Let's Get Weeny

Hello Nomad friends.  I have been trying to find my desk under a veritable pile of stuff.  The job is ongoing, interrupted by finding hidden treasure that distract me and make me get out more stuff to make a thing.  I'm sure you know what I mean, unless you don't, but the good news is I finished a thing from mostly desk treasures and the desk is also starting to look a bit better.  Win, win me thinks.  

I do like a bit of spook anytime of the year.  I bought this lovely Halloween Assemblage die from Poppystamps before christmas and this is it's first outing.  I was pleasantly surprized with the size of each element and that ghost is just spooktacular isn't he!!!

So, I found this on the desk!!  Why did I cast this aside earlier??  Who knows.  Maybe it's a bit primative.  Maybe it didn't hit the spot however long ago I made it.  It's an embossed scene and I think that's distress oxides I used to colour the tree and house and black pencil for the fence. 

I cut the Halloween bits from various gold scraps and I found this abandoned card base which looks like I was trying a northern lights technique and ended up with too much mud!  But after die cutting the panel I liked the effect of the colours at the top and clean at the bottom.

Put it all together and done!!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Chocolate and Money

Hello Portal Peeps!!  I am over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity today with some Bright and Cheerful inspiration.   Yellow and Orange always make me happy so I did some ink blending and grabbed Lost Coast Designs Fat Cat.

I blended yellow and orange distress inks then stamped with Lost Coast Designs ATC Doodle Flowers stamp using red ink.  The cat was stamped on a piece of card that I had coloured with distress inks and stamped with Lost Coast Designs Pieces of Calligraphy stamps.  To finish I stamped parts of Carmen's Veranda Chocolate and 8 Millions Dollars sentiment.   I left out the hard life bits and stayed with chocolate and money, cos what's happier than chocolate, and if you have money you can buy more chocolate!!

 

 

Thanks for dropping by.   Grab your Bright and Cheerful stamps and colours and join the fun.  The team will be sharing all month, so do hop over to check out their awesome makes. 

 

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Charlie and Friends

Hello Nomad friends.  I have been really inspired by the Crafty Individuals challenge of black and white.  I have been a follower of Crafty Individuals for many many years and love their detailed rubber stamps.  So I am sad to tell you, if you don't know already, that Jean has announced they will be closing.  Sad that another industry old friend will be departing.  The fiasco with the bankruptcy of the TV channel last year, which left many small businesses seriously out of pocket, and the continued problem with copied designs are two major factors.  I know some people still don't accept that buying cheap stolen designs from chinese sites has an impact, but it does.  Many of these familiar brands are small family owned companies.  Maybe just one or two people trying to make a living from their art and designs.  It doesn't take much to tip over the apple cart.  I will be sorry to see Crafty Individuals fade away, but I am sure I will still be using their lovely stamps for many years to come.  

Here's the card I  made today using Crafty Individuals beautiful Full Steam Ahead collage style background.  The blokes are a different stamp, 3 Wise Gentlemen, collaged onto the collage background.  I used a Paperdesigns die which is a generic happy greeting covering birthday and other celebrations, and cut a black glitter circle in two and added it for some sparkly interest.

If you would like to help Jean and Malcolm out, and get yourself a bargain, you can use the code THEBIGSALE and get 35% off your order at Crafty Individuals.

Thanks for dropping by. Hugz

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Here Be Gold

Hello Nomad friends.  Working in shades of gold tonight with Poppystamp dies.  Do love this large Sugarplum Faerie die and often use it without the wings for that prima ballerina look.

I used Daisy Mae distressed arch die for the gold cardstock base.  I cut Poppystamps Leafy Branch Oval, a new one for me, from holographic gold card and the ballerina from plain gold mirror card.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Another Happy Dog

Hello Nomad friends.  Crafty Individuals have set a fun black and white challenge on their fb page and I decided to use this lovely detailed dog as my focal point and a couple of nice background stamps to make the background.  Obviously a genius level decision that one LOL. 

The background panels were scraps left over from a Christmas poloroid project.  I stamped a pair with Crafty Individuals Crackle Background and another pair with the Inky Script Background stamp and arranged them on my card base.  I stamped Happy Dog and fussy cut him.  I used the happy birthday stamp from Crafty Individuals Words and Pictures set, cutting off the flowers either side of the sentiment and edging with black ink.  Then I used a couple of black scraps to  complete the collar.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Happy Dog

Hello Nomad friends.  Over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity we are feeling all Bright and Cheerful this month, so as long as it has stamping, is bright and makes you happy you can link it up!!   I decided to do some scrappy stamping and fussy cut this happy Pokey Dog to get my brights.

 

 

My pink panel is an old piece of 49th and Market patterned card.  I stamped Lost Coast Designs Round Shadow Frame with red archival ink.  This is a flat stamp and it's picked up the texture on the card stock, which is quite a pretty effect.  Like that.  I stamped Pokey Dog in place with black ink, to save cutting out all those tricky bits, then stamped him again on a fun colour scrap, fussy cut and placed him on the card.  I stamped Carmen's Veranda Happy Birthday and I was told there would be cake sentiments, cos what's a birthday without cake!!!

 

I hope the new year has brought you new inspiration and creativity.  The Lost Coast Designs team will be sharing bright and cheerful all month, so do hop over to check out their awesome makes and join the fun.

 

Thanks for dropping by.   Hugz

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Waiting for Peace

Hello Nomad friends.  My first Christmas card of 2025!!   Well, it's never to soon to start.  Catching the end of some challenges and the beginning of others.

See, not overwhelmingly Christmas, but I used a new to me Hero Arts stamp called Snowflake Pattern Bold Prints, and my old most favourite Hero Arts Bird Words.  Here comes peace, late to the party, but we are ever hopeful that he will make a safe landing.

Thanks for dropping by.  Mr Mojo is in fine form, and it cold and white outside so I'm hoping for a crafty weekend.  Hugz

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