Nyctea scandiaca

Hello Nomad friends.  Taking advantage of the last day of the month and sharing this lovely card made using Funky Fossil Signature Series Issue 1 layered stencil in a rainbow of colours and one of the lovely Midnight Feathers owl stamps.

Stencilling not perfect, but love the black and white image against the colourful colour blocks.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Awesome Birthday Advice

Hello Nomad friends.  Another tag with Aall and Create and a distress inky, spritzy, splatty background.

A bit out of my comfort zoom but very pleased with the result.  

Ha ha.

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Tag it and Happy Moon

Hello Nomad friends.  I was into tags using Aall and Create stamps this weekend.  I used this awesome ostritch stamp on a oil pastel background.

Isn'the adorbs.  I stamped directly on the background and then on a piece of white card and fussy cut the bird.

Then I went with these blokes.  I found a bit of ribbon with the sentiment embossed on it and then I spotted this moon on my desk!!   Where did that come from??  Oh yes, it's the bit from round the ostrich's head!!  Cool.  Coloured it yellow and tah dah!!  I used sprays and a stencil in the background.  

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Circles of Red

Hello Nomad friends.  I was sorting my die cut bits into colours and decided to used all these lovely red circles and make a confirmation card.

I do like these missees dies from studio light to build people.  Lots of scraps used on this card.

 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Flights Of Fancy

Hello Nomad friends.  I have a semi clean and simple card over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity today for the For The Men Challenge.  Have you checked out all the masculine inspiration??  So many lovely masculine stamps at Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda and so many awesome ideas on how to use them from the team.  Do hop over and take a look. 

I've used with the gorgeous STP Dirigible stamp 

and Lost Coast Designs Shadow Frame background.

 

Isn't it sweet.  I stamped the large rectangular Shadow Frame with Ice Blue chalk ink and then edged it with some Sky Blue archival.  I stamped Lost Coast Designs STP Dirigible onto the inked panel with black ink and added some distress marker colour.  I also tried to whiten the clouds a bit with a white gel pen.  I cut the panel with a stiched edge die and stuck it on a white card base.  The Happy Birthday is from Lost Coast Designs Party Words set and was stamped with the Sky Blue archival ink.

For The Men

Link up your stamped projects featuring men or masculine themes for your chance to win some Lost Coast Dollars. Please check the updated rules.

 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

 

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Naughty

Hello Nomad friends.  I made an alternative Christmas card for a male friend.  I've used Lost Coast Designs stamps and have my focal character up a tree cos I'm elfing out over at the Christmas Kickstart for the Out on a Limb challenge.  This also fits the current Lost Coast Portal to Creativity challenge For the Men.

I used Lost Coast Designs large Shrubbery stamp in the background and covered the stamped areas with glitter glue.  I stamped Lost Coast Designs vertical Merry Christmas from the Party words set twice on white strips and Lost Coast Designs Evil Eye on white card, fussy cut and coloured with distress markers.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Out On A Limb

Hello Nomad friends.   I'm elfing out this month over at the Christmas Kickstart Challenge where the theme is Out On A Limb.  Jo wants to see things in trees, Christmas themed of course.  The thing doesn't necessarily have to be up a tree on your card, but if it is something that maybe doesn't usually lurk up a Christmas tree maybe best safest to include the tree.   I have used a Penny Black stamp called Greetings From The Wise and perched the owl on a branch within a candy cane heart.

I went pink and used Bazzill dots Pirouette for my panel.  I made a candy cane heart using dies from sizzix candycane fold-a-long.  I cut the heart out of the middle and backed with some swirly pierced cut white card.  I added the Penny Black owl, stamped, coloured and fussy cut and a little branch for him to sit on.  Then I went a bit OTT and added a die cut bow with a pink heart brad and stamped the sentiment with heart from Papirdesign Christmas Postal set twice.  Well, he was looking at something so I gave him something to look at LOL.  

 

 

I used glitter glue on his hat rim and bobble cos you need a little sparkle at Christmas.

I hope you get a chance to join the Out on A Limb fun.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Hidden Self

Hello Nomad friends.  I have a little inspiration over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity today for the February challenge, For The Men.  Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda have so many wonderful masculine stamps and the team is knocking it out of the park with so much awesome inspiration.   I've made a card using two of my favourite blokes, Weeping Man and Alfred Hitchcock.  

I got both these stamps out and decided to make a collage, but ended up with this kinda split personality thing going on.  Then the Carmen's Veranda Squirrel in Traffic sentiment seemed to fit.  I've used Paper Artsy infusions on the background. 

 

Join the For The Men challenge for a chance to win Lost Coast dollars and don't forget to hop over  to the blog for lots more wonderful inspiration from the team.  

 

If you are feeling a bit Squirrel in traffic reach out.  Don't be a stranger.  After all, a new friend is just someone you haven't met yet. 

 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

 

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Ancient Kitty Wisdom

Hello Nomad friends.  Hero Arts have a fun challenge where they want old and new.  Well, I must admit I often shop sales for bargains, but a few months ago I couldn't resist their new release and splashed out on this Where To Next stamp set.  Such cute little scenes.   I've combined it with a kitty silhouette cut using Hero Arts Luna The Halloween Cat Frame Cuts, which is an old set, bought very recently in a sale, so in a curious way I suppose Luna satisfies both the old and the new options........

Love these little scenes and a cat makes everything better.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Little Bobbit

Hello Nomad friends.    Oh my goodness!  There went January with a bit of a whoosh!!!  Now February, month of love and get your red petticoats out girls!!  It's a leap year!!!!!    I'll still probably be caught short when it ends on the 29th and be frantically looking for an extra day or two.  But today it's the second of the month and time for the Card Chain Challenge reveal.  Make a card, send a card, get a card.  Everyone gets a card, everyone wins!!!  I received a beautiful card from Lou in Australia and my card went to Barbara in Switzerland.  

I used the options of birds and friendship and the product and technique options of paint and splatters.  I went all shapey with my card base using some new to me dies I got from Kort og Godt. The Rubber Dance Sketchy Bird was embossed on some photo paper I coloured with brusho powders.  Did you see the Rubber Dance new release yesterday??  It includes a new set of adorable Textured Birds, and 10% off until the 4th of February, so grab em while they're new LOL.   The sentiment is also a Rubber Dance stamp from the Just a Note set.  Love the font on these very useful words.  

Hop over to the Card Chain Challenge and check out all the awesome cards in the REVEAL

If you would like to join the fun a sign up is nearly always open.  You can still SIGN UP FOR FEBRUARY, and why wouldn't you want to???   It's gonna be a mega-month.......

Thanks for dropping by.   Hugz

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