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I'm alive & blogging again!

Hello friends & visitors to my blog!
A very happy and peaceful New Year' 2014 to you all. First I'd like to thank all who stuck around here in spite of my long absence from blogosphere. This assured me of your continued support and encouragement and made me feel sort of obligated to blog again.
A lot has happened since my last post and the main reason I've been away so long is because my DD is now at university in USA for her undergrad studies. Prior to her departure in mid-August, I was busy shopping and making projects for her to organize her dorm room & closet. After that, I've been spending most of my time chatting with her online as and when possible. Yes, I miss her and Christmas wasn't the same without her.
The 'Thank You' cards I have to share with you today, were made for my daughters high school headmistress, counselor etc. who played a role in the university application process. All the coloring was done by her. I did the rest.

Supplies used:

Stamps - 'Stamp It' (Flowers)

Colour - Chalk Pastels

Sentiments - SRM Stickers
Gold cardstock
Card 1 Fiskars 3 in 1 corner punch (lace)
Card 2 Fiskars Scarpboss-border, frames and corner stencil set
Card 3 Glitter
Thanks for stopping by. I will certainly try to share some of my new makes as well as make time to
visit you soon.
Leanne

You are Eggstra special !!

Hi!

Happy Easter to all my eggstra special bloggie friends. Here’s a commissioned card I made for a friend who recently got engaged and wanted to send it to her fiancé in Australia. The moment she got the card out of the envelope she loved it so much that she gave me a hug and kept admiring it. Then, I told her to open the inside and I got two more hugs. I was really happy the card came together after a long struggle and that she appreciated it. I hope you’ll like it too. The inspiration for this card was from Amy's blog HERE and this is my version …

After trying shapes like rectangle and inverted heart, I finalized my egg shaped bunny face template. The bottom piece of cardstock was with the ears while the top piece without. A heart shape was cut using a craft knife on the top piece to align with the die cut foam heart on the bottom piece. After scoring the bottom piece just less than an inch below the top of head, the two pieces were joined at the top. The purpose of scoring the bottom piece was to enable the card to be opened without ruining the top by pulling the bottom piece backwards. Some DP from my stash was used for the inside of the ears, and dry embossed around it with a large ball stylus for dimension. The left ear was folded down and secured with foam tape. The tuft of fur was also cut separately and attached with foam tape for dimension. The rest of the facial features were drawn with a pointer and finished off with large googlie eyes.

Here’s the inside of the card…

I showed my friend some stamps I had for the inside. She wanted me to use them all. So I wrote U R my and stamped eggstra special, honey bunny, with lots of love & hugs and kisses. Happy Easter! using Gina K.- Square Pegs stamp set ; and got yet another hug. :)

Have a fabulous day!

Leanne

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:
http://www.abcchallenges.blogspot.com - Easter ends 31/3
http://papercraftstar.blogspot.com - Easter ends 2/4
http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com - Anything goes ends 3/4
http://www.4craftychicks.blogspot.com - Easter ends 3/4
http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com - Bunny ends 3/4
http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com - Easter Eggstravagansa ends 5/4
http://onestopcraftchallenge.blogspot.com - Easter ends 5/4
http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.com - Easter ends 5/4
http://redcarpetstudiochallenge.blogspot.com - Easter ends 6/4
http://pumpkinspiceblog.blogspot.co.uk - Spring animals ends 6/4
http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.com - Animals ends 11/4

Thinking of You!

Hi!

I just made a card for the March sketch challenge at The Craft’s Meow and thought I’d share right away. The designer paper I used for my card was sent to me by Nina, the stamp illustrator at The Craft's Meow and designer of the sketch for this challenge while I won the beautiful Craft’s Meow stamp sets at a blog hop a year ago. Thanks Nina and Lisa for making this creation possible. Indeed I thank my God each time I think of all the generous bloggers due to whom I am able to satisfy my passion for crafting.

Supplies used:

Cosmo Cricket –Earth Love paper for image background & banner cut-outs

Craft’s Meow – Nature’s Beauty stamp set for image

Craft’s Meow – Inspired by Audrey stamp set for the sentiment

Craft’s Meow – Owl Journaling stamp set for banner cut outs

Memento Black Ink

I’m also entering this card into the following challenges:
http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com - Anything goes ends 3/4
http://stamping-fantasies.blogspot.co.uk - A special celebration (flowers- Brenda loves flowers)
http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com - Spring ends 9/4

My 2nd Post for the day!!

Hi!
This anniversary challenge at ODBD has inspired me to create not one but two cards. So, here's my 2nd post and card. Even the sketches at Simon Says Challenge blog were so inviting, that I thought I'd use their 2nd sketch for this card.

Supplies used:

Silver Ribbon is Hallmark Fabric Ribbon ( It was brought from UK 19 yrs ago for my wedding decor)

The pink & blue papers were sent as RAK

The beautiful motif sticker is from Martha Stewart Crafts (The sticker came with all those tiny gems around & a larger one in the centre which I carefully removed & replaced with wine glasses)

The two wine glasses are recycled confetti ( I picked it from the table at a friends wedding. It was going to waste anyway.)

Sentiment from ODBD-Love One Another stamp set

Here's a close up of the motif ..

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

http://ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.com - Anniversary plus silver ending 18/3
http://papercraftstar.blogspot.com - Green- recycling ends 18/3
http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com - Sketch # 2 ending 19/3
http://www.sarahhurleychallenges.blogspot.com - Recycle ends 31/3

Happy 5th Anniversary ODBD

Hi!
Happy St. Patrick's Day! It's just past midnight here, but I'm here to share a card I made to link it up at my favourite blog Our Daily Bread Designs for their 5th Anniversary challenge. I own just the 'Love One Another" stamp set from ODBD and there were several opportunities recently to use this set for their challenges, but I just couldn't make it. When I saw their recent challenge I was determined to make a card. So, I browsed for a sketch and liked the latest sketch at Simon Says Challenge Blog and this is what I came up.