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NEED A CARD FOR SOMEONE SPECIAL...???

Hello and welcome to a new area on The Lounge....
"CARD-SPIRATIONS"

Let's face it.....we all need to send cards.
Whether it be for a birthday, a wedding, the birth of a baby, the passing of a loved one, to thank someone for their kindness or just to say "Hello...I am thinking of you"

I also have a blog for "Heart Cards" which is where, when the need arises, I ask for paper crafters to donate cards for various appeals - we donated just on 1000 cards to communities affected by the Victorian bushfires in 2009; we also donated 1000 cards to those affected by the floods in Queensland and Victoria in 2011 and we are currently supplying thank you cards to Harrison's Little Wings charity to be handed to families grieving the loss of a child.

I, for one, struggle with the whole card making thing while other friends just seem to make the most gorgeous cards.
Please visit Linda's blog to be totally inspired.
And then grab a coffee and head over to Ruthy's blog for some more eye candy.

So I came up with the idea of "Card-Spirations" for The Lounge.
A fortnightly inspiration/challenge to get us all scrapping cards to give away.

I am planning to create a few cards each fortnight to build up my stash of cards and hopefully to have enough to give a box of cards each, along with some postage stamps, to "The Mums" (my Mum, my step-Mum and Mark's Mum) for Mother's Day this year as a gift so they have cards on hand when they need them.

Our first Card-Spiration was posted last week by our lovely CT member, Crece.
She chose a sketch to get us all creating.....

And here is her gorgeous example.....

A very cute example, I am sure you will agree.

I hope that our Card-Spiration challenges get you creating handmade cards to give to your family and friends.
Please share your creations with us in The Lounge gallery

Wishing you a happy, scrappy Monday
~Shazz and the Team~
xo

FEBRUARY ON "THE LOUNGE"

Hello everyone and welcome February on The Lounge.

Well what a month or so it has been......from the devastating floods in QLD and Victoria to the bushfires in WA and this week the destruction left behind in the wake of Cyclone Yasi and a heatwave in certain parts of the East Coast....Australia certainly is a land of extremes.
There have been so many appeals set up to help those that have been affected by these natural disasters.
I hope if you have been unaffected by these disasters you have been able to help out in some way through one of the appeals.
The Lounge is supporting the "HEART CARDS" appeal - and many of you have already contributed.
You can get more information and updates on the "Heart Cards" appeal here

We have a busy month ahead on The Lounge.
Hope you get the chance to pop by and say hello and maybe join in some of the fun.

This month's challenges are well underway.
And the Creative Team - Ann, Danie, Jody and Kym have done some simply gorgeous examples using a product pack provided by me.

This month's sketch was designed by CT member Kym

And here are the girls examples - both layouts and a card.

Danie

Jody

Kym

and finally the card Ann created based on Kym's sketch.....

Aren't they all simply gorgeous....???
You can see what our Lounge Ladies have come up with using Kym's sketch as inspiration here
All entries in the sketch challenge this month are in the running for $15.00 voucher from our newest sponsor, Chocollo Cards and Crafts

This month's technique is stamping and embossing.
And here are the examples that our Creative Team have come up with.....

Jody

A very cute little card designed by Danie.
We will have a "how-to" up here on the blog in the next few days.

Kym

Ann

Another lot of stunning examples from our very talented Creative Team.
You can see what our Lounge Ladies did with their examples here
And again, our wonderful new sponsor, Chocollo Cards and Crafts, is providing a $15.00 voucher for this challenge so why not upload an entry to the gallery...???

This month's cybercrop will take place from Friday midday, February 11 to Monday midnight, February 14 and I feel that there may be some LOVE in the air this month....LOL
Keep and eye out here for some clues from the Creative Team in the days leading up to the CC - they are always such a tease with them.

I hope that you all have a fabulous weekend and that wherever you are in this beautiful country of ours that the weather is being good to you.

Have a happy, scrappy weekend
~shazz~
xo

HEART CARDS

Today we launched the "HEART CARDS" project on the Scrap Lounge.

The "HEART CARDS" project is simple and practical way for you to help out the families that have been affected by the tragic Victorian bushfires .
You can read the post here that explains exactly what the "HEART CARDS" project is and we would love you to get involved.

This flyer is also available for you to download and see if you can hang it in your local scrapping store or your local preschool or school
(make sure you get permission of course)



Just email me at shazz64@westnet.com.au and i will email it to you.


I hope that you are all having a safe and happy weekend
shazz xo