Last Of September

Hello Nomad friends.  Gosh, so that was September.  I am looking forward to the most spooktacular month of the year, but first.......

Used a pretty poinsettia stained glass style die for this card and a god jul from papirdesigns.  That's Merry Christmas for my English speaking friends.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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ABC Christmas Challenge - T is for Three of a Kind

One Of Your 5 A Day

Hello Nomad friends.  I think cake is one of the major food groups.   Here's a card, featuring cake, in autumnal colours.

Isn't that Poppystamp Wavy Heart die just so pretty!!!   I used a burnt orange card base and a bit of Saturday's pizza box for the kraft layer.  I embossed it with Poppystamps Leafy Background die and splashed around a bit of very dilute orange watercolour.  I cut the heart from orange card and coloured half the pieces with Promarker.  The bunny and bowl are Poppystamps Cupcake Party stamps and the cake comes from the Love Note set.   Then I grabbed Lost Coast Designs Do I smell Cake sentiment, stamped it at the bottom and then stamped cake all around all around.  Chopping up your sentiment stamps makes this easier.  Like chopping up cake makes eating easier.  

Thanks for dropping by.  I hope you have cake.  Hugz

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Allsorts Challenge Week 747 - 4 Legged Friend

Purist WoW

Hello Nomad friends.  It's Rudolf Days, so decided to use some Poppystamp dies and make a white on white snowflake creation.

That's a white Bazzill base card and the camera has really picked up the pretty texture.  I used Poppystamps Shasta Oval Frame (2015) and Grosgrain Ribbon (2020) dies.  The little hearts I added to the middle of the bow come with the Shasta frame dies set.  After much deliberation (trying to find a sentiment to fit the space) I used Stamplorations Warm Winter Wishes die for the words.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Autumn Butterflies

Hello Nomad friends.  It's very warm here for the time of year and there are lots of butterflies still fluttering around.  There have been a lot this autumn and it's lovely to see them.  I made a card using autumn colours and Memory Box dies.

Brown card base with a layer of Saturday's pizza box kraft card and then another layer cut with Memory Box Leafy Tree Frame.  No tree, just the frame.  I cut Memory Box Clementine Border twice from orange card and glued them together in the centre of the panel.  The Maripose Butterflies were cut from orange and black scraps and I added some dark orange ink to give a classic brown, orange autumn combo.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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As You Like It Challenge Favourite Harvest Colours love the leaves changing orange and brown and bright orange pumpkins.  Annette I love kicking through the crispy leaves in Autumn!!
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
 

Hang In There

Hello Nomad friends.  I have been having some 'interesting' design ideas recently.  Maybe it's all this 'using what I have at hand' that is resulting in some special combinations.  Poppystamps have an Old School challenge.  Luckily nothing to do with school, more to do with using older stash.  Well, I've got plenty of that.  On examining the Perched Faerie (2017) envelope I found some imperfectly rainbow foiled die cuts.  They are probably there cos I wasn't totally happy with the foiling, but today they were perfect for a little stressed out card.

I used a black background to show off my foiled faerie and embossed it with a cracked embossing folder.  Then I cut the Stamplorations Hang In There from pink foil card.  

Hope you are having a relaxed day.  If not, Hang in There!!

Thanks for dropping by.   Hugz

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Giving Your Friend The Bird

Hello Nomad friends.  I hope you are having an awesome day.  I made a card for a friend who had a little disappointment.  I hope this helped lift her spirits.  She's a good friend and she is lucky to have me bwahahhaahahahaah.  

All stamps are by Rubber Dance.  I used various archival and distress inks for my colours.  The background is a cacophony of Carved Collection 3 stamps.  The bird is from Sketchy Birds 2 and that awesome sentiment from Adore Me.  Gotta love those yellow, oranges and browns as the year turns

Thanks for dropping by.  Take care.

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Time Out Challenge 247 - Photo Inspiration
The Outlawz Challenges Monday Greetings - AG
Outlawz Challenges September Linky

Golden Oldie

Hello Nomad friends.  I am throwing my hat in the ring for the My Favourite Things CAS 2023 Card Design Superstar.  MFT have so many lovely stamps and dies, and I love CAS, so I thought I'd give it a shot.  I have used the awesome Old Friends stamp set.

