Charms from Charm Swap and a Birthday Card

A while ago I took part in a charm swap hosted by

Roni of Ink Stains

I made five charms and received 5 back together

with the silver charm pin as shown above.

The charms I received were made by

(from left to right)

Candy Colwell, Hecate Leigh,

Roni (the hostess),

Helen Cleary and Cheryl L.

A big thank you to all the above as I love the charms

and it's always so interesting to see the different techniques used.

Here's the charms I made for the swap.

If you click on the photo it should take you to my blog post

about how I made the charms.

Thanks again Roni for a great swap!

If you want to see all the different charms made

Roni has photographed them all on her blog

here, here and here.

Now for something completely different

(are you humming the Monty Python theme tune now....)

It's nothing at all to do with Monty Python (lol),

but a birthday card I made for my sister-in-law.

The background is a combination of stamps

from

Very Vintage Set 2 La Couture by Katy Fox

and

Vintage Sewing by Sam Poole for Creative Expressions.

The die cut shape is from

'The Sewing Room'

by Tim Holtz/Alterations range from Sizzix.

I embossed it, painted it and added a couple of embellishments.

Thanks for looking :)