Chocolate Mousse

Hello Nomad friends.  Second of the month and time for the August Card Chain Challenge Reveal.   Make a card, send a card, get a card.  Everyone gets a card.  Everyone is a winner!!!!

26 awesome artists exchanged cards around the world this month.  I received a beautiful card from Joanne in the UK and mine winged it's way to Imke in Germany. 

I went with the options of colours,exact matching not required LOL, friendship and mouse.  But I only need to use one so it's all good.  I used a Graphic 45 journal card for my base panel and added some promarker colour to some of the printed elements.  I stamped around a bit with Lost Coast Designs Small Circle Shaddow Frame stamp off block with tan ink and added a die cut hello from Poppystamps.  The mouse id Lost Coast Designs Ta Dah! stamped on grey card and fussy cut.   I added some texture using promarkers to give him a bit of a fluffy look.

If you would like to see all the amazing card that winged their way around the planet for August check out the REVEAL POST. 

If you would like to join the fun SIGN UP HERE. 

Thanks for dropping by.  HUGZ

 

Joining the fun at
Allsorts Challenge 857 - All Creatures Great and Small
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes 
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Get in Shape exercise mouse lol
Paper Funday Challenge 91 - Anything Goes opt Sketch

A Day In April

Hello Nomad friends.  How are you holding up in these strange times.  Some days the surreality of it all is just overwhelming.  April has a lot of significant dates for me so I have decided to document a few of them.  

I made a mini album page

I used black bazzill 12 x 12 inch sheet and Green, Blue and Silver Aztec paints and had a splat fest!!    Looks quite galactic!!!

I filled all the page pockets with my splatty background and then added that particularly fetching picture of myself.  I coloured a piece of card with green brushos and added some gold Aztec paint smears.  I die cut the leaves and added some pen details.  The flower was stamped and embossed and I added some brusho sprinkles.  I used a typewriter for the date and journaling.  I added a shrink plastic Poodle on my jacket cos I am obviously having a poodle sort of day!!!  Poodle stamp by Rubber Dance, flower stamp by Uniko.

Thanks for dropping by.  Keep safe, stay well.  HUGZ

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Project Life I Norge - PLIN Fyller 6 År Bodil Black, Dies, Relax

The Future is Penguin

Hello Nomad friends.  Today I am moving into the future and predicting starry skies and penguins for christmas eve.

I've made a title card for a PL layout using a 3x4 journal card, Ocean Heart Hobby 003 Penguin and some die cut stars

I started with this 3x4 Teresa Collins journal card.  I knew I wanted a starry night look so I used a yellow Promarker and coloured the area outside the balloon journalling area.

I stamped Ocean Heart Hobby 003 Penguin with archival ink and coloured with purple, grey, yellow and orange Promarkers.

I added the penguin to the coloured card, die cut Sizzix Stars from gold glitter card and stamped the Julaften (Christmas Eve) sentiment with Dandelion archival ink.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Scrap the Rainbow 18 - Jul og Dies
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Let's Sparkle
Country View Challenge - Stars
Promarker Challenge Week 522 - Christmas Critters
Project Life I Norge - Tittelkort/PL-Side Tema Jul/Vinter 

School's Out For Summer

Hello Nomad friends.  I recently got this very cool Gone Fishin' stamp from Emerald Creek and decided to join their current Dare - Be True to your School.  This guy is obviously at Fishing School LOL.  Or maybe he's finished for the summer.  Or maybe he's taking a day away.  The scenarios are endless.........

I found this project life 4 x 6 grid paper journal card which had paperclips all around the edge.  Both school related items!!   Then I stamped the Gone Fishin' dude with black archival ink.  

 

Using the black archival I stamped Carmen's Veranda Live In The Moment sentiment and then grunged up the edge of the journal card.  I decided to stick with the black and white for that masculine graphic effect.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Emerald Creek Dares - Be True To Your School #ECSEPT2019

I Love Math Challenge 14 - Grid and Summer
Allsorts Challenge Week 539 - From Boys to Men
The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Challenge - Black and White
Pammies Inky Pinkies Challenge 1938

 

Heart Melter

Hello Nomad friends.  One more PL layout for this evening and it's an orphan lamb I took home in 2011.  This was the first day home with us and he learnt really fast to follow me around.  What a cutie!!

