Just Add Glue To: Printing and "Puns"

I am getting serious withdrawal symptoms from my beloved stamping. As LESS IS MORE's CHALLENGE, is.. one layer cards with a "Flower or tree" theme, I thought I would struggle, as my budget cards rely very much on "sticking things" on etc.....undeterred I decided to go back to basics......finger painting or in this case printing.
My daughter is a huge Edward Monkton fan,true to form she bought oneof his cards for her boyfriend on Valentines Day. So I made my own homage to Monkton with some little bird (sitting in a tree!!) cards complete with corny pun's ...thought this would be suitable for ALLSORTS CHALLENGE which is "all about the sentiment"

The sentiment on the front then leads inside.....

Totally daft I know (I gave the card to Katie and James on Valentines and I think they were quite amused ?!?).

Then I saw that CREATIVE CRAFT CHALLENGE is "Cards for a teens"...always tricky particularly as we have quite a few in the family!! So I thought I would adapt the design for my niece (17).
Again going for a very cheesy pun..

and I will finish the song inside!!! at least she'll be spared me singing it!

The cards are so easy to make and I even managed to resist using an ink pad...inking my finger with a waterbased brush marker.......you would think waterbased would wash off.....

WRONG!!!!!!

17 comments:

Chrissie said...: Hi there Inkyfingers!
This card looks great... those two little birds look fab sitting on the branch.I'm really glad you like our challenge and I hope you'll make our blog a permanent fixture in your stamping week!
Chrissie
"Less is More"; 15 February 2011 at 15:05
Suze Bain said...: What a fun card, very 'tweet'!; 15 February 2011 at 16:27
Jane said...: I just love this card x; 15 February 2011 at 17:05
Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...: Oh! I love this or these cards, such fun; 15 February 2011 at 19:05
Lynne said...: What a fabulously fun card. Love it.
Lynne xxx; 15 February 2011 at 21:00
Bea said...: really cute - great card; 15 February 2011 at 23:54
KatheD said...: these are great cards - worth getting inky for; 16 February 2011 at 01:40
Aileen said...: Brill idea. Love the story of your inky fingers too.; 16 February 2011 at 13:59
Zuzana Obert said...: Such a clever idea to use your inky finger. So cute so simple and beautiful!

Zuzana x x; 16 February 2011 at 14:19
Simply Angelic Crafts said...: Fab cards thanks for playing along at CCC, love Aly xxx; 16 February 2011 at 18:22
Deborah Frings said...: Brilliant idea!! LOve these cards, so simple, such fun!! I can see me using this idea over the holidays with my daughter!; 17 February 2011 at 11:47
Sue B said...: Wow! great cards. Fantastic idea with the thumb ink. It looks so simple to do and yet so effective. It looks very classy too and I love the pun!

Hugs Sue xx; 17 February 2011 at 16:07
Anonymous said...: Cute, fun cards and love the idea with the inky finger!; 17 February 2011 at 21:59
Susan said...: I haven't done a fingerprint card in a LONG time...I'd forgotten how adorable they are!! Great cards!!; 18 February 2011 at 20:39
Suze Bain said...: Diane, I'm loving your work. Pop on over to my blog, there's a little something for you ..
http://cant-stop-crafting.blogspot.com/2011/02/another-lovely-blog-award.html; 18 February 2011 at 20:41
salamanda said...: These cards are fab, such a clever idea; 19 February 2011 at 18:15
dragonllew said...: Great card hope your finger is back to it's normal colour now thanks for joining us at Creative Craft Challenge.
Jenny x; 28 February 2011 at 21:01