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The cards that I sell here in Chapala and Ajijic, Mexico benefit the dental program for the boys at Hope House in the nearby village of Ixlahuacan. There are close to 30 boys at the home and many of them come to the home having received no dental treatment. If you live here at Lakeside and would like to order a quality, hand crafted card for a special occasion and help me contribute to this worthy cause, please e-mail me at bettyinchapala@yahoo.com Card price is 50 pesos; the entire sales price is donated to Hope House.

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Friday, February 4, 2011

C is for Clean and Simple

Don't you just love these little birds???? I think they've been out at my feeders for a little too long -- they need to go on a diet!
I made this card for the ABC Christmas Challenge -- C is for Clean & Simple (with a sketch).
Their sketch is for a square card but I prefer this shape so it turned out looking a little different from their sketch shown here at the right. I've made a couple of cards for the February sketch challenge at Annabelle Stamps and my card today looks like it could fit right in!!
The decorated papers that I've used all come from a Papermania paper pack called Classic Christmas. I won this pack plus some other goodies from the blog hop at the end of the year at ABC Christmas Challenge. Thanks you ladies, for this gorgeous paper to work with. My card and circle base is Sahara Sand by Stampin' Up.

Betty

18 comments:

craftieodmae said...

Betty I love this, how creative!!!!

Patti J said...

Awww...Bettie - I love this! Beautiful card, my friend - the birds here sure are getting hungry!

Patti J said...

OOPS! Don't know where that ie came from, BettY!!! So sorry! I did not mean to type that!

Patti P. said...

You are right...such pretty paper and what a beautiful card you have made. Tfs with all of us.

Becky said...

I love this Betty! Awesome paper piecing, and beautiful design paper.

The Other Patti Sue said...

One beautiful work of art my friend! Love the birdies!

Selma said...

Love those colorful birds. Great job in paper piecing Betty. Your card is beautiful.

Mary Anne / MA54K said...

Everything blends so beautifully! My birdies are having to fight off Mr. Squirrel. He is such a little piggy!

JustYolie said...

Adorable card, I love the chubby birds! :)

Jayne Hayward said...

Love the little robin you have used and great dp which matches perfectly.

Thanks for joining in with us on ABC Christmas Challenge

Jayne xx

Donna said...

Betty. I love this card! The colors are spectacular and the bird border is so cute. We're seeing a lot birds at our feeders lately since we have so much snow around. They're happy to find something to eat. Take care! Stay warm.

Delphine said...

Great card! I love your little birds and the fab papers you have used! Thanks for joining us at ABC Christmas Challenge and good luck! Delphine xx

Colleen said...

Betty,
This card really made me smile. Birds are some of my favorite things to see on cards. You made these guys so cute great Christmas card with that wonderful paper.

Melisa Waldorf said...

This is soooo cute Betty!

Janice M said...

What cute birdies!! I'm with you, don't care so much for making square cards!

Anonymous said...

Great card I really love those cute robins,
and love your take on Helen's Sketch, Thanks for joining us on the ABC Christmas Challenge :0)

Helen said...

Fab card - great to see you using your prize!
Thanks for joining us at the ABC Christmas Challenge!
Helen x

Melisa Waldorf said...

What pretty DP! Beautiful card!