Growing In Unity - Day 1

Hello.  Welcome.  This week I am very pleased and excited to be Growing in Unity!!  This means that everyday this week I will be sharing a project featuring Unity stamps.  It also means that there is a chance for you to win a Unity Stamp Company Grab Bag !!  I have two to give away!!  All you need to do is leave a comment on each of my posts this week and on Monday I will draw two lucky winners.  So don't forget to leave a comment before you hop off!!  Here's my card for today.....

Keeping it simple and using stamps from Unity Never Be Afraid kit.   I started with a white base card.  I smeared some Mustard Seed distress ink on my craft mat, spritzed with water and pressed my card into the ink drops.  I did this until I had a pleasing array of splodges.  Have a cup of tea while it dries.  Or maybe coffee is your thing.  Then I decided to try something new.  I stamped the flower image with Iced Spruce distress ink.  Then I coloured with Promarkers.  I tried this out on a piece of scrap card first, cos I wasn't sure how this would go, but it worked perfectly.  The promarkers are semi-translucent so the distress ink shows through but no bleed!  Fab.  I stamped the sentiment with black archival.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Don't forget to leave a comment and I'll be back tomorrow with more Unity inspiration.  Also the Unity Stamp Company is celebrating it's 10th birthday and there is a massive sale!  Massive!!  Everything is on sale!!!  Hop over and check it out.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Pammies Inky Pinkies Challenge 1818 
Stamping Sensations May Challenge - Close to Nature 
CAS-ual Fridays Challenge 198 - April Showers Bring May Flowers 
Double D May Flowers Challenge
Crafters Castle Challenge 5 

 

One More Bunny and Winners

Hello.  Welcome.  A big huge thank you to everyone who hopped along with my bunny themed birthday, everyone who sent me birthday wishes, birthday cards, birthday presents, and all those who made a card and linked up to my linky.  And an extra big thank you to my very generous sponsors.  You all made it a very special celebration for me.  

THANK YOU

Well, I had to share just one more bunny.  A clean and simple birthday card using stamps from Unity Sweet Thoughts of Spring and Better With Age.

So here's what you have all come for.  The winners!!  I used mr Random and he picked the following lucky numbers...

Bonny Bunny stamp sponsored by Rubber Dance

#14 Suzanne H  arrived!

Winning Hare and Crowned Bunny stamps sponsored by Crafty Individuals

#10 Dawn T  on it's way.....

#8 Roni  on it's way.......

Easter Bunny Egg Die and Cupcake Party stamps sponsored by Poppy Stamps

#5 Greta  on it's way...

 
Your choice of any instock £4 stamp sponsored by Uniko

#25 Fikreta  arrived!

Thanks so much for my amazing sponsors for these prizes

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I also have a few bunny themed items to give away....

Fuzzy Lemon New Baby die

#9 Bibi  arrived!

Hare Amongst the Trees stamp

#12 Janis  arrived!

Uniko Some Bunny stamp

#4 Jane

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All the winners please leave a comment on this post so I know you have seen it and contact me at craftynomad at gmail dot com with your address and I will dispatch your goodies or pass your details on to my sponsors as required.

Thanks for dropping by.  Come back tomorrow when I will start my Growing in Unity week.  All week I will share one project a day featuring Unity stamps and two lucky people who leave comments on my posts will each win a grab bag of 25 Unity stamps!!  Hugz

Bunny is joining the fun at

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Animal Magic
Paperbabe Stamps Challenge 72 - Anything Goes
Joy Clair May Challenge
Repeat Impressions DCC52 - Single Layer Cards

Tomato Day

Hello.  Welcome.  Tomato wars!!

I splatted with diluted red and black acrylic paint to make the background.  I stamped and embossed Viva Las Vegas Stamps Dancer with Maracas, fussy cut her and coloured with Promarkers.  Then I stamped the Is it wine o'clock sentiment.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at

VLVS May Challenge  red and black and a crazy lady
Country View Challenge May - Be Humorous

The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Challenge - Backgrounds
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Time Out
Time Out Challenge 108 - Wild 

You Carrot Be Serious - Bunny Hop The End

Hello.  Welcome.  Just hopping by to share a little bunny and remind you that my bunny hop finishes midnight White Rabbit time and that means you have a few hours left to join the fun.  

I have many carats to give away.  Go make a bunny card and join the fun.  Hop to it!!  Oh, wait!!  A last minute bunny. 

Keeping it simple I stamped the Organic Vegetables sentiment from Carmen's Veranda and the Stamping Bella Somebunny Loves You Bunny Wobble stamp in black archival on a white card base.  I gotta thank my friend Jo for the cute bunny stamp.  Thanks Jo.  I coloured bunny wobble with Stormy Sky, Ripe Persimmon and Mowed Lawn distress ink ad added some very dilute stormy sky for the ground.  OK, nuff said.  Last minute bunnies welcome.  I will be announcing my winners on Sunday (hopefully) and next week....   well you will have to come back to find out.  The fun continues.........

