Hello Bird Dog

Hello Nomad Friends.  Weather wise the day started surprisingly well, and has ended predictably wet!!!  Changeable is what they call it.  I got a flower bed in the garden tidied this morning and then adjorned to the craft room for some stamp/cut therapy.

I used the Santa from the Paper Smooches Santa Paws set the other day, but there are other stamps in this set where xmas is optional.  I decided to stamp this cute long dog and use the Fused Frame die for a CAS card.  I stamped the dog and then the bird, using Bluebird archival ink on a piece of card that matched my card base, fussy cut round the dog's nose, and then did a tricky cut with the Fused Frame die.  Then I cut the frame again from the darker blue card and added them to the card base in an ascetically pleasing manner.  I added a bit of ground using Weathered Wood distress marker.  The hello is a Stamplorations Skinny Sentiment die, cut from the same card as the base and frame.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Day of the Month Card Club #13 - National Puppy Day
Tales From the Craft Room Challenge 3 - Furry Friends

Santa's Pillow

Hello.  Again!!   Well Mr Mojo sure has got himself fired up today.  He decided box making was fun, and the cold wind gets you thinking of winter, so sticking with the christmas theme we made a cute little pillow box with santa tag.

Still in The Works Christmas papers.  These are a lovely weight for card bases and boxes.  

I've used a 6x6" piece for this box so 4 out of one sheet!!  Now that's a dealy!!   This one has these fun dotty trees on it.

The snowflake is a Sizzix die cut from glitter paper and that fun santa is from Paper Smooches Santa Paws set.  I punched a hole in his head (!!!!!!) an added a bit of gold twine.

Thanks for dropping by.  We'll be back soon cos we are in da groove.  Hugz

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Happy New Dog

Hello Nomad Friends.  I've made a card today for a friend of mine.  When her old dog died she said she couldn't handle a puppy at her age so she wasn't going to get another dog.  I couldn't see that lasting and I was right.  She decided to adopt an older dog and happy together they are.  So to celebrate new beginnings and new friends I've made her a card.

I used dies to emboss the background then used Brusho wax resist sticks and Brusho's to colour it. The stamps and dies are all from Paper Smooches, Chubby Chums Dog, Lucky Dog sentiments and Paw Print dies.  For more details on how I made the background hop over to the Colourcraft blog.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Time Out Challenge 154 - Affectionate

Let's Be Awesome

Hello.  Welcome.  The start of a new month, year, decade and people talk about looking back, looking forward, resolutions and words for the year.   I don't usually subscribe to much of this cos I figure if you don't make it too concrete then there's less pressure and if it happens, it happens, and if it doesn't then nothings broken.  Laid back me.  But I am starting to think that I do have a word this year.  It keeps cropping up.  I keep using it.  So I have decided to adopt it as my own.  So this year's word is AWESOME.   It's gonna be an awesome year, filled with awesome things and awesome people, and of course, I am going to be awesome too.  Wait, I already am!!  And so are you!  So let's all be awesome together.

Grabbing a load of scraps from Scrap Mountain I stamped Papersmooches Chubby Friends Owl with Sky Blue archival and added some colour with Distress markers.   I die cut him a hat (borrowed from a snowman) and coloured it with distress inks.  The branch is part of Sizzix Deer die (the one with the wreath).  I cut extra flowers, added colour with Promarkers and silver glitter and a rhinestone in each flower.

52 Weeks to Christmas are celebrating their 5th anniversary and want to see 5 of something on your christmas cards.  I used 4 flowers on the branch and another on his hat, each with a rhinestone.  The sentiment is a Kort og Godt stamp and means warm Christmas hugs.

The base card is Kort og Godt patterned card and if I may direct your eyes towards the bottom of the card I used a Fiskars Border Punch to add some fancy detail.  I think this one is called Lace.  It actually cuts a fancy edge and the bit at the bottom falls away.  I decided to back the fancy detail with a scrap of blue card and return the bit that was cut off, cos I know me and if I didn't use it then it would only hike over to scrap mountain!!   A scrap instantly generated and used!!   Awesome!!!!!!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Jungle Wishes

Hello.  Welcome.  Hot and toasty here today in Norway and Christmas in July many places in blogland.  Decided to roll out Paper Smooches Zoo Crew and a few dies and make me a little jingle card.

