NBUS! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Brenda's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "NBUS!", which reads (at least to me) as "New Bus"....but it's not actually a new bus that she wants to see on your projects...it's Never Before Used Stuff, which is a much broader challenge than having to use a new bus on your project.  [Just as well too, coz if there's a challenge about buses, I'm gonna make my card about pigs.  Don't see the connection between a bus and pigs?  Well, our up-the-road neighbour is a pig farmer, it's not a farrow to finish operation, it's a feeder/finisher farm.  That means they get in piglets at about 40 lbs., and grow them until they are market weight.  Now, these piglets aren't that big yet so guess what they use to deliver them?  Yup, a modified school bus.  There are regulations about how long a school bus can be in use for transferring student to school, for obvious safety reasons.  Usually, when a school bus.....let's say, ages out, of bussing students, it's still in good shape.  If it's lucky (or maybe unlucky depending on what kind of personality one wants to assign to a school bus) it will get modified to transport pigs.  I believe all the seats are removed (which does wreck the visual of all the pigs sitting in the seats while excitedly looking out the windows) and the driver's area is completely closed off, and I think that's the extent of the renovations.  From the outside, it still looks very much like a school bus.  So much so, that the first time I saw it docked at the barns, I was very much muttered, "What the actual f#$k?" when I drove by.  Anyhoo.....that's why if a challenge was ever about buses, I would totally make it about pigs....heck, I might even make it about pigs on a bus.  Only in my creation, they'd definitely be sitting on the seats, and some of them would definitely be wearing hats.  Coz, if you're on a field trip, you wanna be stylish.]

How's that for digression?  One of my more extensive ones, for sure.  No good segue from that.....NO WAIT, there is one!  *ahem*  Speaking of barns, here is my card.....

Ha!  Now, for my NBUS, this is the first time I've used this digi.  It's from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs.  It's also the first time I've used this Primacolur pencil combo for skin tones, which turned out to look lighter in the photos.  I usually colour people as caucasian, so this combo was new for me.  For the most part my Christmas cards are generally non-secular as I don't want assume the recipient's faith.  In this case, I made this specifically for my mil, and I, of course, know her beliefs.  And really, whether you believe in Christianity or not, this story is a part of Christmas celebrations.

On, and just to round out this....all over the place insomnia-induced rambling post....for the longest time, when looking at this digi, I was all like, "Why is Joseph wearing a Zorro mask?"  It wasn't until I got to colouring him that I realized it's his mustache.  D'oh!

Why not give our challenge at go this week and join us?  And, if you'd like more inspiration, be sure to check out what the Girlfriends have made.      

Also for:

Aud Sentiments:  Christmas + sentiment  

Crafty Gals Corner:  merry & bright

Fab 'n' Funky:  Christmas

Crafty Sentiments:  anything goes

The Holly & Ivy:  anything Christmas goes

Through the Craftroom Door:  anything goes

Dream Valley:  Christmas

613 Avenue Create:  anything goes

Dragonfly Dreams:  anything goes

Sweet Stampin':  anything Christmas

Alphabet Challenge:  r is for red

Jingle Belles:  holiday cards

Winter Wonderland:  anything Christmas goes

52 Christmas Card Throwdown:  pick a previous challenge - I've went with 52CCT24-21 from June, Tic Tac Toe, using stitching, patterned paper & nativity