, it is one of my first proper stamping attempts!
I stamped the image with Versafine (as it is so delicate) & then embossed it with fine embossing powder! (I was too slow at first as the Versafine dries quite quickly but then got it right by just grabbing & chucking it the moment the stamp came off the paper! lol)

I enjoyed painting it (my first painting attempt too!) with Cosmic Shimmer paints & will definitely be getting some more of those!
(I had to buy almost everything for this swap but luckily I loved using it all & it was fun trying out some slightly more difficult (for me! lol) ideas! xx

[LoobyLou]

The painting was excellent and now I know it was your first attempt I am in awe.

[Princess4Wiz]

Oh Wow!! That's gorgeous, Kitten :up:

I love it and your stamping and painting are just wonderful :mysmilie_500:

Beth. x

[Millburn]

that is stunning Kitten, you are truely gifted, everything I've seen you make has been just wonderful

[Rainbowwand]

And in a little more detail:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff110/Wellybobs/Card%20Swaps/Princess4WizJuly10detail.jpg

A lush peacock ensamble of which I can't quite capture the rich colours - or the bling! I think the backing paper could be an Artylicious one from the Peacock Summer Party CD? If it isn't, someone else is designing Waterworth stylee LOL Each of the 'eyes' on the stamped Kanban peacock has been glittered (with an irridescent glitter, poss one of the HunkyDory ones?) & then a clear gem stuck on. The wing has also been glittered as well as the plume...It fair took my breath away when I opened up the wrap, thank you Princess :heart:

There's also an insert, with a verse:

"This card is for you, dear Wellington
And making it I had lots of fun

The CT Forum theme was bling
I made a hell of a mess with my glittering!

It was in my hair and all over the floors
I even found some on our poor doggies' paws!

The result was well worth it, I hope you agree
And it comes with love to you, from me!"

I certainly do agree!!!

What a stunning card, its beautiful!

[Rainbowwand]

my georgeous bling card from Angie thank you soo much i love it


Lovely card Angie, pity the camera couldn't catch the sparkle

[Rainbowwand]

WOW, WOW, WOW, I cannot believe the card I recieved this morning from Kitten. Not sure if you are all gonna get the same effect I did when I opened up the envelope, but she truly has blinged it up..... thank you Kitten I simply adore this little beauty

http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww54/TwistedWitch1957/Kitten.jpg


I'm gonna be a longggggggg time with my pokey tool picking this little lot off ....... only joking Kitten I wouldn't part with this for anyone!


Looby you crack me up at times, lol,

Kitten your card is gorgeous! i love the colours,

[kitten_with_claws]

Received this delightfully blingy card from Welly this morning, I love it, the design is so pretty & the metallic flowers & embossed swirly bit really catch the light!
Now Welly, you must tell me where the lovely metallic flowers, beautiful stamped flowers & swirly stamp came from because I really need those.........! lol :flower:

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[LoobyLou]

Ohh Welly, that is really lush. I love all those different flowers.

Tru, did my card still not arrive? I posted it last week, ruddy PO

[tru-ella]

Ohh Welly, that is really lush. I love all those different flowers.

Tru, did my card still not arrive? I posted it last week, ruddy PO

Sorry Looby, no card yet and postie has been today

[LoobyLou]

I know I only put a second class stamp on it, but honestly, it's half way through this week now and I sent it last week. PO gets worse and worse

[Millburn]

that is a beauty of a card Welly, I too love the flowers, and the flourish stamp is great too :D

[budgie]

Lovely card Welly!

[millie]

Gorgeous cards from everyone, Kitten I love your peacock stamp, what make is it
Sorry I've not posted yet, dissertation is due in so been editing madly - have made my card though so will post asap

[kitten_with_claws]

Gorgeous cards from everyone, Kitten I love your peacock stamp, what make is it

It's a Personal Impressions one, I found it here:

http://thecraftbarn.co.uk/section.php?xSec=1498&xPage=1&currency=1

I was looking for ages for just the right one because I knew as soon as the swap was announced what I wanted to do but I couldn't find the perfect stamp initially........& I couldn't very well ask on here.......! LOL

[Princess4Wiz]

Fabulous card, Welly! I flowers and flourishes!

