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'WORLD CARDMAKING DAY' BLOG HOP
{DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY}

Welcome to our WORLD CARDMAKING DAY Blog Hop. You have arrived at Desíre's blog, in JOHANNESBURG, South Africa!

Digistamps4Joy is running a Blog Hop from 4 – 9 October 2011 to celebrate World Card Making Day on the 6^th October. Digistamps4Joy is offering a prize to a randomly drawn winner on each Design Team member's blog stop on the hop. With 12 blogs in this hop you “could” win 12 different images! 

If you landed on my page first, then just carry on down the list, and from the top again till you are back at my blog OR start at the top at the Digistamps4Joy blog, and work your way though to the final stop (Ursula’s blog). The hop order is indicated on each blog, so you will not ‘get lost’!

Digistamps4joy (starting blog)

JEN

AMANDA

ANGELA

BERNI

CHARLENE

DESIRE (this is me, and you are here)

ELENOR (your next stop)

MARGY

KAREN

KARIN

URSULA (last blog)

RULES FOR ENTERING THE RANDOM DRAW

1. Have an active blog with craft projects.
2. Be/become a FOLLOWER of my blog (see my Follower's list in my sidebar)
3. Leave a COMMENT below this blog hop post to let me know that you are or have become a Follower and are joining in on the hop.

Here is the card I am showcasing for the DS4J' World Cardmaking Day Blog Hop.

I have used the adorable Santa's Helper digi from DS4J's shop.  Santa's Helper was designed by the talented Jen.  I have used H2O's to colour Annie and all the design papers are from Basic Grey. I have used a tag punch to create the folded flower effect.

... and This is the prize I am offering, perfect for that upcoming Christmas cards:

I would love to venture over at the following challenges with my hop creation:

1. ATC's and Cards with Attitude #23: Anything Goes
2. Fat Pages & Cards #23: Anything goes
3. Inspire me Fridays #78: Anything Goes
4. Simply Create #5: Anything Goes 
5. Just Keep on Creating #4: Anything Goes
6. Make it Monday #109: Anything Goes
7. Use It Tuesday #40: Use Your Scraps (all the design papers and bling are from my stash)
8. Hiding in My Craft Room #65: Free Style
9. Challenges 4 Everybody #4: Anything Goes
10. Lady Anne's: Anything goes
11. My Grafico #138: Anything Goes 
12. Sentiment Sundays #122: 3-2-1 Recipe (3 folded semi-circle flower embellishments/2 design papers/1 image)
13. Everybody Art #207: Tag (The semi-circle fan flowers were created with tags punched with a tag punch)
14. Twisted Tuesday #26: Use pattern paper and handcut with scissors (I have used a decorative edged scissors to cut the red cardstock around the image)
15. Card Mania #4: Handmade Flowers (the folded flowers were made with a tag punch)
16. The Crazy Challenge #130: Handmade Flowers
17. The Cutie Pie #28: Use a Digi
18. Totally Stampalicious: Anything goes
19. Gingerloft #49: Stitching real or faux (faux stitching around image)
20. Robyn's Fetish #127: Sewing Faux or Real (3/3 entry)
21. The Crafty Pad #190: Floral
22. Pause Dream Enjoy #39: Faces
23. Penny's Paper-Crafty #96: Die Cuts and Punches (2/3 entry)
24. Crafts & Me #104: My Sentiments Exactly
25. Fashionista: Anything Goes Christmas

Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving some love.  I will definitely respond with some love on your blog as well. Your next stop will be the talented Elenor in Sweden @ http://ellispysselochdittadatt.blogspot.com/ .

The Hop will end at 6 am (Central African Time) on Tuesday, 9 October, and the full list of winners will be announced on Thursday, 11 October on the new Digistamps4Joy blog.  Our DT will also have their own winners posted on their blogs!