Pushing Back The Blue

Hello Nomad friends.  Nature seems to think spring is here.  Bit chilly tonight though, and all my crocus disappeared into the deer!!!   Seems she doesn't like snowdrops though, so they are looking magnificent!!  Anyway, here's some encouragement using those crazy bunnies from sizzix.

I handcut the egg aperture from prima patterned paper and added another piece behind.  I cut sizzix bunny hop hares from various patterned scraps.  The ground is sizzix scribbles and the letters from the wood slices set.  The words of encouragement are from a patterned sheet.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz 

Joining the fun at
Scrappelyst Utfordring for Mars - Pastellfarger
Paper Funday Challenge 85 - Anything Goes opt Fur of Feathers 
Girlz Creative Fun Art of Scrap Challenge 19
Kaartjes Inspiratie Challenge 216 - Voorjaar/Pasen

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

Joining the fun at
Girlz Makes Guyz Cards Challenge 33 - Birthday for a Man
Tag Along and ATC Challenge - Add Some Texture opt. AG
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Matching Set
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes 
Die Cut Divas Challenge - Critters

Orange Hare

Hello Nomad friends.  I've been organising my scraps into colours which I find is the best place to start when working on a project.  Orange isn't a big player in my colour palettes, but I found a few pieces to put together with this lovely hare from Crafty Individuals. 

 I used some Spellbinder dies and an Amy Tangerine (more orange!! ROFL) embossing folder.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

 

Joining the fun at
Girls Creative Splash It With Color Challenge 1 - Orange
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Quite Quirky  
Allsorts Challenge 829 - Animals/AG  
We Love Stamping Challenge - Flowers opt AG  
Scrappelyst Sommerutfordring - Alt Er Lov

Who Needs Business Cards When You Can Have Kvikk Lunsj

Hello Nomad friends.  I'm trying to play along with Endless Passion's Easter Scrap event.  They are on day 25 and I am a bit behind bwahhahaahaaa.  Iwona is doing video tutorials every day for some very fun projects.  The other day she made a cute little two sided box for business cards, but I had a another idea.

This is a really simple make but you get a lovely sturdy two sided box.  I went all spring flowers and bunnies!!!!

Both sides look fairly the same.  I used a Marianne Designs oval die for the ends for that easter egg feel.  Bunny by sizzix.  Grass and tulips by Lawn Fawn.  Pretty patterned paper from the Works.  Big layered flower on the ends made with Spellbinders dies.  

So I'm looking at it and I'm thinking that's the perfect size for

kvikk lunsj!!!!
That'll be kit kat for the brits.  I think I could easily fit 6 4 finger bars in this cute little box.  I only had two in hand.......
Kvikk Lunsj is an easter tradition in Norway.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Inspiration Station Challenge #71 inspired by bunnies and grass
Die Cut Divas Challenge - Critters
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Allsorts Challenge 819 - Feminine opt AG
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Layer It Up

Under A Hunters Moon

Hello Nomad friends.  I was looking for this gorgeous Woodware stamp the other day when the moon was full but he must have hopped off to dance in the moonlight.  Anyway, he he is with a very bright full moon......

Isn't that a beautiful stamp.  I used midnight blue ink.  The moon is a very old sizzix embosslit cut from gold mirror and the sentiments up the side are from Funky Fossil Autumn stamp set.  

Happy Autumn everyone.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Lunar New Year October Challenge 2024
Word Art Wednesday 671/672
Inspiration Station Challenge October 2024 inspired by autumn

Under a Bunny Moon

Hello Nomad friends.  Art Piaskownica have a frame challenge and they are also celebrating their 12th birthday!!  So I just had to recruit a few hares and join the party.

