Becki’s Ramblings

Oh goodness, I’m not very good at this blogging lark. Every time I think I’m on top of it I have a blip and find that I haven’t blogged for AGES!!!! Must try harder……

Those lovely ladies on the Crafts Beautiful forum have excelled themselves again. I have had such a wonderful week for receiving swaps and RAKs, and they are all gorgeous! Here are the photos:

These first two are of a gorgeous RAK that I received from Max62. The papers aer just gorgeous and crying out to be used for lots of lovely things. Just can’t bear to cut them up yet! Are all papercrafters the same? I just sit and stroke new papers, and look at them for ages, before I can actually bring myself to USE them!

And these are from Ultramum (Eve) - the ATC is really pretty, with a three dimensional heart on a fabric-covered mount. Very touchy-feely. I  keep looking at the feathers and sequins and want t ouse them in something really special - though Rosie has her pretty feline eyes on them too, and I have to keep telling her that they are Mummy’s feathers, not a bird for her to play with. She doesn’t look convinced, I have to say.

This stunning Victorian lady is from Twiggy Peasticks - isn’t she pretty! I love the backing paper of pale cream lily-of-the-vally against a green background too..

I’ve joined in with the CB 6×6 scrapbooking page swap and this is the pretty page that I received from Glitzzy. The flowers are very painstakingly decoupaged (must have taken ages!) and the whole effect is beautiful. I love this page - a very spring / summery feel to it. Now, where did I put my purse?! But that’s not all that came in the envelope….

There was this lovely ATC too (such pretty ribbon!)….

And all these sumptious papers! I nearly cried when I opened the package - such a generous gift from Glitzzy. You really are amazing people, all you CB forum folk. Thank you!

My amazing week continued - I am so lucky! This was next to arrive….

This was also from Glitzzy! One of the swaps on the CB site is a postcard swap - just started up - and as things would have it, this lovely lady was above me on the sign-up list and so sent hers to me. I love it! A really serene but comforting picture. It’s beautiful! But this generous lady wasn’t content with sending the postcard on its own -

Isn’t this a beautiful ATC! I love the pearl hearts and the glitter-embossed details. This is just crying out to be displayed on a wall somewhere. Beautiful!