Pink Christmas

Hello Nomad friends.  Another cold sunny day here in southern Norway.  I locked myself in the greenhouse and planted a few beans, peas and dhalia seeds in pots.   Hoping to get a quick start when spring arrives, but first, Christmas!!!!!   Gosh, the end of February and I nearly forgot Rudolf Days!!!!   I've gone pink and deers and a little bit squiffy.  

I embossed a pink stripey card panel with sizzix ScandiKnit folder and smudged some pink ink.  I cut two sizzix deers from pink scraps and added some darker pink behind the die cut details.  The big sentiment is a Stamplorations die cut from dark pink holographic card.  

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Let's Travel

Hello Nomad friends.  I made a mini album.  I have been thinking about 'getting into' album making for a while.  I have bought a few cool dies.  I have looked at them.  Lots.  Yesterday I decided to give it a spin.  Total novice.  Mistakes were made.  Solutions were found, or will be found.  Here it is.  Lots of pictures.  I love it.

 

Here it is closed.  I used a studio light die to cut the cover from two pieces of patterned paper and a piece of greyboard I layered together.  The cover is 'substantial'.

Here it is, opened up.

And inside.......

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Bunny in the Flowers

Hello Nomad friend. I couldn't resist another go with Uniko Somebunny and Kindness Blooms to help Bev celebrate her 11th anniversary.  

Loved the Fossilised Amber/Picked Raspberry distress oxide combo for the flowers but went with a stamped frame this time.  Isn't that bunny just adorable!!!

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Bunny Power

Hello Nomad friends.  Uniko is celebrating their 11th anniversary.  Congrats Bev.  I really like Uniko's stamps, especially da bunny!!!  And the santa gnome dude.  But today, it's the bunny.

It's so cute.  Who wouldn't want a big soft floppy bunny like that.  I used a yellow card base and stamped the small flower from Uniko Kindness Blooms with Fossilised Amber distress oxide.   Then I stamped the stamen stamp from the same set with Picked Raspberry distress oxide ink and smooched around the card edge with the fossilised amber ink.  I die cut a rectangular panel and cut a circle out of it and added the hoppy birthday and fussy cut Somebunny.  He is stamped on patterned paper that had hearts scattered loosely on it.

I liked the flowers so I added another die cut rectangle inside the card and stamped some more.

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Sea Horse

Hello Nomad friends.  My blog has been a bit quiet this month. A week in the UK and the last week's weather being surprizingly better than forecast, so I carpe diem'd and had some garden time.  I can feel the spring energy rising, and I'm looking around and plants are starting to wake up, but I am sure we are being a bit early, or maybe spring is going to be.  It is southern Norway, and our official last frost day is 17th May, which is a long way away, so I think we shouldn't let the genii out of the bottle just yet.  I will just enjoy these lengthening cool sunny days and the extra energy in the air and in me.  This weekend I am taking part in Papirglede's Scrapathon and also hoping to join in a few challenges before this short month closes.  I've been playing with Poppystamp dies, brusho's and scraps for this card.

Sea green horses are all the rage you know!!

Here's the scraps I used.  A little late picture as you can see I have already cut the 'horse', Poppystamps Whittle Happy Unicorn, and Poppystamps Wavy Heart.  That piece started off pale blue and I coloured it with cobalt, turquoise and sea green brushos with lots of spritzing!!  Also coloured my fingers, the table, part of the floor and one sock!!!!!   Gotta love a messy colour session.  

I used the scraps of the scraps to decorate inside as well.  I used a stitch rectangle die and the hearts and Poppystamp Balloon Hearts with the little dangles snipped off.

 The sentiment is a Rubber Dance stamp and means thinking of you and I used a copper sharpie to go over the cut and stitch details on the horse and heart.

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Does My Ass Look Big In This?

Hello Nomad friends.  Seems to be a lot of pink around this month. And hearts.  Gotta have some hearts in February......

I used lots of pink scraps to put Bernice the hippo together and that frame came on the back of a pack of patterned paper and has been kicking around a looooong time.  I embossed a scrap of Prima patterned paper with sizzix 3D romance embossing folder.  The sentiment is from Carmen's Veranda and it's one of my favourites.

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O' Tis The Moon

Hello Nomad friends.  Playing with some new goodies this evening.  Also finding new places to play and new inspiration, so all is great in my crafty corner tonight.   I really like the sizzix colourize dies and I've added Otis to my collection.  Lots of layers and dimension on this one and as usual, a great way to use up the scraps.

I used a cream textured card base and added a chipboard frame that I cut using Daisy Mae Torn Edge Stitched hexagon dies.  I cut the greyboard three times to give me a nice thick frame and then painted with Colourcraft Aztec Gold paint.  I cut all the bits for Otis the moon from lots of yellow and gold scraps, put him together and added him to the frame.  I cut a piece of black card with the hexagon die and then with Penny Black Starry die and backed it with yellow holographic card.  A pre-printed birthday greeting and done.  

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Die Cut Divas February Challenge - Something Gold
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Super Pig!!

Hello Nomad friends.  Hopefully Plan A is in effect and I am returned from the UK.  I did not do it like this!!!!

The new challenge at the Lost Coast Portal of Creativity is Make It Funny.  Well, we all need a laugh these days.  Anyone who manages to make me laugh til I leak might get a special mention!!!!

I used Lost Coast Designs Flying Pig 2 and Carmen's Veranda Power of Coffee sentiment.  I used a bazzill white panel with a bit of texture and simply gave the top a blue sparkly watercolour wash.  Add stamped, fussy cut flying pig and stamp sentiment.  Done.

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Thanks for dropping by.  I hope I managed to bring salad cream home this time!!!  Hugz

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Arresting

Hello Nomad friends.  Here's a little more inspiration for the Love and Hearts challenge over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.   I thought Boris and this sentiment just seemed made for each other.

 

I stamped Carmen's Veranda Boris Karloff on grungy grey card and Carmen's Veranda You're Staggering on a panel of the same card.  Then I stamped Lost Coast Designs Hearts and Curls Border twice with pale blue archival ink on white card, added my fussy cut Boris and mounted on the sentiment panel. 

Boris, you are such a bad boy!!!!

 

 

 

Join the Love and Hearts challenge with your stamped anything featuring love and/or hearts for a chance to win Lost Coast dollars.

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Love From Salvador

Hello Nomad friends.  The first February challenge over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity is Love and Hearts.  I made a card using Lost Coast Designs ATC Doodle Heart with Carmen's Veranda Salvador Dali and Nights Into Mornings sentiment. 

I love Carmen's Veranda famous people stamps.  I stamped Salvador Dali and masked him.  I stamped the doodle heart with red ink and the sentiment with black ink.  Then I went a little swipe mad with my black archival ink pad and grunged it up.  To finish I used a blending brush to add some pink to the heart.

 

 

 

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I Scream

Hello Nomad friends.  It's the second of the month so time for the Card Chain Challenge reveal.  We had some pretty pink tones, a lovely sketch and some fun options to choose from this month and I sent my card to Imke in Germany. 

I sent ice cream!!!!   I used Sizzix Ice Cream Fold It dies, embossed the cone with a sea themed embossing folder and added a Rubber Dance stamped sentiment. 

So many gorgeous cards exchanged again in January.  If you would like to join the fun you can find the current sign up HERE.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Colorful Options Challenge - February - Pink
Park Hopping My Happy Place Challenge every theme park has ice cream