Scraptastic

Hello Nomad friends.  Today I decided to see if I could work out what this paperclip card trend is all about.  Never heard of it??  I think it's a Scandi thing.  I certainly haven't seen giant paperclips featuring many other places.   They call em cards, but basically it's like a scrappy tag.  I suppose some people are making em as little folded cards, but why stick a paperclip on the top if you aren't gonna hang it from something??  Basically you need a paperclip, big as you like, some scraps and other crafty goodies like stamps, dies, embellishments etc. etc. etc.........   And then this happened........

Not sure I'm hooked, but am rather pleased with this.   And it used scraps, so win win.....   I used a scrap of card I'd brayered with PaperArtsy paints and then sprayed with gold shimmer mist.  I cut Aall and Create Number Crunching die from a scrap of patterned paper, stuck it on the painty scrap and cut it to size.  I had a bit of the painty scrap left over so I cut the two fishtail pennants which I edged with black ink, and used two other pieces and some screw effect brads to attach it to the paperclip.  I stamped Aall and Create Dashing Crow, coloured and fussy cut.  I added two clock metal charms from Korthobby, the clock on the paperclip and then a cute cuckoo clock on the crow's jacket.  Might make a fun bookmark LOL.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Allsorts Challenge Week 675 Favourite Stamps and Dies love this crow stamp and Aall and create dies are such fun

Pull my Bell

Hello Nomad friends.  I'm here with some more inspiration for the current 'use an embossing folder that includes numbers or letters and sand it challenge' at Let's Squash It!  I used a scrap of a blue metal sheet for my inspiration post and Nellie Snellen Let It Snow folder, so I decided to make it into a card.  This lovely folder is one of the amazing prizes on offer to our random winner each month.  You get a choice from our prize vault.  Ain't that great???

I was inspired by the sketch at Christmas Craft Creations and cut the bottom edge of the embossed sanded metal with a snowy landscape stitch die from Stamplorations.  I added a fun little elf from PaperArtsy who always makes me think of a stick of dynamite!!  His bell is usually on a thin line coming out of his hat but decided to fussy cut it off and give him a more scotch bonnet look.  I stamped and fussy cut him and coloured with Promarkers.

Dig out your wordy/numeric folders and sand paper and get squashing.  Linky is open until the end of the month so you have another week to join in. 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 560
Stamplorations September Challenge
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Crafting Away the UFO's

Hello Nomad friends.  It's a warm drizzly day today.  So I decided I would attack my desk this afternoon and try and get rid of some of the UFO's, unfinished objects, that litter the surface like moon rocks on the moon.  I keep turning up some shaving foam backgrounds I made ages ago so decided I needed to do something with at least one of them.  

I grabbed a square pre-embossed DCWV base card and smeared the embossing with Spun Sugar distress ink.  I cut the brusho/shaving foam background with square stitch dies and added a little stamping with PaperArtsy HP1105 grungy stamp and green archival ink.  I stamped PaperArtsy HP1105 steampunk dragonfly with black ink and added glitter glue.  I arranged it all in an ascetically pleasing manner and used a small offcut and Lost Coast Designs Happy Birthday stamp for the sentiment strip.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Stockings or Socks

Hello Nomad friends.  Back in Christmas mode here today with a stocking/sock card.

I stamped and white embossed Unity Stocking Background and then smeared with various blue distress inks.  I cut the panel with Stamplorations Double Crazy Stitch Rectangle die, edged with blue Promarker and added to a navy blue card base.  I stamped PaperArtsy Santa sock sentiment on some blue scraps, chopped it up, edged with blue and added it to the card.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Happy Mail

Hello Nomad friends.  It has been a perfectly glorious day and I have been out in the garden planting seeds, potting things up, discovering that Bob rabbit had dug a huge tunnel under one of the rabbit hutches and was a meter under next doors fence!!!!  Naughty Bob!!!!!  Don't you love it when you got the day planned and then other jobs pop up and suddenly you're doing a white rabbit act.  Story of my life.  That's why I stopped wearing watches.   But the good news is my Card Chain Challenge card made it through to Gundi in Germany so that gives me something to share with you today.  

I went with the colours, Black, Plum and Lilac, sorta the sketch and the theme of friendship.  I started with a black base card and added this frame that has been kicking around forever but was just perfectly the right colours.  When does that happen???  Never right??  Anyway, stamped the fun PaperArtsy sentiment in plumeria chalk and added Stampoutique's Little Hoo Hoo, stamped coloured with Promarkers and fussy cut.  He looks rather cool, standing there against the black void clutching his Hoo Hoo.  Gundi said she liked it so all is good in the world.

