Our card to our neighbors next door.  It actually looks better in real time.  Our neighbors are Riley and Carole and are wonderful people.

A very lovely RAK Christmas card from Trish Davey in Australia.  Thank you very much, Trish.......  

Two really cute ATCs from Trish Davey in Australia.  It is for the ATC Swap in the Papercraft group, for Dec. 2014. Thank you, Trish! 

My FRIENDSHIP Card from Geri Jacques in Australia.  She is in the Papercraft group. And it was for Dec. 2014. Thank you very much, Geri!

Two ATCs go to Trish in Australia.  They are for the Dec Swap for Christmas "Red and Green".  Mailed Dec. 2014.  I know it is summer time in Australia, but it is winter here in the USA and all decorations are wintery, sorry...Trish.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to one and all.

 A very nice Christmas card from Leida Flores in the Bronx, NY.   Thank you, Leida.   We are in numerous card groups together.   

This card is much lovelier in real time. It just does not show the green sparkles on the flowers.  Thanks, Trish in the Cards and Friends group for the die swap.  Love it much!   Rec'd 12/11/14.  IT was for the Die Cut Swap.

A lovely Christmas card from Sue Soto in the Papercrafts group. It is a Free style card for Dec.  Rec'd on the 9th of Dec. 2014. Thanks for being my partner, Sue. 

Hmm, I think I thought about Fishing first off, Lyn, sorry....   Is this a nice card or what??  It is for the FREE Style in the Cards and Friends group.  Lyn is from Lexington, KY.   Rec'd Dec 8th, 2014

This is a beautiful card I rec'd from Lucie Horowytz in the Red/Black Swap in the CAF Group.   Nicely done, Lucie.  Rec'd yesterday 12/6/2014

This a card for Betty Wright in New Zealand, she is in the Paper Craft group. It will fly out tomorrow.  Dec.2014 swap.  It is layered chalked and even has an embellishment on it, as it is for the FRIENDSHIP swap.

This is a card for Lyn Christian in Lexington, KY.  on Cards and Friends group.  It is a FREE style card, hope she likes it.  Dec. 2014.  It is embossed, die-cut and chalked.

Here is a bit of Quilling I did for someone I do not know, in the PaperCraft group.  I know she likes purple and green,  And oh, lordy, one is a different color of green.   I do hope I get it together soon.
Mailed in Dec. 2014

This is for the DIE-CUT Swap on the Cards and Friends group. And it goes to Kathleen Coughlan in Aberconway, UK.   Scotland I believe.   Hope she likes it.   

My card to Sue Soto on the RED AND BLACK Swap on the Cards and Friends group.  The red sparkle did not turn out so good, but I hope she likes it.  Sent Dec. 2014  

I have my two ATCs ready and waiting to fly to Kentucky to Lyn.  They are FOOD and SPORTS on the Papercraft group.   I do hope she enjoys  them. 

My very first ATC and includes a RAK card all from Betty Wright in New Zealand, since I rejoined the group.  It was for the Garden and Holiday Swap. Very nice, huh!!.  The RAK card and envelope got smashed and card was damaged a bit, but all in all they are all in good shaped.  Thanks, Betty. 
The group was Cards and Friends in Yahooland.

Ooophs, forgot to crop!!  These two lovies go to Trish Davey on the ATC swap, she is on the Cards and Friends group.  Lives in Australia, hope they are enjoyed.  One on left is for the GARDEN Swap and the one on right is for the Holiday Swap.  Hope she enjoys them.

This a swap card for Winnie Schats in Zaandam, The Netherlands on the PCD group. 

This card is for my M-I-L's 87th birthday.  She is in Rehab here in Victoria, TX - USA   at Twin Pines. 

This beautiful card is mine, all mine and I love it.  It is embossed, embroidered, and has stickers and a ribbon.  It is so very pretty.  It is from Nancy Klarer in OH.  and is on the (PCD) PaperCraftingDesigns group on Yahoo.com.  Now I need to send one to Winnie in The Netherlands.   

Two more swaps, E and F.   E is explore and F is Flower, not sure who they go to at this point.   But I will let you know SOON. 

This is C and D for May and they go to Janine.  C is the cross and D is the dog.  Hope she likes them.
It is for the Mini books Swap, hosted by Leida. 

This a card I received from Katie Nickerson from Concord, New Hampshire.  From a group on Facebook.   It was to tell something about where you are from.   Very cute! 

This is a card for a lady on a CARD-MAKING, Swap A Card A Month group, on Facebook.  Her name is Katie Ramsey Nickerson in NH.  It is a swap for sharing a little about where we are from.   I sure hope it equals to what she sends me.  And I hope she likes it.

Aren't they gorgeous, love both breeds.

I am starting a new project...... journaling.  At least I am trying.   I am still owner of one group and on a couple of others, but nothing urgent.  Plus a free work shop by JennieBellie, love her work and blogs
I hope to improve my art work and do more with it.  I am working on a large Tim Holtz Journal, lots of pages.  Although my hand writing is not so good anymore as I have started to have a slight shakiness now, all do to age I am sure.  But I am going to write in it anyway.  I do have enough supplies and embellishments to last for ever, so I need to put them to good use, something I will keep and eventually hand down to family. 
Having started in it already with mostly stamps and different techniques I have done in the past. There is so much more I want to do in it.  Like I said..... large journal books, lots of pages.  Plus I do know how to do book covers and with The Cinch I can bind them.  And many more dies and not one but two machines to work them up.
I do love making cards, but for now I have put it on hold. Maybe later.
So now I am off to craft a bit and see comes up.

This a simple card I made for Theresa Kamp in Qlds, Australia.  It is for a swap that is on Papercrafts and it was to tell where we are from.  Hope she likes it.

 

These are two of the loveliest cards I have received. If you look closely you can tell she did them

totally by hand, she must be a Zentangle Queen.  Aren't they gorgeous!! They are both from Janine Barash in NY.  Love, love , love them both. 

This is a very sweet and lovely card I received from Leida Flores in NY.   I do like it very much.  It is for the monthly card swap in the Cardcrafts_Mini-Books group.  For the month of March.  2014.   

A cute card I made a couple of weeks ago and now I have the right person to send it to. It goes to Faye VonThaden in the Cardcrafts_mini-books group for our monthly card swap.  The flower here is fairly squished, but I hope it looks better when she receives it. Mailed (almost late) on March 15th.  

These are two lovely ATCs from Janine Barash in NY.  It is for the ATC Swap in the CardCrafts_Minibooks group.   Thank you much Janine, I enjoyed you being my partner. 

This is a lovely card I rec'd from Lynda Thornbury in the Papercraft group FreeStyle Swap. She is from Tulsa, Ok.

This is a Card I made last November (2013) and never used it till now.  And it goes to Lynda Thombury  in Oklahoma.    It is for the Free-Style in the Papercraft group.  It shows marks on it in the scan but they really are none.   Hope it is liked. Mailed 5th of Feb.

This card is embossed by me on the BigShot machine. And it goes to Leida in New York.  I think it is pretty, hope she does. 

I do apologize for the look of these ATCs, but they have bumps on them and scanner was not good at taking this type. They are for the ATC swap on the CardCrafts_MiniBooks_Alterable group.  One is Free-Style and the other is for the letter "B".  I do hope they get there ok.   Oh by the way it goes to Faye VonThaden in Florida. 

One is very old and one is new.  These are the two ATCs I am sending to Faye in Florida.  The one on the right side is for "A" and it is animals.  They are for the Cards_MiniBooks_Alterable group I am in. 

These are two ATCs from Faye on the Cards_MiniBooks_Alterable group that I received. Aren't they cute!!!  This is a group I inherited from Sherry that just needed more personal time.  I now need to do my ATCs and send them to Faye.  I have my Pocket Pages all done and ready to mail, just have to wait for Garner to be off to take them to post office.  And then when Leida gets them and mixes them up, she will send back all the different ones to us.