The Mojo Made Me Do It

Hello.  Welcome.  Weirdness continues, but it's after midnight, so I'm blaming it on the pumpkins.  

Maybe this could be for my friend Arthur, but there's more chance it's for the CASology challenge where the cue word is ART.  I used Your Next Stamps sketch.  The tiger bloke is a combination of MFP Tiger and Nutcracker stamps coloured with bright distress inks.  Well, I use the word 'coloured' in a loose sense.  I used a white pen for the line and the word Art is Rubber Dance Stitched Alphabet stamped on white card and fussy cut.  Curiously strange, but I'm sure Arthur will love it.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at 
CASology Week 206 - ART
YNS Challenge 43 - Sketch
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Flora and Fauna
Allsorts Challenge Week 371 - One For the Boys
Penny Black and More Challenge - Anything Goes With Stamps 

Something To Keep The Snow Off

Hello.  Welcome.  Well, who'd have thought.  Two days ago it's -12°C.  Today it's 6°C and they are saying tomorrow it might be 11°C!!  Double figures!  That's summer temperatures ROFL.  I can't keep up!!   Chickens glad though.  Snow is cold on the feet.  I put out some warm water for them to drink, cos it doesn't freeze so fast, and caught one of my hens standing in it!!  Foot bath.  And the snow is gone again.  Ah well.......

I raided the scrap box for some strips of blue and stuck them on a white card base.  I embossed with Cuttlebug Snowflake embossing folder.  Then I stamped, coloured and fussy cut Mark's Finest Papers Nutcracker stamp.  The sentiment is a Rubber Dance stamp from the Winter Wonderland set embossed with blue powder.  

Blue snow.  Cool.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
MFP Stamps Challenge 4 - Blue
The Craft Barn Weekly Challenge - Hats
Papirplaneten Utfordring 2 - Blatt og Hvitt 
Hjerteboden Januar Utfordring - Bruk Snøkrystaller 
Rediscover How To Play 2016 Jan Week 3  

Silver Soldier

Hello.  Welcome.  Why isn't it soljier??  Isn't English a funny language.  Anyway, moving on......

Over at MFP they want silver and gold together so I grabbed my little nutcraker and this happened

I stamped Marks Finest Paper Nutcracker and the vertical Merry Christmas from the Dear Santa set on gold card and embossed with silver powder.  I fussy cut the nutcracker and mounted him and the sentiment on a piece of silver paper on a gold card base.  

Joining the fun at
Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge 279 - Use Both Silver and Gold
OCS September Challenge - Christmas/Halloween
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Love This Technique  stamp, emboss, fussy cut - love it
Penny Black and More September Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Little Green Men

Hello.  Welcome.  I decided to try Stamping Through a Stencil, which is the technique challenge over at MFP this week, and combine it with green and gold.  I wanted to try using sentiment stamp.  I think it made for an interesting background but maybe isn't quite as readable as I was hoping for. 

I cut a green tag and used Mowed Lawn distress ink through Stamplorations Just Squares stencil for a tone on tone look.  Then I stamped the sentiment 'I've been very, very, very good this year' from MFP Dear Santa set in versamark and embossed with gold powder.  I stamped and embossed MFP Nutcracker, also on green card!!  Made for interesting skin tones!!!!  I coloured with various shades of green sharpie markers.  His gold embossed eyes also looked a little strange so I added some google eyes and embossed his beard with white puff powder.  I think he looks like a child who has been asked if he's been good and he's trying his best to say 'I have, I have, really I have.....'

Joining the fun at
Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge 278 - Stamping Through a Stencil 
Stamplorations September Mixed Media Challenge 
Stampotique Designers Challenge 212 - Use Only 2 Stamps 
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Use a Stamp 
The Craft Barn Weekly Challenge - Stamping 
Time Out Challenge 39 - Make Your Mark

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz
 

Wishing You a Very Chilli Christmas

Hello.  Welcome.  Since I was over at MFP I thought I'd try the Popcorn Wrap Stocking Stuffer tutorial and join in the Christmas in July hop challenge.  I don't do microwave popcorn so I decided to be creative with chocolate

Hmmm, nam.  Perfect.  I've altered the dimensions given in the tutorial to 12 x 8" and 10 x 4" for my papers

NBUS alert!!  I've used MME Snowed In papers.  This was a 2008 release!!  Too pretty to use!  Get 'em gone girl!!  Ooh, GEGG.  Maybe Darnell would like that one.  

Actually the altered dimensions worked perfectly for me cos I wanted to use MFP Nutcracker stamps and they are quite tall thin images.  I stamped and embossed the nutcracker and colored with sharpies and my gold pilot pen.  The frame was cut using Spellbinders Labels 23.  The sentiment is also from the nutcracker set

Joining the fun at
MFP Stamp Shop Christmas in July Blog Hop
Winter Wonderland - Christmas Carols/Songs We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Thanks for dropping by.  Back soon maybe since Mr Mojo and Mr Organised seem to have got it together.  Famous last words.....  Hugz

Nuts, or Just a Little Bit Crazy

Hello.  Welcome.  I am posting three black and white projects after happy mail gave Mr Mojo a major boost today.  I've used Mark's Finest Papers Nutcracker stamp after seeing Deepti's card.  I loved the bold black and white stripes on Deepti's card and was inspired to this...

 
I actually used a variation on the cut panel technique to make my stripes.  I cut a panel with the SSS stitched rectangle die and stamped Marks Finest Papers Nutcracker in black.  Then I measured 1.5cm sections and cut them away each side up to my stamped image.  Does that make sense?  Didn't think to take a picture.  Then I backed it with a black base card.  Voila, stripes.  

Joining the fun at
Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge 258 - Black and White
STAMPlorations CASEploration April
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - CAS 
 
Thanks for your visit.  I'll be back soon with black and white bonanza number three.  Stay tuned crafty fans.  Hugz

Born Again

Hello.  Welcome.  This is one of the UFO's I produced yesterday.  I made a background using a homemade circle mask and sponged on various blue distress inks

Then I came to a halt.  But today, on reflection, I had an idea.....

I took a piece of the background, cut it into three, mounted on a dark blue base and added a nutcracker from Mark's Finest Papers Nutcracker stamp set.  I obviously was still stuck in purple and green land courtesy of my Promarkers.

Joining the fun at
Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge 250 - Sponged Circle Background
DL ART February Linky Challenge - Anything Goes 
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes 
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Anything Goes 
Ett Trykk Vi Jubilerer Utfordring 13 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Fishcake Friday

Hello.  Welcome.  I was working on a little something when Mr Postman arrived with happy mail and I got all distracted.  A set of Nutcracker stamps I was lucky enough to win in a blog hop over at Mark's Finest Papers.  I haven't joined in the Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge for a few weeks so I decided I had to ink these up and make a fun card

The challenge this week is to make a rainbow so after I stamped and coloured my Nutcracker I fussy cut him and mounted him on rainbow corrugated card.  Then I added a stamped Hero Arts greeting which I coloured in a rainbow of distress colours.  I think this will be a perfect card for a male friend.  A nutcracker is not just for Christmas.........

Joining the fun at
Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge 245 - Make a Rainbow
CASology Week 130 - Friend 
Fashionable Stamping Challenge #89 - Something New 
Uniko Studio Challenge 17 - Love and Friendship 
Love to Scrap Challenge 46 - Anything Goes 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz