Hard Rock - A Study in Silence

Hello Nomad friends.  Llama tell you, the Atacama dessert is the driest desert in the world.  Most of it is in northern Chile and it contains a fast fashion clothes mountain that can be seen from space.  Personally I find that mind boggling.  Not that we discard so many clothes, since humans seem to be a particularly wasteful and careless species, but that they have been dumped/are being dumped in such a remote location in such enormous quantities.  No wonder this llama looks so thoughtful.

I used a Kort og Godt patterned card for my card base that made me think of hard pan and marble.  I found a pale scrap of patterned paper and ripped it to give my llama somewhere to stand.  I stamped and die cut Hero Arts Llama and lots of clouds from the Cowboy Adventure stamp set on lots of little white scraps.  So glad for those little cloud dies LOL.  

Thanks for dropping by. Hugz

 

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Making Stuff Sort Of Day

Hello Nomad friends.  I think we probably have about 6 inches of snow on the ground after repeated showers yesterday and the day before.  The temperatures have come up a bit and it still looks like it could go either way.  I have taken advantage of a snowy weekend to make a few cards.  

First, a Christmas card with a stamped wordy background.  I put a variety of Christmas sentiment clear stamps together on my acrylic block, repeatedly stamped them on pale grey card and embossed with red embossing powder.  Then I smeared the whole thing with red ink.  I added a couple of Signature die cut fa lla lla lla llamas, in scarves of course.

Gotta llove a llama.  I used some scraps of light grey card for the llama's and some snippets of red and yellow to dress them up. 

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My second card is based on the sketch at Creative Sketchy Girls.  I decided to make a masculine birthday easel card and repeat the sketch inside too. 

I used a blue cog paper from Docrafts and some scraps of brown patterned card that I cut into thin strips.  The vintage car toppers are from Craft Creations (shop closed).  I've had them a long time.  The metal cog charm is from Korthobby.no.  

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Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Llama on my Pillow

Hello Nomad friends.  Time is such a fluid thing isn't it.  The realisation that it's soon Christmas has crept up on me.   I have been making cards all year, so I'm good for that, so I have decided to make some gift boxes. 

I made a pillow box using some patterned card.  I stamped Taylored Expressions Twinkle Twinkle Backfground with Sugar Cube ink on a green card panel.  I stamped Taylored Expressions Look Who's Talking llama on white card, fusy cut, die cut him a santa hat and added him to the panel.  I have a llama phrase die so I did a bit of cutting and got my Fa Lla Lla Lla Lla Lla sentiment.  Now I just have to fill it with goodies.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Llama Tell You

Hello Nomad friends.  Herd today about someone expecting twins.  That's the second lot of twins I've heard about recently.   I suppose that will be one consequence of lockdown!!  Better start making baby cards!  Can I use baby llamas for baby human cards????   Maybe not!!!  They made me smile anyway.......

I used Hero Arts Word Pops (3) stamped using Dandelion archival on a grey slightly fleur de lys patterned card base.  Then I edged and smeared more Dandelion ink.  I stamped the sentiment using Orange Blossom archival.  It's also HA, from a demo set SD396.  The llamas are a HA stamp and cut set.  I decided to add two cria, dat is what a baby llama is called LOL, cos of the whole twin thing.  My herd was stamped in Manganese Blue archival ink.

Thanks for dropping by.  Off to make more cards and maybe a box!!  Hugz

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Llama Farmer Birthday

Hello Nomad friends.  A little pause from spooky and boos to share a card for a friend of mine who likes llamas.  I saw that Seize the Birthday is celebrating their 200th challenge so I decided to add balloons and join the fun.

I used a navy blue base card, although it looks black in the piccy.  The balloon cloudy sky layer is some pretty patterned paper I found and cut with Gummiapen Postage Square die.  The llama and the sentiment and from Taylored Expressions Look Who's Talking set.  I stamped the sentiment straight on the card but the llama was stamped, coloured with distress markers and fussy cut.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Like Da Llama Says

 Hello Nomad friends.  Let's party like it's not 2020!!!!!

I tink da llama has da right idea.  Party like there's no tomorrow.  Jada jada jada.

The green dotty paper is DCWV.  I embossed the green back panel with Sizzix Flower embossing folder.  The Llama and sentiment are from Taylored Expressions Looks Who's Talking stamp set.  Party Time!!!!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Walking With a Llama in Europe

Hello Nomad friends.  Happy June!!!  I take part in an international card exchange every month called the Card Chain Challenge.  As you can appreciate this too has been impacted by the current situation.  Mail just ain't flying like it used to!!!!   Here's a card I sent to Mia in Greece for the March exchange.  Yes, that's right!  March.  I do believe the llama walked it!!!!!!  Glad he finally made it and I can share, cos he is rather adorbs.

I've used Blue Knight Silhouette Forest stamp for the background, used a distress ink watercolour wash for the sky, distress markers for the field and the Llama is by Taylored Expressions, stamped and fussy cut.  So cool.  The hello is from Stamplorations Skinny Sentiments die set.  I'm so glad llama finally made it through.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Llama Surprize You

Hello Nomad friends.  It was a lovely sunny day.  Cold, a good frost last night, but sunny!!  Fabtastic to see the sun.  Spent a little time topping up my Vitamin D in the garden, until the sun popped behind a cloud and it suddenly felt decidedly chilly.   

In the craft room this evening.  Mr Mojo was like a kid in a candy shop.  Oooh, that!  No that!!!  Ooh, let try that!!!  So lots of UFO, that hopefully will come to completion this weekend, and this.

Feeling colourful!  The paper is an ancient scrap.  I used a purple glitter card base.  The llama, party hat and sentiment are from Taylored Expressions Look Who's Talking set.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Bllama

Hello.  Welcome.  About 10 years ago I nearly bought myself an alpaca.  Yes, a real alpaca.  But it never happened, which is probably a good thing.  I would have just paid for someone else to keep it and probably only visited once a year, so where's the fun in that??!  But, many years on, I still love alpacas and llamas and this card was a delight to make.  

I am really pleased with how this turned out.  I did some fancy die cutting to get my flowery frame, and I wasn't sure it would work, but it actually came out almost exactly how I saw it in my head!  Way to go Mr Mojo!!

I cut a square of pale blue card.  I used Hero Arts Paper Layering Swirl Flower die and partially cut it into the corners by using a small cutting plate.  This is a two part die.  The flower petals only partially cut and then there is an 'angel wing' die to cut the outline.

Then I used a craft knife to cut between the flower to leave a thin frame.  I lifted the petals and shaped them slightly and coloured with turquoise and dark blue chalk.    Then I forgot to take more step by step photo's..........

I found some flowery lace and coloured it with Tumbled Glass distress ink and added it along the top and bottom inside edge of the frame.  I stamped Hero Arts Word Pops stamp using Salty Ocean DOx on blue card for a bit of tone on tone texture and backed the flower frame.  I cut the flower centers again, layered them up and added some half pearls.  I stamped Hero Arts Llama with dark blue ink, fussy cut and coloured with Stormy Sky distess ink.  This stamp set comes with a die but it leaves a white border that I am not used to, and I like fussy cutting.  I added a small ribbon bow, also coloured with the Tumbled Glass ink.  Then I stamped the sentiment from the llama set and also 29 Again, which is a Rubber Dance stamp, with the dark blue ink and mounted the panel on a steel blue base.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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