Friday, 26 February 2010

Back from holidays and it's Bah! Humbug! time...

Wow, I've just had an amazing holiday in York with my two wonderful crafting buddies, Max and Irene.  Oh what a week we have had!!!  So much fun - so much crafting and so much spending!  The best time ever and now it's Friday again and time for a new challenge at Bah! Humbug!  

This week our theme is

Trees...

I wasn't able to schedule my posting about the new challenge as just before I went away my modem decided to be ill and wouldn't let me on line.  How stressful is that?  No internet access - eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!  Not good at all!  However, a new modem has been installed now and I'm back.  Phew - how many minutes can a girl take with no internet connection - not many in my case that's for sure. 
My card for our challenge has Cuttlebug cut and embossed trees mounted on a background created using strips of torn white card.  The trees and snow were given the bling treatment with gems and glitter and then framed with a great spellbinder frame die.
The purple paper is really glittery in real life, but it's not showing up that well in the photo.  I used the amazing sketch from the challenge at Truly Scrumptious which gave me a chance to use two of the thousands of eyelets that I seem to have collected over the years, but rarely use.  I think I'm going to use them far more in the future though as I love the way you can use them in this way to add ribbon.

My card is also for the challenges at ...
Now I need to go and check out what everyone else has been up to while I've been away and maybe face the hundreds of Papercraft Planet emails (really must get that sorted out). Have a great weekend everyone.

28 comments:

Dawn said...

Gorgeous card with all that embossing, love the splash of colour

thanks for joining us on TS

Dawn

Anne said...

Gorgeous card, love it - off to get mine ready. Hugs xx

Doreen said...

A gorgeous card Ann, and welcome back.xxx

Sheri Gilson said...

Beautiful card, Ann!! I love the fabulous embossing...it is so elegant!! Glad to have you back online!! :D

Ann Whitfield said...

It's a gorgeous card Ann, I do love the mostly white look on a Christmas card. I also like the eyelet idea - must remember that. Glad you all had such a great time in York.
Ann x

Anonymous said...

OMGosh What a beautiful card, i love all the embossed texture you've got into it, amazing how 2 colours can looks so beautiful. Love the eyelet detail too :)

Thank you for joining us at Raise the Bar, hope to see you again next week :)

Suzi
xxx

Pat said...

Hi Ann,

Glad you had a good time in York, love your card it is so elegant. Thanks for joining in at MTTC this week.

Pat xx

Beryl said...

Oh, fabulous Ann. Love the colour scheme and the embossing.
Beryl xx

andrea said...

gorgeous card,so elegant thankyou for joining us at c.r.a.f.t. this week
andrea

Beryl K said...

Welcome back Ann, sounds like you had a whale of a time. So pleased for you. This card is just gorgeous, love that frame too
Beryl x

Crafteezee said...

This is simple but stunning at the same time. I love the whole card and wish I would be recipient at Xmas. Sounds like you had fun in York, wish I could take time out to craft all day long. Hope to see you next week at Sophisticats. Hugs Tracy x

gina g said...

Fabulous card love the embossing. Thanks for joining the Sophisti-cats Challenge this week. luv gina xx

Sharon said...

A really lovely card, very elegant. Thanks for joining us at TS.

Unknown said...

York is one off my very favourite places in the whole World...glad you had a great time, love this card, so elegant. Many thanks for joining us at Sophisticats this week. Hugs Avril xxx

Michele Roos said...

Gorgeous elegant card Ann. Thanks for joining us this week at TS. Hugs Michele x

Janette said...

A really gorgeous card Ann
I love that embossing folder and the eyelet idea is superb.
Janette xxx

Suzi Mac said...

A lovely card Ann, Thank you for joining us at CRAFT Challenge this week.
Hugs Suzi xx

Moshie said...

Very elegant! Love everything about it! Thanks for joining us at Sophisti-cat this week.
Hugs, Diana

Darlene said...

Simply beautiful!! Love the CAS design (I'm not good at that style at all) and you have inspired me here! Thanks so much for joining us at Raise the Bar this week! I'm looking forward to seeing more of your work in the weeks to come!!

Chrissie said...

This is a really super card Ann, clean cut and classic!
I love it!
Thanks so much for taking our challenge at MTCC this week!
Chrissie

Unknown said...

Oh great card, I love the simplicity of it and the colour scheme is great - stunning!

Thanks for joining us at Sophisticats this week

Jan x

Trimgym said...

Great card, thank you for joining us at CRAFT Challenge this week and good luck!

Jo and Tigerlover.

Babs said...

Love the embossing, and that punched edge really high lights your card beautiful.
Babs x

Daniele said...

what a fabbie card just love the embossing thanks for joining us at MTTC hugs x

Eiglas said...

Very elegant and classy card.
Thank you for coming over to play at C.R.A.F.T this week!
Hugs,
Eiglas
x

Angela Toucan said...

fabulous use of texture

Angela Toucan said...

fabulous use of texture

Magda said...

Beautiful card. I love textures.
Thanks for joining us at CRAFT challenge.
Magda x

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