Christmas in August

On BBTB this week the team were asked to use accent 13 from accent essentials. This is the perfect snowflake cut. I cut it at various sizes twice, then ran the top layer through the xyron backwards, so that the top surface was sticky, and dumped glitter onto it. The two layers were attached using silicone glue so that they 'pop'

I added lots of gems, as the dare over on Daring Cardmakers this week is Bejewelled Blitz - more on that later..... The card base is a pre-embossed one by papermania
On Cute Daisy May, the challenge this week is also Christmas - help, we haven't seen summer here yet! I chose these sweet little carollers, the papers are by Papermania UK

The flowers are from a bunch that I won from Poppicrafts


Why not have a go at both challenges? For Cute Daisy May, you don't even need a CDM image


So Bejewelled Blitz is a game on Facebook, you have to match gems and eliminate them, simple and addicting. I had never heard of it until Lythan (who is a teamie of mine from Funky Hand) set the challenge on DCM. So although I hate Facebook, I ambled over to see what it was all about. I had to clear my messages (about 20 people I have never heard of in my life want to be friends with me, I say yes, because you can never have too many friends), lots of people wanted to have a drink with me, and I had been sent flowers by six friends (it was very nice of them, but I still don't know who they are). I am now friends with some of my children's friends, it's difficult to accept a virtual flower from a thirty year old who you remember as the kid who dropped his orange juice all over your brand new cream carpet

Any Occasion Card

This is my offering for the design team on Bitten by the bug this week. The cut was accent 49 from the accent essentials cartridge, which I cut at 2" and again at 1 3/4" and turned it into a sort of flower spray. The tiny black flowers are cut from a doodlebugs border. The papers are by Martha Stewart (I am turning into a walking advertisment for that woman, but I do like the elegance of her stuff). The sewing is feather stitch. I left it without a sentiment, as it falls into my category of "it could be for anything" card.

Take a look over on BBTB - as always, the different ways the designers have interpreted the cut are amazing.

Circles from Accent Essentials

Regina asked us to use the circle accent from this cartridge. I have to admit I found this a very strange cut, a series of graduated circles. I didn't get much inspiration but then came up with this, the fan is by Stampin Up and the papers are by Papermania. I used pop dots for alternating circles to give them a bit of dimension.