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My name's Alison but for reasons too long to go into I'm known as Cockney Blonde or CB for short. I've been rubber stamping for several years but now spend most of my time either knitting or crocheting. However, with the advent of a New Year I have bitten the bullet and am tackling my usually hated pastime of sewing. I've even bought 'Sewing for Dummies' to guide me on my way. I've been with my hubby Dave for 24 years and between us we have 4 kids and 5 grandkids. We also have 2 cats and a dog, the latter features as my 'photo' image. I used to be able to blog daily but these days I struggle to blog weekly. Hopefully now we are settled into our new home in the country, I can get back to a daily (well almost) update from the room I now have to share with hubby. No more personal crafting space for me!!! Thanks to all the blogs and sites I follow for all your brilliant inspiration, and thank you to everyone who finds the time to comment on my blog.

Wednesday, 24 February 2010

LOTV and Playdate Cafe Challenges

I'm entering this card into 2 challenges. Lili Of The Valley has a sketch challenge and the Playdate Cafe had a colour theme of red, brown, and linen with a photo of coffee beans for inspiration.





The backing paper is from a lovely paper bag that I got with a fancy gift at some time.


The pearlised flatback beads are PaperCellar.


The vertical 'ribbons' are laser cut from a scrapbooking kit I had.


I've used red brads to centre the prima flowers.


Hope you like it and the challenge links are below, x


http://liliofthevalleythursdaychallenge.blogspot.com/2010/02/challenge-47.html

http://theplaydatecafe.blogspot.com/2010/02/play-date-cafe-challenge-pdcc17.html
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9 comments:

  1. JoZart Designs24 February 2010 at 21:19

    That is just fab.. .you've been busy! Lovely composition and delicate colour shades. See you next week I hope?
    Jo x

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  2. Hanne24 February 2010 at 21:23

    Beautiful card!
    Hanne

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  3. Carol Q24 February 2010 at 22:37

    lovely vintage feel Alison

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  4. Dotpat24 February 2010 at 22:59

    Very nice Alison

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  5. Julie Ranae25 February 2010 at 01:01

    Thanks so much for entering this week's Play Date Cafe Challenge...Beautiful creation!

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  6. cockney blonde25 February 2010 at 08:24

    Thank you for your lovely comments, x

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  7. cats whiskers1 March 2010 at 13:24

    Thank you for joining LOTV with such a stunnin creation
    Hugs Jacqui x

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  8. CraftyC2 March 2010 at 19:00

    Its a beautiful card and I love the image.Thanks for taking part in the LOTV Challenge!
    Clairexx

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  9. Nicola2 March 2010 at 19:00

    Beautiful card and super take on our sketch. Your floral and ribbon detail are gorgeous. Thank you for joining us at Lili of the Valley.
    Nicola -x-

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