Bah! Humbug! Day...Snowflakes are falling...

Well after a total lack of cardmaking this week due to working long days and sleeping over I am pleased to say that I actually managed to create my card for our new challenge at Bah! Humbug!  This week we are focussing on snowflakes.  Always a winner on a Christmas card as they are so beautiful both as embellishments or the focal point of a card.

Materials used...

• The very last piece of my favourite snowflake DP which was originally sent to me by my blogging friend Elaine so I really don't know the make.  I used it to cover the base of the card and also to form a backdrop for the embossed vellum
• Cuttlebug snowflakes embossing folder used on vellum 
• Sentiment stamp by Rubbadubbadoo - stamped on to DP under vellum (much easier to read in real life than appears on photo)
• Clear gemstones to embellish embossed piece and centre of punched snowflakes
• Snowflake punches in two sizes
• white card embossed using Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder

Don't forget to pop over to Bah! Humbug! to see what amazing cards my team mates Irene and Max have created and hopefully join in too.  It never fails to amaze me how many wonderful cards everyone enters each week and they seem to be getting better and better. This Christmas is going to be a breeze for us all.

Have a great holiday weekend everyone.

Ann xxx

Pink Elephant Challenge 9...

Yeah I used to hate Mondays but no more because it's Pink Elephant Day and that's got to be good. As I write this post and upload my card I'm singing 'chick chick chick chick chicken lay a little egg for me' so it's a good job nobody can hear me!!!

This week our challenge at the Pink Elephant is a recipe challenge. The ingredients to be used are rubber stamps, punches and embossing. Those ingredients sound like they may mix together to make some great cards - I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with.

My card uses a whole host of rubber stamps including a hen on a nest and lots of eggs from an Easter Set by Rubbadubbadoo and there's also a cute chick from a Woodware clear stamp set sneaking in on the act.

For punches I used an egg (oval?) punch to add some eggs to the nest and a tiny butterfly punch to add butterflies to the background.

My embossing was done using the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots - what would I do without that folder?

I can't take full credit for the design of this card as it is very, very similar to one that I was shown at a craft class many years ago. I guess it was time to try the card shape again and bring it more up to date.

To create my card I used a normal square card and cut half of the front away on the diagonal. Then I attached the piece I'd cut off to the rear of the front of the card. By only sticking the pieces together at the bottom edge and the side near the fold it meant that the top was able to be opened up to have that lovely tactile shredded paper pushed inside and left hanging to give a 'nestie' effect. Then I slipped lots of coloured eggs in to eggsaggerate the diagonal design.

Hope you like my card and will have chance to visit the Pink Elephant this week and maybe use our ingredients - I can't wait to see how everyone elses will turn out.

Monochrome Christmas Village...

Just a quick card today as guess what? I am busy getting ready for Christmas!!! Surprise - surprise!

I love the Christmas Village cuttlebug folder and have found it works very well with some of my smaller stamps. I have wanted to try this Santa and his sleigh stamp by Rubbadubbadoo for some time and the challenge of 'monochromatic' at http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/ seemed to be the ideal opportunity.

Sorry that the photo is a little blurred - I did my best considering the lighting conditions.