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Bah! Humbug! Challenge #6 Snowmen

I am still managing to keep up with the challenges on the Bah! Humbug! blog, this week it is snowmen and or women. I have used a free digi stamp but am so sorry but I hopped around so many I now cannot remember where I got him, when I do I will let you know.

The card is a 6 inch square and the backing papers are from the free disc that comes with the Creativity magazine by Do-Crafts this month. I have only just got my Martha Stewart punches so had to give them a go and I am well pleased with them, I got four punches from QVC when they were the TSV last week. I decided not to put a greeting on the front but tied a bit of ribbon around instead.

I do hope you like him as he could be on his way to one of you this year, you just never know!

80th Birthday Card using the Elegant Fans CD

I've been asked by a friend to make her MIL an 80th birthday card, the only stipulation was it had to have both the word mum and 80 on the front.

This is printed onto silk finish photopaper and just dressed up a bit with the panels of lace using my Martha Stewart punch and a panel of pink card with some embossed lines, it had been my intention to bling it up a bit with some gems but now it's done I don't think it needs it but you never know it may end up with a few on the edge of the fan before it goes to it's new home. The word and numbers are done using the Hippy Chick dies in the Cuttlebug and of course a lovely tassle.

Rainbow Lady's Challenge # 89 - Four Seasons

Over on Rainbow Lady's Challenge blog this week the theme is the four seasons, you could use one or all so I've chosen to be topical and go for winter. I took this photo about 12 months ago at a National trust garden, it was freezing cold but such a bright day, once I got home I played about with it in photoshop and changed the sky colours. I did have the intention of printing them in a larger format and putting them in a frame for my hallway but have never got around to it yet.

I imported these pictures into MCS and made a background which I reduced the colour on so it isn't too overpowering and once I'd matted the three pictures I put the middle one onto foam pads for a little bit of height.

Bah! Humbug! Challenge #5 Holly

The challenge this week from Bah! Humbug! is holly so I have used an image from Pink Petticoat and coloured with Promarkers, I have folded the card to make an off centre gatefold just for something a little different and have cut the word Christmas out of the Hippy Chick dies for my Cuttlebug from the same card as the panel on the other side.

I have added a bit of red ribbon to the green panel and used some self adhesive gems to add a bit of bling finished it off with some red corner peel offs which I found in the bottom of a drawer this morning.

More Wings of Hope

I have made a second card with this fabulous image, once again I have coloured with my Promarkers and used a backing paper which I have had for years, it is a page from one of the Hot off The Press books. I have finished it with a strip of gold pearl card put through the cuttlebug and a bit of ribbon added and a few Flora Doodles.

Sweet Award

I've been given an award from Claire who has a lovely blog and some fabulous creations so do go and visit her, now there are few rules so here goes:

1. Copy and Paste the award on my blog.

2. List who gave the award and link back to them.

3. List 10 things that make you happy.

4. Pass the award on to other bloggers and visit them to let them know.

O.K. first two rules are easy but I'm not 100% about the 10 things yet, will have to thimk about it so I'll come back and fill in later, I'll also have to think about who to give the award to so again I'll come back to it.

Thanks for the award Claire.

I have decided who I want to send my award on to and I have chosen two people, one is Doreen who hasn't been crafting for too long and the other is Sue

I will be back with my list of top ten things soon.

OK I now have my top ten list, first lot were easy just the last few needed thinking about.
1. David, we have been married for 16+ years and are still very happy.
2. My dogs, although sometimes even I would argue about this choice.
3. Family, don't spend a lot of time together as we are quite spread out but we are all there if needed.
4. Sunshine
5. Friends, both close and cyber as all have a place in my life.
6. Work - grateful I still have a job!
7. Holidays - nothing better than being away from everything either in the UK or abroad.
8. Crafting as this keeps me sane
9. My friends daughter a little ray of sunshine.
10. A glass of ice cold wine on a Saturday night while I relax in front of the tv.

Wings of Hope 60th Birthday Card

Firstly sorry this is not straight, it looked it when I saved it! This is made with the beautiful image Wings of Hope which is on sale here to help the victims of Haiti, it is made for a young lady's 60th birthday and I do hope she likes it.
I have used Pro Markers to colour the image, the horse is done in blossom and the stand and accessories are done in pastel green with just a hint of gold so I am entering this into the Passion for Promarkers this week as these are the required colours. The word celebrate was cut on my Cricut and the 60 was done with the cuttlebug, I have finished it off with a string of pearls around the aperture and the flowers have a little bit of pink ribbon wrapped around.

Bah! Humbug! Challenge #4

This is my card for the fourth Bah! Humbug! challenge, the baubles are printed onto acetate and layered onto gold holographic card, these are then stuck onto a piece of card covered with some glittered material I bought a few years ago at the NEC, I used a small piece when I bought it and then put it away but I think it suits this card.

I have used a pale gold pearl card as the base and coloured a gold peel off to make it match the material, finally I have used a hole punch along the bottom of the card and threaded ribbon through finishing it with a bow. I love the look of the acetate baubles so will be using this idea again but probably not with peel off's cause I don't really like them.

