Bah! Humbug! Day...Elegant...

Yeah, it's Bah! Humbug! day again and as this post goes live I will be travelling back from Newquay.  I think I must have been toooooooooo excited about my Encaustic Art course and my holiday when thinking about this week's challenge, because to start with I was working on the wrong theme.  I blame Irene for this and Max did give me permission to thump her, but it's a bit too far to travel up to Sunderland really.  So with time running out and packing still to do I got to work on the correct theme for the week.

Luckily after seeing some ribbon weaving on Chrissie's blog Simply One of a Kind a little while ago I had already started to make a card featuring a door and a ribbon woven wreath.  Having done similar cards before I had an idea of the layout and how it would work out.  Last year I did a Messy Rabbit Christmas version and a New Home card.

The ribbon weaving just makes the card a little more special.  When I decide who the card is for I will personalise it by putting their house number in the centre of the wreath.

Hope you will find time to join us at Bah! Humbug! this week.  Christmas is getting quite close now and I am just so thankful that I've made a card or two every week since last January.  This Christmas will be so much more relaxing.  I may even have time to make one of those amazing Advent Calenders with all the numbered drawers - hmmmmmm maybe not!  Don't forget to check out the work of my teamies and of course our Guest Designer Jenny, who I'm sure will have done another stunning creation.

Have a great weekend.

Ann xxx

Messy Rabbit

Ah - another Messy Rabbit card - isn't he just so cute? This is the same base card as I used for a new home card I made a little while ago. It's very easy to do and lent itself perfectly to the Messy Rabbit Wreath stamp by Joanna Sheen.

I designed the door using Serif and printed the door base and extra panels on to Ice Gold card. I used my Scor-pal to score the edges of the door and panels to give a realistic effect. The panels were also mounted on gold mirri for a touch of oomph.


I made tiny letters (using Serif again - love playing around with this programme) and cut the letter box so that the letters could be slotted inside. Linda Hill, the very talented artist who created Messy lives in Derbyshire so it seemed fitting that Messy also lives in that area!



I have quite a few Christmas cards to make and as I have some ready made wreathes that came in a kit from way back I may use them in a production line this week. Watch this space!

My card is for the challenges at :

• Stamp with fun - Christmas
• Pollycraft - Wonderful Christmas Time
• Creative Card Crew - Christmas

For those who read my post yesterday about the squeeking envelope it was a House Mouse stamp - so cute! One mouse pretending to be a Christmas tree and the other teeny weeny mice are dressed as presents. Not sure what I'm going to do with it, but hopefully inspiration will strike and it better be soon!

New Home...

Here's a very quick card I made for my daughter and her boyfriend to give to his brother who has just moved into his own place. As I didn't get much warning I had to create something fast - this personalised door was pretty quick and easy to do.

I designed the door in Serif home office just using basic shapes. The panels were printed twice so that I could use my Scor-pal to add depth and also matt them onto gold mirri card for a bit of oomph. The letters (complete with real address) were also created in Serif Home Office. I love messing about creating little extras like these - so much fun.

Apparently Neil was over the moon with his card as was his mum who told him in no uncertain terms that he was not to throw the card away as she wanted to keep it. Isn't it lovely when people really appreciate the things we make?

As the challenge at Cute Card Thursday is new beginnings my card is perfect for their challenge and I do hope that Neil's new beginning continues to be a happy one for many years to come.