Time Tag

Hello Nomad friends.  I've had fun making a giant tag this evening.  After midnight is always a fun time to craft.  

I cut the tag using a stamplorations die from patterned paper from a simon says stamp kit.  I cut the marilyn photo and some pink card using Funky Fossil filmstrip die.  I've used some scraps of holographic heart card, some black negative cut leftovers and a white scrap for the tag which I stamped the sentiment on.  I found the perfect brad! and added some pink halfpearls.  

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Postcard From The Past

Hello Nomad friends.  Playing with fancy fold postcards today and a seaside theme.  Love this Girl on a Donkey from Crafty Individuals.  Reminds me of visits to the grands in Weston Super Mare, two flavour soft whippy ice cream, paddles in the sea when it was 'in' and, on special days, a ride on the donkeys.

 

I made my own background paper by stamping Crafty Individuals shell background tone on tone and cut it to fit the fold panels.  I stamped the girl on the donkey and coloured with distress markers.  The sentiment down each side is taken from Crafty Individuals Seaside printed paper book and the happy birthday is a Hero Arts stamp.

 

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Homage to Alfred

Hello Nomad friends.  The May challenge at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity is Let Us Entertain You.  We want to see your stamped anythings with an entertainment theme so think clowns, circus, movie stars, theatre, opera, dancers, TV etc etc.  I have used the wonderful Alfred Hitchcock and combined him with a tonic diecut.

I used Carmen's Veranda Alfred Hitchcock standing and clear sentiments and created texture on the die cut with Lost Coast Designs Flagstone Background stamp, keeping it all black and white.

 You have all month to share your stamped anythings with an entertainment theme. Please read the updated rules before entering. Real rubber or clear stamping and theme must be the focus of your project for a chance to win Lost Coast $$$$$'s.   The team are posting awesome inspiration all month so do hop over and take a look. 

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Men Tags

Hello Nomad friends.  There is a new challenge starting at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity today and the theme is Tags.   I decided to recruit some of the lovely blokes from Carmen's Veranda and make some awesomely handsome tags.  Frankly my friends, I wonder why I hadn't thought of this earlier 's bwahhhaaaaaaaa.......

 

I decided to save ink by stamping Carmen's Veranda Alfred Hitchcock Standing, Charlie Chaplin and Frankenstein onto pink card using archival black ink.  I used sharpies to add a little colour to Frank and Charlie's eyes and to Alfreds suit.  I also did a bit of white gel pen on Alfred's clapperboard.  Fussy cut, make a hole, add a little wool and fun tags ready to go!!!!

Charlie was restless and I got a bit of a shadow, but I going with it cos perfection is overrated and I quite like the extra facial details!

The gorgeous Frank!!

 

I thought it would be disrespectful to make a hole in Alfred's head so we went for the off the shoulder look for his tag tie.

Join the Tag You're It! Challenge for a chance to win Lost Coast dollars.  Please remember we need to see real rubber or clear stamping as the focus of your tag for it to qualify for the prize.

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CAS Trio

Hello Nomad friends.  I made a few CAS cards this weekend and I am going to share them here together to save us both some time.  

Loving this one.  Maybe not purist CAS, but quite a simple make.  I found this alcohol ink panel on my desk and decided it was too lovely to ignore.  I embossed the bottom edge with Darice Filmstrip embossing folder and added a vintage Kort og Godt fussy cut image and happy birthday sentiment. 

Alas, it seems I may need this type of card soon.  I used a steel blue card base and cut a blue panel with Gummiapan heart die that came in the 2021 advent calender.  A heart full of hearts.  Then I added Stamplorations With Sympathy die cut from blue and coral card and slightly offset.

And finally.......   I really like this one too.  I like the colours and the cute little decoupaged kimono.  But I am coming up blank on a sentiment or occasion it will fit sooooooo.......  answers on a postcard my awesome crafty friends.  I am not sure Happy New Clothes is an occasion but maybe.........

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After The Weekend Is Over

Hello Nomad friends.  I have had a crafty Easter joining in some flash challenges on fb.  One of the last ones that posted was to use the scraps that resulted from the Easter Marathons.  Well, I thought this was a great idea cos usually they would either lie in a pile or get shoved onto Scrap Mountains.  Yep. my scrap mountain has friends!!!  Anyway, I didn't get to it last night so I got up bright and early and had a rattle through the pile.  Must have had a few lying there before I started cos a couple of hidden treasures appeared that I didn't generate this weekend.  So I chucked a few bit together, called it a design and ooohhhhhhh!!!  Magic!!!!

The green base card was cut special, and I don't really count pieces big enough to make a card size mat a scrap, but this yellow piece was left over from the weekend frenzy so.....  The girl is Unity, stamped on a white scrap, coloured with distress inks and fussy cut.  The pink flower and gold circles were bits I cut and didn't use.  The green piece with the blobs has been lying a while and was too cute to throw.  The film strip is a PaperArtsy stamp and I found it already stamped on a scrap of vellum at the bottom of the pile.  There is also a pale green jaggy border overlapping the vellum.  I was about too throw that but it was a very cute shape so I decided to add it to my design.  Really pleased with this card.  

Maybe I need to have another look to this pile!  

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Stamplorations Photo April Challenge  inspired by round citrus shapes and colours

To Two Too

Hello  Welcome.  Yesterday I was asked about my Altered Playing Card deck and had to sheepishly admit that I still had 6 cards (and Jokers) to complete.  So I picked one of Claudine's posts that I had bookmarked as unfinished.  You can see Claudine's cards HERE

Week 22 Claudine added elmer glue to her cards.  I used wood glue and two shades of green Dylusion sprays.  The card on the right I had squiggled the glue and it really shows up with the Jade spray.  On the left I somehow managed to get lots of little bubbles which actually are nicely highlighted by the green spray.

I added some cool washi tape I bought at IKEA the other day.  The markings are green and perfectly matched my background.  I also did some stamping with a tiny, but very cool Prima stamp.  

Looks a bit like a summer picnic.  The tea service and tea bag are all Viva Las Vegas stamps.  They actually come on wheels but I cut them off during the fussy cutting.  The circles are Sizzix swirl embosslit die.  The words are also Sizzix dies.  I cut them black but they vanished a little against the tape so I added some white pen.  

I've used the same tea themed stamps and Wheeley Winged Cat from Viva Las Vegas stamps.  The cat lost his wheels as well, but retained his crown.  I added some bits of the same washi tape and more Sizzix letters.  The film strip is also a sizzix die and I added small London themed pictures from a Crafty Individuals image book. 

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Thanks for your visit.  Hugz