Bah Humbug Challenge 13 - Cards that Make you Giggle

Oh My .. the DT cards over at Bah Humbug have certainly made me giggle out loud.

I wasn't sure at 1st what I was going to do for this weeks challenge, as I am not someone who can really pull of 'humerous type cards' as I am never sure how to put together. But then I remembered a 'Christmas Simples' digi image I had that might make you giggle
beautifully created by Sandra Dry Very Sadly Sandra no longer produces Digi Images.

I cannot get the colouring right for this cute Meerkat. He is meant to be lighter in colour on the botton half of his face and darker around the eyes etc. More practice I think. I have made a computer generated sentiment
Meery Christmas 'Simples' Meery as in 'Meer'Kat 



Meery Christmas 'Simples'



List Of Supplies 

White Linen 6x6 base card

Brown Bazzill Basic Card

PP Card Mottle/Dots

Glamour Dust

Spellbinders Tag

CB PhotoCorner Die

Swiss Dots CB Folder

Satin Ribbon

MS Fern Frond Punch

Decorative Pins

Promarkers

Sandra Dry 'Christmas Simples' Digi Image

PaperArtsy RubberStamp Makes

I recently purchased a few PaperArtsy RS that were reduced but as yet had not managed to have a play with them. Here are a few 'Makes' I have created using one of the them. Two Birthday Cards and a Thinking of You' The ones I stamped onto glossy card appear a little 'blotchy' the stamps are probably more suited to Versafine Ink pad rather than the Impress one that I had used, I was curious how it would look on glossy paper hence the experimenting. I coloured in the image using Promarkers. Only probelm with this you can see the 'pen drag marks' but only when you look at the image side onwards so decided it would be ok to use the images.

List of Supplies

Small DL Base Card
6X6 Base Card
PaperArtsy RS
Personal Impressions Paula Pascal Sentiment RS
Cloud 9 Sentiments RS
DCWV Papers
K'ology 6x6 Paper
Glossy Card
Brown Card
Blue irridescent card
Blue Eggshell Mottled Card
Adirondacks Ink Pads- used to create background under RS image
Fluid Chalk
Impress Ink Pads
Versafine Sepia Ink Pad
ProMarkers
Nesties
SU Spiral Punch
SU Window Punch
MS Fern Frond Punch
Spellbiners Fancy Tag Die
Various Paper Flowers
Decorative Pins
Pearl Brads
Silver Bali finding
Lace
Grograin Ribbon
Gems

Birthday Card with Aperture - 2cute Cat-Knit

A recent challenge over at Bah Humbug
Asked we create a project(s) with 'Apertures' You can see my entry here

I don't do many cards with apertures so feel very much out of my comfort zone - I decided to take up the challenge, even though I found it hard I am quite pleased that I had a go.
I was needing to make a birthday card for a very dear crafty friend who knits the most amazing garments.  I knew I had to use my 2cute Cat-knit digi image  After visiting some of the wonderful challenge entries on their blogs I was insprired to have a go again at making a card with an aperture. This is what I came up with. The recipient was over the moon with her card,which made me feel all warm inside. She hired her local community room where fellow crafters/knitters/spinners/felters etc.helped celebrate her birthday. She looked so beautiful in her pretty red outfit and red shoes .. sadly I was in such a tiz today with one thing and another, I forgot to take my camera! My gifts to my friend were a knitted mini liquorice tic tac toe board game and a pretty bone china cup and saucer where I placed a very pretty cupcake inside the cup,all wrapped up in cellophane.



The photocorner at the top looks crooked .. but its the angle of the photo .. honest.


List of Supplies

Pink Card - 6x6 base card
Brown Card (Used for the outer jacket of the main base card)
Doilie
DCWV Paper
2cute Digi Image
Digi sentiment - apologies, cannot remember where this came from
Satin Ribbon
Button
Krylon Pen
Gem
Glossy Accents
Nesties Circles
QK nesting dies - used on doilie edge/aperture
MS Fern Frond Punch
Decorative pins
Fluid Chalks
White pen
Promarkers

Bah Humbug Challenge 10 - Apertures

I am soooo behind this week with my entry for this weeks challenge over at  Bah Humbug  As they say .. better late than never. This weeks challenge is 'Apertures' I have to say .. don't do many cards with apertures so for me I have found this challenge somewhat hard.
I have used the aperture, of which I cut using a 'Nellies' Die,  so it sits behind the poinsettia. Behind the aperture is my very last piece of some very pretty green coloured vellum which has a lovely shimmery feel to it.
As my card has features some'gold' I am also entering my card for Challenge 11 'Go For Gold' over at CHNC  I coloured a white button with gold krylon pen, placed in a gem in the centre, coloured that with gold krylon pen then placed glossy accents on top. I have also used the very pretty Cuttlebug Victorian photo corners using gold mirror card. The poinsettia also has some gold krylon pen run over the edges of the outer petals.

List of Supplies

Red Base Card
Nellies Die
Nesties Poinsettia Die
CB Victorian Photo Corner Die
My Minds Eye Paper
Gold Mirror Card
Gold Krylon Pen
Gem
Glossy Accents
Button
Fluid Chalk
Elzybells Clear RS Sentiment
SU Window Punch
MS Punch

It's Just a Number

Here are two cards I have made. Both people are celebrating major Birthdays. A chap who is turning 40 and a lady who is about to celebrate turning 50. The lady is the friend I am visiting in Durham to help celebrate her birthday.

I so enjoyed using acetate on the book mark and card that I decided I would use again. I have used the acetate with the numbers, of which I embossed then coloured with alcohol inks and then again embossed the main piece of acetate for added interest on the card. I used the CB Happy Birthday folder for the embossing. I embossed on the main/base of card with the CB numbers folder. The chaps card I accidently 'debossed' but decided I liked it and so left it.

I have used again on both cards the gorgeous K &Co K'ology papers that Dear Max so very kindly sent me. They really are truly lovely, I especially like the paper emblazened with the word 'Beautiful' of which I used on the 50th card.
I have decided not to add any sentiment as I could not decide, even though I have some beautiful sentiment stamps, making a decision was hard so I came to the conclusion that maybe it is 'meant to be' it was saying 'leave well alone' as when I cannot quite make a decision then I Faff, that is when I head for trouble, and I end up saying to myself 'Why oh why cannot you leave well alone' I am happy to go with these thoughts.







A close of the embossing and numbers

Supplies List

6x6 Base Cards

K&Co K'ology papers

Bazzill Basics Card

Acetate

Alcohol Inks

CB embssing folders

CB number dies

Assorted Brads

Paper flowers

Fluid Chalk

Cosmic Shimmer

Headed Pin

Lace

Scalloped Border Punch

Martha Stewart Fern Frond Punch