Where Sand Meets Sea

Hello Nomad friends. Have you seen all the Tropical inspiration over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity??  Some amazing projects from the team so far this month and some lovely entries in the linky gallery, but we would love to see more.  Anything tropical, and don't forget to stamp!   

Tropical always makes me think sun,sea and sand, so another blue and yellow creation from me.

 

I blended a blue and yellow distress ink background.  I stamped the blue tone on tone with Lost Coast Designs Pondscum Background and the yellow tone on tone with Carmen's Veranda Sun Tiles Background.  I stamped, coloured and fussy cut Lost Coast Designs Swimsuit Girl, added her to the card and finished with Carmen's Veranda Live in the Sunshine sentiment.

 

 

You have until 23.59PST on the 14th to add your creation to the linky for a chance to win Lost Coast dollars. 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Allsorts Challenge Week 680 - Any Stamped Image

Going Wild Cubed

Hello Nomad friends. A few more ATC's I made.  Well, since I was in the mood, and I'd spotted these lovely Penny Black On Safari die cuts that one of my Card Chain Challenge friends sent me.  See, sometimes you don't only get a fab card!  Sometimes your Card Chain Challenge friend sends some little goodies.  It's not a requirement of the challenge, but it is nice isn't it!  Die cuts are popular cos they are flat and don't weigh much.  Since I had three different animals, in three different colours, I made three ATC's!   Cubed cubed LOL.

I used a yellow card base and the idea was to do three different colour treelines.  Luckily Mr Mojo was on point and remembered colour rules!!!  It turns out yellow plus lots of ink colours makes brown!!!!   I was OK with the Dandelion archival, but had to abandon all the pinks and reds and even the pale green.  It's always worth checking the colour on a scrap, or backside, when using colour bases.  So Sepia and Library Green to the rescue.   I used Crafty Individuals 561 medium tree off-block to make the tree background and also stamped the tickets from the same set.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Kreativtanten Challenge 66 - Traumziele Dream Trip

Space Food

Hello Nomad friends.  It's been a busy and productive day.  I used NBUS.  I used scraps.  I finished up the last bits of glue in three glue tubes and binned em!   The desk is looking better.  I put stuff away as I finished with it.  I am building good habits.  And Mr Mojo was humming along nicely.  A good day.

Gotta share these ATC's.  Are you smiling yet???  

This little spaceman is from Gemini To The Moon stamp/die set.  He comes with a matching die but I don't like the white border so I fussy cut him x3.  The moon stamp is also from the same set.  I made the backgrounds by splatting green and blue Aztec pearlescent paint on yellow card.  I cut my ATC's and edged with orange ink.  I had cleaned my brush along one side of the yellow card and decided it would make a fab moon!  Perfect!!!  Stamped and fussy cut x3.  I decided we needed more stars so picked three from the Gemini set and stamped em all over with dandelion archival ink.  Seems aztec paint is self masking!  Aren't they adorable!  They make me happy.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Country View June Challenge - Seeing Stars
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Bright & Cheerful
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Bright and Cheerful

Poodle In Paris

Hello Nomad friends. Having a bit of a craft blitz today with an online meeting hosted by my local shop.  The desk is a mess so I am hunting through the pile for things to use.  Stumbled across a Prima design paper sheet and decided it would make a pretty tag base.   Since it's covered in Eiffle Tower prints I started thinking Fi Fi poodles and dug into my die cut box to discover some poodles I put together from scraps.  Perfect!!!!

The tusen takk (thank you) is a Rubber Dance stamp.

 The scrap I started with and tag I cut from it.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz.

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Kreativtanten Challenge 66 - Traumziele Dream Trip

Brum Brum

Hello Nomad friends.  Happy Friday!!!  It's the 10th of the month so time for a new challenge at Let's Squash It!   This month we want to see masculine cards using any embossing folder.  Awesome inspiration from Jo and our fabulouse guest designer this month so do pop over, check those out and join the fun.  I've made a birthday road trip card using sizzix Road Signs embossing folder and some motorbike stamps from Kort og Godt.

I covered my folder with Tea Dye distress ink and embossed a piece of book paper.  Then I tore and inked the edges and mounted on a mottled aqua card base.

I stamped and cut the motorcyclist using the matching die and stamped the tyre and sentiment on the base card.  Brum brum.........

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Dare 2 B Artzy June Challenge - Masculine
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Cut It Up Challenge 253 - For Guys/Fathers Day tictactoe vintage/vehicle/hat
Kaartjes Inspiratie Challenge 167 - Mannenkaart

 

Tropical Paradise

Hello Nomad friends.  It's hot, hot, hot here in southern Norway today so perfect to inspire me to create for Lost Coast Designs TROPICAL CHALLENGE.  I've taken Carmen's Veranda Ballerina with Fish to the beach!

I stamped Lost Coast Designs small Cityscape on a card panel and gave the it a distress ink watercolour wash, Salty Ocean for the sky and Mustard Seed for the sand.  I stamped Carmen's Veranda Ballerina with Fish, coloured with distress markers and fussy cut.  Then I stamped the fish lots of times again, fussy cut them and added them to my scene.  Wheely fun flying fish!!!!!

 

 

Join the Tropical fun for a chance to win Lost Coast dollars!!!!

The more peoples the bigger the prizes!!
 Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

 

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Allsorts Challenge Week 679 - AG Option Sun/Sea/Sand
We Love Stamping June Challenge
Stamping Sensations June Challenge - Make it Masculine

 

Cats, Cupcakes and Cacti

Hello Nomad friends.  It's the 2nd of the month so time for another awesome and amazing Card Chain Challenge Reveal.  If you don't know about the Card Chain Challenge, why not????  It's an international card exchange.  Make a card, send a card, get a card.  Everyone gets a card everyone is a winner!!!!   We are still missing 10 of the united states and many many countries before we have conquered the world so hop over, check it out and if your state/country is not represented then sign up!  Here's the card I sent to Joanne in California. 

I used the colour and desert options.  And friendship of course!  Always friendship.  The verse is a stamp from DRS.  I used a die cut from Die-versions for the desert scene paper pieced in pink and yellow.

Hop over and check out all the deserts, desserts and cats!
You still have time to SIGN UP for the June exchange.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz 

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Allsorts Challenge Week 678 - Not Birthday
Inspiration Station Challenge 30 inspired by the colours and the cacti