Chick-a-boo

Hello Nomad friends.  I have been quite slow getting my boo on this year, but the feeling is starting to creep up on me.  So here's a little card for a young man I know.  

I started with a piece of navy pearl card and used a small Trick or Treat embossing folder for the sentiment.  The spider is another embossing folder.  I actually flubbed it a bit cos I debossed it, then decided I would get away with flipping it over and embossing it as I originally intended.  Results in a not so sharp spider, but spooky enough!!!  The grey and white bit is a thin Wave embossing folder, embossed on pale grey card and then I smeared with Hickory Smoke distress.  The fence is Memory Box Wrought Iron Gate cut 4 times.  I cut and pieced Poppystamps Large Chickadee from shades of orange and gave him some googly eyes.  A few die cut bats and done!!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Poppystamps Challenge 72 - Cards for Kids 2/3
Memory Box Challenge 65 - Haunted Halloween
Double D Challenge - Don't Fence Me In
Scrap the Rainbow September - Moodboard
Paperbabe Stamps Challenge 128 - Dimension

Sun, Moon and Stars

Hello.  Welcome.  Wow, March.  Coming in like a very fluffy polar bear!!  It's warmed up a bit today to a toasty -7°C!  That's 19F to my American friends.  But the sky is blue and the sun is shining and I hope spring will spring soon.  Undoubtedly there are new challenges all over the blogosphere, but I am starting the month with Rubber Dance.  I made a very whimsical happy new house card.

I have a friend who has just moved, so I thought this would be a nice card for them, and I used the challenge theme of circles and the very very yummy colours of Lavender, Grey and Black.  Check out the inspiration photo......

Squueeeeee!!  Too cute.  

 I started with a black card base and the linked circle stamp from Rubber Dance Round in Circles set.  I stamped, stamped, stamped and embossed with black powder for a tone on tone effect.  Then I hit the scraps box.

A scrap of grey pearlised card, a piece of purple that had previously been stamped and embossed with Rubber Dance Milky Way stamp and a scrap of white.  I stamped the tree and fence from Rubber Dance Whimsical Summer on their respective scraps and fussy cut.  I gave the fence a wash of Tea Dye distress, mainly so I could see where to fussy cut LOL.  The white on white wasn't such a good contrast as the black on black.  I used the two coffee stain stamps from Round in Circles with masks to make my boulder-like foreground, fussy cutting the top edge.

I stamped, embossed and coloured the house and found a scrap of gold mirror card and stamped the moon and sun.  These are also from the Whimsical Summer set.  I couldn't decide!!  The dark background looks like night, so use the moon.  But I wanted to wish my friend sunshine, so use the sun.  I solved the dilemma by giving her the sun, moon and star!   But the garden is still looking a bit inhospitable!!!!

Ahh, flowery hill from Whimsical Summer to the rescue.  Stamped on a scrap of old packaging.  I used my white gel pen and gold pilot marker to colour the flowers.  

Happy New House!!!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hope to see you in the Rubber Dance challenge linky.  It's going to be a stunning gallery this month!  Don't forget to hop over and check out the rest of the inspiration from the team and if you are shopping at Rubber Dance you can get free worldwide shipping with my code GTFreeShip when you spend over €15!  Hugz

My jolly little garden will be joining the fun at

Scrappelyst Grublis for Februar - Geometri
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - In My Garden

Love to Scrap Challenge 107 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Chick Talk

Hello.  Welcome.  Hope you are having a fun Saturday.  I did a few things in the garden, but it's pretty chilly, so I decided to put together an ATC that I had an idea for.  For a change the picture in my brain became reality quite rapidly, once I located the chicken!!!

I spotted Art Impressions small Birdie stamp and it got me thinking about Janis' ATC with chickens challenge.

I cut an ATC from kraft using a Sizzix die and stamped it with Potting Soil archival ink and Whimsy Stamps Into The Farm background stamp.

I cut a piece of silver mirror card with the ATC die and then used Die-Versions Fence background die.  I used some real straw at the bottom of the card and stamped, embossed, coloured and fussy cut Art Impressions small Birdie stamp.  The sentiment is also Art Impressions.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at

Art Impressions Stamps Challenge 226 - Anything Goes
Her Peaceful Garden ATC Birthday Party - And The Chickens
Deep Ocean Challenge 175 - Cute and Cuddly
Scrapy Land Challenge 84 - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Make Your Own Background

In The Garden Of Captain Birdseye

Hello.  Welcome.  Well now, over at the Craft Barn the weekly challenge is the sea.  Now, last week they were featuring fish fingers and I was all ready for Jane to set that as the challenge.  When she didn't I shared my favourite fish finger joke 

Why don't fish have fingers?

Cos Captain Birdseye took them all.  

Jane obviously liked that one cos she set me a little challenge all my own - fish fingers.  So Jane, in the spirit of rising to the occassion.......

So here we are.  I was inspired by the VLVS inspiration board to use this girl swinging from a lampost with octopus.  Like you do.  And also fences.  Cos it's Captain Birdseye's house he of course has a fishfinger fence.  Yeah, really.  I think these are called fishsticks in the US.  

So I stamped and masked VLVS Swing Set and used brusho's to colour the background.  Then I used distress inks in many colours and partially stamped VLVS Steampunk Warrior to get the tree and the bush.  I used his plumes for the leafy bits and his shoulder armor for the branches.  What fun.  I made my skinny fish fingers using wooden coffee stirrers, sand and orange paint.  The gate is a piece of fishing net with orange glitter glue. I added a seahorse and a starfish to the gateposts.  

I wanted a white edge on this copper base card. I tried sanding, but that wasn't very successful, so I used white embossing powder.  I ripped around the edge of my coloured panel, carefully cutting out the lady's leg so it could go out of the frame.  I really wanted some fish to be swiming around but couldn't find any suitable.  Little metal ones would have been perfect.......

Joining the fun at

VLVS October Challenge

The Craft Barn Weekly Challenge - Fish Fingers

Winnie & Walter WCMD 2015 - Partial Stamping with Kelly
Country View Challenge 32 - Add Some Texture 
Love 2 Create Challenge 20 - Anything Mixed Media 
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Ombre

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz 

Winnie and Walter have also set a craftie challenge where we take pictures of us crafting, so here's me working on the fish finger fence

You might not believe it but I did actually tidy up yesterday.  Sorry you missed it LOL.