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Let not rain, nor storm, nor corona 19 stay our brave endevour of sharing love around the world one card at a time.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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After The Weekend Is Over

Hello Nomad friends.  I have had a crafty Easter joining in some flash challenges on fb.  One of the last ones that posted was to use the scraps that resulted from the Easter Marathons.  Well, I thought this was a great idea cos usually they would either lie in a pile or get shoved onto Scrap Mountains.  Yep. my scrap mountain has friends!!!  Anyway, I didn't get to it last night so I got up bright and early and had a rattle through the pile.  Must have had a few lying there before I started cos a couple of hidden treasures appeared that I didn't generate this weekend.  So I chucked a few bit together, called it a design and ooohhhhhhh!!!  Magic!!!!

The green base card was cut special, and I don't really count pieces big enough to make a card size mat a scrap, but this yellow piece was left over from the weekend frenzy so.....  The girl is Unity, stamped on a white scrap, coloured with distress inks and fussy cut.  The pink flower and gold circles were bits I cut and didn't use.  The green piece with the blobs has been lying a while and was too cute to throw.  The film strip is a PaperArtsy stamp and I found it already stamped on a scrap of vellum at the bottom of the pile.  There is also a pale green jaggy border overlapping the vellum.  I was about too throw that but it was a very cute shape so I decided to add it to my design.  Really pleased with this card.  

Maybe I need to have another look to this pile!  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Scrappesyken April Utfordring - Gul
Scrappelyst Utfordring for April - Lag På Lag
Stamplorations Photo April Challenge  inspired by round citrus shapes and colours

When I Grow Up I Want To Be Tall

Hello Nomad friends.   I am liking the Tall cue word at CASology so I made a card for my nephew who has a birthday soon.  

I used a red foil base card and a piece of sun ray patterned paper.   I stamped PaperArtsy Zini36 and coloured with Promarkers.  Then I stole him some legs from Unity Just a Boy stamp!!!  I stamped the vertical Happy Birthday from Lost Coast Designs Party Words. 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Duck Billed Friends

Hello.  Welcome.  Thinking of and sending hugz to Australia.  Seeing lots of koala's.  Here's one of our less represented antipodean friends.  I love Platypus.  They are just AWESOME!!  I imagine they are taking a beating in the fires, and since they nest underground......   Hoping you get rain soon.  Will try to send some of ours your way....

I used Honey Bee Stamps Penny paper piecing die and various bits from scrap mountain.  The bill and feet were cut from some fluffy stuff I found.  I gave her a gold metal heart charm from Korthobby.no to have and to hold.   The sentiment is a Paperartsy stamp (ding and dong set) and I used a preprinted base card from DCWV?  Penny is just so cute!!!!

Thanks for dropping by.  Leave me an awesome comment and have an awesome day.  Hugz.

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Rudolf Cubed

Hello.  Welcome.  I found Mr Mojo!!!!  He was over at the neighbour's house!  I think he likes her coffee.   Anyway, here's three more CAS ATC's with a Christmas theme using the very cool Reindeer from PaperArtsy.

I used Kort og Godt grey woodgrain card for my ATC bases and stamped the PaperArtsy Reindeer with black archival.  I coloured with Promarkers, using a different colour on each of the eyes and used different colour glitter glues on his antlers.  I edged with red archival ink.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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He, He, Hee

Hello.  Welcome.  I would like to extend my eternal thanks to all the Christmas challenge blogs out there who are helping me keep on track to replenish my Xmas card stash.  It was seriously depleted to zero last year and I am enjoying the challenge of building it up again, one card at a time, cos that's how I roll........

Here's an Elf for the Christmas Kickstart Challenge.  That theme actually threw me a bit cos I remember I was elf challenged a few months ago.  I can't for the life of me remember if I solved that challenge, but luckily today I remembered I had this Paperartsy set that contains a number of little, slender xmas characters, including this elf, who I think looks a bit like a stick of dynamite!!  

I was the lucky winner at Hazel's Christmas challenge two Saturdays ago and a lovely pack of christmas papers have found their way to me.  Thanks Hazel.  I decided to do a partial fussy/die cut on this one using a craft knife to cut around the three envelopes and then die cut with Stamplorations Snowy Stitched Hills die.

Really love how that stitched border seems to tuck behind the little envelopes.  I edged the patterned paper panel with turquoise chalk and stamped the elf on a scrap on white card.  I coloured him with Promarkers and fussy cut.  Doesn't he look mischevious?!  A perfect card for a young man me thinks.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Badger Posy

Hello.  Welcome.  

I used the pretty Memory Box Lisette die and cut it 5 times from yellow and 5 times from orange card, layered them and added some Do-Craft epoxy brads from 

the Woodland Friends set.

I used the Sizzix/Hero Arts Flourish stamp/embossing folder set, stamping with Plumeria chalk on light purple card and embossing with the folder.  

I cut the embossed panel with Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die and mounted on a dark purple card base.  The sentiment is from Paperartsy Ding and Dong set.  

