CCC - MAUREEN'S (AKA SCRAPPYMO) CHALLENGE - UPCYCLE AN ITEM ONTO A CARD

Good afternoon you lovely bloggers out there, I hope your weekend has started well - special love to Sue J and her hubster Paul - hope you are fully charged, energy wise, very  soon!

Must just tell you about my horrific experience on Thursday night, I usually go to bed to read while hubster watches the late news.  I do find that reading helps me to sleep because it seems to wind me down just that little bit.  Anyway I always do a cursory check in the bathroom and the bedroom for 'things'!  Well, the bathroom was clear - phew! - but I sensed that the bedroom might not be!!!!   I switched the light on and there it was - the biggest ruddy eight legged beastie I have ever seen - I could have fitted a saddle on it and it wouldn't have looked out of place!  Needless to say I screamed and, fortunately, the hubster came running - bless him!  We keep a large yoghurt pot in the bathroom (just for these 'problems') and he caught it and popped it out of the window - he told me it's legs were hanging over the edge of the pot!!   The thing is I still keep seeing it and am wondering where the rest of his family are - yuk!

This is a card for the CCC - Scrappymo (Maureen our lovely friend in Canada) has given us the theme of 'upcycling an item onto our Christmas card'.  I usually save some of my Christmas cards - as well as all hand made cards - if there is a particular picture that I like.  This is one from two years ago, I just loved this little Santa popping down the chimney, so I cut it out to use at a later date!!!

 

I used  mainly gold and red on a kraft card base and added my new favourite die by Joanna Sheen from her Signature range, this one is the Ivy Flourish and is a brilliant size, so useful to add a swirl with a difference!

 

Ingredients

7" x 7"  Kraft Card Blank - Anna Marie Designs

Upcycled topper from an old Christmas card

Pink Paislee Papers - City Sidewalk

DCWV Papers - Christmas Wishes

Joanna Sheen Signature - Ivy Flourish Die

Spellbinders - Labels 33 Die

Daisy and Dandelion - Christmas Wishes clear stamp

Ribbon/bobbles/red and gold card from stash

 

I have quite a pile of Christmas cards ready now, and I am so pleased with myself and grateful to the CCC for giving me the incentive to make these cards throughout the year (as opposed to the last minute mad dash I usually have).

 

I hope you like it, thank you for any comments you have left, I love reading them so much.  Enjoy the rest of your weekend, I am now going blog visiting - see you soon!

 

Big hugs to you all

 

SUE xxx

 

I will be entering my card into the following Challenges - 

 

4 Krafty Girlz Challenge No 3 - http://4kraftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/

Challenges 4 Everybody No 30 - http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/challenge-30-anything-goes.html

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Challenge - http://christmasatsweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/here-comes-santa.html

Christmas Card Challenge No 44 - http://christmascardchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/challenge-44-anything-goes.html

Crafting by Designs Challenge - http://craftingbydesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/anything-goes-with-sassy-studio-designs.html

Craftitude Challenge No 50 - http://craftitudechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/craftitude-

Creative Craft Challenge2 No 20 - http://creativecraftchallenges2.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/challenge-20-anything-goes.html

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge No 147 - http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-147.html

challenge-50-anything-goes.html   (Letter S = Santa)

Sister Act Card Challenge No 27 - http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/challenge-27.html

Through the Craftroom Door Challenge (1-7 Oct) - http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/ttcrd-october-1-oktober7-challenge.html