Another Meercat in the Snow

Hello Nomad friends.  Yep, another meercat!  Well, this guy got left behind the other day and he's been looking at me!   Who could resist...........  We have a new challenge starting at Let's Squash It! today and we want to see Snowflakes and/or Stars.  Sadly I also have to tell you that this will be the last challenge at Let's Squash It! for the time being.  It's been squashtastic, but Jo and I have decided to suspend the challenges after this one.  So if you have been meaning to join the squashy fun now is the time!!!!   Here's meercat in the snow II.... 

I started by embossing my card panel with Crafters Companions Parquet embossing folder and gave it a really weak watercolour wash with Tea Dye distress ink.  Then I embossed with Hobby Solutions Let It Snow embossing folder and used Taylored Expressions Sugar Cube ink.  My intention was to make the snowflakes pop, but everything got knocked back so I embraced the neutral naturals.  I used irridescent glitter glue on the snowflakes, which worked surprisingly well.  Then I added my Hobby Art meercat and gave him a brown santa hat with some glitter.  Can't have too much glitter at Christmas.....

Hop over and check out the awesome inspiration from Jo and our GDT and don't forget to join our amazing farewell party.  See you there!

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Allsorts Challenge Week 706 - AG opt Let It Snow

Meercat in the Snow

Hello Nomad friends.  Winter is here, at least in our part of the world.  Very chilly and a little bit sparkly outside tonight.  I suppose it snows everywhere at some time, even hot places, so here's a meercat in the snow.

 

Hobby Art Meercat and Santa hat stamped on scraps and fussy cut.  I used white gel pen and sharpies to add some colour to the hat.  The background is Hunkydory patterned card and I used some twine and a Merry Christmas flattened crown cap for the sentiment embellishment.

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As You Like It Challenge - Favourite Non-Traditional Christmas Animal you can't beat a meercat in a santa hat.  How cute and fun are meercats!!!!  Gotta love em. 

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Christmas Cheer

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Country View December Challenge - Christmas

Meerly Cute

Hello Nomad friends.  I was one of Di's lucky winners of the mega Christmas draw at the Snippets Playground and I won a Marianne Designs Meercat die set.  Thanks so much Di.  Perfectly awesome and so so perfect for scraps.  Marianne Designs also have a twofer challenge so I decided to use my new dies and some scraps and make a couple of cards for some occasions that are just over the horizon.

Yeah, Meercat cuteness.  So happy with these.  Although it wasn't til I uploaded the picture that I noticed I'd cut one of the 'meercat mounds' to the panel, and one to the card base.  I was aiming for the same but different so I suppose I have that.

I used gold card bases and the meercat mound is a circle of pizza box I painted with gold Aztec paint and cut in half.  Half each guys and gals.  Found lots of brown scraps for the Meercats.  Some pink and blue for their collars and red for the heart.  OK, scraps excess....... all those little dots came from the heart die cut!!  I think I need scraps anonymous.....

And then there's this.  OMG.  How cute are those baby meercats??  Mothers Day in Norway is the 2nd Sunday in February, so this will be great for the MIL.  Although thinking about it I may need to add another couple of babies cos my man is one of five siblings.  Bwahahahahaahha.  The patterned paper, heart die, acrylic stars and rectangle die are all Marianne Designs.  The Verdens Beste (world's best) is a Kort og Godt die.  

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