Let Sleeping Cats Sleep

Hello Nomad friends.  It's feeling very autumn today.  I picked the last of the aronia berries yesterday so I have a lovely jug of cordial freshly made.  I also carried on playing with my washi tape today.

I covered a card base with three different tapes and then cut with Poppystamps Ring A Ding Corner.  I backed the cut panel with a piece of blue card and stamped the Carmen's Veranda sentiment on a piece of the same card.  I cut Poppystamps Whittle Cutie Cat from blue card, cutting the head twice more so I could pop it up a little. 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Poppystamps Challenge 84 - Wonderful Washi
Papercraft Challenge 74 - Sentiment as Focus

Awesome Sauce

Hello Nomad friends.  Love this!!!!

The other day I was rattling through the stencils and came across this supersized one from Panduro.  It has a boy and girl outline on it so I decided to try and get it on a card.  It must be sized for 30x30 cos I had to cut his legs off for this slimline card, but I love the result.  I used some mauve Konfirmant printed card from Kort og Godt for my card base and used a brush to blend Wilted Violet distress ink through the stencil.  I stuck some patterned tape into some purple scraps and arranged them as a ground for my Kort Og Godt die cut boy.  I also cut some of the washi tape scraps into chervons and arranged them on top left on the card.  Just a detail to use the pretty scraps LOL.  The boy was cut three times from card scraps and layered together.  To match it in with my purple colour scheme I coloured him with an Aubergine Promarker.  I stamped the sentiment with purple archival, and I think I should have heat set the distress ink first cos it blurred a bit.  I edged the card with Lilac Promarker and found a silver metal charm and brad which I also coloured with purple Promarker before adding it at the bottom of my chevrons. 

Thanks for dropping by.  Might have to make a her version of this.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
I Love Promarkers Challenge 443 - AG option Monotone
Passion for Markers Challenge Week 609 - Something Beginning with B.. boy, brad,
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Fun With Stencils

Fish Wisdom

Hello Nomad friends.  It's the 15th of the month and time for a new challenge at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.  This time we want to see Sentiments in Focus and we are asking that you use at least 5 words on your stamped anythings.   I used Lost Coast Designs new Anchor Fish and paired him with some Travel Quotes.  I love this set cos it has so many cool quotes in some really lovely fonts.  Enjoy!

I stamped Lost Coast Designs Anchor Fish on blue card and embossed with copper embossing powder.  I water coloured him with shades of blue and used a stitched circle die to cut him out, fussy cutting his tail a little so it protruded over the edge of the panel.  Then I stamped the quote.  I found a piece of handmade card and stamped three more quotes.  I found a white card base and did some second generation stamping with Lost Coast Designs Bubbles Background stamp, for that subtle faded look.

Hop over to the blog to join the fun and don't forget to check out all the amazing inspiration from the team.   See you there!   Hugz

Fish is travelling to join the fun at
Stamping Sensations - Stamp of the Moment
We Love Chocolate Baroque - Anything Goes optional Celebrate
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Sparkle and Shine shiny copper embossing
Papercraft Challenge 74 - Sentiment as Focus
Bastel-traum 105 - Wasserfarbe/Watercolours

Lennart Goes Bats

Hello Nomad friends.  Halloween.  Weird and wonderful.  Here's some artist trading cards using Gummiapan's Lennart die.....

I used leaf embossed handmade paper for the bases.  I cut Gummiapan's Linked Ciircles die from neon green paper and added the positives and negatives to the ATC bases.  I cut Lennart from black and gold card and spliced him together.  A few stamped bats and some black grungy edging and bootastic!!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Country View Challenge - The Leaves Begin to Fall
Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge - Anything Halloween
Creative Inspirations Challenge - Fabulous Fall or Happy Halloween!

From Autumn to Fall

Hello Nomad friends.  I couldn't find anyone to craft with this weekend so I suppose I must entertain myself.  Thanks to all those challenge blogs out there for giving me themes to craft to.   I really appreciate you.  

Starting with an autumn themed tag inspired by quite a few challenges. 

