The Sunday song and rhyme challenge for June 9th is based on the rhyme Where are the Fairies,
Written in the early 20th century by Cicely Mary Barker, who was unable to attend school due to epilepsy. She wrote the rhymes and did the illustrations. Fairies were popular at this time, due to Queen Mary having a known interest in Fairy art.
I chose the final lines “Where there are flowers, There fairies are”. Using and image drown with my Cricut Joy Extra. Mounted on floral green backing paper and then mounted on square card.
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The song I have chosen for Sunday Song and Rhyme challenge for 12 to 25th May is Winner Takes It All by Abba. The song was released in 1980.
I don’t wanna talk About things we’ve gone through Though it’s hurting me Now it’s history
I’ve played all my cards And that’s what you’ve done too Nothing more to say No more ace to play
The winner takes it all The loser’s standing small Beside the victory That’s her destiny
I was in your arms Thinking I belonged there I figured it made sense Building me a fence
Building me a home Thinking I’d be strong there But I was a fool Playing by the rules
The gods may throw a dice Their minds as cold as ice And someone way down here Loses someone dear
The winner takes it all (takes it all) The loser has to fall (has to fall) It’s simple and it’s plain (it’s so plain) Why should I complain? (Why complain?)
But tell me, does she kiss Like I used to kiss you? Does it feel the same When she calls your name?
Somewhere deep inside You must know I miss you But what can I say? Rules must be obeyed
The judges will decide (will decide) The likes of me abide (me abide) Spectators of the show (of the show) Always staying low (staying low)
The game is on again (on again) A lover or a friend (or a friend) A big thing or a small (big or small) The winner takes it all (takes it all)
I don’t wanna talk If it makes you feel sad And I understand You’ve come to shake my hand
I apologize If it makes you feel bad Seeing me so tense No self-confidence But you see
The winner takes it all The winner takes it all
So the winner takes it all And the loser has to fall Throw the dice, cold as ice Way down here, someone dear Takes it all, has to fall And it’s plain, why complain?
It is one of my favourite Abba songs, but also one of the saddest. It is thought that the song was based on the real-life breakup between ABBA members Björn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Fältskog.
It isn’t easy to represent a song in a card, but I chose to be inspired by the references to gambling and game play. In particular the lines “I’ve played all my cards,” “No more ace to play,” “The gods may throw a dice” and “The game is on again.”
I used an image of playing cards, dice and gambling chips from Cricut, drawn and cut on my Cricut Joy Extra, layered with gold card (gold winner) and backing paper designed by Dot Creative Clipart.
It will be interesting to see how other interpret this song, I had other ideas, but am pleased with how this one has turned out.
Just as I have finished the blog Winner Takes it All played on the radio!!
Well what says black and white with stripes more than a zebra? Maybe not very imaginative?
I created my card with the zebra pattern from Stitching Cards Wild Animal pack, I have had the patterns for a while and not used the zebra before. I love the cheeky image and it reminds me of donkey from the Shrek movie. It could easily be made without the stripes and be a donkey.
The background is Adorable Scorable creatures great and small, an unusual collection of animals and I have been waiting for an opportunity to use some of them. The yellow gives me the extra colour required for the challenge.
It has been a fun card to make and I haven't made a stitched card for a while.
The latest Sunday Song and Rhyme challenge is based on the poem All the world's alive again by Jennifer Gunner
It is a pretty spring poem and I chose to focus on two of the lines; A rabbit hops it gentle step and White blossoms are in bloom.
Using a Sweet Dixie rabbit die with white flowers mounted on green vellum and then on a printed background of white blossom designed by Old Market. The wording Hoppy Birthday was created with my Cricut Joy using a Cricut font called blossom. Finally finished with googly eyes and a pompom tail.
This challenge runs form 28th April until 11th May. Spring runs from 20th March to 20th June, though those of us in the UK have no seen much evidence of it yet!
This month sees me on the design team in another Outlawz group challenge, Tuesday colour. The challenge changes monthly and always has a colour theme. For April the theme is a colour wheel.
The item created must use either 2 cool colours from top of wheel and 1 warm from bottom, or vice versa. I chose to use yellow, orange and green. I used a 6 layer mandala die and alternated the colours and mounted on a backing paper using same colours. The die is an Apple Blossom die
I did actually create two cards, but this was my favourite to share for the challenge inspiration.
This is the other one, which reminds me of Leeds United colours and may appeal to fans. I live in Leeds, but do not follow the team. This is made with another Apple Blossom die
The Outlawz challenge for this fortnight is Easter themed using the rhyme Happy Easter by Bill Hoeneveld
I used a Cricut image from Crafty Mama Studios. It has 12 layers to cut and stick together so is quite time consuming, it is also quite thick on the front of a card so not ideal for posting. Mounted on Easter themed backing paper, but could easily work as a stand alone card too.
I did make some other Easter cards, but as usual it was very last minute getting them made and sent off, so I forgot to take pictures! Except for this one, which is another Cricut image from Digital Gems, drawn and cut on the Cricut Joy and mounted on flowery backing paper.
I choose to illustrate the first two lines with my card. I used the Tattered Lace die Summer Swing, cut several times to add coloured layers, with crystal flowers added too, mounted on a sky background from Crafts U Print.
I used another of Louis Stevenson's poems last year in my challenge, see Bedtime
The card also reminds me a bit of this picture stitched by my Grandma when she was 13, it now hangs on my bedroom wall.
