Panda Happy

Hello Nomad friends.  Another new month and new challenges to play along with.   I'd like to thank everyone who continues to keep us entertained and inspired with challenges and prizes.   It's a lot of work to run a challenge and real prizes cost money and postage!!!   Maybe try and support a site this month that you don't usually have a chance to, or maybe a new one to you.  Share the love and make new friends.   

Over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity we are challenging you to use Black and White and One Other Colour.  We also require real clear or rubber stamping on your anythings.  I am so looking forward to seeing the linky gallery this month.   It should be very striking!!!  

The team have shared some fun inspiration to get us going and I made a tag with this fun Lost Coast Designs Large Panda.  The tag was cut with a Dasiy Mae die and I randomly stamped elements from Lost Coast Designs Travel Stuff and the Corner Swirl.  I added my stamped and fussy cut Panda and gave him a pink bow.  I stamped the Party Words sentiment on a couple of white scraps, added some pink and white funky wool and done!

Hope you get some time to hop over to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity, check out all the fun B&W + 1 from the team, and maybe join the fun.   We need 20 entries to award the prize.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz 

Joining the fun at
Tag Along (and ATC's) Challenge - Circles opt AG
Allsorts Challenge 857 - All Creatures Great and Small
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes 
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Get in Shape

A Sleigh of Santas

Hello Nomad friends.  Christmas is coming bwahhhaaaaahahaaaa.  Santa is getting all those lovely presents ready and I thought I'd use this sizzix bow die to make a present style card.

This is actually a fun die set and great for using up the red scraps.  Or any colour scraps you want to use I suppose!!   Stay tuned for bows of many colours LOL.  The little tag is a preprinted one and the green snowflake paper is by Dixi Craft.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

 

Joining the fun at
Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Christmas in July 2026 Linky Party
Christmas Kickstart Challenge 112 - Grace Us With Your Presents
ABC Christmas Challenge - N is for No Stamping
Allsorts Challenge 854 - At The Seaside opt AG

Naughty or Nice

Hello Nomad friends.  I'm here today with some last hour inspiration for the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity Cats and Dogs Challenge.  I have had such a blast with this challenge, and I think the team has too, with so many awesome canine and feline delights.  I decided to use Pokey Dog again and combined him with some die cuts for some festive fun.

I cut a hexagon card base using Tonic dies and stamped the large Shadow Circle Frame with orange ink.  I stamped Pokey Dog and fussy cut him and arranged him with my Tattered Lace die cut wreath.  To finish I stamped Lost Coast Designs Merry Christmas.

 

 

You have until 23.59 on the 31st to link up your stamped anythings featuring Cats and/or Dogs.  Don't forget to hop over to the blog and check out all the awesome inspiration from the team.

Hope to see you in the linky.  Hugz

 

Joining the fun at
Christmas Kickstart Challenge 101 - Let's Wreathe It Up
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes 
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - 4 Legged Friend 

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

Joining the fun at
Penny Black Friends Saturday Challenge - AG opt Wings
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Stamping Sensations Challenge - Animals, Birds and Creatures opt AG
Kaartjes Inspiratie Challenge 189 - Stempels
Christmas Craft Creations Challenge - Glitter 

My Present Favourite Jolly Red Bloke

Hello Nomad friends.  Yet another Gummiapan Christmas card with this awesomely cute santa stamp and a slew of stamped and fussy cut presents in a rainbow of colour.

Isn't he adorbs!!!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Creative Crafting Uncles Challenge 48 - Christmas/Happy New Year
We Love Stamping Challenge - Winter Flowers and/or Foliage or Anything Goes well, there's a tree LOL, that's foliage, right?
Stamping Sensations December Challenge - Favourite Colours  gotta love a rainbow of colour
Friendship Challenge 94 - Es Weihnachtet Sehr

Penguins Party

Hello Nomad friends.  Merry Boxing Day!!   I hope you had an awesome Christmas and are enjoying your day.  Did Santa bring you crafty goodies???   I treated myself to the Gummiapan dies advent calendar, which I have done for a few years now, and because I like the fun to last I'm on the special extended 31 days version.  Yes, it's well worth the money, if you like dies and Gummiapan. 

This is obviously a magic door set into a huge snowball by a secret society of albino penguins!!!!!  Terry Pratchett would have had a good name for it!!

The door was in the 2023 calendar, as was the ring I built my wreathe on.  The wreath, too big for the door so dismantled and reassembled, and bushes from last year's calendar and the penguins and bow are standard dies available anytime.  All the calendar dies are only available in the calendars.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Let's Party
Allsorts Challenge Week 760/1 - Cold and Ice
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Let It Snow
Creative Crafting Uncles Challenge 48 - Christmas/Happy New Year

Think Pink

Hello Nomad friends.  Isn't it nice when parties last all weekend.  Here's a design idea in neon colours.  Mostly pink.  Cos, well, we all need a little pink in our lives......

