TGIF! The first weekend in August!

Morning readers, 

Here's a surprise make from me, a SHAPED card ..... I went with ... a cracker!

My "shaped" card

A closer view of my cracker's image panel

Materials used:

• Pearl red card blank
• White copy paper, for my insert
• Snippets of card in black and white, for my image panel and border
• WRMK banner die - to  make the "cracker" ends of my shaped card
• Pink and Main co-ordinating stamps/dies PMO571
• Clearly Besotted sentiment (from Simply said Christmas) 
• Narrow white grosgrain ribbon - to tie around my "cracker"
• Versafine Clair nocturne and tulip red inks
• Sharpies and alcohol markers to colour
• Crystal stickles

I'll be entering this card for the following challenges:-

1. Allsorts - challenge No. 739/740 - ANYTHING BUT SQUARE
2. The Holly and Ivy - challenge No. 144 - ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES
3. Crafty Gals Corner - challenge No. 245 - CHRISTMAS IN JULY
4. Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - August challenge - ANYTHING GOES
5. Addicted to Stamps - challenge No. 451 - MAKE YOUR MARK

Yesterday a kind friend invited me to take a "wander" with her, we ended up at a country house, with a coffee shop, where we enjoyed a hot beverage and a snack whilst we caught up on recent events - nice afternoon, thanks matey!

Dog friendly too!