FUR & FEATHERS CHALLENGE - FEBRUARY

Hello Peeps,
I have made these cards for the FUR & FEATHERS  February Challenge over at Your Paper Pantry. This time we were to make 3 cards with Animals on plus a charm.
I have received mine in the Swap, so I guess I can now finally publish this !!! :-D 

For my first card I used a digi kit by Dutji Designs at the Digital Scrap Cafe (closed down now it seems). I printed out the digi monkey and then cut round his head before I folded the card over. He is on co-ordinating DPs and I overlayed some leaf digis. The back is decorated too.  I printed him again and flipped him and stuck one on the back so he's head is not just white behind. I made the charm using a thing that Hubs got which was attached to a lighter. It was a charm with an emblem of a Greek football team on it. I peeled that off and stuck a tiny monkey on both sides and sealed it with Glossy Accents.
I made a matching, lined envelope too.

Card 2 was made using a digi stamp from BIRDIE BROWN . This one is called "Dreamin'". I flipped the image and then did 'paper piecing'  with different DPs from Scrapmall by Catia Cunha 'Pink & Brown' kit. Background paper and envelope liner are also from this kit. I stitched the backing card to my base card, and then matted my main image on the top. I added a sentiment and raised it on sticky pads. Then I made a stick pin with a Butterfly Charm attached and stuck this behind a faux button.

Card 3 used different techniques. This one has a material background sewn onto the main cardstock. The kitty is from  Treasure Box Designs and I printed him out 6 times and fussy cut him to make a decoupage 3D kitty :-) Then I made my own 'wobble' thingy and attached his head onto the top. (That's why his head looks a bit off-centre on the photo...... it's not my bad sticking - honestly !!!)  The wobbler works really well when you flick it...... kinda' makes me feel queasy coz his eyes sort of stay where they are and the rest jiggles LoL !!!

For this one I attached a 'Hello Kitty' charm to some red ribbon that I tied round his neck before sticking him onto the base card.  I made matching, lined envelopes for all 3 cards. 

Well - there you have it folks. I enjoyed doing these and let's hope the Donkey Mail got them to the US safely :-) xxxx

SMUDGEFEST DAY 6 - SATURDAY's SONG

SmudgeFest Day 6

Welcome to Day 6 of Smudgefest with SMUDGY ANTICS So, how are you all feeling about the challenges? We're so happy to see that so many of you have hung around for the whole week, way to go! We know it takes a lot of effort to even participate once, and we appreciate all of the sharing of inspiration from all of you!

For a refresher on the rules check out the post 

from Day 1.
Ready to Play? Here is our Day 6 challenge!

SATURDAY'S SONG!

Make an ATC based on these song lyrics:

Blackbird - Beatles

Blackbird singing in the dead of night

Take these broken wings and learn to fly

All your life

You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Blackbird singing in the dead of night

Take these sunken eyes and learn to see

All your life

You were only waiting for this moment to be free

Blackbird fly, blackbird fly

Into the light of the dark black night

Blackbird fly, blackbird fly

Into the light of the dark black night

Blackbird singing in the dead of night

Take these broken wings and learn to fly

All your life

You were only waiting for this moment to arise

You were only waiting for this moment to arise

You were only waiting for this moment to arise

For my ATC creation I have used  RIP Birdy by Tori, 

and Scared Eyes (although they didn't look too

scared...I wanted them just to be looking at the bird)

.....from the Anatomy 101 Set - both at SMEARED INK.

My backgrounds are from 3 Hearts Digital Designs 

at the Digital Scrap Cafe.

(Click on Pics to enlarge)

See the little birdie singing away up there... warble,

tweetle, trilly, trill, trill !! :-D , 

The tree, bird and sentiment panel are fussy cut 

and layered on with silicone to make them 3D and 

I added a jewel and little moon charm in the 

corner. The secret of that is so it allows 

the ATC to swing up to reveal the inside .....................

Bwaahahahahaha !!...Cat got it... bit like my 

house then !!!!

The Prize:

 

Remember, be sure to link up by midnight tonight

 to qualify for the daily (and grand) prize. 

Then check back tomorrow for the new theme.

Challenges I am entering: