Bah...hmmmbug...Christmas in October?
I know this post is familiar to some of you...it pops up every year at the first of October!My Bah...Hmmmmmbug cards are back in the shop for this 2008 holiday season and there will be 2 new designs (featuring the same sheep) joining him soon! As most of you know, I created this concept and illustration for my own 2006 cards and they were so popular I started making them in large batches and put them in my Etsy shop.
:: see photos of the "making of Bah...hmmmbug" on Flickr ::
This blend of beauty and humor shows a single, lonely sheep put out on a cold moonlit night. He welcomes your company and greets you with a friendly "Bah". Inside, a tiny creature of the night, the cricket. But this one does not chirp. Instead, he has outfitted himself with a holiday bell on one antenna and offers a simple, melodic humming to warm the evening.
The message is subtle, Bah...hmmmbug.
Happy (EARLY) Holidays!
:: visit my Etsy card shop for ordering info ::
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Illustrations, images, card text & "Bah-hmmmbug" concept are the exclusive property of Moth to Flame Studios™ and Deborah Gwinn.





Would you peel it open like a traditional card, or would you see the brad and spin it open?
. . . and I've grown so much.










Well I tried something a little different with this one. I was trying to get the tiny skeleton of the wings to remain black while lightening the inside cells. I could tell fairly quickly that the results were not going to be what I had intended but it was definitely exciting.









