New Home...

Another new home card using my favourite cottage stamp from the new stamp series 'Country Life' by Joanna Sheen.  Oh who wouldn't want to live there?  I love the words that go with this one too.

Not quite so keen on the card though - it started life with the intention of being an impressive 8" x 8" with a pocket and tag with the words on, but at around midnight it shrunk to a 6" x 6" with no tag.  Could have been worse - it may have ended up in the bin!

My New Home card once again fits the challenges at...

• Cute Card Thursday - All New
• Crafty Ann's - New
• Stamping for the Weekend - New Home

My heating is working again today thanks to British Gas Service engineers - having said that I've paid a monthly service fee out for 9 years and the first time they have to do something the guy tells me I'm ready for a new boiler.  Not happy with them. I always suspected that the minute it needed repairing that's what would happen.

Ah well c'est la vie - keep warm everyone - Spring is on the way - I hope!

Ann xxx

Another Joanna sample and a huge moan!...

It's cold with no heating!!!

Okay moan over and on to my card which of all the samples I've done was one of the easiest to make.  I picked up the original idea on the Sheena Douglas course I went on and then adapted it to suit.  It works really well for cute images too and on the plus side you don't need extra thick acetate as the concertinered card at the base supports the weight.

As you can see in the photo the base is made by folding card of the correct width up to make hills and valleys. I used a piece of A4 card cut down to 6" along the length and then scored to make a 1" hill, a 1.5" hill, a 2" hill and lastly a 1" hill to attach the acetate to at the rear of the card.

I thought the card would a fun one for Dad's out there, but actually I think little boys would love it too.  I must admit I wanted to stamp birds onto the acetate - you know how you get birds following the tracter as it works.  Unfortunately the stamps I had of the right size were flying geese (not seen them following many tractors recently) and the birds I had were too small.  Must invest in some bigger birds cause they would have looked great. 

My card is for the following challenges...

• Crafty Ann's - New (sorry Ann you must be fed up of seeing my stuff)
• Cute Card Thursday - All New
• Crazy4Challenges - Birthday

Have a fabulous day everyone and don't forget The Pink Elephant this week - the challenge is BIRTHDAYS.  I've had some time out this week but what a great fun theme it is and it's being sponsored by Kraftin Kimmie so do check out what's on offer over there and the work by my amazing team mates.
Ann xxx

New stamps - new home ...

Today see's the release of a new range of stamps by Joanna Sheen.  The series of stamps are called Country Life and you can see a video of Joanna showing many of the sample cards (including mine) here. 

For any Sheenies reading this - yep I was responsible for the very tongue in cheek ATC and what Joanna didn't own up to was that on the back in very large capital letters it says 'BUY MORE STORAGE'.  Problem solved!

I used Promarkers to colour the image, but added texture for the hedge and thatched roof using Derwent Inktense pencil crayons.  The sentiment is part of the same set of stamps and papers, lace and card are all from my stash.

My card is also for the challenges at...

• Papertake Weekly - New Beginnings
• Cute Card Thursday - All New
• Crafty Ann's - New
• Stampin' for the Weekend - New Beginnings

Happy Sunday everyone.

Ann xxx