Hmmmmmmmmm Doilies are the theme this week at Bah! Humbug! and when a certain crafter went to the cupboard in search of traditional paper doilies she found none. Poundland weren't their usual helpful selves either. Not to worry after quite a bit of head scratching and a little bit of thinking outside of the box I improvised and came up with two designs which I hope fit the bill.
For my first card I used a Marianne die and nesties to create what I hoped would give a doilie look behind the mat and layered image.
Materials used...
- LOTV angels and baby Jesus stamp coloured with Promarkers and glittered
- Nestie scalloped and plain circles (one circle cut on Cricut at 3.25 inches to get the finest of borders around the central image), Marianne scalloped circle die - oh I love these Marianne dies - just bought the rectangle one too.
- Dovecraft patterned paper
- silver ribbon layed in stripes across patterned paper and used for bow
- tags cut using Cuttlebug tag die
- blue card and silver mirri
Additional challenges...
- Crafty Creations - Three Little Words - mine are Love Peace and Joy on the tag.
- Kaboodles Doodles - Break out the ribbon
- Ooh La La Creations - for someone special - this is a 8.5 by 8.5 card and is intended to be for Gran to send my daughter next Christmas - oh boy am I organised or what?
- Woodware USA Challenge - Use ribbon
My second card with the main theme of Doilies was made using a real lace doilie bought as part of a very cheap set from Poundland some time ago. I originally had the intention of using them on some vintage style birthday cards, but like so many other things just didn't get round to it. Actually I now wish I had bought more as they are very light and work perfectly as a mat on a card.
Additional materials...
- Santa tag image and backing paper from one of vintage Christmas CDs by Joanna Sheen (not sure which one as this one was from a sheet printed out some time ago - yeah only another 6 images to use now - so pleased I no longer print the whole sheet when I want an image)
- Martha Stewart lace doilie punch
- green card and gold mirri card
- gold eyelet and cream organza ribbon
- gold corner peel offs
Challenges...
- Die Cut Dreams Christmas Club Challenge - The Gift of Love
- Charisma Cardz Challenge - mythical/fantasy - hmmmm not sure whether Santa qualifies here as my voice is one of the loudest shouting 'I believe' when 'Miracle on 34th Street' is shown each Christmas.
Have a great weekend everyone.
Love and hugs
Ann xxx
26 comments:
Hello Ann
You made a wonderful doily.The card is lovely. Good luck in the challenge.
Smiles:)
Hi Ann, love these two cards, they are gorgeous, mmm you are thinking of some interesting challenges over at the hall!! Am very impressed at your creativity and that the challenges are different from last year!! Lots of love Steph
Your cards are gorgeous Anne
luv
Debby
Hi Ann, I have finally managed to return to blogland. Love both of your cards, brilliant idea with the first one for the doily. It's something I don't posess either.
So sorry to read about Irene's illnes, please pass on a couple of hugs from me.
Beryl x
Gorgeous Ann, thanks for joining us at DCD Christmas club.
xx
Fabulous cards Ann and I love the doilies, very clever!
What a great theme this week, it actually encouraged me to use one of my (many) doilies, I always seem to forget about them until after my cards are finished.
lol Chrissie xx
Oh wow Ann. Once again you have come up with 2 wonderfully inspiring cards for our challenge - one using a beautiful traditional doily with that fabulous Santa and the other with that super cute LOTV stamp, demonstrating that you can make your own DIY Doily if, like me, you have none in your stash. Just wish I could play too as it's getting very frustrating, but hopefully will be back in action soon. Hopefully my mojo won't have gone AWOL by then lol!
Luv'n'Stuff
Max
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Wow what a gorgeous card Ann lovely colour choice such a pretty image too, def looks like a doily to me
Wished I was that organised
Thank you so much for sharing with us at ooh la la this week
Wendi
Your card is gorgeous! I LOVE the santa image, so vintage and gorgeous. Thank you so much for joining us at DCD Christmas Club
Both cards are lovely but the vintage one is my favourite! I saw a tutorial on a blog for stamping a doily so I'm off to try that :)
Lovely cards!!! Thank you for playing with us at Die Ct Dreams Christmas club!
These are beautiful--your use of mirri card is truly inspirational.
Amazing cards Ann. I especially like the one with the real doily. Such a good idea.
Beryl xx
Ann, both of these are beautiful, but the second one really tugs at my heart! I love the vintage Santa, the rich blue and that elegant square doily! Stunning!
Hugs,
Barb
Great creation! Love the vintage Santa image! Thanks for joining us at DCD's Christmas CLub!
Two beautiful cards Ann and it goes to show you don't have to use a proper doily to achieve super results. Love this weeks challenge on Bah Humbug and I even know where my doiles are.
Hugs xx
Hi Ann, Beautiful cards! Sorry I haven't played along at Bah Humbug as much as I had hoped this year ... just not enough hours in the day :-( I will try my best to join in the fun this week :-)
Lisa x
Awesome cards. The Santa card is just STUNNING and I would LOVE to get my hands on some of those fabulous doilies! Love it. Thanks for playing in the WoodwareUSA challenge this week. Good luck!
Kerry
WWDT
So pretty!! Love all of the shine and details on your cards. Thanks for playing along with us this week at Wooodware USA.
Both Beautiful card Ann
I will have to look out for your poundland doilies what a fab bargain !!! your card is fantastic and a very worthy winner
Hugs Susie Sugar thanks for joining us at the Die cut Dreams Christmas club this week xxx
Beautiful cards! Love the silver & blue on the first. Thanks for joining us at Kaboodle Doodles this week!
Gorgeous cards! I love all the wonderful shimmer on the first one and the lace on the second one is breathtaking. Thanks so much for playing along with us at Kaboodle Doodles. ~chris
stunning card hun and just for the record I believe too lol!!
goodluck at charisma this week.
both lovely! i definitely think Angels AND Santa qualify for "mythical/fantasy", so YAY! thanks for joining us at Charisma this week! :)
2 Fab cards Ann. Love the lace doily. Our Poundland only had some mucky looking cream paper ones. Luckily Wilkies next door had a pack of white ones. Debs xx
Ann, these are just stunning! the first is ust precious and the vintage one is so beautiful! I would have thought that doily ws an antique. Too bad you didn't buy TONS! xxD
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