Happy Halloween

Hello Nomad friends.  Gosh, the last of October.  The most spooktacular day of the year.  Happy Halloween everyone.  

I stamped Crafty Individuals Poison and Danger onto white card with plum ink.  I cut the panel with Waffle Flower Postage Collage die.   I edged the card and did a few smears and streaks with burgundy ink.  I stamps the upper part of Crafty Individuals Gothic Crow, added a little colour and fussy cut. 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
As You Like It Challenge - Favourite Critter crows and ravens are so smart, look very cool and are perfect for the time of year

Moonlight Flit

Hello Nomad friends.  I am over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity again today and have made another quarter circle card.

Such a fun card shape.  I used yellow card for my base and did some off block stamping with Lost Coast Designs Zombie Chicken and dandelion archival ink to add some texture.  I stamped part of Carmen's Veranda Flying Monkeys Background and the Witches Go Riding sentiment directly onto the card base.  Gnome Witch on Broom and Z-Sassy cat were stamped on white card, coloured and fussy cut before being arranged on the card.

 

The linky is open until 23.59 PST on the 31st so submit your stamped anythings with a Halloween theme if you are making a stamped project for the season.  Black cats, night scenes and all things pumpkins qualify LOL.  Just add a bat and call it good.  Don't forget we need to see real rubber or clear stamping for a chance at the prize.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Lift Challenge 192 - Quarter Circle Card
Allsorts Challenge Week 803 - Cute and/or Cuddly
Inspiration Station Challenge October 2024 inspired by autumn and witches hats

 

TaDa Gets His Wings

Hello Nomad friends.  I have another project for the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity 31 Days of Halloween celebration.  The team is sharing bootiful projects every day this month and we hope you will join the fun and link up your stamped anythings with a halloween theme.   It doesn't have to be spooky or scary, anything that fits the season is good as long as you have used real rubber or clear stamps.  

Today I have used Lost Coast Designs TaDa Mouse and Large Tigger Shrine.

 

After I stamped the shrine I smudged around with purple and black distress inks and gave the shrine a watercolour wash with pumice stone distress ink.  I stamped TaDa on white card and fussy cut him stamped part of Carmen's Veranda Witches Go Riding sentiment on the top of the shrine.  If you want to see what he's hiding you need to hop over to the Portal.....

 

 We would love to see some more entries in the linky if you are making a stamped project for the season.  Black cats, night scenes and all things pumpkins qualify LOL.  Just add a bat and call it good.  Don't forget we need to see real rubber or clear stamping for a chance at the prize.

Thanks for dropping by. Hugz

Joining the fun at
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Spooky/Add Some Purple

The Outlawz Monday Greeting Challenge - AG
The Outlawz Challenges October Linky
Creative Crafting Uncles 58 - Halloween

 

 

 

Fat Cat in the Forest

Hello Nomad friends.  I have a fun project over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity today for the 31 Days of Halloween celebration.  The team is posting everyday this month.  Today I made a hidden slider card with Lost Coast Designs Fat Cat

I made my background with distress inks and Lost Coast Designs Tall Trees Background stamp.  I also stamped Carmen's Veranda Witches Go Riding sentiment.  Fat Cat was stamped in two pieces, coloured and fussy cut.  Then I put the slider together with a die cut moon on the slider pull tab.

Whoo hoo, video!!!

Submit your stamped anythings with a Halloween theme to the linky party by 23.59 PST on the 31st and don't forget to follow us so you don't miss anything!  The team will be posting more inspiration throughout the month so check back and join the fun. 

Thanks for dropping by. Hugz

Joining the fun at
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Halloween/Spooky
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Spooky/Add Some Purple
Stamping Sensations Challenge - Autumn Colours
Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers 255 - H is for Halloween opt pink
Inspiration Station Challenge October 2024 he's orange and round and fat so kinda makes me think pumpkins and the leaves made me think of trees. 

The Wisdom of Cats

Hello Nomad friends.  Mustn't forget the spooky season bwahahhahaaahaahahaa.  I've used Funky Fossil stamps and papers for this card.  Love these mystical cats.

