Card Swap

OMG!  Here it is October 30th already.  I have not posted since the first week of October. Back in September I mentioned I had become involved in the local Woman's Club -- had no idea how much of my time this would take.  No regrets -- just running out of time for all the other things I want to do.  Again, I think the major time crunchers are over -- let's hope, cause I really miss making cards!  Have no idea how regular bloggers handle time scheduling -- how do you do it?!

Recently one of the discussion groups on Etsy has had an 'unfinished card' swap in which I am participating.  This is our third round -- a lot of fun.  In this round, each member sent 3-4 elements of a card to three other members and we were to make a card using the elements.  Yesterday I finally sat down to work on these cards -- I've had the elements for four weeks....

So, here is my first card.  The elements sent to me were the embossed silver paper, large and small snowflake and the silver and white rope.  I love silver, red and white together -- so traditional and beautiful for Christmas.  I added the small flower in the center of the snowflake for a dab of green.

 

Originally, I wanted a regular bow, but I'm not very good with bows and the thickness of the rope was awkward for me.  So I opted for this simple tie and I think it goes better with the design of the snowflake.

I'm glad to receive these elements so I could make a Christmas card and post it on Christmas Card Challenges - Anything Goes

and
Festive Friday Challenge #43

Happy Thursday,
Kathy

Over the Hill

Subtle.   But a gentle way to say happy birthday to someone who is or is going to be over the hill.  I was looking at my Paper Smooches stamps and saw this one and realized I had not used it yet.  The other day I saw a blog with a challenge to use unused stamps -- oh my, do I have a lot of stamps to use.  So this will be my start. 

I will post this card to the Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge September Sketch

 


Have a great weekend.
Kathy