Thursday, 27 March 2025

Bluetiful

Hello Nomad friends.   Hello again!!   Another card for the Poppystamps Cute Critters challenge, this time using the gorgeous Grand Whittle Reindeer.  In blue!!!  Well, I do like blue and he does look rather magnificent whatever shade he is.

I went for a CAS look on a black base card.  I  used some white scraps for the snow cut with Memory Box Gentle Stitched Landscape dies and a spellbinders flower middle for the wacky stars.  The sentiment is a Kort og Godt stamp.  

 Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Poppystamps Challenge 126 - Cute Critters
Christmas Kickstart Challenge 96 - Not The Norm!
Paper Funday Challenge 74 - Anything Goes opt Weather
Scrappelyst Utfordring for Mars - Tekst
Allsorts Challenge 819 - Feminine opt AG 

Watch Out For Unicorns

Hello Nomad friends.  The end of the month is nigh and I have been meaning to enter the Poppystamps challenge where they want to see cute critters.  I am a fan of critters and have quite a few of Poppystamps Whittle dies.  I love the large versions in this series and have rolled out Whittle Happy Unicorn and paired it with a Carmen's Veranda sentiment.

I went with slightly weird colours for my slightly deranged unicorn LOL.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Poppystamps Challenge 126 - Cute Critters
Die Cut Divas Challenge - Critters
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Allsorts Challenge 819 - Feminine opt AG
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Layer It Up



Who Needs Business Cards When You Can Have Kvikk Lunsj

Hello Nomad friends.  I'm trying to play along with Endless Passion's Easter Scrap event.  They are on day 25 and I am a bit behind bwahhahaahaaa.  Iwona is doing video tutorials every day for some very fun projects.  The other day she made a cute little two sided box for business cards, but I had a another idea.

This is a really simple make but you get a lovely sturdy two sided box.  I went all spring flowers and bunnies!!!!

Both sides look fairly the same.  I used a Marianne Designs oval die for the ends for that easter egg feel.  Bunny by sizzix.  Grass and tulips by Lawn Fawn.  Pretty patterned paper from the Works.  Big layered flower on the ends made with Spellbinders dies.  

So I'm looking at it and I'm thinking that's the perfect size for

kvikk lunsj!!!!
That'll be kit kat for the brits.  I think I could easily fit 6 4 finger bars in this cute little box.  I only had two in hand.......
Kvikk Lunsj is an easter tradition in Norway.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Inspiration Station Challenge #71 inspired by bunnies and grass
Die Cut Divas Challenge - Critters
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Allsorts Challenge 819 - Feminine opt AG
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Layer It Up


Sunday, 23 March 2025

Haallllooooooooooo

Hello Nomad friends.  It's actually been quite a creative weekend for me, inspired by some online fun.  I do work well to a deadline LOL.  

This was for a sketch challenge, and I was so happy to be inspired to use this fun Amy Tangerine camera embossing folder.  I used Studio Light Saturday Afternoon ephemera pack and went a bit mad with Radiant Neon Electric Green ink.  I'm sure someone will need this card one day.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Knutsels en Kadootjes Challenge - Retro
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Transport It
Paper Funday Challenge 74 - Anything Goes opt Weather
Gem of a Challenge 4 Week 1 - AG
Girlz Creative Crafts Challenge 54 - Layer it Up

Saturday, 22 March 2025

Crazy Dogs

Hello Nomad friends.  Made some ATC's using Crazy Dogs.  Oldies but goodies.

I used two shades of pink distress ink on the background and stencilled using walnut stain distress and stampers anonymous halloween stencil.  Then I stamped Concord and 9th Geode rings with black ink.  The crazy dogs were stamped on brown card, fussy cut and I added a little gel pen/distress marker colour.  I used a sizzix ATC die to cut the ATC's.

 Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Seven Hills Crafts Challenge - A Stamp, A Die, and A Stencil
Die Cut Divas Challenge - Critters

Friday, 21 March 2025

Beautiful Pop Up

Hello Nomad friends.  I'm having fun with some online meetings and Endless Passion are having a 40 day Easter scrap.  They shared this awesome pop up so I had a go and made a confirmation card for a horse enthusiast.  

I used some really old Basic Grey papers, a Cheery Lynn doily die and konfirmant die and lovely horse stamps from Kort og Godt. 


Ta dah!!!!!   What a pop up.  It's impressive!! 
 More Basic Grey papers and all the stamps are Kort og Godt
 
Thanks for dropping by.  I am hoping for a super inspired weekend.  Hugz 
 
Joining the fun at
Scrappelyst Utfordring for Mars - Tekst
Allsorts Challenge 819 - Feminine opt AG
Die Cut Divas Challenge - Critters

Monday, 17 March 2025

Christmas Pizza

Hello Nomad friends.  Lovely sunny day today but bitter cold wind.  A nice day to hide in the greenhouse.  Also finished this Christmas card I started last night using kraft and white.

 
The pretty winter picture is from Reprint.  All the kraft card is bits of a co-op pizza box.  I used various dies from Spellbinders and Gummiapan and stamps from Kort og Godt.  Isn't that Santa reindeer sleigh postmark so sweet!!!

 Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Christmas Kickstart Challenge 96 - Not The Norm!
Snippets Playground Challenge 502
Paper Funday Challenge 74 - Anything Goes opt Weather
Scrappelyst Utfordring for Mars - Tekst
Allsorts Challenge 819 - Feminine opt AG 


Friday, 14 March 2025

Thoughtful Geisha

Hello Nomad friends.  It's been a gorgeous but busy day.   I am over on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity today with another lovely lady from the Lost Coast Designs catalogue.  Creating for the I Am Woman Challenge and I've used the beautiful Geisha from the Asian set against a Large Shrubbery Background

 
 
She's so pretty!!  I stamped the Shrubbery with Prickly Pear archival and the Travel Quotes sentiment with black ink.  I stamped the geisha on two pieces of card, one pink and one green, fussy cut the pieces and pieced her back together.
 
I hope you get time to join the I Am Woman challenge and don't forget to check all the wonderful inspiration from the team on the blog.  
 
Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz
 

Monday, 10 March 2025

Crittercal Support

Hello Nomad friends.  I love critters.  Most critters are friends of mine.  Used this cute little dog from Pink and Main and a lovely sketch from De Egel, which I turned 180°, for this black and white plus one.

The background is from Pink and Main Good Vibes paper set cut with a Gummiapan stitch square die.  I inked the cut edges.  I found a tiny scrap of red foiled card with a wiggle edge and a scrap of black rose paper.  I cut the black rose paper with a double crazy stitch die.  I cut two hearts and stamped them with a Stampendous Kitty sentiment

Little paws......... BIG warm heart

Squuueeeeeee!  So cute, and the Pink and Main Hot Dog stamp.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hope you have had a joyful and lovely day.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Pink and Main Challenge 2 - Love is in the Air
De Egel Challenge 199 - Sketch with Black and White plus 1
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Stitch It Up
Polkadoodle Challenge 4 week 1 - Anything Goes
Papercraft Challenge 115 - Love is in the Air
Gem of a Challenge 3 Week 2 - AG

 



Sunday, 9 March 2025

Go Bravely

Hello Nomad friends.  Me again with a second UFO finished!!   So good to get these off my desk.   This is a confirmation card I was working on.  Another one for the boys.  

I used a lot of scraps for this one.  The blue piece wasn't quite wide enough for my slimline base but I found another skinny piece of silver patterned card which I cut strategically to give me the two thin strips and also the small pieces above and below the boy.  I embossed the blue piece with sizzix travel words folder.  The boy is stamped on a piece of tea box and die cut with a matching die and I raided the black scraps for the two sentiments, both dies from Papirdesigns.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

 

Easter Bunny

Hello Nomad friends.  It's been a lovely day today with sunshine and warm temps.  I was out planting some seeds in pots and wobbling around in the garden admiring the crocus, which today were hosting bees!!   That's early, and I hope they got home safe, cos the fog rolled in this evening.  It's chilly out there and very Hounds of the Baskerville!!!!   Anyway, let's craft!!  I've had a couple of UFO's on the desk and finally got them to work this evening.  

I made a layered slimline base using Lexi Home from Home rose papers and some stitchy frilly dies.  Then it all came to a halt until I remembered these egg dies from Funky Fossil.  I cut the fancy layer from gold mirror card and coloured the eggs behind in pastel shades.  Then I cut out this bunny and flower wreathe from P13 Forest Tea Party papers.  Gotta love a cute bunny.   I seem to be lacking easter sentiments but found this Pink and Main Have a Beautiful Day stamp that seemed perfect.

Hope you have had a beautiful day.  Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
De Egel Challenge 200 - Slimline + Spring
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Stitch It Up
Polkadoodle Challenge 4 week 1 - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Favourite Technique layered die cuts
Girlz Creative Fun Art of Scrap Challenge 7 - AG with Patterned Paper

Thursday, 6 March 2025

Colourful Frida

Hello Nomad friends.  I am over on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity again today with some more inspiration for the I Am Woman challenge.  I decided to use the lovely Frida Face from Carmen's Veranda in another quite simple but colourful card.


I stamped Carmen's Veranda Southwest Town in yellow archival on white card.  Rather than block in the background with colour I just outlined the top of the card with blue and the bottom of the card with yellow.  I stamped Frida on a piece of white card with navy ink, then stamped her dress with red ink and fussy cut the two pieces.  I layered them together and added her to the card.  Finally I stamped Art Wings Fly sentiment in various colour inks.  Feeling simply colourful.
 
 
I hope you get time to join the I Am Woman challenge and don't forget to check all the wonderful inspiration from the team here on the blog.  Anything goes with the theme and real stamping.  
 
Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz
 

Tuesday, 4 March 2025

Basket of Eggs

Hello Nomad friends.  I am over on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity today with a little inspiration for the current I Am Woman challenge. Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda have so many lovely ladies.  Grab your stamps and join us.  We need at least 20 entries to award the prize, and I do so love giving away Linda's stamps LOL.  


I've gone for a clean and simple design today, but I had great fun colouring Lost Coast Designs Harvest Angel.  Since Easter is approaching I coloured her in bright spring colours and gave her a basket of pastel colour eggs.  I stamped the background using one of the Pieces of Calligraphy stamps with yellow ink.  I stamped Harvest Angel on a piece of white card, coloured and fussy cut it.  Gotta love a square fussy cut LOL.  Then I stamped part of Carmen's Veranda Queen of Everything stamp to get the Happy Birthday.
 
 
I hope you get time to join the I Am Woman challenge and don't forget to check all the wonderful inspiration from the team over on the blog.  
 
Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz
 

Sunday, 2 March 2025

Astronomic

Hello Nomad friends.  The second of the month and time for the Card Chain Challenge Reveal.  25 lovely ladies joined the February exchange, including one new player, Darlene in Canada.  Welcome Darlene.  It's always nice to get some new friends to exchange with.  We are a very friendly and super talented group, so if you like to send and receive happy mail maybe give us a whirl.  I sent my card to Julia in Massachusetts and this month I used the Celestial option.

 
I do love a cute astronaut!!  I went with a black basecard and black background panel that I embossed with Memory Box Grand Galaxy embossing folder.  I added a Funky Fossil layered die cut moon cut from silver paper and gold and rose gold mirror card.  I stamped, fussy cut and coloured the cute FF astronuat with distress markers and gel pens, and the sentiment is from another FF set.