Travelling Boris

Hello Nomad friends.  I am over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity with some inspiration for the For The Men Challenge.  

I've used Carmen's Veranda Boris.  Isn't he wonderful!!   I do love these big people faces stamps. 

I decided to go black and white for this card.   I stamped Lost Coast Designs Mini Phrenology Collage twice on a white card panel with black archival ink.  Then I stamped Boris on white card, fussy cut him and added him.  To finish I stamped a couple of stamps from Lost Coast Designs Travel Quotes set.

 

You have all month to join the fun with your stamped makes featuring men or masculine things.
We need at least 20 entries to award the prize.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz 

Joining the fun at
Scrappelyst Utfordring Juli/August - Alt er Lov 
Paper Funday Challenge 90 - Anything Goes opt Fancy Folds
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Monochrome 

Santa Boris

Hello Nomad friends.  I am over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity today with some more Christmas in July inspiration.  I decided to dress Boris in red and make him rock, which also fits with the 100th Christmas Kickstart Challenge where I am elfing out this month and the theme is Merry Go Round.

I stamped Carmen's Veranda Boris Karloff on white card and cut with a circle die.  I coloured Boris with red sharpies and water coloured with distress inks.  I stamped the star from Carmen's Veranda Elf with Star using salty ocean distress oxide on the still wet salty ocean water coloured background to give that nice smudged effect.  I cut a slightly larger circle with a stitched circle die from blue card and used the star with the distress oxide to stamp all around the edge for a bit of texture.  I cut a base card with the same stitched circle die.  Boris rocks!! 

Join the anything Christmas with real stamping at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity 

and include some circular things to join the fun at the Christmas Kickstart Challenge. 

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

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Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Christmas in July Linky Party
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Stitch It 
52 Weeks to Christmas Challenge Juli - Shaped Card

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.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Stamping Sensations Challenge - AG opt Sketch
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Love is in the Air
Country View Challenge - Be Sentimental

Hat Trick

Hello Nomad friends.  I am playing with hats and my favourite Carmen's Veranda boys today!

Oooh, they are so handsome, and the promise of 8 million dollars and chocolate sounds like a great idea!  I've used brown archival inks and masked Charlie and Frank before I stamped Boris.  The sentiment underwent extensive surgery to change it from 8 lines square to 3 lines long.  That's why it has a little wiggle LOL, but I like wiggles......  I edged the card with brown Promarker and also drew a line under the boys.  Then I used a caramel Promarker to fill in the background around them.  Finally I stamped Charlie's hat on a scrap of the same card using the brown archival ink, fussy cut and stuck it on Franks head.  Very ummm, yes, well...........  Maybe that's why Frank never got a hat in the movie!!!!

Grab your stamps and join the hatty fun for a chance to win.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Stamping Sensations Challenge March - Monochromatic
Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers 180 - Z is For Zoom Meetings

31 Days of Halloween Day 1 - Basically Boris

Hello Nomad friends.  It's October!!!!  The most spooktacular month of the year.  I will be trying to post a bootastic make every day this month and I am kicking off two celebrations with this simple Boris Karloff card.  Over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity the team is posting every day this month so be sure to hop over and check out all their amazing spooktacular creations.  Here's Boris.

I stamped Carmen Veranda's Boris on white card, added some colour with green Promarker and cut with an ATC die.  I mounted on a black card base and white embossed the Nevermore word.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Check out the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity Blog and join the fun for a chance to win.  Hugz

Boris is joining the fun at
Papercraft Challenge 61 - Black and White + One
Passion for Promarker Challenge Week 562 - Not Christmas
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Boris, Frank and Charlie

Hello Nomad friends.  I am over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity today with some more inspiration for the Walk of Fame challenge.  The team is sharing some wonderful inspiration this month with famous people as the stars LOL.  I must admit the Carmen's Veranda people stamps are some of my favourites.  Here are three of my favourite Carmen's Veranda blokes with three of my favourite Lost Coast Designs Backgrounds.

I stamped the blokes with black archival and then used different archival colours for the backgrounds

Boris with Leaves background stamped with Prickly Pear archival ink

  

Frankenstein and Fruit Pods background stamped with Bluebird archival ink

Charlie Chaplin with Bubbles Background stamped with Dandelion archival ink.

Grab you famous people stamps and join the fun for your chance to

win some new rubber!!!!

Talking of new rubber........

Linda added Yoga Cats to the Lost Coast Designs NEW! category before christmas and the other day she added GNOMES!!!!  Check em out!!  They are awesome!!

Linda also added three new people stamps to Carmen's Veranda NEW! category.  The team have already been sharing inspiration with these so scroll down to see their amazing makes.   

Thanks for visiting.  Hugz

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Stamping Sensations Challenge - Favourite Stamps 

Let's Craft and Create Challenge 155 - AG Optional Love Is In The Air  3/3 
Creative Inspirations Challenge - Something New or Old nothing new here, just some old favourites. 
Dream In Darkness 
Papercraft Business Challenge 25 - Anything Goes

Quick Boris - 31 Days of Halloween Day 16

Hello spooktacular friends.  I have been teaching a class this evening so it's a quick make from me tonight.  I am loving this amazing Boris Karloff stamp from Carmen's Veranda.  I used it with an action wobble last month and I've gone with green again cos he looks very cool with green.  I still think those are scary eyes!!

So I stamped Boris on white card, coloured the background with green Promarker, adding a bit extra around him as a shadow, and mounted it in a lime green trifold aperture card.  Bwahhhaahahahahahaa.  Scary eyes!!!!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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LeighSBDesigns 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop 2019
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Halloween 
Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 480 - Something Inside
Dream in Darkness
Emerald Creek Dares - Little Shop of Horrors #ECOCT2019

Scary Eyes

Hello.  Welcome.  Do you ever get a new stamp and you stamp it for the first time and go Wow!!!  Ok, maybe quite often LOL.  I just got this fab stamp from Carmen's Veranda called Boris Karloff, cos it is LOL.  I thought he would be great for the spooky season, and oh look, he is!!  Those are scary eyes bwahahaahahahaa.

I was putting this together yesterday, but despite kinda knowing how I wanted it to go, it just never quite got there.  Then this morning, Mr Mojo and I walked into the craft room, took another look at Boris, and Mr Mojo says 'he needs a wobble'.  !!!!!!   Well, of course he does!!!

I stamped Boris on a panel of white card using black archival ink.

I used a black Promarker to draw two lines from his ears to the edge of the card and filled those areas using Bright Green Promarker.  Then I used Mowed Lawn distress and Stamplorations Swirly Blooms stencil to add some pattern.  The panels at the top gave me some challenges.  After messing up some more stencilling, and disliking them black and white, and then just black, I cut them away!

So this morning I took a panel of black card, embossed it with Stamplorations Double Stitch Rectangle die and used a white gel pen in the groove to give me a frame.  Then I mounted it on a larger black card base and added the Boris with the green wings panel using an Action Wobble.  

Poor man's video of Boris in action!!!

This is going straight into my Halloween decorations!!  Love it.  Very spooky with the eyes there Boris.  Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Boris is joining the fun at
Mod Squad Challenge - Stenciled Background
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Interactive
Dream in Darkness
Time Out Challenge 144 - Home Sweet Home black, white, a little bit of green and close up of a framed face
Stamplorations Summer Theme Challenge
Stamplorations Summer Mixed Media Challenge