Licensed to Party

Hello.  Welcome. I am over at The Lost Coast Portal to Creativity today with a fun party card.  Did you know that Lost Coast Designs are now selling Katzelkraft's Cats and Dogs stamps??  These are really fun, and I decided my cat needed to disco!!

Both the cat and the Lost Coast Designs License Plate Alphabet stamps are on their first outing for me.  Gotta have a bit of new to start the year.  Do pop over to the blog for all the details and also to join the current Doodling challenge.  See you there.  Hugz

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Something New

Country View Challenges January 2018 - Anything Goes

Scrappelyst Utfordring for Januar - Alt Er Lov 
Penny Black and More Challenge - Something New
Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday December - Something New 

Super Friend

Hello.  Welcome. The VLVS mood board caught my attention.  It's zingy!!!  So I decided to grab a giant playing card and got my greens on.  

I covered my playing card with a piece of dictionary paper.  I used Cracked Pistachio and Lime Green Brusho powder (NEW) to colour a piece of watercolour paper.  I stamped the two circle stamps using Mowed Lawn and Evergreen Bough distress inks and cut using Sizzix Mixed Media die and added it to the playing card.  

 

I decided to use this fun little superhero and stamped and fussy cut him.  But he worked best with the card up this way, so now my dictionary words are upside down, but I won't tell if you don't!!  I added a few of the negative cuts from the die for a bit of texture and such.  

I stamped and embossed the sentiment on vellum and ripped the long edges.  This is a new stamp I haven't used before.  I think we will be seeing a lot of that one.  The card edges were inked with black archival.  All stamps are from Viva Las Vegas Stamps.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at

VLVS January Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Something New 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Something New

Country View Challenges January 2018 - Anything Goes 

Scrapy Land Challenge 81 

Sometimes Too Much

Hello.  Welcome.  There's a lot of challenges still on winter and frosty blues and traditional xmas colours, but a couple of brighter inspirations have caught Mr Mojo's attention.  One of this years wishes is to join a few more challenges where I have spent so much time lurking that Mr Linky has up and expired!!!!  So, less looking, more making.  One of these is Mrs. A's Butterfly challenge so here we go.  Butterflies, of course, but also one layer and ultra pink.  Ultra pink?  Well, I don't waste my time trying to work out what people want, I ask, and Mrs A says she's looking for a nice strong pink.  Picked Raspberry is our ultra friend.........

Now, I think the main challenge of one layer is getting the elements in the right order, and not mucking it up of course with dirty marks or bad stamping, so I took it slowly, one element at a time, and the end result = quite pleasing.  I started by cutting my white card base with Stamplorations large crazy double stitched rectangle die.  Then I stamped the medium butterfly from Rubber Dance Butterfly Trio with black archival and masked.  I took a piece of A4 paper, cut a curve to mask off the top of the card and sponged Picked Raspberry distress ink.  I removed the A4 mask and stamped the Rubber Dance solid butterfly stamp.  I also edged the card with the Picked Raspberry ink and stamped the Crafty Individuals sentiment

'wishing you butterfly mornings &

wild flower afternoons'

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at

Butterfly Challenge - One Layer and/or Ultra Pink

Stamplorations January Theme Challenge

Stamplorations CAS Challenge

Repeat Impressions DCC13 - Things With Wings

Love to Scrap Challenge 105 - Anything Goes

New Year Fairy

Hello.  Welcome.  This is a very nice New Year Fairy.  Very nice. 

I used distress inks and die cut my new Celtic Dreams Fauna die from black card.  I added a white panel cut with a stitch die and mounted it on a black easel base.

I made another panel with distress inks for the inside and stamped it with a Unity happy new year greeting.  I added two pieces of ribbon.  The one at the back is mounted on a strip of thick card so it acts as a stop to keep the easel card upright.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Naughty or Nice Challenge 47 - It's a Celebration
Papercraft Challenge 2 - Happy New Year
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Something New
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Something New
Love to Scrap Challenge 105 - Anything Goes

Frankly Put

Hello.  Welcome.  You know, a Frank is not just for Halloween.  He can be a useful accoutrement for festivities year round.  

