Oh dear, another long gap between visits, I can't blame my daughter this time even if she is still off work, still wearing an airboot & still unable to put any weight on her foot ........... all because of a little splinter, it beggars belief. 
No this time those beastly germs that struck me down overnight with a chest & throat infection are to blame, even if I'd had the energy to do this I certainly didn't have the brain!!!
But I'm here now to catch up with my March parcels. Luckily I had done these cards finishing them the day before I was taken ill.
First one I opened was Pat's, I managed 3 cards but I didn't do the parcel justice (no fault of Pats, just my cottonwool brain I'm afraid) however I have some bits left so maybe I will come up with more.
Here's what I managed so far ...........

This one used 2 strips of cardboard from Pats parcel & some cardboard letters I had, all coloured with marker pens.

This one all came from Pats parcel except the 2 bits of orange card candy in the corners.

This one I added a piece of my own paper on the left side & some peel off strips & card candy.

Then I opened Liz's parcel, things were beginning to calm down a bit by then so I managed to do 4 cards (and am working on one more)

This one I just added some card candy

This one I added my backing paper

This was totally from Liz's parcel, I used the green card to do the layering and punch out the little dots. As soon as I opened the parcel I knew what i was going to do with these bits, I just had to arrange them.

This one I just added the peel off trim too.

 

     I have a few ideas in mind for some of the bits I have left from both parcels if they work out ok.
 

One more picture for you today, one of my drawings that I have just finished ............ got to admit I am pleased with this one & really like it, hope you do too .....

 

Well I must apologise for not having been here lately but as you know (or most of you anyway) my daughter had a spell in hospital and is still on crutches with a delightful air boot!! As for me my fibromyalgia reacted to all this with a flare of course!
Anyway things are going well, if slowly, with my daughter and I'm beginning to feel more human again, LOL.
So here are a few cards I've been meaning to post for the last couple of weeks .......

 The one above and below use some bits from my February parcel from Pat and some bits of my own.

 One more Christmas card too add to the box, just a very simple recycling of an old one, It is slightly decoupaged but that doesn't seem to show here!

 This one below I drew myself, wasn't sure it would work but thought I'd give it a go, I later found the butterfly and decided he fitted nicely with it.

Well I have finally got around to scanning my new cards, ...... I've been too busy making them!!
Quite a selection so let's get on with it shall we ..........

  This I made from an old card, I love recycling old cards and making something new so they can still be enjoyed.
The next 4 are a bit of an experiment as they are handdrawn by me, I've often thought I'd love to draw my own cards so I thought I'd give it a go with some simple patterns first. I was quite pleased with them.

 Now onto my February parcel from Pat ................. the theme she chose was black/white & 1 other colour, my 3rd colour was purple. I had some lovely bits to use and here's what I've done so far ......

The 1st, 2nd & 3rd were made basically only with the bits from Pats parcel, the 4th one used black paper and some gorgeous purple ribbon from the parcel and then I added some gold mandala peel offs to it.
Just one more, the idea for this came to me as I was making the cards above so I stuck to lilac/purple shades ..........

So there we are, ........... now it's back to work for me!! I have 2 more cards I'm working on from Pat's parcel and a couple more I have vague ideas for that may or may not work out.
   

Here I am again then, with more cards to show you. Firstly another card (no.8!!!) from my envelope of "blues" Pat sent me for the January swap, I think this might be the last ............ but you never know, I still have a few odd bits left!!!!

I then opened my February parcel from Liz ......... Pat set the theme for this and it was "Black, White & one other colour". I was looking forward to this as I love Black & White.

So far I have made 4 cards ............ but I'm only showing you 3. The 4th is an easel card which I cannot scan because of the shape, and I can't photograph because my camera died (all together now ... aaaaaaaaaaaaah).

So here are the 3 I can show you ......

  I was particularly pleased with the 3rd one.

As if that wasn't enough I had a good rummage round and picking bits from an advent swap I did and my own stash I carried on and made the following ...........

And then I even made my 1st Christmas card ........ well you can't start too early you know!! It's quite a simple one made using recycled bits from an old card .....

One down ............... lot's to go!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

I recieved my January swap parcel from Pat on Monday (when Liz kindly delivered it and we spent a lovely day crafting ....... inbetween nattering!!).
Pat sent me a selection of papers & embelishments in all shades of blue. After some thinking here is what I have done with some of it .............

 The colours haven't really come out too well for some reason.

A few more cards I made, these were from a mix of my January parcel from Liz, an advent swap I did with friends and my own stash ......