Colourful Thoughts

Hello Nomad friends.  I'm gonna make this my last of the month.  A colourful Thinking of You card using Crafty Individuals Robin Redbreast and Crackle stamp.  The sentiment stamp is by Lost Coast Designs.

Thanks for dropping by.  Happy Samhain.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Thinking of You
We Love Stamping October Challenge - Moodboard
Word Art Wednesday #619 - 620 - Anything Goes

Shaker Card Gremlins

Hello.  Welcome. The Marianne Design Challenge is a wintery card.  I decided to keep it bright and use a robin and some winter greenery and make a shaker card.  I like shaker cards.  I always have such a beautiful picture in my head of how it's going to turn out.  In reality, there are always way more challenges that you would possibly imagine.  

Some people seem to just throw shaker cards together.  I am not one of those people.  Today I managed to explode a large tub of glitter,  a really large tub of glitter, in my craft room!  I couldn't get the lid off, and then the sprinkle dingsen jammed, and the lid fell off!!  Then, when I tried to put it back on, the container split, in a dramatic dump all that glitter on the floor sort of way.  I was proud of myself.  I didn't shout or swear.  I did look at it in disbelief that the shaker card gremlins had managed to strike again.  And then I discovered, that while I was on holiday, my dustbuster had lost all it's charge and that large pile of glitter attached itself to my socks and the cats paws and now the house is looking amazingly festive.   Hey ho, ho ho ho..........

So here's my card.  I like it.  I will deal with the escaped glitter later....

I used Marianne dies.  The star wreath die is LR0126 and the pine branch is from the same set cut from two shades of green.  I used dies COL1301 to construct the robin.  

I used wood effect paper and funky foam behind to make the shaker.  I cut the foam with circle dies from CR1331 and added some glitter.  Just noticed it looks like robin is safe and warm in his box and it's snowing outside LOL. 

Thanks for dropping by.  I'm off to scoop some glitter....  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Marianne Design Challenge 166 - Een winterse kaart
Marianne Design Divas Challenge 11 - Anything Goes
Scrappegarasjen Desember Lift 1 
Scrappelyst Grublis for November - CAS
Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesday November 2016 - Dies 

Ice Blue Cool

Hello, all Desert Wanderers.  Welcome.  Tonight we are in full silly season mode.  I am a real fan of leaving christmas firmly in December, but needs must.  I am a long time participant in the Craft Creations online card challenge.  Now this is a 'join by email contest' but I figured since I now had the blog up and running I would share this little project with you all and maybe let you know about a great competition if you aren't aware of it.    Anyway the theme this month at Craft Creations is Christmas.  

I have used a tri-fold aperture card in Hi-5 Pearl Morphing Mauve as my base card.  I tore pieces of creative paper Snowflakes on Blue and used these as a border around the card and also inside the aperture.  The decoupage is Robin on a Flower Pot.  I think it goes well with the cool blue papers to give a more contemporary Christmas look.  My grandmother will be 90 next year.  She loves the birds and the garden so this will be her christmas card from me.  Hello Nanny.  All materials are from Craft Creations.

I am entering this into Craft Creations Card Challenge - Christmas