The frame I had in mind was too big so I decided to make my own from corrugated card.  I stamped Woodware Lino Cut Stargazer stamp using Potting Soil archival ink on kraft card.  Then I stamped it again on my piece of corrugated and cut it out to give me a perfect frame.  An unusual Einstein moment!!!!!!  I edged the frame, inside and out, with Saddle Brown Promarker and smeared it with more of the Potting Soil archival ink.  Then I smeared some VersaMark ink and embossed with Vintage Photo distress embossing powder.  

I added some Cheery Lynn barbed wire die cuts, cut from brown card and tinted with more brown Promarker.  I also added a little to the hare's eye.  I stitched three bronze metal leaves to the top left of the frame with brown twine and added a chipboard circle edged with brown Promarker and smeared with Potting Soil archival.  Three MDF running hares and done!! 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Art Piaskownica Mixed Media - Baza Rama
Stamping Sensations Challenge March - Monochromatic
Passion for Markers Challenge Week 584 - Bunnies/Blooms
I Love Promarkers Challenge 431 - Anything Goes
Country View Challenge March - Silhouettes

Chocolate Easter Bunny

Hello Nomad friends.   Less is More is celebrating their 10th anniversary with a Chocolate party....

I used Creative Expressions paper cuts Spring Hare and made a chocolate Easter Bunny.....

Cut once from green card and then I cut from chocolate brown card, trimmed the bunny out and added it all to a cream base card.  Run chocolate bunny, run.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Less Is More Challenge 436 - Chocolate
Country View February Challenge - First Signs of Spring
AAA Cards Game 183 - One Corner/Create a Scene
Scrappelyst Utfordring for Februar - Dies/Puncher/Mønstersaks

My Pet - Bunny Hop Post 5

Hello.  Welcome.  I'm back!!  Older, wiser??!  Full of cake!!  I'd like to thank everyone who celebrated with me, has sent cards, or birthday wishes.  You all rock.  And there is still time to join my Bunny Hop celebration where you make a card and I give out prizes.  You gotta be in it to win it and there is still almost a week for you to get that bunny/rabbit/hare card made, photo'ed and linked up.  Still here??  Oh yeah, bunnies.........

I've made a twofer, cos the delightful Darnell has Pets as her Twofer challenge theme this month and there are still hours to join the fun.  I made a xmas and a thanks card using this really cute Crafty Individuals Hare Amongst the Trees.  And I have an extra one of these stamps that I bought and I will be giving away to one lucky bunny hopper!!

And Darnell also wants to see the pet that inspired the cards so here's some bunnies and me!

For my first card I used Cuttlebug Snowflake embossing folder and my big shot to emboss some dark blue card.  I used a gold ink pad to highlight the texture.  I stamped Hare Amongst the Trees on pale blue card using dark blue dye ink.  I cut with Stamplorations Crazy Double Stitch die and mounted it on a gold layer.  I cut the Stamplorations sentiment from the same gold card

This card is also joining the fun at

Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge 

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 382 

De Egel Kerst Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Sparkle and Shine 

For my second card I followed the Paperbabes sketch.  I stamped Hare Amongst the Trees using black archival on white card.  I cut the image into sections and edged each piece with Mustard Seed distress ink.  Then I mounted them on a scrap of yellow card that I smudged with the Mustard Seed ink.  I rounded the corners of my card base using some fancy scissors and edged it with the same ink.  I used another Mustard Seed smudged scrap and cut with Winnie and Walters Thanks die.

This card is joining the fun at

Paperbabe Stamps Challenge 71 - Sketch 

Papercraft Challenges Challenge 010 - Clean and Simple 

Pixies Snippets Playground Challenge 324 

CASology Week 297 - Active

This is the stamp I will be giving to one happy hopper, and I also have a couple of small sentiment/image stamps from Crafty Individuals that I will also be slipping in this package.  Check the previous Bunny Hop posts for details of the other prizes.

Thanks for dropping by.  Link up your bunny makes for a chance to win.  Hugz

Hare Today - Bunny Hop Post 3

Hello.  Welcome.  My birthday Bunny Hop is in full swing.  

