Good Friday - Good Gracious...

I'm still doing Christmas!!!  Are any Easter cards made?  No!  Oh my - better shake myself today or it will be too late.  All birthdays, anniversaries and any other events are just going to have to be cancelled while I catch up with myself.
One thing I never miss though is our challenge at Bah! Humbug! and this week we are featuring the man himself - no not Tim Holtz - Father Christmas!  My image is a rubber stamp my daughter bought many years ago from Lakeland when they used to sell craft items.  I remember her saying at the time he would be wonderful to layer up and he certainly was.  I had intended to make a gift bag and matching small gift card, but somehow the card ended up bigger than intended and had a style of it's own.  No worries they will both be used.

My gift bag was created using the sketch at Sketch and Stash for inspiration.  My stamp is the old stash and the oval Nellie Snellen die new stash.
Additional challenges...

• ABC Challenge - S for sparkle (glittered hat, beard and gems on holly)
• Promarker Challenge - anything goes

Have a fabulous Easter weekend everyone.
Ann xxx

Bah! Humbug! Day...Christmas Stockings...

Wow Friday again I just can't believe how quickly these weeks fly by.  This time our challenge at Bah! Humbug! is on the theme of Christmas Stockings and for my card I've used die cut decoupage, papers and sticky ribbon all from the Pepper and Friends range.  For the first time ever I can actually say this die cut decoupage worked and was a pleasure to use.  The papers in the range are a great match too and make putting a card together a breeze.  

Additional materials...

• sentiment stamp by Waltzing Mouse
• white star eyelets, white brads and white organza ribbon
• Swiss Dots embossing folder

Additional Challenges...

• Fab 'n' Funky - Spotty and Dotty
• My Time to Craft - On the Spot
• Papertake Weekly - Dimension

Have a great weekend everyone.

Ann xxx

Oh what a tangled web we weave...

Can't believe I'm still working on sorting out my craftroom.  So determined to kick things into shape, but today has been a real toughie as I'm transferring ribbon from coat hanger storage that just took up so much space on to cards that I can keep in a drawer.  Rapidly loosing the will to live and still all the red, gold and silver ribbon to sort out.  Eek!!

How lovely will it be to open this drawer to find the right coloured ribbon.  It may even mean that I break away from my addiction to using white, black or cream all the time.

Ann xxx
PS: Just a little foot note - Susan commented...

'How do you keep your ribbon from creasing when you fold it like that ? l bought some in a packet last week and on opening it, the ribbon was creased at every fold ?'

Susan I don't worry about the creases in my ribbon anymore.  One of my Christmas presents was  a really tiny mini hair straightener and it is just amazing for straightening ribbon in seconds.  Best craft gadget ever.
Rita said ...
' it must have been quite a job.'
It certainly was and is - ran out of paper clips around 5 o'clock yesterday.  The pack of 200 I bought wasn't enough.  Eeeek can you believe that?