Toffifee Snowman

Hello Nomad friends.  Gosh, 2021 is zooming to a close and I'm playing catch up sharing some Christmas gift boxes I made.  This one I prettied up a toffifee box with Marianne Design papers and dies.

I used the Marianne Design sketch and papers from Eline's Woodland Christmas.  The star circle and snowman are Marianne Design dies.  I coloured the embossed detail on the snowman with Promarkers.

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Hobbykunst Julekalender Dag 21
Unstampabelles Challenge 118 - The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
ABC Christmas Challenge - Y is for Yummy
 

Merry Christmas Gnomie

Hello Nomad friends.  OH my!!  Have you seen the new

Gnome stamps at Lost Coast Designs??  I must admit I find myself besotted.  They are just so adorable.  Here's my first card with Profile Gnome and some trees, and a tag, cos the first challenge of the month at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity is Tags.  Join the fun.  Win some gnomes!!  I mean stamps!!  Win some stamps.  Pick the gnomes!!!!!  You know you want to!!!

I was inspired by the 52 Weeks to Christmas colour scheme of green, silver and shades of grey, with Christmas of course.  So I decided to put my gnome in a silver frosty forest looking up at the tag someone left pinned in the trees.   I stamped Lost Coast Designs Trees Background and embossed with silver embossing powder.  Gnome was stamped using grey archival ink, coloured with Promarkers and fussy cut.  I made the tag using a Taylored Expressions tag die and some fussy cutting, stamped the Merry Christmas from Lost Coast Designs Party Words set and glittered it up.  A green star brad and done.  What's Up Gnomie???

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Ally's Angels Challenge 30 - Anything Goes
Cards und More Challenge 44 - Best of 2019 July - Christmas

Quirky Cat

Hello.  Welcome.  Today I want to share a Christmas Card made using Colourcraft Brusho's and Aztec paints and a very cute cat from IO.

I used Stamplorations Swirly Blooms stencil in the corners and sentiment and stitch rectangle dies also from Stamplorations.  The snowflakes are Sizzix dies.  The IO Sassafras cat stamp is new.  All the details are on the Colourcraft blog.  Do hop on over and check out my post and don't forget to leave a little love so know you passed by.  Hugz

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Christmas Tweet

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Hello.  Welcome.  Feeling a little jingle in between the bwahahahahaha.  

I used the High Hopes sketch and High Hopes Snow Bird stamp.  I always get that song 'Coming Home For Christmas' in my head when I use this stamp.  I used Stamplorations dies, Crazy Stitched Rectangles for my background panel and the merry christmas.  The tree is Memory Box Frosted Christmas Tree.  I added a strip of washi tape with happy christmas in Norwegian.  Covering the bi-linguine bases.  I used brusho powders in shades of blue on the background.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
High Hopes Stamps Challenge
September Rudolph Days Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Powder Power
Country View September Challenge - Travel 
Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge - Song  Coming Home for Christmas

Mellow Yellow

Hello.  Welcome.  Yeah!!  I am a happy camper cos I have managed all MFT Camp Create challenges.  Here's a simple card to finish my camp with some Divine Dry Embossing.

The challenge is to emboss with a die instead of cutting and I have used Memory Box Flower Vine Border die to emboss the detail at the top and bottom of my yellow card base.  The space in the middle was just crying out for a big, beautiful sentiment so I stamped this one from Rubber Dance Something Wonderful set.  I think that is something we can all dream of..........

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
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Memory Box Challenge 15 - Yellow
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Make For The Border
Nordsalten Hobbyklubb 144 - Uten Bilde
Hobbygarasjen Utfordring 39 - Bruk Dies

Rana, Rana, Snowangel

Hello.  Welcome.  Tis the season to be crazy.  Crazy busy, crazy weather, crazy crafting.  The last has been sadly lacking but tonight I saw Shanna's post over at Viva Las Vegas and a few things fell into place.  So I grabbed a few stamps, some tape and my fired brick distress stain and came up with this

Do I have your attention now??  Have you stopped laughing??  What's wrong with a frog making snowangels???  I stamped the postage stamp dispenser and embossed with red tinsel embossing powder.  Then I stamped the frog and the sentiment.  All stamps are from Viva Las Vegas.  I coloured with gel pens and added wink of stella round the frog.  He had to have some googly eyes as well...

I used a spellbinders square swatches.die to cut a mask for the center and also to cut the edges of the panel.  I used washi tape to mask for my red stripes.  I used a black and a red pen to outline the central masked area.  It's a little bit crazy but I'm sending it to my brother as a Christmas card.  He likes frogs.  Merry merry everyone.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Viva Las Vegas December Challenge
Share The Joy Challenge 15 - Sketch and Tic Tac Toe sketch + lhs vertical
Fashionable Stamping Challenges #106 - Make Your Own Background
Scrapy Land Challenge 32 - Holidays
Penny Black and More December Challenge - Anything Goes 
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Die Crazy 

Harvest Moon

Hello.  Welcome.  I got this lovely stamp from Unity the other day and had an idea that she should be looking out a window.  Then I saw CASology's theme this week was Moon and a card was born.

I stamped Unity Dream of Being (NBUS) on patterned paper, coloured with watercolour pencils and fussy cut.  For my window I used Poppystamps Diamond Lattice and after a bit of fiddling and a few attempts managed to reduce the cut to the size I needed.  I made a moon night scene using distress inks and stamped and embossed a Crafty Individuals tree stamp.  I always think the moon in the autumn looks bigger and more striking.

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NBUS #5
CASology Week 163 - Moon
Poppystamps Challenge #12 - Autumn Splendor
Unruly Paperarts September RAQ - Coffee and Cream

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Necessary to Life

Hello.  Welcome.  A special hi and hello to Kelly.  So glad you joined my lovely followers.  Thanks to everyone who follows and visits.  I really appreciate your support and encouragement.  Hugz all round.

