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Manda's Mailbox Monday - Gorgeous Papertrey RAKS!

Hooray, I love it when my mailbox over flow-eth . . . I have been so spoiled by fellow bloggers and friends! It is just so fun to get mail. I really need to start sending out more Random Acts of Kindness (RAK's). I think that will be on my to do list for the week. I will plan to send out one a day. It sure does brighten my day to receive them.

This first card is a pretty Papertrey butterfly one. I am such a sucker for butterflies and it is just too cute. The background is cuttlebugged, I think, using a swirl background. Thank you so much for this RAK Heather S in Hyde Park, UT -- it was really sweet of you to think of me. Like what you see? Check out Heather's blog. It is just too cute and I just love all her work! Oh and her kids are too freaking adorable!!!

The second RAK I got in the mail was one from Lori T in Gaithersburg, MD -- she sent me a gorgeous polished stone/alcohol ink looking card using the Papertrey butterflies set. It was SO super hard to get a good picture of, so I hope you will forgive me for my weak attempt to show off your gorgeous work, but I truly love it and appreciate you taking the time to send it to me. It made me smile!!! Lori was one of my prize winners not so long ago and she sent this gorgeous card to thank me for her prize. Lori has a blog also, you can check it out and leave her some blog love -- I bet she'd love that: Inking Aloud.

Thank you so much to my sweet blogger RAK group friends who share their beautiful work with me. I hope you all have a splendid week. I am off to get some laundry done and catch up on some neglected chores . . . it's spring cleaning time again *sigh*

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Karen said…
Very pretty!
8:59 AM
Lisa said…
Amanda these are beautiful!! Lucky you!
4:51 AM
Unknown said…
These are beautiful cards.
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