Naughty or Nice

Hello Nomad friends.  I'm here today with some last hour inspiration for the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity Cats and Dogs Challenge.  I have had such a blast with this challenge, and I think the team has too, with so many awesome canine and feline delights.  I decided to use Pokey Dog again and combined him with some die cuts for some festive fun.

I cut a hexagon card base using Tonic dies and stamped the large Shadow Circle Frame with orange ink.  I stamped Pokey Dog and fussy cut him and arranged him with my Tattered Lace die cut wreath.  To finish I stamped Lost Coast Designs Merry Christmas.

 

 

You have until 23.59 on the 31st to link up your stamped anythings featuring Cats and/or Dogs.  Don't forget to hop over to the blog and check out all the awesome inspiration from the team.

Hope to see you in the linky.  Hugz

 

Joining the fun at
Christmas Kickstart Challenge 101 - Let's Wreathe It Up
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes 
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - 4 Legged Friend 

Penguins Party

Hello Nomad friends.  Merry Boxing Day!!   I hope you had an awesome Christmas and are enjoying your day.  Did Santa bring you crafty goodies???   I treated myself to the Gummiapan dies advent calendar, which I have done for a few years now, and because I like the fun to last I'm on the special extended 31 days version.  Yes, it's well worth the money, if you like dies and Gummiapan. 

This is obviously a magic door set into a huge snowball by a secret society of albino penguins!!!!!  Terry Pratchett would have had a good name for it!!

The door was in the 2023 calendar, as was the ring I built my wreathe on.  The wreath, too big for the door so dismantled and reassembled, and bushes from last year's calendar and the penguins and bow are standard dies available anytime.  All the calendar dies are only available in the calendars.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Let's Party
Allsorts Challenge Week 760/1 - Cold and Ice
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Let It Snow
Creative Crafting Uncles Challenge 48 - Christmas/Happy New Year

Twas The Night Before Christmas

Hello Nomad friends.  I have been meaning to join the Christmas Kickstart challenge all month so I decided it was time to pull santa out of the chimney and get with it.

I used this really cool Creative Expressions Festive Frames - Twas The Night die set.  Love the emboss detail.  I kept it simple but when I am feeling more fussy I might have a go at paper piecing this one, or colouring it.  I thought that black card was a funny shade!  Against the red it is obviously dark green.  Where be my glasses????   Love Santa's legs hanging out of the chimney.  Is he stuck??  Falling down?  Or going up?   Hope that's not a real fire in the basket there Santa!!!  I just added a piece of green and gold ribbon to the bottom of the card to add some Christmas bling.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Christmas Kickstart Challenge 66 - Home For The Holidays
Christmas Craft Creations September Challenge - Ribbon or Twine
September Rudolph Days Challenge
Time Out Challenge 223 - Photo Inspiration
Double D Challenge - Things That Fall needles from the tree and Santa!!!

Perfect Day to Craft

Hello Nomad friends.  The animals are fed, it raining Cat's, Dogs and everything else, so a perfect day to sit in and make stuff.  Here's a tag to start proceedings.  

I was inspired by Elyse's tag.  I used a Sizzix Embosslit die to cut/emboss the wreath from pale green card and highlighted the texture with Cracked Pistachio distress.  I added Cherry enamel accents. I cut the tag using Stamplorations Stitch tag die from red snowflake designer paper.  I initially stamped the Papirdesign God Jul (Merry Christmas) in black, but didn't like it, so I went over with an embossing pen and white embossed.  Pine and lime bakers twine to finish.

Thanks for dropping by.  Off to get coffee and I'll be back.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
25 Days Of Christmas Tags 2020 inspired by Elyse Day 19
Country View Challenge November - Anything But a Card

Let Talk About Christmas

Hello Nomad friends.  Starting off my May xmas makes with a little gingerbread.  I don't know about you but for me Christmas is all about the three F's; family, friends and food!!!  Nothing beats the smell of xmas dinner cooking or the pre-Christmas baking.  Oooh, the smell of hot gingerbread makes me go weak at the knees.  So I made this card for someone special because, quite honestly, I exceeded my usual limits of pfaffing with this one and it took slightly longer than anticipated!!!!!  But worth it.  My vision was achieved........

I started by making the wreath.  I used this Sizzix Deer die and cut it four times and snipped off the bits I wanted.  I cut the poinsettia flowers from scraps of red card and added them to the foliage bits.

I found a green circle already cut in the scraps pile and added the wreath to it.  The ginger is a Papirdesign die cut from brown and white scraps.  I added red rhinestones to the center of each of the red flowers.  Then I used two Stamplorations dies to cut the sentiment from bits left over from the wreath cutting.  

Gingerbread is definitely a joyful thing at christmas!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Christmas Kickstart Challenge #31 - Wreathed in Xmas Smiles
Cards Und More Challenge 47 - Sketch 3/3
52 Weeks to Christmas Challenge April - Koekjes en Gebak
Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge 377
ABC Christmas Challenge - J is for Joy
Crimbo Crackers Challenge 210 - Die Cuts  1/2