Happy Mail Day

Hello Nomad friends.   It's the 2nd of the month so time for the October Card Chain Challenge reveal.  32 gorgeous handmade cards went whizzing around the multiverse last month.  Some whizzed faster than others LOL, but even the Greek post office have stepped up and out performed themselves this month!!   Sorry, internal joke, cos our Greek friends often seem to wait a long time for delivery of their cards.    Anyway, I sent this card to Joanne in the UK.  This one had a life of it's own and started going in one direction and then changed it's mind!!!  

 

I used a shaving foam background and added a spiderweb embossed frame.  Penny Black Treats dog and Crafty Individuals sentiment. 

Do hop over and check out all the amazing cards in this month's reveal.

If you would like to join the fun you can SIGN UP for November until the 6th.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - October 

Paperbabe Stamps Challenge 179 - Anything Goes 

Lek med Kreativ Utfordring 11 - Bruk Stempel 

 

 

Tag Trees and Shaving Foam

Hello Nomad friends.  Are you ready for the big day???

I'm over on the Colourcraft blog today with these cute little tree tags that I coloured using Brusho Powders and the shaving foam technique.  

Hop over to the Colourcraft blog for all the details.  

The buttons I used on the tags are from Papirdesign.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Nordsalten Hobbyklubb Utfordring 178 - Jul - Engler/Juletre
Scrappelyst Utfordring for Desember - Jul
Emerald Creek Dare - Believe
Mod Squad Challenge - Christmas/Winter
Ally's Angels Challenge 29 - Anything Goes 

Looks Can Be Deceptive

Hello.  Welcome.  Don't you just love time.  It flys, it drags, yesterday was summer time and today it's not!!  Such a lovely flexible inflexible thing!!  Today in Norway it's a new day, but over on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity it's still yesterday! and I am sharing a little something for the 28th day of the 31 Days of Halloween.  

I've used Lost Coast Designs gorgeous Owlynn and made a deceptively soft looking Halloweeny card.  But she has her owl, and her Book of Shadows and maybe, if she smiles, she will show off her fangs!!  Or maybe not!  

Full details over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity where you can also find the 31 Days of Halloween and the Cats and Dogs challenge linkies.  Both open until the end of the month so join the fun for a chance to win Lost Coast dollars.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Halloween/Spooky
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Halloween/Spooky
Stamping Sensations Challenge - Shades of Autumn
The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Challenge - Inktober
Country View Challenges October - Plant-tastic

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

Joining the fun at
Happy Little Stampers Mixed Media Challenge - Men
Paperartsy Topic 17 - Colour Box of Eggs inspired by blue and brown and Topic 16 reinkers and shaving foam
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

The Way To Oz

Hello.  Welcome.  It's my turn to make a little something for the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity challenge Follow the Yellow Brick Road.  We want to see Oz inspired projects but you don't have to use actual 'Oz' stamps.  Any lions, witches, scarecrows etc will work.  Just explain how you were inspired by the story of Oz.  I used Carmen's Veranda Oz Scarecrow and made a shaving foam 'stormy' background for him.

I followed Wanda's procedure and used Adirondack and Distress ink reinkers to get my colours.  I stamped embossed and fussy cut Carmen's Veranda Oz Scarecrow and coloured him with Promarkers.  The sign was made using another piece of the shaving foam backgrounds, cos once you start you will want to make lots!! and Lost Coast Designs License Plate Alphabet stamps.  There is also a witch and broomstick involved!!  Do hop over to the Portal to check out all the fab Oz inspiration from the team and join the fun for your chance to win some Lost Coast Designs/Carmen's Veranda stamps.

Lost Coast Designs is also sponsoring the Allsorts Challenge Autumn Glory this week so that's another chance to win yourself some Lost Coast Designs rubber stamps.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at

Paperartsy Topic 16 - Reinkers
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes