It's Your Day

Hello Nomad friends.   I have been meaning to join the De Egel sketch and use gnomes challenge and finally today is the day!!!   For gnomes I always reach for Lost Coast Designs stamps, cos they have so many designs and da gnomes are so cute!!!!!   Today it's one of my favourites Looking Up.

 Isn't he adorable!!  I used a base card then a panel of patterned card.  I added a snippet of pearlescent embossed card and the kraft circle I embossed with a sizzix folder used to be part of a wine box.  I stamped the gnome on a scrap of white card, coloured with distress markers and added him to the card.  The silver doily cut behind the kraft circle is a marianne designs die.  I used snippets and spellbinders dies for the triangles and flowers and the sentiment is papirdesigns die and more snippets and says It's Your Day.

Thanks for dropping by.  HUGZ

Joining the fun at
De Egel September Sketch Challenge 232 - Gnome
Passion for Markers Challenge Week 859 - Birthdays
Snippets Playground Challenge 543

 

Feeling Blessed

Hello Nomad friends.  Today the postal service was good for me!!   I got a card from my Card Chain Challenge friend Tina in Slovenia, a lovely package of goodies I won at the Snippets Playground, and a huge pack of goodies from my lovely friend Mia in Greece.  I felt the love and am so grateful for all my worldwide friends.  HUGZ

One of the things included in my package from Mia was a beautiful postcard with a lovely message on the back.  I was immediately inspired and have made an autumnal card.

I am impressed with myself that I was able to rip up this lovely postcard because I do have a box of collected postcards.  But I think it made a lovely bit of collage art.  I edged my base card with yellow distress ink and used a panel of white card and finger painted with water and distress inks to get my background. I did some off block stamping with a lavinia stamp to get the foliage and ripped around the edges and images on the postcard.  I added some spellbinder leaves die cut from gold mirror card and some sticker words from Papirdesign which say Harmony, Passion and Friendship.

Here's a pic of all the goodies Mia sent me as part of her name day celebration.  I am already working on ideas for a few more of these things Mia.  Thanks so much.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Craftlandia Challenge 28 - Autumn opt AG 
Allsorts Challenge 859 - Autumn opt AG 
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - AG
Inspiration Station Challenge #89 inspired by colours and leaves 

Forever After Fusion

Hello Nomad friends.   I do enjoy making wedding cards.  This one was inspired by a sketch and 7 Gypsy papers.  

It all started with that spellbinders stitch die panel cut in black and red and the marianne designs wedding couple silhouette.  Goth wedding me thinks, but then I found these lovely 7 gypsy papers and the background went a bit vintage.  Used scraps for the tiny tag, those cute little heart envelopes at the bottom, the vertical stripes, and the just married and mr and mrs words were hanging off a partial cut sheet.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz  

 

Joining the fun at
Snippets Playground Challenge 538
Kreativtanten Challenge 116 - Alles Geht 
Allsorts Challenge 855 - Colours of Summer opt AG 
Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks 764-765 

 

 

Bright Like a Diamond

Hello Nomad friends.  The end of the month is nigh.........  Did a sneaky bit of seed sowing this evening so I could tell myself I got them in in April bwahaahahahaaaaa.  Ah well, it has been a lovely day and a glorious evening.  And I did manage to get to the craft room and do some last of the month things.

Opps, sorry, should have given you a bright alert!!  This looks kinda hectic, but basically it's the Kort og Godt wiggly circle die put together as many layers, with a Honey Bee sunburst die cut in yellow and a spellbinders flower in a pot.  Then I added a Papirdesigns birthday greeting and some negative bits from last nights buckles cos a gold glitter diamond or 9 is hard to put in the bin.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz  

Joining the fun at
As You Like It Challenge - Brights or Pastels bright colours for a bold and dramatic effect and welcoming the feelings of spring and warm sunny days
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Allsorts Challenge 848 - Shaped Card opt AG 
Beautiful Blossoms Challenge #40 - Anything Floral Goes opt moodboard 
Die Cut Divas Challenge - Birthday Card

Deer Friends

Hello Nomad friends.  My second christmas card for the month, this one inspired by a few different challenges.

