She Has.......

Hello.  Welcome.  I have used the MFP Tiger again.  I usually think of this as a male image but this was originally inspired by the Twofers A Girl's Best Friend challenge.  Zoe set the challenge and she mentioned that she likes cats, flying and diamonds.  What girl wouldn't like a tiger??  I am also doing a bit of an inspiration hop cos it's also got elements in common with the last post, namely Marilynn's scrabble letters and tan.  The colour, not anything to do with sunbathing.  Actually that would be right out since I have also used a moon.  Can you moonbathe?  Maybe just for crafty sisters bwahahahahahahahaha.

I was going to make a tag but I found this cardboard coaster in the tag box so I thought 'Why Not?'.  I covered it with some crinkly handmade stitched paper.  I used a chipboard moon from EyeConnects Totem Owl set and coloured it with a gold pilot marker.  I stamped MFP's Tiger on the back of some packaging, fruits of the forest yoghurt I believe.  I restamped the head and layered it on the body to give a bit more dimension.  Then I added some of the scrabble tiles I got from Marilynn.  Catitude.  Definitely a female trait.  Oh, and some clear rhinestones cos they do say diamonds are a girls best friend.  Hugz

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
MFP Stamps Challenge 30 - Tan  
Twofers Challenge 24 - These Are a Girls Best Friend  
Dare 2 B Artzy Lots of Layers Challenge  
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Eye Connect Crafts July Design Contest - National Moon Day 
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Add Some Texture 

Spring Wishes

Hello.  Welcome.  Happy March.  I am a keen gardener.  I love growing my own food.  Last year was a wash out.  What the slugs didn't eat died due to lack of summer.  This year, well, I can't do much about the weather, but maybe I can get lucky with the little slimy dudes/dudettes.........

A gardening good luck sign using the Rubber Dance March challenge colours:-

I made a background using Ripe Persimmon and Cracked Pistachio distress inks.  Then I stamped a border using the paintbrushes from Rubber Dance Artist Plate and embossed in white.

The snail is EyeConnect chipboards.  I stamped the Totem Snail's shell and horns with the large spiral from Round in Circles.  I used the brush numbers stamp from Artist Plate to add texture to the snail's body.  I used Rubber Dance Alphabet Uno to stamp my spring wish and embossed with green tinsel embossing powder.  I added a neon wool hanger.  

All stamps are from Rubber Dance.  

You can use my code gail2016 to get 15% off your order.  

Postage is flatrate €4,50 worldwide.  That's less than $5US!!  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes 
The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Challenge - Springtime 
Allsorts Challenge Week 352 - Sentiment in Focus 
OCS March Challenge - Anything Goes 
Our Creative Corner - The Return of the Challenge  I used Words, Words, Words
 

Bilingual Blogging

Hello. Welcome. Today I'm starring on both the Rubber Dance blogs.  I've done a step by step of my dragon clock that I showed during the Rubber Dance/EyeConnect Crafts blog hop.  Do pop over and check it out and leave me a little love.........

In English

I Norsk

Thanks for dropping by.  If you would like to buy Rubber Dance stamps you can get 15% off with the code gail2016

 

And there's still time to join the Rubber Dance Challenge

 Hugz

Join Our Combined Blog Hop!

Hello Crafters! I'm excited to welcome you to the very first joint blog hop with EyeConnect Crafts and Rubber Dance Stamps!

Erin Sparler of EyeConnect Crafts (USA) and Bibi Lindahl of Rubber Dance Stamps (Norway) met online in the fall of 2015. They quickly hit it off and discovered that they had a LOT in common, or as Erin so eloquently put it: There is no word for old friends who have just met!

The Design Teams have been generously supplied with chipboards from EyeConnect Crafts and rubber stamps from Rubber Dance Stamps and we are all thrilled to show you the results with this joint Blog Hop.

What's in it for you?

Glad you asked! One lucky winner will receive a Gift Certificate worth $25 from BOTH EyeConnect Crafts AND Rubber Dance to spend on our websites! Another lucky winner will receive a surprise gift from BOTH Erin and Bibi, with $25 worth of products from our two companies!

What do you have to do?

Not much! 

1) Visit all the blog posts in the hop and leave a comment. 