[Wellington]

Ooooo, lovely sparkly cards this month ladies - loving them all :up:



Now Welly, you must tell me where the lovely metallic flowers, beautiful stamped flowers & swirly stamp came from because I really need those.........! lol :flower:


The flowers are Dovecraft brads which I got from the Every Crafts A Pound stand at the Aintree fair - I've seen them somewhere else online recently, but I'm beggared if I can remember where. I have to confess that only 2 remained as brads as sadly they weren't very good quality & the 'legs' snapped off almost as soon as I opened them, so I gave up, broke off the remaining legs & Pinflaired them. The flowers & swirls are both from our Sheena's Funky Floral plate - the swirls are embossed with Cosmic Shimmers in one of the black varients, not to hand but I think Arctic & the flowers are CS mica powder from the pearl set, the ones that look white but have interference micas that show up on black.

Looby, I know what you mean about the 2nd class delivery - I posted my swap to Kitten last Thursday!

[Princess4Wiz]

I received this beautiful card from Marzi today!

The background paper is a soft beige with a gorgeous flower detail which has been beautifully glittered and soft white butterflies across it. There is a softly glittered strip of ribbon across the bottom. The little tag has a sweet little fairy on it which again has been glittered. The jewelled butterfly is just breathtaking and sparkles away magnificently.

I seem to like to take two photos of the cards I receive! The first one shows the whole card and the second, I hope, has captured the wonderful bling of the butterfly and glittered flower.

Thank you, Marzi, I love my card and the care you have taken over it :heart:

Beth. x

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[budgie]

Beautiful card Marzi, love that bling butterfly!

[Millburn]

that's is so sofisticated, and lovely, it's adoreable :D

[kitten_with_claws]

That's beautiful Marzi - I looked at the pics & said 'ooooh' & 'ahhh' quite a lot - so pretty, very girly! :flower:

[tru-ella]

I received a beautiful card from Looby today - I will post pictures shortly, have to find my camera. But wanted to say as I know Looby has been waiting for it to arrive.

[millie]

Received a beautiful blingy card from Satincollie this morning, sorry I can't put a photo on at the moment as DS gone on holidays with friends and has my camera with him, will do as soon as he gets back though

[LoobyLou]

Thanks for letting me know it arrived okay, finally, tru. Bliddy PO they have had that for a good 11 days. I know I put a second class stamp on it, but I didn't expect it to be delivered by Pony Express via the mid west of the USA!

[Little Jan]

Fantastic cards ladies, sorry I have not been able to coment on them one by one but I am unable to sit here for more then 10 mins,without being in pain, hopefully new meds will kick in soon.

[Little Jan]

my lovely card from Millie arrived a few days ago, the picture does not do it justice
The card is white matted with silver mirri and then pink swirly mirri, and then has a mixture of matts and a beautiful stamped image, not sure if its stamped on glitter or glittered after but its stunning, its been finsihed off with flowers and gems, reale cheered me up
http://a.imageshack.us/img686/7052/003nlj.jpg (http://img686.imageshack.us/i/003nlj.jpg/)

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[kitten_with_claws]

Ooooooh, spaaaaarkly......! That's beautiful Millie, the colours are just glorious, that would indeed cheer anyone up! :sun:

[Impossible Princess]

Your usual sub-standard effort, Kitten, oh well I suppose we have to let you off, you being a beginner and all... We all have to start somewhere... :wink: :giggle: You know I'm kidding, sweet, it's stunning! That stamp is gorgeous and beautifully painted and I love the 'bling it on', fantastic!! xx

Gorgeous card Welly. The jewels and glitter look so effective against the black, v. classy xx

That's beautiful, Marzi, and nice to see a blingy card with more natural colours and themes, that butterfly's stunning xx

Wow, great card Millie (and a brill shot of it LJ), love the way you've blended all the colours together so well, the colours in the stamped image match the background perfectly xx

[tru-ella]

So sorry I have not posted mine to my fellow crafter yet, its still a work in progress, I am so behind this week with catching up, promise to get Loobys card posted onto the forum tomorrow too

[budgie]

Fantastic card Millie!