Korthobby have a really great photo inspiration this month.  

 
I liked the lattice, I liked the blue and white coffee grinder, I liked the retro lady and the green grey colour of the sign.  So I made this.........

I started by cutting grey card with Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die.  Then I used Salty Ocean distress ink through Tando Distorted Harlequin mask.  I left the mask in place and stamped with Kaisercraft Grafitti stamp and black archival.  I cut a piece of white card with the stitched rectangle die and embossed with Sizzix Bricked embossing folder.  Then I added a slither of MME patterned paper that I cut wiggly with a craft knife.  I stamped Flonzcraft Gibson Girl 18, coloured her with watercolour pencils and waterbrush, fussy cut and mounted on some foam pads.  I added some metal charms from Korthobby .  The mmmmmm is a STAMPlorations stamp.  I didn't have a coffee stamp so I used my embossing pen and black embossing powder.  Note to self.... get a coffee stamp LOL.

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FSC #92 - Colour Between the Lines
The Craft Barn Weekly Challenge - Tando
Tando Creative Challenge - Anything Goes
Penny Black and More February Challenge - Anything Goes 

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Mojo Flow

Hello.  Welcome.  It's a grey wet day.  Let's CRAFT!!  Any excuse I say.  I have decided to try and get a few cards ahead.  Always nice to have a few to hand for that occasion that slipped my mind.  Can't see it lasting. ....... 

I cut a panel using Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die and stamped and embossed Hero Arts Artistic Fern in white.  Then I added lots of distress inks, Scattered Straw, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon.  Don't forget to wipe the embossed area to keep the contrast.  I stamped and embossed one of the tigers from Mark's Finest Papers Tiger set onto patterned paper and fussy cut.  Then I embossed the sentiment from the same set onto the same patterened paper using white embossing powder.  I mounted the panel on a kraft base.  

Joining the fun at
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Hero Arts Nature Challenge
Scribble and Scrap Crafts Challenge 38 - Anything Goes
Die Cut Diva's - Words, Quotes, Sentiments 

Thanks for dropping by.  Off to tidy a few things away then I hope to be back.  Hugz

Bunny Out Of The Hat Trick

Hello.  Welcome.  Can you believe January is over already!!??  Gosh, doesn't time fly when you're having fun!  You are having fun aren't you??  Hee hee.  I've used the Your Next Stamp sketch and Darling Diva Jade stamp to make this fun card.  Spot the bunny!  I think he got tired of waiting to be pulled out of the hat and decided to crash the party. 

I coloured Jade with promarkers and added WOS to her gloves, shoes and hat.  I used Cheery Lynn Tiny Bubble Border cut from white card and a red foil card for the base.  

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Papertake Weekly- Take Your Pick Week - Warm Colours  

Thanks for your visit.  Have fun.  Hugz

Have a Little Heart

Hello.   Welcome.  Another quick little project using Sizzix/Hero Arts Postage set. 

I started with a red deckle edge card.  I cut a white layer using the straight die from Simon Says Stamp bundled stitched die set.  The heart is cut using a die from the same set.  I stamped the text stamp from the Postage Stamp set using Barn Door distress ink and then used the dies in the same set to cut the frame.  

A close up of the stamping, frame and heart.  Love the stitch detail.  

My little valentine joining the fun at
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Have a Heart
Time Out Challenge 23 - Valentine's Day with Hearts
Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesday December 2014 - Love
Uniko Studio Challenge 17 - Love and Friendship 
Scribble and Scrap Challenge 36 - Anything Goes 

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Butterfly Post

Hello.  Welcome.  A special hi and hello to new followers DL.ART and fun stamping.  So glad you could join my happy little band.  Hugz all round.  

Over at A Blog Named Hero they want us to use small stamps to make a background.  What a fun idea.  So I had a think and came up with this

I used Sizzix/Hero Arts Postage Stamp set and Mustard Seed distress ink.  I cut a panel using the large die from Simon Says Stamp Bundle of Stitched Shapes and stamped the butterfly and grid.  Then I used the small butterfly stamp to stamp the background.  I cut a frame using the die in the Postage set and added it around the butterfly and grid.  I mounted the panel on a yellow base card and used the straight die in the bundle of stitched shapes to add the stitch detail top and bottom.  I liked this so much I did something I rarely do.....

I made it again using Worn Lipstick

Salty Ocean

Mowed Lawn

Frayed Burlap

Hey, 5 for the price of 1.   And they were quick makes!!  Another unusual thing for me.  

Joining the fun at
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Stamping Sensations January Challenge - Dies and Punches
Vintage Stamping Challenge #28 - New Year New Stash the postage stamp set and the stitched dies are all new stash.
Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge - Soft Scarf 

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Hogs and Kisses

Hello.  Welcome.  I treated myself to Simon Says Stamp Birthday Farm Animals and went whole hog and got the matching dies.  I have admired these from afar since their release.  They are so cute.  So here's the pig on his first outing with me.  I have replaced his balloon with a heart shaped one and decided he didn't need his party hat either.

I used the STAMPloration sketch for my layout.  I added a strip of tissue paper that has these fuzzy hearts embossed on it, added the pig and a couple of small red foil hearts.  The sentiment is from STAMPlorations Sugar Rush set which I stamped on the same paper tape as I used to ground the pig.

Joining the fun at
Allsorts Challenge Week 293 - New and Cute
STAMPlorations Sketch Challenge 25
Stamping Sensation January Challenge - Dies and Punches 
Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday December 2014
DRS Designs Challenge 157 - Inspired by Colour

Thanks for dropping by.  Hope you have a great day.  Hugz