I did a bit of ink block stamping with yellow and orange distress inks.  I stamped the two sentiments with black ink.  I stamped the old lady on white card, coloured with distress markers, fussy cut and added her to the card.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Owl Be Thinking Of You

Hello Nomad friends.  I am over on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity today with some inspiration for the Birds challenge.  Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda have so many lovely bird themed stamps.  Today I am using Lost Coast Designs Tall Trees background and medium Owl stamps.

 

I stamped Tall Trees background with various colours of archival ink trying for an autumnal feel.  Then I turned it on it's side and watercoloured a moon.  I stamped the Owl in brown and then coloured some of the details with bright gel pens.  Finally I stamped the Thinking of You with brown ink. 

The team will be posting more inspiration throughout the month so check back often and join the fun with your bird themed stamped anythings.

 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Pammies Inky Pinkies Challenge 2337

What Does The Fox Say

Hello Nomad friends.  The new scraps control system seems to be functioning brilliantly.  Just need to extend it a little bit to cover all colour options and work my way through a bit more of the desk.  Ho Ho Ho.  

Playing with Gummiapan stamps and dies today to make some ATC's.  Raided the orange scraps for the foxes.  

He's wickedly cute!!   He comes with an overalls die but today he is out in the forest au naturall.  Check out the sentiment!!    I dropped the Dear Santa bit but couldn't resist 'just leave the credit card under the tree'.......   Bwahahaahhahaahahahaaaaa.

Thanks for dropping by.   Hugz

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Pammies Inky Pinkies Challenge 2337

Power of Six

Hello Nomad friends.  I have been trying to sort out my scraps.  Tiny die cuts make me reluctant to throw away tiny scraps, but there's a limit, isn't there??  Anyway, I stumbled across this piece of white glitter card that I had cut a memory box snowflake out of it previously.  There was just enough around the edge to almost cut a hexagon.  Jingle Belles have a lovely sketch, and this fitted perfectly.  

I used a pearlescent grey card base and cut a little bit of a wonky border from red holographic card.  I backed the glitter card with a hexagon of the same red holographic card and cut a tiny star from another scrap of the glitter card for the center of the snowflake.  I used a different snowflake, a scrap of grey card and another scrap of the red holo. with a couple of circle dies to make the little round.  It is perfectly positioned to cover the fact that my hexagonal snowflake panel isn't perfect.  A couple more scraps to make the sentiment panel and done!!!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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MFT Stamps Christmas Card Challenge September 2023

This Old House Is Falling Down

Hello Nomad friends.  My first Halloween card of the year.  I've used Taylored Expressions stamps and dies and did a bit of partial die cutting.  I thought I was going up a dead end but it found it's wings in the end.  Bwahahhaahahahhaahaaaaa.

I started with a mottled blue card base, positioned a TE stacklets tag die in the center and partially cut both side of the tag.  I scored from the uncut lines to the edge of the card on both sides.  A couple more score lines and I had a flat w sort of shape.  I partially cut TE 13 Dead End Drive die so I had the house and fussy cut from the bottom of the house to put it on a fat hill.  I used some tiny yellow scraps left over from yesterday's duck cutting for the moon and window lights.  I also found a scrap of blue glitter card close to hand and used the 13DED die to cut the roadway, stretching it slightly so it ran off the bottom of the tag panel in an ascetically pleasing manner.  A couple of checked small panel scraps and then I hunted for white scraps just big enough for the small scallop die from TE Color Block Cutting Plate set.  6 of those thank you, stamped with small stamps from TE Moca Tabitha.

Folds flat for mailing LOL

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Ducking Funny

Hello Nomad friends.  I hope you are having a great day. 

Today I am over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity for the start of the new challenge where we want to see your stamped anythings featuring Birds!   Easy peasy, join the fun.  I grabbed the awesome Duck from Carmen's Veranda and made a set of bottle tags.

Duck!   You are so sassy!!   Thought these would be perfect to decorate some festive spirits bwahahahaaahaaa.  I used a selection of spirited sentiments also from Carmen's Veranda and stamped Lost Coast Designs Grunge Border 2" tone on tone onto some orange die cut bottle tags.  I used an Avery Elle die.

Now it's your turn.  Are you up for the challenge?  We can't wait to see your projects!  Submit your entries in the linky party by 23.59 PST on the 30th and don't forget to follow us so you don't miss anything!  The team will be posting more inspiration throughout the month so check back and join the fun.

 Did you see the new release at Rubber Dance stamps??   3 new stamp sets and 9 new stencils.  You can get 10% off until the 20th so hop over and check it out.   