Oh my, he was so sweet.  I used Pebbles journalling cards and some chipboard pieces from PL Here and There kit.  The pink heart is an acetate overlay from PL Clear set.  This layout was inspired by Elisabeth's moodboard - hearts, pink, flowers and love.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Project Life i Norge - Hipp Hipp Hurra
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday - Pet Project
Crafteezee April Challenge - Add Chipboard  the blue arrow and the round black sentiment 'so happy together' on the first photo are chipboard

Hurrah for Pizza Boxes

Hello.  Welcome.  I have been doing some more PL layouts.  Here's one of some chicks my hen Lillemor hatched back in 2014.  This is their first day outside.  

I used cardstock stickers and printed acetate pieces from a Nine&Co. collection pack and some PL cards from the This and That set.  Peeps are so cute!!  I was inspired by Emma's moodboard - greens, flowers, hearts and nature.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Project Life i Norge - Hipp Hipp Hurra
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday - Pet Project 

A Day In May

Hello Nomad friends.  Today I am trying something a bit different for me.  I have been following the Project Life Norge blog for a while, even made a title card or two!  They are celebrating their 5th Anniversary and the PL Norge ladies have made 10 moodboards that really inspired me.  But just in case, I popped over to my Muse and said, wanna do some PL pages?  Once I actually explained what a PL page was my Muse was amazingly enthusiastic, so together we made our first pages.  Here's mine.....

It's a new challenge for the photographer as well!!  Trying to get a good picture through the plastic sleeve.  I've gone with spring flowers.  I love my garden and my spring display is always one that makes my soul sing.  These are pictures from a day in May last year.  I am still waiting to see that glorious lily, but the Hellebores are looking lovely now and the tulips have started to bloom.  I used a couple of preprinted 4 x 6 journal cards.  The first one says forget the laundry spring is here.  The second one I cut in half and added either side of the tulips.  Everything is amazing!  I also used a printed acetate heart from a PL kit which I backed with silver glitter card and added it to the lily picture.  

  

I took my inspiration from Gunilla's moodboard.  Loved the bold lettering, the pale turquoise, the flowers and the heart.  

Thanks for dropping by.  I'm off to enjoy the sunshine and my spring flowers.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Project Life i Norge - Hipp Hipp Hurra
Allsorts Challenge Week 515/516 - Blossoms/Butterflies/Bugs
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Beautiful Blooms

Beach Dreams

Hello.  Welcome.  I have a little mixed season offering over at the Blank Page Muse blog today.

This is a 3 x 4" journal card.  Stamps are from Blank Page Muse Penguins on Ice Winter Holiday set.  I used Dirty Sand Baked Texture embossing powder to make the beach.  Do pop over to the Blank Page Muse blog to check out all the details.  

You can get 15% off Blank Page Muse stamps with my code BPMDtIona2019

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Allsorts Challenge Week 509 - Seasons, What's Your Favourite? I quite like winter but I am looking forward to summer, just like this dude!
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Emerald Creek Ordinary Day Dare Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Whatever the Weather
Through The Craftroom Door Challenge - Anything Goes

A Little Ginger

Hello.  Welcome.  I tried my hand at a few edible christmas goodies this year that I hadn't tried before and, as with all experimentation, there were successes and failures and everything in between.  It has prompted me to consider Project Life again as a fun way to record such happenings and I decided to make a start with a title card for my proposed baking layout.  Well, you gotta start somewhere.......

