Sleigh Full of Presents

Hello Nomad friends.   Christmas in July continuing at my little corner of blogland.   I was working on this one yesterday but the final details didn't seem to be working.  Then today I had a eureka moment involving some presents.

Seems I'm having a pink glittery period......  I've used Memory Box Timberland Collage cut into a pink glitter panel and backed with a piece of bubbly Kort og Godt patterned paper.  I cut the Memory Box Sleigh from red card and added a little red glitter detail to the seat panel.  The Merry Christmas is also Memory Box die, cut from the deep pink glitter card I used yesterday.  Then I cut some printed presents and arranged them in an ascetically pleasing manner.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Eugene's Present

Hello Nomad friends.  Christmas in July is in full swing.  Here's a little santa with much bling.

Sizzix Retro Santa holding colorize Eugene the penguins present against a handcut pink glitter wavy stripes.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz  

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Bright Like a Diamond

Hello Nomad friends.  The end of the month is nigh.........  Did a sneaky bit of seed sowing this evening so I could tell myself I got them in in April bwahaahahahaaaaa.  Ah well, it has been a lovely day and a glorious evening.  And I did manage to get to the craft room and do some last of the month things.

Opps, sorry, should have given you a bright alert!!  This looks kinda hectic, but basically it's the Kort og Godt wiggly circle die put together as many layers, with a Honey Bee sunburst die cut in yellow and a spellbinders flower in a pot.  Then I added a Papirdesigns birthday greeting and some negative bits from last nights buckles cos a gold glitter diamond or 9 is hard to put in the bin.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz  

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Die Cut Divas Challenge - Birthday Card

Maybe Baby

Hello Nomad friends.

I used adorable scorable for my patterned panel and cut gold glitter foam with Memory Box Lisette Buckle die three times.  I added a piece of teal organza ribbon and arranged the buckles on it.  Then I cut Memory Box Precious Mobile from white card.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz  

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Allsorts Challenge 848 - Shaped Card opt AG

 

Fantastic Flower

Hello Nomad friends.  The second of the month and time for the December Card Chain Challenge Reveal.  We simplified the options for the busiest time of the year so it was used a NBUS, three favourite colours and an animal OR a flower OR a fruit.  Here's the card I sent to Alice in Finland. 

My NBUS is this fantastic flower die from Spellbinders, my colours were blue, black and white and it's a flower.  I've got a Gummiapan postage die cut black layer on my black card base and I used white glitter card for the stars and leaves.   The stars were cut from the same glitter card using a sizzix die and the second layer of the flower was coloured with brushos.  

 If you would like to see all the cards that were sent this month hop over and check out the REVEAL 

If you would like to join the fun the November SIGN UP is open until the 6th 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Giving the Gift of Light

Hello Nomad friends.  The weather continues fairly warm for the time of year and I finally planted some garlic, which has been on my to do list for a couple of months.  First time trying garlic, so wish me luck.  Then I came in doors, warmed up and made this sparkly lantern gift box.

I used Tonic Multi-sided Lantern Box Dies.  It's an old set and I have used it to make three and four sided boxes but today I splashed out and went with a five sided box.  I used black card for the base panels and orange glitter card for the sparkly bits.  I also added the same glitter card inside the base of the box to  throw back some light.  The front panel is cut through and I added a battery tea light inside.  I also have plans to add a bag of caramelised almonds when I get my sugar head on. 

 

 My little helper was intrigue by my pull bow and really helped the process!!
I've added a couple of small silver baubles to the bow decorated top and the pretty star die is from Papirdesigns.

 

 Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Falling Off The Christmas Wagon

Hello Nomad friends.   Whilst digging out my angel earlier I also spotted this hare die.  Bunnies and hares have a special place in my heart and I decided to go masculine and plaid and make a birthday card tag combo.  

The grey plaid card is from Card Creations, and yes, it's that old!!!   But isn't it pretty.  I cut the sizzix hare from ex-beer box kraft and the moon is blue glitter card.  I used Stamplorations Luggage Tag die.

I was going for a standard 10cm x 15cm card, but mini-slimline seem to suit better.   Small is beautiful.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Angelic Giving

Hello Nomad friends

I've made a few tags this afternoon using scraps and dies

 

I used thin corrugated cardboard from the inside of the cat food box cut with a sizzix tag die and the sizzix angel was cut from a box that came bearing beer!!!   It was looking all environmentally friendly but couldn't resist adding a blue glitter layer cut with a studio light die.  A little stamped God Jul and a bit of twine and good to go.

