Deer Friends

Hello Nomad friends.  My second christmas card for the month, this one inspired by a few different challenges.

I kept this scrap of patterned paper from the Nille sheet I was using the other day cos I thought the embossed deer and trees would make a nice background.  Endless Passion had the perfect sketch and I decided to add Poppystamps Shasta Oval Frame and Grand Whittle Reindeer to the scene.  The sentiment panel is a Spellbinders die stamped with some letter stamps.   

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz 

 

Joining the fun at
Christmas Kickstart Challenge 108 - Out of the Woods 
Poppystamps Challenge 136 - Stencil or Pattern Paper 
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes 

Someone Ate All The Chocolate

Hello Nomad friends.  I have made a cute little chocolate gift holder following directions from Hobbykunst Day 3.  Unfortunately you will just have to imagine the chocolate cos I am totally out of twix, which me feels may have fitted two to a side, and someone has run off with all the kwik lunsj!!!   Possibly those two little singing santa's who were at the door earlier today!!!!!

Still with the Lexi Design Christmas Loft patterned papers and also used Poppystamps Grand Whittle Reindeer and Brilliant Star Oval dies.  

It's the same front and back, and I really must remedy the sad chocolate situation tomorrow!!! 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Poppy Stamps Challenge 133 - Pockets Please
ABC Christmas Challenge - Y is for Yummy well, it will be once the shops open tomorrow LOL


 

 

The Wild Remembers

Hello Nomad friends.  I had a package of crafty goodies from a friend the other day and decided to combine some of the papers and chipboard leaves with a lovely tutorial from Darline for a beautiful and easy gatefold card.

 

 

This is the front of the card closed.  I've used two of the chipboard leaves to hold the front closed.  Pretty nature papers unknown.  The sentiment is a Papirdesigns stamp set.

 

  

This is the inside of the card opened flat.  The large leaves are chippys everything else is papers and another stamped sentiment from Papirdesigns.  In the centre is a concertina pocket for tags, money, photos, snacks!  Thin snacks LOL.  

 

 

 

This is the backside when the card is laid flat.

 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

 

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Kaartjes Inspiratie Challenge 210 - Bladeren
Allsorts Challenge 832 - Trees, Leaves, Plants 
Inspiration Station Challenge September inspired by trees and autumn colours
Papercraft Challenge 122 - Amazing Autumn

 

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

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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 

It's a Cracker

Hello Nomad friends.  Had a few new goodies for christmas.  Finally got a cracker die.  This one is from John Next Door and makes a small hexagonal cracker, which is quite roomy.  Or should that be spacey???  No rooms involved, only space??  Easy to use and a fun result.  I gave it a go with some Pink Ink papers and some Hero Art stamps and dies.

Aren't they adorbs.  I went with his and hers colours and used some sparkly foiled ribbon to tie the ends.  I used Hero Arts Snowy Drifts fancy die to cut the background tree scene and then Hero Arts Jingle All the Way stamps with matching dies for the deer and sentiments.  Cute!!!  Now to find a cracker box to  store them in........

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Stay Crafty With A Blog Named Hero Challenge - Those Were The Days December 24 Deck the Halls
ABC Christmas Challenge - A is for Anything Christmas and B is for Buildings
We Love Stamping Challenge - Not Square opt. AG
The Outlawz Challenges AG in Card Free Zone
The Outlawz Challenges January Linky

Cold And Frosty Cookie Basket

Hello Nomad friends.  I really liked the little tag basket I made the other day so I decided to alter the measurements to accommodate some cookies I made.  I've used blues and snowflakes and glitter for that cold and frosty look to go with the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity Cold and Frosty Challenge.

I used Carmen's Veranda Reindeer Doll with Lost Coast Designs Small Snowflakes and ATC Doodle Circles stamps.  Here's a view of the finished basket with my pig shaped cookies on the side.  I watercoloured the deer's dress and added some other colour with distress markers and promarkers.

I hope you get some time to stamp and join us at the Cold and Frosty challenge.  Don't forget to pop over to the blog and check out more details and all the awesome inspiration from the team.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

 

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Inspiration Station Challenge 68 inspired by cookies

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Make It Sparkle
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Winter Blues
ABC Christmas Challenge - W is for Watercolour

 

Merry Christmas with Hart

Hello Nomad friends.  Trying a bit of white on white today.  Quite pleased with how this came out.   I used a gemini modern hearts embossing folder on the background panel to give some texture and lots of sizzix dies and sentiment from Papirdesigns. 

I am so not ready for Christmas but this was a fun card to make and I do have cookie dough ready.....

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Die Cut Divas Challenge - Any Holiday  Christmas
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Emboss It
Snippets Playground Challenge 494 raided the white scraps bin for all the die cut bits.
Papercraft Challenge 112 - Monochrome

Be Still My Glittery Hart

Hello Nomad friends.  It all looks so pretty in the real, except for the fact that the 'no shed' was not entirely accurate!  Glitter and mirror card are a challenge to photograph aren't they, and now everything and me looks like a glitter explosion.  Bling!!!!!!

I used blue archival to stamp the Crafty Individuals Seeing Stars Background on the background panel and then added some strips of silver glitter tape.  I cut a bauble from silver glitter using a circle die and cut the bauble hanger from silver mirror card.  The deer is Crafty Individuals Highland stag stamped with blue archival on white card and fussy cut.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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52 Weeks to Christmas Juli Challenge - Bingo deer, bauble, stars
ABC Christmas Challenge - R for Rudolph
The Outlawz Challenge - August Festive Friday Christmas
The Outlawz Challenge August Linky

Oh Deer

Hello Nomad friends.  Busy busy busy!   Garden, visitors, birthday party.  Christmas challenges calling me though, so I made this one with Poppystamps Playful Deer Collage die, silver mirror card and some silver stickers.  Stickers!   Bet you have some.  I have lots.  Gotta use these things now and again.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Poppystamps Challenge 115 - Look Out The Window
Build Your Christmas Stash Cardmakers Spring Into Christmas 2024
Rudolph Days April Challenge
Christmas Craft Creations Challenge - Non-traditional Colours
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Santa Seminar : Navigation

Hello Nomad friends.  Santa is back with his friend Rudolf and they are discussing the finer points of navigation.  Nothing worse than getting your GPS in a tangle on the busiest night of the year.