Crafty Ann's GD spot #3

This is my final card for Crafty Ann's guest designer spot, this time it was something metal or metallic on your card. Well I decided as this is for my niece that I would use the metal hands to hold the card in place, I have used a backing paper from a set by Crafty Ann and the pocket comes from another of her designs. Sorry I'm a bit late posting but the days are running away with me.

Fur and Feathers Rainbow Lady's challenge

Over on Rainbow Lady's challenge blog this week the theme is fur and/or feathers, I have used an image from Popcorn the Bear birthday cd and as little souffle is in the picture I qualify for both.

Bah! Humbug! Challenge #3

I can't believe I'm doing another Christmas card but here is this weeks card for the Bah! Humbug! challenge. The theme this week is glitter so no problem there after all we all love a bit of glitter. This is a tent fold card and I have used the same backing paper as the card I did last week, waste not want not and all that. The image is a digi stamp coloured with Promarkers and I have used glitter on his hat, also the tree on the bottom left is glittered. The whole thing is finished off with a red crosgrain bow, I am going to have a box just for Christmas cards and with luck come December it will be quite healthy.

Precious Petals calendar

I made myself a calendar for work using the precious petals cd from Joanna Sheen, my work mate saw it and wanted one so I made her this, the backing paper is from the newest cd In Other Words, sorry yet another grotty picture but you can get the idea. I used an A4 piece of board which I cut a strip of the end to make the stand, I used my big bite to put the eyelets in to hold the stand on and also to hold the piece of ribbon in between the stand and board so that it doesn't stretch too far and fall over. She was thrilled with it and then I had to make a third one for another friend but it was slightly different, just as pretty though.

Week #2 for the Bah Humbug challenge

This is my attempt at the 2nd challenge from Bah Humbug! I missed the first one but am determined to have a go at as many as I can and it will be very helpful at the end of the year. This time the challlenge was something new but not just for Christmas so my new thing is the Precious Petals cd and this is where the backing paper has come from.

I have scanned the card and because the snowflakes have pearls on top of them some light has come in and it looks a little blurred, must get back to taking proper photo's.

Easel type card

Just made this from the newest cd from Joanna Sheen, I was so taken with how pretty this image is that I wanted to use it straight away. Sorry it looks a bit squiffy but it is straight just my lousy photo taking. I used one of the toppers and also the patchwork toppers which do have a little of the flower in so I thought it went rather well, as you can see the two little pieces of matting on the top have some gingham on, this is just fastened at the back of the card with an extra piece tied in a knot.

Off now to try and finish my card for the Bah Humbug challenge.

Rainbow Lady's Tea Time Challenge

Over on Rainbow Lady's challenge blog this week it's tea time but at a push you can use coffee, well I'm a coffee drinker so thought these atc's would fit the bill. Once again I've scanned the images because I can't find the lead to my camera and to be honest they look a bit flat and uninteresting but they do look better in the flesh.

I'm sure you can come up with something so pop over and have a look, would love to come to your place to see what you've done.

Card for Crafty Ann's challenge

Well this is the second card done for the guest designer spot for January, the theme this time is embossing so everyone can have a go as it is something we all do in one form or another. I cut the mats out on the cricut and then embossed with the cuttlebug onto the pink card making sure I lined it up properly in the middle. The patterned backing paper is one of Crafty Ann's as is the frame with the bow that the Tilda's are sitting in. The Tilda's and frame are coloured with Promarkers, I do like these pens.

Pop over to have a look at the other design teams cards, I'm sure you'll be impressed and hopefully inspired to join in.

Mum's birthday

It's my mum's birthday soon and I need to get a card into the post but I'm feeling pretty rough so am not really in the mood for making anything. I thought I'd have a play with the new MCS cd and do something quick, the cards came with the cd and although they look ok are a little bit lightweight for me so I have used a heavy duty photo paper and also the insert is 160gsm to add a bit of body. My mum isn't a fussy lady so this kind of thing suits her more than lots of frills and ribbons, I just hope she likes it.

1st Birthday card

Not a great picture, I don't really like to use scans but it is quite dark so couldn't use the camera. It is my friends daughters 1st birthday next week so as I have quite a few January birthdays to make cards for decided to get stuck in today, this image is from Crafers Companion Popcorn cd. I imported the backing paper into MCS and had a play to change the colour not that I changed it much but I do enjoy playing.

1st card for 2010 Guest Designer for Crafty Ann

I am one of the guest desiners for Crafty Ann's Challenge blog and this is what I've come up with, the inspiration was to use something new or a new idea or technique and I decided to use my new dies from Cuttlebug.

Ann's designs are all available from her site and they are well worth a look, I have used two different backing papers and of course the squirell which I have coloured with Promarkers. The leaves are cut from silver mirri card and coloured with alcohol inks and I love the way they lift the card.

I do hope you will join in with this new challenge and I'm looking forward to coming over to your blogs to see what you all come up with.