Allsorts Challenge #783

 The theme for the current Allsorts Allsorts challenge is **lots of layers** or as usual it could be *anything goes* and there is a Christmas related prize to be won by a lucky someone.  There are quite a few layers on my card which uses some birds which were stamped onto a scrap of 'inky play' card and fussy cut; stamping again onto scraps of plain white so that I could also fussy cut the eyes.  There are layers with the die cut shapes and the sentiment. The line the birds are standing on was drawn with a black fine liner pen

Background Layers - dies from John Next Door set
Birds - Crazy Birds by Tim Holtz
Sentiment - computer generated and die cut with retired Stampin' Up die

Allsorts Challenge #782

The theme for the Allsorts Challenge this week is **A Blast from the Past** and although my card doesn't feature retro or Art Deco etc it was certainly a 'blast from the past' for me when I came across a House Mouse CD from years back.  House Mouse designs at one time used to appear on a very regular basis but I've not seen any for some time so I printed off an image and some backing paper to make this card, adding a scrap of embossed card from my oddments boxes and a sentiment.  If this doesn't fit the theme I guess it can come into the **Anything Goes** category which is always an option at Allsorts.

Seeing the card on the screen I've just realised that the embossed design is Art Deco style 😉

Image and Background - House Mouse CD set from Joanna Sheen
Sentiment - from a retired SU stamp set
Ovals - dies from Tonic
Embossed Panel - E/F by Creative Expressions from some years ago

Rudolph Days - May

  Rudolph Day always seems to come around so quickly but at least I've managed to make a card in time for the May challenge.  As this was made entirely with pieces from my Snippets collection (apart of course for the card blank) I will be popping along to the Playground with this one as well.  I trimmed the red mat to fit the card blank - this one had already had the centre cut out or 'gutted' so that I could use the resulting piece to cut out the letters.  Next layer was an oddment of DSP left from previous projects, followed by a smaller dark green mat and an even smaller white one.  The word was cut from a snippet of dark green and the red letters were infilled.  Final touch was the addition of three shiny snowflakes left over from last Christmas no doubt.