 

This little fox is a favourite of mine.  I used two different autumn leaf patterned papers from Papirdesigns, Tur i Skogen Fargefest og Høstblad, and cut the top of my tag with Papirdesigns Bølgekant circle dies.  Then I used the same dies to cut a small circle and a part circle from the darker leaf paper.  I stamped the small circle with the friend stamp from Papirdesign Nyt Livet and stamped the fox from  Revestreker, coloured with Promarkers and fussy cut.  A piece of my favourite autumnal wool and done!!

'A friend, the best you can have, the best you can be'

Fox is joining the fun at
Papirdesign Utfordring for September - Hyggelig Hilsen
Country View Challenge - The Leaves Begin to Fall
Friendship Challenge 69 - Herbst/Blatter
The Sketchy Challenge 177 - Autumn
Double D - Anything with a Tail Challenge

Mrs A has just started a new butterfly challenge and the card fold was intriguing and by jolly, I think I have hit a full house!!!!

Mrs A is calling this a Slide and Lock card.  It's a gatefold with a very nifty closer.  Me likes.  Very easy to make and very fun.  I've been waiting to pull out this Kort og Godt butterfly patterned card for this challenge!!!   Butterflies everywhere!!!!  I die cut the Marianne Designs butterfly in the challenge colours, I've used a stitch die for the circles and also inside. 

Inside I lined the three panels with the sea green paper stamped with some text in a similar green ink and the pink paper oval cut with a Sizzix stitch die.  

Joining the fun at
Butterfly Challenge 161 - S is for... Slide and Lock Card/Stitching/Shimmering Blush/Steel Blue/Sea Green and butterflies
Kreativtanten Challenge 57 - Im Garten

And finally a little Halloween using a scratch paper panel I embossed with a Sizzix Spiderweb embossing folder and sanded off the black wax to give this holographic rainbow!!!

I used a kraft card base and cut the rainbow panel and a kraft panel with Taylored Expressions Colour Block Cutting Plate.  Then I pieced the rainbow rectangles into the kraft frame.  I stamped the witch and sentiment from Taylored Expressions Moka Tabitha on kraft card, cut them out and coloured the witch in a rainbow of Promarker colours.

Tabitha is joining the fun at
Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge - Anything Halloween
Creative Inspirations Challenge - Fabulous Fall or Happy Halloween!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Merry Christmoose

Hello Nomad friends.  It's the 10th of the month so time for the start of the Let's Squash It! challenge, and it's Friday, so that makes it perfect!!!!   This month we are all about sanding your embossed texture, but hold on there!!  We also want to see you using an embossing folder that includes numbers and/or letters.  Just a little twist to keep it interesting........   I did a Technique Time post a couple of days ago exploring different techniques and had a fun time generating some cool backgrounds.  This wasn't the one I thought to use today, but the moose jumped on it and claimed it for his own.......

If you are trying to work out if the background has anything to do with Christmas then sorry, I must sadly disappoint you!  I brayered some white card with Colourcraft pink Aztec paint, embossed with Cuttlebug Qwerty embossing folder and sanded to expose the white.  Aztec paints are pearlescent so this has a lovely shimmer.  I have a couple of big moose stamps but decided this guy in his scarf and legwarmers was da bomb on this background.  I borrowed the sentiment from a Woodware stamp set.  This moose is Eureka Elg with Scarf.  I added a little Promarker colour and a little glitter glue sparkle to his hat.

Thanks for dropping by.  Do hop over and check out the lovely inspiration from Jo and our guest designer and hope you feel like getting squashy with us.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Christmas Kickstart Challenge 54 - Funny Ho Ho
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 558
Stempelgarten Challenge 108 - Tiere
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Stamp It
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Sparkle and Shine

I Wanna Be A Ginger

Hello Nomad friends.  MFT published a new sketch yesterday and it's pretty, so I decided to roll out my MFT Viking stamp and make a tag.

I've gone all yellow/burnt orange for that heading into autumn feel.  I used the small square shadow stamp from Lost Coast Designs and Scattered Straw distress ink for the background pattern on a cream tag.  I coloured the Viking with promarkers, fussy cut and stamped the two sentiments with Dandelion archival ink.  A little rustic wool and done!!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
MFT Stamps Wednesday Sketch Challenge 558
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Stamp It
Paperbabe Stamps Challenge 151 - Anything Goes
Time Out Challenge 196 - Brave