Forgotten Friday 4

Yes, I know I put FF 1 last week but wasn't sure how many of these Judith had put up last year and anyway it was the first one this year - my excuse anyway!!  My forgotten item this week comes from a sheet of Stickeroos by Penny Black which has been lingering in a storage box for quite a time.  I've combined this with some Artylicious background paper, punched paper and card, some cream lace and a punched corner made using two punches.  The butterfly was also on the sheet of stickers and I stuck it onto black card and cut out, adding some glitter and a few matching pearls to finish this card off. Nearly forgot - the greeting was stamped with an Elusivise Images stamp.

Cute Robot

A quick robot card today - this has been paper pieced by printing the digi image three times.  Once onto the white card and onto two different coloured papers and then cutting out parts and layering.  Background paper and image from Funky Hand and layering with nesties funky squares.

Bah Humbug Challenge 5

The challenge this week over at Bah Humbug is buttons and bows so nothing too difficult!! Background paper is from my stash and the stamp is a stray unmounted one in my Christmas drawer so not sure whose design it is. Ribbon is from papermania, sentiment was computer generated and the little cupcke with holly is a sticker from a set which was in my lovely prize from the BH team.  Various Nestabilities  were used and Cuttlebug embossing - buttons from my huge button box(es)

Less is More Week 1

I came across a new challenge blog called Less is More and this is their first week - the title speaks for itself and as this is well out of my comfort zone I thought it would be good to rise to the challenge and have a go.  I must apologise in advance for the picture because my scanner also seems to have a problem with lots of empty space as well and I can assure you that the black card is really clean and doesn't  have dodgy speckles on it!!  The idea is to make cards in minimalist style leaving plenty of white space (or in my case this week black space) - the theme this time is colour using pink, black and white.  The sentiment was stamped with white and clear embossed using an Elusive Images stamp, the dress dummy was stamped on pink card and cut out (Creative Expressions stamp).  I also couldn't resist the urge to add some pink pearls.  I'm not entirely happy with the result but I'm sure if I keep entering the challenge I should improve my technique.

Forgotten Friday

Some time last year Judith started a challenge called Forgotten Friday but had to abandon it temporarily to look after her menfolk - welcome back!  The idea is to make an item  using something which you've had for a while but has perhaps lain neglected and unused.  For this card I've used something new with something 'forgotten'.  The background paper is from a Papermania pad which I must have had for at least three years and I can't remember the last time I used one of the pieces;  the bird is a Stampin Up punch which I've had a while and dug it out again to use when I got a matching stamp set to give the bird body some detail - the same thing with the flowers because there was a flower stamp to match a flower punch too. The circular frame is a Marianne die cut. The sentiment is a stamp from Elusive Images which I recently rediscovered when I was going through my stash of stamps seeking inspiration.

Get Funky Challenge

I decided to have a go at the monthly challenge from Funky Hand.  The theme is circles and they are giving away a suitable background paper download although you don't have to use that.  I decided I would use the paper and managed to find some bits and pieces of card in my stash which are a reasonable  colour match. The image is a digi one also from Funky Hand, coloured with Copics; Marianne and Cuttlebug dies were also used and a border punch from stampin Up.

Blog Award

I've just been tagged to receive my first blog award by my friend Anne - thanks very much.

There are a couple of conditions for the award

You have been TAGGED and want to participate? Then create a post where you post the 'LOVE BLOG' image. You should also blog the persons link that gave you the award and inform her/him that you accept the award. You can then choose 3 - 5 favourite blogs which you also link in your post, then each blogger will inform you that they have been tagged

Dear bloggers:

The aim of this action is that we bring unknown, good blogs to light,
so I would ask you not to blog fellow bloggers that already have 3,000 followers.

It is difficult to select a few from the many great blogs I follow and visit but please hop over to visit these which I have chosen to receive the Love award

Eileen
Chris
Sue
Max
Karen