CD Album

   Many of the free CDs that came in magazines have been put to use in the garden as an edging to my flower beds, but I still have some left. I have always wanted to make a little album/book using my Beatrix Potter stamps so I thought I would see if I could punch a hole in a CD. Well you can! I used an ordinary hole puncher (for paper) although I would not recommend it as I had to use a hammer and screwdriver to unjam the punch each time.

    I punched a hole in six CDs and covered both sides of each with papers printed from Crafter's Companion 'Tale of Peter Rabbit' CD ROM.

    Each image is from Crafter's Companion 'Tale of Peter Rabbit' rubber stamp collection and has been coloured using Promarkers.

   The edges have been distressed using distress inks and then mounted onto mirri card.

   The words were just type in a word processor and printed off before being treated in a similar manner.

   The 'Peter Rabbit' title was done using word art and then the shape cut out using two Spellbinders circle dies.

    All the CDs were tied together using ribbon.
 This used all the image stamps in the collection but there are more on the CD so a longer story could be don.e.








   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Gingerloft - anything but a card
   Addicted to Stamps - anything goes
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   Crafting With Dragonflies - mini album
   Papertake Weekly - child's play

Hunca Munca

 Earlier in the month my niece had her birthday and I made her a Jeremy Fisher card because she reads the Beatrix Potter stories to her daughter. Well, her daughter's birthday is next Saturday, so here is her card.
  The image from Crafter's Companion 'The Tale of Two Bad Mice' set of stamps is coloured with Promarkers and cut out with an oval Spellbinders die. Distress ink was used for the background while the image was still in the die. This was then mounted onto matt gold mirri card which had been cut out with a scalloped oval die.
  The background paper, printed from Crafter's Companion 'The Tale of Two Bad Mice' CD ROM, was also matted onto the matt gold mirri card and fixed to the base card. The mouse strip was taken from the same CD ROM. Once fixed to the card 30! mini gems were glued in place.
  An oval piece of backing paper was mounted onto a scalloped oval of mirri card. Die cut number/letters were glued onto this to form a badge.
  Finally three gold candi were attached.

  I wish to enter this card into the following challenges:
  Crafter's Companion - dies and die cuts
  Wednesday Creative Inspirations - anything goes
  Eureka Stamps - anything goes
  Crafty Cardmaker - 1 image, 2 patterned papers, 3 embellishments - gems, badge ,candi

Mr Jeremy Fisher

 Here is the next birthday card. My niece reads the Beatrix Potter stories to her young daughter, so although this card is for her birthday the picture is for my great niece!
 This stamp from Crafter's Companion is coloured with Promarkers, die cut with a Spellbinders classic oval die and then mounted onto mirri card cut with a Spellbinders floral oval die. The background of the card is formed from Core'dinations taken from the whitewash collection. This was embossed using the Darice embossing folder 'corner scroll' and the embossed areas were then sanded and glittered. (Doesn't really show up in the photo.) The sentiments (Happy birthday xxx) hang from the main image by the use of split rings and are cut from mirri card using Spellbinders lacy oval dies.

 I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
 Joanna Sheen - citrus colours
 QKR Stampede - let's go fishing
 Passion for Promarkers - create a scene
 Crafter's Companion - dies and die cuts
 Creative Corner - anything goes