Life and Renewal

Hello Nomad friends.  I was inspired by the CASE at Timeout to make this wedding card.  I've used Poppystamps Holiday Mistletoe die to cut my foliage.   I thought it was appropriate to the theme as it is considered a sign of life and renewal.  I also really like the shape of the leaves.  

I cut the mistletoe and the hearts from pink and white scraps and layered them on my linen textured base card.  The Dear Bridal Couple is a Kort og Godt die which I cut from a slightly darker shade of pink.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Time Out Challenge 207 - CASE a Card
Poppystamps Challenge 89 - Heartfelt
Allsorts Challenge Week 664 - I Love...... weddings
Double D Challenge - Shades Of Pink
Dare 2B Artzy Challenge - Love

Christmas In July

Hello Nomad friends.  Gosh, toasty here today for the 1st day of July and over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity we are chilling and starting the month with a Christmas In July challenge.  Share your stamped Christmas themed projects. Real rubber or clear stamping and the theme must feature prominently on your design for a chance to win Lost Coast $$$$$'s.  I decided to wheel out Lost Coast Designs gorgeous Mistletoe Goth.

I used Lost Coast Designs Mistletoe Goth, Small Snowflakes and Party Words.  I used red Bazzill card for the base and the panel, both edged with black ink.  I stamped a border of the small snowflakes and embossed with silver powder on the red panel.  I stamped Mistletoe Goth on white card with black archival ink and added some gel pen colour and much glitter glue, fussy cut her and added her to the card.  A Merry Christmas stamped in black and we are done!!!

Hop over to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity to check out the awesome makes from the team and link up your Christmas extravaganza.  See you there!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 548
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Christmas Craft Creations Challenge - Heat Embossing
We Love 2 Create Challenge 7 - Anything Mixed Media

Blue Bubbles

Hello Nomad friends!!  Happy Sunday!!!!   Hope it's going well. Over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity the current challenge is Winter Blues.  We want to see winter and/or blue featuring on your stamped projects.  I've used the beautiful Mistletoe Goth and many shades of blue with lots of sparkle, which makes it all feel festive.

I stamped Lost Coast Designs Bubbles Background on the card base and embossed with dark blue embossing powder.  I stamped Mistletoe Goth on pale grey card with Manganese archival ink, coloured with Promarkers and fussy cut.  Then I went a little bit crazy with the glitter!!!!   Bling!!!!  The Peace Dictionary Words was stamped on vellum.  I ripped the edges then backed it with pale blue card and fussy cut the edges to match the vellum.  

Hop over to the Portal and check out all the awesome inspiration from the team and link up your blue and/or Winter makes for a chance to win.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Mistletoe Goth is joining the fun at
Lek med Kreativ Scrapping Utfordring 12 - Embossing
We Love Chocolate Baroque December Challenge - AG
Scrappelyst Utfordring for Desember - Jul

Kitty Kisses

Hello Nomad friends.  We have had some thunder. lightning and rain so the temperatures have come down to a cool 21°C!!!  A little reminder for you all that today is the last day to comment on the Card Chain Challenge 3000 cards blog hop.  

There are some fabulous sponsors and also some other games on the blog.  If you haven't checked out all the poetry for Game 3 then I highly recommend it.  If you are feeling poetic then add your own for a chance to win a fun stamp prize from Lost Coast Designs.  Open to everyone......

Since it cooled down a bit Mr Mojo raised his head and asked 'Is it Christmas yet'??  Well, no, but it is Rudolf days!! which is almost the same thing, so here we go, with additional inspiration supplied by a number of other fab challenges...........

I used a MFT sketch, a Winnie and Walter round tag die, a crazy cat was sent by my friend Cat in Maryland, thanks Cat, and a die cut santa hat.  The Mistletoe is a Thirsty Brush Company stamp which I won over at the ABC Christmas challenge.  I used a patterned card base and various scraps.

I don't usually decorate inside but...... I wanted to use the fun Meet Me Under the Mistletoe sentiment.  The patterned card base was too pretty to totally cover so I cut a smaller insert from green paper with a fancy die and stamped the large mistletoe and the sentiment.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Christmas Kickstart Challenge 32 - Care To Tag Along
ABC Christmas Challenge - L is for Love
June Rudolph Days Challenge
Allsorts Challenge Week 578 - So Cute
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 496
Get Cracking on Christmas

Mistletoe and Roses

Hello Nomad friends.  Another warm day here in Norway so I decided to chill and go all Christmas and bling.  The challenge at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity for the rest of this month is Face On.  Use a human face on your stamped makes.  I decided to use Lost Coast Designs gorgeous Mistletoe Goth, with supporting action from Sketchy Rose and Peace Dictionary Words.  

I kinda cased my own design that I used Mistletoe Goth for last month, keeping her slightly off the right hand side, but I got a bit more arty on the left hand side, masking and stamping the Peace dictionary words and, with the help of a bit more masking, stamping and embossing the Sketchy Rose with white tinsel embossing powder.  I used Promarkers on the main image and lots of blingy iridescent glitter glue.  

Do hop over to the Portal for all the details, more photos, lots of inspiration from the team and to link up your Face On stamped makes for your chance to win Lost Coast dollars$$$$!!  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Mistletoe Goth is joining the fun at
Christmas Kickstart Challenge 13 - Glitter, Sparkle and Shine
Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Garland/Leaves/Christmas Flowers mistletoe and roses
ABC Christmas Challenge - M is for Masking
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 442
Time Out Challenge 137  one layer card with mistletoe and roses

Hot and Sexy Christmas and Some Winners

Hello.  Welcome.  I think it may be one of the hottest days of the year so far and I'm in Christmas mode!!!   Well.......  

I am really enjoying the Lost Coast Designs challenge of Use Some Words.  Carmen's Veranda has the best fun sentiments, which are also perfect for the Christmas Kickstart Challenge of Sarky Christmas.  So I grabbed the gorgeous Mistletoe Goth and Carmen's Veranda Hot and Sexy Birthday sentiment and using a pair of scissors!! and a couple of words from Lost Coast Designs Misc. Words made it more seasonal.

Hop over to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity for all the scary details and to link up your wordy make to the Use Some Words challenge.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Oops, nearly forgot that I was offering a prize of the stamp and embossing folder I used in my Guest Elf post way back in April.  Thanks to everyone who commented BUNNY and also grabbed extra chances after linking up at the Christmas Kickstart challenge.  I rattled Mr Random's cage and he says Jane Willis is the lucky winner.  Congrats Jane.  Email me your address details and happy mail will be on it's way......

I also had a little game going on with my Granny in Bearclaw Slippers post.   I only had one player on my blog and two on fb so I decided you are all winners.  I have tagged the fb ladies.  Suzanne H you are a winner as well.  Send me you address details and happy mail will be on the way.  Thanks for playing along.

Joining the fun at
Christmas Kickstart Challenge #10 - Sarky Christmas
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Stitches
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 438
Penny Black and More Challenge - All Things Feminine
Dream in Darkness