Card by Mim for Lolo

Oh man, am I loving this card! There are so many layers that it's actually like trying to peer through the water and little by little you start to see more fish. It's awesome! The pinks and chartreuse really speak to me. I even love those tiny little grommets in the corners and that wonderful heart!

The words say "I love when I am happy with the results."

I know I am! Thank you Mim ;)

suki's card from Joss

Love all the hearts and this vibrant pink. Also note in right corner a Tuscany type villa. On the back: "Home is where you can scratch where it itches!" And Joss adds "Hope you can scratch really soon." Thanks Joss. I love it.

I am about to send out my last card to Patti. Just have to write on the back. This has been fun. Thank you all.

Card from Marianne for Caroline

This wonderful little card sailed in yesterday! Marianne has folded a map of SE Asia with Malaysia on the front side (in flight magazine, by any chance?!!), making its way across the sea to China under a big sparkly sun! What an original idea Marianne - I love it and am so happy it arrived intact! By the way, it's much brighter in real life than the pic shows - Marianne always uses such beautiful colours! I tried scanning but that flattened the boat, so I took a photo so you could see the form better and despite adjusting the levels, it's not doing it justice!! On the reverse there is some text in Dutch which reads " Met je verstand kun je ver komen. Met je verbeelding overal" which in translation I think means something like this: "With knowledge you can come a long way, with imagination you can get everywhere"! I certainly agree with this - Thank you Marianne!

P.S. Thanks for the kind messages re my upcoming operation!

lookie what I got today!

Two beauties!  One from Joss and one from Marianne!!  I love them and am so happy to have them!!  

this first one is from Joss, I just love the different patterns and prints of the papers and images she used here...the vintage images are awesome!

Note on back says:  'Happiness is not the absence of problems, but the ability to deal with them.'  (may your problems be few and your happiness great!)

Thanks so much Joss and it's perfect!!

this one is from Marianne!  Beautiful kitty and awesome colors!  (hmmm...wonder who that kitty is?)  Done in lovely watercolors and colorful stickers, the dragonfly has wings that lift up and give a 3-d effect to the card!  I love it!  Two of my most favorite things...Cats and colors!  Your sjimmie reminds me so much of my Merlin who passed away earlier this year.  Yes, as his name applies, he was magical!!  So, this postcard is extra special!

On the back the note reads:  'You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats'  ~Colonial Proverb  
 
That is just soooo true!!

Thanks ladies, I love these treasures so very, very much!!

Postcard from Lynn to Caroline

Hurray!!! Look what arrived on Saturday from Lynn and in perfect condition too! This is Tia, my kitty! I'm sure those of you who've seen her on my blog will agree that this is a super likeness - HRH Tia is most impressed.! It's a wonderful thread painting - thank you Lynn (and Henry V, of course) your creativity is astounding - we've been admiring our postcard all weekend.

I really like this swap

I vote we go another round....

:)

Mim

From Suki and Joss

I got these cards this week from Suki and Joss - so wonderful. Suki has a great poem on the back which starts with "the first fish I ever caught would not lie down quiet in the pail" - a poem by Mary Oliver who Suki loves.

Joss' card is colorful and lively and states that 'each day comes bearing it's own gifts" - how true! Joss, the address part of the card was hanging on by a thread - more glue girlfriend!

I've been spraying a bit of varnish on my cards if they are inkjet printed, just to save them from total destruction by the rain. I worry a bit when I glue two pieces of paper together, and am trying to do one side heavy and the other side (usually the address side) in a lighter weight paper. Or else I am stitching the two sides together - I guess whatever works.