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

The Pink Elephant Day...

and maybe quite a sad one as after being a DT member since the very beginning of The Pink Elephant I have decided that at the moment I just haven't got enough time to do justice to being on the team.  I'm really sad to go as all the girls on the team are so lovely as well as being ultra talented, but sometimes something has to give.  I've decided that I want to take a break and concentrate on other things - new job - new challenges, etc.

Anyway enough of being slightly morbid and on to this week's challenge which is a colour challenge and as you can see from my card our colour theme is 

'COOL AQUA'.  

Silly me chose a paper to match the cool aqua Promarker pen and then ended up paper piecing Tilda's dress - hmmmmm just the daft sort of thing I'm doing at the moment.  Those hormones have a lot to answer for - I'm gonna swing for the one that turns the heating on full blast in the middle of the night.  That really is no joke!

Materials used...

• Magnolia Tilda in party dress - one of my first Tilda stamps and I still love her
• Swiss Dots cuttlebug folder
• Nesties
• Cuttlebug tag die
• small sentiment for Popcorn the Bear stamp set 
• Aqua patterned paper and pearlescent card from stash

Challenges...

• Creative Inspirations - fabulous sketch - although I did change it slightly
• Tanda Stamps - vivid colour - hmmmmm hope this is vivid enough
• Simon Says Challenge - Things with Wings
• Daring Cardmakers - die cuts - my tag and nestie circles

Have a great start to the week everyone.  I've just returned home from work to find that yet again my scheduled post didn't work - really strange it was okay when I left it, but changed to a draft when my back was turned - weird!!

Ann xxx

Bah! Humbug! Day and we're in the pink...

Although some of us struggled with this challenge, as after searching through mounds of gorgeous papers was there any pink snowflake paper?  No!  So I had to improvise using pink glitter card for my penguin card and some glitzy snowflake patterned mirri card for my 'Define Naughty' offering.  Neither of which I was particularly thrilled with, but hey ho it's been one of those weeks.

Some people put it down to a loss of mojo while I personally think horrendous hormones are the main culprits.

Materials used...

• 'Santa define naughty' stamp by  ?
• snowflake mirri card and silver mirri card by Kanban
• image coloured using Mica paints
• Penguin image by Papermania
• pink glitter card
• cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder

Other challenges...

• Fab'n'Funky - neglected stash - my mica paints have really took a back seat to Promarkers so it was nice to get them out and use them for a change.
• Crazy 4 Challenges - the sketch for the penguin card - also used this sketch for Susan's birthday card
• Stamptacular - Penguins - what a cool challenge idea - dug my penguin stamp out special!

Do hope that we'll see lots of entries at Bah! Humbug! this time as I'm pretty sure our talented loyalty club members will do a far better job than me.  I can't wait to see all their PINK creativity.

Have a fun weekend everyone.

Ann xxx