Bah! Humbug! Day... Santa Paws...

Yeah Friday and time for another challenge at Bah! Humbug!  This week we're going for the cute and cuddly and our challenge is entitled 'Santa Paws'.

My card was a super quick and easy to make card using a fantastic decoupage download from Pollycraft.  I'm not sure whether this is still available as I have had it on my computer for some time and can't believe it's taken me all this time to get round to using it. The 'Have a purrfect Christmas' sentiment was part of the download too.

My 'winter wishes' paper is another sheet from that amazing magazine I bought at the NEC and I've teamed it with some core'rdinations cardstock and two large white snowflake brads. 

Can't wait to do some blog hopping this week and check out all the furry friends on everyone's cards.  Think it definitely going to be a week with the 'ahhhhhhhh' factor.

Other challenges...

• Fab's Big Christmas Card Challenge - Big brads (last week but inspired the use of the snowflake brads) and 3D cards from a kit (mine was a digi kit - sort of)
• Simon Says Challenge - The Movies and dry embossing - 'Santa Paws - the movie'
• Alphabet Challenge - Xmas
• Winter Wonderland - Embossing

Have a fabulous weekend everyone.

PS- Max commented about the fabulous freebies at Pollycraft so thought I would mention that the one this week is totally gorgeous Lillybean Fairy and can be found HERE!

Ann xxx

Well here it is...

the leaving card I was talking about making yesterday!  I've done the whole of the front of the card ready to take into work.  I must admit I did think about having tubs of flowers so that the people I work with could be involved with making some of the flowers, but because they have their own part to do inside the card and there are nine of them which means that time wise it will be a struggle to fit everything in.  Far better to let them really concentrate on their own section.

The card is a huge A4 gate fold one - it had to be to allow space inside for everyone to have their section.  I've used Kanban floral card, silver mirri and plain matching lilac.  The door image is a stamp by Dimension Fourth and is a really useful size.  Perfect for hanging a Christmas Wreath on as I did on my card here and also cutting open to have hidden verses inside the door.

I've added a silver peel off sentiment to an added closure on the front of the card and other silver peel offs to trim the doors including the numbers of the houses to make the card very personal.

Inside the card each person is going to have their own section - I've cut pieces of white card (lots of to cover for accidents) ready to be decorated and then stuck inside the card.  The idea is for each person to stamp their name (clear letter stamps) and then decorate with flowers, motor bikes or rock guitars depending on who it is.  Hopefully each one will have a small passport sized photo of the person added too.  

When they've done this I can attach the lilac frames I've already cut (Spellbinder frame die) on top of their work and then add their completed part to the card inner. I won't be able to show this part obviously for the privacy of the people I work with, but trust me it should work she says 'crossing' her fingers and muttering 'Please don't let anyone drop an ink pad anywhere they shouldn't'.  I've laid the pieces of card out with the frames on top inside the card and it looked promising!  Gulp!!

My card is also just right for the challenge at ...

• Cute Card Thursday where the theme is Mono Mania
  

Well, wish me luck and good luck to everyone else for today too.  Wonder if it's worth buying a lottery ticket on the way to work - hhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmm maybe!

a short gap in blog posts...

OOOOOOOOOOOOOh such a busy week - both for training and work too.  All good though as I really love working for Mencap.  

One of the other Support Workers is leaving quite soon and as I have been doing some rubber stamping with the ladies I work with I've offered to make a card with them tomorrow.  Am I mad or what?  

Needless to say my free time today is going to be taken up preparing the base card for their work.  I have an idea in mind which I may be able to share later in the week.

I will definitely be around for Bah! Humbug! on Friday and hopefully get chance to visit some blogs too.

Have fun everyone.

Pink Elephant Day and a recipe from Ella...

and the recipe is ...

1 image - 2 die cuts and 3 types of embellishment.

My image is a really cute digi image from The Stamping Boutique and when I went to get the link I noticed a very tempting 35% discount code - very very tempting.  The two die cuts are the nestie scalloped square and small cuttlebug tag die, which I use all the time.  The three embellishment types are ribbon, gems and brads.

My card is also for the challenges at...

• Sweet Sketch Wednesday - fantastic sketches every single week
• Passion for Promarkers - The Young Ones.
• Simon Says Stamp - A child's card

Hope everyone's week start well and carries on that way.