I kept this scrap of patterned paper from the Nille sheet I was using the other day cos I thought the embossed deer and trees would make a nice background.  Endless Passion had the perfect sketch and I decided to add Poppystamps Shasta Oval Frame and Grand Whittle Reindeer to the scene.  The sentiment panel is a Spellbinders die stamped with some letter stamps.   

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz 

 

Joining the fun at
Christmas Kickstart Challenge 108 - Out of the Woods 
Poppystamps Challenge 136 - Stencil or Pattern Paper 
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes 

Going Green

Hello Nomad friends.  Top of the morning to you.  Happy St Patricks Day.  May all your leprechauns be lucky.  In celebration of my irish friends, of which I have one, I rolled out this fine fellow from Pink and Main.  He's my paddy's day go to......

I went with yellow base card and panel, embossing the panel with Pink and Main Garden Gate embossing folder and smearing with twisted citron distress ink.  I stamped Pink and Main Lucky Charm on white card, coloured with distress markers and fussy cut.  The sentiment is from the P&M Good Vibes set and I used a spellbinders die for the fancy panel.  

Enjoy your day.  We will be eating traditional St Patricks Day fare, lasagne.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Paper Funday Challenge 85 - Anything Goes opt Fur of Feathers 
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - A Bit O'Green 
Inspiration Station Challenge March I'm inspired by green and hats
Pink and Main Challenge 15 - Texture

 

The Notorious Hamster

Hello Nomad friends.  Are you feeling the green??  Spring is my favourite time for greens, with all the shades appearing as flora awakens.  And then there's St Patrick’s Day.  I think this mouse is practising....

I've used a myriad of green patterned papers and House Mouse Cheers stamp coloured with distress markers.  The wine sentiment is by Funky Fossil and the cute little curls are cut with Spellbinders dies, one of which got hijacked by gremlins literally under my nose!!!   I do hope it reappears soon.   The gremlins have been very troublesome recently.  I think it's something to do with lunar eclipses and galloping retrogrades.

 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

 

Joining the fun at
House Mouse Challenge 460 - Anything Goes opt Green
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Make It Cute
Passion for Markers Challenge Week 827 - Lots Of Layers 

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - A Bit O'Green 

We Love Stamping Challenge - Wild Life 

 

 

Twirling Tulips

Hello Nomad friends.  More flowers!!   Must be having a moment.  

Spellbinders have some lovely embossing folders and this one is called Twirling Tulips.  I started with a piece of patterned card and inked the inside of my folder with black archival.  Then I added some distress marker green to the stems and touches of orange to the blooms.  The sentiment Spellbinders Sweet Birthday stamp set and I cut it with lovely fancy die from Spellbinders Filligree 8 Point Star set.

OK, I'm off out for a few hours.   Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Spellbinders Cardmaking Challenge - Pop of Colour
Beautiful Blossoms Challenge #38 - AG opt Moodboard
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes 
Passion For Markers Week 826 - Spring Flowers

 

Pot of Flowers

Hello Nomad friends.   I am having an inspired end of month and decided to go all floral.  Well, that's a rarity for me, but the Towering Blooms die from Spellbinders is just such fun to use.

I've paired pinks with black for a nice colour pop, and used Spellbinders beautiful Punch and Pierce Frame for some nice dramatic effect.  That spikey edge is so cool!!   Wonder how it will travel through the post?  Like a hedgehog maybe....... Re-inforced envelope required bwahahhaaahahahaaaa.

 Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Spellbinders Cardmaking Challenge - Pop of Colour
Die Cut Divas Challenge - Red/Pink 
Beautiful Blossoms Challenge #38 - AG opt Moodboard
Allsorts Challenge 843 - Embossing opt AG 
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Bunny Tag

Hello Nomad friends.  Woke up to a bucketing down with snow day.  Not impressed.  Hens not impressed.  Cat not impressed.  Let's craft!!!  

I am die cutting some scraps and chucking the results in a container.  Today I decided to have a rattle through and pulled out a grey tag, a bunny, a few stars, a couple of pointy black bits and a preprinted sentiment that all seemed to fit together nicely.  

