Oh Valentine

Hello Nomad friends.  Happy Valentines Day.  Hope you got a little extra love today.  I was doing a bit of gardening this afternoon, beating some errant ivy into submission, and then it snowed! Well!!  Really??!!  Luckily I did take a fun video of my hens attacking some lettuces before the white stuff came down.  I'll add it in at the end of the post just for some extra action, but first........

Over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity we are all about Fruit, Flower and Foliage all this month.  I incorporated a few hearts and flowers for this fun birthday card.

I used Lost Coast Designs Heart and Curls Border stamped down each side of my card panel with mulberry ink.  Then I masked and stamped Lost Coast Designs ATC Doodle Flower multiple times with sunflower ink.  I stamped, coloured and fussy cut Lost Coast Designs Day of the Dead Woman and added her to the bottom of the stamped panel.  Finally I added the Carmen's Veranda Hot and Sexy sentiment which I stamped on a scrap of white card.  

 

 

It's Fruit, Flower and Foliage all this month at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity so don't forget to check out all the gorgeous makes from the team and link up your own for a chance to win.  

 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

 

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Beautiful Blossoms Challenge #26 - AG opt Moodboard
Stamping Sensations Challenge - AG opt Valentines, Romance, Weddings
Sisterhood of Snarky Stamper Challenge 259 - L is for Love
As You Like It Challenge - Stamps or digi stamps, especially red rubber stamps, cos you get such lovely details, you don't need a printer, or even electricity and getting inky is such fun and so relaxing.
Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge skelebob photo bomb!!!

 

Shadow of an Elf

Hello Nomad friends.   Another lovely sunny cold day here today.  Enjoying the solar power so much.  It really does raise the spirits and energy levels.  Might wrap up and go sit outside, but probably just admire it from the safety and warmth of the kitchen LOL.  

Sharing a pretty little easel Christmas card today.  I am not sure who made these pretty papers, cos they came from a friend, but they could be stamperia???  

For the front of the card I used a printed sheet with an arch and flowery winter scene.  I mounted it on my front panel and cut around the edge of the arch to give a pretty shape.  Then I added the panel to the easel base, covered the bit at the top that you see with another piece of the pretty paper and rounded the corners.  I cut the Studio Designs Elf from another piece of the paper and added her to the card.  I cut two tiny hearts from silver glitter card to add to the baubles and glitter glued the snowy fields at the base of the panel.

I used the same paper that I cut the elf from to line the inside of the card and added a die cut stamped panel for the easel stopper, die and stamp from Kort og Godt.  God Jul = Merry Christmas

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz 

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Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes 687-688
Christmas Kickstart Challenge 95 - Fold It Fancy
Jingle Belles Rock - Shape Up For The Holidays
ABC Christmas Challenge - D is for Die Cuts

 

Puppy Cute

Hello Nomad friends.  It's been a while since my last blogpost.  We have been having sunny days, for the two hours the sun clears the mountains, but baby, it's cold out there.  The snowdrops and crocus are braving the chill!  Me thinks they are being a bit too keen, but it is lovely to see them.  I decided to knuckle down this evening and join the Pink and Main Challenge which restarted in January.  I love Pink and Main cute stamps and I even found some pretty papers to help me along.

Plenty birthdays looming and plenty dog lovers in my family.  I used this cute pup, paw and sentiment from Pink and Main Hot Dog stamp set and the stripey papers are their Good Vibes papers.  The heart papers was a scrap that was lurking on my desk, and since it's the month of love I decided to incorporate it into my design.

 Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Love Is In The Air
We Love Stamping Challenge - CAS opt AG
Allsorts Challenge 816 - Romance/Music opt AG

Whack a Kitty

Hello Nomad friends.  It's the second of the month so time for the Card Chain Challenge reveal.  Make a card, send a card, get a card.  Everyone gets a card, everyone is a winner!!   Brilliant concept, faultlessly executed every month.  Well, maybe not faultlessly bwahahhaahahaa.  Forgot to photo my card last month!  This month I forgot to write in it!!  Sorry Kath, I was probably too busy playing with it ho ho oh!!!

 But!! I just have to say I managed to use ALL the options this month!!   Not sure I have ever managed that before.  Full House!!!   This is the card I sent to Kath in the UK.

Isn't he cute!!!   I used Lost Coast Designs Fat Cat stamp and added a die cut moustache to cover the cat and moustache options.  I used the colours of walnut, lavender and jade and the sketch.  It's a twister card, made with scraps, and the friendship option will be revealed shortly.  Full House!!!

Ta Dah.  In addition to the Lost Coast Designs Fat Cat I also used Lost Coast Designs Large Foliage stamp and the large flower from ATC Doodle Flowers stamp.  There is method in my madness because the new challenge at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity is Fruit, Flowers and Foliage.  The cat was stamped on some kraft scraps from pizza box and a lolly box.  I also used scraps of black for moustaches, green scraps for circles and purple scraps for the flowers.  Full details and step by step over on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.  

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And don't forget its Fruit, Flowers and Foliage all month at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.  Must include real clear or rubber stamping from any company.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Snippets Playground Challenge 499

Hearts and Baubles

Hello Nomad friends.  Gosh, the last of the month.  Maybe there is still time to join a last few challenges.  I made another Christmas bauble card and I've used Hunkydory toppers for the main image.  Perhaps I should set myself a challenge to use some of these every month.  Stay tuned...........

 

I used a silver base card and added a navy scrap panel embossed with a hearts embossing folder.  I found some silver scrap and cut with a bauble die and embossed with a sizzix christmas jumper type folder.  I used the bauble die to cut a hanger for the Hunkydory circle and arranged everything in an ascetically pleasing manner with some pretty wool strings.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Christmas Kickstart Challenge 94 - Bring the Baubles
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Have a Heart
ABC Christmas Challenge - A is for Anything Christmas
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes 
Papercraft Challenge 114 - Winter Wonders

Baiting Me Hook at Lava Lake

Hello Nomad friends.  Sometimes I can't be bothered to wait for the paint to dry and I ended up with a very interesting, albeit rather volcanic looking background.  But dragons like it toasty so it seemed the perfect place for this fishing fellow.

I started by brayering red acrylic paint onto some photo paper and when it was nearly dry I sponged on some grey acrylic onto a rays stencil and pressed it into the red paint.  Interesting effect and texture when I peeled the stencil off.    I stamped Whimsy Stamps Fishing Dragon on white card, coloured with Promarkers and fussy cut.  Then I added a Memory Box Happy Birthday chippy.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
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Kaartjes Inspiratie Challenge 202 - Use a Mask/Stencil
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes 683-684
De Egel Challenge 196 - Men

It's a Cracker

Hello Nomad friends.  Had a few new goodies for christmas.  Finally got a cracker die.  This one is from John Next Door and makes a small hexagonal cracker, which is quite roomy.  Or should that be spacey???  No rooms involved, only space??  Easy to use and a fun result.  I gave it a go with some Pink Ink papers and some Hero Art stamps and dies.

Aren't they adorbs.  I went with his and hers colours and used some sparkly foiled ribbon to tie the ends.  I used Hero Arts Snowy Drifts fancy die to cut the background tree scene and then Hero Arts Jingle All the Way stamps with matching dies for the deer and sentiments.  Cute!!!  Now to find a cracker box to  store them in........

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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ABC Christmas Challenge - A is for Anything Christmas and B is for Buildings
We Love Stamping Challenge - Not Square opt. AG
The Outlawz Challenges AG in Card Free Zone
The Outlawz Challenges January Linky