Pretty Parrot

Hello Nomad friends.  I got some crafty bargains yesterday and picked up some new neon alcohol inks.  I decided to have a play because they were surely perfect for the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity Bright and Cheerful challenge.  We want to see your bright and cheerful stamped anythings for January so join us and kick those winter blues.  I've used Lost Coast Designs Polly Parrot on my pretty alcohol ink background.  Polly is a fairly new addition to the Lost Coast Designs catalogue and this is her first outing with me.

 

I made the alcohol ink background and then stamped Polly Parrot directly on the background using archival black ink.  I added some colour to Polly using sharpies and a bit of white gel pen.  I stamped Lost Coast Designs ATC Doodle Heart on red card with sepia archival and fussy cut.  Then I stamped the Carmen's Veranda Weird People sentiment using black archival and cut around the parrots head so I could slip the heart in place.  I used a double stitch die to cut the panel and mounted on a black cardbase.

Thanks for dropping by.   Grab your Bright and Cheerful colours and stamps and join the fun.  The team will be sharing all month, so do pop back hop over and check out their awesome makes and inspiration.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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CAS Trio

Hello Nomad friends.  I made a few CAS cards this weekend and I am going to share them here together to save us both some time.  

Loving this one.  Maybe not purist CAS, but quite a simple make.  I found this alcohol ink panel on my desk and decided it was too lovely to ignore.  I embossed the bottom edge with Darice Filmstrip embossing folder and added a vintage Kort og Godt fussy cut image and happy birthday sentiment. 

Alas, it seems I may need this type of card soon.  I used a steel blue card base and cut a blue panel with Gummiapan heart die that came in the 2021 advent calender.  A heart full of hearts.  Then I added Stamplorations With Sympathy die cut from blue and coral card and slightly offset.

And finally.......   I really like this one too.  I like the colours and the cute little decoupaged kimono.  But I am coming up blank on a sentiment or occasion it will fit sooooooo.......  answers on a postcard my awesome crafty friends.  I am not sure Happy New Clothes is an occasion but maybe.........

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Dotty Spotty

Hello Nomad friends.  I seem to have found Mr Mojo again after a bit of an uninspired month.  Love the MFT sketch and Chris Frazer is having a leukaemia awareness challenge which is all about spots, so I included as many as I could on this card.

I used a buff Bazzill Dots base card.  I made a alcohol ink background with spots of caramel and ginger and cut with a stitched circle die.  I used Stamplorations Pierced Circle Background die on some gold card then cut two circles and edged them with ginger Promarker.  I stamped elements from MFT Lovable Leopard set on coloured paper, fussy cut and added them to the design.  The sentiment strip says Happy Birthday and is from a Kort og Godt printed sheet.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Phoebe Likes Flowers

Hello Nomad friends.  Another 365 days around the sun!.  The years sure do whizzy whizzy by.   Here's Phoebe Art Doll in an explosion of Dandelions. 

I stamped the Dandelion Burst background on acetate and coloured with alcohol inks.
Hop over to the Blank Page Muse blog for all the details and your invitation to cake.

Thanks for dropping by.   Hugz

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Put On Your Angel Wings

Hello.  Welcome.  I've been playing with alcohol inks and Blank Page Muse stamps to make myself an angel.  

This is Phoebe Art Doll.  She doesn't usually have wings but they suited her so well......  And I just adore that sentiment!!  Do hop over to the Blank Page Muse blog for all the details.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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A Good Time For It

Hello.  Welcome.  An unusually lacy creation from me today.

Meet Unity's George and Scarlett.  I used the unity sketch and made a rocker card.  I wanted to keep it monochrome and I don't have much glitter, just a little silver, so I used the MFP tutorial to make just one wide strip of glitter on the background for George and Scarlet to stand on.  To match my colour scheme I decided to try and colour it with alcohol ink. 

Here's a picture of my silver glitter with some drops of raisin alcohol ink.  Was a bit afraid the alcohol ink would affect the sticky on the tape but the glitter stayed in place.  Some more drops of ink and the glitter is custom coloured.  Perfect.  

I added some drops of the alcohol ink in the background and gave it a wash with red brusho powder diluted with water.  I stamped G&S on Prima patterned paper and coloured with distress inks and sharpies.  

I added a bit of lace.  Then I added a bit more lace.    It's a rockin' wedding card.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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