Santa is sporting his silver suit tonight and Rudolf polished up his nose.  I used that lovely Simon Says Stamp Faceted Snowflakes embossing folder on matt silver paper for the background.  I found a sad looking silver star in the scraps box and tried to jazz it up with a little more embossing.  Not sure it feels jazzed.  It is a bit of a curiosity, an eight pointed star.  Santa is obviously explaining that to Rudolf who is probably blinded by his red shiny nose.  Both santa and rudolf are sizzix papercut die sets.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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52 Weeks to Christmas Challenge March
Christmas Kickstart Challenge 85 - Santa and His Sidekicks
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Whatever the Weather  Clear skies, good chance of snow
Allsorts Challenge Week 775 - For The Love of Animals opt AG

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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52 Weeks to Christmas August Challenge - Tag card with deer
Die Cut Divas Challenge - Anything Goes
Papercraft Challenge 97 - Special Card Shapes
ABC Christmas Challenge - Q is for Quick

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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52 Weeks to Christmas August Challenge - Tag card with deer
Die Cut Divas Challenge - Anything Goes
Papercraft Challenge 97 - Special Card Shapes
ABC Christmas Challenge - Q is for Quick

Christmas Easel Scene

Hello Nomad friends.  I can't believe how the month is whizzing by again.  There has been much garden time this month and the time spent watering is paying off with a few tasty vegies starting to mature.  We have a serious drought on going, but can't complain really about blue skies and warm temps.  So I made a Christmas card.  Of course!!!!!

I used a deer/tree scene die and cut it from brown bazzill card.  Then I covered it with holographic embossing powder for gloss and bling.  

and turned it into an easel card.  The strip with the embossed Happy Christmas (Lost Coast Designs stamp) is what the brown cardstock looked like before I hit it with the holographic embossing powder.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Christmas Kickstart Challenge 75 - Festive Fancy Folds
Christmas Craft Creations Challenge- Heat Embossing
Jingle Belles Rock Masculine Christmas opt Coffee
ABC Christmas Challenge - L is for Lots of Layers
MFT Stamps Christmas Card Challenge June 2023
MFT Stamps Weekly Sketch Challenge 651

Pink Christmas

Hello Nomad friends.  Another cold sunny day here in southern Norway.  I locked myself in the greenhouse and planted a few beans, peas and dhalia seeds in pots.   Hoping to get a quick start when spring arrives, but first, Christmas!!!!!   Gosh, the end of February and I nearly forgot Rudolf Days!!!!   I've gone pink and deers and a little bit squiffy.  

I embossed a pink stripey card panel with sizzix ScandiKnit folder and smudged some pink ink.  I cut two sizzix deers from pink scraps and added some darker pink behind the die cut details.  The big sentiment is a Stamplorations die cut from dark pink holographic card.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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February Rudolph Days Challenge
Christmas Craft Creations - Pink
ABC Christmas Challenge - D is for Die Cut
Allsorts Challenge Week 717

Too Late To Give It Away Better Eat It Myself

Hello Nomad friends.   It's been a while since I my last blogpost.  I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and hopefully you are enjoying these weird in the middle days.  I always feel a bit adrift at this time of year.  The run up to Christmas and the day itself is suddenly over and there's that sense of a new year on the horizon, but it's not quite here yet.   Of course, it's a nice time to try out new goodies if you have them, or just use the old ones to join some final 2022 challenges.   Decorating chocolate boxes is a bit of a thing in Norway so here's a toffifee box I decorated with patterned paper and Poppystamp dies.

I went with a blue theme and used Poppystamps Playful Deer Collage, Snowflake Oval Collage, Shasta Oval Frame without the frame lol, and one of the Pierced Border dies.  The two blue frames were in my stash and I think they were a gift from a crafty friend.  If you recognise them please say hi cos I really like the detail on these and such a perfect colour!!!  

Hmmmmmmmm...... chocolate................

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz
 

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Poppystamps Challenge 99 - Gift It
Kaartjes Inspiratie Challenge 174 - Alles Mag Behalve Een Kaart

Christmas Tree Squash

Hello Nomad friends.  I'm here with some inspiration for the Let's Squash It! Let's Make a Christmas Card challenge. 

Yep, Christmas is coming so grab those embossing folders and make some easy cards with squashy WOW!  Here's mine and I've gone navy and white with lovely scandi texture....

 

I simply stamped Crafty Individuals Noel Border stamp with navy ink onto a white card panel.  Then I embossed with Sizzix Scandi Borders embossing folder and mounted the panel on a white card base.

You have until the end of the month to share your Christmas cards that include the use of at least one embossing folder.  There are some lovely makes in the linky already so hop over and take a look and leave a little love.  We all need a little love and you never know you could make someone's day so much better.  

Thanks for dropping by. Hugz

 

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Crafty Individuals Anything Goes

Christmas Kickstart Challenge 68 - Trees Trees Trees

Allsorts Challenge Week 703 - AG opt Trees/Leaves

Paperbabe Stamps Challenge 181 - Anything Goes
We Love Stamping Challenge - Christmas