So good I decided to make it a trio.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Something Fishy

Hello Nomad friends.  Hope you had a great weekend.  I spent two days dancing with a vicious little virus that came in Saturday morning with a hedgehog in my throat and then hit me with a herd of buffalos and left me feeling like a merry-go-round on a roller coaster.  Don't you just love it when annoying weekend visitors move along!!  Feeling very much more ooman today and found a sentiment to finish this A5 journal page I was working on.

I started with an A5 sheet of Marianne Designs Seabreeze papers.  I added some ripped dark blue strips and some dark blue glitter through a Rubber Dance stencil.  The light house and anchor are from UHK-Gallery Lighthouse papers, cut with Studio Light Mosaic ATC die.  I added an offset dark blue ATC behind each of these.  The fish were cut from some maritime themed wallpaper and the sentiment is ripped from a Prima journaling card.

OK, off to water the garden before my tomato plants give up totally. 
Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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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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Fairy Princess

Hello Nomad friends.   I wanted to have a go at this card design I saw over at Kaartjes Inspiratie Challenges Blog.  It looks complex, but Renate has done a nice video and supplied the measurements.  I used a pack of princess papers I had which also had printed die cut ephemera.   OK, lots of pictures......

This is what it looks like closed

First flaps open

Second flaps open

Center flaps open

Then you have the tags in the hidden pockets.  I used some of the ephemera for these, added some of the fairies and backed then with plain card cut to shape.  I also added extra glitter.

This is the back of the card.

Thanks for dropping by.  I'm joining the Papirglede scrapathon this weekend so I'll be back real soon......Hugz

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Desk Diving

Hello Nomad friends.  I have so much stuff on my desk.   For instance an empty ice cream lolly box, because after good ice cream there remains good cardboard LOL.  I decided to cut a panel with a deckle edge die and emboss with Simon Says Stamp firework embossing folder.  Then I grabbed some embossing powder and went a bit crazy.  I inked my panel and added quite a lot of Pearl Gold Sparkle, decided that would be a bit of a challenge for the camera so reinked parts of the panel and used WOW metallic copper sparkle.  Then I filled in the gaps with Topaz Twinkle to give the blue and white/sparkly bits.

 

Bling!!!!!  I inked the edges of the panel and also the raised firework pattern with potting soil archival ink and offset the panel on a navy card base.  Then I grabbed this MDF dragon, which has also been lurking on my desk for ages, that seemed to fit perfectly with this firey explosion of a background.  I stamped the happy birthday on a scrap of gold card and added it to the card.  Good glue is required to stick paper on all that sparkly embossed texture.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Off to find some more desk treasures....  Hugz

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I Scream See Son

Hello Nomad friends.  Big grill party today.  Hope the rain keeps away.  At least it's warm.  Perfect season for ice-creams.

I made an ice cream shaped card using sizzix dies.  Isn't it cute!!   The sentiment is from Rubber Dance Playful Penguins set.

Not sure what flavour ice cream that is but I added this cute little ice cream charm with an ice lolly dangle  

Did a little inside work as well cos every ice cream should have a penguin inside.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Sea Lion

Hello Nomad friends.  I seem to have misplaced a week!!  But seriously, who has summer??  It very unsettled here.  I need some sun to get my energy levels singing.  Please send.  

Best use of desk scraps.....   Made a background the other day and had this bit left over.  Decided to turn it into a Sea Lion scene.  

It's a distress oxide/distress ink smoochy background with added glitter.  I ripped a scrap of yellow paper to make the sand bars.  Harrison sizzix colourise die was cut from lots of brown scrap with a touch of black and pink.  The sentiment was sent to me by a friend.

I'd sail away with him.  He's so hansome!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Cliff and His Shadows

Hello Nomad friends.  Loving these Waffle Flower seagull dies.  Such a simple shape but so iconic.  Here they are with a distress oxide and ink and glitter splashy background and some paper pleated cliffs.

Hope you are having an awesome day.  Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Mr Spoon

Hello Nomad friends.  I always fancied being an astronaut.  Or a jet plane pilot.  Or a tree surgeon.  Well, keep your options open I say........  Loving this huge astronaut, that I picked up in a pre-christmas sale at Funky Fossil, and first time trying the floating technique, inspired by the lift challenge.

I made my floating circle with scraps of green and blue glitter paper and a scrap of acetate packaging.  Then I need to pop up my astronaut as well over the black glitter background.  His air hose is a grunge die from Studio Light.

Thanks for dropping by.  HUGZ

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