Black Cats Get a Bad Rap

Hello Nomad friends.  I am flying in with some more inspiration for the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity 31 Days of Halloween challenge.  I've made a scene featuring Lost Coast Designs Witch 2 and Yoga Cat 10

 

I stamped the background with Lost Coast Designs Pieces of Calligraphy and Window and Large Circle Shadow Frame with yellow and orange distress ink for the 'moon'.  I gave the background a watercolour wash with blue distress inks.  I stamped Witch 2, Yoga Cat 10 and Carmen's Veranda Witches Go Riding sentiment on white card, fussy cut, added some colour to the witch and added them to the panel.  Yoga cat lost of legs was intentional LOL.

Submit your stamped anythings with a Halloween theme to the linky party by 23.59 PST on the 31st.  The team will be posting more inspiration throughout the month so hop over and join the fun. 

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Two Old Bats Halloween October Challenge
Simon Says Stamp World Card Making Day 

Pretty Papers

Hello Nomad friends.  Another Christmas card inspired by patterned papers that seemed a perfect match for the Christmas Kickstart colour challenge.   I also used the Build your Stash Holiday Cardmakers sketch.

The bit of blue stars and moon was left over from earlier and I cut the sizzix Vault Winter Wishes from a piece of dark blue with stars on it.  The God Jul (merry Christmas in Norwegian) was stamped in navy ink using a Kort og Godt stamp.  

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Christmas Kickstart Challenge #91 - Colourful Christmas

Santa Claus is on the Way

Hello Nomad friends.  In the World Cardmaking groove and sharing a little Christmas.  Using some pretty background papers from an old Simon Says Stamp kit and sizzix Vault Christmas Magic and Forest Shadows dies.  

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Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Christmas/Winter
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Rat Puppeteer

Hello Nomad friends.  My first creation for the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity 31 Days of Halloween celebration.  The team are posting every day this month and so far it's looking spooktacular.  October is also breast cancer month so I've gone pink with my make.   I have upgraded Lost Coast Designs TaDa Mouse to rat status and he's running through the pink ethereal forest brandishing clown hand puppets!!  Coulrophobes beware......... 

I stamped a panel of white card with Lost Coast Designs Trees Background using Cactus pink ink and gave it a pink watercolour wash.  I stamped Lost Coast Designs TaDa Mouse on white card, added some promarker colour and fussy cut.  I cut straight through his hands to extend his arms a bit and added the two shrink plastic puppets and a few die cut bats.

 

I stamped Carmen's Veranda Kukla and Ollie on white shrink plastic to give the cute little handpuppets.  I added some red promarker colours, fussy cut them and shrank them.  Here you can see the size difference between the unshrunk and the shrunken versions.

 

Submit your entries to the linky party by 23.59 PST on the 31st and don't forget to follow us so you don't miss anything!  The team will be posting more inspiration throughout the month so hop over and join the fun. 

Thanks for dropping by.   Hugz

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Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers 255 - H is for Halloween opt pink
Two Old Bats Halloween October Challenge
Double D To Spook or not Challenge
Simon Says Stamp World Card Making Day

Any Shade of Blue is a Friend of Mine

Hello Nomad friends.  Enjoying some sunny days.  Not enjoying the cold nights so much.  Still hoping for more veggies, but a frost will finish them, so everything crossed for a bit of a warm up.  In the spirit of chilling I've gone all blue Christmas.

I started with a pale blue panel. I stamped Hero Arts woodmounted Stunning Snowflakes with ice blue chalk ink.  I stamped Hero Arts Birds and Trees with midnight blue archival and embossed with the matching embossing folder.  These trees are so cute!!!   The Believe in Magic and deer circles are from Hero Arts Kelly's All Decked Out.  I cut the circles and the panel with Simon Says Stamp Bundle of stitched shapes dies.  The panel was mounted on a blue foiled card base.

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Stay Crafty With a Blog Named Hero Challenge - AG
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Christmas/Winter
Christmas Kickstart Challenge 91 - Colourful Christmas
The Outlawz Wednesday Sketch Challenge - Use 2 Circles
The Outlawz Challenges October Linky

Egyptian Beauty

Hello Nomad friends.  It's the second of the month and time for the Card Chain Challenge Reveal.  The reveal is looking absolutely awesome, so many gorgeous cards.  Do hop over and check it out and leave some love for all the ladies involved.  We also have a post regarding our 15th Birthday.  Wow, 15 years of exchanging cards.  How amazing is that!!   

Anyhoo, here's the card I sent to Pia in Norway

I went with the colours, the sketch, the themes of Egypt and Paws and Friendship.  The central image is a postcard size rubber stamp I bought 20 years ago.  Rubber lasts forever.....   I was in a newsagents and they had some boxes of unmounted rubber for small money and I picked up a very mixed bag of large to small images.  I was so pleased to have a reason to get this beautiful stamp out again.  I haven't used it for ages.  The cats are Hero Arts Luna the Cat die cuts.   I also added a die cut hello.  

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Allsorts Challenge Week 800 - Anything Goes
Time Out Challenge 273 - Inspired By Words.... I think this stamp shows beautiful things

Party at the Spooky House

Hello Nomad friends.  Happy 1st of October.  I do enjoy October.  It's such a spooktacular month.  Kicking off with a die cut extravaganza.  The witches house is hopping.  

Used a gel print background and some scraps to make the grass and driveway.  I used sizzix gothic gate, haunted house and witching dies.

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As You Like It Challenge - Favourite Die first time using the gates but they are rather cool.  Actually love this scary cat die.  Perfect for spooky scenes.  And bats.  Gotta love a bat die.  Fly my little beauties, fly......   Sorry, the boos is getting to me. 
Die Cut Divas - AG