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Bunny Wobble is joining the fun at
Country View Challenge May - Be Humorous
Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge - One Layer
Fashionable Stamping Challenge 133 - Animals
AAA Cards Game 114 -Tic Tac Toe one layer, blue, friendship (cos my friend sent me this stamp)
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Animal Magic

April CCC Reveal - Bunny Hop Post 10

Hello.  Welcome.  The April Card Chain Challenge reveal has been published.  Wow, the ladies of the card chain challenge continue to knock to out of the park!  Spreading love around the world one card at a time.  Actually, this month there have been a few extra cards, cos I have received quite a few this month due to me getting older!!  Thank you so much to all the lovely ladies who have sent me birthday greetings, and to everyone who has linked up to my bunny birthday hop.  Still a couple of days to get your bunny makes in.  There be carats!!

This is the card I sent to Dawn in New Zealand.

 

I used the sketch, the colours and the rabbit! 

Gotta have a rabbit!!!! 

I made my background using tone on tone embossing on orange and green brusho coloured paper and Rubber Dance La Mappe stamp.  I cut the panels with stitched square dies. 

I die cut a white circle, smudged some Mowed Lawn distress ink at the bottom and edge the rest of the circle with Spiced Marmalade distress.  I cut the Die-namites Spring Bunny die from brown fluffy stuff and white card, coloured the flowers with Promarkers and pieced them back in.  I took one of the hello's from Poppystamp Hello background die.  

Hop over to the Card Chain Challenge and check out the amazing reveal.  

The May sign up is closing 6th May, so if you would like to play along you need to join up soon.  In May we are being sponsored by Taylored Expressions.

Thanks Taylored Expressions

You also have until the 4th May to join my birthday bunny hop.  You will find the rules and the linky HERE.  I have carats to give away!!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Challenge - Backgrounds 

Dies R Us Challenge 96 - Flowers
Scrapy Land Challenge 89

Sunshine in the Orient

Hello.  Welcome.  Don't you just love the first of the month??  New challenges springing up all over the blogosphere.  Over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity we want to see Orange and Yellow.  Now isn't that gonna be pretty?!!  Those bright beautiful hot colours after the long grey, or in many cases white, spring that a lot of folk have had.  So come on, grab your stamps and your orange and yellow crayons and make yourself a bit of sunshine!!  

Here's my idea for a hot start to spring using 

Lost Coast Designs Oriental Doll

I stamped and embossed Oriental Doll on a piece of yellow card then paper pieced her by stamping and embossing orange and yellow scraps and fussy cutting them.  I used gold metal pieces for her face and wings.  I cut the yellow panel and an orange layer with Sizzix Deckle Edge dies and mounted it all on a yellow Bazzill Dots base card which I smeared with Spiced Marmalade distress ink.  

Hop on over to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity for more Orange and Yellow inspiration from the team and the linky.  Join the fun and win Lost Coast dollars.  See you there!!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Oriental Doll is joining the fun at

Verve Stamps Inspiration Challenge 

Stamping Sensations April Challenge - One For The Girls 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Joy Clair May Challenge
Repeat Impressions Anything Goes Challenge - A2518

 

Heavy Metal Shrooms

Hello.  Welcome.  A new challenge at Rubber Dance and it's the colours dark red, lime green and violet and/or the theme of Metal.  I decided to stamp and emboss on a piece of gold metal. 

I used Rubber Dance Funny Fungi and La Mappe stamps

I stamped La Mappe and embossed with gold powder then stamped the mushrooms and embossed with black powder.  They were a few gaps so I went over them with a black Promarker.  Then I coloured the mushrooms with Promarkers.  Darker colours worked best.  

I placed the metal panel on an old mouse mat and used a stylus to pattern the border with dots and spirals.  I mounted the metal panel on a bronze card base.

The Rubber Dance challenge runs until the end of the month. You can use the colours and/or use metal.  Don't forget if you are shopping at Rubber Dance you can get free worldwide shipping with my code GTFreeShip when you spend over €15!   

Also, I have extended the linky for my bunny hop and Rubber Dance is one of my fabtastic sponsors so don't forget to check out my bunny hop posts and link up for your chance to win.  Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Shrooms are joining the fun at

I Love Math Challenge 9 - Spiral
Paperbabe Stamps Challenge 72 - Anything Goes
Repeat Impressions Anything Goes Challenge - A2518 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Scrappelyst Grublis for April - Utfordre Deg Selv  experimental metal working on the border gave in a very pleasing result.  Will be trying some more of this maybe.