Monkey Business

 The challenge for Outlawz Sunday song and rhyme for May 29th is the song Swinging on a Star by Bing Crosby;

Would you like to swing on a star

Carry moonbeams home in a jar

And be better off than you are

Or would you rather be a mule

A mule is an animal with long funny ears

Kicks up at anything he hears

His back is brawny but his brain is weak

He's just plain stupid with a stubborn streak

And by the way, if you hate to go to school

You may grow up to be a mule

Or would you like to swing on a star

Carry moonbeams home in a jar

And be better off than you are

Or would you rather be a pig

A pig is an animal with dirt on his face

His shoes are a terrible disgrace

He has no manners when he eats his food

He's fat and lazy and extremely rude

But if you don't care a feather or a fig

You may grow up to be a pig

Or would you like to swing on a star

Carry moonbeams home in a jar

And be better off than you are

Or would you rather be a fish

A fish won't do anything, but swim in a brook

He can't write his name or read a book

To fool the people is his only thought

And though he's slippery, he still gets caught

But then if that sort of life is what you wish

You may grow up to be a fish

A new kind of jumped up slippery fish

And all the monkeys aren't in the zoo

Every day you meet quite a few

So you see it's all up to you

You can be better than you are

You could be swingin' on a star

To start with I was going to make a card with a donkey/mule, but couldn't decide how to do it so then moved on to a fairy swinging on a star created with my Cricut and the background is from a Hunkdory topper pad;

In the end I actually submitted another card that I had been making as it is fun and different all the monkeys aren't in the zoo and swinging;

It is created with Cricut Joy to draw and cut number and write and cut greetings.  The Monkey, vines and bananas are cut with Creative Expressions Cheeky Money die, The camouflage backing is Hunkydory.

The challenge is now live and is for 2 weeks. 

Say it with Flowers

 The Monday Greeting challenge at Outlawz is to create a card for a non holiday celebration and to include flowers. To be a bit different I chose to celebrate having a good friend, so hope that fits the criteria. It’s made with a flower and butterfly cut on my Cricut Joy and lettering written with Cricut Joy, backing paper is Hunkydory and card blank is from Craft UK.

Board Games

 The Outlawz Twisted Thursday challenge for May is board games this is my take on Scrabble, created using First Edition Alphabet Tiles die. Its a bit fiddly putting them all together and I was lucky it fits on a card. I wanted it to say Happy Birthday to You, but couldn’t make it fit. Would be good to do personalised with names if they would fit, for example my husband’s name Rob or my daughter’s name Emily would fit, but my name Jane wouldn’t.

Last year for Valentine’s I made this framed picture for my husband

My Challenge

The rhyme for Outlawz Sunday Song & Rhyme for April 30th was chosen by me. As most of the challenge period was in May I chose

May Is Pretty, May Is Mild
by Annette Wynne

May is pretty, May is mild,
Dances like a happy child;
Sing out, robin; spring out, flowers;
April went with all her showers,
And the world is green again;
Come out, children, to the glen,
To the meadows, to the wood,
For the earth is clean and good,
And the sky is clear and blue,
And bright May is calling you!

May is pretty, May is mild,
Dances like a happy child,
On a blessed holiday,
Come out, children, join the play!

I had lots of ideas about children playing, but decided on a stitched card of the birth flower for May. Taking inspiration from the words May, green, pretty, flowers,

The pattern is from Form-A-Lines Birth Flower collection stitched in green and silver, backed with green and mounted on white card. I have made most of the cards in the collection, they are beautiful and effective.

Mother's Hug

 Mother’s Hug

Every baby, bird and bee,
Every squirrel in the tree,
Every butterfly and bug,
Loves to feel their mother’s hug.

Today, Sunday 14th May is Mother’s day in most of the world, Mother’s Day is March in the UK

For the challenge we had to use an image from Pattie’s Creations.

I chose the Sloth Mother and baby, others chose polar bear and ducks.

I coloured the image using watercolour pens, still learning how to use them and I am not very good at shading, the one used on the card is my second attempt. The card is mounted on Hunkydory Adorable scorable springtime and the wording is created with Cricut Joy.

The challenge is on until May 27th for anyone to join in https://theoutlawzchallenges-sunday.blogspot.com/2023/05/sunday-song-rhyme-challenge-may-14-may.html