Christmas Fox

Hello Nomad friends.  I am having a bit of a crafty moment.  Let's hope it lasts all weekend LOL.  My first Xmas card of the month.  I do like to try and make a few every month and I am very grateful to the Christmas all year round challenges that help us on our way.

This cute Woodware Foxy Christmas stamp has been kicking around on my desk for ages.  Isn't he adorbs!!!   The desk also yielded some useful scraps, including this painty die cut tree line!   So glad to finally get that used.  

A nibbled circle!!??, the painty trees, and a scrap of green off of scrap mountain.  Hurrah!!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Stamping Sensations Challenge - Furry Friends 
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Under A Hunters Moon

Hello Nomad friends.  I was looking for this gorgeous Woodware stamp the other day when the moon was full but he must have hopped off to dance in the moonlight.  Anyway, he he is with a very bright full moon......

Isn't that a beautiful stamp.  I used midnight blue ink.  The moon is a very old sizzix embosslit cut from gold mirror and the sentiments up the side are from Funky Fossil Autumn stamp set.  

Happy Autumn everyone.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Snail Mail for the Card Chain Challenge

Hello Nomad friends.  It's the second of the month and time for the Card Chain Challenge Reveal.  35 cards were sent winging their way around the planet spreading friendship and love.  This is the card I sent to Mia in Greece.

I used the sketch, postal, friendship and string and block options.  Actually love the string and block background.  I wrapped string round an acrylic block and inked with distress ink and stamped.  Pretty cool.  Then I found some postage stamp dies and this Woodware snail mail stamp set. 

Do hop over and check out the REVEAL and all the awesome cards that were exchanged 

If you would like to be a part of the April exchange you can SIGN UP here

 If your card uses real stamping and it's cute and/or fluffy why not link it up to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity Challenge Cute and/or Fluffy

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Awesome Birthday Advice

Hello Nomad friends.  Another tag with Aall and Create and a distress inky, spritzy, splatty background.

A bit out of my comfort zoom but very pleased with the result.  

Ha ha.

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Ho Ho Ho Moose

Hello Nomad friends.  Again!!  I wanted to use some of my favourite fun stamps and make a ho ho ho Christmas card.

I used a gold slimline base and stamped the Kort Og Godt Ho Ho Ho.  I stamped Woodware Christmoose stamp, coloured with Promarkers and glitter glue and fussy cut.  Done!!

Thanks for dropping by again.  Hugz

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Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 558
MFT Stamps Slimline Challenge - Christmas

Under a Bunny Moon

Hello Nomad friends.  Art Piaskownica have a frame challenge and they are also celebrating their 12th birthday!!  So I just had to recruit a few hares and join the party.

The frame I had in mind was too big so I decided to make my own from corrugated card.  I stamped Woodware Lino Cut Stargazer stamp using Potting Soil archival ink on kraft card.  Then I stamped it again on my piece of corrugated and cut it out to give me a perfect frame.  An unusual Einstein moment!!!!!!  I edged the frame, inside and out, with Saddle Brown Promarker and smeared it with more of the Potting Soil archival ink.  Then I smeared some VersaMark ink and embossed with Vintage Photo distress embossing powder.  

I added some Cheery Lynn barbed wire die cuts, cut from brown card and tinted with more brown Promarker.  I also added a little to the hare's eye.  I stitched three bronze metal leaves to the top left of the frame with brown twine and added a chipboard circle edged with brown Promarker and smeared with Potting Soil archival.  Three MDF running hares and done!! 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Moosely Pink

Hello Nomad friends.  The end of the month is nigh so time to get an entry into Mo's Rudolf Days challenge.   Got this fun Moose stamp from Jo and wanted to keep it pink for one of the Scrappesyken challenges.  Hmmm, pink pudding........

This Woodware Christmoose stamp is tall and skinny so I went with a DL tall and skinny card.  I used pink snowflake patterned card to make my card base.  I stamped the moose on pale pink card, coloured with various pink Promarkers and distress inks and used pale pink glitter glue for that festive feel.  I used Stamplorations Snowy Hills Stitched die to cut a scrap of hot pink card and stamped the sentiment.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Christmas Kickstart Challenge #30 - Winterwonderland (create a scene)  majestic mountains and tree backdrop unfortunately obliterated by an ill timed blizzard of pink snow bwahahhaaaaaaa.  HUGZ

I Got That Elfin Feeling

Hello Nomad friends.   Feeling much more mysELF today and was inspired to ink up this stamp the lovely Jo sent me.  Penguins!!!!   Lots of.  But actually one less than was on the stamp, cos I only wanted 5.   This is a reminder that I am elfing at the Christmas Kickstart challenge this month and it's anything penguin and christmas.  And this stamp is the prize!!  Well, not this actually stamp, cos this one is mine, all mine, bwahahahhaaaa, but one very like it.    

So I masked off one penguin before stamping the rest of the gang on a panel of patterned paper.  The 'from all of us' is part of the stamp, so I just found a merry christmas in a similar font to add above it.  I used a red gel pen on hats and scarves and orange on beaks and feet.  I used picket fence distress ink on their hats and also along the bottom of the card to tone down the 'snow'.  Love that little dude in the middle.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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