Lucky Tiger

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Hello.  Welcome.  I'm in the mood to make but mojo seems to be off travelling.  So I'm smooching around blogland looking for inspiration and it's all halloween and autumn colours and then I saw the moodboard at MFP.  One of the icons is black cats on a green splodge with white and yellow flowers.  Reminds me of spring.  And black cats.  And neon green.  Oh, yeah.......

I tried gold embossing on black card for my tiger, but it just wasn't working for me, so I reverted to ye olde traditional yellow tiger, black stripes.  I found this lovely neon green base card and, after looking at some roundish die cuts, settled on Go Kreate's large Horseshoe die cut from metallic green card.  The sentiment is from Kort og Godt and means good luck today and for the future.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
MFP Stamps Challenge 42 - Inspiration
Scrappelyst Utfordring for Oktober - Skarpe Farger
Hobbygarasjen Utfordring 41 - Maskulint Eller til Mannen
Hjerteboden Oktober Utfordring - Maskulint
Happy Little Stampers October - AG With Dies 

Here's to Birthdays and Fun Ideas

Hello.  Welcome.  My bloggy friend Monika had a birthday this month.  She proposed we CASE one of her cards and link in to her blog for a chance to win some crafty moohlah.  What a fun idea.  So I decided to CASE this card

I decided to go purple and gold.  Purple cos Monika's blog is purple so I figured that was a colour she liked.  Also it's the Cheery Lynn Challenge theme this week LOL and since I was going to use their boots.......  Gold cos I was using it last night and it's still all over the desk.  And it goes well with purple. 

I discovered yesterday that if I offset one cut line on the Simon Says Stamp stitched rectangle die I can cut a base card with the stitchy detail.  How slow am I??  All the panels on this card have been cut using this die with a little bit of fiddle to reduce the sizes.  I used the horseshoe from Cheery Lynn Arizona Cowboy set to add detail to the panel, instead of stencilling like Monika did.  The horseshoe represents good luck so I am sending you lots Monika.  

I made my topper using gold mirror card and one of the boot dies from the Cheery Lynn Arizona Cowboy set.  I added a flower brad and a sticky greeting.  So, belated happy birthday Monika.  Hope you like my CASE.  

Joining the fun at
Monika's Birthday Linky Party
Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 180 - Pretty in Purple
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge -In The Middle
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Make Your Own Background

Thanks for dropping by.  Hope you are having a crafty weekend.  Hugz

Lucky Sweet

Hello.  Welcome.  It always happens doesn't it?  It's a very unsettled day with heavy showers.  The perfect day to have a quiet afternoon being crafty cos surely no one will be visiting today.  Yeah, right!!  So I have claimed a pressing engagement with some venison and vegetables and retreated to the warmth of the kitchen.  The venison is bubbling so I'm stealing a few minutes to get this post in/out.  

Over at Wicked Wednesday they want Something Sweet so I thought cupcakes.  And when I was oer at YNS yesterday I noticed the picture inspiration was white and purpe cupcakes.  Sounds like a couple of themes made for each other.  I cut my ATC base using Sizzix ATC and corners die, stamped with the cupcake wrapper stamp from Joanna Sheen Bearytastic Day and embossed with white embossing powder.  Then I used DI Dusty Concord and Seedless Preserves, spritzed and wiped.  

 
Over at PaperArtsy Sarah used a horseshoe and flowers.  Like that idea.  I cut Go-Kreate horseshoe from a purple metal sheet and added some ric-rac tinted with DI ink

The girl is a Nellie Snellen stamp from the Lente set, that'll be Spring.  I coloured her with Promarkers.  I borrowed the cupcake from The Greeting Farm Double Cupcake Anya.  I figured she had two and wouldn't mind sharing LOL.  The flowers are JM34 coloured with FF Pansy and Limelight with white gelly roll highlights.  

Joining the fun at
Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge #149 - Something Sweet
PaperArtsy
YNS Challenge 15 - Photo Inspiration 

Thanks for dropping by.  I enjoying reading and re-reading all your lovely comments, so keep em coming LOL  Hope the sun is shining on you.  Hugs

How Lucky Is That??

Hello.  Welcome.  Still on the theme of luck.  Checked out lucky symbols.  Rabbit foot!  Never understand that one.  I mean how lucky is it for the rabbit??  And rabbit tails!  Please see previous sentence.  Why does chopping a bit off a rabbit make it lucky??  We got some funny ideas....... 

I coloured my ATC base with distress inks.  Then I stamped Cornish Heritage Farms Little People Collage using Memento London Fog.  I added some lucky 7's, a black cat cut using Sizzix Movers and Shapers die, a PaperArtsy LPC003 hat which I added three horseshoes cut using the smallest Go Create die, a 4 leaf clover and a lucky penny.   I went around the edge with VersaMagic Hint of Pesto.  

Joining the fun at
Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge 127 - Leprechauns and Luck
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Lucky
Stampotique Designers Challenge 138 - Green 
StampARTic February Challenge - A Pop of Colour

Thanks for your visit.  Thank you for your lovely comments.  Hugs

Lucky Cupcakes

Hello.  Welcome.  A happy St Patrick's Day to you all.  Well, you have to get with the mood don't you?  It seems it's lucky and green all over the place so I thought I'd offer up something along those lines as well.  

I have used Double Cupcake Anya from The Greetings Farm.  Coloured with Promarkers and sitting on a lucky horseshoe cut from green mirror card using a Go Create die.  I've used twine to suspend the horseshoe from the Tando Creative chipboard border which I coloured with Emerald Fantasy Prisme paint.  This chipboard is from Work of Parts Come Fly With Me kit.  She was hanging just from the twine but I realised that wouldn't work so I have used foam pads behind.  I've used a piece of brown wallpaper to back my panel.  Lovely texture.....

I have altered her a bit to make her cupcakes more lucky.  I think that was a strawberry on top but it looked enough like a heart that I stamped it lots, cut them out and made lucky four leaf clovers.  The butterfly was coloured with green Wink of Stella and then I added glossy accents.  It really brings out the sparkle.  The sentiment is a Crafty Individuals Stamp, distressed and coloured with DI Mowed Lawn and then mounted on a ribbon.  

 

Just a close up on the chipboard so you can see the detail and also the lovely effect of the Fantasy Prisme paint.  Like cracked enamel.  

My lucky lady is joining the fun at

The Greeting Farm FFF - Twine and Ribbon 

Tando Creative March Challenge - Brown, Green, Yellow 

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Lucky
Loves Rubberstamps Challenge 94 - Shades of Green
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Mother's Day or Special Girl

Thanks for dropping by.  Hope you are all having a lucky day.  Hugs