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Midnight Cowboy

Hello Nomad friends.  I have some more inspiration for the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity Bling It Up Challenge.  Christmas is the season of bling so I rolled out Carmen's Veranda Snow Cowboy.

 

I used a piece of dark glitter paper for the background.  The Lost Coast Designs Moon and Carmen's Veranda Snow Cowboy were stamped and embossed on silver glitter card.  I used the same glitter card to emboss the sentiment and cut it with a stitched landscape die.  It's one of those non-shed plastic and if you overheat it can become less glittery.  I overheated around the sentiment for a faux panel.  After embossing the moon and cowboy I coloured with Promarkers.  I think it's best to use a dabbing technique on glitter to protect the nibs.  Then I fussy cut them and added them to my midnight scene.

You have until 23.59 PST on the 14th to link up your stamped projects with bling

 for your chance to win Lost Coast Dollars.

 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

 

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Deer Tag Card

Hello Nomad friends.  Me again with another tag card, this one featuring this beautiful Gemini deer die cut.  I cut the deer in dark blue and layered it on some pale blue semi-translucent paper.  I cut in a tag shape and mounted on a white card base that I trimmed to match the card shape. 

I used a preprinted foiled sentiment with a couple of tiny sparkly brads and cut a stitched fishtail banner which I folded over the top of the card and added a blue star brad.

Love this.  Pretty but the die makes it a quick make.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Stag Tag Card

Hello Nomad friend.  I've made a couple of tag cards featuring deer for the 52 Weeks to Christmas challenge.  The first one I used Gummiapan large old tag die with some burnt orange pearlescent card and a scrap of snowflake paper.  The deer is cut from gold card using a sizzix die.  

I cut the yellow card base to match the tag shape and added a bit of ribbon and a Merry Christmas flattened bottle cap.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Diamond Sands

Hello Nomad friends.  It's all about the Bling over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity and I have Carmen's Veranda awesome Ballerina with Fish on a sparkly beach.

I stamped Ballerina with Fish and embossed with gold embossing powder.  I water coloured everything and then went crazy with blobs of glitter glue on the beach.  Finally I stamped part of Carmen's Veranda Everything Will Be Fine sentiment.

Link up your stamped projects with bling

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 Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Sunflower Belief

Hello Nomad friends.  A lovely warm sunny day today.  Maybe autumn is going to hold off for a while yet.  I decided to use up an ice lolly box today, because it  has lovely kraft colour, and watercolour pencils to add some colour to this lovely Unity sunflower.

The sentiment panel is the stem of the flower from Unity's It's Going To Be Beautiful kotm set.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Marmalade Monkey

Hello Nomad friends.  A new month and a new challenge at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity and it's all about the bling this fortnight.  I decided to break out some Wow sparkly embossing powder to use with Lost Coast Designs Tall Trees Background

I used Skylight embossing powder.  It is very sparkly!  I stamped Carmen's Veranda Monkey Face, coloured him with marmalade distress ink and green gel pens, fussy cut and added him to the bottom of the card.  I stamped the Hot and Sexy Birthday sentiment on vellum and backed it with a piece of white card before I stuck it to the card.

 

Join the Bling It Up Challenge.  

We want to see your stamped sparkly, blingy makes and don't forget to check out all the awesome design team projects on the blog.

 Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Friends

Hello Nomad friends.  It's the second of the month so time for the Card Chain Challenge Reveal.  32 awesome cardmakers sent cards winging their way around the planet in August.  Mine went to Linda in MI, USA. 

I went with the CAS, Sketch and Friendship options this month.  I used a Unity stamp and watercolours.  The sentiment is also Unity.

I don't usually share cards sent to me, because I like people to be able to share their own stuff when it suits them, but Mia has broken her arm and I also wanted to share the beautiful extra's she sent.  Maybe I should change my policy???

Mia made that lovely bow on the bag and I am looking forward to using this bright and bold beauty next time I am out shopping.  She also sent some fancy embellishments and that lovely card that she made after she broke her arm!!  That's dedication.  Thanks so much Mia.  Love it all and the card is awesome. Get well soon.  HUGZ

OK, if you want to check out all the amazing cards that winged their way around the planet you need to go look at the REVEAL

If you want to get into this awesome chain of amazing crafters and send/get happy mail you need to check out the SIGN UP

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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