Bah! Humbug! day - Stitching...

Ooooooooooooooh stitching - enough to make the blood run cold!  I see stitching on everyone else's cards and it always looks amazing, but I am such a scaredy cat (plus the sewing machine is in the very deep dark recesses of a very overpacked cupboard).  However, no worries at Bah! Humbug! because any stitching counts - faux - stamped - drawn - embossed - any kind of stitching so even wooses (is that spelt right?) like me can join in.

The stitching on my card is faux blanket stitch created using a set of Elusive Images rubber stamps that are all Christmas images with a stitch effect on.  The other blanket stitch effect on the pink squares was created using one of the stitched square embossing folders by Cuttlebug and then sanding to make them pop.  The pink and blue papers are from an amazing paper pad by HOTP that Max gave me in York.  

Other challenges...

• Fab's Big Christmas Card Challenge - different technique (faux stitching using embossing folders and sanding - hope that counts)
• The Secret Crafter - Stitching

Spring Bunny...

Just a quick post this morning as I need to get off to work.  Seem to be having a 'green' week at the moment as yet another card ended up with me using green card and paper this time from a set by Making Memories.  The stamp of course is a Penny Black and was coloured using my daughter's box of crayons and Sansador.  The pink was a bit scratchy but I'm still loving this method of colouring.  Three days without touching my Promarkers - sheesh!!

My card is for the challenges at...

• Penny Black - great sketch by Carole
• Crafty Calender Challenge - Love and Friendship
• Cute Card Thursday - Green
• The Cuttlebug Spot - Green - the new black (well it certainly is with me this week!)

Thanks for looking and the brilliant comments - it's just lovely to get home from work (doing a 12 hour shift today - more sympathy required) and read them.  Have a great day everyone.

Spring Birthday...

Another card made in York using Irene's Polychrome pencils and also Derwent Coloursoft.  So relaxing colouring in this way - I just can't believe I've only just learned how to use them and the best thing is that since getting back from York I've discovered that a huge box of pencil crayons that my daughter was throwing away work rather nicely too.  Needless to say they didn't get as far as the bin and are now safely stashed in my craft room.

Other materials used:

• Penny Black Stamp
• Swirl stamp from stash
• Papers, red pearls and glittery flower brad from Max's stash
• Die cut flowers by Spellbinders
• Rub on sentiment by Letraset (love their rub ons - so far 100% reliable - yeah!)

Challenges...

• Tuesday Taggers - Swirls and Curls sponsored by Crafty Individuals (fabulous craft site - amazing stamps)
• Creative Card Crew - Celebrate - yeah they are celebrating big time this week as it is their first anniversary - congrats to the team on a great challenge site.

Have a good day everyone whatever you are up to and if you have grown up daughters like me do check and see if they have any fab pencil crayons stashed away anywhere.  I'm sure you will be able to find a better home for them.