I stamped the Feline Magic cat on FF Deco Luxe gold marble paper, coloured with Promarkers and fussy cut.  Then I mounted it on a piece of Deco Luxe bokeh design paper and stamped the sentiment.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Halloween/Spooky
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Spooky/Add Some Purple
Allsorts Challenge Week 803 - Patterned Paper 
We Love Stamping Challenge - Autumn
Stamping Sensations Challenge - Autumn Colours

The Curious Case of Floating Frank

Hello Nomad friends. I am over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity today with some bootastic inspiration for the 31 Days of Halloween celebration.  If you are a regular visitor here you are possibly aware of my love for Frank and his famous friends by Carmen's Veranda.

I've used a card shape called a Floating Centre Panel Gatefold, which I found the instruction for over at Papercrafting with Paul.  I adjusted the dimensions to accommodate the stamped images I used, so this is a slimline version.  I used Lost Coast Designs Fourth Dimension for the background and floating band, Carmen's Veranda Hourglass on the two gatefold end panels and the lovely Carmen's Veranda Frank as the centre piece.  This is how it looks, flat for sending.

 

 

And here he is, popping out to woo you with his handsomeness.

 

 

Submit your stamped anythings with a Halloween theme to the linky party by 23.59 PST on the 31st and don't forget to follow us so you don't miss anything!  The team will be posting more inspiration throughout the month so hop over and join the fun. 

Thanks for dropping by.

Joining the fun at
Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers 255 - H is for Halloween opt pink
Two Old Bats Halloween October Challenge
We Love Stamping Challenge - Autumn
Allsorts Challenge Week 802 - Magical, Myth and Legend

Black Cats Get a Bad Rap

Hello Nomad friends.  I am flying in with some more inspiration for the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity 31 Days of Halloween challenge.  I've made a scene featuring Lost Coast Designs Witch 2 and Yoga Cat 10

 

I stamped the background with Lost Coast Designs Pieces of Calligraphy and Window and Large Circle Shadow Frame with yellow and orange distress ink for the 'moon'.  I gave the background a watercolour wash with blue distress inks.  I stamped Witch 2, Yoga Cat 10 and Carmen's Veranda Witches Go Riding sentiment on white card, fussy cut, added some colour to the witch and added them to the panel.  Yoga cat lost of legs was intentional LOL.

Submit your stamped anythings with a Halloween theme to the linky party by 23.59 PST on the 31st.  The team will be posting more inspiration throughout the month so hop over and join the fun. 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Two Old Bats Halloween October Challenge
Simon Says Stamp World Card Making Day 

Rat Puppeteer

Hello Nomad friends.  My first creation for the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity 31 Days of Halloween celebration.  The team are posting every day this month and so far it's looking spooktacular.  October is also breast cancer month so I've gone pink with my make.   I have upgraded Lost Coast Designs TaDa Mouse to rat status and he's running through the pink ethereal forest brandishing clown hand puppets!!  Coulrophobes beware......... 

I stamped a panel of white card with Lost Coast Designs Trees Background using Cactus pink ink and gave it a pink watercolour wash.  I stamped Lost Coast Designs TaDa Mouse on white card, added some promarker colour and fussy cut.  I cut straight through his hands to extend his arms a bit and added the two shrink plastic puppets and a few die cut bats.

 

I stamped Carmen's Veranda Kukla and Ollie on white shrink plastic to give the cute little handpuppets.  I added some red promarker colours, fussy cut them and shrank them.  Here you can see the size difference between the unshrunk and the shrunken versions.

 

Submit your entries to the linky party by 23.59 PST on the 31st and don't forget to follow us so you don't miss anything!  The team will be posting more inspiration throughout the month so hop over and join the fun. 

Thanks for dropping by.   Hugz

Joining the fun at
Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers 255 - H is for Halloween opt pink
Two Old Bats Halloween October Challenge
Double D To Spook or not Challenge
Simon Says Stamp World Card Making Day

Party at the Spooky House

Hello Nomad friends.  Happy 1st of October.  I do enjoy October.  It's such a spooktacular month.  Kicking off with a die cut extravaganza.  The witches house is hopping.  

Used a gel print background and some scraps to make the grass and driveway.  I used sizzix gothic gate, haunted house and witching dies.

Thanks for dropping by.   Hugz

Joining the fun at
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
As You Like It Challenge - Favourite Die first time using the gates but they are rather cool.  Actually love this scary cat die.  Perfect for spooky scenes.  And bats.  Gotta love a bat die.  Fly my little beauties, fly......   Sorry, the boos is getting to me. 
Die Cut Divas - AG

Black Cats

Hello Nomad friends.  It's Day 19 of the 31 Days of Halloween at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity and I'm keeping it simply spooky with Carmen's Veranda Witches Go Riding sentiment and Lost Coast Designs Cheshire Cat.  Cheshire Cat is also available now in a cute, tummy tickling ATC size.  

Well, when you are this adorable what more do you need.  Except maybe diamond studded teeth!  I stamped Cheshire Cat and Witches Go Riding sentiment on white card using Hero Arts black ink.  I cut the panel with a stitched rectangle die, edged it with black ink, added another white layer and mounted on a black card base.  He's so happy to be out of his basket!!   

 

 

Link up your Halloween inspired projects.  Anything related to the season, spooky, fruity, fun, scary or cute.  Real rubber or clear stamping and the theme must be the focus of your project for a chance to win Lost Coast dollars$$$$.    

 

Hop over to the blog every day this month for awesome inspiration from the team.

 

 

 

Lost Coast Designs also have a Cat Challenge running at the at the moment along side the 31 Days of Halloween Challenge. 
Anything cat with real stamping.

 

 

Lost Coast Designs is also sponsoring the Christmas Kickstart Challenge Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge, so if your cat is Christmas you can join the fun for a chance at awesome prizes.   

 

So many chances to win this month!!!  Grab your stamps and join the fun.

 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

 

Joining the fun at
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Text It
The Outlawz Challenges - Festive Friday Halloween
Outlawz Challenges October Linky
Kreativtanten Challenge 82 - Golden Autumn

Frank and Mummy Play Tic Tac Toe

Hello Nomad friends.  I love games, and Halloween, and Lost Coast Design stamps!  So I put em all together today for day 17 of the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity 31 Days of Halloween celebration.  I've made a game!!!!!  And learnt that canary yellow is maybe not good staging for photographs.  Ah well....... here's my Mummy and Frank themed tic tac toe

Now I could repeat it all here but there's a step by step over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity so if you want to know it all hop over and check it out. 

 

I started with an MDF tic tac toe kit and used Lost Coast Designs Frank and Mummy on white shrink plastic for the little shrunken dudes.  I also stamped masses of different stamps from Lost Coast Designs directly onto the base board using midnight blue archival ink and masks.  Any gaps I filled in afterwards with sky blue archival ink and all the stamps from Pieces of Calligraphy and also stamped the X's and O's.  I added a few Flying Monkeys from Carmen's Veranda at the top and I used Lost Coast Designs Gargoyle, Witch Cat, Goth Shrine, MRaven1, MRaven2, Dancing Skeletons, Sugar Skull with Flower and White Nose Sugar Skull.  Then I glued the edge and divider pieces in place and glued the shrunken Mummy's and Franks in place.

This is my stamped base plate

This is what it looks like when all the edges and divider pieces are glued in place.

 

Link up your Halloween inspired projects.  Anything related to the season, spooky, fruity, fun, scary or cute.  Real rubber or clear stamping and the theme must be the focus of your project for a chance to win Lost Coast dollars$$$$.    

 

Check back every day this month for awesome inspiration from the team.

 

There is also a Cat Challenge running at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity. 
Anything cat with real stamping.

 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

 

Frank and Mummy joining the fun at
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Text It
Creative Crafting Uncles 46 - Halloween
Stamping Sensations Challenge - Autumn
Allsorts Challenge Week 750
The Outlawz Challenges - Saturday Anything Goes in Card Free
Outlawz Challenges October Linky

 

 

Frank Says Trick or Treat

Hello Nomad friends.  Today I am over on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity today with some sweet Halloween inspiration.  I'm sharing a treat holder I made using the awesome Frank by Carmen's Veranda for the 31 Days of Halloween event.

Just enough room for a fleet of raspberry Ferraris!!!  I used black card for my treat holder and stamped Frank twice so he's on both sides. 

I prettied up the sides with Lost Coast Designs Yourba Adire background stamped on a couple of orange scraps and added some orange and brown wool handles.  Add your chosen candy and ready to go!

 

 

Link up your stamped Halloween inspired projects.  Anything related to the season, spooky, fruity, fun, scary or cute.  Real rubber or clear stamping and the theme must be the focus of your project for a chance to win Lost Coast dollars$$$$.    