This is a super scrapy card cos I used scraps for all the die cuts and also for the giraffe.  I stamped the giraffe, coloured with Promarkers and fussy cut.  I used Sizzix Crazy Accessory die for the santa hat, Gummiapan stitched square die to cut my base card and Stamplorations Jingle All The Way die for the sentimement.  I wanted a bit of bling so used red and clear sparkle embossing glitters for the hat and sentiment.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Whoo Loves You

Hello.  Welcome.  The end is nigh!!  The end of the month that is.  Doesn't time fly.  And owls.  They fly too.  WhooHoo

This is Paper Smooches Chubby Friends Owl stamped on Marianne Design patterned paper and fussy cut.  I added some white gel pen highlights.  The branch and panels were cut with Stamploration dies, For the Birds and Crazy Double Stitch rectangles.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Strangely Trendy

Hello.  Welcome.  Have you seen the new thing??  Artist Trading Coins!!  2 1/2 inch circles of art.  These are cute and fun and did I mention fun!  Here are my first Coins......

Squeeee!  Aren't they just adorbs??!!  I started by cutting my coins from orange marbled card using a Sizzix circle die.  Then I used Fossilised Amber DOx ink through Memory Box Honeycomb stencil.  I stamped the backgrounds using various small stamps from Paper Smooches Bee Mine set and Spiced Marmalade distress ink.  I edged the coins with the same ink.  I stamped and fussy cut the large bee and coloured with yellow Promarker and glitter glue.  I matched the sentiments to the background images.

Let's zoom in, zzuubbbb, zzuubbbbbbb

I used the hive image in the background and paired it with the hello honey sentiment

I stamped the two small hearts and the lady bug with the heart in the background and the open love sentiment and filled the letters with red glitter glue.

I stamped the two small bee images and paired them with the bee mine sentiment.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Stamplorations Mixed Media Challenge - Things With Wings

Stamplorations Challenge - Things With Wings

It Will Bee The First Sign of Spring

Hello.  Welcome.  They say spring is coming.  I'm waiting for the bees to appear.  Here's one.....

I've used the Paper Smooches sketch and their fun bee themed stamp set called Bee Mine.  The honey comb was cut using a Sizzix mixed media die.  Spring is coming zubbbb zubbbbb

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Poor Man's Pac Man

Hello.  Welcome.  Jack had a birthday.  Happy Birthday Jack.  Jack really likes dinosaurs and I had an idea to make a shaker card.  I hope you like it Jack.  

I've used Paper Smooches Cuteasaurus set.   When I saw the pile of stones in their picture perfect challenge I thought the rocks in this set would be perfect.  Turns out you can have piles of dinosaurs as well!!   I stamped the different stamps on shrink plastic and coloured with pro-markers.  A whole load of very cute shrinkies.  I've used foam to space my shaker element.  

I stamped the leaves from the Cuteasaurus set onto a piece of Craftwork cards patterned paper.  Then I decided a straight shaker was a bit boring so I added some ramps and stuck some trees and rocks at the ends to keep it interesting.  

Then I filled it with dinos, sequins and a few beads.  OK, yeah, it's a bit busy and the dinos and rocks are all in piles.  I'm sure Jack will shake them into submission.  

I used a piece of handmade paper on the front of the shaker element.  I think this is made from banana leaves.  Good texture.  I added stamped leaves, rocks, bones and dinos.  This shows the difference between the stamp size and the shrunk size.  I added a hopefully humorous computer generated text.  I stamped the leaves on a piece of green paper and have used this behind the shaker and also cut parts of the leaves to disguise the ramps.  Hoping it's a hit.  Hugz

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Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz, and extra hugz for Jack.