I was lucky enough to win this little Papirdesign Gingerbreadman die from the Advent calendar of the ladies at Project Life Norge. I would like to say a big thank you to them for it and also for all the work they put into the Advent Calendar posts.  I started with a Bekky Higgins 6x4 journal card.  I grunged up the edges and the card with brown Archival ink.  I cut the little ginger and the Sizzix letters and numbers from a scrap of brown Bazzill dot card.  The white bits were cut using dies in the Gingerbread Man set from scraps of white card.  Then I added some white half pearls from Papirdesigns, colouring the two I used for his eyes with a black Promarker.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Project Life Norge - PL Side or Title Kort Vinter/Jul Tema
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 418
Pixies Snippets Playground Challenge 342
Country View Challenges - Christmas
Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday - Try Something New new dies

Girls Like Blue Too

Hello.  Welcome.  Got this cute laser cut chipboard from Swedish House Crafts.  I think you are supposed to press the pretty mesh frame out of the surround, but then I would be keeping the surround and probably never use it, so I decided to use the whole thing.  It's slightly smaller than 6 x 4" so I thought it would make a great journal card for a PL LO.  

I used the back of the frame cos I liked the colour from the cutting.  The front side is much more of a neutral colour.  I found a piece of patterned paper and stuck it behind the mesh.  Using Gummiapan Coneflower die I cut lots of flowers from blue paper and added some colour with Promarkers.  I found a scrap of brusho coloured background and cut it with Memory Box Stitched Landscape dies.  I edged the journal card with Salty Ocean distress ink.

 

I stamped, embossed and fussy cut Magnolia's Ox Tilda stamp and coloured her with Promarkers.  I added a little heart button, some glitter to the coneflower centers and stamped the Unity sentiment with blue dye ink.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
All About Magnolia Challenge 35 - Anything But a Card
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Anything But A Card
Swedish House Crafts - June 2018 Celebration #1specianity
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Frame It
The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Challenge - Colour It Blue

Mysterious Ways

Hello.  Welcome.  Winnie and Walter are celebrating their 4th birthday with loads of fun challenges.  I don't have so many of their products so am enjoying stretching the ones I have.  It certainly does get you thinking.  

One of the challenges is comeback, where Taheerah has challenged us to put a fresh spin on a previous project by one of the DT.  I spotted this cool card by Keren and decided to use some of the elements.  I liked the same colour die cuts to give that faux emboss look and the layout, so I made a 3 x 4 journal card using Winnie and Walters Thanks die and loads of scraps.  I use this pale pink a lot for paper piecing faces etc. and have loads of bits so this was an excellent chance to get rid of some of them.  The burgundy and gold pieces were also in my scrap box.   

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Winnie & Walter 4th Birthday Bash - Comeback Challenge

Winnie & Walter 4th Birthday Bash - Use Your Scraps

Winnie & Walter 4th Birthday Bash - Anything But a Card

Winnie & Walter 4th Birthday Bash - Inspiration

Winnie & Walter 4th Birthday Bash - Four Challenge 4 dies cuts on the base card, 4 different papers

Frank Says Bwahaahaha

Hello.  Welcome.  Bootastic fun all over and the Lost Coast Designs/Carmen's Veranda DT is taking part in the spooktastic 31 Days Of Halloween.  If you don't know, basically this is a month long blog hop with new and exciting Halloweeny projects every day.  This year there are 15 stops, many offering candy, so do hop along and join the fun.  Today it's my turn to provide the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity's post and I've gone all Frankly.  

I made a 6 x 4 journal card using Carmen's Veranda's Frankenstein and Lost Coast Designs Bubbles Background.  I also used Sizzix Mixed Media and alpha dies.  Full details over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.  We also have three challenges running at the moment.  That's right, three chances to win Lost Coast dollars.  So if your stamped creation uses border stamps, animals or is Halloweeny hop on over and link up.  Frank has links to all the challenges over at the Portal.  Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Frank is joining the fun at
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - A Walk On The Dark Side
Hjerteboden Oktober Utfordring - Halloween
Papirplaneten Oktober Utfordring - Halloween
Dream In Darkness Challenge - Halloween 
Crafters Cafe Challenge 182 - Use Die Cuts and/or Punches 
Scrap From Your Heart Utfordring 14 - Halloween 

Walking The Fish

Hello.  Welcome. The Lost Coast Portal to Creativity challenge is Stenciled Backgrounds.  I made a 6 x 4 journal card with Carmen's Veranda Ballerina With Fish.  I love this stamp!!