 

Check back every day this month for awesome inspiration from the team

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

 

Joining the fun at
Kreativtanten Challenge 82 - Autumn or Halloween
As You Like It Challenge - Fairies or Halloween Halloween over fairies anyday.  Halloween has awesome colours, spooky characters and candy!!!!
Inspiration Station October Challenge inspired by Halloween, treats, black and orange

Shake Your Shrine

Hello Nomad friends.  It's Day 8 of the 31 Days of Halloween over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.  I decided to make a shaker card!  It seemed a good idea at the time!!  I have a bit of a love hate relationship with shakers.  This one I love.  And no leaks!!!  

I've used Lost Coast Designs Goth Shrine ATC size which fit ted perfectly with this Marianne Design ribbon weave die.  I stamped the Shrine with black ink, coloured with distress markers and fussy cut.  I used a circle die to cut out the middle bit.  Don't lose that!  I die cut the ribbon weave panel from black card, wove with orange polka dot organza (thanks CCC Carol), highlighted the pierced border with a white gel pen and added some orange enamel dots.   I cut a piece of black foam slightly smaller than the panel and die cut a hole in them both to line up with the hole in the shrine.  I glued the foam and the panel on my black base card and then glued the piece I cut out of the shrine in the middle of the hole.  I added my sparkly bits, glued on a piece of acetate and added the shrine on top.  Spooktacularly sparkly.  Say that three times fast bwahhahahaha.

 

 

Link up your Halloween inspired projects for a chance to win Lost Coast dollars$$$$.  Anything related to the season, spooky, fruity, fun, scary or cute.  Real rubber or clear stamping and the theme must be the focus of your project.  Check back every day this month for awesome inspiration from the team.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
As You Like It Challenge - Fairies or Halloween Halloween over fairies anyday.  Halloween has awesome colours, can be spooky, cute, fruity or fun and it's such fun to dress up and grow pumpkins.
Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge October - Anything Halloween
Inspiration Station October Challenge inspired by Halloween, skulls, black and orange
Papercraft Challenge 98 - Ribbon
Die Cut Divas Challenge - Layered Die Cuts

Gargoyle Dreams

Hello Nomad friends.  I am over on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity today with Day 5 inspiration for our 31 Days of Halloween event.  It's Halloween all month at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity and we hope you will join us and link up your stamped Halloween inspired makes.   Today I have pulled Lost Coast Designs Gargoyle off the heights and paired him with the lovely Yourba Adire background.

 I stamped Yourba Adire with aubergine archival ink and coloured the stripes alternately with orange and green distress markers.  I stamped Gargoyle with blue archival ink and watercoloured with grey distress inks and fussy cut him.  I stamped two lines of the Carmen's Veranda Witches Go Riding on scraps of orange card and added them to the card.

 

 

 Link up your Halloween inspired projects.  Anything related to the season, spooky, fruity, fun, scary or cute.  Real rubber or clear stamping and the theme must be the focus of your project for a chance to win Lost Coast dollars$$$$.    

 

Thanks for dropping by.  Don't forget to hop over to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity and  leave a little love on your favourite projects.  The team is sharing every day this month and we love to hear what you think of our makes.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Allsorts Challenge Week 748
Inspiration Station October Challenge inspired by Halloween and purple, orange and green
We Love Stamping October Challenge - Moodboard
Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge October - Anything Halloween

Kaartjes Inspiratie Challenge Wereldkaartenmaakdag 2023 - Dots and Stripes 

Flying Monkey Trouble

Hello Nomad friends.  I wasn't expecting to be posting again today but it seems the flying monkeys have escaped and run off with one of my designers.  I hear they dropped her in Finland and it's gonna be a few days before she will be able to get home.  So if you are in Finland keep your eyes open for the gals with the Lost Coast Designs stamps and say hi to them.

Don't you just love October!!  Pretty colours in the trees, bright moonlit nights, flying monkeys......

Oooh, monkey photo bomb!!!!!    Love Carmen's Veranda Monkey Face and there're all his Flying Monkey buddies in the background.  I used a foam circle and dandelion archival ink to stamp the moon and then watercoloured Monkey Face and the sky with distress inks.  

 Link up your Halloween inspired projects.  Anything related to the season, spooky, fruity, fun, scary or cute.  Real rubber or clear stamping and the theme must be the focus of your project for a chance to win Lost Coast dollars$$$$.    

Thanks for dropping by.  Off to put the monkeys to bed........  Hugz

Monkey is joining the fun at
Friendship Challenge 92 - Herbstliches
Inspiration Station October Challenge inspired by Halloween and purple and orange
We Love Stamping October Challenge - Moodboard
Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge October - Anything Halloween