2 firsts on one card!

Hi everyone!  Well, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...why?....because I have so many things to do and so little time to do it in!  My time has been taken up creating for other people, making and wrapping stocking filler gifts for both our village school and church fair, finishing off cards to sell, making cards for our workshop and fufilling card orders, hence the shortage of blog posts!  Our school fair went okay, not as many people as usual, but still managed to raise a good amount for our little village school and our church fete was a huge success - the snowman soup mugs, sweetie jars and whisks went down a storm and will help towards our huge village quota for this year!  I still have Christmas presents to make and wrap, although most of my pressie shopping is done...thank goodness!

So anyway, today's card has been a working progress for over a week now, since I stamped and coloured my Captain Edwin - and this is where the firsts came in...

...the first 'first' on my card is that I coloured Edwin in with the 'No lines' technique, stamping him with Antique Linen Distress Inks, before colouring with my Promarkers...boy did my head hurt when I'd finished, but it gives the image a completely different look!  So, then onto my second 'first'...

...this is the first shaker card I have made!  I know, where have I been?!!  I used nesties to create the frame and embossed the acetate with Divine Swirls Cuttlebug folder, to look like waves and added little blue seed beads as the shaker bits.  The papers are from the Boys2Men pirate design set and all the edges have been inked with Distress Inks - Vintage Photo, Walnut tain and Stormy Sky.   I added a big buckle and filigree key charm, as I thought it went with the theme and decorated the inside to coordinate...

...and a sideways view...

I thought I would also show you one of the cards we made at our workshop today...

...I just fancied making a New Year card and clocks and timepieces are so en vogue at the moment, so this is waht I came up with.  I love the fancy corner that I used to decorate the clock - think it's a Nellie Snellen one - I used a whole one for the top of the clock and cut a second to decorate the bottom and sentiment...

...the lovely embossing is Cuttlebug folder Clockworks, inked with Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain.  I really liked the finished result and think it could be adapted for so many occasions.

Thanks so much for popping by and viewing my creations, hope you like them and that with any luck, I'll be able to post again soon!  Lisa x