Happy Jingle and Magic

Hello Nomad friends.  I have some red, white and blue Christmas in July inspiration for your today.

 

 

I've made some artist trading coins with Carmen's Veranda Elf and Lost Coast Designs PMC Circle Frame background.  Words selected from the Misc. Words set.  I cut my coins with studio light dies.

Aren't they adorbs!!

 

 

Join the Christmas In July fun at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity and ink up your stamped anythings featuring Christmas!!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

 

Joining the fun at
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Red, White and/or Blue 
Allsorts Challenge 827 - For a Child/AG
Tag Along and ATC Challenge - In The Garden/AG

Turtle Friends

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 real, handmade, snail mail card, everyone's a winner at the Card Chain Challenge.  I sent my card to first time player Ashwini in India this month.  Welcome to the fun Ashwini.  The postal gods were good and my card arrived in good time!!  Miracles happen LOL.  

I went with the sketch, the something beginning with Tu and friendship options.  My Crafty Individuals turtle is swimming through a sea of Craft Individuals patterned paper.  The sentiment is from Lost Coast Designs Travel Quotes stamp set.

Hop over and check out the awesome card REVEAL 

If you would like to join the exchange you can SIGN UP.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Girlz Creative Fun Art of Scrap Challenge 11
Allsorts Challenge 826 - Seaside 

 

Chihoahoa

Hello Nomad friends.  Happy July!!  Halfway to the silly season and over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity we are all about Christmas this month.  I am also elfing out with Jo's 100th Christmas Kickstart Challenge!!  Awesome achievement and so much fun to be Jo's elf for this special challenge.  The theme is Merry Go Round and we want to see spots, dots and circles on your xmas cards. 

I've used the gorgeous Taco John from Lost Coast Designs and given him some furry baubles to bark at, created using Lost Coast Designs small Circle Shadow Frame and a bit of gold sharpie doodling.  Taco John borrowed his hat from Lost Coast Designs Santa Mona.  She is very good at lending it out and so stylish TJ!!

So, the choice is yours!

Anything Christmas with real stamping at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity 

and Christmas including some circular things at the Christmas Kickstart Challenge. 

 Hope to see you both places.  Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes  
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Red, White and/or Blue
Stamping Sensations Challenge - Furry Friends
Girlz Creative Christmas Challenge 131 - Alles Mag Kerst

 

Holiday Photos

Hello Nomad friends.  I made a thing.  Not the thing I should have been making, but there you go.  

I used Stamperia Capture the Moment steampunkty guy stamped on some grungy stripey patterned paper.  The Vacation is sizzix Holiday words die and the spades are cut and emboss, but seem to have lost all their definition in my photo! 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes  
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Vacation  
Allsorts Challenge 826 - Seaside/AG
Girlz Creative Fun Art of Scrap Challenge 11

 

Christmas Fox

Hello Nomad friends.  I am having a bit of a crafty moment.  Let's hope it lasts all weekend LOL.  My first Xmas card of the month.  I do like to try and make a few every month and I am very grateful to the Christmas all year round challenges that help us on our way.

This cute Woodware Foxy Christmas stamp has been kicking around on my desk for ages.  Isn't he adorbs!!!   The desk also yielded some useful scraps, including this painty die cut tree line!   So glad to finally get that used.  

A nibbled circle!!??, the painty trees, and a scrap of green off of scrap mountain.  Hurrah!!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes  
Snippets Playground Challenge 509
Christmas Kickstart Challenge 99 - Christmas Critters
Stamping Sensations Challenge - Furry Friends 
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Vacation

Sympathy

Hello Nomad friends.  It's time for one of those difficult cards.  Always a good idea to have some of these on hand.  Keeping it clean and simple with muted colours using this lovely Memory Box Leafy Tree Frame.

I used a small piece of white bazzill to cut the tree panel and some more scraps for the Poppystamps Orchard Leaves leaf and Memory Box Palace Oval Frame sentiment oval.  I cut the larger frame from a scrap of cream card.  The base card is Imaginisce patterned card.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes  
Outside the Box Challenge 120 - Sympathy Cards 
Girlz Creative Fun Art of Scrap Challenge 11

Lucky Lanterns

Hello Nomad friends.  From new stash to old!   Nice to revisit those things that were former must haves.  I loved this Simon Says Stamp Luminary Circles when I bought it and I stumbled across it today and decided it was still a stunner.  I've cut it three times into the red cardstock to give me my circle background.  

I backed it with a piece of patterned glitter card, that reminded me of bamboo, and then added some Hero Arts lanterns, stamped on gold mirror card, gold embossed and fussy cut.   I stamped a simple good luck from Lost Coast Designs

Thanks for dropping by.  Hope you are having a wonderful day.  Hugz

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Lift Challenge 197
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes  
Lunar New Year Challenge June 2025