The challenge for this week at Bah! Humbug! was an oldie but a goldie. Everyone was asked to dust off some old paper, technique or other item and use it. I must confess, I don't have much in the way of old paper or other stuff in my stash and most of the stuff that I do have that is old I don't like too much. So, after lots of thought and consideration, I decided to make a style of card I haven't made in ages, a Z-Fold card. I added a couple of new twists, though.
First, the I-Top brad in the middle instead of a small circle and some ribbon. I thought this was a brilliant change and one I think I'll incorporate in the future. The other new thing, an MS punch around the page punch. I bought this one in the January sales and haven't used it yet. What do you think? Isn't it fun?
The paper is from Little Yellow Bicycle. I bought this set when they were having a huge after holidays sale. I'm liking this company more and more. If I recall correctly, they had some yummy paper released at CHA last week (not that I was there or anything, I drooled at all the fun stuff when they did sneak peaks). But back to the paper, this particular set is very glossy and quite thick. It was wonderful for a card that stands up.
The sentiment is stamped with tuxedo black Mementos and comes from a recollections set I bought a year ago, or so.
Finally, the digi is from Tiddly Inks. I am still getting the hang of coloring digis but I'm fairly happy with the way Santas Helper turned out. The red on the suit might be a little flat but I love his bag and boots. It was tough to color his hair and since the entire thing is only 2 1/2 inches. I was trying to have a light hand. Oh, Santas Helper was cut out using a Spellbinder's Nestability. I believe it is called Curved Rectangles.
