Wednesday 24 October 2007

Silly cow!

This is one of those daft cards that arises from the fact that your craft table is a total mess: you see two unexpected things next to each other (a stamped cow and a die cut santa hat in this case) and the cogs start whirring in your brain. Throw into the mix Nicola's latest Play on Words challenge on CBC and what do you get?



The die cut hat was too big for Bossy so I had to tailor-make one in her size but I think she looks kind of cute in it!

Supplies: Bossy the Cow stamp (Cornish Heritage Farms), Ranger Archival jet black ink, Clearsnap Ice Blue chalk ink, Prismacolor pencils, Gelly Roll glaze pen, gel pen, red linen cardstock, green tape ribbon from stash, paper piercer (AKA map pin!).

I'm frustrated - there are new stamps in the house but I can't have them yet! I got a friend to bring back more CHF stamps when he visited the States so that I didn't pay for international shipping and didn't have to worry about import duties (more to spend on the stamps!) but DH has bought them for my birthday so I have to wait - gah! My blog visitors will probably breathe a sigh of relief too since I seem to be forming an obsession with this cow and the jar of daisies ;o)

TFL!

17 comments:

Andrea, said...

Fab card, i love that cow, it's so cute

Hazel said...

Very clever and amooooosing!

Nikki said...

LOL what a funny card, thats great!

Anonymous said...

ROFL... oh how cool is that card...I just love it :D
You've got some fab cards on your blog...glad I stopped by :D

Alhambra Club said...

I LOVE this card, your cow is adorable, keep them coming. Early Happy Birthday.

alice k. said...

Very cute! A fab card!

My Paper World said...

Fun and cute! I love it!

Courtney said...

Oh my goodness! That cow is just too darn cute!

Unknown said...

How fab is that card? And Bossy is soo cute.

I'm going to moooove along now and check out some more blogs. ;-)

X

Lisa Silver said...

I love this card! And I don't think I'd get tired of the daisies or Bossy!

But, you have a strong will, my friend, to wait until your birthday to dig into that box! I'm so impressed!

Thanks for sharing,
Lisa

Mary said...

Oh my gosh! I love that you put a santa hat on the cow. How cute is she? I of course love the sentiment. :)Hope your birthday is soon so that you can use your new CHF stamps. :)

Mary

Anonymous said...

Another fabulous card.:) I've nominated you for smile award.:)
Vanessa.

Andrea C (Frog) said...

I love this card Joanne.

Andrea x

Anonymous said...

YOUR MOOOO CARD IS UDDERLY GORGEOUS!

Craftspirations said...

What a cool card!! So humorus and made me smile!

Crafty Green Poet said...

this is fun - I like when things unexpectedly come together like that!

Kathy said...

this is just tooooo cute!