And you gotta love a little neon.  The headphones are a funky fossil die cut from silver mirror card with pink details.  I embossed the background panel with a sizzix dotty swirl or maybe swirly dots folder.  I found these decorated chipboard elements which looked lovely and bright so hoping they are acceptably neon too.  The sentiment is from Kort og Godt and means cool and festive (in a parting sort of way).

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Colorful Options Challenge - Neon
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Add Some Texture
Double D Pink October Challenge
Creative Crafting Uncles 45 - Males Go Feminine

Rustic Happy Mail

Hello Nomad friends.  It's December!!  I hope you are all keeping well and cosy and crafty.  I am still making Christmas cards, either for this year, or next LOL.  Until I get all my cards written I'll keep adding to the pile.  52 Weeks to Christmas have a fun challenge to be inspired by patterned paper, and since it closes in a few minutes I'd better get my jingle on LOL

I found this lovely mail inspired designer paper that I have had for years.  Isn't it gorgeous.  I love postal stuff.  Always have.  I think it's real sad that the Royal Mail is changing their stamps to include bar codes.  How pretty is a bar code!!!!   So sad.  Anyway, there's a tree on the paper so I used my favourite Memory Box die, Frosted Christmas Tree and cut a tree in green card.  Then I cut one from corrugated to pop it up and decided I liked the rustic kraft look.  So I cut two for added dimension and smeared with TE Sugar Cube ink.  A pretty ribbon bow and a gold pre-embossed die cut sentiment to finish and done!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
52 Weeks to Christmas Challenge - November
Memory Box Challenge 90 - Bows
Country View December Challenge - Christmas
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Freezing Cold Moodboard

Textured Christmas Tree Tags

Hello Nomad friends.  My thoughts are firmly on Christmas crafting.  I usually stick with cards until December, but there are a few challenges looking for tags, so tags it is!!  I've made a trio using the lovely Rubber Dance Textured Christmas Trees stamps and bows from Rubber Dance Cosy Christmas.  

I used a Gummiapan Old Tag die to cut three tags from grungy card.  I stamped the trees, masked and stamped the hearts and stars which are also included in the Textured Christmas Trees set.  The bows are from Cosy Christmas, simply stamped on red card and fussy cut.   I love this set for all the lovely christmas accessories.   A great one if you are making some Christmas ephemera.  I coloured the trees with distress markers.   Textured Christmas Trees are available as red rubber or as an A5 clear set which includes some extra stamps and today is the last chance to order your Rubber Dance Christmas stamps with 10% off! 

 

Remember, if you are creating anything with Rubber Dance stamps this month, whatever your inspiration, please post a new project in our Facebook  group or over on Instagram. You must have used at least one of our stamps on your project to join. If you are posting on Instagram use the hashtag #rubberdancemoodboard and tag us @rubberdance in your post! cos someone is going to win €10 to spend in the Rubber Dance store!   

 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hope you have a crafty day.  Hugz 

 

Joining the fun at 

Country View Challenge November 2022 - Tags

Scrappelyst Utfordring for November - Tags

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge
Lek med Kreativ Utfordring 11 - Bruk Stempel

Twas The Night Before Christmas

Hello Nomad friends.  I have been meaning to join the Christmas Kickstart challenge all month so I decided it was time to pull santa out of the chimney and get with it.

I used this really cool Creative Expressions Festive Frames - Twas The Night die set.  Love the emboss detail.  I kept it simple but when I am feeling more fussy I might have a go at paper piecing this one, or colouring it.  I thought that black card was a funny shade!  Against the red it is obviously dark green.  Where be my glasses????   Love Santa's legs hanging out of the chimney.  Is he stuck??  Falling down?  Or going up?   Hope that's not a real fire in the basket there Santa!!!  I just added a piece of green and gold ribbon to the bottom of the card to add some Christmas bling.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Christmas Kickstart Challenge 66 - Home For The Holidays
Christmas Craft Creations September Challenge - Ribbon or Twine
September Rudolph Days Challenge
Time Out Challenge 223 - Photo Inspiration
Double D Challenge - Things That Fall needles from the tree and Santa!!!

New Year Kiss

Hello Nomad friends.  Here again with a simple New Years greeting using the lovely Kiss stamp from Carabelle Studio.

I stamped her on white card, extended her shoulders down and fussy cut.  I stamped Lost Coast Designs New Years sentiment and mounted her on a brown designer card base.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Repeat Impressions Theme Challenge D2921 - New Years
Allsorts Challenge Week 657 - Black and White Plus One
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Something New
Time Out Challenge 204 - New
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - It's Time To Party

Elephant Greetings

Hello Nomad friends.  I have a quick and simple card using Carmen's Veranda's adorable small Baby Elephant over on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity today for the Critters Challenge. 

No colouring, except for the bow and edging, as I used my patterned card to good effect.  I stamped the Baby Elephant on a piece of slightly grungy patterned card with black archival ink.  Then I cut around her feet and trunk, edged with a black marker and glued a piece of brick patterned card below as a wall for her to peek over.  We know it's a her cos I borrowed a bow from Carmen's Veranda's Reindeer Doll, stamped, coloured pink and red and fussy cut.  Perfect size for this little elephant.   I edged the panel and the card base in pink and stamped the sentiment from Lost Coast Designs Party Words set.  Have you seen the party words set???  So many of the sentiment would go great on this card; Happy Birthday, Congratulations, Thinking of you, Happy Everything, It's a Party, You're invited, Don't Worry, Be Happy etc etc.  

 

 

Join the Critters challenge for a chance to win and don't forget to check out all the awesome inspiration from the team on the blog, and all the fun in the fb Fangroup.  Would love to see a few more of my bloggy friends in the Lost Coast Designs linky.  Any critter, but do remember we are a real rubber/clear stamp challenge.

 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz 

Joining the fun at
NBUS Challenge 28 - elephant arrived from across the sea yesterday!!
Time Out Challenge 192 - Hungry
Stamping Sensations Challenge - For a Lady
Allsorts Challenge Week 633/4 - Feminine for a Lady
Scrappelyst Utfordring for Juli - Alt Er Lov

Feeling Small

Hello Nomad friends!!  The Lost Coast Portal to Creativity Mini Me challenge closes at 23.59 PST tonight!  Get stamping those little projects, tags, bookmarks, ATC's etc. and join the fun for a chance to win.  I made a threesome of Artist Trading Coins using Lost Coast Designs Dark Girls and Pieces of Calligraphy and a little bit of green........

 

I used a stitch die to cut my coins from card.  I stamped the Dark Girls with black archival ink, masked them and stamped the Pieces of Calligraphy with Library Green archival ink.  I coloured the girls with Promarkers and edged the coins with the green archival ink.  Simply so much fun!!

Due to the mass cancellation of stamp/scrapbook shows Linda is running an online virtual convention.   Use coupon code QUARANTINE to get 25% off any purchase of Lost Coast Designs or Carmen's Veranda stamps.  Katzelkraft stamps, stamp accessories and Stencil Girl stencils are not included in the sale.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

My Dark Girl ATC's are joining the fun at
Simon Says Monday Challenge - Add Some Green
Scrap the Rainbow Utfordring Mars - Grønt
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - A Bit O Green
Allsorts Challenge Week 615 - Stamped Image

She's Blue

Hello Nomad friends.  The 3rd International Womens Day Blog Hop is in full swing and I wanted to join the fun with this lovely Carabelle Studio Kiss stamp.

I used a piece of Kort og Gort music patterned designer card for my base.  It has three white birds on it and when I stamped the girl I positioned her so the one was inside her glasses.  The girl and the Rubber Dance sentiment were stamped with Manganese Blue archival.  I masked her and stamped Lost Coast Designs Pieces of Calligraphy with Bluebird and Sky Blue archival ink.  Stormy Sky distress ink for her bow and a little blue and white gel pen to finish.  

Thanks for dropping by.   Oooh look, 18.00 and still light outside.  How wonderful.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
3rd International Women's Day Blog Hop
Korthobby Inspiration Group
Foamtastisch Creaties
Stamping Sensations Challenge March - Monochromatic
Allsorts Challenge Week 615 - Stamped Image

Lantern Box with Alpine Flowers

Hello Nomad friends.  It's the 10th of the month and time for a new challenge at Let's Squash it!!  Probably the first embossing folder challenge in the universe!!   Challenge #6 and we want you to use a Floral Embossing folder and Make a Box.

We have the wonderful Robyn of Waterlily Cards as our guest designer and an awesome box she has to share with you.  Jo has made a plethora of pillows, and she also did a fabulous Technique Time post with some lovely tricks and tips, so don't forget to check that out as well.   I have made a Lantern Box and used Sizzix Alpine Flowers embossing folder to jazz up the decorative panels.  

 

I used Tonic Studio Lantern Bo dies and cut four sides and two square bases from Jade Bazzill Dots card.  I cut a fancy window in one of the sides and backed it with acetate.

I cut a scrap of pale green card with the rectangle and triangle panel dies, embossed with Sizzix Alpine Flowers folder and smeared the texture with Cracked Pistachio distress ink.  Here's all the pieces glued to the bases.  I used a double base to give me a nice strong box.

Since the die cuts a flap on each side of the side pieces I decided to glue them together on the outside of the box for a bit of a different look.  I used a piece of green ribbon to tie it shut, after I filled it with easter candy.  Nam Nam!  I added a sentiment panel under the die cut window with a sticker Happy Birthday sentiment.  Spring birthdays are a popuar thing in my family!!!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hop over to Let's Squash It! and join the fun.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Hobbygarasjen Utfordring - Moodboard
Double D Book Covers Challenge green, flowers
Inspiration Station Challenge 1 - Picture inspired by paper folding and triangles
Unstampabelles Challenge 109 - Lockdown Twist Scrap much chocolate has been consumed during lockdown........
Simon Says Monday Challenge - Add Some Green
Scrap the Rainbow Utfordring Mars - Grønt