I used the Stay Weird sentiment, also from Carmen's Veranda.  If you haven't checked out these fabtastic sentiments you really should.  They say a laugh restores the soul.  Bwahahahahaha. 

Join your stamped and stenciled background projects HERE.  You can use any rubber or clear stamps and any style or type of project, as long as there is some stenciling in the background, so hop on over for more inspiration from the team and join the fun.  See you there.....  Hugz

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Dream in Darkness- Life is a Circus
Country View Challenges August 2017 - Blues and Greens 
Craft Stamper Take It Make It Challenge August 
Fashionable Stamping Challenge 126 - Use Your Inks used DI's with my stencil
Papirplaneten August Utfordring - Alt Er Lov

Beautiful Kitty

Hello.  Welcome.  Happy July!!!  Gosh, doesn't the time just whizzy whizzy by!!  So, first of the month and the new challenges are rolling by again.  Always exciting to see what inspiration blogland is offering and over at Rubber Dance they have their new colour challenge.  I am offering this by way of inspiration........

Doesn't that cat just make you swoon??  Actually, I think this may be the slightly evil twin incarnation bwahahahahahaha.  In case you missed it this was one of the stamps released by Rubber Dance in June.  I've used a yellow 4 x 6 journal card and stamped the flower from Mama Owl (also new) in Spiced Marmalade distress ink.  Then I stamped the cat and coloured with Picked Raspberry and Wilted Violet distress ink.  A little white gel pen and done.  

Do hop over to the blog to see lots more yummy inspiration from the team.

Remember, if you are shopping at Rubber Dance you can use my code GTfreeship you can get free worldwide shipping on orders over €15. 
Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Kort o Mania Utfordring 179 - Alt Er Lov 

Hjerteboden Juli Utfordring - Alt Er Lov 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

One Crazy Stamper Challenge - Anything Goes 

Stempelsonne 191 - Alles Geht

 

Hi Frank, Great Hair

Hello.  Welcome.  Murphy Nan reminded me it's Half-O.Ween.  That's halfway to that most wonderful time of the year...........Halloween.  So since Mr Mojo has returned with the rain, and there was this so lovely Frank die I just had to have.......

I cut a piece of Prima patterned paper, it had pink stripes on pale yellow with grey text, with Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die.  Then I cut the end with Sizzix Torn Notebook die, which gives me a 4 x 5 and some journal card.  I used a large Pronty stencil and Picked Raspberry distress ink on the background and added some Picked Raspberry and Black Archival smears.  

I stamped the bauble garland from Unity KOTM and embossed with black embossing powder.  Uh,,, that's not very festive!  So I coloured the baubles with Galaxy Markers and used my gold Pilot marker on the strings and bauble hangers.  Much better.  Then I cut and paper pieced Frantic Stampers Frank die with some scraps.  Ain't he just so cool.  I added some extra stitching to his cardigan and shoes with a sharpie and gave him some gold bolts.  Ready to parteeeee.  

I generated my sentiment on a typewriter!!  A real one.  One of those little ones that were all the rage when I was young.  They called them portable!  Well, I suppose they were, but I wouldn't want to lug it up a mountain!!  We inherited this one recently and I grabbed it with joy.  No firing up the printer to waste a whole sheet of paper on six words.  And I bet it's more water resistant that printed ink.  Will experiment later!!  And when I messed up the 'new' whilst inking the edges I just typed it again, on the same scrap of card I had already chopped up.  Won't see a printer putting your sentiment on scraps, but my little typewriter will.  Limited fonts, and I maybe need to find a new ribbon, but a definite asset to the crafty stash.   But there is no spell check!!  Ah well, we aim for perfection but settle for reality.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Hint of Pink 
Scrapy Land Challenge 65 - Anything Goes
Dream in Darkness Challenge
Pixies Snippets Playground Week 279/280
Stamplorations May Mixed Media Challenge 

 

Frozen Duck

Hello.  Welcome.  So this all started with the wellie boots.  The challenges this year at The Craft Barn are a little different and I wasn't sure if I was going to play along, but then I decided it's good to get out of your comfort zone so.........