Well, me and the bunnies is swinging.  Hope you fancy joining the fun.  Actually, I got two new bunnies today.  Real ones!! 

This is Bod.  His brother Fred, who didn't want to sit still and be photographed, looks pretty much the same.  

Tonight I want to share a card using a lovely stamp by Crafty Individuals who are one of my amazing sponsors.

Crafty Individuals is based in the North East of England and is co-owned by artist and designer Jean Hardy and professional photographer Malcolm Noble.  They primarily design and make rubber stamps for the craft industry and also stock a range of other arty and crafty products.   Jean and Malcolm have very generously supplied me with 4 stamps, two Crowned Bunnies and two Winning Hares.  I will be drawing two lucky winners who will each get these two lovely stamps.  

Here's a card I made using Winning Hares

I also used one of my most favourite sentiments from Crafty Individuals (CI-410).  I stamped and embossed the Hares and the sentiment with black powder on some patterned paper.  I stamped and embossed the hearts with red tinsel embossing powder, fussy cut them and added them to the card.  I stamped the little butterfly and coloured it with Promarkers.  The hares were coloured with Worn Jeans distress ink and I used Sizzix Deckle Edge dies to cut the panel and the card base. 

If you want a chance to win these gorgeous stamps, or any of the other prizes then you just need to make a card featuring a bunny, rabbit or hare and link it up to my Bunny Hop Linky 

Thanks for hopping by.  Hugz

The hares are joining the fun at

Butterfly Challenge 99 - D denim blue, die cut and butterfly

Repeat Impressions DCC44 - All Creatures, Great and Small 

Fashionable Stamping Challenge 133 - Animals  
Pammies Inky Pinkies Challenge 1815 - Anything Goes 
Die Cut Divas April Challenge - Anything Goes 

Hedgehog Bread

Good evening everyone.  Ready for the weekend?  I've got the bread in the oven.  No really, real bread in the real oven.  I tried to make one look a bit hedgehog by clipping some spikes but I don't think I was daring enough.  I think they might look more like pimples!  So it will be round pimple bread, cos I didn't do anything about his (it's?!!) snout either.  Ah well, bakery experiments are always a winner as long as they taste OK.  

It seems that everyone is thinking spring at the moment.  I am still hoping.  They have forecast snow for us tomorrow and cold again.  Hee hee more craft time.  This is a quick post because apart from the bread I still have cookies to bake for a party tomorrow.  

I have been having another play with Rangers blending technique because it gives such gorgeous results.  Must apologise but I neglected to take any photo's, except of the completed card, so hopefully I will be able to explain. 

 

I'm quite pleased with this.  It looks a bit like watercolours but it's actually mostly distress inks. I started with the dark stripe.  First I tore a piece of paper and stuck the two part so they covered the two edges of the card and left a broad stripe.  Then working with my blending tool I applied (from the left) DI Mowed Lawn, Shabby Shutters and Pine Needles.  I actually wanted this as an upright card but when I removed the paper the stripe wasn't central so portrait becomes landscape.  Next I stamped the hares using Memento Tuxedo Black.  The stamp was a freebie on Craft Stamper magazine April 2012.  This is a cling stamp and it didn't take the ink as densely as I would have liked.  I debated over stamping but decided not really really black was better than blurred!  I was going to leave it there, a bit CAS, but when I came back to it I thought the flat stamp base looked a bit hard, so I doodled a bit with a black pen.  Then I thought a sun would be good, so I tore a round hole in a piece of paper and used the same blending technique with Whispers Inks, Orange, Butterscotch and Mossy Stone.  Then I thought OK, a touch of DI Salty Ocean for the sky and some Shabby Shutters for the field.  

I am entering this for

Simon Says Stamps - A Bit of Green

Emergency Crafters - Mad as a March Hare

Stamping Sensations - The Great Outdoors

Have a great weekend everyone.  Thanks for stopping by.