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Sunday, 3 January 2010

Back In The Challenge Swing!


Hope you are all having a good weekend and a happy Sunday.  I've got a touch of the "back to work blues" at the moment as it will be back to the office tomorrow for a full 50 hour week.  We've had more snow overnight and another couple of heavy-ish showers of the stuff today - nothing too much to worry about though, which is good.  One bonus of going back to work is that I shall get an uninterrupted 30 mins each morning to blog hop and have a catch up!

So, thought I would have a go at just two or three challenges today and my first card to show you is for Cute Card Thursday No 93 Sketchtastic

For this card I have used some gorgeous papers that I received for Christmas from my pal Zippy (thanks babe), some DCWV card stock and the cutest, teeniest Penny Black mouse ....





















My second card today is also from a sketch and is for the ever fabulous Sketch Saturday Challenge - I must again take the opportunity of thanking the Sketch Saturday gang for making me so welcome during my December GDT with them.  Simonne has produced a really elegant sketch and it was a joy to work with.

As well as entering this card for the Sketch Saturday Challenge I would also like to enter this one into this weeks Totally Gorjuss Challenge


I've used a Tilda (I think she is the New Year Tilda) and a mix of Papermania, Joanna Sheen and DCWV papers and cardstock. Flowers were a gift from the supremely talented Marcea (mwah), spacers from Bunny Zoe and brads are Woodware.

Thanks for dropping by this afternoon, lovely to see you.
Hugs, Squirrel xx

25 comments:

  1. both gorgous cards hun! hope work isn't too bad when you get back x

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  2. Beautiful cards! wow 50 hours!? I thought 40 was bad enough. I hope it's not too hard to get back into the routine of working.
    xx

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  3. Gorgeous cards hun, love the images and they're beautifully coloured. Hope your start back at work isn't too bad xx

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  4. Two gorgeous cards, both beautifully coloured! Well done on getting back into the swing of things, I've not ventured back into my craft room yet!
    I know the feeling about going back to work tomorrow but I'm glad I don't do a 50 hour week!
    xx :0)

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  5. 2 gorgeous cards hun .... that teeny PB meece is really the sweetest :-)
    I've got back to work blues too ... pity we have to go there really, to pay for the craft stuff we then don't have adequate time to use loL!
    pauline x

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  6. I love them both, they are so cute and pretty :o)
    Jackie xx

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  7. first card is very pretty, cute mouse
    like the way you've decorated the corners on the Tilda card, it goes really well with the card layout

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  8. Gorgeous cards Squirrel! Love that wee mouse! :0)
    Back to work tomorrow for me too...but at least it's only afternoons & evenings 'til Friday! ;0)
    Helen x

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  9. I LOVE both of your cards!! xx

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  10. Hi Squirrel I love both of these card. I love PB and Tilda images and these are both very sweet. I've been seeing lots of cards with Tilda in heels and didn't realise that I had them too cos I hadn't had time to have a look at the Winter Club set. What an idiot! Isn't it a problem when someone uses one you haven't seen and you "need" it?
    Thanks for joining us at TG again and good luck.

    Kat x

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  11. Two fab cards and both beautifully coloured.
    louise xx

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  12. Happy New Year hunny.
    Gorgeous cards, your colouring is beautiful as always
    hugs Mandy xx

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  13. Oh Hun hope you have a good day dear!!!! love these cards both are stunning and your colourimng is superb
    Hugs Jacqui x

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  14. 50 hours 'swoon'...two stunning cards, beautifully coloured and i love the clean look of them
    Mina xxx

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  15. Lovely cards Squirrel. Sorry you still have snow. we don't have any here and the kids at school (we went back today) would love it. Perhaps you could send us some!!!
    Dont you get my comment about your "bleach" problem? Hope it was of some use
    Thanks for joining us again at TG
    Love Sarah XXX
    p.s. Don't work tooo hard!!!!

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  16. very nice job on your card! Tilda is a cutie, Thank you for joining in at TG this week with us
    Xmichele

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  17. 2 really stunning cards, love the little mouse and fab tilda, gorgeous colours too.luv coops.xx

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  18. Great cards as usual Squirrel :) Make sure you keep the snow over there: I don't want any!!

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  19. I love it it's so georgeous.

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  20. thanks for joining in the fun with us at CCT this week. hugs, annie x

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  21. I love the colors you used they are so cute.

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  22. Fab cards again Squirrel, thanks for joining us this week at Totally Gorjuss.
    Barbara
    xx

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  23. Morning hun, so how much snow do you have now???? So much here I can't even believe it but I know this is the same everywhere really! At least it is the weekend and we can forget about travel worries and the drudgery of work for a couple of days!!! Fab cards hunny, so very pretty you clever lady! Hope you have a nice weekend and I will maybe get my butt into gear and do a little stamping of nice things as promised
    xxx

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