Bah! Humbug! Day ... Cards to make you giggle!

 

Ooooooooooooh this week my first two cards for our challenge at Bah! Humbug! are quite hot stuff - maybe too hot!  I do hope nobody will be offended by my fun take on our theme of 'Cards to make you smile or giggle'.  Both of my cards certainly made Max smile when she saw them and Laura has already ear marked both of them as ones to send to her friends next Christmas.   

I must come clean and say that at one stage we, the devilish duo at Humbug Hall, had it in mind to post a pretend challenge entitled 'Naked Men'.  It was to be our very own April Fool's Day joke, but in the end we decided that it might be a little bit too naughty even for us. 
My first card uses a photo taken from a newpaper article some years ago which I imported into Serif Craft Artist to add the holly in the appropriate places.  Tartan backing paper by Kanban and a computer generated sentiment 'Have a jolly holly Christmas' completes the card.

 

My second card is even more raunchy.  I think staying with Max in the Scottish wing of Humbug Hall has had a bad influence on me because I don't usually do cards like this!  Honest!!  On this card I used the same photo, but printed it on photo card and then stamped and cut out little Christmas hats to cover the parts that needed covering.  Eeeeeeeek! 

My last card for this week's challenge features another cutie with no clothes on!  Don't panic, as this time it's my favourite Christmas House Mouse and the Santa hat is firmly placed on his head and not covering any other body parts. 

This guy always makes me smile and the thought of him eating so much sherry trifle that he's got a permenant smile and very wobbly legs is such a lovely thought I had to incorporate it onto my card.  The backing paper is from the new Joanna Sheen CD which features papers and inserts to use alongside House Mouse stamps.  I imported the backing paper into Serif Craft Artist and used the tools in that programme to make my inner frame and added the words too before printing out.  As most of the layers are done in Craft Artist Programme and printed this card is flat enough to escape the cost of a large letter stamp, but having said that I do like the depth given by 'real' matting and layering and would, if I was doing the card again do it differently.

My cards are also for the challenges at...

•  For Fun Challenges - Christmas
• Christmas Card Challenges - no stamping- first two cards
• Sentimental Sunday - Cute and Cuddly - the mouse of course!!!
• Crafty Ann's Challenge - Elvis Song - 'Santa Clause is back in town'
• Rainbow Lady's Challenge - A night at the movies - 'The Full Monty'

Have a wonderful weekend everyone.  Sadly I will be heading home tomorrow after spending a whole week with my dear friend Max in Scotland.  Having looked forward to this for so long I can't believe the week has passed by so quickly.  Thank goodness she will be coming to stay in Yorkshire before the end of the year.
Ann xxx