ABC Challenge Birthday Hop + DT Call

Hi all :-) I was thrilled when Vicky asked me to be a Guest Designer for the ABC Challenge’s Birthday Hop :-) THANKS HUN !! :-)

They are currently looking for a couple of designers to join the team so if you are interested then please see the challenge blog for details :-)

If you arrived here from the lovely and super talented Suzanne's blog then you are going the right way ,, if not you may with to start at the ABC Challenge blog

For this hop the theme is Yesterday ,, the challenge is to make a card with a theme of yesterday, so you can have a vintage theme or use a stamp that is not the latest stamp on the block but one of those real old favourites. You could choose a past ABC Challenge theme just let us know which challenge and the date it went live. !!

I chose U for UNUSUAL FOLD

from 18th May 2011

The DT all have a sponsored candy on their blogs, so lots of prizes along the way :-) My candy is sponsored by the lovely Heidi at Simon Says Stamp !!

I have been meaning to have a go at a Diamond Fold card for ages so now was the chance to have a play :-) It’s not perfect though and ,, shhh ,,, I need to add something at the front to stop it falling over !!! ,,, like a brick or something ,,,

This card is quite small ,, only 4x4 inches so I had to choose a smallish image ,,,, House Mouse Confetti Rain ,,,, perfect fit !!! I haven’t inked this one is ages so it was about time :-) I coloured the image with Copics and inked the edges with Wild Honey Distress Ink. The papers are Graphic 45 Once Upon a Springtime and I sewed all the edges on my machine. I stamped a Penny Black mouse footsteps along one side and used a gorgeous Prima Pearl Swirl and Calcutta flower on the other.

Now this is where I went horribly wrong ,,, I thought it looked a bit plain and as I am a GD I wanted to make a good impression (lol ) so I added a Martha Stewart PATP border, and cut out a frame for the image using a Spellbinders Die.

Oohh that was better ,,, I thought ,,, until I tried to stand it up !! hmmm ,, I have to make a little stand at the front to prop it up. Now I could have kept that snippet of info to myself ,,, but ,,, we all learn by our mistakes so I am sharing mine with you

If you would like a chance to win a fab Hero Art set from Simon Says Stamp then please leave me a comment and a link to your blog with Mr Linky :-)

I hope you enjoy the hop ,, from here you need to hop on over to the super talented ALI'S BLOG and see her gorgeous creation :-)