I have done another non traditional baby card this week, I have absolutely loved the challenge over at Hambo Stamps hoedown, maybe it has something to do with me about to become a Grandma for the first time at Christmas. I have used the PIG INMATE digital image. I love this new baby birth announcement card and may even use it to announce the arrival of my Grandson when he comes!! I can't wait!!!!!
Monday is my Favorite day!....Why? you ask!, well firstly it is a day off work..hooooray!! and secondly I just love seeing what the challenges are at Splitcoaststampers, Mondays challenges are "Try a new technique" and "CAS", so I decided to go with the Clean and simple challenge where the title is "Candy and/or costumes". so I got to work on this cute little digi image called BAILEY DEVIL. Bailey is based on the Golden Labrador who belongs to Monica, the owner of Hambo Stamps, he looks such a cutie all dressed up in his devil outfit for Halloween.
It didn't actually take me too long to decide what I was going to do for this theme, because as I was looking through my collection of Hambo Stamps images I saw the DR NEEDLE digi image and it got me thinking of one of my clients who is about to undertake I.V.F treatment, I can appreciate that this journey is a worrying and stressful time for those involved, but I couldn't help giggling at the idea of this image on a "good Luck with your I.V.F" card, I know that Kay is the kind of girl who is up for a laugh, and I am sure this card will make her giggle too.
This week I am still staying on the vellum theme, continuing from last week where at the Hambo Hoedown the challenge is to use vellum on your project. As it is nearing Halloween I thought it would be appropriate do do something with that theme in mind. I have used the SPIDER WEB digi image, cut it out (yes thats me again Lyn!!! lol) and put it behind a sheet of vellum to make it more muted, I then printed off the bigger spiders, added some glossy accents to them, cut them out and added a strip of transparency film to one of them, I then curved the film so that it actually sticks out from the card and wobbles about, I then stamped a few of the smaller spiders with the SPIDER rubber stamp, cut them out and gave them the glossy accents treatment. The inside of the card reads..."Just in time to wish you a Happy Birthday". 
The Hambo Hoedown challenge for the beginning of this new term at Hambo Stamps is all about vellum, it is beautiful magical stuff and it is my new love....(along with a gazillion other things!). So we have to incorporate vellum in our project with any hambo image. I chose the gorgeous delicate digi image called GERANIUM, it was a delight to color, I used promarkers, cut them out, then stuck them behind the vellum mason jar, made by stamping the jar from Paper Smooches crystal clear set. I then layered it onto the lovely spellbinders die cuts after doing a bit of sponging with pink ink, I then added the vellum "love" die cut. I love it, hope you do too. There are a few changes going on over at the hoedown, the challenges now run for two weeks, so.... even more time to make a gorgeous creation, hope to see you there!
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