Bah Humbug Through the Window Challenge

The challenge this week over at Bah Humbug is "Through the Window".  Ahha I thought, now where are those die cut window sheets I bought ages ago............... hmmmmm can't find them at the moment so will have to improvise.

I have used the large stamp from the Creative Expressions Create-a-scene village set and stamped and clear embossed using black ink on white card.  I then cut this down into four equal pieces and mounted it onto black card leaving a gap inbetween each piece and so creating a "faux" window scene.  I have then mounted this onto a piece of white card which has gone through my Big Shot in a Crafts Too embossing folder to which I added a piece of ribbon.  This was mounted onto a piece of silver holographic card leaving a narrow margin and then onto a black A5 card blank.  I added some Stickles glitter glue to create a snowy scene.  The sentiment is from a Stampin Up set and was punched out using a SU square scalloped punch.

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Bah Humbug Less is More Challenge

Over at Bah Humbug this week the challenge is "less is more" - not an easy one for those of us who love using ribbon, gems etc!!!  lol

For this very simple card I ran a piece of black mirri card through my Big Shot in a Cuttlebug embossing folder and using a Quickie glue pen added Glamour Dust to the stars, smoke and the rooftops.  This was then matted onto a piece of silver mirri and then onto the base card which is an A5 black ribbed card.  The sentiment is a peel-off matted and layered using my SU punches and I then added a simple peel-off in each corner.  Very quick and easy!

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Susie & Vikki's Christmas Club challenge

This week over at Susie & Vikki's Christmas Club blog the challenge is to make a Baby's 1st Christmas card.

The image is taken from Joanna Sheen's Precious Petals CD and printed out onto satin photo paper. It has been mounted onto some red mirri which, in turn, has been mounted onto some Anna Griffin cardstock I've had in my stash for ages. I used my Fiskars ribbon edge punch down the left hand side and threaded through some ribbon and tied it in a bow in the centre. The red backing paper is from my stash and put through my Big Shot in a Cuttlebug embossing folder. The sentiment is also from the JS Precious Petals CD. I didn't think it needed much embellishment as the face speaks volumes!!!! lol

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Bah Humbug Snowflake Challenge

This weeks Bah Humbug challenge is to make a card with the theme of snowflakes.

Here is my offering - I used a square card blank and put some white card through my Big Shot in the Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder. This was cut down into four squares and mounted onto red card and added to the front of my card blank. The main image is a Forever Friends sticker which was put onto white card and matted onto red card; both of which were cut out using my Nesties labels die. The sentiment was computer generated and matted and layered using my Stampin Up oval and scalloped oval punches and then I added some gems, a ribbon and four more snowflakes to the background.

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Bah Humbug Pretty in Pink challenge

Sorry I haven't posted much in the last week but I've been taking advantage of the lovely weather to do some much needed work out in the garden.

This is my card for the new Bah Humbug challenge which is entitled "Pretty in Pink". I have used a square white card base and covered it with pink Christmas script paper from my stash. I then ran it through my Big Shot with a nesties labels die to create the aperture in the front. I then cut a frame in silver mirri using the same die set. For the main image which is actually inside the card I have used a recycled Christmas card from last year and cut and matted it again using the nesties labels die. A couple of images from the same card front have been punched out and added to the front of the card along with some gems and a ribbon.

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Happy Easter to everyone

Wishing everyone out there in blogland a very happy and chocolatey Easter.

Over at Bah Humbug this week the challenge is embossing and after a little pondering about which type of embossing I could do the following card is what I came up with.

I fished out an old snowflake stencil and placed this onto some black mirri card. I then took some Dreamweaver glossy white embossing paste and spread this over the stencil. After lifting the stencil carefully off the mirri card I sprinkled each snowflake with differend coloured Glamour Dust and left to dry. The main card is an A5 white blank. I ran a piece of gunmetal mirri card through my Big Shot in a Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder and then did the same with some black card. These two pieces were joined together. I then took a piece of each of these cards, cut them to size and punched the edges with a Martha Steward border punch. These were joined together and placed down the centre of the card. Each of the snowflakes were cut out using a Stampin Up circle punch and mounted onto gunmetal and black mirri card which had been die cut with a Nellies die. The sentiment is computer generated.


Being as it's Easter I decided to do another card to enter into the challenge and this one is a piece of parchment embossed using an embossing stencil, coloured from behind with gems added onto the tree and down the left hand side. A ribbon and peel off greeting finished off the card.

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Bah Humbug!!!! Stitching challenge

I've been playing about trying to complete the Bah Humbug!!! latest challenge which is stitching. I took a base A5 card and cut a piece of SU green card to use as a mat. I then cut a piece of card from My Mind's Eye Christmas Glitter Book. I used a zigzag stitch in red thread to mount one on top of the other, sewed a snowflake design all the way round the card and stitched circles around some of the holly berries.

I cut a piece of pewter to size and put it through my Big Shot with a Dreamweaver's stencil - as the pewter is so soft it really embossed it very well. I zigzagged around the pewter in red thread and mounted this on the main card using silicone glue. Finally I put some Stickles in the centre of the holly berries and also on the snowflake and used a Copic pen to highlight the N, E and L. I had a small piece of pewter left over which I had trimmed from the main piece and couldn't resist winding it round a skewer to curl it and add it to the top left corner.

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Baby Card

It's our craft club night on Wednesday and the "homework" we set the girls last month was to make a baby card so here's my take on the theme.

I used a photo I already had and then printed on vellum the sentiment. Used card from my stash and put some of the card through my Big Shot with an embossing folder. Punched out various flowers from card and bazzill and added some gems and a ribbon.

Big Shot Night

Anne and I are demonstrating the Big Shot and concentrating on using nestabilities and the embossing folders. I will be showing the girls the different ways to use embossing folders and have produced some samples using metal, coredinations card which is sanded, acetate, a simple design which is glittered and two samples where the folder has been brayered with ink before putting through the Big Shot.