Wednesday, 22 February 2017

Bunny and me

Good afternoon crafty friends and happy Thinking Day/Founder's Day to any friends who are current or former members of any Girl Guide Association or the Scout Association!


To those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, today would have been the birthdays of Lord Robert Baden-Powell (founder of the Scout and Guide movements) and his wife Olave who became the first World Chief Guide. Today is the day when Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, Senior Section members and all leaders are encouraged to participate in activities to learn more about their fellow Guides and Girl Scouts all over the world. Although I'm no longer in uniform, I have been very lucky to have been chosen to represent Girlguiding UK abroad 3 times and I have to say, there is something very, very special about singing Taps at the end of a campfire with 50 other members from many, many different countries, each young woman singing in her mother tongue but to the same tune. Just writing about it now, is making the hairs on the back of my neck stand up! Once a Guide, always a Guide and it is something still special to me.


February sees us celebrating the first new release of 2017 over at All Dressed Up and this month, Wendy has brought us some wonderful images celebrating Love. Of course, Valentine's Day has been and gone for this year, but these delightful images would be a great addition to your stash:

Top left is Love Heart, top right is Some Bunny Loves Me, bottom left is Be My Valentine and bottom right is Little Birdie all available now over at the All Dressed Up Digital Stamps Etsy store.


I have been lucky enough to play with Some Bunny Loves Me, and here's my card:


I've made a K-card which, once made, looks like a variant of a swing card.

My card recipe is as follows:
  • Card base - 2 pieces of A5 lightweight card onto which I've printed my papers which came from the January 2017 Download of the Month at Crafter's Companion and this collection is called Be Mine. The front portion of the card has been scored to make an A6 card base, and the middle portion of the card was scored in a concertina fold. I then used the heart embossing shape on my Ultimate Pro to emboss my K/swing portion, cut half of this out and brought it to the front of my card (if you click on the image closeup photo, you can just see the cut marks around the left edge of the white heart!).
  • Image - is the utterly gorgeous Some Bunny Loves Me by Wendy at All Dressed Up Digital Stamps. I brought this cutie and her little rabbit friend to life using my Spectrum Noir Alcohol Marker Pens in the listed shades, before embossing round them using the same heart shaped template on my Ultimate Pro, cutting them out and fixing them to the swinging portion of my card.
    • Skin - FS2, FS3, FS4, TN4, FS8 (Blush)
    • Hair - TN3, EB3, EB8
    • Bunny and Girl's Bunny Ears - GB8, GB9, GB10, PP3, PP5
    • Top - IG1, IG2
    • Skirt, Scarf, Hair and Shoe Bows - BT3, BT5, BT9
    • Shoes and Belt - True Black
    • Pull Along Cart - CR7, CR9, CR11
    • Grounding - IG2
So, a really clean and simplish card from me this time; just letting the pretty papers and adorable image speak for themselves 😊

For more ideas using these beautiful images, please head over to the All Dressed Up Blog to check out the other gorgeous creations from my talented teamies and the first half of the Blog Dressy girls showcased these images here.

Don't forget that we've got our current Blog Challenge Anything Goes with an All Dressed Up Image running until 14th March 2017, and the All Dressed Up Facebook Group have their own challenge of Romance and/or Red - why not combine the two by using one of Wendy's newly released images?

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge:


Hope you have a great evening!

Hugs, Helen x
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9 comments:

  1. julie_woolston23 February 2017 at 08:47

    Gorgeous card Helen, such a sweet image,
    Hugs Julie xxx

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  2. Unknown23 February 2017 at 09:31

    Hi Helen, Super card, love the printed background and the card shape is fab. Gorgeous image and colouring. Thanks for the in site into the Guides, interesting read. Thank you for sharing with us at Daisy Chain and good luck in the draw. Jennifer DT member x

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  3. Janis Lewis23 February 2017 at 15:47

    Beautiful card. Thanks for sharing at Craftaholics R Us!
    ~Owner/DT Janis

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  4. Katrina Bufton25 February 2017 at 22:50

    Gorgeous card. I love the swing design and your colouring is fab. Thanks for joining us at Crafty calendar Challenge,
    Katrina x

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  5. Connie Mercer26 February 2017 at 02:24

    Darling card!! Thanks for joining us at Quick Quotes.

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  6. Gail26 February 2017 at 05:59

    Adorable card! Love the image and how you colored her as well as your layout! Thanks for joining us at the Cutie Pie challenge! --Gail

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  7. Super Stick Chick27 February 2017 at 15:44

    Sweet card. Thanks for joining us at Quick Quotes.

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  8. Susie Bentz: My Time to Play27 February 2017 at 21:43

    Darling card - love the movement and the image is precious! Thanks for playing along with us over at Quick Quotes this month!
    (from a former Girl Scout!)

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  9. Helen10 March 2017 at 20:56

    Beautiful card, Helen - love the design.

    Thanks for joining us at the Cutie Pie Challenge.

    Helen x

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