Bah Humbug Challenge 44

We are on week 44 at Bah Humbug which means I must have at least 44 cards ready for the festive season so that's good news.  This week they are asking for a Baby's First Christmas card which had me thinking a bit for ideas I must say until I remembered this lovely baby stamp from Lili of the Valley.  I coloured him with Coloursoft pencils so that he looks like a mini Santa and I added a bobble on his little hat.  The 'fur' around his hat and the bobble have been covered with textured glitter snow but it doesn't look too glittery on the scan.  The sentiment was produced on the computer.  While I was waiting for the snow to dry I went for a walk and that's when I do a lot of my thinking - I realised it would be a first Christmas for my great nephew so used a Stampin Up pennant punch and X-cut letter dies to add his name.  The image was popped onto a Marianne die cut to which I added some narrow ribbon.  It is thanks to Jenny (Stamping Moments) for that idea as yesterday I went to a brilliant SU Extravaganza day where we made some lovely projects - do take a look at her blog and you will see some of the things we made.

LOTV Cutie

Apologies for not blogging much this week but I've been busy preparing for some beadwork demonstrations this weekend so there may not be much blogging then either!!  For this card I used one of the free Lili of the Valley images which were given away with a magazine a while ago.  Colouring was done with Copic pens and various backing papers were used from my stash but I can't recall the source because I often take pieces from various pads to match up for a project and then change my mind and don't use them all. The flowers are from a pot of mixed coloured ones with a Marianne die cut leaf and the greeting was a free download.

Girl on a Swing

Today's card uses another of the freebie images from Lili of the Valley, coloured with Flex and Promarkers. Background paper is from a pad of paper which came free with a recent magazine too and I simply added a computer sentiment, ribbon and some punched flowers

Bear with Flower

The other week I spotted a give-away on a magazine of some Lili of the Valley images on card  to colour and cut out so I couldn't resist - pity the magazine wasn't as good as the images but I reckon it was worth it because there were 20 different images..  This one has been coloured with Promarkers and Copics.  Background papers are from my stash, sentiment was computer generated using My Craft Studio and I added a Marianne die cut butterfly.

Baby Card

A baby card today - I do love this image from Lily of the Valley and it has been coloured using pencils and cut out using a Nellies die then layered up on a Nestabilities scalloped square with swiss dots embossing. The greeting was done with My craft Studio and I added two punched prams using a punch which has been in the drawer for years.

Christening Card

My great neice is being christened this weekend so I have made her this card - I hope they like it.  Stamp is by Liliofthevalley and coloured with pencils, background papers are from Rose Garden by Papermania as are the die cut letters.  The flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts have been tipped with pink using a Promarker.

Baby Boy

This is the third of the stamps which I got recently from Lili of the Valley.  Background papers are from Stampin Up, sentiment made on the computer and flowers punched from matching paper using a Nellies emboissing punch with a tiny daisy for the centres, leaf using an X-cut embossing punch.

Cat Bringing Flowers

This quick card is made using another of the LOTV stamps coloured using Polychromos pencils.  Background paper is from K and Co with faux stitching added by pen and some flowers built up from various hand made paper flowers from my stash.