Bah Humbug Challenge 29

The challenge at Bah Humbug this week is torn paper and as I am still at sixes and sevens with the ongoing decorating work I have gone for something fairly simple. I have used some very glittery and thick handmade paper as the torn element which has left a very fluffy snowy look to the edges - it was very difficult to actually tear it though!  The background paper and penguins have been lying in one of my 'bits' boxes since last Christmas so I reckon this card will also qualify for inclusion in Judith's Forgotten Friday Challenge week 3. These and the sentiment are all from Polkadoodles, the penguins were printed onto pearlescent card, cut out and popped up on Pinflair glue gel.

Missing

I've been missing for a couple of days because my decorator has returned to do the living room which has meant I had to move (and find places to store) everything moveable including enough books to stock a library and ornaments, china and glass from a large cabinet and even larger sideboard.  I have decided I will have to make several trips to charity shops to declutter a bit before I put things back when the room is finished. It amazes me how much a couple of hoarders can accumulate in fifty odd years and add to this items from parents' houses as well - all makes for a lot of possessions!!!  This has meant that apart from making a commissioned card which I can't post at the moment in case the recipient sees it, I've not done much crafting.  I do have a sunflower get well card which is nice and bright to cheer someone who is under the weather.  Stamp is by Papermania coloured with Copics and the butterfly is from a Spellbinders die. Background papers also by Papermania with some Cuttklebug embossing and a computer sentiment.  The bees are little buttons with the backs cut off.

Grandmas are...

My DIL has a milestone birthday later this week and I hope she will like this card I've made using stamps from the SWALK collection by Crafters Companion.  Background papers are also from CC and I added die cut numbers to the computer generated sentiment and some  flowers punched from the background paper.

Bah Humbug Challenge 28

The challenge at Bah Humbug this week was to use a Christmas Scene and I turned to one of my Joanna Sheen CDs which can always be relied upon to come up with great images and matching background papers.  This image is from Victorian Christmas and I used two of the matching papers, a bow of organza ribbons and a snowflake which was stamped onto vellum and embossed with tinsel EP - a small die cut glitter shape was added in the centre.

Forgotten Friday 2

This is the second week of Judith's Forgotten Friday idea and this week I have used paper piecing on the flowers (this is a technique I've not used for quite a while) and to do this I've used some background papers from a My Craft Studio CD.  I'm afraid I tend to do what I expect many of us do - buy the CDs, look at the images when they first arrive and 'oh and ah' over them, then put the CD away where it stays on the shelf unused for ages.  These papers are from Flowers and Faux Finishes and the image is a digi stamp from Pollycraft which I simply printed out onto the background papers and then cut out the flowers to piece onto the original which has been coloured with Copic pens. The tiny butterflies were an Xcut punch which has also been neglected recently.  Could this all be a sign that I may well have too much 'stuff' in my craft room???

Time

My brother has a birthday at the weekend and as I knew he wouldn't appreciate a 'cute' card I got out my set of Sense of Time stamps by Stampin Up.  Background paper is from a Basic Grey pad which I've had for ages and the border was cut using my new Tim Holtz On the Edge die.  The border and Nestabilities shapes were sponged with Distress Inks.

Flash Those Freebies

It is time for the flash those freebies challenge part 2 using the special free digi stamp that was sent by the lovely people at Pollycraft to everyone who entered part 1 and which we had to keep under wraps until this week.  The instructions this time are to 'think green' using this image and I have chosen to colour the cute turtles in shades of green but have also introduced a little amount of pink for contrast.  The turtles have been decoupaged in three layers.  Background papers are from Colour Me Happy  by Funky Hand and the green flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts with punched and embossed leaves (Xcut punch) - sentiment produced on the computer and punched with Stampin Up punch. The bonus is that everyone who enters a card can claim a free digi stamp from the wide choice on their website.