Thank for dropping by.  Hugz

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Cards und More Challenge #34 - Colourboard 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes 

Incrementally

Hello.  Welcome.  Sssh!  I'm supposed to be doing something else but when I posted my last card I happened to see Etsuko's post on the Paperartsy blog.  Flushed with my initial 'stamping platform' success I decided to try a bit of shadow stamping.  

Well, I like it!!  

I added a piece of grid paper to my IKEA frame and positioned my card and HP1103 stamp.  I stamped with black archival, moved it a cm and stamped with Ripe Persimmon.   Nice!!!!  But I thought the gap was a bit big so I moved it back a bit, stamped with Dried Marigold, moved it back a bit and stamped with Mustard Seed.  (no picture sorry, it was too blurry!)

I thought the black had suffered a bit so I put the card back in the original position and restamped the black archival.  I stamped the sentiment from SIDD1 and used the distress inks to make the sunburst pattern and edge the card.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Now I really must go and eat some cake tidy up after yesterday's harvest party.  Hugz

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Dragonfly Kisses

Hello.  Welcome.  Paperartsy have a stamping platform challenge.  I have ye olde IKEA double frame, which I keep meaning to modify slightly or see if I want to spend my pennies on the prof version, so I figured this was a great time to give it a whirl!!  

My idea was a stamping platform would be a great save for solid stamps, cos often they are difficult to get a really good image on.  I used this solid leafy branch stamp from Paperartsy Eclectica 04 and stamped it in three shades of green distress ink 4 times.  Three would have worked but I was having fun!!  Then I has a eureka moment - stamp kissing!!  I grabbed the dragonfly stamp from Hot Picks 1105, inked it with black archival, stamped it on the leaf stamp and then stamped the leaf stamp on the card again to give a bit of texture to the leaves.  What fun!!  Saves cutting a mask!!  I used a fine black pen to go around the edges of the leaves to make them pop a bit more.  I stamped the Rubber Dance sentiment in green ink and added a drop of crystal lacquer on the end of the bottom leaf.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Me and You

Hello.  Welcome.  CASology's cue card is Menu and the 2018 Cat Lovers Hop has started so cat menu it is...........

Well, there you have it!  8 out of ten cats prefer CAS.
I used PaperArtsy Cat stamps.

Stamped the cat, masked the cat, stamped the menu, done.

Thanks for dropping by.  Don't forget the cat is in charge.  Hugz

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Her Peaceful Garden 2018 Cat Lovers Hop
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Quirky Sunday

Hello.  Welcome.  Rain, rain, rain, rain!!!  Well, what can you do??  Let's craft!!  I decided to perk myself up by going a little quirky.  And blokey as well!!  Me thinks the day is looking up already!!!  It's always a good day when I get a masculine make!

 I started by finding my shaving foam and reinker experiment from last weekend.

Hmmmm!!  This has been hanging around a week but thrifty crafter felt that there was still some potential here.  So I pulled another print from it.  It was a bit dried out and had lost it's foamy texture but I got to use it once before it suffered a total and irreversible collapse.

OK, it's not a WOW background but I thought it would make a perfect base.  And it smells nice!!

I grabbed a Sizzix embossing folder called Numbers, smeared Tea Dye distress ink on it and embossed my panel.  

I made a border using some pale blue card, a Sizzix Tribal border die and this PaperArtsy stamp from the Dolls 1 set.  I cut the card and inked the number bit of the stamp and randomly stamped with Salty Ocean distress ink.  Then I pieced all those little bits back in.  OK, not really!!  Life is too short.  I cut a piece of the blue card and backed the diecut with it.  

A couple of bits of ephemera made with the Paperartsy Dolls 1 set and a Stamplorations stitched tag die from the Tag O'Coffee set.  I cut the tag and stamped with the two postmark stamps from the dolls set with Salty Ocean DI.  I stamped the male doll on brown paper with black archival and fussy cut him.

I added a scrap of plaid paper and it all went together like this on a brown card base.  The sentiment is from Paperartsy Ding & Dong Plate 5 cos sometimes quirky needs direction.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hope you are having a crafty day.  Hugz

Supplies
Stamps: PaperArtsy Dolls 1, Ding & Dong Plate 5
Dies: Sizzix Tribal Border, Stamplorations Crazy Double Stitch Rectangle, Tag O'Coffee tag
Embossing Folder: Sizzix Numbers
Inks:  Salty Ocean, Tea Dye distress, black Archival, Caramel Adirondack reinker
Other:  Blue, brown and white card and brown paper, DCWV plaid paper, Shaving Foam

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Winnie & Walter WCMD - Number Cruncher Challenge
Kreativ Scrapping Utfordring 10 - Mann og Dies
Winnie & Walter WCMD - Dress Up Your Die-cuts
Crop Stop October Link Party 44 - Option Use Plaid