Friday 11 July 2014

Carte Postal

I've been very quiet on here for a while but I have been busy, collecting together cards for sale for this years charity for a group I belong to in our village. This years charity is for the new cancer unit at our local hospital, something close to my heart as this year we lost a close family member to cancer and he was unable to have treatment at our local hospital and had to travel twenty miles to another town, thanks to our local hospice and the wonderful Macmillan nurses he was able to spend his last weeks at home but everything would have been so much better if the new unit had been open.  The last time I sold cards for a charity I managed to sell over a hundred cards so I am hoping to do the same this time. While I love making cards I hate the nitty gritty things like putting in inserts and finding envelopes and cello bags etc, seemed to take me for ever to do that.

Anyhow took time for a play today and made a couple of cards for challenges, this one is for
Make My Monday - mail art

Inkylicious stamp and papers from the wallflower collection.
My second card is for

Try It On Tuesday - Summer colours

I seem to be having a bit of thing for orange at the moment, not a colour I normally use much and I don't like orange flowers in my garden either! however I had fun making the background for this card with Stampin Up gorgeous grunge stamps, the main flower is a Hero arts
 

11 comments:

  1. Thankyou for joining us at MMM with this gorgeous card. Love the pop of the beautiful red rose.
    Suzi B xx
    Love the brightness of your second card.. good luck with the charity sale.

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  2. Lovely mail art card. Very pretty with the addition of the rose and Eiffel Tower.Thank you for joining us at Make My Monday. Good luck with your card sale.

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  3. Great cards both of them, specially love the Paris themed one, bt the other one is gorgeous too! Good luck with the charity sales this year, such a worthy cause!

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  4. Two beautiful cards Joan, I'm sure you'll make your 100 target.
    Yvonne x
    p.s. thank you for sharing the gorgeous flower card with us at TioT's,

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  5. Great cards. I hope you make your target - such a worthwhile cause.

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  6. What a lovely mail art card - it really evokes vintage Paris.
    Thank you for joining us at Make My Monday. Marina DT

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  7. classic and simple, thank you for joining us at TIOT. we hope to see you again soon.EE

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  8. Two wonderful cards, Joan! Good luck with the sale x

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  9. Fabulous cards Joan! Love your vintage feel cards.

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  10. HI Joan, Two gorgeous cards, and love the 'hot' orange colour, very summery.
    Good luck with the charity sale cards.
    Avril xx
    p.s. Thanks for linking this up to TioT

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  11. HI Joan, Two gorgeous cards, and love the 'hot' orange colour, very summery.
    Good luck with the charity sale cards.
    Avril xx
    p.s. Thanks for linking this up to TioT

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