I used distress oxide ink on the tag and stamped some numbers from the visible image white rabbit set using yellow Dox.   The bunny is a Papirdesigns die and the stars and black pointy bits are cut with spellbinders dies.  I also found a perfect scrape of black and white handspun wool that finished it off to perfection.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Tag-along and ATC Challenge - Add a Number opt AG 
Snippets Playground Challenge 526
As You Like It Challenge - Cute or Elegant I am team cute!!  I love cute.  Cute always makes me smile.
Outlawz Anything But a Card Challenge - AG
Outlawz Challenges February Linky

Retirement Fund

Hello Nomad friends.  Nothing better than a bit of after midnight crafting, except maybe the floor could have been a bit warmer!!!   Should have double socked!!!   I'm still playing with Spellbinder goodies and I discovered a happy retirement stamp.  Well, not many of those cards in the stash so I thought I break it out.

Another challenge for the photo machine with some more of the rose gold mirror card, this time embossed with the very wonderful 3D party balloons folder by spellbinders.  These puffy balloons are so cute!!!   Then I stamped the Paradise Resort key fob and added the sun/sea/cloud image to it.  There are three cute stamps to swap out.  I suppose it could be rolling hills as well, but the sea is where I'd rather be.  I coloured the key with gold sharpie and cut out the fob and the sentiment with the matching dies.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Spellbinders Cardmaking Challenge - Glam
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Emboss It 
Die Cut Divas Challenge - New Crafty Item first outing for the embossing folder and the key fob stamp/die set
Allsorts Challenge 841 - For Boys or Men opt AG
Papercraft Challenge 126 - Anything Goes 

Towering Blooms

Hello Nomad friends.   It's gone all chilly again, but oh my, did you catch the northern lights light show the last few nights.  Seems the sun is finishing up a 7 year cycle with magnificent displays.  It was so pretty, in the photo giraffes, cos yes, I missed it again bwahahahahaaaa.  Ah well, too cold for me outside.  I'd rather lurk inside and make some pretties.   And here's a treat for you cos I've gone floral!!!

I used the very lovely Spellbinders Cascading Leaves and stripes on rose gold mirror card and then added a loverly flower cut from scraps using Spellbinders Towering Blooms dies.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Spellbinders Cardmaking Challenge - Glam
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Emboss It 
Pammies Inky Pinkies Challenges 2603
Art Nudge Challenge - 0126C 

Fantastic Flower

Hello Nomad friends.  The second of the month and time for the December Card Chain Challenge Reveal.  We simplified the options for the busiest time of the year so it was used a NBUS, three favourite colours and an animal OR a flower OR a fruit.  Here's the card I sent to Alice in Finland. 

My NBUS is this fantastic flower die from Spellbinders, my colours were blue, black and white and it's a flower.  I've got a Gummiapan postage die cut black layer on my black card base and I used white glitter card for the stars and leaves.   The stars were cut from the same glitter card using a sizzix die and the second layer of the flower was coloured with brushos.  

 If you would like to see all the cards that were sent this month hop over and check out the REVEAL 

If you would like to join the fun the November SIGN UP is open until the 6th 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
NBUS Challenge 82
Word Art Wednesday Weeks 730-733 
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Sparkle and Shine 
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Add a Sentiment 
Die Cut Divas Challenge - New Crafty Item first outing for the flower dies

Hello Baby

Hello Nomad friends.  Today I am so happy to be guesting over at the Allsorts blog.  Liz has picked the theme of New, and since my nephew and his partner are expecting, I thought a new baby card was an idea.

I used House Mouse woodblock Nap Time stamp and coloured with distress markers.  I stamped it on white card and cut with a Spellbinders heart die.  I edged the heart and card base with pink ink and used the same ink through a word stencil with no provenance for the sentiment.

 I hope you get time to join the fun at Allsorts with your take on New, but remember there is always the option of Anything Goes.

 Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge 54 - AG opt Christmas Cheer 
De-Egel Challenge 214 - Large Text
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Use Dies
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Use Dies