Joanna Sheen Challenge - January 2012

Over at the Joanna Sheen Challenge this month the topic is celebrations.  I had to make a card for someone who has had a new baby girl come into their life recently.  I have used a gorgeous mother and baby image and decided therefore to go with a more shabby chic card.  I have used various card/paper from my stash.  I have used my new Marianne's Designs die that I got from Joanna's website and it is FAB.  Not only do you get the circle you get various sized shapes to make flowers with.  I have distressed the die-cut and all the paper with a dark brown chalk ink pad.  The card has been finished off some flowers, lace, congratulations die-cut sentiment and there is a small tab sentiment embellishment that has now gone on the front but until the recipient gets it I haven't put that picture on here as I've put the baby's name on it.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Joanna Sheen Monthly Challenge - Celebrations

Paper Creations Ink - Die-cuts and/or punches

Craft Your Passion - Anything goes and distressing

Kaboodle Doodles - Celebrate

Daisy Doodles - New beginnings

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes and option of something new

My Mum's Craft Shop - Something new

Ruby's Rainbow - Baby or child

Fresh Brewed Challenge - Use something new (used some nice new lace - yes I know I should use the old up first!!)

Scrapbook Sisters - Anything goes

Cute Card Thursday - What's new

Card Making Mamas - New year or something new (new lace for me)

Crafty Catz - New beginning

Inspire me Friday - Anything goes

Crafty Calendar - New news and option of button and bows

Crazy 4 Challenge - New year - new toys - new technique (new lace for me)

Craft Your Days Away - New beginnings

One Stop Craft - BINGO board (distressing, ribbon/lace and flowers, top row)

Crafty Emma - Anything goes

Gingerloft - Anything goes

Dream Valley - Anything goes

Corrosive Challenge - Ring in the New Year 

Cupcake Inspirations - Photo inspiration

    

Top Tip Tuesday - Anything goes (TIP:  I store my Promarkers and some other pens in the Letraset wallets on my shelf in my craft tardis.  I keep the handle end closest to me but was forever opening up the wallets to see the colours inside.  Now I've attached pieces of fibres and ribbon to each handle indicating the colours of pens in the wallets eg this one has silver, gold, black, bright pinks and purples.  I cannot believe how much simpler this makes finding the right wallet)

After making this card I still had three toppers from the sheet leftover.  In 2010 I decided that I would not put unused toppers from a sheet in a drawer to be used at some stage and would instead use them to make up more Craft for Life cards for the Marie Curie Appeal.  This saves them not being used or getting dog-eared and needing to be thrown out.  It also increases the cards that I have given to the Marie Curie Appeal.  Here are another three cards ready to be taken into the shop when we are next in town.