The CD Sunday Challenge - Bingo

Hi,

On this dull day here in Somerset to which we have had some rain this morning and I would not be surprised if it does not rain again today. Well that's face it the sun is shining somewhere in the world but its not here.  At the time of writing this I am watching the show jumping at Greenwich.   The person who design these brilliant jumps and scenery needs a pat on the back,   to me they are brilliant and shows so many parts of London and around.   If you have not seen them than you have missed a real joy.   The medal table is going up, after a slow start I wonder how many we will end up with.

On to today's card, this is for the CD Sunday Challenge,  this week it is Bingo,  see grid below and list,  everything has to be in a straight line.  I hope I have got this card right?

I found an image that I could cut into sections and still have the picture,  the image and backing papers are from the Joanna Sheens CD Enchanted Dreams,   This is my favourite CD,  I have not used this image before but I am reasonably happy with the picture.  One thing is you cant see all the elements in the picture,  these pictures have lots of little pictures within the wings of the butterfly.

I cut the picture into a grid,  matted it on gold miri board, I thought my lines were not cut very well as I need a new blade in the guillotine so I put some gold peel off lines to tidy it up,   used flowers,  two peel off butterflies which I put on some of the backing paper and cut them out.    Two pieces of ribbon and a bow on the side,   and gems in the top corner.                                                                                                So the three elements I used from the grid was Gems, Flowers and Ribbon

I hope you are having a good day,  enjoying the Olympics 

Until we meet again Take care

                  Hugs

                Margaret

The CD Sunday Challenge - Mainly Men

Hi,
I hope you are enjoying the Olympics,  and the weather is better with you than it is here in Somerset,   its been quite dark most of the morning although the sun is trying to pop out,  its a lot cooler and windy again we have had some rain,  and more is forecasted,  last week must have been what they call a bip,  hopefully that is not all the summer we are going to get.

Today's card,  this is for the CD Sunday Challenge and this week it is Mainly Men,   I find men's cards hard,  I wonder why perhaps because its for a Man!!!!!!
I used for the image Joanna Sheens Pamela West Collection CD,  I love this image and for the backing paper I used the backing paper that came with the image.  I matted the image onto gold miri board.
Now for the smug fisherman I cut out the fishing man from Jolly Nation its an easy 3d card image but I think he leads his way better on a card rather than being the card.
I 3d the fish and glittered his scales,  and his head,  added a gold dot for his eye.    Finishing off with  a peel off fishing line and fish and finished off the card with peel off's around the edge and a happy birthday.


I saw the show jumping yesterday,  I thought it was brilliant,   OK a few horses knock a poll or two off but it was the arrangement of the jumps and the special care and attention to detail to make the jumps so lovely.  I loved the way each jump had a theme,  Stonehenge,  Trafalgar Square,  in particular.   What gets me cross is that these commentators say that we will get a medal in this or that and then we fail,  why do we fail because they are putting too much pressure on the competitors and not letting them do their own thing.  For the host nation to be so far down the table for medals is getting a little embarrassing. Enough of my rant.
I hope today we win a gold from something.
Until we meet again I hope you are keeping well and take care
Hugs
Margaret