Yeah it's Bah! Humbug! Day...

I'm just so excited that I can hardly type - at long last it's January 8th and the start of the very first challenge at Bah! Humbug!

If you haven't already guessed from the clues I've been leaving here, there and everywhere the theme for our first week is recycling.  We want crafters to try to use something from one of the shopbought (I would never ever take a handmade card apart - far too precious) cards they received at Christmas.  It could also be some wrapping paper that didn't get crumpled or maybe some gorgeous ribbon from around those Thorton's choccies.  There's loads of really wow stuff out there that can be put to good use in our crafting.

This is the card I chose to recycle.  A really beautiful one by the Simon Elvin company.  To be truthful as soon as I saw it I sort of 'wanted' the snowflakes.  Not card or chipboard they seem to be made out of a kind of polystyrene or something similar.  Anyway whatever they are made out of they are lush and the other two will be appearing on other cards quite soon.

For the main image on my recycled card I've used my favourite snowmen digi by Whimsy Doodles - I just love these two characters and the sentiment that accompanies them, which I'm going to use inside the card.

To celebrate our first challenge at Bah! Humbug! we've got a rather nice stamp set for one lucky, randomly chosen person.  Do pop over there to check it out and hopefully join in.  We are happy for you to combine our challenge with others out there - I have! 
 
My card is also for the challenge at... 

• Rainbow Lady's Challenge Blog - Recycling (great minds think alike Cynthia) 

Have a fantastic day everyone and hope to see some amazing recycling going on over the next week.
Ann xxx