I made a birthday tag using the gorgeous Frankenstein from Carmen's Veranda.  The challenge at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity is Doodling so I used the lovely Bubbles Background stamp from Lost Coast Designs stamped with blue dye ink on my tag and edged the tag with the same ink.  The bubbles give that lovely tangled look without all the work LOL.  Frank was stamped, embossed and fussy cut.  I coloured him with distress ink and galaxy markers for his baby blues.  The sentiment is from Carmen's Veranda and I love that doodly font!!  Wish I could write like that, but then I don't need to when Linda makes such lovely stamps!!  A bit of bobbly wool and Frank is ready to take a gift to the party. 

You can join the doodiliscious fun over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity until Midnight PST on the 14th.  There be prizes.  Hope to see you there.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Frank is joining the fun at

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Country View Challenges January 2018 - Anything Goes 

Dream in Darkness 

Love to Scrap Challenge 105 - Anything Goes 

Noor Design UK Challenge - Anything Goes 

In The Cat Cave

Hello.  Welcome.   I hope you had a lovely New Years Day.  Ours was eventful!!  We spent the evening in quiet and darkness after the electricity disappeared.  I was actually working on these posts when it disappeared for the first time late yesterday afternoon.  It was dark in our village and in a number of other ones we can usually see so we knew it wasn't just a little outage.  Then after nearly an hour it came back.  Hurrah!!  So I made dinner, we ate and then I sat down to blog and it all went dark again!!  Oh crap!!  Looked out the window, the whole village was down, but we could see lights across the fjord, so I was reassured.  Wrong!!!  5 hours!  That's a long time.  I mean, I can do without the TV and radio.  I did miss the computer a bit, and it was quite atmospheric with candle light.  Until you stumble over things in dark corners.  And then of course there's the heating!!  Or rather lack of!!!  Luckily it wasn't too cold last night (read above freezing LOL) and there wasn't any wind, which has a super cooling effect on our old house.  We survived, it gave me something to write about, and I even did a bit of tidying in my craft room by the light of the silvery moon.  OK, maybe I used a torch.  So all in all a memorable start to the year.

I made this ATC for the start of the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity challenge.  There will be two challenges a month now and the first one started yesterday and the theme is DOODLING.  Show us your doodle style stamps, or your scribbles and absent minded drawing, but don't forget to stamp!!

I cut the ATC base using a Sizzix die and stamped Carmen's Veranda White Cat with black archival.  I masked her, it looks like a her, and stamped Carmen's Veranda Cracked Grass stamp 5 times.  I coloured it with Molten Red Promarker and added a watercolour wash of Iced Spruce distress ink in the background gaps.  Then I stamped the C, A and T from Carmen's Veranda Zen Create stamp, fussy cut them and added them to my ATC.  A little neon green gel pen for her eyes and done!!

Do hop over to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity to check out some more inspiration from the team and also to join up your doodliceous stamped makes.  See you there.  Hugz

White Cat is joining the fun at
Paperartsy Topic 1 - ATC's
Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Country View Challenges January 2018 - Anything Goes

WISHING YOU AN AWESOME 2018

Hello. Welcome.  I would like to wish all my readers

HAPPY NEW YEAR

I hope you had a fabulous and safe celebration last night and are all ready for new challenges and opportunities.  First one of the year for me is a new challenge at Rubber Dance Stamps.  In the spirit of everything new the challenge is going to be one mega month long party with a colour and a theme option, so you can pick your favourite.  The theme is Vintage, but I went with the colour option for my inspiration piece.

I started by making a background using turquoise, ultra marine, violet and purple Brusho crystals and lots of water.  Lots!!  My brusho's swam about .  Then I cut the panel with a stitched rectangle die.

I took the long skinny stamp from Rubber Dance Pines Fir Yews set and stamped it and embossed.  I was tempted to stamp it many times and then emboss them all at once, but I went one and one, embossing with Christmas Green and Leaf powders until I had built up a pleasing mound of foliage.  

I brayered some blue Aztec paint from Colourcraft on a piece of card and stamped and embossed the bird from Rubber Dance A Little Birdie stamp set.  I fussy cut it and added some orange and olive green colour using Promarkers.  I stamped Rubber Dance Happy Birthday sentiment and embossed it wth the Leaf embossing powder.  I used an olive green mat and a black card base.

You will find the challenge link up and masses more fabulous inspiration from the team

HERE

and/or MAKE IT VINTAGE

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Kreativ Scrapping Utfordring 1 - Feiring/Glede 

Stamping Sensations Challenge - Winter Trees and Flowers
Scrappegarasjen Utfordring 40 - Jubileum 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Challenge - Anything Goes