Bah! Humbug! - For a Special Friend...

This week at Bah! Humbug! we want everyone to make a special card for their Christmas box.  It's usually these cards that I end up doing at the last minute and really they are the ones that should have more time spent on them.  So what a great idea to do at least one of them as early as July.

My card is not intended for a friend of mine as too many of them check out my blog, but it's for my daughter to send to one of her close friends. 

The image is one of Popcorn the Bear and of course as these images are so large they are perfect for using on 8" x 8" size cards.  Popcorn is coloured using Promarkers and combined with DCWV papers from one of their briliant pads.

As the card is for a special person I've decorated the inside too with the Souffle image stamped and then cut out to add to the corner and computer generated sentiments mounted on Nestie frames.

My card was also made with the following challenges in mind...

• Crafter's Companion - the sketch
• No Time to Stamp - Christmas in July
• Creative Card Crew - Die Cuts (the frames for the sentiments on the inside of my card)
• Cricut Cardz Challenge - without my Cricut machine I couldn't have cut the perfect ovals used to mat and layer on the front of this card.  They are way bigger than Nesties.
• Fussy and Fancy - Christmas in July

Have a great weekend everyone and don't forget to check out Bah! Humbug! this week to see the fab designs by my team mates and our guest designer, Debs.

Ann xxx

Yesteryear...

This is a card I made in a Forum Card Swap and I know the card has been received now so I can post it on my blog.  The theme for the swap was 'Script' and luckily just as I was about to make the card I was inspired by a demo I saw by Inkylicious at the Dome last week.  I spent ages watching the amazing Deby demonstrating Ink Dusters.  Wow she made it look so easy - yes I know I've been fooled by these demos before. The black glitter episode has not been forgotten - infact I don't think I've got it completely cleared up yet.  However, I love using the Ink Dusters - so easy. 

Check this out if you would like to see a snippet of the technique.  I used Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink and I also used it on the flower which is the free stamp on this month's Craft Stamper magazine.  The image is from a sheet of vintage photos by Kanban and the embossed background is not Swiss Dots but a larger square shaped folder that I can't remember the name of, but it was fab to do the whole piece in one go.

Challenges...

• Tanda Teaser - Yesteryear
• One Stop Craft Challenge - Distressing (distressed and torn and screwed up paper script)

Hope everyone is having a great weekend.  I will be missing for a few days now as I'm working away.  Will be back for Bah! Humbug! on Friday though - can't miss that for any reason.

Tilda Baking Easel Card...

I meant to add this card to my blog yesterday but spent so long at my mum's that there just wasn't time.  A few weeks ago I was really excited to be asked to be Guest Designer for the month of July at my friend Ann's challenge blog, Crafty Ann's.

The theme for this fortnight's challenge is to make a shaped easel card and I was going to use one of Ann's Freebie Easel Card Templates (yes these are gorgeous and completely free), but at the last minute decided to use my Magnolia Tilda baking stamp and a digi aga cooker image.  The aga is one of Crafty Ann's digi images that I just couldn't resist buying as it works so well with the cutie stamps.  Ann also has a fab easy chair for cuties to sit on too - also a gem.

All the colouring was done with Promarkers.  I added some cute stamped cupcakes  and a computer generated message to the base with an organza bow to finish it off.  The top of the card has a rub on 'Happy Birthday' sentiment by Letraset.  Their rubons are really reliable and brilliant.  Wish I could find a good supply of them.

My card is also for the challenges at...

• Pollycraft - Pinkalicious
• Creative Card Crew - An Easel Card
• Crafty Creations - Ice-cream (neopolitan ice-cream colours) and cakes (Tilda baking)
• Crafts and Me - Birthdays
• Totally Papercrafts - one for the girlies

Exciting News...

I found out yesterday that I have been chosen to be Guest Designer for 3 months at the Crafter's Companion Challenge Blog.  I'm really excited about this as the DT over there is sooooooooooo very talented and I just love Popcorn the Bear stamps.  Now I've got an excuse to buy a couple of new ones.  Not that I need excuses really - LOL!