Thanks for Everything

Hello Nomad friends.  Autumn has my part of the world firmly in it's grip.  It's the time of year when the harvest is mostly in and things are winding down.  It's the time when I look at the year and what I have accomplished, things I have done, how the garden has performed and it's the time when I reflect on things I am grateful for.  So autumn and thanks go together perfectly for me.  I thought this card was going to have more flowers, but there you go.........

I've used Marianne Designs Shabby Chic patterned paper and cut it with two Marianne Design dies, one for the fancy square edge and the other one for the pretty centre detail.  The Doily Round die also has some pretty emboss detail that I detailed with brown ink.  I used a red base card and a mottled red layer and I've also used scraps of these for the matching sentiment panel.  Then I used Marianne Design Eline's Dog dies and more scraps to build my puppy.  So cute!!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Marianne Design Challenge 278 - Autumn COL1464,LR0168,LR0224,PK0121
Country View Challenge - Autumnal Colours/Halloween
Allsorts Challenge Week 644 - I Love.... cute and autumn colours
Pixies Snippets Playground Challenge 412
Friendship Challenge 70 - Haustiere

Wearing Autumn Colours

Hello Nomad friends.  Do you ever start putting things away and see something and end up taking more out than was out in the first place???  Tonight I spotted this Uniko Background Blocks Wonky Stripes stamp and decided to make a card in shades of autumn.

I stamped the Wonky Stripes with red and orange archival ink and then coloured some of the blocks with orange and yellow distress markers.  I stamped the stamen stamp from Uniko Kindness Blooms using brown archival ink randomly over the blocks.  Then I stamped the santa from the Jolly Christmas set and coloured him in shades of green and brown.  The little thanks is from the Kindness Blooms set.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Uniko Challenge 67 - Anything Goes
Country View Challenge - Autumnal Colours/Halloween

Food For Thought

Hello Nomad friends.  It's World Card Making Day and I hope you have had a chance to get crafty.  The day started rainy, and I thought I would be card making all day, but the sun came out and there were pumpkins to pick......  But I did manage to finish this card inspired by The Paper Events challenge and also De Egel, where they want patchwork

When I think paper-patchwork my mind immediately goes to my Star Quilt die.  I used a medium grey card base and cut the star quilt from black card.  The card is glossy on one side and matt on the other so I pieced the central rays back in reversing alternate pieces.  Then I used more of the base card and pale grey woodgrain card to piece the rest of the design.  I used Stamplorations Stitched Tags to cut more of the woodgrain card and stamped with various food related sentiments from Carmen's Veranda.  A bit of polka dot ribbon, a couple of brads and a few odd patchwork pieces to break up the open space at the bottom  of the card.  

Thanks for dropping by.  I do hope you have had a wonderful day.  Hugz

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De-Egel Challenge 127 - Quilts/Patchwork
Stamplorations Challenge - Photo inspired by stars
Papercraft Challenge 74 - Sentiment as Focus

Postritch

Hello Nomad friends.  Happy World Card Making Day (WCMD).  Today is the day to kickstart your festive makes.  There are undoubtedly plenty of extra challenges going on so do let me know if you have found a fun place to play.  It's the 2nd of the month so also time for the Card Chain Challenge reveal.  The Card Chain Challenge is an international card exchange that happens every month, come rain, come shine, come gloom of night or pandemic!!!!  It's been interesting, sometimes the mail has been slow, but the Card Chain Challenge ladies have been producing amazing art and sending love and joy around the planet, one card at a time, over 3,434 cards since the whole thing started!!.  So here's my card, which only had to hop across the country this month to Pia in Norway.  Hi Pia.

I used Kort og Godt patterned card for the card base and the sentiment is also from K&G.  The Postritch is from Pink Ink and I was lucky enough to win this set from Hobbyhimmelen who were sponsoring the Scrappesyken August challenge.  My first Pink Ink stamps and so cool!!!   The sentiment says Friendship is Life's Joy.  I used dies and a bit of flower ribbon to make it look like a prize ribbon.  

Do hop over and check out the awesome REVEAL

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Thanks for dropping by.  I will be back later with some more cards hopefully.  Hugz

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Allsorts Challenge Week 644 - I Love.... these fun ostrich stamps
Paperbabe Stamps Challenge 153 - Anything Goes

Joyful Ginger

Hello Nomad friends.  Gosh, I seem to have lost a day or so.  Suddenly realised it's the last of September and I haven't joined the Rudolf Days challenge.  So here goes.....

I used Papirdesign Mens Vi Venter and Tur i Skogen papers.  The snowflake border is the bit with the paper details on that you usually cut off and throw away, or use to pop something else up.  I love when paper producers make the backside of that strip pretty.  Very environmentally friendly and great for us to have a little extra pattern.  I flipped the Christmas Craft Creations sketch cos the yellow piece was leaning that way.  The gingerbread man and sentiment are Papirdesign dies.  I dug in the scraps bag to find suitable bits.  The pale brown is actually a piece of white card coloured with caramel alcohol ink and spritzed with tattered angel gold shimmer I think.  Been a while since I've had the TA sprays out!!!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Christmas Craft Creations Challenge - Sketch 
September Rudolph Days Challenge
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge 561
Pixies Snippets Playground Challenge 412
Papirdesign Utfordring for September - Hyggelig Hilsen

Sketchy Autumn Birds

Hello Nomad friends.  I sat down today and just had a play with autumn colours and some of Rubber Dance's lovely stamps.  The new Sketchy Birds are so cute, a little bit bigger than their Textured Bird friends, and really fun to use as a focal point.  

I made a simple stamped background using Rubber Dance circle, feather and leaves stamps from the lovely Carved Collection 3 set with distress ink colours.  I stamped and fussy cut the Sketchy Birds for 4 quick and easy cards.  

Hop over to the Rubber Dance blog for all the details and more photo's and don't forget to leave a comment on the GIVEAWAY post in the fb group.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Creative Fingers Challenge 215
Paperbabe Stamps Challenge 152
Allsorts Challenge Week 643 - Anything Goes, Optional Nature
Country View Challenge - The Leaves Begin to Fall
Kreativtanten Challenge 57 - Im Garten
Kaartjes Inspiratie Challenge Wereld Kaarten Maak Dag 2021 1/2

Pull my Bell

Hello Nomad friends.  I'm here with some more inspiration for the current 'use an embossing folder that includes numbers or letters and sand it challenge' at Let's Squash It!  I used a scrap of a blue metal sheet for my inspiration post and Nellie Snellen Let It Snow folder, so I decided to make it into a card.  This lovely folder is one of the amazing prizes on offer to our random winner each month.  You get a choice from our prize vault.  Ain't that great???

I was inspired by the sketch at Christmas Craft Creations and cut the bottom edge of the embossed sanded metal with a snowy landscape stitch die from Stamplorations.  I added a fun little elf from PaperArtsy who always makes me think of a stick of dynamite!!  His bell is usually on a thin line coming out of his hat but decided to fussy cut it off and give him a more scotch bonnet look.  I stamped and fussy cut him and coloured with Promarkers.

Dig out your wordy/numeric folders and sand paper and get squashing.  Linky is open until the end of the month so you have another week to join in. 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Christmas Craft Creations Challenge - Sketch
Christmas Kickstart Challenge 54 - Funny Ho Ho
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 560
Stamplorations September Challenge
Stamplorations Anything Goes Challenge