[Millburn]

It's a beauty Millie :D

[LoobyLou]

Millie that is gorgeous. I love that sparkly image

[Victoria]

I've really enjoyed looking at all the blingy cards. They're all gorgeous and original.

[tru-ella]

Looby dd you get my PM?

My PC tower is crashing on me, have no CD reader and now its not letting me load any photos onto it. Would you be able to post a picture of your stunning card for me. Apologies I feel so bad as its so pretty and you have spent such a long time on it. It is standing with pride of place with my special cards in my craft room and my SIL always admires it when she sees it.

Satincollie, I will get your card finished today and posted first class on Monday.

No excuse I know, but things have just been hectic here this past 3 weeks.

[LoobyLou]

Hi Tru, sorry hon, yes I got your pm but was knacked out after my hospital trip and had a DT card for CCM to finish. Anyhow, here is my card I sent to Tru-ella for the July bling cardswap. It's not the greatest pic in the world but it's difficult to capture.

I actually think I really do hate glitter!!! LOL So I penned this poem which was inside the card

Glitter, glitter everywhere
in my eyes and in my hair
On my nose just in my view
it's even in my knickers too

I hate the stuff the way it clings
with glitter who needs any rings
For weeks to come every time I look
I'll see it glistening in some small nook

Does anyone sell a glitter remover?
or do I need going over with the hoover?


http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww54/TwistedWitch1957/Craft%20Telly%20posts/July1a.jpg (http://s705.photobucket.com/albums/ww54/TwistedWitch1957/Craft%20Telly%20posts/?action=view&current=July1a.jpg)

[kitten_with_claws]

:giggle: Hee hee, love the poem Looby but worth it as that card is sooooooo pretty! :star:

[Millburn]

it is very pretty Looby Loo,

[Princess4Wiz]

Gorgeous card, Looby! I can relate to the glitter thing, and love your poem!

[Victoria]

What a great poem and a gorgeous card despite your reservations!

[budgie]

Lovely glittery card Looby!

[tru-ella]

Thanks Looby, it is a stunning card

[millie]

Sorry to be so late posting this, but have now got both DS and camera back!

This is my gorgeous blingy card from Satincollie
Love it all, the colours are lovely and soft and the whole design goes together beautifully, my favourite bit is the gold die-cut floral piece which is so delicate.

[satincollie]

I'm glad you liked it Millie as I'm struggling with my inspiration at the moment.
I recieved this gorgeous Purple bling card from Truella this morning and had a hard time trying to photograph it so hope this does the card justice.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v88/Willowish/cards/DSCF1027.jpg

thanks Tru :)

[LoobyLou]

SC and Tru your cards are really lush. I too love the look of that very delicate little floral addition to SC's card and what's not to love about Tru's yummy purple/magenta creation. Kanban do bling so well.

[kitten_with_claws]

Fabulous cards Tru & SC! :flower:

Tru - what's the glorious swirly bit & where can I get it.......& how did you do that tiny stand alone lettering?

SC - are those the Japonica punches from QVC & where can I get that adorable litle flowery branch thingy?

[budgie]

Gorgeous cards Satincollie and Tru-ella. Mucho bling!

[tru-ella]

lol, Kitten, the swirly card is from a Kanban kit, and the lovely letters are peel offs!

Glad you like it Satincollie, just sorry it took me so long to get it to you!

[Summer]

Really enjoyed looking through all these pics, gorgeous cards everyone. All of the sparkle has cheered me right up on a grey wet thursday afternoon. :clapping:

[kitten_with_claws]

Ah yes, thanks Tru - it was the purple that threw me but now you've said it, i can picture it! lol

[satincollie]

I cut the floral bits with my cricut sometime ago when I was playing with it and the Punch is one from one of the sets QVC did however I had bought it before they featured the sets so dont have the full set.

[Millburn]

they are both lovely, and again so very different :up: :D