2) Become a follower of the EyeConnect Crafts and Rubber Dance Stamps blogs.

That's it! And who knows... maybe YOU will tie new bonds of friendships across the globe, too! :-)

You have until Valentine's Day, Sunday the 14th at midnight EST (New York time), which is 6 am Monday 15th for those of you on Central European Time (Amsterdam, Berlin, Oslo), and 5 am if you live in the UK. You can find a time converter here. Winners will be announced 18th of February.

Enjoy the hop and good luck!

Here is what I made with chipboards from EyeConnect Crafts and stamps from Rubber Dance:

A one handed clock LOL

I started with an IKEA clock.  I used EyeConnect Crafts Totem Dragon embossed with red tinsel embossing powder.  I have connected it with brads and the thing I really like about these chipboards is, they move.  I used 5mm foam to under the central body piece to attach the dragon.  Everything else moves still!  Cool

 

I used stamps from Rubber Dance Round in Circles and ATC Backgrounds 2 embossed with white embossing powder.  

I added some frayed ribbon and red rhinestones to the hand. It rotates once a minute. The circle with the pen and the word 'Imagination' rotate once every twelve hours. It's my very own Imagination-o-meter LOL

Blog hop list:

      1. Erin, owner of EyeConnect Crafts

 2. Susan

 3. Lilian

 4. Anita

 5. Irit

 6. Steph

 7. Majo

 8. Kim

 9. Kristiina

10. Gail   <==== you are here

11. Susanne

12. Bibi, owner of Rubber Dance Stamps

Challenge!

You may have noticed that the blog hop projects all use the colors from this month’s Rubber Dance Challenge, Kraft, White and Red. Play along for another chance to win Rubber Dance Stamps, this is the post you need to read (link opens in a new tab).

Thanks for stopping by and hopping along!

Don't forget to leave a comment for the chance to win.  Hugz

Joining the fun at

Country View Challenges February - Make Your Own Background
Stamping Sensations February Challenge - Anything Goes
Things to Alter #1 - Anything Goes But Not Cute 

Tribute to Nussi

Hello.  Welcome.  This is a re-post of my Rubber Dance DT post.  I made three cards using Rubber Dance stamps and EyeConnect Crafts chipboards.

I was inspired by this month's challenge at Rubber Dance which is:

We have a cat.  She's called Nussi.  She's black.  She's 18 years old.  The last year she has been doing lots of strange things.  I am sure she has a bucket list.  "Things to do before I die"  Or maybe she has just decided to see just how far she can push the rules.  Quite a long way it turns out!!  When I saw these cat totem chipboards from EyeConnect Crafts I thought of Nussi.  I did find out that is is just as difficult to take a picture of a black chipboard cat as it is to take a picture of a real black cat!!

I made a background using lime green paint and used stamps from Rubber Dance ATC Backgrounds 1 and Retro Beach with various green distress inks.

The cat chipboards consist of many parts that you fix together with brads.  I used a foam block that came with some supplies with a piece of double sided tape to hold the pieces while I embossed them with black powder.  A wine cork would also work. 

I used three layers of embossing to give the cats an enameled look.  Stamps from African Animals and Affirmations

I used the alphabet stamps from Alphabet Uno to make the letter layer.  The other stamps are from Sarcastic Superpower and Affirmations

This one is for Nussi.  I have stuck the cats to the card but because they are put together with brads the head, tail and some legs are still movable!  What fun.

You can find all the stamps I used at Rubber Dance Stamps
Don't forget you can get 15% off your order with my code gail2016

Orders have worldwide flat rate shipping of only €4,50!! (less than $5 US!!)  Orders over €35 ship FREE!!!  

If you enter the challenge you can get a code for free shipping so get stamping with black and white plus 1 !! 

These lovely cat chipboards plus many more fun designs can be found at EyeConnect Crafts.

Thanks for dropping by.  Still time to enter my GIVEAWAY ;-).  Hugz

My Cat Says

Hello.  Welcome.  Today is the day for another fun post by me at the Rubber Dance Scandanavian blog.  Hop over and leave me some love.  Pictures in your own language.

Thanks for dropping by.  Did you see my giveaway?  Hugz