Oh my goodness..,

A whole week has flown by in whirl of work, work and more work and now when I can finally relax I've been struck down by the 'plague'.  Well okay it might only be a nasty sore throat and cold, but I'm not a happy bunny about it and that's for sure.

It's also my excuse for my super fast to make contribution to this week's challenge at Bah! Humbug! where the Humbuggers want everyone to dig out their vellum and get creative.  I was going to make a card, but my project kept shrinking and finally became a bookmark to use during the festive season.
I must admit I do like the effect you can achieve using peel offs on vellum and then cutting them out before mounting onto card.  On my book mark I've got a double layer of the image where the dove and the poinsettas are.  Thought this gave a nice effect as where there is only one layer you can see the gold mirri shining through, but where the image is double the vellum shows up pure white, which is perfect for the dove.

If I didn't feel so awful I would have liked to experiment with colouring the back of the vellum with Promarkers as I think that could work well.  Another time maybe?

Meanwhile do pop over to Bah! Humbug! and take a look at the stunning card by our Guest Designer Jenny and the work of my teamies Irene and Max.

Ann xxx

Bah! Humbug! Day ... Cuties everywhere...

Wow this was a hard challenge.  I pulled out my new LOTV and then thought about my House Mouse stamps, but in the end I chose to use a clear stamp set called Critters by Penny Black.  When it comes to 'cute' Penny Black have been top of my list for many years and this set is one of my all time favourites.

Being part of the Bah! Humbug! team has meant that this year I have so many Christmas cards ready to post that it's just unbelievable.  It's also great because it will allow me to just play and make things for Christmas that I normally wouldn't have time to do.  This week I decided to make a wall hanging.  

The top part of the hanging is bauble shaped and was cut out on my Cricut machine using one of the Christmas cartridges.  The other sections were made using nestie die cuts attached to ribbon.

Each of the medallions features a different creature from the stamp set and each was coloured using Promarkers.

For a really neat finish I sandwiched the ribbon between the scalloped mirri board circle and a plain white scalloped circle.  I added glitter to each for more oomph and a couple of red gems to adorn the holly.

My project was made with the following extra challenges in mind...

• Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Don't be square
• Die Cut Dreams Christmas Club - ribbons, glitter and gems
• A Spoonful of Sugar - Sparkle and shine
• Anything goes - Christmas has come early

Have a great weekend everyone and don't forget to pop over to Bah! Humbug! to see the stunning work by my team mates and our guest designer Jenny.

Green all over...

Just when all the challenges are asking for autumnal colours I have to decide to do a tree, but all in green.  Typical of me!  Last time I went to the Kanban outlet shop I managed to find this fantastic tree patterned and matching green card which I knew would be perfect to go with the Kanban stamp set I already have.

I stamped the tree with black Memento, coloured with Promarkers and then added little dots using a white Sakura glaze pen to give the tree a bit more oomph.  Gold peel offs and a frame made using nestie die cuts complete the card.

My layout came from the brilliant sketch at Sketch Saturday, which was a fab one to use.  I must admit I have deviated slightly, but I think the essence of the sketch is there.

Additional challenges...

• Pollycraft - Anything Goes
• Stamptacular - five layers and counting (have checked and there are five)
• Stamps R Us - all nature theme
• The Paper Players - Monochromatic

If you are like me and like to enter your cards for a few challenges then do visit Feline Playful where Karen (very bravely) is attempting to list as many challenges as she can.  She also has blog candy on offer to people who become followers which is doubly generous when you think how much work she it putting in to this.

Have a great week everyone.

Ann xxx