The challenge is working through the lines of a poem by Sara Coleridge, which I am not familiar with, but probably will be by the end of the year.   So, include the first two lines in the poem and a bird in a wellington boot!  Why?  Who knows.  That's why it's a challenge.  So I decided to start at the most challenging bit, which was actually the boot, or in my case boots. 

The boots are borrowed from a girl in a sou'wester who came free with a magazine.  I stamped and embossed them on dark blue metal and fussy cut.  Then I chose my bird.  I decided a duck in wellies was a wonderful idea.  This is YNS Quackers stamped and embossed on pale blue metal.  I fussy cut him and the gold, red and mother of pearl colours are actually window paints (but that's a whole new blog post).  I decided to use a grey textured journaling card for my project.  

I used silver sparkle paste through Stamplorations Swirly Bloom stencil.   Here's a picture that shows the sparkle.  

I printed the poem lines on a piece of wintery paper and then did some tearing.  I layered the torn paper and placed an embossed die cut circle behind it with some bobbly white paper.  Then I added Quackers in his very fine boots. A bird in wellies.   

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
The Craft Barn Twelve Month Challenge 
Your Next Stamp Challenge 55 - Sketch 
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything But A Card 
Fashionable Stamping Challenge 119 - Winter or Spring
Allsorts Challenge Week 398 - Wings on Things 
Stamplorations Mixed Media Challenge

GIU Day 3

Hello.  Welcome.  This week I am Growing in Unity.  I am having fun showcasing projects with Unity stamps each day this week.  Leave a comment on all of my GIU posts this week for a chance to win a Unity Grab bag.   Today I have altered a journal card using Unity's You're My Bestie and the sentiment from Bravely Change

I bought these journaling cards (Pebbles - Spring) a while ago and they have just been hanging around.  So I was flicking through them and thought this little Bestie fitted perfectly amid the poppies and the kite.  I stamped with Versamark, embossed with black powder, fussy cut and coloured her with distress inks, Mermaid Lagoon and Stormy Skies.  Then I stamped and embossed the sentiment from Bravely Change, snipped the ends and coloured with blueprint sketch distress.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win one of two Unity grab bags this week.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Sweet Stampin Challenge - Red for Remembrance 
Just Keep on Creating -AG
Great Impressions Stamps November Challenge - AG

News Hound

Hello.  Welcome.  I was lucky to be the random winner of the December VLVS challenge and my grab bag prize arrived yesterday.  Looking through I spotted a cute dog and a sentiment I couldn't resist inking up.  I think they went very well together.....

So, it was going to be an ATC, but I couldn't fit the dog and the sentiment on it, so I dug out some Sizzix journaling card dies.  Then, cos I don't PL or journal I decided to stick a piece of thin magnet on the back and make a fridge magnet.  Approximate size 7,5 x 10cm.  Sorry, I got carried away and forgot to photo.  

The background is a piece of thick brown card, die cut and sponged with Ground Espresso distress ink through Echo Park Diagonal Stripes stencil.  I stamped the VLVS circle on neon paper and embossed with black powder.  I cut some ex-plastic packaging with the die and embossed with Sizzix Ledger embossing folder.  I added some brown alcohol inks around the edges on the backside.  The dog, sentiment and floor detail are all VLVS stamped on old book paper.  The floor was detail is from a circus lady's stripy trousers!  Then I stuck my magnet on the back and it's ready to swap for a cup of really good coffee........

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
VLVS February Challenge
MFP Stamps Challenge 9 - Brown
Stamplorations Mixed Media Challenge
Penny Black and More - Anything Goes with Stamps and a Die
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes