Thursday, 2 February 2023

Card Chain Swap Reveal

 Morning and the 2nd of the month means it's reveal day at the Card Chain Challenge Swap.

Each month we get a choice of sketck/themes or colour and I went with the sketch again with my card going to Viv in the UK and we had 25 people taking part.

Floral papers were oddments in stash from The Works,sentment had for years and the Bee card was recycled packaging.

My beautiful received from Hilary in the UK-thank you.

challenges-----

a perfect time to craft-ATG

creative inspirations-ATG

the paper funday-ATG/lots of layers

incy wincy-in the garden

mix it up-no stamping

classic design-ATG

Thank you for dropping by and hope you find the time to sign up and join in

Carol x

31 comments:

Janette said...

Both are lovely cards Carol.xx

Carol L said...

What a fun design with all those busy little bees and flowers! That's a fun design with the diagonal pattern and a great mix of papers too! Your friend's card is quite lovely too!

meg said...

A brilliant combination of papers and layout,can't wait for the better weather and seeing bees in the garden again

Viv said...

Thank you so much for the lovely card Carol! x

Angelnorth said...

Those bees made a lovely dramatic panel, can’t beat a bit of repurposed packaging, great card Carol!

Elle-Jeanne said...

Prachtige kaart Carol.
Ook die je hebt mogen is ontvangen is prachtig.
Groetjes Elle-Jeanne

craftytrog said...

A beautiful card Carol, and a lovely one from Hillary too.
Thanks for your good wishes.
Alison x

KarinsArtScrap said...

beautiful cards Carol

gr karin

Chrissy said...

Beautiful Carol, pretty florals and love bee paper recycling..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Freubelmina said...

They are both very beautiful cards Carol xx

HilaryJane said...

Love those papers Carol, great recycling too. well done. Glad you like my card xx

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Beautiful take of the sketch, love the recycled bees paper!
Lovely card from Hilary too!

*Vicki* said...

Wow, I'm loving those bee papers and how awesome that you even recycled them as well!! Bot of these are just beautiful! TFS friend!

Lynne said...

Both lovely cards Carol x

ahlers5 said...

These are both such lovely cards!

Julia Aston said...

What wonderful bee and honeycomb patterned paper you used on this Carol! the black background is a great contrast to your lovely florals on the cream! Julia xx

Leslie Miller said...

Oh, my word, your card is so pretty! The bee paper is striking. Hooray for recycling. You could not throw out something like that when it would look this lovely on a card. Hilary's card is so beautiful as well. The embossing, sigh...

pinky said...

Both are just lovely Carol. Love the recycled bee card!!

Tracey@Hotchpotchcreations said...

What a lovely idea the card swap is Carol, both made and received are so cheery. I too love that bee paper it's fabulous.
Happy creative weekend Hugs Tracey x

Brenda said...

Both cards are so nice! I particularly love that you have used your oddments to make your wonderful card. Lucky Viv!

Lisa said...

Great use of that sketch and I love that recycled bee cardstock. I love recycling things on my cards.

Beebeebabs said...

Very nice cards!!!

Mia said...

Two beautiful cards, Carol. I especially love your card and the combination of papers. Hugs, my friend.

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

A really lovely card Carol. Lovely papers.
Faith x

Dee's Craft Room said...

Great card Carol loving that recycled bee paper and your cheeky Hello sentiment.

I see Hilary also went with the sketch! Another pretty card.

Dionne xx

EmmaT said...

Gorgeous swap cardsx

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

Just love the papers you combined, Carol - perfect for the sketch!

Pia S said...

Lovely mix of patterns and clever of you to hang on to the packaging for recycling - it has a beautiful print.

https://shinebrightandcreate@blogspot.com/ said...

I love the mix of designs on your card, the floral and nature from the design on the bees, it works so very well! Fab combo from Hillary's and texture too Michelle x

Paper Scissors Glitter said...

Beautiful papers on your cards carol. Thanks for sharing with us at Creative Inspirations blog Jayne DT

Suze said...

Lovely card Carol. Looks like the sketch was popular with the card you received also featuring it. Thank you for entering the Valentines/In The Garden Challenge at Incy Wincy Designs.